Week of: 10/6/2014 to 10/10/2014
Study: Clothes
Interest
Areas
Monday
Toys and Games: fabric
scraps cut into pieces to
match or pattern
Art: large paper for body
tracings
Computer: ebook version
of The Quinceañera
Large
Group
Book: The Quinceañera
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Do You Think
We Can Make Clothes?
Teacher: Ms. Nicole and Ms. Tina
Investigation: 3. How do people make clothes? (Monday–Thursday)
4. How is cloth made? (Friday)
Tuesday
Toys and Games: geoboards;
geobands
Dramatic Play: fabric pieces
that can be draped or tied to
create clothes; cloth samples
that represent the cultures of
families
Art: large paper for body
tracing
Movement: Making Shapes
With Scarves
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Visitor Who Sews
ReadAloud
Something From Nothing
The Girl Who Wore Too
Much
Small
Group
Option 1: Sewing Paper
Option 1: Mixing Paints
Option 2: Let’s Sew
Option 2: Dyeing Paper
Towels
Wednesday
Art: large paper for
body tracing
Thursday
Art Area: fabric scraps;
glue
Library: materials for
thank-you notes
Toys and Games:
matching fabric scraps
Movement: Body
Lines
Book: Something From
Nothing
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Thinking
About Lines
Abuela’s Weave
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Using Fabric
Pieces to Make Clothes
The Girl Who Wore Too
Much
Option 1: Writing
Poetry
Option 1: Writing Poetry
Option 2: A Collection of
Option 2: A Collection Poems
of Poems
Outdoor Experiences: Follow the Leader on a Line; Up and Away; Go In and Out the Windows; Jumping Rope
Friday
Discovery: fabric;
magnifying glasses;
clipboards; felt tip pens
Game: Sorting Ourselves
Discussion and Shared
Writing: How Is Cloth
Made?
The Paper Bag Princess
Option 1: Playing With
Print
Option 2: Shopping Trip
Family Partnerships: We’d like to invite a family member who knits or crochets to visit the class on Friday to help the children explore how cloth is
made. Please access the ebook, The Quinceañera.
Wow! Experiences: Tuesday—A visit from someone who sews
Friday—A visit from someone who knits or crochets
ISBE-Illinois State Board of Education http://www.isbe.net/earlychi/pdf/early_learning_standards.pdf
CC-Creative Curriculum http://teachingstrategies.com/content/pageDocs/Head-Start-ODL-Volume-5-Alignment-2011.pdf
NAEYC-National Association for the Education of Young Children https://oldweb.naeyc.org/academy/standards/