Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: April 27- May 1, 2015

Description
Plan-DoReview

Small
Group
Activities

PLANNING Time, WORK Time, RECALL Time

This three-part sequence is unique to the HighScope Curriculum.
Occurring daily, it includes a 10- to 15-minute period during which
children plan what they want to do during work time (the area to visit,
materials to use, and friends to play with); a -minute work time for
children to carry out their plans (or shift to new activities that interest
them); and another 10- to 15-minute period for reviewing and
recalling with an adult and other children what they've done and
learned.
1.

Bellas Birthday Bubbles:

Bella brought in bubbles to celebrate her birthday! In honor of

Bella, we headed outside and read Bubble Trouble by Joy
Hulme and then we blew bubbles!

2.

Garden Journals:

After planting seeds yesterday, we created garden journals to

document our garden happenings and progress over the next few
weeks. Children are given their journals and materials to decorate
their journals. Children decorate the front cover of their journals.
Children then open to the first page and draw and write the things
that they did on the first day of their gardening endeavor.
Day 7: What I see Happening- Our seeds have started to sprout!
Children were given their plants and they recorded what they saw.
3.

Flower Counting Game-

Children took turns rolling two dice. They counted the dots on both
dice and added them together. Afterwards, they counted out that
many small flowers and placed them on the corresponding garden
pad. (Ex. Children counted 9 on their dice, counted out 9 flowers and
placed them on the garden that had the number 9 on it). After all the
ponds were full, we rolled the dice and subtracted that many flowers
from the gardens until they were all empty.

KDIs

Approaches to Learning: initiative, planning, engagement, problem solving, use of

resources, reflection

Social/Emotional: self-identity, sense of competence, emotions, empathy,

community, building relationships, cooperative play, moral development, conflict
resolution

Physical: fine motor, large motor

Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, reading, concepts
about print, book knowledge
Math: counting, part whole relationships, shapes
Science: observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas, natural and physical world

Physical: fine motor, body awareness

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge, writing
Math: shapes, part-whole relationships, spatial awareness, data analysis
Science: observing, classifying, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas, natural
and physical world
Social Studies: ecology

Physical: fine motor

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
Math: counting, shapes, part-whole relationships, data analysis, spatial
awareness, number words and symbols
Science: observing, classifying, communicating ideas, drawing conclusions
Social Studies: diversity, decision making

Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: April 27- May 1, 2015

4.

Frog Counting Game-

Children took turns rolling two dice. They counted the dots on both
dice and added them together. Afterwards, they counted out that
many small frogs and placed them on the corresponding pond pad.
(Ex. Children counted 7 on their dice, counted out 7 frogs and placed
them on the pond that had the number 7 on it). After all the ponds
were full, we rolled the dice and subtracted that many frogs from the
ponds until they were all empty.
5.

Taking Care of Our Earth: Playground Pick Up!-

After our Earth Day study last week, children have been noticing
garbage and litter around our playground while we are outside. We
decided to help take care of our playground and planet by cleaning up
our space. Children were given plastic bags and asked to help clean up
the trash that they saw on our playground. We walked around the
entire school and even the big field behind the school and picked up
all the trash we could find!
Large
Group

Physical: fine motor, large motor, healthy behavior

Language/Literacy: speaking, vocabulary, comprehension, book knowledge
Math: number words and symbols, counting, part-whole relationships
Science: observing, classifying, drawing conclusions, communicating ideas, natural
and physical world
Social Studies: community roles, ecology

Songs, Fingerplays & Activities:

Birthday Song
Five Little Fish
Friends
Your Face
Five Spring Flowers
5 Green and Speckled Frogs
Today is Monday
Apples & Bananas
Seven Days of the Week
Same & Different

Literature:

Physical: fine motor

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary
Math: counting, shapes, part-whole relationships, data analysis, spatial
awareness, number words and symbols
Science: observing, classifying, communicating ideas, drawing conclusions
Social Studies: diversity, decision making

Book Title
Im Like You, Youre Like Me
The Three Bill Goats Gruff
Cliffords Spring Clean Up
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe

Author
Cindy Gainer
Paul Galdone
Norman Bridwell
Melvin and Gilda Berger
Paul Galdone
Don & Audry Wood

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social/Emotional: sense of competence, community
Creative Arts: music, movement, appreciating the arts
Physical: gross motor skills, fine motor skills, body awareness
Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, phonological
awareness
Math: number words and symbols, counting, part-whole relationships
Social Studies: diversity

Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: April 27- May 1, 2015

Strawberry and the Big Hungry
Bear
Froggy Bakes a Cake
Frog and Toad Together
Sensory
Table

Jonothan London
Arnold Lobel

Language & Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, phonological

awareness, alphabetic knowledge, concepts about print, book knowledge

Water, foam lily pads, frogs

Science: classifying, communicating ideas
Creative: pretend play

Play Doh
Table

Playdoh & letter & number stampers

Physical: fine motor
Math: part-whole relationships, shapes, spatial awareness, patterns, data analysis

Activity
Table

Frogs on a Log

Frog Counting Mats

Physical: fine motor
Math: number words, counting, part-whole relationships, measuring, data analysis

Frogs on a Log

Frog Counting Mats