Week of: 1/7/2013 1/11/2013 Date: Monday Language Arts Description of Activity

We will read Dont Wake Up the Bear written by Marjorie Murray. Develops comprehension by demonstrating understanding of text during and after reading.

Theme: Michigan Winter (hibernation) Music/ Movement

Learn the brown color song.

Teachers: Ms. Amber and Ms. Michelle Science/ Nature Study

Describe weather and dress weather bear. Snow in the sensory table. Begins to follow the scientific method of ask, explore, gather information, answer and represent.

Cognitive Skills/ Math

Mitten counting game.

Creative Art
Provide children with brown crayons and blank paper. Begins to use a mature finger grasp with thumb and first two fingers.

Motor Skills
Yoga: jumping pattern

Social Science
Circle time calendar, counting, weather, and song. Has beginning understanding of consequences when following routines and recreating familiar events.

Computer Lab
Jumpstart preschool game.

Special Enrichment
Spanish and sing language: winter Coordinates movements with words.

Curricular Goal/ Objective

Shows beginning interest in numerals and counting.

Recites phrases from familiar stories, rhymes, or songs.

Materials Needed/ Book on top of cubbies. Location SD/TD/ Both Theme Related Resources
Circle Time 2 TD

Daily bin. Centers SD

Daily bin. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 1 Both

Runs, jumps with both feet, gallops, walks on tip toes, walks backwards and sideways, crawls under an object, twirls and rolls over. Parent board. Gym or outdoor SD

Understands care of technology.

Circle time wall. Circle time 1 Both

Circle time wall. Circle time 1 SD

Disk in computer. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 2 TD

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Library B.L.L.

Spark / Base

Classroom

Music prelude

Yogaroo

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Classroom

Sign time

Week of: 1/7/2013 1/11/2013 Language Arts

Read Whats In the Egg Little Pip? written by Karma Wilson and James Chapman. Asks questions about what has been heard.

Date: Tuesday Theme: Michigan Winter (hibernation) Cognitive Skills/ Math Creative Art
Provide children with glue and paper scraps for gluing.

Teachers: Ms. Amber and Ms. Michelle Science/ Nature Study

Put snow in the sensory table.

Music/ Movement
Learn the blue color song.

Motor Skills
Yoga: jumping pattern

Social Science
Use salt and water to create a snowflake painting.

Computer Lab
Jumpstart preschool game.

Special Enrichment
Spanish and sign language: winter

Description of Activity

Mitten counting game. (how many fit in the mitten)

Curricular Goal/ Objective

Shows interest in quantity, measuring, and number relations. Daily bin.

Materials Needed/ Location SD/TD/ Both Theme Related Resources

Book on top of cubbies.

Develops and uses the art process of applying, forming, and interweaving to convey ideas. Daily bin.

Remembers the words to an often repeated song.

Parent board.

Runs, jumps with both feet, gallops, walks on tip toes, walks backwards and sideways, crawls under an object, twirls and rolls over. Parent board.

Explores the concepts of water.

Begins thematic project art activities.

Uses technology in conjunction with appropriate manipulatives. Disk in computer. Centers SD

Coordinates movements with words.

Daily bin.

Daily bin.

Parent board.

Circle Time 2 Centers TD SD

Centers SD

Circle time 1 Both

Gym or outside SD

Circle time 1 SD

Centers SD

Circle time 2 TD

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Library B.L.L.

Spark / Base

Classroom

Music prelude

Yogaroo

GGTGA

Classroom

Classroom

Sign time

Week of: 1/7/2013 1/11/2013 Language Arts Description of Read Snow Friends written Activity

Date: Wednesday Cognitive Skills/ Math

Snowball sorting game. Sequences by size, three items.

Theme: Michigan Winter (hibernation) Teachers: Ms. Amber and Ms. Michelle Music/ Movement
Learn the black color song. Participates in group music experiences.

Creative Art
Use grasp to apply pieces of paper and glue. Begins to use a mature finger grasp with thumb and first two fingers. Daily bin.

Motor Skills
Yoga : jumping pattern

Science/ Nature Study

Identify living creatures from the books available this week. Identifies things as living or nonliving based on their characteristics.

Social Science
Discuss the rules of nature and how animals adapt to changes. Recognizes that there may be different rules in different places and follows appropriate set of rules, with assistance. None.

