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Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Exploring the Topic: What do we know about buildings? What do we want to find out?

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|Interest Areas |Library: books about building and |Art: pictures of buildings |Toys and Games: different kinds of|Blocks: pictures of buildings |Art: magazines with pictures of |

| |construction | |open-ended | |buildings; scissors |

| | |Computer: ebook version of The |connecting blocks |Computer: ebook version of The | |

| |Blocks: pictures of buildings |Three Little Pigs | |Three Little Pigs |Computer: ebook version of The |

| | | | | |Three Little Pigs |

| |Computer: ebook version of The Three | | | | |

| |Little Pigs | | | | |

|Large Group |Song: “Scat Singing” |Game: Going on a Journey |Poem: “A Building My Size” |Movement: Skating |Poem: “A Building My Size” |

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

| |a Look at Buildings |Exploring Our Building |Parts of Buildings |We Know About |What Do We Want to Find Out About|

| | | | |Buildings |Buildings? |

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|Read-Aloud |The Three Little Pigs |The Three Little Pigs |Changes, Changes |The Three Little Pigs |Keep Counting |

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|Small Group |Option 1: More or Fewer Towers |Option 1: Dinnertime |Option 1: Counting & |Option 1: Alphabet Cards |Option 1: Dramatic Story |

| | | |Comparing | |Retelling |

| |Option 2: Which Has More? |Option 2: Let’s Go Fishing | |Option 2: Buried Treasures | |

| | | |Option 2: Counting & | |Option 2: Clothesline |

| | | |Comparing | |Storytelling |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Large Outdoor Blocks; Hopping |

|Family Partnerships: Send home a letter to families introducing the study. Invite families to contribute pictures of buildings in their neighborhoods. Invite family members to accompany the |

|class on the neighborhood walk next week. Invite families to access the ebooks, The Three Little Pigs and Keep Counting. |

|Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—A walk around the outside of your school building |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Investigation: 1. What do buildings in our neighborhood and in other places look like?

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

|Interest |Library: props and materials for |Toys and Games: different |Blocks: props related to buildings in |Library: books with pictures of |Art: magazines; scissors |

|Areas |retelling The Three Little Pigs |open-ended |your neighborhood, e.g., if you saw a |buildings in other places | |

| | |connecting blocks, e.g., ones that |fire station on the walk yesterday, add | | |

| | |children have neither seen nor |fire helmets; if you saw a farm, add farm|Computer: ebook version of | |

| | |played with |animals |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings | |

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| | |Computer: ebook version of House, | | | |

| | |Sweet House | | | |

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|Large Group |Song: “My Body Jumps” |Song: “Hi-Ho, the Derry-O” |Movement: Let’s Stick Together |Movement: The Kids Go Marching In|Poem: “Two Plump Armadillos” |

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| |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: Taking a |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |Preparing for the Site Visit |Making Building Predictions |Closer Look |All Kinds of Homes |Alike and Different |

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|Read-Aloud |A Chair for My Mother |House, Sweet House |A Chair for My Mother |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |A Chair for My Mother |

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|Small Group |Option 1: We’re Going on an |Option 1: Story Problems |Option 1: Rhyming Riddles |Option 1: Letters, Letters, |Option 1: Patterns |

| |Adventure | | |Letters | |

| | |Option 2: Nursery Rhyme Count |Option 2: Rhyming Tubs | |Option 2: Patterns on Buildings |

| |Option 2: Adventure Obstacle | | |Option 2: Making My Name | |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Exploring Pathways |

|Family Partnerships: Do you (or does anyone you know) work on designing, constructing, or maintaining buildings? If so, we would like to invite you visit our class on Tuesday of next week so the|

|children can interview you. Also, please access the following ebooks: House, Sweet House and Buildings, Buildings, Buildings. |

|Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—A walk around the neighborhood to look at different buildings |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Investigation: 2. Who builds buildings? What tools do they use?

