Week of: October 17

Neuville-TOTS

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Halloween is fast approaching and the children have been talking

about superheroes (Batman!). So, we thought it would be interesting
to learn about real bats!
Small Group Activities

1. Raining Bats and Frogs: This group session began with the
teacher reading Its Raining Bats and Frogs by Rebecca Colby (each
child had a copy and they followed along)! The children then discussed
all the different things that came raining down from the sky. The
children then took out their journals and drew a picture of what they
think should come falling out of the sky. They dictated to the teacher
what is falling from the sky and why! You will see their drawings at the
end of the year when their journals go home.

Approaches to Learning: engagement,

Social & Emotion: sense of competence, building relationships,
Physical: Fine-motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge,
writing, reading
Math: Number words and symbols,
Creative: art Science: natural and physical world
Social Studies: ecology

2. Gift Bags: Small group began with the teacher reading Bat
Jamboree by Kathi Appelt. The teacher and children discussed what a
spooky walk is and that after our spooky walk the children and their
brothers and sisters will receive a gift bag of special knick-knacks. The
children were then given colored bags and stickers and asked to design
a bag for themselves and their siblings if they have any. These will stay
with the teacher until the Spooky Walk!

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social & Emotional: Sense of competence, building relationships
Physical: fine-motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge
Math: shapes, counting,
Creative: art

3. Bat Measuring: The teacher began the small group with the
reading of Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt. The children looked at a
life-sized cut out of the largest bat in the world and a life-sized cut out of
the smallest bat in the world. After talking about the sizes and differences
in bats the children were given a small and a large rubber bat. Them
measured each bat with cubes and compared the two. Then, the children
were challenged to pick one bat and find something larger, smaller and
equal is size. They brought it back to the teacher are recorded what they
chose. These sheets will go in their science portfolio.

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social & Emotional: sense of competence, building relationships,
Physical: fine-motor, large-motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge,
Math: number and word symbols, counting, part-whole
relationships, measuring, unit,
Science: natural and physical world, tools and technology
Social Studies: ecology

4. Carpet Area: The teacher began the carpet activity with the
Question of the Week: Are you afraid of bats? Most of the children
said yes! Name that Child came next, with Myles favorite food
being ice cream, Demirs favorite food being watermelon, and Eloises
favorite food is macaroni and cheese. The Felt Board activity was based
on the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille
Colandra. Each child received a picture of an item that was swallowed
and when it was mentioned in the story they placed the picture on the
felt board. Finally, the children completed a Bat Chit-Chat poster and
answered some questions about bats as well as came up with some
words that rhyme with bat. These posters are posted by the
attendance sheet.

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social & Emotional: sense of competence, building relationships, selfidentity
Physical: fine-motor,
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge,
concepts about print,
Math: number words and symbols, counting, data analysis,
measuring,
Science: natural and physical world, drawing conclusions, predicting,
communicating ideas,
Social Studies: ecology, diversity

Week of: October 17

5. Square Day: Small group began with the showing and telling of
the squares brought from home. A discussion about what makes a
square a square ensued and the children did some comparing with
rectangles and squares to see how they are different. The children
practiced sign language for square as well as saying square in Spanish.
Spookly the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troian was read by the teacher.
The children were then given squares traced on orange paper to cut
out and challenged to use shapes to make a jack-o-lantern. These will
be placed on the wall in the classroom.

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social & Emotional: sense of competence, building relationships,
Physical: fine-motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge,
dual language acquisition,
Math: shapes, counting
Creative: art

Greeting Time & Large

Group

Book Title- Author

Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
Hallo-Weiner by Dav Pilkey
Popcorn by Frank Asche
Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan London
How do Dinosaurs Say, I Love You? By Jane Yolen
Harry and the Terrible Watzit by Dick Gackerbach

Discussion Topics: Changes in: Listening Center, Felt Board, Easel, Touch Table,
Writing Center, Job Chart, Discovery Center, Art Corner
Weather: discussion about going outside or to the gym, what to wear outside
Whos absent? Visitors? A Change in Routine?
Approaches to Learning: Reflection, Social & Emotional Development:
Community, Building Relationships, Language, Literacy & Communication:
Comprehension, Speaking, Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness, Concepts
About Print, Book Knowledge, Dual Language Acquisition, Mathematics:
Number words & symbols, counting, shapes, Social Studies: Diversity,
community Roles, Decision Making

Felt Board

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandra

Literature, sequencing

Sensory Table

White Play Dough and Halloween cookie cutters

Small motor, Large Motor

Outdoor/Gym/Large
Motor

Dancing to: Sugar, What does the fox say?,

Bean Bag Dance! Kids Bop, Yoga,
Outdoors: Scooters, musical garden, digging in the sand, tag, soccer,
digging for worms, Gym: biking, soccer, jogging, balls

Large motor

Easel

Painting with: Witchs finger, rubber skeleton hand, spider, witchs broom

Art, Small Motor, Large Motor

Listening Center

Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appleti

Literature

Discovery Center

1.
2.

Sand writing with a witchs finger

Spider color graphing

Fine-motor, literature,
Math

Planning Activity

Bat vocabulary writing: the children picked a card that had a

picture and a bat related word, wrote it on a strip of paper and looked
at the pictures and told the teacher what the word was.

Approaches to Learning: initiative, planning, Social & Emotional: building

relationships, sense of confidence, Physical Development: fine-motor
Language, literacy and communications: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
writing, alphabetical recognition, Social Studies: Diversity, Decision making,
geography, history

Recall Activity

Rhyming Chant: Cinderella, dressed in yella

Went down stairs to kiss a fella.
Made a mistake and kissed a snake
How many doctors did it take?

Approaches to Learning: Reflection, Social & Emotional: Building

Relationships, diversity Math: counting, Language, Literacy &
Communications: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
Social Studies: Diversity, geography, history,