Circle Time
All classrooms except these two should have a daily circle time activity included on their lesson plans (on the paper copy and on Tadpoles).
What are Infant A and B
You should have this number of small group activities planned daily.
What is two small group activities?
Your centers can have up to this many students at once, with the exception of Language & Literacy and Sensory.
We go outside this many times per day, weather permitting.
What is two?
Your process boards should be based on this each week.
What are the lesson plans / activities from the following week
At circle time, you should review the following information with students.
What are: Days of the week, months, weather, Spanish poster, colors, shapes, numbers, weather, and your book of the week?
Each of your small group activities should focus on a different one of these each day. These can be found on your "Week at a Glance" on your family board.
What are developmental skills?
When entering centers in Tadpoles, you should post them under this on your lesson plan.
What is the week?
You should include these two options under the gross motor section of your lesson plans.
What are indoor and outdoor activities?
Lesson plans for the next month are due to Paige on this day each month.
What is the first Monday of the month?
You should include this during your circle time, usually while checking the weather or counting the calendar.
What is a student helper?
You should have your small group materials prepared and in your classrooms by this time.
What is before the day that the activities are planned?
Centers in Intermediate - PreK B use this to allow students to move between centers.
What is the center management system?
Gross motor activities should be planned based on these each week.
What are weekly developmental skills?
Lesson plans should be posted in Tadpoles and on your family board on this day each week.
What is Friday for the following week?
During circle time, one teacher should be doing this while one teacher leads instruction.
What is sitting with students and redirecting challenging behaviors?
Your daily small group activities should focus around this.
What is your weekly theme / book?
Each of your centers should be prepared for the week by this day, with all materials out and any decorations up.
What is Monday morning?
Reasons we would not go outside for gross motor time include
What are rain/snow and temperatures too hot/cold
All boxes on your lesson plans should include this information following your activity
What are developmental skills?
When entering small group activities in Tadpoles, you should post them under this on your lesson plan.
What is each day of the week?
You should rotate the toys in your centers this often.
What is every two weeks?
Your lesson plans on Tadpoles should include this weekly
What is a weekly theme?