May Week 5 Spring

1. Teachers: Mary, Valerie, Karen, Emily, Lynea Date: May 27-31, 2019
Study: Spring Investigation: Who visits a pond?
Commitment: I commit to use my outside body outside and my inside body inside.
Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday 30 Friday 31
Question of the
Day:
How do you say good bye to
someone you love?
What classroom behaviors do
we need reminders about? (i.e.
next commitment)
Are you graduating today? What month is next?
AM/PM meeting
Leader:
AM Val
PM Mary
AM Val
PM Lynea
AM Val
PM Mary
AM Mary
PM Val
AM focus group:
Person, Book,
Activity
Val
The Kissing Hand
Practice graduation
Karen
Splash
Practice graduation
Emily
Little Racoon Learns to Share
Practice graduation
Mary
Seven Hungry Babies
What classroom job do you
want next?
PM focus group: Mary
Llama Llama Misses Mama
Practice graduation
Lynea
One smart Goose
Practice graduation
Lynea
Boris Beaver
Practice graduation
Karen
Beaver Gets Lost
Change out calendar and job
board
Intergen/Other: Art with Amanda 9:30-
10:00am, Donna reads
10:30am & 1-on-1s with
Amanda 3-4pm
Val- Intergen 10-11am*
Swimming- Nathan, Luke H.,
Xenieya, Sebastian, Vayda,
Gemma, Luke S., Emilie
GRADUATION – starts
promptly at 4pm
1 on 1 visits with Emily at
10am
*Children are asked who would like to participate weekly and are not assigned certain weeks to participate.
Small groups are done during Free Play in the Interest areas. These are the Changes to Interest area Based on Children’s Interests/Study:
Dramatic Play (V): Addition of tent,
animal costumes, and insect wings.
Discovery (M): Look at our tadpole-
frog and caterpillars-butterflies with
magnifying glasses. Ramps & Gears
out as well.
Library (K): Books about Spring and
ponds have been added as well as
Spring felt board materials.
Sensory table (E): Add different sized
lily pads with water with orbs.
Art (E): Egg cartons, foam stickers, and
pom-poms added to loose materials
containers, finger painting available.
Cooking/Table Toys (K): Nest & eggs
tweezer game, bugs building toys, PEC
pictures, jumping frogs, and numbered
lily pads.
Technology (M): Watch the live action
story telling of the very hungry
caterpillar.
Music (R/L): 5 green and speckled
frogs on CD to reenact and move to.
Large motor (M/V): Search Kendal’s
ponds and document what we see that
lives in them.
Blocks (R/L): Tree slices, and sticks
added to build natural structures.
Pictures of beaver dams added.
Writing (V): Sticks added to the
writing table to make letters with.
Classroom rules / routines (V/M): I
commit to use my outside body
outside and my inside body inside.
What needs extra attention/ schedule changes this week: Graduation Thursday at 4pm
Parent Involvement/needs (V/M): Graduate’s need to pick up their gowns from Val and pay $15.00.
What worked best this week: _________________________________________________________________________________________
What didn’t work so well this week: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ideas for the future: ________________________________________________________________________________________________
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