IELS 13: Creative Arts

• Oatmeal truck art • Hammer painting • Build a house with craft sticks • Make blue prints with construction paper • Build rolled paper structures • Stain/sand stuffed animal crate and wagon • Learn “I’m a Hard Working Truck” song

Benchmarks: 13.1 Art, 13.2 Music, Rhythm, and Movement, 13.3 Dramatic Play

IELS 12: Mathematics and Science

• Making trucks out of shape pieces • Hammer and nail pattern game • Wrecking ball block game • Sorting tools by size and shape • Make “Can you build this?” Poster • Measuring with a real tape measurer • Cooking activities

o Pudding, Pancakes, Eggs, Muffins Benchmarks: 12.1 Comparison and Number, 12.2 Patterns, 12.3 Shapes and Spatial Relationships, 12.4 Scientific Reasoning, 12.5 Scientific Investigations and Problem Solving, 12.6 Measurement

IELS 10: Social and Emotional Dev.

• Social/Emotional DECA songs • Make calming bottles • Conflict resolution • Discussions between tattling and being

helpful • Mystery bag • Washing hands, covering coughs • Tattling turtle

Benchmarks: 10.1 Self, 10.2 Self-Regulation, 10.3 Relationships with Adults, 10.4 Relationships with Children

IELS 9: Approaches to Learning

• Ramps and Pathways exploration • Hammer and nails with various materials • Pattern Blocks • Marble Magic • Play- doh and trucks • Sand and bulldozers • Water beads

Benchmarks: 9.1 Curosity and Initiative, 9.2 Engagement and Persistence, 9.3 Reasoning and Problem Solving, 9.4 Play and Senses

Construction Zone!

Panther Classroom

2015-2016 IELS = Iowa Early Learning Standards

*Subject to Change*

IELS 11: Communication, Language, and Literacy

• Read: Demolition by Sally Sutton • Read: Pete the Cat: Construction

Destruction by James Dean • Read: Backhoe Joe by Lori Alexander • Read: How a House is Built by Gail

Gibbons • LEA: Different/Favorite types of trucks

and machines Benchmarks: 11.1 Language Understanding and Use, 11.2 Early Literacy, 11.3 Early Writing

IELS 8: Physical Well-Being and Motor Dev.

• Walks on campus/neighborhood to see construction happening

• Following directions song/movement • P.E. Class • Disaster drills • Gym play • Hide and seek • Ring toss

Benchmarks: 8.1 Healthy and Safe Living, 8.2 Large Motor Development, 8.3 Small Motor Development

IELS 14: Social Studies

• What does a construction worker do • What does a construction worker need to

do his/her job • Different types of construction workers • Importance of safety with construction • What is a blue print?

Benchmarks: 14.1 Awareness of Family and Community, 14.2 Awareness of Culture, 14.3 Awareness of the Relationship Between People and the Environment in Which They Live, 14.4 Awareness of Past