1. Week of: November 11, 2013
Investigation:. How do trees change? (Monday–Thursday)
What can we do with parts of trees (Friday)
Study: Trees
.
Interest Areas
Large Group
Read-Aloud
Small Group
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Monday
Art: landscape
painting for
inspiration at the
easel
Tuesday
Library: writing materials
for writing poems; audio
recorder
Wednesday
ELI Trip to Cleveland
Art Museum
Rhyme: “Come
Play With Me”
Movement: Counting
Calisthenics
Movement: Riddle Dee
Dee
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Seed, Seedling,
and Sapling
Growing Trees
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Living and
Nonliving Things
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Tree
Poems
When the Monkeys Came
Back
Dinnertime
Symbolic Thought:
Participate in
cooperative/complex play
Shaving Cream
Letters
Language
Standards:
Print letters and
letter formation
in writing
Demonstrate
emergent writing
skills
Thursday
Computer: ebook version
of Trees, Trees, Trees;
digital camera; printer;
each child’s word bank;
bookbinding supplies
Game: Clap the Beat
Friday
Discovery: wood,
sandpaper;
digital camera
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Tree Damage
Discussion and
Shared Writing: What
Things Are Made
From Wood?
Pablo’s Tree
Trees, Trees, Trees
A Tree Is For…
Dramatic Story Retelling
Dramatic Story Retelling
Drawing a House
Speaking/Listening
Standards: continue a
conversation through
multiple exchanges
Speaking/Listening
Standards: continue a
conversation through
multiple exchanges
Creativity: use
imagination and
creativity to interact
with objects/materials
Engages in
conversations: uses
social rules of language
Shows inventiveness
and flexibility in
thinking
Engages in sociodramatic Engages in
Gold
play: joins in
conversations: uses
Objectives,
conversation about roles
social rules of language
Dimensions &
and actions
Indicators
Outdoor Experiences: Squirrels in Trees; Moving Through the Forest
Family Partnerships – Wed. Swimming
Wow! Experiences: Mon - ELI Visitor, Wed. – Trip to Cleveland Art Museum, Friday, - Giraffe’s Library visit
Music: Drums