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Build High
Have children measure the towers they are building and discuss ways to build higher and stronger.
Explore Together (indoors): Measuring to Build
Measure the length of the Block Center using a child’s length.
Explore Together (indoors): More Measuring Plants
Have children measure the plants and compare their results to the measurements they took in earlier weeks.
Draw and Write Together: Make a Graph #1
Have children add to the graphs that show how their plants grow over time.
Talk Together: Measuring Tools
Open a discussion about measuring tools and how you measure things to tell their size.
Explore Together (outdoors): Measuring Up
Have children check and measure their sprouts. Then observe and measure the plants they repotted outside.
Measuring Plants
Have children continue to measure their plants. Provide various nonstandard measurement tools.
Explore Together (indoors): Measuring Plants
Measure plants using nonstandard measurement tools and have children record their measurements.
Talk Together: Measuring
Challenge children to think of ways they can use materials to measure their plants.
Measure Up
Have children choose a number block card and then measure that many blocks with string so that they can make inclines just the size that they want them.
Plant Graph
Revisit children’s plant graphs and have them measure their plants again and record the measurements on the graph.
Draw and Write Together: Make a Graph #2
Make a graph of children’s results from the measuring activity.
Family Connection: Unit 6, Week 3, #1
Send a Family Connection letter home with children.
Family Connection: Unit 7, Week 1, #2
Give each child a twig as they leave. Encourage children to explore roots and trees with their families.
Greeting Song: “Who Are You?” #6
Sing the greeting song. Point a measuring tape at a child and instruct him or her to say his or her name. Repeat until every child is included.
Plants are Different
Have each child draw a flower. Then have children measure the flowers and place them in order from shortest to tallest.
A Ticket to Ride #2
Create a roller coaster ride and set up a “ticket booth” and a roller coaster car. Have children act out buying a ticket and taking a roller coaster ride.
Learn About Letters Together: Guess My Word (/t/)
Create riddles with words that start with the /t/ sound and relate to the week’s theme (tool words, construction words).
How Much Water?
Have children count how many little cups it takes to fill a bigger cup of water.
Draw and Write Together: Updating Our Science Notebooks
Have children draw a picture in their science notebooks and dictate an entry to go with the picture.