In class Assignments/Homework
Week of January 16-20
1/16 NO SCHOOL-MLK DAY
1/17 Video-Brain development in Newborns..when the "windows"for learning occur.
Students who were parents for the weekend share their experience with the
class...easy?difficult?parental help or not?were you uncomfortable being labeled as a teen
Mom?
1/18
1/19
1/20 What's in a Name? What will you name your child?What does the name mean?
What does your name mean? Why were you named the name you have?
Written summary of your research.
Week of January 9-13
1/9 DVD:Babies (around the world..cultural similarities and differences)
1/10 DVD:Babies
1/11 Teen and Toddler Activity
1/12
1/13 Video-BTIO. How to care for the mock simulation of a real baby.
Week of January3-6
1/3 Questionnaire-Will I have children? Why or why not? If so,when? How many? Will I use
daycare? etc to promote discussion on the topic of preparing for children in your life.
1/4 Teen and Toddler Activity
1/5 How do you as a teen spend your day...fill in mock schedule of your daily activities.
Now,compare your daily schedule to the needs of a newborn.
Homework:How will you make adjustments to your schedule to meet the needs of your
new "bundle of joy?"
Share information on BTIO with parents/guardians...return papers signed with
permission by parent to participate .
1/6 Discuss the expectation of caring for the baby you will care for a weekend as part of the infan
t simulation:clothes,feeding,changing,holding,car seat,etc.
Week of Dec 19-23
12/19
12/20
12/21 Teen and Toddler Activity
12/22
12/23 The Myth of Santa...written response to the continuation of the belief or not with children.
Week of Dec 12-16
12/12
12/13
12/14 Teen and Toddler Activity today.
12/15 Share research on developmentally appropriate toys by age groups of children.
12/16 Creating a simple holiday craft for children from available materials without purchasing items.
Week of Dec.5-9
12/5
12/6
12/7 No "Teen andToddler Activity today.
12/8 Computer lab:Toy research.
12/9 Computer lab:Toy research;share info with groups who have the same age group and are there similarities/differences in the toys that you researched on-line?
Week of Nov 28-Dec 2
11/28
11/29
11/30 Teen and Toddler Activity today.
12/1
12/2
Week of Nov 21-23
11/21 Computer Lab to work on brochure to focus on a safety topic for children:water
safety,bike,helmet-use,car seats,household hazards
11/22 First Aid Scramble,Accidents, and Burns.
11/23 Brochure-Due Today
Week of Nov 14-18
11/14 Lesson on Halloween Safety for Children:treats,masks,costumes,visibility,etc.
11/15 Worksheet-Chapter 10-Safety and Children;each group to discuss and share info on safety
precautions to follow when caring for children.
11/16 Complete work begun yesterday in class.
11/17 DVD-Childhood Accidents and how to prevent /how to respond
11/18 Introduce requirements for a child safety brochure.DUe Wed. 11/23
Week of Nov 7-11
11/7 Review lessons and organize"Eeyores" and their teaching of preschoolers on Wed 11/9.
11/8 Students offer assistance in preparing teaching activities for Wed. teaching group.
11/9 Four students as observers of development in preschoolers;four student teachers. lesson
theme:"Bunnies
11/10 NO CLASS-Veteran DayCeremonies.
11/11 Share observations of successes and improvements from Wed. 11/8
Week of Oct 31-Nov 4
What a week!!!No School..
Week of Oct 24-28
Week of Oct 17-21
10/17 Class notes comparing 2 to 3 yr olds.
10/18 DVD-Play activities of ages 2-3.
10/19 Continue with class notes.
10/20 Chapter on planning a lesson...Use chart on DOGS to prepare ideas for further lesson planning,objectives, and theme-centered lesson.
10/21 Practice concepts begun yesterday except use FALL as the focus and complete 6 written objectives using examples of action verbs from text.
Week of Oct 10-14
10/10 NO SCHOOL-COLUMBUS DAY
10/11 NO SCHOOL-TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DAY
10/12 Return tests,floor plans-review.
10/13 In class and Homework:Worksheets:Understanding 2,3 and 4 year olds from text.
