Weekly Planning Form*
Week of: Teacher: Dianne Watts Topic: Transportation
| | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Interest Areas | Hang sample street signs, warning signs, stop lights. Materials: construction paper, scissors, glue, crayons | Baskets with many cars, trucks, vans buses, taxis. Sorting activities Make ramps to experiment on speeds from different heights | Water table with things that float What floats best? | Conductor’s hat. Thomas the Train Set | Dramatic play area: suitcases & things they might pack. |
| Large Group | Walk in neighborhood. Search for signs & signals. | Set up bus depot. Use chairs with an aisle for bus. Have drivers and passengers, tickets, hole punches. Announce streets | Globe and books and pictures of places in world. “Where would you sail to?” Pictures of sail boats, row boats, cruise ships, etc. | Train station similar to Tues bus depot. Same props and roles. Announce towns. | Plane seats with aisle as Tues & Thur. Have tickets with numbers and chairs with numbers to find their seats on the plane |
| Read Aloud | “Signs on the Road” by Mary Hill | “Cars” by Anne Rockwell Sing “The Wheels on the Bus” | “Boats” by Anne Rockwell Sing “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” | “Trains” by Anne Rockwell Sing “Down by the Station” | “Planes” by Anne Rockwell Sing “The airplane in the sky goes up, up high” |
| Small Group | Walk in neighborhood. Search for signs & signals. | Remote control car. Discuss cars have motors, wheels…other similarities | Make edible sail boat. Orange slice, pretzel stick, triangle cheese slices | Egg carton trains, paint, buttons, glue, etc. | Paper planes and paper towel roll planes with poster board wings |
| Outdoor Experiences: Walk , find signs/ Red Light-Green Light / Chug, chug as train/ Helium balloons | |||||
| Family Partnership: Send home newsletter about the month’s them. Lend families books. Suggest books they could get at the library. Suggest questions they might ask about the day’s activities. | |||||
| WOW! Experiences | |||||
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