THEME: ON THE LOOSE WITH DR. SEUSS AND MOTHER GOOSE
WEEK 26
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Ongoing Standards: 15.3-15.4 Approaches to Learning, 25.1-25.4 Social/emotional, 1.6 Speaking and Listening
SPECIAL NOTES
MORNING
MEETING
9:00-9:10
GROUP ACTIVITY
or LESSON
9:10-9:20
MUSIC +
MOVEMENT
9:20-9:30
9.1a, 1.1, 10.4
SNACK 9:30-9:55
MON.
2/29/16
***NURSERY RHYME
DAY
TUES.
3/1/16
WED.
3/2/16
THURS.
3/3/16
*DR. SEUSS DAY
(Come
dressed as a Dr. Seuss character.
(Come dressed like a Nursery
Bring your favorite Dr. Seuss book Celebrate Kabir's birthday!
Rhyme character and bring
AND/ OR one that depicts your
some props to help you act it
character.)
out. Be prepared to recite your
*We'll make a Dr. Seuss lunch
rhyme to the class.)
today, so please send $2.
Greeting Song: “Together at School", "Hello Everybody", or sign language 25.1.1
Weather Report 3.3a.5
Number of the Day 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2..1.4, 10.4
Attendance Report 2.1, 2.6.1, 2.3.2, 2.6.1, 3.3a.5
-Sharing personal experiences
-Read Bobby's Journal
or stories 1.6.2, 1.6.3,
1.6.4,15.4.3
My First Nursery Rhymes
-Story: Mary Had a Little Jam
(and other silly nursery rhymes)
Cooperatively recite nursery
-Nursery Rhymes
rhymes we know.
-Dr. Jean's Happy CD:
JH's Shake, Rattle, Read CD:
"Nursery Rhyme Medley"
“Down By the Bay”
"Itsy Bitsy Spider"
-Movement Activity:
-Movement Activity: Jack
"I'm a Little Teapot" (JH's
Hartman's Rhymin' to the Beat CD
Rhymin' to the Beat CD)
10.4
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT
THE PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
ON SATURDAY!!!
Health and Nutrition 10.1-3.1, 10.3.4
Act out/ recite the nursery
rhymes we dressed like
today. 1.6.2, 9.1b.2,
1.3.2, 1.1.5, 10.4
MOVEMENT
ACTIVITY
10:15-10:20
WRITING LESSON
10:20-10:25
3/4/16
Calendar 2.3.1, 10.4
Pledge of Allegiance or Star Spangled Banner 5.1.5
-Tell about the Dr. Seuss
-Sharing personal experiences -Bobby’s Journal 20.1.2
Choose someone to take Bobby
character we dressed like
or stories 1.6.2, 1.6.3,
home for the weekend.
today. 1.6.2
1.6.4,15.4.3
JH's Shake, Rattle, Read CD:
"Hand Dance" (Dr. J's Happy
“Down By the Bay”
CD)
"Happy Birthday, Kabir"
"ABC Disco"
"Hickory, Dickory, Dock" (JH's Dr. J's Sing to Learn CD:
JH's Hip Hop CD:
"Rime Time"
Rhymin' to the Beat CD)
"Hip Hop Humpty"
"Hickory Bickory Bock"
1.3.4, 10.4
"Popcorn Words"
-Movement Activity: Jack
-Movement
Activity:
-Movement
Activity
Hartman's Rhymin' to the
"Birthdays" (JH Word Fiesta CD) "Stomp, Stomp, Clap" (Phys.
Beat CD
Ed CD)
Parade around DCCC with
our Dr. Seuss costumes.
LITERACY
9:55-10:15
FRI.
Story: Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s
Note the alliteration on each
page. 1.3.4
Go Noodle activity
10:30: Perform our Nursery
Rhymes for other classes ???
Demonstrate creating an
alliterative sentence using the
first letter in Bobby's name.
-Look at the big words at the end
of the book (Constantinople,
Timbuktu) Look for familiar little
words + rimes within the big
words and use them to help us
decode the big words. 1.1.2,
1.1.5
Heidisongs- sight word songs
(DVD)
Make lunch/ Set tables.
-green eggs and ham
-butter-side-up / butter-sidedown bread (Butter Battle
Book)
-fruit (Kids will vote on
favorite)
10:00: Heather Bedi will
come to read a book to the
class.
