Week of: Mar 31- Apr 4
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Large
Group
Monday:pg40 Calendar/Helpers
MM71, “Recycle Song”
Introduce Sanitation worker
Invite children to share questions
Tuesday: pg42 Calendar/Helpers
MM71, “Recycle Song”
Review what happens to Sam in Sam
Recycles
Provide a collection of safe items for children to sort. AS they sort refer back to the list of items that can be recycled and items that need to be thrown away.
Point out itmes with the recycling symbol
Wednesday: pg46 Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Create a pile of trash use a fan to blow the trash. Discuss litter.
Talk about why we put trash in special places.
What do we need to teach the litter monster record responses.
Thursday: pg48 Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Show the page in The Adventures of Gary &
Henry that talks about Harry’s choking on the bag.
Discuss how litter can be harmful to animals.
Friday: pg50Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Go on a litter walk
Discuss picking up trash safely and the importance of wearing gloves.
Talk about trash they should not pick up like glass.
Daily Transition:
1.MM85 Listen for your name
2.MM45 Strolling through the park
3.MM47 Step up
4.MM01 People in your neighborhood
5.MM38 Spatial Patterns
Week 28 Teacher: April Carroll
Investigations: 2. Where does trash go? What do workers do there? (Monday-Tuesday) 3. How do Trash and garbage affect our community? (Wednesday-Friday)
Choice Time
Small Group
LL04, “Bookmaking” or LL02,
“Desktop Publishing”
Invite children to explore how many crushed cans will fit in a small trash can. Have children compare that number with the number of crushed cans that will fit in the small trash can.
LL04, “Bookmaking” or LL02,
Desktop Publishing”
Make Don’t litter…signs
Use empty boxes to build with while in the block area
M03, Seek & Find” or M05, “Sorting &
Classifying”
Help children write “Don’t be a litter monster” signs
M22, Story Problems” or M01,
“Dinnertime”
Talk about shapes found in junk collection, invite to sort and describe
3-d shapes by comparing to familiar objects.
LL18, “What’s Missing” or LL08,
“Memory Games”
Daily Literacy: (Words of the
Week)
Real
Pretend
Crush
Litter
Incinerator
Read
Aloud
Sam Helps
Recycle
Radio Man
BD11
Adventures of Gary and
Harry
BD09
I Stink!
Adventures of Gary and
Harry
BD09
Monthly Cooking (Food)
Activity:
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day’s events
Write a group thank you note.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who crushed cans in the science area to share what they learned.
Recall the day’s events
Share photos of children’s block constructions. Invite children to describe their creations.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who made signs in art area to share their work.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share their experiences from today’s litter walk
Zoorobics a-z, sound only
Add to ‘v’ list
Starfall.com
Swat game, students find letter when I make sound
Jump Rope Rap a-z sound only
Starfall.com
Musical chairs
Music:
1.Spring is Here
2.In the Garden
3.Colors Dance
4.Twist
5.Ants go Marching
Zoo
Phonics (Vv) a-z
Come meet us at the zoo
Rd Vincents page
Vampire Bat nature card
Starfall.com
Come meet us at the Zoo
Hide ALC’s, children find
& put in abc order
Make v list
Starfall.com
Vv Handwriting
Jump Rope Rap
Who has a ‘v’ in their name?
Grid GameBoard, sound and signal
Starfall.com
Color: Review
Weekly
Activities
Mental Health:
It’s all right to cry
Sesamestreet.org
Humanities:
We all need family
Sesamestreet.org
Social Studies:
People in our neighborhood
Sesamestreet.org
Healthy/Safety:
Healthy Eating
Sesamestreet.org
Nutrition:
Kids Talk Food
Sesamestreet.org
Number:1-20
Shape: Review
Rhyme: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing: paper; markers; paint
Computer:
We start smart
Blocks:
Garbage trucks
Empty boxes of various sizes
Dramatic Play:
Empty containers
Play food
Dishes
Library/Listening:
Books about trash, garbage, and recycling
Vv Books
Spring, Easter and Bug
Books
Manipulatives:
Magnets
Sand & Water:
Easter grass
Eggs to match
Math/Science:
Junk collection
Crushed cans and small trash cans
Cutting Station:
Scissors
Yarn
Paper
Outside:
P20, “Body Shape and
Sizes”
Day 3, Litter walk around the school

Week of: Mar 31- Apr 4
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Week 28 Teacher: April Carroll
Investigations: 2. Where does trash go? What do workers do there? (Monday-Tuesday) 3. How do Trash and garbage affect our community? (Wednesday-Friday)
Individual Help:
Monday
Journals (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Post Lap D Testing LN (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Tuesday
Practice saying whole name & age for graduation (1-10)
Post Lap D Testing LC (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Wednesday
Vv handwriting, letter/sound assessment (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Post Lap D Testing GM (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Thursday Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Practice saying whole name & age for graduation (11-12,14-16,20-21, 23-24)
Post Lap D Testing GO (1-12,14-16,20-21,23-24)
Friday- Make up absent student work
Parent Activity Log
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Find the squares
Vv Handwriting
Scholastic Book order
April Calendar
Week of young child note
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Family Partnerships:
We would like families to bring in a piece of trash that has the recycling symbol on it. Also, please access the ebook, Sam Helps
Recycle. If you are a family member who plays a musical instrument and you would be willing to visit our class next week to help the children make instruments, please let us know. We also would like to ask families to contribute old wrapping paper and gift boxes of different sizes for the children to use in an upcoming investigation.
Wow! Experiences:
Monday—An interview with a sanitation worker and a look at a trash or recycling truck
Friday—A litter walk around the school