Troy Preschool: Schroeder 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s – Weekly Happenings: May 13th – May 17th

Description KDI’s
Greeting Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
1. Book Area and Toy Area card with photograph of books, Sand and Water Table Area card with water and Velcro board, Toy Area card with engagement, reflection
Time countdown chain, discussed what would be out for the week and introduced the countdown chain
2. Mystery sentences written, students read the mystery sentences from the week prior Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
3. Mother’s Day written, photograph of family and students thinking, students shared what they did with their families for Mother’s Day community, building relationships, moral
development
Tuesday:
1. New letter links written, Lerui’s name, students came up with words that begin with l, they came up with lazy, laugh, and lemon Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
2. Photograph of an umbrella, someone going up, a unicycle, and a unicorn, stated that they all begin with U, wrote an uppercase and lowercase u, awareness
practiced making both U sounds
3. Problem solving written, photographs of students yelling at each other and of students telling others what to do, discussed how it is okay to tell Language/Literacy/Communication –
others no, explained that problems get solved by talking instead of yelling, explained how we shouldn’t tell others what to do comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
Wednesday: knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
1. ½ day of school written, drawing of Lunch Time and Outside Time schedule sign with no symbol, no symbol with Dell and William’s letter links, book knowledge, writing
discussed how we wouldn’t be having lunch or rest and discussed who would be absent
2. What if it rained ice-cream written, photograph of ice-cream and of students thinking, students shared what they would do if it rained ice-cream Mathematics – number words and symbols,
3. Patterns written, students came up with a complex pattern, students translated it to number patterns counting, part-whole relationships, shapes,
measuring, unit, patterns, data analysis
Thursday:
1. Happy Birthday William written, drawing of William and a cake, wished William a happy birthday, stated how he is 5 Creative Arts – N/A
2. Did you like the moon cake written, students voted on if they liked the moon cake or not, they compared the amounts
3. New letter links written, Manvikh’s name, students came up with words that begin with letter m, came up with Mexico, mom, and mouth Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
drawing conclusions, communicating ideas
Friday:
1. Mystery sentences written, students read the mystery sentences from this past week Social Studies – community roles, decision
2. Photograph of a queen, a quilt, an umbrella, and a unicorn, students sorted them by beginning sounds making, geography, history
3. Measuring written, students measured two different sized blocks using bear counters as the unit, students compared the sizes of the blocks

*What did each morning: wrote their names, read/looked at books, sang Time to Put Books Away song, stated day of week, stated the weather, wrote numbers
22 – 24 on board stating number poems, stated who had jobs each day (identifying those by their letter links, the first letter in their name, and the beginning
sound of their name, and their last name), did countdown chain*
Small  During writer’s workshop, students reviewed how to make lists and how to make stories. We discussed different types of lists (grocery list, to do Approaches to Learning – initiative,
list, phone list, birthday list, etc.). We discussed how authors use pictures and words to tell stories. Students had the option of creating a list or engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
creating a story.
Time Social/Emotional – community, building
 We discussed Ramadan. Students learned that Ramadan begins when there is a full moon. We discussed how people who celebrate it fast during relationships, cooperative play
the day and eat at night. Students made stars using Popsicle sticks and glue.
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
 Students made a moon cake for Ramadan. Each student had a rice cake, bananas, peanut butter, and cheerios. They put the ingredients together to awareness, healthy behavior
make the moon. They used the rice cake as the moon and put the cheerios and banana slices on as craters using the peanut butter to help them stick.
Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students made a painting for Ramadan. They made the moon using black and white paint, a cotton ball, and a clothespin. They made starts using comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
yellow paint and cotton swabs. phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
 Students made a yogurt parfait for Ramadan. Each student had yogurt, coconut cream, bananas, dates, honey, and granola. Students measured the book knowledge, writing
ingredients and mixed them together in a cup.
Mathematics – measuring, unit

Creative Arts – art

Science/Technology – observing, drawing

conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – diversity, decision making

