This document provides the weekly schedule and lesson plans for a preschool classroom studying bugs. The schedule includes science activities like a bug display and field trip, art projects like photos of insects, library time with bug books, and outdoor play using scales. Large group activities focus on how insects look, move, communicate, and work together. Read-alouds include books about bugs. Small groups include reading, cooking, field trips, and math activities. The document also provides notes on individual children's learning goals and weekly reflections.

1. Week of: June 12-16, 2017 Birds and Giraffes Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie, Robin
Study: Bugs Investigation: What are the characteristics of Bugs?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Science – Bug Display Field Trip to Rebman’s
Bowling Alley
Art: Photos of Insects Library – Bug books
in library
Play Yard – Use
Scales in Play
yard
Question of the Day How are these insects
alike?
How far can you jump? What sounds can you
make with your hands?
What does this mean? How many
people do you
live with?
Large Group I love you ritual/
Hickory Dickory Dock
Discussion and Shared
Writing: How Do
Insects Look the Same?
I love you Ritual
Discussion and Shared
Writing: How Do insects
move?
I Love you ritual
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Insect
Communication
Discussion and
Shared Writing: How
do insects
communicate without
sound?
I Love You Ritual
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
How Do insects
work together?
I Love You
Ritual
Read-Aloud Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
What is an Insect?
Lemon Moon
Bumblebee, Bumblebee,
Do You Know me?
Ten Busy Buzzy Bugs
Mighty Spiders
Caterpillar to
Butterfly
Butterfly House
Lemon Moon
Honeybee
Small Group Morning: Reading
Nonfiction Books
Afternoon: Cooking
Club/Will You Read to
Me?
Morning: Field Trip to
Rebmans Bowling Alley
Afternoon: Pendulum
Power
Morning: Making a bird
feeder
Birds- Intergen
Afternoon: Swimming
Morning: Secret
Numbers
Afternoon: Marble
Mat Counting
/Balancing
Morning:
Giraffe’s Library
Afternoon: Pots
and Pans Band
Ohio Early Learning
& Development
Standards
GKS – Similarities &
differences exist among
individuals of the same kind of
animals
SE-Demonstrates socially
competent behavior w/peers
PWB –Demonstrate
locomotor skills
LL-Actively engage in group
reading activities with
purpose & understanding
AL-Use creative &
flexible thinking to solve
problems/.
GKM-When counting
objects, say the
number names in the
standard order
GKSS-People
develop an
awareness of
their personal
histories
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Demonstrates knowledge of
the characteristics of living
things
Interacts w/peers
Demonstrates traveling
skills
Comprehends &
Responds to books &
other texts
Demonstrates positive
approach to learning
Use number concepts &
quantitities
Shows basic
understanding of
people & how they
live
Outdoor Experiences:
Family Partnerships:
Wow! Experiences: Bowling, Giraffe’s Library Trip

2. Planning for Language &
Literacy:
Letter Q
Planning for Health/Nutrition:
Cooking Club – TBD
Planning for
Family/Community
Involvement-
Planning for Individual Children:
Karen
MB: Controlling emotions, letter recognition, number recognition, following direction, fine motor
DH: in charge of self, sounding out words, following directions
AR: sounding out words, being respectful
LS: letter sounds, answering questions, completing simple patterns
KO: letter and number recognition, simple patterns, being in charge of herself
JB: More active in classroom, self-help skills, number recognition
DP: Better Drop offs, letter recognition, number recognition, using words instead of grunting
CLM: letter sounds, rhyming, control strong emotions
Mary
MG: following rules of conversation, staying on task, in charge of self, being respectful, stop yelling,
team work
EM: letter recognition, being in charge of self, being truthful, handedness
NR: being in charge of herself, bike, being helpful not hurtful
SJ: being in charge of herself, coloring, being helpful not hurtful
XJ: being in charge of self, name writing, controlling body during play
BL: Being kind and listening to teachers, using writing utensil, gross motor
SB: using her words, letter recognition, letter sounds
AH: following directions in a timely manner, social interaction
Sara
JA: sounding out words, being a leader
HD: letter sounds, counting to 20, come to school
CS: holding writing utensil correctly, catching a ball and bouncing a ball, letter sounds
MM: Following directions, using scissors and holding his writing utensil
IS: letter recognition and sound, counting, focusing on tasks and follow through, answering questions
BB: in charge of self, being respectful and giving others opportunities in play, number recognition.
Letters
Robin
AB: shape and color recognition, letter recognition and sounds
CB: letter sounds, recognizing rectangle and square, number recognition, skipping
AJ: shape recognition rectangle and square, letter recognition, cutting with scissors
DL: Letter recognition, recognizing square and rectangle, skipping

3. LS: listening to her teachers and responding to her teachers
HM: writing his name
Changes to Routine/Schedule Weekly Reflection/Future Ideas:
Do a second week of Spring, rainbow day
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