This document provides the weekly schedule for a preschool classroom for the week of March 20-24, 2017. The schedule includes daily interest areas, large and small group activities, read-alouds, and outdoor experiences that focus on the theme of simple machines. The daily activities incorporate investigating different types of simple machines, people who use simple machines, and looking for examples of simple machines in the neighborhood.

1. Week of: March 20-24, 2017 Birds and Giraffes Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie, Jeni
Study: Simple Machines Investigation 4/5: What are other types of simple machines? Who
works with simple machines?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Blocks: Pulley Cooking:
Ingredients and
cooking tools
Toys and Games: roller skates
wheels
Art: photos of simple
machines in the
community
Art:
woodworking
materials
Question of the
Day
What shape is this? Is this a simple
machine?
How is this used? What will we see on
our walk today?
What would you
like to ask our
visitor?
Large Group Game: Come Play with
me/I love you ritual
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Exploring
Pulleys
Rhyme: Two
Plump
Armadillo
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Wedges
Movement: Counting Calisthenics/
I Love you ritual
Discussion and Shared Writing:
Roller Skates
Game: I Love you
ritual/Number Lineup
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Simple Machines in
our neighborhood
Song: I love you
ritual/This Old
Song
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Visitor who is a
carpenter
Read-Aloud My Neighbors and Their
Simple Machines
Featherless Highlights Fearless I Want to be a
Builder
Small Group Morning: Alphabet
Cards
Afternoon: Textured
Letters/Cooking
Club/Line Dancing
Morning: Play
Dough
Afternoon:
Biscuits/I’m
Sticky
Morning: Stepping
Stones/Grandfriends Birds
Afternoon: We’re Going on an
Adventure/Swimming/Baxter the
Black Dog
Morning: Writing
Poems
Afternoon:
Intergen/Simple
Machine Poems/Little
Ball
Morning:
Memory Games
Afternoon:
What’s
missing?/Stop &
Go Colors
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
LL-Phonological
Awareness
GNS-Inquiry
PWB-Small
Muscle
GNM-Number Sense and Counting APL-Initiative and
curiosity
SED-Interaction with
Adults
GNSS- Rules
and Laws
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Uses letter sound
knowledge/Matches
beginning sounds
Uses Scientific Inquiry
Fine motor
strength and
coordination
Uses number concepts and
operations
Shows curiosity and
motivation
Forms relationships
with adults
Follows Limits
and expectations
Outdoor Experiences: walk to look for simple machines
Family Partnerships:
Wow! Experiences: