Final - Thematic/Project/Creative Focus ________Architecture___________4 weeks__________________________________________ Language arts Iggy Peck Architect- 2 days Young Frank Architect- 2 days

3 little pigs- story map- 2 weeks Talk about their house- 1 week Labeling parts of the building- 1 week Science What makes a building strong/ balance -4 weeks Building materials comparison (in desert, city, snow) 2 weeks Math/Manipulatives Comparing buildings 4 weeks Measurements of objects around the room 1 week Sorting materials 2 days Shapes (3D and 2D) 4 days Styrofoam and golf tee hammering (manipulative) 2 wks Outdoor Environment Set up obstacle course (plastic kit) 3 weeks Cardboard bricks 1 week Wood work 2 weeks Bird House (maybe) 1 week Music Build It Up 1 week Jonnys Hammers 1 week This Is the Way to Build A House 1 week Who Built the House? 1 week

Movement Build It Up 1 week Mime using tools and children try to guess 1 day Jonnys Hammers 1 week Click sticks patterns 2 days Who Built the House? 1 wk Blocks Tools (hammers and wrenches) 3 weeks Buildings around the world (small presentation of building, pictures on map) 3 weeks Cup buildings to explore balance 2 weeks Construction books 3 weeks

Dramatic Play Act out 3 little pigs 3 weeks Fort building 1 week Using tools (shop) 2 weeks Doll house (arrange furniture) 3 weeks

Art Popsicle stick buildings 1 wk Draw their house in journal 1 day Draw a made up building 3 days Create building with shapes 2 wks Building out of recycled materials 4 weeks Magna tiles on light table 2 wks

Special Needs *Our class does not have any children with special needs or ELLs.

Sensory (sand/water) Modeling clay and toothpicks 1 week Feeling building materials (Stucco, bricks, concrete) 3 days Light table w/ magnatile 3 wks Make cornmeal bricks 2 week ELL adaption