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Please do not hesitate to contact me for any reason. Please call me at 899-3075 ext. 2161 or email me at
nash@wlake.org
No school for all students Thursday and Friday October 15 & 16
Use the newsletter to expand on our school day by asking what your child did. When they say I don’t remember you
can use the information in the newsletter to guide answers. My newsletter, along with many other resources can be
located on my web site.
The Ohio Department of Education has updated the preschool standards. Our Westlake team has taken these
standards and placed them into themes/program of study. We also incorporated the International Baccalaureate
program of inquiry into this document. Our Westlake Early Education Program of Study is available on my teacher
website. If you would like a personal copy to reference let me know. For those parents who are new to the program,
each week we focus on different standards that fit with our classroom theme. There are some standards that are
worked on throughout the school year. If you have any questions at all about standards please ask.
Week of: October 12-14th 19th -22nd Down on The Farm
PM~ Letter Tt & Ii
Sensory Table: beans, rice, measuring cups, spoons & bowls.
IB How the World Works~ An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and
biological) and human societies;
Central Idea: Environmental relationships change over time.
Key Concepts: change, causation
Related Concepts: patterns, similarities/differences, sequences
Lines of inquiry: Changes in nature How people respond to changes People’s responsibilities for the environment
Attributes: Inquirer: seasons, day/night, environment Principled: responsibility in natural environment and community
Thinker: planning for seasonal changes, acquisition of knowledge
Attitudes: Appreciation
Curiosity Independence
Transdisciplinary Skills: Thinking: acquisition of knowledge, evaluation, analysis, application
Research: observing, planning, formulating questions, interpreting
The Ohio Department of Education has developed standards appropriate for preschool children. These standards are
incorporated throughout our day. Standards are always a part of our circle, craft and snack activities. Each week we will highlight
several standards that are specifically identified for the weeks activities. To review the standards please visit my website.
Week of: October 12-14th Down on the Farm
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: WONDER WALL~ Farm Life
Introduce Farm Word Wall Words
Read: My Day at the Farm By: Jory Randall
Work Time: Preschool Memory book pages: All about Me & A Picture of Me: You will have a great book
filled with preschool memories at the end of the year!
Large Group/Language Activity: The Cow who Clucked By: Denise Fleming
Match farm animal with the product they provide
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL Letter
Mat Man
Read: Where’s Rusty? By: Heather Amery
Work Time: Farm animal memory game
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Rumble in the Jungle By Giles Andreae. New vocabulary: jaws,
horns, cubs and den.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Farm or no farm? Do these items belong on a farm?
Read: Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae Discuss setting and list all that we know about the setting in
this book.
Work Time: Corn cob painting & fine motor fun~ pulling kernels out of our Indian corn
HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Week of: October 19th -22nd Down on the Farm
Monday: Greeting & Planning Time: Review Wonder Wall. Have we answered any of the questions?
Read: Lazy, Daisy, Cranky Frankie By: Mary Ellen Jordan & Andrew Weldon
Work Time: Chicken Tear Craft
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: Farming By: Gail Gibbons
This book takes a look at the farm in all of the different seasons
My other half! Kids will have ½ of an animal picture and will look for the friend with the other half.
Tuesday: Greeting & Planning Time: MAT MAN
List jobs we might have if we all worked on a farm. Star the job we would like the best and X the job we
would like the least.
Work Time: Chicken Tear Craft continued
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: The Letters are Lost By: Lisa Campbell Ernst. We will
concentrate on the differences between pictures and print. After reading our story we will make a list using
prepositions as to where all the letters were found.
Wednesday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
The Animals on the Farm Song~ sung to the tune of Wheels on the bus
Work Time: Farm counting and coloring sheet
HWT (Handwriting without Tears) & Letter of the week book
Large Group/Language Activity: Language lesson with Ms Karen
Thursday: Greeting & Planning Time: PM: SHOW-N-TELL
Library with Ms. Craven
Clapping syllables~ horse, chicken, hen, farmer, cow, wagon, tractor, sheep
Work Time: Animal count
Large Group/Language Activity: Read: The Letters are Lost By: Lisa Campbell Ernst. Today we will
concentrate on when two words share a rhyming pattern as well as looking into the characters and setting
in our book.
Duck Duck Goose!