This document contains a weekly schedule and plan for a study on water for a group of teachers - Mary, Valerie, Karen, Emily, and Lynea. The schedule outlines daily questions, discussions, activities, and reading related to how water is used. Planned activities include exploring how boats move through water, making glass chimes with different water levels, and freezing items in an ice block to discover as it melts. Interest areas in the classroom are adapted based on the water study, such as adding ocean animals and boats to the block area.

1. Teachers: Mary, Valerie, Karen, Emily, Lynea Study: Water Investigation: How is water used?
Commitment: SA: I commit to set a good example for my younger friends. PK: I commit to listen to my teachers.
August Monday 26 Tuesday 27 Wednesday 28 Thursday 29 Friday 30
Q of the Day:
How is water used?
Discussion on how water
keeps us healthy: PMP20-1
Are you excited to play in the
water again? (write name in
yes/no column)
Why do boats go on water? What can we make with water? Who lives in the water?
AM/PM mtg
Leader:
AM Val LK 8-2
PM Emily
AM Val LK 8-2
PM Mary
AM Val LK 8-2
PM Mary
AM Val LK 8-2
PM Mary
AM Val LK 8-2
PM Karen
AM Phonemic
Awareness
group:
3yr old- Week 4 Wednesday
PreK- Week 8 Monday
Water Day!!! Play “drip,
drip,splash” (Duck Duck Goose
with Water) SED 6-2
3yr old- Week 4 Thursday
PreK- Week 8 Wednesday
3yr old- 3yr old- Week 4 Friday
PreK- Week 8 Thursday
3yr old- read aloud in library
PreK- Week 8 Friday
Book:
Water Can Be by Laura
Purdie Salas
Hey, Water! By Antoinette
Portis
Splash, Splash By Jeff
Sheppard
What Makes a Rainbow? By Betty
Ann Schwartz
Swallow the Leader By
Danna Smith
PM group:
Check on our garden to see
if it needs water. Why do
they need water? What are
the signs that plants need
water? How can we give
them water? ATL 2-2
Make and explore Glass chimes.
Fill up glasses with different
levels of water to hear the
different sounds the glasses can
make. CCA 12-2, CS 14-4
Make a Pool noodle boat
with wax paper sails. To
experience how boats can
move through water.
Make Oobleck with water and corn
starch to explore how water
changes things.
Freeze and Find: a big block
of ice will be put out in the
water table to melt by
squirting warm water on it.
and find the secret items
hidden inside. Separate the
items we find in the block of
ice into categories. CM 10-2
Intergen/
Other:
Cooking Club: Eleanor, Iris,
Maike, Emily
No Intergen
No Swimming
One on ones *Emily
*Children are asked who would like to participate weekly and are not assigned certain weeks to participate. Groups are done during Free Play in the Interest areas.
These are the Changes to Interest area Based on Children’s Interests/Study:
Writing (V): Letter puzzles
to enhance awareness of
letters, Etcha Sketch to
practice 3-point grip.
Discovery (M): Light table turned on with
translucent building bricks. Ask the children
- What does translucent mean? What else
is translucent?
Library (K): Books about nature and water to
read independently and with others
Large Muscle/Outside (M/V): jumping over the
sprinkler, tossing sponge balls. Playing drip, drip,
splash.
Art (E): Painting with ice
cubes to explore how water
changes
Table Toys (K): Q-bitz to problem solve and
make patterns with, Ocean life cookie
cutters to manipulate with playdough
Technology (M): Letter formation Link-to-learn
game on smart board, where children match
and trace letters
Classroom rules / routines (V/M):
Listen to your teachers. Remind children of daily
commitment.
Sensory table (E): Colored
water and misc. tools to
practice manipulating water
blocks (R/L): Large Lego blocks, foam
connectors, Circus tent, ocean animals to
build with and explore
Music (R/L): Waves in the Sea song & Ocean
song to sing with children
Dramatic Play (V): Ocean scene w/ blue walls,
ocean animals and cardboard boat/submarine to
foster pretend play
What needs extra attention/ schedule changes this week: _Making sure children that come in late still do the commitment in the mornings.
What worked/didn’t work this week or Ideas for the future: _________________________________________________________________________
Parent Involvement/needs (V/M): _____________________________________________________________________________________________