Week of: May 19-22 Learning Targets: Review Number Identification Arrival: 7:50-8:15 12:00-12:25 Arrival: Children are helped to build relationships with teachers and other children as they become familiar with the classroom and the arrival routine. Children are greeted by their teachers, guided to help find their name tags, and assisted to print in their name books. They can then choose to explore the library, science area, toys and games, and writing center. Monday Name Books/Table toys/Puzzles/Formative Assessment Boxes/Child I Can File Tuesday Name Books/Table toys/Puzzles/Formative assessment Boxes/Child I Can File Wednesday Name Books/ Table toys/Puzzles/Formative assessment Boxes/Child I Can File Thursday Name Books/Table toy/Puzzles/Formative Assessment Boxes/Child I Can File KDI B11, B12,C17,D25, D27,E31, E32, Large Group/Message and Learning Transition 8:15-8:30 12:20-12:30 Large Group: Greeting/The More We Get Together song/Counting Children/Movement Song Children become part of the classroom community, practice counting friends, engage in healthy movement activities to ready their brain and senses, and become aware of where they are and how to navigate their bodies in the large group space. KDI B11, E32, C18, C20 Message and Learning Transition We discuss news, an activity, or an item relatable to the students classroom community. A learning transition is a meaningful way to move students from one activity to another with a learning opportunity built in. Message/Learning transition to Small Group Monday: Cardboard blocks in the block area/ Full name cards KDI D26 Tuesday: Planting Bean seeds/First Sound in your name KDI D24, D25 Wednesday: There were ten in the bed and little one said/ Shape Matching KDI E34 Thursday: Counting backwards/Number Recognition KDI E31 Hand washing & Bathrooming/Meal/Planning 8:30-8:50 12:30-12:50 Children will line up at the door, wash their hands, use the bathroom, and choose a seat for their meal. Meal time will consist of conversation and time to build community and relationships. Planning is an opportunity for children to use a simple activity to show that it is their turn to make a plan and state their intentions of what they will do during work time. KDI C19, C20, B11, Chartwells Meal Menu Posted in Classroom
Planning Monday: Read short Book KDI D28 Tuesday: Rote Counting KDI E32 Wednesday: Numbers on small white boards KDI E31 Thursday: Letters (Upper and Lower case) on white boards KDI D25 Reed City Just 4s GSRP Preschool Mrs. Vander Lugt Week of: May 19-22 Learning Targets: Review Number Identification Work Time & Clean up 8:50-9:55 12:50-1:55
Work Time/Free Choice Children are deliberate in selecting activities and materials to work with and actively implement their ideas and plans with cooperative play. The classroom is set up in defined areas to encourage explorations in dramatic play, blocks, science, art, writing, library, and sensory experiences. KDI A3, G51, G52,B13,F43 Children attempt to work cooperatively to clean up the classroom. KDI B8, B11 Recall 9:55-10:05 1:55-2:05 Students sit in a small group and reflect and share their favorite activity, or what they did and with whom they played with at work time/free choice. This will show the importance of a childs work and that their work has meaning. KDI A6, B11 Monday Find a toy that you played with today KDI A6 Tuesday Letter Identifications-Feed Alphie and Betty Bucket KDI D24, D25 Wednesday Number Identification-Feed Mathew the Munching Math Monster KDI E31 Thursday Read a short book KDI D28 Bathroom Break 10:05-10:15 2:05-2:15 Children carry out personal care routines on their own with the support of teaching staff KDI C19 Music and Movement/Book Read 10:15-10:20 2:15-2:20 Physical Development and Health- Children engage in healthy practices, express represent what they observe, think, imagine, and feel through music and movement. KDI C20,F41,F42 Language, Literacy, and Communication-Children are read to for pleasure and for information. KDI D25, D26 Small Group 10:20-10:30 2:20-2:30 Children are able to engage in an activity at their level of development in a smaller group while led by an adult.
Monday Free art on colored paper with paper, chalk, and crayons KDI F40 Differentiation: Children will create using random additions/Children will create with a beginning of a plan/Children will create with a plan and explain their actions
Tuesday Planting a bean seed in a baggie KDI G47, G48, G51 Differentiation: Children will place their bean seed in a baggie: begin to predict outcome/predict outcome/predict outcome with explanation
Wednesday Sorting by Shape using noodles KDI E34, E35 Differentiation: Children will sort by two shapes/Children will sort items into three shapes/Children will sort into three shapes and explain their actions Thursday We can skip and we can gallop! KDI C16 Differentiation: Children will attempt to gallop/children will gallop and attempt to skip/children will gallop and skip and explain what they are doing Reed City Just 4s GSRP Preschool Mrs. Vander Lugt Week of: May 19-22 Learning Targets: Review Number Identification
Outside/Dismissal 10:30-11:00 2:30-3:00 Students line up at the door, put on outside clothing when applicable and go outside to play. KDI C18, C19,B8 Special Activities Monday, May 19-Trip to Straathof farm