September Week 4

1. Week of: September 26-30 Teacher: Sara, Robin, Karen, Mary, Macie
Beginning the Year Focus Questions: 4. When do things happen at school?
5. Who works at our school?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Discovery: collection of
familiar classroom
items; magnifying
glasses
Music and
Movement:
beanbags
Cooking: equipment,
ingredients for selected
recipe
Sand and Water:
measuring cups;
measuring spoons;
mixing spoons;
whisks
Toys and Games:
magnetic letters
Question of the
Day
What do we do when
we first get to school?
Does this person
work at our school?
Have you seen this
person at school?
Does this man go to
our school?
What does this person
do at our school?
Large Group Movement: Let’s Make
Letters
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Cues for
Times of the Day
Song: “Hello Bingo”
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Who Do You Think
Works at Our
School?
Game: Busy Bees
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Visit From a
School Worker (The
Chef from our kitchen)
Song: “Let’s Clean
Up!”
Discussion and
Shared Writing: Visit
From a School
Worker
Movement: Oh, Dear!
What Can the Matter
Be?
Discussion and Shared
Writing: The Missing
Gingerbread Man
Read-Aloud Papi, How Many Stars
Are in the Sky?
The Gingerbread
Man
Neighborhood Song The Gingerbread
Man
Neighborhood Song
Small Group Morning: The Long and
Short of It
Afternoon: Morning,
Noon, and Night
Morning: Geoboards
Afternoon: Missing
Lids
Morning: Alphabet
Cards
Afternoon: D Is for
Door
Morning: Alphabet
Cards/Hillcrest Birds
Afternoon: D Is for
Door
Morning: Hillcrest
Giraffe
Afternoon: Modeling
Clay
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Hear sounds in words
by isolating the
syllables of a word
using snapping,
clapping, or rhythmic
movement
Demonstrate a
beginning
understanding of
links between letters
and sounds
Directly compare two
objects with a
measurable attribute in
common to see which
object has more or less
Counting forward
beginning from a
given number within
the known sequence
Directly compare two
objects with
measurable attributes in
common to see which
has more or less
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Demonstrates
Phonological
Awareness
Demonstrate
Knowledge of the
Alphabet
Compares and Measures Uses number
concepts and
operations
Compares and
Measures
Outdoor Experiences: Body Part Balance; Jump the River
Family Partnerships: Hillcrest Orchard
Wow! Experiences: Hillcrest Orchard