Troy Preschool: Schroeder 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s – Weekly Happenings: May 20th – May 24th

Description KDI’s
Greeting Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
1. Toy Area and Book Area card with photograph of books, Block Area card with photograph of puzzles, Sand and Water Table Area card with engagement, reflection
Time
drawing of water and of Velcro board, discussed what would be out for the week
2. Did you like the yogurt parfait written, drawing of chart, students voted on if they liked it or not, students stated that they learned 7 people liked it Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
and 6 people didn’t community, building relationships
3. No symbol with word absent, drawing of Ms. Radha, explained that Ms. Radha would be gone the whole week
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
Tuesday: awareness
1. New letter links written, Noella’s name, students came up with words that begin with n, they came up with nest, neck, and net
2. Photograph of an apron, an apple, an ant, and an alligator, students stated that they all begin with a, practiced making both a sounds Language/Literacy/Communication –
3. What if I could fly written, photograph of students thinking, drawing of a person flying, students shared what they would do if they could fly comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
Wednesday: knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
1. Comparing written, graph of big and small magnets, counted how many there were of each using 1:1 correspondence, compared the amounts, added book knowledge, writing
the amounts together
2. New letter links written, Oliver’s name, students came up with words that begin with letter o, they came up with orange, octopus, and oval Mathematics – number words and symbols,
3. If you could be an animal, what would you be written, photograph of students thinking, drawing of a student, students shared what animal they counting, part-whole relationships, data
would want to be and why analysis

Thursday: Creative Arts – N/A

1. Labeling written, drawing of child eating ice-cream outside, students labeled the picture and wrote a sentence by sounding out the words and using
invented spelling Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
2. Photograph of a hat, a hand, an ant, and an apron, students sorted them by beginning sounds drawing conclusions, communicating ideas
3. What do you want to be when you grow up written, photograph of a student thinking, students shared what they would like to be and why
Social Studies – community roles, decision
Friday: making, geography, history
1. Happy Birthday Ziad written, drawing of Ziad with a cake, wished Ziad a happy birthday, stated how he is 5 years old
2. Fantasy/fairy tale written, drawing of an elephant flying, reviewed what a fairy tale is and created a story about the elephant flying from place to
place looking for his family
3. Sports day written, photograph of a jersey, explained how it is sports day and people would be wearing sport clothes

*What did each morning: wrote their names, read/looked at books or did puzzles, sang Time to Put Books Away song, stated day of week, stated the weather,
wrote numbers 25 – 27on 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)*
Small • During writer’s workshop, students reviewed how to write fantasies. They listened to a make-believe story. We discussed how we use our Approaches to Learning – initiative,
imagination when we write these kinds of stories. We reviewed different types of lists (grocery list, to do list, phone list, birthday list, etc.). We engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
reviewed how authors use pictures and words to tell stories. Students had the option of creating a personal narrative, a list, or a fantasy.
Time Social/Emotional – community, building
• Students made labels for the classroom. Students chose items from a bucket. They drew those items with colored pencils and crayons. Then they relationships, cooperative play
wrote the names of the items. They put the labels on the containers throughout the classroom.
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
• Students discussed what animal they would want to be and why. They glued a picture of themselves onto a piece of paper. Then they drew the awareness
animal and wrote the name of the animal.
Language/Literacy/Communication –
• Students discussed what they would want to be when they grow up and why. They glued a picture of themselves onto a piece of paper. Then they comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
drew themselves doing their jobs and wrote the name of their career. phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts of print, book
• Students followed a recipe and made play-doh. Students took turns measuring, pouring, and mixing all of the ingredients together. knowledge, writing

Mathematics – measuring, unit

Creative Arts – art

Science/Technology – observing, drawing

conclusions, communicating ideas
 Social Studies – 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, Ziad got to choose the song, sang I Wonder What Song He’ll Pick Today, chose the song 5 Little Ducks, students acted it out,
Time subtraction was discussed Social/Emotional – community, building
relationships, cooperative play
Tuesday:
• Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, body
• Song Book taken out, students introduced to the song 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed awareness
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Wednesday: Language/Literacy/Communication –
• Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
• Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed phonological awareness

Thursday: Mathematics – number words and symbols,

counting, part-whole relationships
• Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
• Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Green and Speckled Frogs, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed
Creative Arts – music, movement, pretend
play
Friday:
• Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
• Song book taken out, sang Happy Birthday to Ziad, sang Here We Go Around the Birthday Boy as we walked in a circle around Ziad, and sang conclusions, communicating ideas
Make a Wish and Blow Us Out as we pretended to be candles and as Ziad pretended to blow us out, students pretended to bake a cake, Ziad
pretended to eat the cake Social Studies – decision making
Planning Mornings: Approaches to Learning – initiative, planning,
• Laid out area card chart, took turns using pointer stick to point to and state the areas where wanted to go play engagement
Time • Used binoculars for pretend, looked for areas where wanted to go play
• Used paper towel tube, pretended it was a telescope, looked for areas where wanted to go play Social/Emotional – building relationships
• Laid out area card chart, placed paper towel tube over areas, placed letter die down tube on areas where wanted to go play
• Each received a shape puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when shape named, placed onto puzzle and stated where wanted to go pl ay Physical/Health – N/A

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,
phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge
concepts about print

Mathematics – shapes, spatial awareness

Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, geography

Recall Mornings: Approaches to Learning –engagement, reflection
• Area card chart laid out, took turns using pointer stick to point to and state the areas where went and played
Time • Laid out area card chart, used tweezers to pick up animal counters and placed onto areas where went and played Social/Emotional – building relationships
• Used phones, dialed number and stated areas where went and played
• Laid out area card chart, drove/flew vehicles to areas where went and played Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, fine-motor
• Each received a number puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when number stated, placed onto puzzle and stated areas where went and played skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
• Rolled die, stated number rolled on, did that number of movements, stated areas where went and played comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
• Used puppets for pretend, changed voice to state areas where went and played
Mathematics – number words and symbols,
• Held onto bucket, took turns tossing ball into bucket and stated where went and played
counting, spatial awareness
• Laid out area chard chart, used clothespins to pick up cotton balls and placed onto areas where went and played
• Each received a transportation puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when number stated, placed onto puzzle and stated areas where went and played Creative Arts – pretend play

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 other’s thoughts and ideas. Science/Technology – observing, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas, natural and
physical world

Social Studies – community roles, decision

making, geography