PA Standard
Explore and ask questions to
seek meaningful information
about a growing range of
topic, ideas, and tasks.
AL.1 K.A
Demonstrate a willingness to
participate in new and
challenging experiences.
AL.1 K.B
Date Observed Notes
10/17 SM 1. I taught a lesson on
10/30 DF the importance of fire
11/10 EL safety. After I was
11/13 LT done teaching, SM
11/17 DR asked me if she could
make a sign for her
window to show the
firefighters that she
might be in there. I
told her thats a
fantastic idea! We all
made signs for the
window that said child
inside and they drew a
picture of themselves.
2. While learning about
pumpkins, I carved a
pumpkin and they got
to stick their hands in
and feel the pulp and
seeds. A few students
hadnt done this
before and SK said, I
always wondered
where pumpkin seeds
come from. He made
the concrete
connection that if you
carve a pumpkin you
can get the seeds out.
10/24 JP 1. During free play I put
10/26 MR out foam dots. JP has
10/30 AS some sensory issues
10/30 SM and cried because he
11/3 JD didnt want other
11/6 VP students touching
them and then
touching him. I asked
him if I hold one in my
hand, would he want
to touch it and maybe

Engage in elaborate,
interactive play sequences
that include acting out roles
and negotiating play themes.
AL.1 K.C
hold onto ithe was
very hesitant, but he
did it!
2. On a fieldtrip to
Highland Orchards, all
of the students
participated in making
apple cider using an
old crank. None of
them had ever done it,
and everyone tried it!
11/3 JCT 1. JCT and AP asked to
11/9 AP play with puppets
11/2 All students during free play. They
11/13 JP pretended to play
11/14 JT school with the
puppets and were
spelling sight words to
each other using the
puppets!
2. While at the
playground, a large
group of students
were playing
smoothie shop and
pretended to make
smoothies for the
other students. This
started out with 8
students, and within
10 minutes the rest of
the class was lined up
to get a smoothie.
They pretended to pay
each other money and
made up fabulous
smoothie concoctions.
Relate knowledge learned
from one experience to a
similar experience in a new
setting.
AL.4 K.A
Demonstrate understanding
of the organization and basic
features of print.
1.1 K.B
Demonstrate understanding
of spoken words, syllables,
and sounds.
1.1 K.C
10/18 ZJ We made homemade apple
10/19 AH sauce in the crockpot. All
10/20 JT students participated. Some
10/25 All students shared stories about making
10/30 JCT apple sauce at their home.
Some students talked about
what we learned about apples
and the parts of the apples.
11/2 LT 1. I see examples of this
11/3 DR daily when students
11/3 MR write from left to right
11/8 AS in their journals. They
11/9 All students know that when trying
11/10 SM to sound out words
11/13 JC and read sentences we
start on the left.
2. 9 students consistently
use what we call a
finger space in
between words when
writing a sentence.
They use their finger
to make sure to leave
space between words.
10/18 JD 1. JD was sounding out
10/19 SK words during free play,
10/23 AP while in the pretend
10/25 MR kitchen. He was
10/30 AH sounding out the
labels to the pretend
food.
2. During free play, EL got
out the rhyming puzzle
and found all the
correct rhyming
words, and connected
the puzzles.
With prompting and support,
make a connection between
two individuals, events, ideas,
or pieces of information in a
text.
1.2 K.C
Use words and phrases
acquired through
conversations, reading, and
being read to, and respond to
texts.
1.2 K.J
With prompting and support,
retell familiar stories including
key details.
1.3. K.A
11/3 JCT and KG 1. While trying to pick
11/6 AS out a book in the
classroom library, JCT
and KG found 3
different versions of
The Three Little Pigs,
and two versions of
Cinderella.
11/7 JP and SK 1. JP asked SK if his
11/9 LT and SM family makes a feast
11/13 on Thanksgiving. I did
11/14 a vocabulary lesson
11/17 earlier before I read a
story about
Thanksgiving and they
used the vocab word
feast.
2. LT was playing trains
with SM and said,
Please proceed. LT
recalled the word
proceed from the
language arts
curriculum vocabulary.
The word proceed was
one of our vocabulary
words that week.
11/7 VP and AP 1. I read a story about
11/10 JT Thanksgiving to the
11/13 DR class and we discussed
why we celebrate
Thanksgiving. Later
that day during free
play, VP and AP set up
a table near the play
kitchen area and
pretended to have a
feast. They set the
table and put out all of
the play food and
drinks, then invited
more friends to join

Share stories, familiar
experiences, and interests,
speaking clearly enough to be
understood by all audiences
using appropriate volume.
1.5 K.D
Use a combination of drawing,
dictating, and writing to
compose
informative/explanatory text.
1.4 K.A
their feast. I
overheard them
talking about the
pilgrims, and VP asked
AP, Can you show me
how to plant crops like
corn? They were
acting out the story.
10/19 KG 1. During guided reading
11/1 AS we read a book called
11/2 LT Cold Rosestudent KG
11/6 MR talked about drinking
11/8 JCT hot chocolate with her
family and snuggling
under the covers when
its cold. She related
familiar experiences to
the story.
2. During free play all of
the students told
stories from their
Halloween adventures.
AS drew a picture of a
monster and asked me
to spell the word
monster for him. JC
came over and told
him to sound it out.
They sounded out the
word together and
didnt need my help.
10/18 DF 1. During language arts,
10/19 JP student DF wrote, I
10/23 AP like to jump in the
10/24 SM leaves in her journal
10/27 MR and drew a picture of
10/30 EL herself jumping in the
11/1 ZJ leaves.
11/3 SK
2. During writing, JP
wrote, I am 4 years
old in her journal.
Later during free play
she wrote the same
sentence on a piece of
paper and took it
home to show her
mom.