WordPress.com



ROOM # 20 WEEKLY PLANNING FORM WEEK OF: 4/20/20 -4/24/20

TEACHER’S NAME: Katelynn C.

|Day of the Week |DAILY FOCUS |Follow up Activity ON DAILY FOCUS |Skill Building Activity |Play focus |

| |(Focuses on the unit’s student | |(Small group centers: |[Planting seeds for play activities (aka |

| |outcomes- lesson) | |Math, Literacy, cutting/ handwriting, Library) |learning centers)] |

|Monday |Unit: Plants |Let us remind our little learner about |MATH- Review # 7 this week |Edible Art: Select some of your little learners|

|Date: 4/20/2020 |Focus- Why are plants important? |leaves. Leaves are an important part of the |Watch this video practicing counting 7 potatoes: |favorite vegetables, fruits, and possibly |

| |Review what do plants need to grow? |plant. Leaves use the carbon dioxide in the | |crackers or pretzel type snacks to build a tree|

| |-water |air to help the plant live and grow. Leaves |Create a number 7 on a piece of paper. Work with |with your little learner. |

| |-sun light |then give us oxygen to breath so that we can |your little learner to count and paste 7 pictures|[pic][pic] |

| |-air |live and grow. Leaves do this all through |on it. | |

| |-soil |pores which are very tiny holes. | |Sensory: |

| |-space to grow. | |LITERACY- Please if you do not already have an |Lets feel the dry dirt. Then lets add water to |

| |’s have our little learners use buttons or|account create one. It is free with a limitation |dry dirt. Now the dirt is wet. Mix dirt and |

| |fTRzI |cereal such as cheerios to create the pores |on the number of games that can be played in a |water. Put beans and if you have them fruit |

| | |on a leaf. |month and I will be recommending games like this |seeds such as avocadoes, peaches and plums into|

| |How do plants help us? |-Cut out or have your little learner cut out |one to play with your little learner at home. |the dirt and encourage your little learner to |

| |- Plants give us flowers and fruits |a leaf shape. | and find them. |

| |and vegetables like you were learning |-Glue buttons or cheerios to leaf practicing |es/ | |

| |about last week. |their pincer grasp using thumb and pointer | |Blocks/Art: |

| |- Plants also help the earth |finger together. |LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Please if you do not already have|Build flower boxes and draw flowers with your |

| | |an account create one. It is free and it is a |little learner to plant in them. |

| |11XS8 | |great source of books. It is where we are pulling| |

| | | |our read-alouds from: |Music and Movement Activity: |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | |HANDWRITING- copy and paste image into a blank | |

| | | |document to make it bigger and print or have your| |

| | | |little learner draw circular scribbles for the | |

| | | |tops of the flowers and work on drawing a | |

| | | |straight line down for the stem of the flower. | |

|Tuesday |Unit: Plants |Practice being Earth Protectors. Check the |MATH- Work with your little learner to understand|Dramatic Play: |

|Date: 4/21/2020 |Focus- How people can help plants and |house with your little learner in search of |positional directions. Work on “In”/ “Out”/ and |Let’s pretend to plant a tree and go through |

| |the earth by “Going Green”? |ways to reduce things you use in your home |“Beside” or “Next to”. Work on having your little|the check list of what a tree needs to grow: |

| | |such as electricity. Ask your little learner |learner follow one step directions to put a toy |- water pretend to get a hose and water the |

| |-Work to “Go Green” |do we need the light on if the sun is out? – |“in a bin”, “take the out of the bin”, “put the |dirt. |

| | them turn off the light. Practice |toy beside the bin” |-sun light- plant it by the window |

|Teacher’s note to self for |Zu9pE |washing your hands with your little learner. | |-air- open the window |

|12:30 Read aloud for Tuesday: |-What does it mean to “Go Green”? |– what should we do with the water once we |LITERACY- Watch letter / I i/ video review letter|-soil- pretend to dig a hole and plant the seed|

| means people do things like |are done? – have them turn the water off. |and sound. |then cover the seed |

|=lpEc5nHqO2c |reducing the number of things they use| | |-space to grow. |

| |that cause pollution, reusing things | |create your own I tree or print a copy of this | |

| |like water bottles or clothes more | |page and have your little learner color over all |Art: Use a empty soda bottle or plastic water |

| |than once, and recycling things like | |the letter I |bottle to help your little learner create their|

| |cans to create new things. It also | |HANDWRITING/FINEMOTOR- |own watering “can”. |

| |means planting plants and trees to | |Using playdough to strengthen your little |-Poke small holes in the top of the plastic |

| |help the environment. | |learners’ fingers. Let us create the earth and |bottle around the neck of the bottle. |

| | | |some trees from playdough. If no playdough is |-Help your little learner decorate their |

| |Watch this video with your little | |available here is a quick recipe you can include |watering “can”. |

| |learner that focuses on Reducing by | |your little learner in making it with you: | |

