February Week 5 Pets

1. Week of: Feb 29-March 4 Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie
Study: Pets Investigation: Where do pets live?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Blocks: Photos of
various habitats
Discovery: materials for
creating a nest
Library: Writing
Materials
Art: Books about
Classroom Pets
Library: photos or
books that show how
to approach
unfamiliar animals
Large Group Song: This is the Way
Discussion and Shared
Writing: What Does our
Classroom Pet Need in
Their Habitat?
Letter A
Game: My Name Too!
Discussion and Shared
Writing: How do Pets
Make Their Own Bed?
Game: Oh! Dear What
Can the Matter Be?
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Why Do
Some Pets Live in
Cages?
ELI Trip Song: We Like
Clapping
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Visitor An animal
expert
Read-Aloud Clifford the Small Red
Puppy
Have You Seen my Cat Mice Squeak, We
Speak
A Fish Out of Water The Best Nest
Small Group Morning: ELI Visitor
Afternoon: Same Sound
Sort/Cooking Club
Morning: Calm-Down
Place
Afternoon: Doggy,
Doggy, where’s your
bone
Morning: Story
Starters/Bird’s
Grandfriends
Afternoon: Swimming
Morning: ELI Trip
Afternoon:
Rhyming
Riddles/Journals
Morning: Cover Up
Afternoon: Lining It
Up
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Recognize when words
share phonemes
Similarities &
differences exist among
individuals of the same
kind of animal
Recognize & produce
rhyming words
Recognize when
words share
phonemes
Describe measurable
attributes of objects,
such as length or
weight
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Notices & discriminates
alliteration
Demonstrates
knowledge of the
characteristics of living
things
Generates a group of
rhyming words when
given a word.
Notices &
discriminates
alliteration
Use classification
skills
Outdoor Experiences: Play Dough Weaving
Family Partnerships: Swimming - Wednesday
Wow! Experiences: Story Time with Donna, Cooking Club, Intergen. ELI Trip Western Reserve