Story: Thidwick, the Big
Hearted Moose
-Discuss being a good host,
but also standing up for
yourself when you need to.
Go Noodle activity
Go Noodle activity
Each child will create a page
for a birthday book for Kabir,
illustrating and dictating
something they like about
him and/or wishing him a
happy birthday.
10.5.3, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 25.4.2
Song/ Action: (HWT CD)
"You Always Start Your
Letters at the Top"
WRITING
WORKSHOP
10:25-10:55
1.5.1 - 1.5.6
MATH LESSON
10:55-11:15
MATH CENTERS
11:15-11:30
LUNCH 11:30-12:00
RECESS 12:00-1:00
SCIENCE/ SOCIAL
STUDIES
1:05-1:25
WORK STATIONS
1:25-2:15
NEWS/AFTERNOON
WRAP-UP 2:15-2:30
Create and illustrate an
alliterative sentence using the
first letter of your own name.
-vegetable (Kids will vote on
favorite)
-Work on letter formation
for lower case letters that
are tall. (b, d, f, h, k, l, t)
1.5.6
-Journal Writing 1.5.1-3
EM 5-11 Standard and NonEM 5-12 Tools for
Standard Feet
measuring Length
EM 6-5 Surveys and Graphs
- EM 6-5 Create a graph: Do
Review story How Big is a
-What tools have we used so
you prefer bread with butterWork on centerpieces for
Foot? read last week
far in kindergarten for
-Graph our favorite Dr. Seuss
side-up or butter-side-down?
the Pancake Breakfast.
-Act out story, measuring 2
measuring lengths?
story. 2.6
2.6
beds: one w/ standard "king's"
-Examine rulers, tape
foot, and one w/ child-sized
measures, yardsticks...
foot.
-Demo. how to use these
-Measure other things in room
tools to measure by the foot
w/ both + record results.
-Dress the Cat in the Hat in different hat and tie combinations. How many different combinations can you think of? 2.4.2
-Predict and count: How many snap cubes will fit in your shoe? 2.3
-Count items related to nursery rhymes (the King's money, Mary Quite Contrary's flowers, the Queen's tarts...) Graph quantities. 2.1.1, 2.1.2
-Use our 2 cut out feet to measure items in the room (marking lengths) 2.3.2
Health and nutrition 10.1-3.1, 10.3.4
Physical activity to promote fitness and motor skills 10.4
Story: The Butter Battle Book
Read Dr. Seuss books brought
1.2.1, 1.3.3, 1.3.4
Story: The Sneeches
from home.
Story: And to Think That I
-How does this story make
Saw That On Mulberry Street
you feel? Discuss big issues
-List things we have in
OR
(Discuss being honest and
Read our class-created
vs. little issues. How could
common / differences
stretching the truth
rhyming book
the Butter Battle have been
25.1.1, 25.4.2
Oh Say Can You Say?
sometimes.)
prevented? 1.1.4
1.3.4, 1.3.1
MONDAY: Finish Work Stations from last week
WEDNESDAY: Read Dr. Seuss books brought from home... Make pink ink for snack... Dr. Seuss Word Search activity
FRIDAY: Groups will present our alliterative sentences to the rest of the class. 9.1b.2
-Guided Reading/ Guided Literacy: Work independently or with small groups
-Writing/ Phonics: Roll the letter dice…Write an alliterative sentence using that
on more individualized skills
letter. (Like Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s) 1.1.2
-Reading: Complete Nursery Rhymes on pocket chart/ Change some words to
-Dramatic Play: Work as a group to practice acting out the alliterative sentence
make up new funny rhymes!
(above) which groups will present to the rest of the class on Friday. 9.1b.2
-Art: Work on pictures for ArtWorks
-Reading: Read a book.
-Children dictate, teacher writes news about our kindergarten day. 1.1.1, 1.1.2
FREE CHOICE
CENTER TIME
2:30-3:00
-Art and Writing: choice
-Dramatic Play: Provide props for nursery rhymes... or Florist Shop
-Math/ Blocks/ Manipulatives: choice
SNACK 3:00-3:15
Health and Nutrition 10.1-3.1, 10.3.4
-ABC / Word: reading games
- Reading: Nursery Rhyme books, Dr. Seuss Books
-Computer: choice