Reed City Just 4s GSRP Preschool Mrs.

Vander Lugt Week of: April 21-24 Learning Targets: I can count to thirty-I can name twenty-six letters-I can sort by size Arrival: Arrival: 7:50-8:15 Children are helped to build relationships with teachers and other 12:00-12:25 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

Large Group/Message and Learning Transition 8:15-8:30 12:20-12:30

KDI B11, B12,C17,D25, D27,E31, E32, 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: IPAD Sign-in Introduction/Caterpillar and Butterfly Introduction/ Caterpillars and Butterflies read pages 1-13 /Transition by last names to look at caterpillars KDI B7, G45, G51 Tuesday: Read Caterpillars and Butterflies pages14-19/Alphabet Puzzle KDI D25 Wednesday: Regie Rainbow /Shape Cards KDI E34 Thursday: Measuring/Measure each child by item KDI E36

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: Teachers use the small white boards to help children identify a number KDI E31 Tuesday: Review Caterpillar words and information (eggs, hatching, 16 legs, pupa, 4 wings) KDI G50 Wednesday: Who will you play with and what will you do? (complete sentences) KDI D22, B12

Reed City Just 4s GSRP Preschool Mrs. Vander Lugt Week of: April 21-24 Learning Targets: I can count to thirty-I can name twenty-six letters-I can sort by size
Thursday: Capital Letter Cards KDI D25

Work Time & Clean up 8:50-9:55 12:50-1:55

Recall 9:55-10:05 1:55-2:05

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 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 Generating Rhyming Words using rhyming cards KDI D24 Tuesday Read Caterpillars and Butterflies pgs. 1-13 KDI D26, G51 Wednesday Letter ID with white boards KDI D25, D26 Thursday Number identification-Feed Mathew the Munching Math Monster KDI E31

Bathroom Break 10:05-10:15 2:05-2:15 Music and Movement/Book Read 10:15-10:20 2:15-2:20

Children carry out personal care routines on their own with the support of teaching staff KDI C19 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 Children are able to engage in an activity at their level of development in a smaller group while led by an adult.

Small Group 10:20-10:30 2:20-2:30

Monday This is my butterflyKDI H51 Differentiation: Children will make marks on paper/Children will explain what they are drawing/Children will draw a picture
of their butterfly and explain features relating to Caterpillars and Butterflies

Tuesday Letter and Number punch outs with glue KDI C17, D25, E31
Differentiation: Children will use punch outs and glue letters and numbers on paper. Children will use punch outs with intention and glue letters and numbers on paper, naming some letters and numbers/Children will use letters and numbers with intention, glue the punch outs on paper, and name most letters and numbers

Wednesday Painting with paint brushes on paper with tempera paint KDI C17, F40, G47, G48, G49
Differentiation: Children will use fingers and hands to guide paint brushes to paint on their paper/Children will use fingers and hands with paint brushes to use and mix paint with intent/Children will user fingers and hands to guide paint brushes to use and mix paint with intent and explain their intent

Reed City Just 4s GSRP Preschool Mrs. Vander Lugt Week of: April 21-24 Learning Targets: I can count to thirty-I can name twenty-six letters-I can sort by size

Thursday Sorting by size using noodles (Children will be given a variety of colored and plain noodles to experiment with like and different shapes and sizes) KDI C17,E38
Differentiation: Children will recognize that some noodles are shaped and sized differently/Children will sort noodles by shape and size/Children will sort by shape and size and explain what they are sorting

Outside/Dismissal 10:30-11:00 2:30-3:00 Special Activities

Students line up at the door, put on outside clothing when applicable and go outside to play. KDI C18, C19,B8 Hearing and Vision rescreening 4/21/14

Caterpillars and Butterflies Book: Turnbull, S. (2006). Caterpillars and Butterflies. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.