Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: March 2-6, 2015

Description
Plan-DoReview

Small
Group
Activities

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

resources, reflection

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

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

The Cat in the Hat-The Cat Gets a New Hat- After reading
The Cat in the Hat & That Cat in the Hat Comes Back,
children helped to create a new hat for the cat. The hats are
proudly hanging outside of our classroom, stop by and check
them out!

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

resources, reflection
Social/Emotional:, sense of competence, community
Physical: fine motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, concepts about print
Math: number words and s symbols, counting, shapes, spatial awareness, patterns
Science: observing, classifying, communicating ideas, natural and physical world

Fox in Socks-Sock Designing & Graphing: Children first

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.

2.

designed their very own pair of crazy socks. When they were done,
they cut their socks out and helped answer the question and then
adhere them to the proper side on chart we madeDid you wear
crazy socks today? Yes/No.

3.

Wacky Wednesday-Walking Water Science: After reading

Wacky Wednesday, we decided to do something wacky
ourselves. Using colored water, paper towels and clear cups,
we experimented to see if water could really walk down a
paper towel and transport itself from one cup to the other.
The kids loved this experiment and would be super easy to
do at home!

Visit : http://www.playbasedlearning.com.au/2011/03/walkingwater/

KDIs

to see how this experiment works!

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

resources, reflection
Social/Emotional:, sense of competence, community
Physical: fine motor
Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, concepts about print
Math: number words and s symbols, counting, shapes, spatial awareness, patterns
Science: observing, classifying, communicating ideas, natural and physical world

Physical: fine motor skills

Language/Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, concepts about print
Math: number words and symbols, counting, measuring, part-whole relationships,
data analysis
Science: observing, classifying, experimenting, predicting, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas, natural and physical world
Social Studies: decision making

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4. One Fish Two Fish-Sorting Goldfish:
Each child got a cup full of colorful goldfish crackers and a sheet of
paper with fish bowls on it. The children sorted the goldfish crackers
into their proper fish bowl, based on color.

5.

Large
Group

The Lorax: Relax with the Lorax Pajama day! We read the
Lorax while relaxing and maxxin out in our pjs and comfies.

Physical: body awareness

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, reading, concepts about print
Creative: appreciating the arts
Science: observing, classifying, communicating ideas, predicting
Social Studies: diversity, community roles

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

Songs, Fingerplays & Activities:

Song
Silly Willies
5 Little Fish
Can You Leap Like a Frog
The Days of the Week
Birthdays
Bop til You Drop
Adventure in Space
Listen and Move
Put Your Finger On
Your Face

Literature:

Physical: fine motor skills

Language: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, book knowledge, concepts
about print
Math:, part-whole relationships, spatial awareness, data analysis, counting,
measuring
Science: communicating ideas, classifying
Social Studies: decision making, diversity

Book Title
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Fox in Socks
One Fish, Two Fish
The Lorax

Author
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss

The Sleep Book

Wacky Wednesday
Dr. Seuss ABCs

Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss

Do Mice Eat Rice?-Rhyming Discussion

While reading this story, we stopped to pick out the rhyming words on each page.
We discussed what makes a rhyme and what words rhyme vs. what words do not
rhyme. Ask your child to tell you some rhyming words that they may know.

Language & Literacy: comprehension, speaking, vocabulary, phonological

Costello Building Blocks- Weekly Happenings: March 2-6, 2015

awareness, alphabetic knowledge, concepts about print, book knowledge
Sensory
Table

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish:

Water, fish tank rocks & gems, floating fish, fishing nets

Wacky Wednesdays
Walking Water
Science Experiment!