October Week 1

1. Week of: October 2-6 Teacher: Sara, Robin, Mary, Karen, Macie
Beginning the Year -- Focus Question: 6. How do we make and keep friends? How
can we be part of a group?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Toys and Games:
geoboards
Games and Toys: Old
Fashion Toys
Games and Toys: Old
Fashion Toys
Library: books about
friends
Art: play dough
Question of the
Day
Can you make this
shape with your
hands?
Do you know what
this is? (old fashion
toys)
What do you like to do
with your friends?
Do you know what a
moon cake is?
What should you do if
you and a friend want
the same toy?
Large Group Song: “Hello
Friends”
Discussion and
Shared
Writing: Taking
Turns
Game: Name Cheer
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Friendship/ELI Intro
Rhyme: “The Name
Dance”
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Friendship
Movement: Move to the
Beat
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Mid Autumn
festival Jen Jen and Lua
Game: Sorting
Syllables
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Conflict
Resolution
Read-Aloud The Gingerbread
Man
Then and Now
Having Fun
Hooray, a Piñata!
Home Then and Now
Look Inside Log
Cabin
Too Many Tamales
Aurora Means Dawn
Crazy Pizza Day
Tuttle’s Red Barn
Too Many Tamales
About a Hundred
Years Ago
Small Group Morning: Pumpkin
Cutting
Afternoon:
Pumpkin cutting
Morning: Fall
Bookmaking
Afternoon: Desktop
Publishing
Morning: Friendship
and Love Cards
Afternoon: Swimming
Morning: Sorting
Syllables
Afternoon: Sorting
Syllables/Intergen
Morning: Squirrel
Acorn Counting Game
Afternoon: Bounce &
Count
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
GKM-Identify and
describe shapes
PWB-small muscle
GKS-Exploration
of living things
GKSS-
Heritage/History
develop awareness of
personal history
SE-Peer interactions
and relationships
LL-Phonological
awareness/syllables
AL-Creativity/use
imagination and
creativity to interact
with materials
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Identifies shapes
Manipulate objects
Characteristics
living things
Demonstrates
knowledge about self
Establishes and
sustains positive
relationships
Notices and
discriminates units of
sound
Uses creativity and
imagination
Outdoor Experiences: Follow the Leader
Family Partnerships: Swimming
Wow! Experiences: Swimming ,Story with Donna