(C) Group Experiences Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Arrival Opening Circle Movement Relaxation Transitions Closing Circle Arrival: Attendance graph Scissors and coupons Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other SS Puppet Script - Discussion: How do we get products from the farm into our homes to eat? Show photo(s) of supermarket and ask what children know about it. E.g., what kinds of things can they buy there? What sections are there in a supermarket? Why are some colder than others? (etc.) Point out any signs visible in photo (e.g. Produce) and preview that children will make signs in Small-Group today. Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Question of the Day (QOTD): Did you go food shopping this weekend? (Y/N) Have Arrival: Attendance graph Scissors and coupons Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other -Read Farm Class Book (created during free choice) Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: QOTD: Which food from the grocery store do you like best? (fruit/ milk/ bread) Provide visuals for each answer choice Music/Movement: choose 2 Relaxation: “Yoga” (see below) Transition: SS Brain Builder- Closing Circle: Goodbye song Arrival: Attendance graph Scissors and coupons Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other - Coupons: show examples of coupons and ask children whether they know what they are. Does your family clip coupons to bring to the store? What are coupons for? Tell children that you will add some coupons to Dramatic Play for them to use in their store. Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Choose a rhyming activity Music/Movement: SS Song & one other Relaxation: Transition: Feely bag/box with a 3-D shape Arrival: Attendance graph Scissors and coupons Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other - Discussion: Food Groups. Show large image of the “food group’s plate” (with a symbol or picture in each section, giving an example of that category). Explain that we need to eat different foods each day to be healthy. Ask children if they recognize any of these groups. Are any of them similar to the parts of a supermarket? Talk about what we ate for breakfast today and where each item would go on this “plate.” Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: SS Brain Builder- Music/Movement: Choose
children answer individually if possible (during arrival or transition) and engage in feedback loops. Music/Movement: SS Song & one other Relaxation: Transition: Closing Circle: Goodbye song Closing Circle: Goodbye song 2 Relaxation: Transition: SS Skill Activity- Closing Circle: Goodbye song Group 1: Bebé Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya (See Activity Guide week 2, personal connections to going grocery shopping, what you see at a market) Group 2: Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell (initial reading; focus on grocery-shopping aspect, types of foods, sequence of numbers) Group 1: Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell (initial reading; focus on grocery-shopping aspect, types of foods, sequence of numbers) Group 2: Bebé Goes Shopping by Susan Middleton Elya (See activity guide week 2, personal connections to going grocery shopping, what you see at a market) Group 1:SS Story and Discussion- Group 2: SS book- Group 1: SS book- Group 2: SS Story and Discussion-
Activity Group 1: Grocery Store Counting Book TS Gold Objectives- 8a,13,20a,20c Group 2: Introduction to the Grocery Store TS Gold- 3a,9a,s9a,14b,30 Group 1: Introduction to the Grocery Store TS Gold- 3a,9a,s9a,14b,30 Group 2: Grocery Store Counting Book TS Gold Objectives- 8a,s8a,13,20a,20c Group 1:SS Skill Activity- Group 2: Aisle by Aisle TS Gold Objectives- 8a,s8a,8b,s8b,11a,13 Group 1: Aisle by Aisle TS Gold Objectives- 8a,s8a,8b,s8b,11a,13 Group 2: SS Skill Activity- Special Activities Yoga: Put on slow music and have children stretch, bend, curl, reach and breathe. For example, stand tall like a tree and spread arms like branches; lie flat on stomach, push up onto elbows and hiss like snake. Exploring Pizza Dough (see task and activity guide) during free choice Tangible System Inclement Weather Plan Emergency Drills Outside
Individual Child Planning Form Teachers: Classroom: Week of: Focus Date Child’s Name School Readiness Goal Focus Domain(s) Focus TS GOLD Objective(s) Why Chosen? (IFSP, observation/assessment , family input conference goal, etc.) Strategy/Activity NOTE: Children with similar needs may benefit from differentiated instruction (e.g. during small-group activity). You can use the “Small Group” column at right to make notes about possible groupings. Possible small-group? CHECK when implemented Soc-Emotional Approaches to Learning Language & Literacy Cogn./ Gen. Knowledge Physical 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.