Planting Seeds

We planted seeds during work time. The students followed the steps on the sequencing chart to plant their seeds.

Seeds

Three retired teachers donated seeds, cups, soil, a shovel, watering can, and a book to our classroom.

Blocks

One of the students in our classroom built this road and building with blocks.

COR:
I - Making and Building Models
K - Pretending

10 Black Dots

"Monster with T-Rex babies."

"14 Dinosaur eggs."

"Sponge Bob is eating these cookies."

Counting the dots.

"Balloons."


We read the book 10 Black Dots by Donald Crews. Then during small group each student got 10 black dots to create a picture.

COR:
J - Drawing and Painting Pictures
S - Using Complex Patterns of Speech
BB - Counting

Math Documentation

I got to share my classroom blog with the other preschool teachers. Here are a few pictures from that event.

Iowa Western Health Fair

At the Physical Therapy Station the students got to try out crutches, walkers, and a wheel chair. We counted how many steps it took them to get from on line to the other.


Ernie the ERV - Talked about how Red Cross helps us in Emergencies. We counted the lights on Ernie.

They talked to us about some of the things doctors use to help you get better when you are sick.

Looking at a X-Ray of a hand. We counted how many fingers the X-Ray had.

911 Simulator. The students dialed the numbers 911 on the phone.

STOP, DROP, and ROLL. The students pretended their clothes were on fire and had to roll to put the fire out.


Scrubby Bear - Taught us how to wash our hands.



Football Safety. The football players talked to us about how they wear helmets and shoulder pads to keep them safe.




They talked to us about how to safely cross the street.


A Whale we saw at the Health Fair. He talked about water safety.

IWCC Mascot.

A Puppy to teach us Pet Safety. How we need to ask our Mom or Dad if we can pet the puppy.

We went on our field trip to the Iowa Western Health Fair. There were several different booths around the gym. Some of the stations we visited included: ID Bracelets, Physical Therapy (wheel chair, crutches, etc.), 911 Simulator, Casting, Sun Safety, Radiology (X-Rays), Pet Safety, Red Cross - Scrubby Bear, and Fire Safety (Stop, Drop, & Roll).

Measuring with Rulers

He is measuring the sand timers.

He is measuring the Lego's.

During work time two students got rulers and started measuring toys.

COR: AA - Comparing Properties

Iowa Early Learning Standard: 11.6 - Measurement

NAEYC: 2.F.05 - Children are provided varied opportunities and materials that help them understand the concept of measurement by using standard and non-standard units of measurement.

Birthday Cake

He is placing the candles on the cake.

She is busy adding the candles to her cake.

She is singing Happy Birthday.


At small group time each student was given a piece of play dough, rolling pin, and some crayons to use as candles. I started out by telling them that we are going to have a birthday party and they needed to help me make the birthday cake. The students then rolled our the play dough into their birthday cake and added the candles. We sang happy birthday and then the students blew out the candles. I had the student count the number of candles in their cake and asked if that was how old they were. Some students used the same number of candles as their age and others used more candles.

Content Area: Number Sense & Operations

Topics: Comparing & Ordering (Quantity) and Counting

Iowa Early Learning Standards: 11.1 - Comparison and Number

NAEYC: 2.F.02 - Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to build understanding of numbers, number names, and their relationship to object quantities and to symbols.

COR items:
B - Solving Problems With Materials
P - Singing
BB - Counting

Sorting Beads

At work time today one student picked out all of the gold beads to place onto her pipe cleaner. She told me, "I am finding all the gold ones." She then placed all the beads on her pipe cleaner and made it into a bracelet.

COR items:
S - Using Complex Patterns of Speech
Y - Sorting Attributes

Colors

She is placing her symbol in the pink row.


During planning time we are graphing the color of shirt we are wearing. Each student places their symbol on the graph next to the color that they are wearing. After they have placed their symbol on the graph they get to tell the teacher what their plan is. For example: I am going to go to the block area and build a house for the animals. At the end of the week I will have the student help me count the number of pink shirt, blue shirt, etc. to find out what color shirt we wore the most.

Content Area: Data Analysis

Topics: Interpreting & Applying, Organizing & Comparing, and Representing

COR items:
A - Making Choices and Plans
R - Using Vocabulary
S - Using Complex Patterns of Speech

Where Did You play?

There are 8 areas in our classroom.




All week long during recall time we graphed where we played. We placed a star on the graph at the area that we played.

Content Area: Data Analysis

Topics: Interpreting & Applying, Organizing & Comparing, and Representing

COR items:
BB - Counting
CC - Identifying Position and Direction

Alligator ABC

Here's a yummy M.

Whew, Glad it wasn't me.



During large group time each student gets a turn being the monkey in the tree. We then sing the rhyme:
One little monkey sitting in the tree.
Feeding the alligators ABC's.
Here's a yummy ______. Just as tasty as can be.
Snap.
Whew, Glad it wasn't me!

COR items:
V - Using letter names and sounds