June Week 1 Spring

1. Teachers: Mary, Valerie, Karen, Emily, Lynea Date: June 2-7, 2019
Study: Spring Investigation: What is a garden? Commitment: I will keep my body safe.
Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Thursday 6 Friday 7
Question
of the Day:
What should we put in our
garden?
Add a check to the vegetables
and fruits you like. (print
pictures of our plants)
Why do we have a garden? How do we keep our garden
safe? ATL 2-2
How many of our bean seeds
have sprouted?
AM/PM
meeting
Leader:
AM Mary
PM Emily
AM Val
PM Mary
AM Val
PM Lynea
AM Val
PM Mary
AM Val
PM Val
AM focus
group:
Person,
Book,
Activity
Lynea
The Little Gardeners Guide (pg
28-29) CM 12-2
Map out garden in block area
Mary
Plant a Garden
Plant our playground garden
(based on children’s Q of Day
answers)
CS 15-2
Karen
Tomatoes Grow from Seeds
Parts of a plant smartboard
game CS 13-3, CS 15-2
Val
The Gigantic Turnip (cd)
The little plant poem with
motions to move our body
from a seed to a tall plant PMP
17-1
Emily
Plant a Garden
Dig a Hole song
SS 16-4
PM focus
group:
Emily
The Little Gardeners Guide
(pg 30-31) LC 7-4
Plant seeds in bags to hang in
window and observe.
Mary
Colorful Food
Make label sticks for plants in
garden LK 9-1
Val
Vegetable Gardens
Parts of a plant smartboard
game CS 13-3, CS 15-2
Lynea
The Little Gardeners Guide
(pg 32-35) ATL 2-2
Talk about caring for the
garden, water and check on it
Karen
I love dirt poem/song
Play with squirt bottle at
sensory table SED 6-3
Intergen/
Other:
Cooking Club:
Julian, Vayda, Nathan, Jaxon
Art with Amanda 9:30-
10:00am, & 1-on-1s with
Amanda 3-4pm
Val- Intergen 10-11am*
NO SWIMMING POOL
CONSTRUCTION
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): seeds in window bags,
seeds in blocks, Frogscottle, to observe
with magnifying glass
Library (K): Books about gardens
/plants added as well as food felt
board materials.
Sensory table (E): Dirt, shovels, play
food
Art (E): Egg cartons, foam stickers, and
pom-poms added to lose materials
containers, finger painting on table
with clay available
Cooking/Table Toys (K): Nest & eggs
tweezer game, bugs building toys, peg
pictures, jumping frogs, and numbered
lily pads.
Technology (M): Parts of a plant
smartboard game
Music (R/L): shakers, to imitate the
rain helping plants grow
Large motor (M/V): Bikes in play yard
and courtyard garden.
Blocks (R/L): farm scenery, more
fences, farm vehicles, and farm
animals, ball blocks, big car mountain
Writing (V): Sticks added to the
writing table to make letters with.
Classroom rules / routines (V/M):
What needs extra attention/ schedule changes this week:
Parent Involvement/needs (V/M):
What worked best this week: _________________________________________________________________________________________
What didn’t work so well this week: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Ideas for the future: ________________________________________________________________________________________________