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Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Exploring the Topic: What do we know about clothes? What do we want to find out?

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|Interest Areas |Dramatic Play: clothing |Library: books about clothes |Dramatic Play: hangers and |Art: collage materials, fabric |Dramatic Play: doll clothes |

| |collection | |clothespins |scraps, glue, scissors | |

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|Large Group |Song: “Purple Pants” |Song: “Scat Singing” |Movement: Dancing With Scarves |Song: “Scat Singing” |Game: Just Like Mine |

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| |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: What |Discussion and Shared Writing: What Do|

| |Introduction to the Clothing |What Makes Our Clothes Special? |Describing Clothing |Do We Know About Clothes? |We Want to Find Out About Clothes? |

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|Read-Aloud |Caps for Sale |Uncle Nacho’s Hat |Caps for Sale |Llama Llama Red Pajama |Caps for Sale |

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|Small Group |Option 1: I Wear This When… |Option 1: Clothing Sorting Game |Option 1: Going on a Clothes |Option 1: Favorite Clothes |Option 1: Setting the Table |

| | | |Hunt | | |

| |Option 2: Exploring the Clothing |Option 2: Sorting & | |Option 2: Bookmaking |Option 2: Button Match |

| |Collection |Classifying Clothes |Option 2: Organizing the | | |

| | | |Clothes Collection | | |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Exploring Scarves; Clothing Conversations; Jump the River |

|Family Partnerships: We’d like to invite two male family members to come to the classroom next week to help us explore clothing sizes—a dad, grandpa, or uncle (Wednesday)—and a family member with|

|a baby (Thursday). Please let us know if you are interested in joining us. |

|Wow! Experiences: None. |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 1. What are the features of clothes?

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Art: clothing of different sizes |Blocks: standard measurement tools,|Library: props from |Toys and Games: baby, child, and |Art: materials to make |

| |and features |e.g., rulers, yardsticks, |Goldilocks and the Three Bears |adult clothes; standard and |thank-you notes |

| | |measuring tapes | |nonstandard measuring tools | |

| |Computer: ebook version of | | | | |

| |Goldilocks and the Three Bears |Computer: ebook version of | |Computer: ebook version of Button, | |

| | |Goldilocks and the Three Bears | |Button, Who’s Got the Button? | |

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|Large Group |Song: “Farmer in the Dell” |Rhyme: “Riddle Dee Dee” |Game: Finding Shapes on Clothing |Rhyme: “Riddle Dee Dee” |Music: Drums |

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| |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: Baby |Discussion and Shared Writing: How |

| |Exploring Sizes of Clothes |Measurement Tools |Looking at Large-Sized Clothes |Visit |Do Clothes Stay on Our Bodies? |

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|Read-Aloud |Goldilocks and the Three Bears |Goldilocks and the Three Bears |A Pocket for Corduroy |Button, Button, Who’s Got the |The Mitten |

| | | | |Button? | |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Play Dough |Option 1: What’s Missing? |Option 1: Bigger Than, Smaller |Option 1: Small, Medium, and Large |Option 1: Tallying Features of |

| | | |Than, Equal To |Book |Clothing |

| |Option 2: Biscuits |Option 2: Memory Card Game | | | |

| | | |Option 2: Measure & |Option 2: Small, Medium, and Large |Option 2: How Clothes Stay on Our |

| | | |Compare |Computer Book |Bodies |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Measuring Tools; Exploring Pathways |

|Family Partnerships: We’d like to ask family members to bring in old baby clothes that their children wore as babies. Also, please access the ebooks, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Button, |

|Button, Who’s Got the Button? |

|Wow! Experiences: Wednesday—A visit from a dad or other male family member |

|Thursday—A visit from a family member with a baby |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 2. How do we take care of our clothes? (Monday–Thursday)

3. How do people make clothes? (Friday)

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Sand and Water: powder, liquid, and |Sand and Water: soap, |Library: letter stamps |Library: clothesline story and |Art: materials for designing |

| |bar soaps; egg beaters; whisks |mixers, and beaters from the | |props or the pocket |shirts, pencils, paper, stamps, |

| | |previous day’s experience |Art: pieces of paper with a variety |storytelling props |stencils, rulers, markers |

| |Dramatic Play: laundry baskets | |of lines drawn on them, e.g., | | |

| | | |straight, zigzag, curved; one or two |Computer: ebook version of Wash| |

| |Computer: ebook version of Wash and | |lines per sheet |and Dry | |

| |Dry | | | | |

|Large Group |Music: Beating Drum Patterns |Movement: Move Like a |Song: “This Is the Way We Wash Our |Book: A Pocket for Corduroy |Game: Sort by Shirt Design |

| | |Washer or Dryer |Clothes” | | |

| |Discussion and Shared Writing: | | |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |Cleaning Clothes |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Mending |Designing Clothes (show sketch in |