| |using less of things that cause | | |[pic] |

| |pollution: | | | |

| | | | |

| |Pt6wk | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | | | |

| | | |*If you create your own playdough you should save| |

| | | |it in a plastic bag for repeated use. | |

| | | | | |

| | | |LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Read a book for 5-10 mins with |Music and Movement Activity: |

| | | |your little learner 2 to 4 times a day for a | |

| | | |total of 20 mins. While reading try to have your | |

| | | |little learner looking at the book with you. | |

| | | |Pause and point to pictures with them. Ask them | |

| | | |to point to objects in the pictures. | |

|Wednesday |Unit: Plants |Get together different recyclable materials |MATH- Continue to work with your little learner |Art: |

|Date: 4/22/2020 |Focus- Earth Day. Keeping the earth |in your house such as: botles,bottle caps, |to understand positional directions. Work on |We have been learning about the 3 Rs. The R you|

|Note to parents: Tell your |and its plants healthy by reusing |egg crates, empy container lids, etc. and |“In”/ “Out”/ and “Beside” or “next to”. Work on |and your little learner will be focused on |

|little learner about how today |materials. |work with your little learner to create |having your little learner follow one step |tomorrow will be Recycling. If you did not |

|is Earth Day. | |flowers out of reusable materials. Help your|directions to put a toy “in a bin”, “take the out|create 3 recycling boxes/bins with your little |

|A day to help remind us of the |Watch this video of a song on the 3Rs |little learner by cutting plastic or card |of the bin”, “put the toy beside the bin” |learner that can be used on Thursday: |

|importance of taking care of |to remind your little learner what we |poad into shapes they could use as stems or | |1-Paints/color Blue for Paper |

|our earth and remind ourselves |have been learning. |leaves. As you work with your little learner |LITERACY- Watch letter / I i/ video review letter|2-Paints/color Yellow for Plastic |

|of the different ways we can do| create the flowers remind them of the |and sound. |3-Paints/color Red for Cans |

|that. |QrLJg |different part of a flower: stem, leaves, | | |

| | |flower. |Draw a letter I on a paper have your child try to|Sensory/Math: |

| |Review with your little learner the 3 |[pic]flowers made using bottle tops |trace the letter I. |Lets feel the dry dirt. Then this time lets |

| |Rs for helping our earth? | | |have your little learner add water to dry dirt |

| |-Reduce: use less show them by having | |HANDWRITING/FINEMOTOR: |using their watering “can” that they made. Now |

| |your little learner turn off the light|Flowers made using egg crates and straws |[pic]Link to page below. |the dirt is wet. Mix dirt and water. Work on |

| | | |“In”/ “Out”/ and “Beside” or “next to” while |

| |-Reuse: use it again | |l+lines&sxsrf=ALeKk01rzvXOn-bDHlxIYP4WKrItvR6bEg:|having your little learner put recycled |

| |-Recycle: make it into something new | |1587109901936&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=Bk7hT|materials in and out of the dirt. To also |

| | |9w6aiFQGM%253A%252CF-9S0U94mxqQXM%252C_&vet=1&usg|practice picking up litter. |

| |g1dOI | |=AI4_-kTj3xUw1jpbgtKu144ojEeXZToZAA&sa=X&ved=2ahU| |

| | | |KEwi3krKP_e7oAhXRhHIEHYgaCrAQ9QEwAXoECAoQKg#imgrc|Block Center: Use plastic containers, cans, |

| | | |=Bk7hT9w6aiFQGM: |empty plastic juice jugs, egg crate, bottle |

| | | |LIBRARY/ MEDIA- |tops and other reusable materials to build |

| | | |Read a book for 5-10 mins with your little |castles or other things or structures. |

| | | |learner 2 to 4 times a day for a total of 20 |[pic] [pic] |

| | | |mins. While reading try to have your little | |

| | | |learner looking at the book with you. Pause and |Music and Movement Activity: |

| | | |point to pictures with them. Ask them to point to|

| | | |objects in the pictures. |t=RDQMOfhjMkrvJOg&index=1 |

|Thursday |Unit: Plants |Set out the 3 bins/boxes labeled: paper |MATH- Review # 7 this week |Dramatic Play: |

|Date: 4/23/2020 |Focus- The 3 Rs. Keeping the earth and|(newspaper, magazines), plastic (bottles), |Watch this video practicing counting to 7: | |

| |its plants healthy by Recycling. |and cans (soda cans, soup cans etc.) and put | |Continue using your recycling bins and |

| | |a variety of plastic, paper and can objects | |practicing. Pretend with your little learners |

| |What are the 3 R’s for helping our |out on the floor. |LITERACY- Watch letter / Nn/ video review letter |that you are the trash collector. Go around |

| |earth? | |and sound. |your home with your little learner and collect |

| |-Reuse: use it again | | |all the trash from the trash cans. Use your |

| |-Reduce: use less |Start by telling your little learner it’s | |recycling boxes with your little learner as you|