Computer Lab
Jumpstart preschool game. Uses mouse effectively.

Special Enrichment
Spanish and sign language: snow Coordinates movements with words.

Curricular Goal/ Objective

by Christina Butler and Tina Macnaughton. Attends to the speaker for a longer period of time.

Runs, jumps with both feet, gallops, walks on tip toes, walks backwards and sideways, crawls under an object, twirls and rolls over. Parent board.

Materials Needed/ Location SD/TD/ Both Theme Related Resources

Book on top of cubbies. Circle Time 2 TD

Daily bin.

Parent board.

Daily bin.

Disk in computer. Centers SD

Parent board.

Centers SD

Centers SD

Circle time 1 Both

Gym or outside SD

Circle time 1 TD

Circle time 1 Both

Circle time 2 SD

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Library B.L.L.

Spark / Base

Classroom

Music prelude

Yogaroo

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Classroom

Sign time

Week of: 1/7/2013 1/11/2013 Language Arts Description of To Sleep Activity written by
Denise Fleming. Retells and relates to what has been heard. Read Time

Date: Thursday Cognitive Skills/ Math

Mitten counting game.

Theme: Michigan Winter (hibernation) Teachers: Ms. Amber and Ms. Michelle Music/ Movement
Let children choose which color song they want to sing. Asks to sing a particular song by name.

Creative Art
Apply pom poms to sticks with glue.

Motor Skills
Yoga: jumping pattern

Science/ Nature Study

Add more weather selections and clothes to the weather bear. Changes familiar experiment to discover new outcome.

Social Science
Ask children to bring something from home for show and tell. Exchanges toys with other children during play.

Computer Lab
Jumpstart preschool game.

Special Enrichment
Spanish and sign language: snow

Curricular Goal/ Objective

Matches numerals to sets, zero to three.

Develops and uses the art process of applying, forming, and interweaving to convey ideas.

Materials Needed/ Location SD/TD/ Both Theme Related Resources

Book on top of cubbies.

Daily bin.

Daily bin. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 1 Both

Runs, jumps with both feet, gallops, walks on tip toes, walks backwards and sideways, crawls under an object, twirls and rolls over. Parent board. Daily bin. Gym or outside SD

Uses directional arrows effectively.

Coordinates movements with words.

Toy from home. Circle time 2 SD

Disk in computer. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 2 SD

Circle Time 2 Centers TD SD

Circle time 1 SD

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Library B.L.L.

Spark / Base

Classroom

Music prelude

Yogaroo

GGTGA

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Classroom

Sign time

Week of: 1/7/2013 1/11/2013

Date: Friday

Theme: Michigan Winter (hibernation) Teachers: Ms. Amber and Ms. Michelle

Language Arts
Read Bear Snores On written by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman. Identifies and creates important elements of a writing system.

Cognitive Skills/ Math

Identify different animals in the pictures found in stories from the week. Identifies simple shapes and sizes.

Creative Art
Take turns applying glue to animal shapes and putting them in the cave. Begins to use a mature finger grasp with thumb and first two fingers.

Music/ Movement
Sing along to the brown color song.

Motor Skills
Yoga: jumping pattern

Science/ Nature Study

Water the class plant and discuss its needs.

Social Science
Use black and brown paint to create a representation of a bear.

Computer Lab

Special Enrichment
Spanish and sign language: winter and snow

Description of Activity

Jumpstart preschool game.

Develops rhythm and tempo.

Curricular Goal/ Objective

Materials Needed/ Location SD/TD/ Both

Book on top of cubbies. Circle Time 2 TD

Daily bin. Centers SD

Daily bin. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 1 Both

Runs, jumps with both feet, gallops, walks on tip toes, walks backwards and sideways, crawls under an object, twirls and rolls over. Parent board. Gym or outside SD

Identifies plants needs for healthy growth.

Begins thematic project art activities.

Uses technology in conjunction with appropriate manipulativies.

Coordinates movements with words.

None. Circle time 1 TD

Daily bin. Centers SD

Disk in computer. Centers SD

Parent board. Circle time 2 SD

Theme Related Yes Resources

Library B.L.L.

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Spark /Base

GGTGA

Music prelude

Yogaroo

Classroom

Classroom

Classroom

Sign time