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

|Interest Areas |Blocks: measuring tapes; carpenter’s|Blocks: tool belt; hard hat; |Art: hammer; nails; soft wood, such|Blocks: blueprints; building floor |Sand and Water: small construction|

| |rulers; T-squares |toolkit |as pine |plans; clipboards; paper and |vehicles |

| | | | |pencils; digital camera | |

| |Computer: ebook version of Build It | |Computer: ebook version of Build It| | |

| |From A to Z | |From A to Z | | |

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|Large Group |Game: What’s Inside the Box? |Song: “This Is the Way” |Song: “The People in Your |Song: “Pound the Nail” |Song: “What Is My Job?” |

| | | |Neighborhood” | | |

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

| |Builds Buildings? |Expert Interview |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Building Jobs |Builders Staying Safe |

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|Read-Aloud |Build It From A to Z |Building a House |Build It From A to Z |Changes, Changes |The Three Little Javelinas |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Bookmaking |Option 1: Bookmaking |Option 1: Alphabet Books |Option 1: Show Me Five |Option 1: Cube Trains |

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| |Option 2: Desktop Publishing |Option 2: Desktop Publishing |Option 2: Alphabet Books and Tools |Option 2: Guessing Jar |Option 2: Action Patterns |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Observing a Building’s Shadow; Jump the River |

|Family Partnerships: We’d like to invite family members to join our class on a walk next Tuesday to explore the materials used to construct the buildings in our neighborhood and identify |

|problems. Also, please access the ebook, Build It From A to Z. |

|Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—Visit from someone who works in the construction field |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Investigation: 3. What are buildings made of? What makes them strong?

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

|Interest Areas |Discovery: sample building materials, |Toys and Games: collections of building |Art: craft sticks; molding |Block: unit blocks; other |Block: big boxes; masking tape |

| |e.g., brick, wood, steel, and cinder |samples, e.g., paint sample cards, carpet |clay |building materials | |

| |block; magnifying glasses |sample books, and tiles | | | |

| | | |Computer: ebook version of |Discovery: stick houses that the | |

| |Computer: ebook version of Build It From | |Build It From A to Z |children made yesterday in the | |

| |A to Z | | |Art area | |

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|Large Group |Song: “Bouncing Big Brown Balls” |Game: Walk Around the Shapes |Movement: My Body Jumps |Movement: I Can Make a Circle |Poem: “A Building My Size” |

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| |Discussion and Shared Writing: What Are |Discussion and Shared Writing: Preparing |Discussion and Shared |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Discussion and Shared Writing: |

| |Buildings Made Of? |for the Site Visit |Writing: Strong Buildings |Sturdy Buildings |Cardboard Buildings |

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|Read-Aloud |The Three Little Javelinas |Building a House |Build It From A to Z |The Three Little Javelinas |Building a House |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Geoboards |Option 1: Can We Build it Together? |Option 1: I’m Thinking of a |Option 1: Which Container Holds |Option 1: Tongue Twisters |

| | | |Shape |More? | |

| |Option 2: Straw Shapes |Option 2: Can We Build it Together? | | |Option 2: Same Sound Sort |

| | |Construction Sounds |Option 2: Buried Shapes |Option 2: Cover Up | |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Continuing to Observe a Building’s Shadow; Follow the Leader |

|Family Partnerships: We are asking families to bring in large, empty boxes for children to use to construct buildings at the end of this investigation. Also, please access the ebook, Build It From |

|A to Z. |

|Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—A walk around the neighborhood to investigate the materials used to construct neighborhood buildings and identify problems |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Investigation: 4. What is special about our building? (Monday–Wednesday)

