Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: May 18-22, 2015

Description
Plan-DoReview

Small
Group
Activities

PLANNING Time, WORK Time, RECALL Time

This three-part sequence is unique to the HighScope Curriculum.
Occurring daily, it includes a 10- to 15-minute period during which
children plan what they want to do during work time (the area to visit,
materials to use, and friends to play with); a -minute work time for
children to carry out their plans (or shift to new activities that interest
them); and another 10- to 15-minute period for reviewing and
recalling with an adult and other children what they've done and
learned.
1.

Trash Math:

Weve been finding lots of trash on our playground again lately so

we decided it was time to help clean up our earth again! This
time, we used math. Each child had to find 5 pieces of trash and
put it in the garbage can. As children found trash, the subtracted
until they had 0 pieces left to find. We heard lots of math going
on from the kids as they worked hard to keep our space clean! I
found 5 pieces, now I need 4 more i found 3 pieces so far, now I
just need to find 2 more I found 5 pieces of trash so Im all
done!. Some of the kids loved helping so much that they went
on to find even more trash than was asked of themI found 11
pieces, thats 6 more than I was supposed to find!
2.

Garden Journals:

Its been about little over a month since we first planted our seeds.
Weve been using our garden journals to document the progress
thats been observed over the past few weeks. Children are given
their journals and materials to decorate their journals. Children are
given their plant and asked to observe what they see happening. After
theyve done their observations, they record their findings in their
journal.
Day 28: What I see Happening- Our plants are growing like crazy!
Children were given their plants and they recorded what they saw.
3.

Worm Exploration:

Weve been doing lots of learning about bugs and insects and other
creepy crawlies. Today we used our hands to search for worms in tubs
filled with soil! Once we found the words we explored them using our
5 senses, rulers and magnifying glasses.

KDIs

Approaches to Learning: initiative, planning, engagement, problem solving, use of

resources, reflection

Social/Emotional: self-identity, sense of competence, emotions, empathy,

community, building relationships, cooperative play, moral development, conflict
resolution

Physical: fine motor, large motor, healthy behavior

Language/Literacy: speaking, vocabulary, comprehension, book knowledge
Math: number words and symbols, counting, part-whole relationships
Science: observing, classifying, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas, natural
and physical world
Social Studies: community roles, ecology

Physical: fine motor, body awareness

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge, writing
Math: shapes, part-whole relationships, spatial awareness, data analysis
Science: observing, classifying, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas, natural
and physical world
Social Studies: ecology

Physical: fine motor

Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, reading, concepts
about print, book knowledge
Math: part-whole relationships, measuring, data analysis
Science: observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas, natural and physical world, ecology

Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: May 18-22, 2015

4.

Nature Walk:

After reading lots of books all about Spring and Nature, we headed
outside to search for the things weve been learning about. We took a
checklist with us and when we spotted the nature items, we checked
them off our list!
5.

Physical: large motor

Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, reading, concepts
about print, book knowledge
Math: part-whole relationships, measuring, data analysis
Science: observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas, natural and physical world, ecology
Physical: gross motor, fine motor
Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, reading, book
knowledge
Math: shapes, spatial awareness
Creative: art
Science: experimenting, communicating ideas, natural and physical world
Social Studies: geography, ecology

Songs, Fingerplays & Activities:

Birthday Song
The Baker Song
Put Your Finger On
B-I-N-G-O
Five Spring Flowers
Get Ready Get Set
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Dinosaur Stomp
Ice Cream Sunday
Proud to be an American

Literature:

Symmetry Butterfly:

First the children practiced their excellent cutting abilities by cutting

out a butterfly. Next, they added painted to one side only of their
butterfly. After that, they folded their butterfly in half, pressed hard
and then opened it back up. Voila! The children were so impressed
with the results noting things like this side looks like the other side
now and wow! Now both sides match!
Large
Group

Book Title
The House that Jack Built
Mom Mom is Trying to Ruin My
Life
If I Ran the Dog Show
How Much is that Doggie in the
Window?
Froggy Learns to Swim
Froggy Plays Soccer
Ten Little Caterpillars
The Very Busy Spider

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social/Emotional: sense of competence, community
Creative Arts: music, movement, appreciating the arts
Physical: gross motor skills, fine motor skills, body awareness
Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, phonological
awareness
Math: number words and symbols, counting, part-whole relationships
Social Studies: diversity

Author
McGraw Hill
Kate Feiffer
Tish Rabe
Iza Trapini
Jonathon London
Jonathon London
Bill Martin Jr
Eric Carle

Language & Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, phonological

awareness, alphabetic knowledge, concepts about print, book knowledge

Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: May 18-22, 2015

Sensory
Table

Rice & rollers

Science: classifying, communicating ideas
Creative: pretend play

Play Doh
Table

Playdoh & letter & number stampers

Physical: fine motor,

Physical: large & fine motor skills, body awareness
Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, alphabetic knowledge,
number recognition
Math: number words and symbols, counting, part-whole relationships, spatial
awareness, unit, data analysis,
Science: observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas