Monday Friday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday · Sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" p 180. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Review Bunny Breathing. •CONNECT: Implement the Absent Child Ritual

“These Bones” • “Estos

huesos” song and pattern

dance

Sing and dance “Row, Row,

Row Your Boat.”

Lesson Plan for Giants • Gigantes - Big and Small • Grande y pequeño (Week 9) Date: Oct. 29 -Nov 2, 2018

Mbube, Mbube, a South African

game

Sing with movements “The Itsy

Bitsy Spider.”

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the song "The Lion in the

Jungle" p 180.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite the STAR helper to

choose a calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Demonstrate a big greeting.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: A gnawing

mouse is small. A roaring lion is

big.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme

Sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" p 180.


RESPONSE:

Review Bunny Breathing.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

•Morning Message: A mosquito

is small. A frog is bigger.

•Calendar/Weather

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "I'm Bringing

Home a Baby Dinosaur" p 180.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:

Create another giant School

Family Handshake p 177

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Five huge

dinosaurs wade in a lake.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Name Game; Sounds and Rhymes

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "All Across the Land" p

178.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy and perform it.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

animals are gigantic?

•Calendar/Weather

Big Gray Cat • El viejo gato gris

game

Sing “City Giants” by Pam

Schiller.

Frogs and Mosquitoes • Ranas y

mosquitos game

Read “Jack and the Beanstalk”

Musical Storybook

Math: Comparing Attributes, Measurement

English Vocabulary: brontosaurus, compare, courageous, dinosaur, enormous, ferocious, gigantic, gnawing, grumble, height, humorous, length, longest, measure, perspective, shortest,

stumble, wade

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "The Bear Went Over the

Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:

Perform the calming strategy

Bunny Breathing p 168

•CONNECT:

Teach children a second way to

offer a little greeting.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: A bear is

large. A baby bear is small.

•Calendar/Weather

Thursday

“Dino Pokey” dance

Read and sing “The Dinosaur

Boogie” by Dr. Jean.

• Vocabulary Cards: giant,

enormous

• Book page 28

• Vocabulary Cards: giant,

enormous

• Compare and name the size of

books

• Develop synonyms for big

• Vocabulary Cards: big, small

• Book pages 24-25

• Brainstorm words that start

with the letter A.

Character Courage and Humor

Education: Valor y HumorWonderful Word: enormous, enorme

FridayMonday

Literacy: Phonological

Awareness, Vocabulary

States' Standards and BSRA-3:

Three-Dimensional Size: Small,

Big

Wednesday

Letter English - B, b, L, l, A, a

Knowledge: Spanish - B, b,L, l, A, a

Spanish Vocabulary: brontosaurio, comparar, valiente, dinosaurio, enorme, feroz, gigantesco, roer, retumbar, altura, humorístico, longitud,

el más largo, medir, perspectiva, el más corto, tropezar, chapotear

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Emergent Phonics

Get Ready for the Code

• Vocabulary Cards: big, small

• KWL chart for lions

• Book page 26

• Vocabulary Cards: big, small,

dinosaur

• Book page 27

Crème de la Crème 1

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Jungle" p 180.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



big.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


178.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

Thursday FridayMonday Wednesday

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Closing Circle

STEM

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

• Which member of your family

is the tallest?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Suggest

children retell the mosquito

story at home.

Literacy (Oral

Language, Read- Aloud)

PATHS

Discuss Courage

• Construction-Build with boxes

and arrange them from largest

to smallest

• Sensory Table-Compare

capacities of graduated

containers using sand

• How many small, how many

big?

• Science-Experiment with items

that sink and float

Chef It Up!

• Writer's Corner-Copying

names

• Book p 25

“Giant” • “Un gigante” story

folder

• Discuss perspective

• Develop concept of big and

little

• Sequence Cards Big, Bigger,

Biggest

• Sequence big, bigger, biggest

“Going on a Bear Hunt” • “Nos

vamos a cazar osos”

participation story

• Learn about the spectacled

bear

“Forest Friends” • “Los amigos

del bosque” story folder

Five Huge Dinosaurs • Cinco

enormes dinosaurios

• Role-play action words

• Listen for rhyming words

PATHS

Brainstorm ways you can show

courage.

PATHS

Discuss the meaning of Humor

• Compare a brachiosaurus

footprint

with children’s footprints

These bones

-Book These Bones

• Practice writing the letter F.

• Creativity Station-Draw a pet

dinosaur

• SHOW AND TELL ABOUT BIG

OR SMALL ANIMALS

The Song of the Teeny Tiny

Mosquito • El canto del

mosquito

• Review perspective.

Creativity Station-Draw or finger-

crochet

• Book p 24

• “The Lion and the Mouse” • “El

león y el ratón” listening story

• Develop vocabulary

“Giant” • “Un gigante” story

folder

• Which dinosaur is your

favorite? Why?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Send

home the note about a giant

handshake.

• When you stand beside your

mother, who is the biggest?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

•Family Connection: Suggest

children to order their stuffed

animals at home from smallest

to largest.

• What did you learn about lions

today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Practice a

riddle for children to share with

their families.

• Construction-Arrange paper

cylinders

shortest to longest and then the

reverse

• Sensory Table-Make dinosaur

footprints in damp sand

• Construction-Build a Box-o-

saurus

• Science-Catch paper fish and

sort them into categories of big

and little

• Sensory Table-Excavate clean,

dry bones from sand

• What does huge means?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

•Family Connection: Encourage

the children to tell their families

about their favorite dinosaur.

• Play games to compare

lengths

• Science-Experiment with items

that sink and float

• Construction-Sort plastic

animals into categories of large

and small

• Sensory Table-Make lion

footprints in damp sand

KREM-TV

Discuss big ways and little ways

to greet friends.

Demonstrate shake hands.

• Construction-Build with paper

bag blocks and point out largest

and smallest

• Sensory Table-Dig bear caves

in sand

• Time

Compare timers

-Sing digging up dinosaur

bones, sand timer, and rhythm

sticks

Tap patterns to song

Chef It Up!

• -Cover the hexagon

-Pattern blocks, hexagon outline

sheet (pg 166)

• Science-Examine and discuss

small shadows

KREM-TV

Interview the children and ask

them if a giant can live in their

homes.

• Book p 23

• Writer's Corner-Write with big

and small pencilsPre-Writing

Handwriting Without

Tears

• Practice writing the letter L

• Order animals according to

size

Learning Centers


Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Jungle" p 180.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



big.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


178.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather


LESSON

COMPONENTS

Learning Goals

Outdoor Learning

• Develops warm relationships

with teachers

• Shows understanding by

following two-step oral

directions and usually follows

three-step directions

• Combines syllables into words

• Recognizes, observes, and

discusses the relationship of

organisms to their

environments

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Describes, observes, and

investigates properties and

characteristics of common

objects

• Explore large and small balls. • Play games with the large

parachute

and scarf.

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions


responding appropriately

• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

• Uses category labels to

understand how words and

objects relate to each other

• Recognizes and compares

heights or lengths of people or

objects

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting


initiating social interactions




three-step directions




contrasting

• Uses a large speaking

vocabulary, adding several new

words daily



• Take giant steps and baby

steps across playground.

• Participates in classroom

music activities

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations

• Uses language to describe

concepts associated with the

passing of time

• Demonstrates coordination

and balance in isolation (may

not yet

coordinate consistently with a

partner)

• Take a walk outside looking for

big and little things.

• Activities using 80 feet ball of

yarn.

• Responds to different musical

styles through movement and

play

• Assumes various roles and

responsibilities as part of a

classroom community







with a given word

• Describes attributes

• Shows increasing control of

tasks that require eye-hand

coordination





Letter English - D, d, M, m, V, v

Knowledge: Spanish - D, d, U, u, A, a

Thursday


Education: Valor y HumorWonderful Word: gigantic, gigantesco

FridayMonday

Literacy: Oral Language,

Comprehension


Two-Dimensional Size:

Horizontal; Long and Short

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "A Sailor Went to Sea" p

184.


RESPONSE:

• Teach the calming strategy

Belly Breathing.

•CONNECT:

•Explain that an octopus is an

ocean giant.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Oceans are

enormous. Some icebergs are

huge. • Los océanos son

enormes. Algunos icebergs son

enormes.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Reading Buddy; ABC and XYZ

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Mr. Moon" p

181.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:

Teach children the words to

"Mr. Sun" p 172.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: The sun is

gigantic. The earth is gigantic.

The moon is gigantic. • El sol es

gigantesco. La tierra es

gigantesca. La luna es

gigantesca.

•Calendar/Weather

“My Bonnie Lies Over the

Ocean” action song

Sing “A Sailor Went to Sea.”

“Mountain Hike” • “Paseo por la

montaña” participation story

Sing and dance “Dinosaur

Boogie” by Dr. Jean.

Math: Classification

English Vocabulary: caverns, glacier, hiking, hill, iceberg, lakes, majestic, mighty, moon, mountains, ocean, rocks, scrape, trees, waterfall

Spanish Vocabulary: cavernas, glaciar, caminata, colina, iceberg, lagos, majestuoso, poderoso, Luna, montañas, océano, rocas, raspar. arboles, cataratas

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Ribbon dance like a waterfall

Sing “Niagara Falls” and “Row,

Row, Row Your Boat.”

Simulate walking, hopping, and

dancing on the moon

Sing “Mister Moon” and “Mister

Sun.”

Lesson Plan for Giants • Los gigantes - Nature's Giants • Gigantes de la naturaleza (Week 10) Date: Nov. 5-9, 2018

Musical Hide-and-Seek • El

escondite musical game

Sing “A Cave Is My Home.”

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "A Cave Is My

Home" p 179.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to select and

perform a calming strategy.

•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: A deep

cavern has very steep walls of

rock.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:

Introduce the calming strategy

Breathing Arms.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

•Morning Message: Mountains

are mighty. Some trees are tall.

• Las montanas son

majestuosas. Algunos arboles

son altos.

•Calendar/Weather

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Niagara Falls" p

181.


RESPONSE:

•Perform the Drain p 168

•CONNECT:

Review "Row, Row, Row Your

Boat" p 186.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: The wide

waterfall is wonderful. Some

large lakes are long.• La

catarata ancha es maravillosa.

Algunos lagos son largos.

•Calendar/Weather



BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


184.


RESPONSE:


Belly Breathing.

•CONNECT:


ocean giant.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree





enormes.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


181.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


"Mr. Sun" p 172.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






gigantesca.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Home" p 179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



rock.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:


Breathing Arms.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







son altos.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


181.


RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Boat" p 186.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

• Pretend and Learn-Make

iceberg floats

• Develop the idea that a cave is

a home to some animals

• Listening and Library- Use

story props to retell “The Great

Enormous Rock” • “Una piedra

enorme” story folder

Emergent Phonics


• Develop vocabulary caverns,

glacier, hiking, hill, iceberg ,

lakes, majestic

• Compare pushing and pulling

• Book page 32

KREM-TV

• Compare rivers and oceans

• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to

be at Niagara Falls

• Creativity Station-Compare

painting activity to waterfalls

• Science-Sculpt a mountain

• Pretend and Learn-Make wall

shadows using a light source

• Creativity Station-Create sun

art

• Learn about floating icebergs

• Discuss floating and sinking

• Explore floating ice cubes

•Test items to see if they float

(rock, cork, paper, beach ball)

• Pretend and Learn-Turn the

tree house into a cave

• Creativity Station-Create larger

rocks with rock salt

KREM-TV

• Display song "America the

Beautiful."

• Discuss waterfalls

• Describe movement of water

• Listening and Library-Listen to

Nature’s Giants • Gigantes de la

naturaleza

• Contrast photographers and

illustrators

PATHS

• Compare sun and earth

• Discuss sun safety

PATHS

•Learn songs of our Earth

• Explore effect of force of water

on sand

• Compare capacity of two

containers

Look for small animals in the

book.

• Classify items

-Pretend food, morning and

night sorting mat (p. 167)

Chef It Up!

• Use balance scale to compare

the weights of different object

Sort by various attribution

-rocks of different sizes, colors,

shapes and balance scale

Walk on a horizontal, short line.

Illustrate safety rules for playing

out in the sun

• Write the letters d, m, v

“The Sun and the Moon” • “El

Sol y la Luna” listening story

• Compare day and night skies

SHOW AND TELL BRING A

PICTURE OF YOUR FAVORITE

DAYTIME ACTIVITY

• Writer's Corner-Use clay and

sticks to make cave drawing

• Book page 28

• Book page 26

• Creativity Station-Paint

mountains for Theme ProjectPre-Writing

Handwriting Without

Tears

• Vocabulary Cards: vast, falls,

gigantic

• Extending “giant” vocabulary

• Book page 33

• ABC-Use gel bags to draw

waves and write L

• Book page 27

PATHS

Discuss Courage & Humor

• Pretend and Learn-Build a

pretend tree house

• Creativity Station-Create a

mountain from magazine strips

• Learn how to use a balance

scale

• Compare weights with a

balance

Difference between a long and a

short line

• Vocabulary Cards: mountain,

majestic

• Brainstorm words with the

sound d.

• Book page 29


waterfalls

• Write the letters D, M, V

Reagan’s Journal • El diario de

Reagan

• Reada long story about a

mountain hike

• Learn how mountains change

• Photo Activity Card 106

• Vocabulary Cards: iceberg,

ocean, waterfall

A Chance for Esperanza • Una

oportunidad para Esperanza

• Introduce ocean and sea turtle

as giants of nature

• Compare size of mother and

baby turtles

• Vocabulary Cards: sun, moon,

gravity

• Book page 34

• Create a word map about

oceans.

•Clap the syllables of caverns,

glacier, hiking, hill, iceberg,

lakes, majestic.

• Book page 31

STEM

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Learning Centers

Literacy (Oral




BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


184.


RESPONSE:


Belly Breathing.

•CONNECT:


ocean giant.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree





enormes.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


181.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


"Mr. Sun" p 172.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






gigantesca.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Home" p 179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



rock.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Mountain" p 177.


RESPONSE:


Breathing Arms.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







son altos.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


181.


RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Boat" p 186.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

• What is your favorite daytime

activity?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family connection: Send home

note and encourage children to

show someone at home "Mr.

Sun."

• Which whale is your favorite?

Why?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

•Family connection: Encourage

children to continue predicting

and testing sink and float

objects at home.

• What did you learn about

rocks today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family connection: Challenge

children to find a special rock at

home.

• Where are the Niagara falls

found??


Check.

• Kindness Tree

•Family connection: Encourage

the children to look for

rainbows as they travel to and

from school.

• Examine trees with magnifying

glass and create tree rubbings

• Responds to different musical

styles through movement and

play.

• Demonstrates an

understanding that others have

perspectives and feelings that

are different from own.




contrasting.

• Demonstrates use of location

words

• Play with bubbles • Play Shadow Tag

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words



• Observes and describes what

happens during changes in the

earth and sky

• Informally recognizes and

compares weights of objects or

people.

• Uses simple measuring

devices to learn about objects.

• Play Iceberg Freeze • Play Rolling Rock Race


initiating social interactions.




three-step directions.



people

• Describes, observes, and

investigates properties and

characteristics of common

objects

• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

• Demonstrates the importance

of caring for our environment

and our planet


caring for others




contrasting







people

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words







contrasting

• Observes and describes what

happens during changes in the

earth and sky

• Investigates and describes

position and motion of objects

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• What changes the shape of a

mountain?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family connection: Send to

school a clear, clean half-litter

bottle for an upcoming project.





Letter English -G, g, W, w, L, l, Z, z

Knowledge: Spanish - G, g,M, m, Z, z, V, v

Thursday


Education: Valor y HumorWonderful Word: amazing, asombroso

FridayMonday

Literacy: Phonological

Awareness, Vocabulary


Two-Dimensional Size: Vertical;

Tall and Short

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "City Giants" p

179.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to select a

calming strategy to perform.

•CONNECT:

Review some of the touches

(thumb touches, pinky hugs)

that were used in the giant

School Family Handshake p 172.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message:

Skyscrapers have many glass

windows.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Writer's Corners, Words, Words, Words

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Roller Coaster

Car" p 182.


RESPONSE:


Roller Coaster Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:

Play My School Family p 175.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Roller

coasters zigzag up and down.

•Calendar/Weather

Sing “City Giants”

Play Skyscraper Maze game

Sing “The Great Wall of China”

Mayan drumming activity

Math: Numeracy

English Vocabulary: amazing, accomplishments, skyscraper, concrete, bridge, vehicle, onomatopoeia, transportation, machines, Ferris wheels, roller coaster, courageous, capacity, more,

less

Spanish Vocabulary: asombroso, logros, rascacielos, concreto, puente, vehículo, onomatopeya, transportación, maquinas, rueda de Chicago, montana rusa, valiente, capacidad, mas, menos

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Imitate animal movements

Play Clickety, Clickety, Clack

game

Sing “Roller Coaster Cars.”

Carnival Rides game

“Rock and Roll Pat-a-Cake”

clapping pattern

Lesson Plan for Giants • Gigantes - Giants Made by People• Gigantes hechos por el hombre (Week 11) Date: Nov. 12-16, 2018

Musical Dog and Bone • Perro y

hueso musicales game

Sing “Over the Bridges”

Play London Bridges game

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Over the Bridges" p182.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to do the Drain.

•CONNECT:

Play the song "It Starts in the

Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Today is

Wednesday. We will build

bridges over water.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme

Teach children "The Great Wall

of China" p 178.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to help

implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

•Morning Message: The Great

Wall of China is long. The

Mayan temples are tall.

•Calendar/Weather

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Row, Row, Row

Your Boat" p 186.


RESPONSE:

Review the Belly Breathing

strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to to help


Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Oceans

liners and ships are bigger than

whales. They are long and wide.

•Calendar/Weather



BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:





•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



windows.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Car" p 182.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



bridges over water.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


of China" p 178.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Your Boat" p 186.


RESPONSE:


strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:



Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather• Construction-Build

skyscrapers


skyscrapers

•Read The Three Billy Goats

•Discuss the settings of the

story

•Use descriptive words.

Photo Activity Card 100

Emergent Phonics


Vocabulary Cards: amazing,

accomplishments, skyscraper,

concrete

Practice rhyming words.

• Book page 37

KREM-TV

• Identify different modes of

transportation.

• Which way will your body lean

when you are going up the hill

on a roller coaster?


Check.

•Kindness Tree

•Family connection: Send the

note home that describes Roller

Coaster Breathing.

• What did you learn about

skyscrapers today?


Check.

•Kindness Tree

• Family connection: Repeat

"City Giants" and encourage

children to share chant at home.

• What did you enjoy most

today??


Check.

