Week One at a glance

So here is what I am giving John to start off with for the week.  We figure it will be easier to go from structured to spontaneous, rather than the other way around.  We also know that plans are just a starting point, then there is reality. 

Week at a Glance: Sept 17-
Theme: Getting started
Goals and Objectives:

• Set up classroom space
• test out daily schedule to see how flow works
• incorporate in-breaths and out-breaths throughout the day
• The boys need to have a positive experience with minimal stress.

  Subject	Monday	Tuesday Field Trip Day	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday 21 Fall Equinox
  Movement/ Music/ Singing/ Art	Days of the week, months of the year and ABC’s Mark the date on the calendar and write this in their journal along with the weather.	Field Trip Day to RMCS	Days of the week, months of the year and ABC’s Mark the date on the calendar and write this in their journal along with the weather	Days of the week, months of the year and ABC’s Mark the date on the calendar and write this in their journal along with the weather	Days of the week, months of the year and ABC’s Mark the date on the calendar and write this in their journal along with the weather First official day of fall
  Household/ Garden	Cleaning and scrubbing upstairs of the barn.	Packing their lunch for the day	Making a list of what is needed. Boys write this in their journals	Setting up their classroom	Setting up their classroom
  Math	Book Store with Mimi. Plan a budget.	Time leaving, time to get there and # of miles recorded in journal	Writing numbers in journals and dates. How far can you go (where we started from)	Handwriting the number 5	What does five look like. Estimation and creation of groups.
  PE	Baseball at home or at Clay Park	Railroad park after the RMCS	Hiking	Playground and 10am story time	Free Choice
  Science Exploration	Finding Nemo Movie with Mimi.	Bring scooters and hot wheels and a stop watch (you have one on your phone) Race cars down hill and time them. Which one goes the fastest and why?	What does 5 mean. Collect 5 beautiful things from your hike. ID/ define + vocabulary. Press plants for their journal.	D/ define + vocabulary	Fall equinox egg balancing trick http://francesa.phy.cmich.edu/people//osborn/egg1.html
  Writing	Practicing the letter R Big drawings, stories and sidewalk chalk		Practicing the letter R	Make name templates for the “desk” 1st and last. Make letter R wall cards for the barn.	Writing their alphabet in their journal as a starting point. Caps only.
  Thinking of Others and History Planning for the future.	How to plan a birthday party. Boys make a list of who they want to come to their party.		Look at the calendar for dates between the boy’s birthdays.	Call pump it up for available times and cost. Write down details.	Call Mimi and explain the “plan.”
  Reading Done with Mom Practice Sight words daily.	Reading with mom and story time. Aesop's fables	Reading with mom and story time. Aesop's fables	Reading with mom and story time. Aesop's fables	Reading with mom and story time. Aesop's fables	Reading with mom and story time. Aesop's fables
  Screen Time	Movie theater	PBS Kids Word Girl word of the week	PBS Kids Wild Krats	PBS Kids Dino Train	Family Movie Night