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Small-Group Time Planning Form

Originating
Idea

Fish tank creatures


Materials

Our bodies

Curriculum
Content

KDI 42. Movement

Beginning
Opening
Statement

Have you seen all the underwater animals that we have in our
fish tank? Can we move our bodies to show how the animals
move through the water

Middle
Earlier
What will
children do?

Move their bodies

Strategies:
How will you
scaffold
their
learning?

Acknowledge
their
movements,
imitate actions

Middle

Move their bodies and


represent animals
swimming

Strategies:

Describe their
movements as
animals, support
creativity

Later

Move their bodies to imitate


animals, Make facial
expressions

Strategies:

Acknowledge all
movements, encourage
deeper knowledge of
animals

End
warning and
transition to
next part of
routine

Follow-up
Ideas

Friends, now that we have swam through our classroom like our
underwater animals, can you swim to our next activity

Discuss what other under water animals we could have, and how
they would move differently

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