| |-Recycle: make it into something new |time to practice our recycling. Ask them to |HANDWRITING/FINEMOTOR |go if you are finding things in the trash that |

| | |help you match items to their recycling bin? |Working with playdough let us practice rolling |can be recycled. |

| |Recycle: make it into something new |Working with your little learner to sort |the dough into medium length strips and practice | |

| | |where the different materials go. Ask them to|building the letters I, N, and the number 7. |Art: Time to get creative with the recycling |

| | paper with paper, plastic with plastic, | |and reusable materials we can find in our |

| |qQYUA |and the cans with the cans. |LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Read a book for 5-10 mins with |homes. Create an instrument to play along with |

| | | |your little learner 2 to 4 times a day for a |music teacher Tal on Friday. |

| | | |total of 20 mins. While reading try to have your |[pic]guitar from a snack box and paper towel |

| | | |little learner looking at the book with you. |role |

| | | |Pause and point to pictures with them. Ask them |[pic] drum from a can/container of oatmeal. |

| | | |to point to objects in the pictures. |[pic]rain stick. Twist a piece of aluminum foil|

| | | | |the length of your tube and put it inside with |

| | | | |the other small objects such as corn kernels or|

| | | | |beans that are being used to make the sound. |

| | | | | |

| | | | |Music and Movement Activity: |

| | | | | |

|Friday |Unit: Plants |Your little learner has been learning all |MATH-Review #7 |Block Center: Use plastic containers, cans, |

|Date: 4/24/2020 |Focus- Keeping the earth and its |about the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. |Play this game |empty plastic juice jugs, egg crate, bottle |

| |plants healthy using the 3 Rs. | | and other reusable materials to build |

| | |-On a paper draw a down arrow for reduce, a |-demolition/ |castles or other things or structures. |

| |- Review with your little learner the |cloth bag for reuse and a box for recycle. | |[pic] [pic] |

| |3 Rs for helping our earth? |-Have your little learner start by coloring |LITERACY- Watch letter / Nn/ video review letter | |

| |-Reduce: use less show them by having |the box you drew green for recycling. |and sound. |Sensory: |

| |your little learner turn off the light|-Now work with your little learner to cut out| |Use recycled and reusable materials to paint. |

| | |different things from a magazine or | |[pic] [pic] |

| |-Reuse: use it again |store/shoppers paper showing things that cane|HANDWRITING/FINEMOTOR: | |

| |-Recycle: make it into something new |either be reduced (lamp/light bulbs, water), |Use a container with a medium or large opening |Music and Movement Activity: |

| | |reused (cloth bags/backpacks, water bottles, |such as a pickle jar or a large juice bottle. |Pretend to be the animals in the song and do |

| |Watch this short video about the 3 Rs |clothing) or recycled (cans, plastic, paper, |Have your little learner work on ripping |the movements the animals can do with your |

| |and the things we can use them on. |jars). |newspaper and rolling it into a small ball. Then |little learner. |

| | your little learner to point to what |using their thumb and pointer finger pinch the | |

| |F4_S8&t=82s |they can do with the thing in the picture. |paper and put it into the container. | |

| | |-Work with you little learner to glue the | | |

| | |pictures on the paper under the titles. But |LIBRARY/ MEDIA- Read a book for 5-10 mins with | |

| | |let them decide where it goes. |your little learner 2 to 4 times a day for a | |

| | |-Ask your little learner to point to what |total of 20 mins. While reading try to have your | |

| | |they can do with the thing in the picture. |little learner looking at the book with you. | |

| | |[pic] |Pause and point to pictures with them. Ask them | |

| | | |to point to objects in the pictures. | |

Social/ Emotional- Review Week 1 page 1.

Please refer to for the complete social emotional parent newsletter.



NYS Common Core Standards

PK.AL.3: Approaches tasks, activities and problems with creativity, imagination and/ or willingness to try new experiences or activities.

a. Chooses materials/props and uses novel ways to represent ideas, characters, and objects

PK.AL.4: Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness in learning new things and having new experiences.

g. Willingly engages in new experiences and activities

PK.PDH.3: Demonstrates coordination and control of large muscles

b. Maintains balance during sitting, standing, and movement activities

PK.SE.3: Demonstrates and continues to develop positive relationships with significant adults.

a. Interacts with significant adults

PK.AC.5: Demonstrates a growing receptive vocabulary

b. Identifies pictures related to words

PK.MATH.12:Describes objects in the environment using names of shapes and describes the relative positions of these objects using terms such as top, bottom, up, down, above, below, in front of, behind, over, under, next to.

PK.SCI.5: Plans and Conducts investigations to determine how familiar plants and/ or animals use their external parts to help them survive the environment.

a. Observe the relationships between the physical and living environment Observe the relationships between the physical and living environment

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download