| | |Remembering a Trip to the |Finding and Making Lines | |The Quinceañera) |

| | |Laundromat, or Read Wash and Dry | | | |

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|Read-Aloud |The Mitten |Llama Llama Red Pajama |The Mitten |Wash and Dry |The Girl Who Wore Too Much |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Letter Stamps |Option 1: Button Letters |Option 1: Observing Changes |Option 1: Dramatic Story |Option 1: Patterns on |

| | | | |Retelling |Clothing |

| |Option 2: Shaving Cream Letters |Option 2: Feeling Letters |Option 2: Baggie Ice Cream | | |

| | | | |Option 2: Pocket Storytelling |Option 2: Button Patterns |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Walking the Line; Going on a Line Hunt; Follow the Leader on a Line; Up and Away |

|Family Partnerships: Please let us know if you are interested in accompanying the class on Monday’s site visit to the laundromat. We’d also like to invite a family member who sews to visit the |

|class next Tuesday when we explore how people make clothes. This week we encourage families to access the ebooks, Wash and Dry and The Quinceañera. |

|Wow! Experiences: Monday—A visit to a laundromat |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 3. How do people make clothes? (Monday–Thursday)

4. How is cloth made? (Friday)

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Toys and Games: fabric scraps cut |Toys and Games: geoboards; geobands |Art: large paper for body tracing |Art Area: fabric scraps; glue |Discovery: fabric; |

| |into pieces to match or pattern | | | |magnifying glasses; |

| | |Dramatic Play: fabric pieces that can be|Library: materials for thank-you |Toys and Games: matching fabric |clipboards; felt tip pens |

| |Art: large paper for body tracings|draped or tied to create clothes; cloth |notes |scraps | |

| | |samples that represent the cultures of | | | |

| |Computer: ebook version of The |families | | | |

| |Quinceañera | | | | |

| | |Art: large paper for body tracing | | | |

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|Large Group |Book: The Quinceañera |Movement: Making Shapes With Scarves |Movement: Body Lines |Book: Something From Nothing |Game: Sorting Ourselves |

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| |Discussion and Shared Writing: Do |Discussion and Shared Writing: Visitor |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |You Think We Can Make Clothes? |Who Sews |Thinking About Lines |Using Fabric Pieces to Make Clothes|How Is Cloth Made? |

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|Read-Aloud |Something From Nothing |The Girl Who Wore Too Much |Abuela’s Weave |The Girl Who Wore Too Much |The Paper Bag Princess |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Sewing Paper |Option 1: Mixing Paints |Option 1: Writing Poetry |Option 1: Writing Poetry |Option 1: Playing With Print |

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| |Option 2: Let’s Sew |Option 2: Dyeing Paper Towels |Option 2: A Collection of Poems |Option 2: A Collection of Poems |Option 2: Shopping Trip |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Follow the Leader on a Line; Up and Away; Go In and Out the Windows; Jumping Rope |

|Family Partnerships: We’d like to invite a family member who knits or crochets to visit the class on Friday to help the children explore how cloth is made. Also, our class will be conducting a |

|clothing drive at the end of this study, so please collect clothing to donate. We would also like to ask a few family members to help take the clothes to a donation site after the clothing drive, |

|so let us know if you are interested. Finally, please access the ebook, The Quinceañera. |

|Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—A visit from someone who sews |

|Friday—A visit from someone who knits or crochets |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 4. How is cloth made? (Monday–Tuesday)

5. Where do we get our clothes? (Wednesday–Friday)

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Art: strips of paper for children to |Discovery: The Quinceañera |Toys and Games: geoboards, |Dramatic Play: props for |Dramatic Play: more clothing store |

| |weave in and out of paper or cardboard; | |geobands, shape cards |setting up a clothing store |props |

| |prepared paper for weaving |Dramatic Play: class loom (See | | | |

| | |description of how to make a loom | |Computer: ebook version of |Art: materials to make thank-you |

| |Library: Abuela’s Weave |following this chart.) | |Button, Button, Who’s Got the |notes |

| | | | |Button? | |

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|Large Group |Movement: Body Weaving |Song: “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” |Music: Rhythm Sticks |Song: “Hi-Ho, the Derry-Oh” |Music: Rhythm Stick Patterns |

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| |Discussion and Shared |Discussion and Shared |Discussion and Shared |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: What |

| |Writing: Weaving |Writing: How Cloth Is Made |Writing: Where and |Preparing for |Other Items Do We Need for Our |

| | | |How Do People Get Their |Site Visit or Visitor |Store? |

| | | |Clothes? | | |

|Read-Aloud |Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button? |Uncle Nacho’s Hat |A Pocket for Corduroy |Button, Button, Who’s Got the |Something From Nothing |

| | | | |Button? | |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Geoboards |Option 1: Play Dough Weaving |Option 1: Rhyming Riddles |Option 1: Show Me Five |Option 1: Sly Salamanders |