Be prepared for class discussion of preschoolers and how development impacts their
learning environment.
10/14
Week of Oct 3-7
10/3 Computer Lab to continue work on Project on developing forms to use in the Observation of
children.
10/4 Begin plans for teaching/play activities in "Teen and Toddler" Playtime activity.
10/5 Project Due-assigned on Fri 9/30. Complete worksheet for Ch 3 that lists the
advantages/disadvantages and uses of each method of assessment created by students in
their project.
10/6 Discussion,evaluate current forms needed for a preschool class.Why are these
necessary,how can we improve on the existing forms?
10/7 Homework:Observation sheet of a child;due-Wed. 10/12
Week of Sept 26-30
9/26 Class does not meet due to pep rally for Spirit Week.
9/27 Floor Plans due. Evaluate as a group then display for class assessment-use criteria given in homework assignment. Which would be your choice and why for a safe,learning/teaching environment?
9/28 In class,use articles from preschool and relate how "Observation" is used to learn about children. Take True/False pre test to see what you know about Observation techniques.After class discussion of the four major types of assessment,reevaluate your initial response.We ill begin a project on Friday based upon how to create assessments for young childrern.
9/29 NO SCHOOL-ROSH HASHANAH
9/30 Computer lab-begin project(based upon Ch 3 using guidelines and rubric)
Develop four different forms to use in assessing young children based upon Observations.
DUE-Wed 10/5. Projects are reduced one letter grade for each day late. If projects
lack a visual related to the project on each page,-5 will be deducted form the 25
points for that specific page.
Week of Sept 19-23
9/19 Homework: Review for tomorrow's test:check out questions at end of Ch 1,words in bold
print, and notes from class to date.Test is book generated.
9/20 TEST-Ch 1.Homework-Read pp 111-120. How to determine space utilization in a
preschool class.
9/21 Use the information you read on colors and classorom/children and draw a wall in a classroom for either a preschooler or a child over the age of 6. Be able to explain your color choices for the correct age of the child.
9/22 State of CT Licensure Laws for Day care facilities:family,group,etc.
9/23 Complete notes...begin for Homework-Floor Plans for a preschool setting. Due Tues.
9/27. Floor plans should use the dimensions of the paper and
include:
two fire exits,five identified learning centers, incorporate safety and
teacher visibility.
Week of Sept 12-16
9/12 Homework:Pleasures and Problems of Teaching..due Tues.-9/13
9/13 Computer Lab-Compare teaching to a career of your choice.
9/14 Continue with research on career options.
9/15 Discussion:Qualities of a Successful teacher.
9/16 Share Problems and Pleasaures of Teaching Worksheet.
TEST-Tues 9/20 Chapter 1 of text.
Week of Sept 5-9
9/5 NO SCHOOL-LABOR DAY
9/6 Baby picture DUE and "What was I like as a Baby?"
9/7 Assign:"All I really needed to know, I learned in Kindergarten."
Use of School-wide Writing Rubric to guide your response to the article.
9/8 In class,writing assignment
Homework-read pp 11-18 in Chapter 1 of text.
9/9
Week of Augus t30-Sept 2
8/30-Introduction to course with course outline/class expectations.
8/31-Reinforce:3-ring notebook is required for classwork,etc.
Tell me about yourself-why are you taking this class,what do you want to learn, past
experiences with children,etc
Homework--Discuss homework assignment.
Due Tuesday 9/6-Baby picture of you.
DueTuesday 9/6-"What was I like as a baby?.
9/1-Tour of CPAT room to be used in preschool class;discuss what did you "observe" in that classroom; observations and their use in understanding children.
Worksheet-Self assessment on characteristics for working with children.
Homework:Due-9/2 -Have a friend or parent assess you on the same list of
characteristics;were the responses the same,different,why?
9/6-Share pictures and discuss how physical appearances of us today are similar/different to us as an infant.
-Read: "Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten."
Homework: Due- -??Respond to the article by agreeing or disagreeing with the
article and giving examples to support your viewpoint
.School-wide Writing Rubric introduced as a guideline for student expectations.
Brainstorm...What are the personal characteristics that insure success with children?
Week of Jan 10-14
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11/30 Continue assignment from 11/29;assist group that will be teaching on 12/1 gather and
prepare materials for class.
11/29 Individual lessons as teaching groups.
Assign worksheet for Ch 5 &6 from text;compare and contrast children ages 2-5 in terms of
physical,social-emotional,cognitive, and self-help skills to better understand how to interract
with young children and plan age- appropriate activities
Week of Nov 22-24
11/22 Work in class on individual lessons;plan in groups for teaching time from now until the end
of December;
11/23 Chapter 18:worksheet on "Guiding Children's Art Acrtivities."
11/24 Two lessons due based upon one theme: Example: Winter;Science and a Language
Arts or Crafts or Movement,etc.
Week of Nov 15-19
11/15 Complete individual and children's name tags for class.
Evaluate lesson that could be used for the end of Dec..winter theme.
11/16 Work on creating two lessons with a common theme using handout of
format,rubric,etc.
DUE:Wed 11/24
11/17 In class,work on lessons;model what is an objective and how to word objectives.
11/18 Prepare Play Dough;poster for Early Childhood meeting at the Canton Library this evening
to advertise "Teen and Toddler "Program.
11/19 Try out play dough...does it work??
Work in teaching groups to coordinate lessons/themes for the next rotation of 4 weeks,
Week of Nov 8-15
11/8 Projects on Observation returned plus individual Observations of one child.
Worksheet on the Adv and Disadv of each type of data collection in the Observation process.
11/9 Review skills to use when working with young children.
Worksheet: Chapter 16-Do You agree or disagree and explain how to Handle Daily Routines
with Children.
11/10 Homework: Write out complete objectives for the beginning of lesson planning.
Refer to text pp274 with Flow Chart.
11/11 Collect homework;hand out 4 page packet on how to go about planning lessons for teaching
young children.Go over lesson on creating a Flow Chart with teaching objectives for a
lesson on dogs. Remember to keep the lesson at the level of a young child not an adult!
11/12 Game that challenges students on development common to young children.
Week of Nov 1-5
11/1 Students who are teaching begin to plan for Wed. activity;discussion of how to address the
issue of emotions:paper plate to signify happy,sad,surprised,angry,etc.
11/2 In class, word scramble(vocabulary) and chapter 12 worksheet from Developing Child on
Emotions.DUE-Thursday,11/4
11/3 Teen and Toddler Playtime-1/2 class to observe.
11/4 Follow up to yesterday's activity with children:pluses and areas needing improvement for
discussion. Finish up worksheet on Ch 12 and discuss in relatiion to preschool and "emotions lesson."
11/5 Video:"Age-Appropriate Play for 2-3 Year Olds." Refernce what are "Milestones" in the area of
child development,fine and gross motor activities,how to encourage language development,
and parallel vs. co-operative play
Week of Oct 25-29
10/25 Plan a simple lesson using the visual form that asks:
What do I do?
Why do I have Children do this?
What do I need?
What might I see children doing?
What might I talk about with children?
10/26 Firm up lessons and follow a time-schedule for Wed.'s first group.
10/27 First preschool activity from 8:45-10:15 for student-teachers assigned today;others in class
are observers.
10/28 Class discussion reflection as to the successes and areas needing improvement from
yesterday's activity.
Discussion of "character development "in young children-concepts of sharing,feelings, and expression of own and other's feeelings.
10/29 Evaluate first written lesson using teacher example as a model.
Homework: Refine original lesson using guidelines demonstrated in class.
Week of October 18-22
10/18 Handout and discuss rubric for preschool grading and expectations.
10/19 Begin to preplan for preschool experience with children ages 2 1/2-5.
Introductory letter,Emergency Form,Permission for Pictures,Name Tags.
10/20 Continue with forms to be used in preschool
10/21 Library research..lessons for preschool: "Welcoming Activity"
Try www.first-school.ws or www.mailbox magazine.com
Explore the various themes and lessons available to use with preschoolers from your
research-don't reinvent the wheel!
10/22 Divide into groups for teaching activities;finish up forms and name tags for preschool.
Week of October 11-15
10/11 NO SCHOOL-COLUMBUS DAY
10/12 Review Chapter 3 on types of observable data;visit CPAT classroom and write down what
you observe that is occuring with children in the classroom. Be prepared to share your
observations.
Assign project to create three different ways to gather data or record observations:
Participation Check List,Ratings Scale, and a Check List.
DUE: Friday 10/15 at the end of class.
10/13 Computer lab to work on project.
10/14 Computer lab to work on project.
10/15 Project DUE at the end of class.
Week of Oct 4-8 ........SPIRIT WEEK!
10/4 Review homework on Ch 8 worksheet.;discuss equipment,area footage for outdoor play
spaces.
10/5 Chapter 3 on Observation
10/6 NO CLASS-ASSEMBLY
10/7 Homework-Read Ch. 3 on Observation;complete worksheet "Tools for Assesssment"
based upon your chapter reading.
10/8 NO CLASS
Week of Sept 27-Oct 1
9/27 TEST :Chapter 1
Homework: Read Ch 8 pp 111-120,"Preparing the Environment."
9/28 Homework:Complete a floor plan for a preschool classroom with the five criteria
included:learning centers(5),safety, fire exits,teacher visibilty, and traffic flow drawn
on the floor plan. Be prepared to have your floor plan critiqued in class.
9/29 Critique ompleted floor plan in class.
9/30 Finish critiquing floor plans;visit CPAT room and identify the exits,learning centers,teacher
visibility, and safe areas for children.
Notes on St of Ct Dept. of Health requirements for licensure of day care centers,and family
day care centers.
10/1 Complete note taking. Homework:Ch 8 worksheet on learning centers.
Week of Sept 20-24
9/20 QUIZ-Childhood in the past vs. today;discuss the reasons why child care is necessary in
today's society
9/21 Computer Lab-Research Teaching as a career compared to another career of the student's
choice.
9/22 "Cool Schools" appearance for Seniors in class with children in the CPAT area; In writing,
compare both careers researched and give three reasons with explaination as to which
career you would like to pursue.
9/23 Class discussion of other options of working with children other than teaching.
Homework:pp19-26-be prepared to explain the assigned topic related to either
teaching responsibilities or characteristics of successful teachers.
9/24 Homework:Study for test on Chapter 1 for Monday 9/27.
Week of Sept 13-17
9/13 Continue with "Little Women"
9/14 "Little Women"..note taking to continue to share in class tomorrow for discussion on
childhood in the past as compared to today.
9/15 Class discussion on how children are viewed in today's society as compared to the past.
.
9/16 .In class, read Chapter 1:pg. 13-28; write out answers to "Read and Reflect" at the end of
the Chapter.
9/17 Homework:review class notes on video and class discussion for a short quiz
9/20.
Week of Sept.6-10
9/6-NO SCHOOL-LABOR DAY
9/7-Who Am I?-Use baby pictures to begin discussion on physical development in children;can
you find the similarity in the picture and some one in class,what characteristics helped you?
Textbook-Review the Table of Contents and units within the text.
Homework-Cover textbook by Friday 9/10.
9/8-"Thinking About Children..." activity. Children are.......(fill in the blank) to facilitate discussion
about attitudes toward children.
9/9-NO SCHOOL-ROSH HASHANAH
9/10-Begin "Little Women"--discussion of childhood in the past vs. today
Week of August 31-Sept 3
8/31-Introduction to course with course outline/class expectations.
9/1-Tour of CPAT room to be used in preschool class;discuss what did you "observe" in that classroom; observations and their use in understanding children.
9/2-Read: "Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten."
Homework: Due- Tuesday 9/7-Respond to the article by agreeing or disagreeing with the
article and giving examples to support your viewpoint.
Brainstorm...What are the personal characteristics that insure success with children?
Worksheet-Self assessment on characteristics for working with children.
Homework:Due-Friday 9/3-Have a friend or parent assess you on the same list of
characteristics;were the responses the same,different,why?
9/3-Discuss homework assignment.
Homework-Due Tuesday 9/7-Baby picture of you.
Due Friday 9/10-"What was I like as a baby?
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