 Large Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
Group  Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song engagement
 Song Book taken out, Stella got to choose the song, sang I Wonder What Song She’ll Pick Today, chose the song Sticky, Icky Bubblegum
Time Social/Emotional – community, building
Tuesday: relationships, cooperative play
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
 Song Book taken out, reviewed the song Down By the Bay, students came up with rhyming words to use for the song Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, body
awareness
Wednesday:
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Song Book taken out, students introduced to the song Rags, students kept a steady beat to the song using rhythm sticks (tapped on ground, tapped in comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
air, or rubbed together) phonological awareness

Thursday: Mathematics – number words and symbols,

 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song counting
 Song book taken out, sang Happy Birthday to William, sang Here We Go Around the Birthday Boy as we walked in a circle around William, and
Creative Arts – music, movement, pretend
sang Make a Wish and Blow Us Out as we pretended to be candles and as William pretended to blow us out, students pretended to bake a cake,
play
William pretended to eat the cake
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
Friday:
conclusions, communicating ideas
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song Rags, students kept a steady beat to the song using rhythm sticks (tapped on ground, tapped in air, Social Studies – decision making
or rubbed together)
Planning Mornings: Approaches to Learning – initiative, planning,
Time  Laid out area card chart, placed paper towel tube over areas, placed shapes down tube on areas where wanted to go play engagement
 Laid out area card chart, wrote first letter of first name underneath areas where wanted to go play
 Laid out area card chart, chose an animal and placed it on areas where wanted to go play Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Passed around square bean 9 bag while saying poem Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, when done student holding beanbag stated where wanted to go play
 Took turns lacing 3 dimensional shapes onto string to make a pattern, after lacing shape on stated where wanted to go play Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Planning chart on back of door everyday, place area cards where want to go play behind own letter link comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
concepts about print, writing

Mathematics – shapes, patterns

Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, geography

Recall Mornings: Approaches to Learning –engagement,
Time  Letter links placed into container, teacher pulled letter link, students stated whose it was, that student spoke about where went and played reflection
 Laid out area card chart, looked at initials, discussed if went to the areas that planned on going to
 Students given a bucket, grabbed two items that played with and did a show and tell Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Teacher described a person at the table, the person described shared what did
 Took turns taking 3 dimensional shapes off string, after taking shape off shared what did Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Scarves placed into container, teacher hid eyes as students pulled out and hid them, teacher stated a color, that student spoke about what did comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
 Laid out area card chart, chose a doll and placed it on areas where went and played
Mathematics – shapes
 N/A – ½ day
 Students sat in a circle, rolled ball to one another, person that received ball shared what did
Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 Students drew a picture of what they did during work time
Science/Technology – drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas
 Social Studies – geography, history
Other Literature: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
 Students spent time looking at books. They did this at greeting time, snack time, work time, rest time, outside time, afternoon snack time, and engagement, use of resources
afternoon work time.
Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
Sensory Table: community, building relationships,
 Inside the sensory table was water. cooperative play, moral development, conflict
resolution
Outside:
 While outside, students observed and explored the world. Students played on the swings, on the jungle gyms, on the slides, on the merry-go-round, Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, fine-
and in the sandbox. Some students played chase and catch. Some played hide and seek. Students are pretending to be villains and superheroes and motor skills, body awareness
are catching one another. Teachers are helping students to learn to swing by themselves by pumping their legs. Teachers are modeling how to do
this. Also, teachers are helping students go across the monkey bars. Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students had to go to the gym due to the weather. While in the gym students played with hockey sticks, balls, jump ropes, and hula hoops. Also, a comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
mat was set out for students to do tricks across. phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
Work Time: book knowledge
 Students are deciding who they want to play with and what they want to play with, with more detail.
 Students are problem solving on their own. Mathematics – N/A
 Students are independent during their play and ask teachers to participate in their play with them.
Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 Students are engaging in a lot of pretend play scenarios. Many are playing house and pretending to go camping, to be teachers, etc.
 Students are respecting one another by listening to each others thoughts and ideas.
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas, natural and
physical world

Social Studies – community roles, decision

making, geography