1. Week of: July 21 Teacher: Sara, Karen, Mary, Robin Study: Buildings
Investigation: 4. What is special about our building? (Monday– Wednesday)
5. What happens inside buildings? (Thursday–Friday)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest
Areas
Art: small cardboard boxes;
empty milk cartons;
construction paper; paint;
tape; glue; scissors;
neighborhood map from
Investigation 1
Art: small cardboard boxes;
empty milk cartons;
construction paper; paint;
tape; glue; scissors;
neighborhood map from
Investigation 1
Art: small cardboard
boxes; empty milk cartons;
construction paper; paint;
tape; glue; scissors;
neighborhood map from
Investigation 1
Sand and Water: forms
and containers to mold
wet sand
Computer: ebook
version of Buildings,
Buildings, Buildings
Sand and Water:
additional forms and
containers to mold wet
sand
Large
Group
Game: Hot or Cold 3-D
Shapes
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Our School
Building
Game: Riddle, Riddle, What
Is That?
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Preparing for the
Site Visit
Game: Clap the Beat
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Expert
Interview
Song: “La, La, La”
Discussion and Shared
Writing: What’s Going
On Inside?
Game: People Patterns
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Interviewing a
Neighbor
Read-Aloud The True Story of the 3 Little
Pigs
Changes, Changes The True Story of the 3
Little Pigs
Buildings, Buildings,
Buildings
The True Story of the 3
Little Pigs
Small Group Morning: Stick Letters
Afternoon: Walk a Letter
Morning: Long and Short of
it
Afternoon: Lining It Up
Morning: Knowing Our
Friends
Afternoon: Swimming
Morning: Secret
Numbers
Afternoon: Making
Numerals
Morning: Teddy Bear’s
Picnic
Afternoon: Patterns
Under Cover
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Vocabulary Acquisition
and Use
Integration of Knowledge
and Ideas
Phonological Awareness Phonological
Awareness
Patterning
Gold
Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Objective 21
Explores and describes
spatial relationships and
shapes
Objective 12
Remembers and connects
experiences
Objective 15
Demonstrates
phonological awareness
Objective 15
Demonstrates
phonological
awareness
Objective 23
Demonstrates
knowledge of patterns
Outdoor Experiences: Balance on a Beam; Moving Through the Forest
Family Partnerships: Swimming
Wow! Experiences: Monday—A walk around the inside of the school building to tally the different types of rooms
Wednesday—A visit from someone (such as a maintenance worker, handyman, or electrician) who helps maintain our building

2. Planning for Language & Literacy:
Children work on sight words
Planning for Health/Nutrition:
Cooking Club:
Planning for Family/Community
Involvement:
Parents are asked to send in pictures of buildings in their
neighborhood. Parents are invited to swim with us on
Wed.
Planning for Individual Children:
CM-developing self-calming tech.
BL –self-control MS – Using kind words and follows rules
TB –self-control HE – sounding out words
NS – Peer Interaction
AWI – Staying on Topic SA – Interpreting his emotions
LH – HH – Printing Name
ES – Better Separations JM- Peer interaction
JJ – Letter Sounds
SL- letter recognition
LM- Rhyming
CS- Fine Motor JM – Better drop offs ,adjusting to routine JS
– Self-help skills/ sitting at group
Changes to Routine/Schedule:
Giraffes – Giraffe’s PM time shortened for swimming
Weekly Reflection/Future Ideas:
Key Code for Domain Focus: Early Learning and
Development Standards
S/E= Social Emotional C=Cognitive G=General Knowledge
LL=Language & Literacy Development APT=Approach Toward Learning
Key Code for Domain Focus:
K-12 standards
FA= Fine Arts ELA=English Language Arts SS= Social Studies
S= Science M= Mathematics T= Technology