Weekly Planning Form

Week of: April

Teacher: Mrs. Rosa

Study Project/Investigation: Under Construction

Childrens Interest

Building, baby sisters birth arrival, super heroes.

Blocks

Hard hats

Blue print
Construction vehicles Add: Clip board and pencil
Tools
Art

Dramatic Play

Add: Pictures of bridges, buildings

and road.

Build toothpick structures

Drive toy construction vehicles through paint for tire
track designs

Books/Writing

Washing baby dolls in water table

Sand add small vehicles

Counting game
Matching cookie to number (route counting, identify
number, quantifying.)

Counting song
Where is Thumbkin
Exercise counting 1-100

Construction vehicles
Hard hats , orange cones
Blocks

Family/Community Involvement
Ask families if any parents work in construction and invite them to be a guest speaker.

Bear counters
Add: Bristle Bocks
Construction vehicle puzzle
Family puzzle
Number puzzle

Discovery/Science

Measuring tape
Add architecture photos
3 D Magnetic Tiles
Various pieces of woods

Nutrition

Outdoor

Technology

Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming

Jacks House by Karen Magnuson Bei
Calculator
Construction vehicle vocabulary words

Music/Movement

Sand/Water

Hard hats
Tool Belts
Work boots

Toys/Games

Food Experience (pretzel sticks and cheese sticks.)

Other

Counting, quantifying number games

Picture America Brooklyn Bridge

Group Time
Songs, stories, games,
discussion, discovery,
introductions, opening,
closing,
planning/recall

Stories

Small Group
Activities/Centers

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Introduce real photos of

construction at GCC and
construction vehicles. Graph
what children know, questions
and responses.

Discuss: How to build a house?

Discuss: What materials do we

need?

Discuss: Who helps build?

Review childrens input

Dialogic Reading: Introduce

book The House That Jack Build

Introduce title,
author, illustrator

Read book

TSG Activity
Backhoes, Dump Trucks, and
Front-End Loaders

Introduce new
vehicles.

Use new words

repeatedly

Encourage
children to talk
about what they
are playing.

Ask questions.

Relate to real life

experiences.

Ask questions:
Wh questions.
About shape, color
function.

Individualization
TSG Activity

Tower Talk

STRAND 1:
LANGUAGE
(Continued)
Expressive Language and

Communication
Skills
b. Speaks clearly and
understandably to express

ideas, feelings and

needs.

Head Start Standard

Uses language to express ideas
and needs. (LD)

Notes
Reminders, changes,

Ask Wh questions
Follow answers with
questions about
shape, picture,
color, function.

TSG Activity
Backhoes, Dump Trucks, and
Front-End Loaders

Ask open-end
questions.

Add expansions of
1-2 words to childs
answear encourage
them to repeat

TSG Activity
Backhoes, Dump Trucks, and
Front-End Loaders

Use props
Encourage children
to recall story.
Focus on character,
setting, plot or
sequence.

TSG Activity
Backhoes, Dump Trucks, and
Front-End Loaders

Invite Construction worker

(guest) to build a bird house
with children.

Special Activities
Field trips, special
events, guest speaker

Standards

STRAND 1: INITIATIVE AND

CURIOSITY
a. Seeks interaction with
others.

STRAND 1: INITIATIVE AND

CURIOSITY
b. Develops independence
during
activities, routines, and play.

STRAND 1: INITIATIVE AND

CURIOSITY
c. Exhibits adaptability,
imagination, and inventiveness
when attempting tasks and
activities.

STRAND 1: INITIATIVE AND

CURIOSITY
a. Shows interest in learning
new things and trying new
experiences.

Head Start Standard

Demonstrates eagerness to
learn about and discuss a
range of topics, ideas, and
tasks.

observation,
individualization,
modifications
Prep To Do
Supplies, materials,
purchases, gathering
and organizing areas

Make vocabulary words

Backhoe

Dump truck

Front loaders

Builder

Speaking

Invite families for guest speaker

day.

Send reminder home.

Prepare Food Experience

ahead of time

Invite parents.