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Description KDI’s
Greeting Monday: Approaches to Learning – initiative,
1. Toy Area and Book Area card with photograph of books, Sand and Water Table Area card with photograph of water, discussed what would be out engagement, reflection
Time for the week, photo of a leprechaun and a pot of gold, explained how yesterday was St. Patrick’s Day, Mrs. Akther’s letter link with no symbol,
stated how she would be absent, photograph of girl getting eyes tested, explained that vision testing would be taking place Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
2. March is reading month written, photograph of bulletin board, stated how we have read 117 books thus far community, building relationships
3. Happy birthday written, drawing of Della and a birthday cake with her letter link, wished Della a happy birthday and stated how she turned 4
Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
Tuesday: awareness
1. Stranger written, photograph of eyes, drawing of a person, and teacher’s letter links, explained how if we see a stranger to not talk to him/her and
to immediately go tell a teacher, explained how workers such as the custodian and cashier are not strangers but workers for the school Language/Literacy/Communication –
2. Measuring written, block on the board, measured the block using small wooden cubes, started at the baseline and stopped at the end, counted that it comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
was 6 cubes long phonological awareness, alphabetic
3. Velcro board written, words on a piece of paper and Book Area card, explained how these words would be out for us in the book area from now on knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
for us to learn to read and to form sentences, explained how you can attach them to the Velcro board book knowledge, writing
Friday:
1. Literacy event written, photograph of a family and drawing of a Special Time schedule sign, explained that at the end of the day some of our family
members would be coming in to participate in a literacy event
2. Photograph of a quilt, a guitar, a queen, and a gorilla, students sorted them by beginning sounds
3. Measuring written, students measured a ruler using unifix cubes, they counted it to be 16 cubes long
*What did each morning: wrote their names, read/looked at books, sang Time to Put Books Away song, stated day of week, stated the weather, wrote numbers
19 – 21 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 Students reviewed lesson 6 of Writer’s Workshop. With this program students are told how they are going to be authors. Teachers demonstrated Approaches to Learning – initiative,
how they can draw/write something that they know about. Students reviewed the saying “When you say you’re done, you’ve just begun.” engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
Students reviewed how they can add more to their pictures, how they can label their drawing, how they can visualize their stories in their head, and
Time never giving up when drawing something difficult. Students were shown books. Students were asked to point out where the illustrations were and Social/Emotional – community, building
where the words were. We emphasized how authors use not only pictures but words to tell a story. Afterwards, students were given a piece of relationships, cooperative play
paper and writing utensils, thought of their stories, and began drawing/writing their stories. As they worked, teachers walked around learning what
students were drawing/writing about and helping them to further their thinking. Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
awareness
Students went on a scavenger hunt to find our classroom Legos and our art supplies. They learned that a leprechaun came at night and took our
stuff and hid it in the school. Students listened to a letter that the leprechaun left. They searched the school for clothes and navigated their way Language/Literacy/Communication –
throughout the building until they found the Legos and the art supplies. comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
Students made rainbows with ripped pieces of paper, glue, and cotton balls. We discussed what rainbows look like and when and where they knowledge, reading, concepts of print, book
appear. knowledge, writing
Students made a graph using fruit loops. Each student sorted their fruit loops by color. They glued them onto the chart, counted how many there Mathematics – number words and symbols,
were of each color, counted how many there were altogether, and compared the amounts. counting, part-whole relationships, data
analysis
We read the book Fish is Fish by Lionni. We discussed concepts of print before, while, and after the book was read. Students made many Creative Arts – art
predictions and recalled what happened at the end of the book.
Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
communicating ideas
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
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