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| |Option 2: I’m Thinking of a Shape |Option 2: Twisted Pretzels |Option 2: Clothes Poem |Option 2: Nursery Rhyme Count |Option 2: Same Sound Sort |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Go In and Out the Windows; Jumping Rope; Weaving Wall |

|Family Partnerships: The class will be conducting a clothing drive at the end of the study. Please start collecting clothing to donate. We would also like to ask a few family members to help take|

|the clothes to a donation site after the clothing drive, so let us know if you are interested. |

|For next week’s study we would like families to send in pictures of family members in work clothes. Also, we would like to invite a family member who wears a uniform to work and a family member |

|who uses costumes for work or enjoyment to visit the classroom at the end of next week to talk about the special clothes that people wear for work. Finally, please access the ebook, Button, |

|Button, Who’s Got the Button? |

|Wow! Experiences: Thursday—A site visit to a clothing store |

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Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 6. What special clothes do people wear for work?

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Blocks: play people in |Dramatic Play: work clothes |Music and Movement: rhythm sticks |Toys and Games: button and lacing |Dramatic Play: costumes |

| |uniforms or work clothes; | | |boards | |

| |digital camera | | | | |

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| |Computer: ebook version of Who | | | | |

| |Wears What? | | | | |

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|Large Group |Song: “What Is My Job?” |Music: Rhythm Stick |Song: “The People in Your |Rhyme: “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling” |Rhyme: “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling” |

| | |Patterns |Neighborhood” | | |

| |Discussion and Shared Writing: | | |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |Exploring Workers’ Clothes |Discussion and Shared Writing: What Do|Discussion and Shared Writing: |Class Visitor Wearing a Uniform |Class Visitor Wearing a Costume |

| | |Your Family Members Wear to Work? |Questions to Ask the Visitors | | |

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|Read-Aloud |Who Wears What? |Uncle Nacho’s Hat |Little Red Riding Hood |Llama Llama Red Pajama |Little Red Riding Hood |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Jumping Beans |Option 1: Family Photo Book |Option 1: More or Fewer |Option 1: Story Problems |Option 1: Story Problems |

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| |Option 2: Walk a Letter |Option 2: What Kinds of Clothes Do |Option 2: What’s More? |Option 2: Problems at a Clothing |Option 2: Problems at a Clothing |

| | |People Wear to Work? | |Store |Store |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Moving Through the Forest |

|Family Partnerships: If you have not already done so, please send in photos of family members wearing work clothes. We will use them in this week’s investigation. We can take photos of family |

|members during drop-off time if they arrive in their work clothes. |

|• Please note that our end-of-study celebration is next Friday. |

|• We are still gathering clothes for our clothing drive. |

|• We invite you to access the ebooks, Who Wears |

|What? and Little Red Riding Hood. |

|Wow! Experiences: Thursday—A visitor who wears a uniform to work |

|Friday—A visitor who wears or uses costumes |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 7. What other special clothes do people wear? (Monday–Wednesday)

Celebrating Learning

| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Interest Areas |Art: butcher paper; paints; fabric |Art: butcher paper; paints; |Art: butcher paper; paints; fabric |Dramatic Play: the clothing for the |Library: all of the books the |

| |scraps; glue; markers |fabric scraps; |scraps; glue; markers |clothing drive; boxes |children made during the study |

| | |glue; markers | | | |

| |Computer: ebook version of Little | |Dramatic Play: photo album or |Computer: ebook version of The | |

| |Red Riding Hood |Computer: ebook version of Who |family photos |Quinceañera | |

| | |Wears What? | | | |

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|Large Group |Game: Rhythm Sticks Cooperation |Song: “This Is the Way That We |Game: Leaping Sounds |Game: Rhythm Sticks |Song: “Purple Pants” (and feature |

| | |Get Dressed” | |Cooperation |special clothes) |

| |Discussion and Shared Writing: | |Discussion and Shared Writing: | | |

| |Clothing for |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Special Family Events |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |Playing |Special Events | |Preparing for the |Sharing Special |

| | | | |Celebration |Clothes |

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|Read-Aloud |Little Red Riding Hood |Who Wears What? |The Girl Who Wore Too Much |The Quinceañera |Caps for Sale |

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|Small Group |Option 1: I’m Thinking of a Shape |Option 1: Tongue Twisters |Option 1: Letters, Letters, Letters|Option 1: What’s Missing? |Option 1: How Many Clothes? |

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| |Option 2: Straw Shapes |Option 2: Sorting C |Option 2: Buried Treasures |Option 2: Memory Game |Option 2: Different Kinds of Clothes|

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|Outdoor Experiences: Shape Hunt; Stop & Go |

|Family Partnerships: We would like to request that families bring in photos of family events, e.g., a big brother’s soccer game, a wedding, a holiday celebration, or a beach trip. Also, please |

|continue to bring in items for the clothing drive. Remember that this Friday is our end-of-study celebration—please join us! |

|Wow! Experiences: Friday—Clothes celebration |

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