Relate knowledge learned
We made homemade
from one experience to a
similar experience in a new
setting.
AL.4 K.A
Use words and phrases
acquired through
conversations, reading, and
being read to, and respond to
texts.
1.2 K.J
10/18 ZJ 1.
10/19 AH apple sauce in the
10/20 JT crockpot. All students
10/25 All students participated. Some
10/30 JCT shared stories about
making apple sauce at
their home. Some
students talked about
what we learned about
apples and the parts of
the apples. They
pretended to make
apple sauce again in
the play kitchen later
during free play.
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.
 Engage in elaborate,
interactive play sequences
that include acting out roles
and negotiating play themes.
AL.1 K.C
With prompting and support,
retell familiar stories including
key details.
1.3. K.A
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.
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
their feast. I
overheard them

Share stories, familiar
experiences, and interests,
speaking clearly enough to be
understood by all audiences
using appropriate volume.
1.5 K.D
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.
Use a combination of drawing,
dictating, and writing to
compose
informative/explanatory text.
1.4 K.A
Explore and ask questions to
seek meaningful information
about a growing range of
topic, ideas, and tasks.
AL.1 K.A
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.
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.

Demonstrate understanding 10/18 JD 1. JD was sounding out

of spoken words, syllables, 10/19 SK words during free play,
and sounds. 10/23 AP while in the pretend
1.1 K.C 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.