5. What happens inside buildings? (Thursday–Friday)

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

|Interest Areas |Art: small cardboard boxes; empty |Art: small cardboard boxes; empty |Art: small cardboard boxes; empty |Sand and Water: forms and |Sand and Water: additional forms |

| |milk cartons; construction paper; |milk cartons; construction paper; |milk cartons; construction paper; |containers to mold wet sand |and containers to mold wet sand |

| |paint; tape; glue; scissors; |paint; tape; glue; scissors; |paint; tape; glue; scissors; | | |

| |neighborhood map from Investigation 1|neighborhood map from Investigation 1|neighborhood map from Investigation|Computer: ebook version of | |

| | | |1 |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings | |

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|Large Group |Game: Hot or Cold 3-D Shapes |Game: Riddle, Riddle, What Is That? |Game: Clap the Beat |Song: “La, La, La” |Game: People Patterns |

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

| |School Building |Preparing for the Site Visit |Expert |What’s Going On Inside? |Interviewing a |

| | | |Interview | |Neighbor |

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|Read-Aloud |The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs |Changes, Changes |The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs|Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |The True Story of the 3 Little |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Stick Letters |Option 1: The Long & Short of It |Option 1: Knowing Our Friends |Option 1: Secret Numbers |Option 1: Patterns |

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| |Option 2: Walk a Letter |Option 2: Lining It Up |Option 2: What’s for Snack? |Option 2: Making Numerals |Option 2: Patterns Under Cover |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Balance on a Beam; Moving Through the Forest |

|Family Partnerships: We are inviting family members to accompany the class on the site visit to a neighborhood building next Monday to learn about what people do there. We also would like to |

|invite families to attend our end-of-study celebration. We will send home a letter explaining the event and listing the ideas children have for fixing things around our school building. Finally, |

|please access the ebook, Buildings, Buildings, Buildings. |

|Wow! Experiences: Monday—A walk around the inside of the school building to tally the different types of rooms |

|Tuesday—An in-depth investigation of an interesting feature of the school, e.g., stairs, elevator, fire escape, atrium, or gymnasium |

|Wednesday—A visit from someone (such as a maintenance worker, handyman, or electrician) who helps maintain our building |

|Friday—A visit from a neighbor who knows about a neighborhood building |

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Buildings Investigation: 5. What happens inside buildings? (Monday–Wednesday)

Celebrating Learning (Thursday–Friday)

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

|Interest Areas |Discovery: nuts and bolts |Dramatic Play: props that reflect |Dramatic Play: props that reflect the |All: displays of children’s |All: displays of children’s |

| | |the inside of the neighborhood |inside of the neighborhood building that |investigations |investigations |

| | |building that you visited |you visited | | |

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

| | |Computer: ebook version of |Computer: ebook version of The Three |Counting |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |

| | |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |Little Pigs | | |

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|Large Group |Song: “The People in Your |Movement: Counting Calisthenics |Movement: Bounce, Bounce, Bounce |Song: “Dinky Doo” |Game: Words in Motion |

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

| |Discussion and Shared Writing: |Building Signs |Versions of the Same Story |Preparing for the Celebration |Taking Care of Our Building |

| |Preparing for the Site Visit | | | | |

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|Read-Aloud |The Pot That Juan Built |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |The Three Little Pigs, The Three Little |Keep Counting |Buildings, Buildings, Buildings |

| | | |Javelinas, or The True Story of the 3 | | |

| | | |Little Pigs | | |

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|Small Group |Option 1: Playing With |Option 1: Bookmaking |Option 1: Bookmaking |Option 1: Writing Poems |Option 1: Salsa |

| |Environmental Print | | | | |

| | |Option 2: Desktop Publishing |Option 2: Desktop Publishing |Option 2: Writing Poems |Option 2: Roll-Ups |

| |Option 2: Coupon Match | | | | |

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|Outdoor Experiences: Moving Through the Forest; Follow the Leader |

|Family Partnerships: We are inviting families to attend the end-of-study celebration. We will send home a letter explaining the event and listing the ideas children have for fixing things around |

|the school building. Also, please access the following ebooks: Buildings, Buildings, Buildings; The Three Little Pigs; and Keep Counting. |

|Wow! Experiences: Monday—Site visit to look inside a different neighborhood building and learn about what people do there |

|Friday—Buildings celebration |

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