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Initiative
Social Relations & Creative Representation
Movement and Music
Language and Literacy
Mathematics and Science
100
At work time in the house area Robin pretends to talk on the telephone to her dad.
What is: (C. Initiating play) Level 3 - Child engages in pretend play
100
During work time in the block area Janet and Tammie build a boat. It has two seats, a steering wheel they made out of a pie tin, and long unit blocks for oars.
What is: Creative Representation (I. Making and building models) Level 4 - Child makes a model with three or more basic parts. note: recognizable parts though rudimentary must be included.
100
During group time while the class is reciting Humpty Dumpty, Betzee pats to the beat for the entire rhyme.
What is: (N. Feeling and expressing steady beat) Level 4 - Child maintains a steady beat to music for 12-16 beats.
100
At arrival time Carolyn prints her name on the sign in sheet, she tells Jessica, "My name starts with a big C, and she makes the sound cah, cah, cah."
What is: (V. Using letter names and sounds) Level 5 - Child says a word and identifies the beginning letter or letter sound.
100
Outside on the pavement Lesley draws three circles beginning with the smallest to largest, she tells Gwenn while she points to the smallest one "thats small, that's bigger and that one is the biggest."
What is: (Z. Identifying patterns) Level 4 - Child finds or points out a repeating or graduated series.
200
During planning time Sherry O. says, "I'm going to the house area to dress up, I am going to be a princess that turns all the boys into frogs!"
What is: (A. Making choices and plans) Level 5 - Child makes a plan with three or more details.
200
At arrival time Debbie tells her teacher Gwenn "I am so happy because I'm going to fly to my grandma's in California today after school.
What is: Social Relations (H. Understanding and experssing feelings) Level 5 - Child identifies an emotion and gives a reason for it.
200
Shawna says to Jean, I'm tip-toeing to the house area because my baby is sleeping and I don't want to wake her up."
What is: (L. Moving in various ways) Level 4 - Child names a movement and does it.
200
During worktime in the toy area Pat takes the song/rhyme book off the shelf and begins to look through it she tells her teacher Marcia, "hey look there's my name, Pat" and she spells it P-a-t. (she was looking at the Pat a cake rhyme)
What is: (W. Reading) Level 4 - Child recognizes a written word.
200
At greeting in the circle Gene counts the children and tells his teacher "we have 16 kids in our class" (he is correct)
What is: (BB. Counting) Level 4 - Child counts 11 or more objects and uses the last number to say how many.
300
At work time Mr. Gene uses a ruler to retrieve a marker that rolled under a shelf.
What is: (D. Taking care of personal needs) Level 4 - Child identifies the need for a tool and uses it independently to accomplish a personal goal.
300
During work time in the book area, Shannon, Jen and Rosemary pretend that they are on a visit to the library. They each choose different books and walk around the room with them, and then they go up in the loft where Shannon petends to read a book to Rosemary and Jen called "Bow Wow Wow."
What is: Creative Representation (K. Pretending) Level 4 - Child engages in role play with two or more other children. (who's anecdote is this?)
300
At work time in the art area, Carol uses her right hand to hold the scissors and her left to hold the paper, telling her teacher that she is making money for our game.
What is: (M. Moving with objects) Level 3 - Child coordinates both hands to manipulate one or more objects.
300
During arrival/greeting time Karen tells her teacher, "Kenny's name starts with a /k/ just like me Karen."
What is: (T. Showing awareness of sounds in words) Level 4 - Child says that two words begin with the same sound.
300
During planning time at the table Rosemary drives a small car on a simple map of the classroom moving it from the planning table to the house area she said "I want to go over here (as she moves the car in the direction) and make some soup with all the vegetables."
What is: (CC. Identifying position and direction) Level 5 - Reading a map, child uses a position, direction, or distance word.
400
At work time in the house area Chris wants to put the doll high chair next to Lori's chair. She pushes the high chair but is blocked by another chair, she begins to manuver it around but is unable to squeeze past. She picks up the high chair and carries it around the table and sets it down next to Lori's chair.
What is: (B. Soliving problems with materials) Level 5 - Child tries three or more ways to solve a problem with materials.
400
At greeting time Gail saves a seat next to her for Susie. She also takes her hand as they transition to the sink to wash for breakfast.
What is: (F. Relating to other children) Level 5 - Child shows loyalty to another child.
400
In the block area during work time Sherry sings "Old McDonald had a farm" while playing with the farm animals.
What is: (P. Singing) Level 5 - Child sings a song with five or more pitches.
400
Ellen read a rhyme to her small group, Orson Porson, Pudding and pie, He ran away And he made me cry. Orson Porson, Knotty pine, He came back And I feel fine. When she was finished Melissa asked, "what do you mean knotty pine?"
What is: (R. Using vocabulary) Level 5 - Child asks the meaning of a word.
400
Lesley and Robin are in the block area playing with marbles, Robin counts her 12 marbles and then she counts 11 that Lesley has and tells her "I have one more than you"
What is: (BB. Counting) Level 5 - Child counts two groups of objects and says which one has more.
500
At the table during snack Kim tries to tear open the bag of carrots with her fingers, when she is unable she goes to get a pair of scissors to try and open it.
What is: (B. Solving problems with materials) Level 4 - Child tries two ways to solve a problem with materials.
500
Outside, Karen and Jean want the same bike. Corinne their teacher asks them for ideas about how to solve the problem. Jean says "somebody (meaning herself) could use the bike and the other person could watch."
What is: (G. Relolving interpersonal conflict) Level 4 - With adult help, child offers a solution to a conflict.
500
During large group time, Jessica repeats Cheryl's idea for a movement pattern-touching her head, her cheeks, her chin and cheeks and repeats this while the group sings "following the leader, the leader, the leader were following Cheryl, Cheryl, Cheryl, etc.
What is: (O. Moving to Music) Level 5 - Child creates (or copies) and repeats a pattern of four or more movements to music.
500
At work time in the art area Stephanie draws a picture of two figures holding hands, then she writes "Me and my mom" under the drawing.
What is: (X. Writing) Level 5 - Child writes a phrase or sentence of two or more words.
500
Marcia told the teacher "I know why we are not going outside today it's because the wind chill is below O.
What is: (DD. Identifying sequence, change and causality. Level 5- Child explains that an event or change happens because of something else.