ROCKWELL CLASSROOM Curriculum • 3.13.17 – 3.17.

17 Theme: Outer Space (Week 1)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
ARRIVAL • FREE CHOICE PLAY
Meeting Time
Songs, stories, games This week we will begin Today we will be During meeting we will Today during meeting we How many stars tall are
and discussions our outer space unit! focusing on stars! We learn all about will read “Raccoon on you? We will measure
What do you know about will talk about what we constellations! Have you the Moon.” Where does our friends during
outer space? We will also already know about stars ever seen a the raccoon go on his meeting to see how
introduce our letter of and learn some new constellation? We will travels? How does he get many stars tall we all are.
the week, O! facts about them. look at pictures of some there?
using a flashlight.

BREAKFAST
Large Muscle Activity
Moving, Exploring and On the carpet we will On the carpet we will We have music class Weather permitting, Today we have yoga
Discovering listen to “Rocket Ship have paper plates with today! We will sing some today on the playground class! We will imagine we
Run” and dance as if we numbered stars on songs about outer space we will be running are going on a trip on a
are on a spaceship! them. We will throw and the things we can Rockwell Races. space ship and do poses
bean bags to the see in the nighttime sky. based on the things we
different stars and call might see.
out the number!

Small Group
Literacy A We will be matching A Today we will use A We will be using A Today we will use A. O is for outer space!
pictures of planets the chalkboards to magnetic letters to the magnetic We will make our Os
with their names. practice the “wet, spell different space boards to practice and decorate them
Can you find the N dry, try” method to words! Can you writing the letter O. with stars, planets, and
for Neptune? M for write our letter of spell planet? Star? other objects we might
Mercury and Mars? the week! find in outer space.

Mathematics, Science, B Today we will be B We will play space B We will have cards B. Today we will be B. We will have a
or Problem Solving making patterns bingo in small with different rolling a die and matching card game
using things we groups! Each friend numbers of things counting that with planet pictures!
might see in outer will get their own you can find outer number of felt stars Can you match the two
space, like stars, bingo board and try space. Can you to put on the felt pictures of Saturn?
planets, and rocket to be the first to count the items and board! How many Jupiter? Earth?
ships! cover 3 planets in a put a clothespin on stars can you
row. the matching count?
number on the
card?
Art Activity C Today we will be C Star painting! We
making our very
own astronaut
helmets! We will
decorate paper
plates and glue
them onto paper
bags. When they are
dry we will try them
on!
C Today we will be C Today we will be C Free draw! Today we
will use star- making making moons! We will have construction
shaped stampers to constellations! We will stamp paper paper and coloring
make our own will use star stickers plates with gray utensils available at
starry night sky to make our paint to make them the art easel for our
pictures. constellation and look like moons. friends to use.
draw lines
connecting them.

OUTDOOR • LUNCH • NAPTIME • SNACK • FREE CHOICE• DISMISSAL

Modifications to the Environment:

Dramatic Play: Space Ship (space ship, astronaut helmets)

Songs:
Rocket Ship Run by the Laurie Berkner Band