1. Week of: April 4-8 Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie, Robin
Study: Exercise Exploring the Topic: What do we know about exercise?
What do we want to find out?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Library: collection
of images of people
exercising in
different way
Music and
Movement:
collection of
images of people
exercising in
different ways
Music and Movement:
collection of images of
people exercising in
different ways
Discovery: collection of
sports balls
Library: fiction and
nonfiction books
about exercise
Question of the
Day
Do you like to
move your body?
Which exercise do
you like best?
What sport can we play
with this?
What sport can we play with
this?
What do you want to
know about
exercise?
Large Group Movement:
Counting
Calisthenics
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Exercising
Letter L
Game: 1, 2, 3,
What Do I See?
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
What Different
Kinds of Exercise
Are There?
Movement: Are You
Ready?
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Where Do
People Exercise?
Sight Word: red
Movement: Move to the Beat
Discussion and Shared
Writing: What Do We Know
About Exercise?
Sight Word: red
Movement: Freeze
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
What Do We Want
to Find Out About
Exercise?
Read-Aloud The Happiest Tree:
A Yoga Story
We All Went on
Safari
The Happiest Tree: A
Yoga Story
We All Went on Safari The Happiest Tree:
A Yoga Story
Small Group Morning:
Rhyming Riddles
Afternoon:
Cooking Club
Morning: Huff &
Puff
Afternoon: Lining
It Up
Morning:
Making My Name
Afternoon: Knowing
Our Friends
Morning: Sorting and
Classifying
Afternoon: Intergen Group/
Show Me Five
Morning: Exploring
Pathways
Afternoon:
Obstacle Course
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Recognize and
produce rhyming
words
Describe
measurable
attributes of objects
Demonstrate a beginning
understanding of links
between letters and
sounds
Similarities and differences
exist among individuals of the
same kinds of plants and
animals
Use non-locomotor
skills with control,
balance and
coordination during
active play
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Notes and
discriminates
rhyme
Place objects in
two or more groups
based on
differences
Understand that a
sequence of letters
represents a sequence of
spoken sounds
Demonstrates knowledge of
the characteristics of living
things
Experiments with
different ways of
balancing
2. Outdoor Experiences: Exercise Equipment in the Outdoor Area; Swing & Jump Rope; Jump the River
Family Partnerships: We would like to invite family members to contribute photos of family members exercising. We will encourage the
children to interview a family member about their favorite types of exercise. Also, we’d like to invite a family member or another community
member to visit the class next Thursday to share information about an exercise he/she likes. Please let us know if you are interested in joining us.
Wow! Experiences: None.
Planning for Language & Literacy:
L Chant
Sight Word: Black
Planning for Health/Nutrition:
Cooking Club – TBD
Planning for Family/Community
Involvement:
Planning for Individual Children:
JA: Sounds/Words PB: Listening
AB: Sounds/Words CC: Letter Recognition
AB: Sitting at Group BD: Social Relationships
HD: Letter Recognition MF: Letter Recognition
HH: Writing LG: Self-regulation
AH: Social Interaction SG: Letter Sounds/Words
SL: Sounds/Words MG: Following limits
NL: Letter Recognition PH: Letter Recognition/Sounds
DL: Letter Recognition DH: Staying Focused
GS: Letter Recognition LH: Staying Focused
CS: Social Interaction SJ: Staying Focused
MS: Letter Recognition GL: Self-regulations
AR: Letter Recognition AS: Attends/Engages
JS: One to one correspondence OU: Letter Recognition
BW: Print Concepts XJ: Acclimated to class
DP: Colors/Shapes
Changes to Routine/Schedule:
Change Recall from all children to 4 groups
Weekly Reflection/Future Ideas:
3. 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
