1. Week of: March 24-28, 2014 Teacher: Sara, Jenn, Julie F., and Karen
Study: Boxes Investigation: How are boxes made?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Art: unassembled
cardboard boxes
Discovery: variety of
boxes used to make
boxes
Discovery: materials
to make boxes and
items to support
sturdiness
Discovery: balance
scale, variety of
objects for weighing
Discovery: photos of
machines that move
boxes
Large Group Game: I Have One
Discussion and Shared
Writing: How can we
make boxes?
Materials: Mighty
Minute 98
Sight Words
Movement: People
patterns
Discussion and Shared
writing: Can we make
a box with this?
Materials: Mighty
Minute 65
Phonic Cheers
Game: I’m Thinking
of
Discussions and
Shared Writing:
Testing Sturdiness
Materials: Mighty
Minutes 18
Sight Words
Song: I’m a Sturdy
Oak Tree
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Moving
Heavy Boxes
Materials: Mighty
Minutes 45
Phonic Cheer
Movement: Going
on a journey
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Testing Predictions
Materials: Mighty
Minutes 63
Read-Aloud Dear Mr. Blueberry Boxes, Boxes Inside, Outside,
Upside Down
Alexander, Who’s Not
(Do you hear me? I
mean it!) Going to
move
Not a box
Small Group Morning: Playing with
environmental print
Afternoon: Making
Shiny paint
Morning: Huff and
Puff
Afternoon: Cover Up
Morning: Rhyming
Chart
Afternoon: Rhyming
Tubs
Morning: Ice Cubes
Afternoon: Balancing
Act
Morning: Rhyming
Riddles
Afternoon: Did You
Ever See?
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Print concepts,
phonological
awareness, and phonics
and word recognition.
Measurement and Data
– Describe and
compare measureable
attributes.
Phonological
awareness and
phonics and word
recognition.
Measurement and Data
– Describe and
compare measureable
attributes.
Phonological
awareness and
phonics and word
recognition.
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Objective –
16, 17 – Demonstrates
knowledge of the
alphabet and of print
and it’s uses
Objective –
22- Compares and
Measures
Objective-
15 – Demonstrates
phonological
awareness
Objective –
22- Compares and
Measures
15 – Demonstrates
phonological
awareness
Outdoor Experiences: Boxes Outside
Family Partnerships: Bring in boxes with environmental print to share
Wow! Experiences: Swimming