Troy Preschool: Schroeder 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s – Weekly Happenings: April 15th – April 18th

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, Sand and Water Table Area engagement, reflection
Time card with photograph of Velcro board, no symbol with Bhavishya’s letter link, discussed what would be out for the week and who would be absent
2. Did you like the book fish is fish written, a chart, took a vote on who did and didn’t like the book using tally marks, discussed how 10 is more than Social/Emotional – sense of competence,
3 by 7 community, building relationships, moral
3. Della’s name written, students read her name, students came up with other words that begin with D that her letter link could be development

Tuesday: Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body

1. Shapes written, drawing of a square and a cube, with photograph of a cube, drawing of a circle and a sphere with photograph of spheres, and awareness
drawing of oval and cylinder with photograph of cylinders, discussed the names of the shapes and where we can see them in our environment
2. Drawing of it raining outside, students labeled the picture by sounding out the words, students sounded out and wrote the sentence ‘It is raining.’ Language/Literacy/Communication –
3. Photograph of an x-ray and of an x-ray fish, stated that these words both start with x, made the x sound, wrote an uppercase and lowercase x comprehension, speaking, vocabulary,
phonological awareness, alphabetic
Wednesday: knowledge, reading, concepts about print,
1. A graph of green and blue magnets, explained how they were sorted, counted how many had of each color, stated which had more and which had book knowledge, writing
less, explained how many more we would need to make them equal, added both amounts altogether
2. Declan’s name written, students read his name, students came up with other words that begin with D that her letter link could be Mathematics – number words and symbols,
3. Problem solving written, photograph of toys dumped all over floor, explained how we were sad to see all the toys being dumped all over the floor counting, part-whole relationships, shapes,
yesterday, students discussed what they could do instead data analysis

Thursday: Creative Arts – N/A

1. Mystery sentences written, all sentences from this week written on board, students read them
2. Photograph of jellyfish, jello, an x-ray, and an x-ray fish, students sorted them by beginning sounds Science/Technology – observing, classifying,
3. Symbols of Easter, no symbol with drawing of Schroeder Elementary, discussed how Easter is this weekend and that there is no school tomorrow, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas
picture of photographer, explained that it is fun day picture day
Social Studies – community roles, decision
Friday: making, geography, history
1. N/A – no school

*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
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  Each student received two bunnies. They were told that they were each hungry and wanted to eat carrots. Students rolled dice to determine how Approaches to Learning – initiative,
many carrots each bunny wanted. Students compared the amounts by stating which bunny had more carrots and which had fewer carrots. Some engagement, use of resources, reflection
Group
students stated how many more the bunny with fewer carrots would need to equal the amount that the other bunny had. Some students added how
Time many carrots the bunnies had altogether. Some students came up with another way to make the total amount. For example, 4 + 2 makes 6 and 3 Social/Emotional – community, building
+3 makes 6, as well. relationships, cooperative play

 Students went on a scavenger hunt to find eggs left by the bunny. They learned that a bunny came at night and left eggs in the school. Students Physical/Health – fine-motor skills, body
listened to a letter that the bunny left. They searched the school for clues and navigated their way throughout the building until they found the awareness
eggs.
Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Students dyed eggs. They dyed eggs using a tablet, water, and vinegar. They predicted and observed what happened when these ingredients comprehension, speaking, phonological
mixed. Students ate one at second snack time. awareness

Mathematics – number words and symbols,

counting, part-whole relationships

Creative Arts – N/A

Science/Technology – observing,
experimenting, predicting, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making

 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, Manvikh got to choose the song, sang I Wonder What Song He’ll Pick Today, chose the song Little Miss Muffet, students
Time acted the song 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 1 Little Elephant, addition was discussed, students took turns acting out the song 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 reviewed the song 1 Little Elephant, addition was discussed, students took turns acting out the song phonological awareness

Thursday: Mathematics – number words and symbols,

 Easy to Join Activity – sang Come on Over and Sit Right Down song counting, part-whole relationships
 Song Book taken out, students reviewed the song 1 Little Elephant, addition was discussed, students took turns acting out the song
Creative Arts – music, movement, pretend
play
Friday:
 N/A – no school
Science/Technology – observing, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making

Planning Mornings: Approaches to Learning – initiative, planning,
Time  Laid out area card chart, placed paper towel tube over areas, placed shapes down tube on areas where wanted to go play engagement
 Laid out area card chart, wrote first letter of first name underneath areas where wanted to go play
 Passed around square bean 9 bag while saying poem Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, when done student holding beanbag stated where wanted to go play Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Took turns lacing 3 dimensional shapes onto string to make a pattern, after lacing shape on stated where wanted to go play
 N/A – no school Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

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,
concepts about print, writing

Mathematics – shapes, patterns

Creative Arts – pretend play

Science/Technology – communicating ideas

Social Studies – decision making, geography

Recall Mornings: Approaches to Learning –engagement,
Time  Letter links placed into container, teacher pulled letter link, students stated whose it was, that student spoke about where went and played reflection
 Laid out area card chart, looked at initials, discussed if went to the areas that planned on going to
 Teacher described a person at the table, the person described shared what did Social/Emotional – building relationships
 Took turns taking 3 dimensional shapes off string, after taking shape off shared what did
 N/A – no school Physical/Health – fine-motor skills

Afternoons: Language/Literacy/Communication –
 Scarves placed into container, teacher hid eyes as students pulled out and hid them, teacher stated a color, that student spoke about what did comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
 Laid out area card chart, chose a doll and placed it on areas where went and played
Mathematics – shapes
 Students sat in a circle, rolled ball to one another, person that received ball shared what did
 Students drew a picture of what they did during work time
Creative Arts – art, pretend play
 N/A – no school
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