Troy Preschool: Schroeder 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s – Weekly Happenings: April 22nd – April 26th

Description KDI’s
Greeting Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
1. Toy Area and Book Area card with photograph of books, Block Area card with photograph of puzzles, Sand and Water Table Area card with engagement, reflection
Time photograph of water, Sand and Water Table Area card with drawing of Velcro board, discussed what would be out for the week
2. Earth day written, photograph of litter, photograph of people cleaning, photograph of trash can, photograph of recycling bin, photograph of a Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
squirrel and of plants, discussed why we should protect our Earth and how we can go about doing it, discussed how littering is harmful to animals community, building relationships, moral
3. Photograph of coat hooks, drawing of Rest Time schedule sign and of rest time bag, explained that we will now be hanging our bags in the hallway development
by our backpacks since many of our bags and hooks have broken
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
Tuesday: awareness
1. Shapes in environment written, photograph of a cube, a cylinder, and of a sphere, reviewed these shapes, introduced cones
2. New letter links written, Brandon’s name, students thought of other words that start with b that could be Brandon’s new letter link Language/Literacy/Communication –
3. Do you like Paw Patrol or Peppa Pig written, took a vote on which show students like using tally marks, students compared the amounts comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
Wednesday: knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
1. Comparing written, graph with red and white magnets, counted how many there were of each color, compared the amounts, stated how many more book knowledge, writing
white ones we needed to equal the amount of red ones, added them altogether
2. Photograph of an elephant, an egg, an ear, and an eagle, stated how they all begin with e, practiced making the long and short sounds Mathematics – number words and symbols,
3. New letter links written, Bhavishya’s name, students thought of other words that start with b that could be Bhavishya’s new letter link counting, part-whole relationships, shapes,
data analysis
Thursday:
1. ½ day of school written, drawing of Lunch Time and Rest Time schedule sign with no symbol, discussed how our day would be shorter, letter links, Creative Arts – N/A
discussed who would be absent for the day
2. Life cycle written, photograph of a grandpa, a man, a child, and a baby, students put the pictures in order Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
3. Problem solving written, Outside Time schedule sign and photograph of garden rocks, discussed not breaking the rocks or taking the stones out of drawing conclusions, communicating ideas,
them natural and physical world

Friday: Social Studies – community roles, decision

1. Shape walk written, drawing of a cube, a cylinder, and a sphere, reviewed the shapes we saw on the walk yesterday, discussed the items that we saw making, geography, history, ecology
2. Photograph of an ear, an elephant, fruit, and a fox, sorted them by beginning sounds
3. Mystery sentences written, all sentences from this week written on board, students read them

*What did each morning: wrote their names, read/looked at books or did puzzles, sang Time to Put Books Away song, stated day of week, stated the weather,
wrote numbers 22 – 24 on board stating number poems, stated who had jobs each day (identifying those by their letter links, the first letter in their name, and
the beginning sound of their name, and their last name)*
Small  We discussed how it is Earth Day. We explained why it is important to take care of our environment. Students talked about the animal’s habitats Approaches to Learning – initiative,
and how the habitats will be ruined if we litter. Students stated how animals might try to eat trash and could get sick or even die. We stated how engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
we can throw items away in the trashcan. We discussed how we can recycle certain items such as paper, so trees don’t get cut down. Students
Time learned how trees help us to breathe and how they are homes to animals. Students walked around the school picking up litter. Social/Emotional – community, building
relationships, cooperative play
 Students engaged in a science experiment with eggs. Students predicted what would happen when they put eggs into a cup of water. They
observed and stated that they sunk to the bottom of the cup. They gave reasons as to why. Students took out their eggs and added salt to the water. Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
Students predicted what would happen when they put eggs into a cup of salt water. They observed and stated that they floated to the top of the cup. awareness
They gave reasons as to why.
Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students sounded out words, read words, and found their corresponding pictures. The words students read were cat, dog, bat, mom, dad, rat, frog, comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
sad, mad, sun, car, and hat. Some students had pictures, stated what the pictures were of, and found the letter that the pictures begin with. Some phonological awareness, alphabetic
students matched letters that are in their name. knowledge, reading, concepts of print, book
knowledge, writing
 Students went on a shape walk. They looked for 3 dimensional shapes. They looked for spheres, cylinders, and cubes. They recorded the
information using a chart. They made a tally mark for each shape that they found. At the end, we compared amounts. We discussed which shape Mathematics – number words and symbols,
we saw the most of and which shape we saw the least of by counting the tally marks using 1:1 correspondence. counting, shapes, data analysis

Creative Arts – art

 During writer’s workshop, students learned how to make lists. We discussed different types of lists (grocery list, to do list, phone list, birthday list,
etc.). Together we created a grocery list. Students told us the items we needed to buy at the grocery store. We wrote down numbers, sounded out Science/Technology – observing,
the words and wrote them down, and drew pictures of the items. experimenting, predicting, drawing
 conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, ecology

Large Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
Group  Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song engagement
 Song Book taken out, Noella got to choose the song, sang I Wonder What Song She’ll Pick Today, chose the song Little Miss Muffet, students acted
Time it out Social/Emotional – community, building
relationships, cooperative play
Tuesday:
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, body
 Song Book taken out, students introduced to the song 5 Little Monkeys, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed awareness

Wednesday: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
 Song Book taken out, students introduced to the song 5 Little Monkeys, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed phonological awareness

Thursday: Mathematics – counting

 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
Creative Arts – music, movement, pretend
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Little Monkeys, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed
play
Friday:
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song
conclusions, communicating ideas
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 5 Little Monkeys, students acted it out, subtraction was discussed
Social Studies – decision making
Planning Mornings: Approaches to Learning – initiative, planning,
 Laid out area card chart, took turns using pointer stick to point to and state the areas where wanted to go play engagement
Time  Used binoculars for pretend, looked for areas where wanted to go play
 Used paper towel tube, pretended it was a telescope, looked for areas where wanted to go play Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Laid out area card chart, placed paper towel tube over areas, placed letter die down tube on areas where wanted to go play
 Each received a shape puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when shape named, placed onto puzzle and stated where wanted to go play Physical/Health – N/A

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Planning chart on back of door everyday, place area cards where want to go play behind own letter link comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic knowledge
concepts about print

Mathematics – shapes, spatial awareness

Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, geography

Recall Mornings: Approaches to Learning –engagement, reflection
 Area card chart laid out, took turns using pointer stick to point to and state the areas where went and played
Time  Laid out area card chart, used tweezers to pick up animal counters and placed onto areas where went and played Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Used phones, dialed number and stated areas where went and played
 Laid out area card chart, drove/flew vehicles to areas where went and played Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, fine-motor
 Each received a number puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when number stated, placed onto puzzle and stated areas where went and played skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Rolled die, stated number rolled on, did that number of movements, stated areas where went and played comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
 Used puppets for pretend, changed voice to state areas where went and played
Mathematics – number words and symbols,
 Held onto bucket, took turns tossing ball into bucket and stated where went and played
counting, spatial awareness
 N/A – ½ day of school
 Each received a transportation puzzle piece and hid it in hands, when number stated, placed onto puzzle and stated areas where went and played Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – drawing conclusions,

communicating ideas
 Social Studies – geography, history
Other Literature: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
 Students spent time looking at books. They did this at greeting time, snack time, work time, rest time, outside time, afternoon snack time, and engagement, use of resources
afternoon work time.
Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
Sensory Table: community, building relationships,
 Inside the sensory table was water. cooperative play, moral development, conflict
resolution
Outside:
 While outside, students observed and explored the world. Students played on the swings, on the jungle gyms, on the slides, on the merry-go-round, Physical/Health – gross-motor skills, fine-
and in the sandbox. Some students played chase and catch. Some played hide and seek. Students are pretending to be villains and superheroes and motor skills, body awareness
are catching one another. Teachers are helping students to learn to swing by themselves by pumping their legs. Teachers are modeling how to do
this. Also, teachers are helping students go across the monkey bars. Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students had to go to the gym due to the weather. While in the gym students played with hockey sticks, balls, jump ropes, and hula hoops. Also, a comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
mat was set out for students to do tricks across. phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
Work Time: book knowledge
 Students are deciding who they want to play with and what they want to play with, with more detail.
 Students are beginning to problem solve on their own and come to teachers if they need some help. Mathematics – N/A
 Students are independent during their play and ask teachers to participate in their play with them.
Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 Students are engaging in a lot of pretend play scenarios. Many are playing house and pretending to be restaurant owners, pets, firefighters, etc.
 Students are respecting one another by listening to each others thoughts and ideas.
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas, natural and
physical world

Social Studies – community roles, decision

making, geography