•Kindness Tree

• Family connection: Suggest

children watch to see if they

cross any bridges on their way

home

• Construction-Add cars, boats,

trains and planes to the center

• Creativity Station-Make a train

using paper shapes

• Construction-Build a roller

coaster and a merry-go-round

• Creativity Station-Make a

Ferris wheel print

• What have you learn about

transportation vehicles today?


Check.

•Kindness Tree

•Family connection: Suggest

families to make a list of

onomatopoeia words their hear.

•Make a skyscraper and number

the floors

• Science-Stack blocks and

discuss gravity

• Construction-Build bridges

• Creativity Station-Create

bridges using play dough and

craft sticks

KREM-TV

• Discuss skyscrapers

•Read Gram Is Coming to My

House • Abuelita viene a mi

casa.

• Introduce the author

Discuss different ways to travel

PATHS

Discuss what being courageous

means

PATHS

• Share experiences about

traveling on bridges.

• Test capacity of lids

• Science-Break a rock in a sock

• Roll the dice

• Science-Create a slope

Chef It Up!

• Create a bridge

• Science-Make an index card

bridge

•Practice writing the letters C,

O,

Q, G

•Read Giants Made by People •

Gigantes hechos por el hombre.

•Learn facts about

photographers.

Develop vocabulary.

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT A BIG

BUILDING, A BIG AIRPLANE,

ETC.

•Book page 31

•Name Puzzle

•Practice writing the letter C

•Book page 29

Sculpt a Mayan pyramid out of

clayPre-Writing

Handwriting Without

Tears

"Airplanes" listening story

List onomatopoeia words.

•Practice rhyming words.

• Book page 38

•Create a city skyline

•Book page 30

PATHS

Use mirror to show facial

expressions

Discuss emotions

• Construction-Build tall

pyramids and walls

• Put blocks in numerical order

• Science-Move "Mayan blocks"

Chef It Up!

•Invite children to repeat wall

and tall.

• Build a short sentence

together

• Book page 35

•Draw a picture of a tall and a

short animal.

•Practice writing the letters C, O

•How the Hummingbird Got Its

Colors listening story

•Describe colorful feathers of

hummingbirds

•Answer questions about the

story

•Photo Activity Card 13

•"The Giants of the City"

listening story

•Complete a T-chart showing

predictions before reading;

match to actual story events

after reading.

•Read Giants Made by People •

Gigantes hechos por el hombre.

•Spell first and last name

Review vocabulary of the week.

• Book page 39

Clap and count the syllables for

skyscrapers.

•Make a Giants Made by People

web. Giants are tall.

• Book page 36

Closing Circle

STEM

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Learning Centers

• Which activity was your

favorite?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

•Family connection: Practice

the Mayan, share the chant at

home.

Literacy (Oral




BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:





•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



windows.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Car" p 182.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



bridges over water.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


of China" p 178.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Your Boat" p 186.


RESPONSE:


strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:



Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

• Parachute activities

• Shows awareness of areas of

competence and describes self

positively in what he is able to

do

• Begins to have meaningful

friends



• Matches language to social

contexts

• Bug search with a friend • Parachute activities


caring for others


friends

• Identifies similarities and

differences in characteristics of

people



families

• Sidewalk drawing with a friend • Iguana Tag


friends


caring for others


with a given word

• Interacts and communicates

with peers to initiate pretend-

play scenarios


caring for others

• Separates a normally spoken

four-word sentence into

individual words






contrasting


caring for others



individual words




• Combines words to make a

compound word

Learning Goals

Outdoor Learning





Theme: Harvest Week Crème Prep Lesson Plan Week: November 19-23, 2018

Day of the

Week/

Objectives

Calendar

Circle Time

Language

Comprehension

Phonics

Development

Handwriting

Enrichment

STEM

Social Studies

Learning Centers

Monday To learn about

Thanksgiving.

AM: Calendar/Weather

Introduce the theme

PM: Flash cards

Ask: What holiday is

coming up? What is

your favorite food?

Say “Five Red

Apples.”

Read “Johnny Apple

Seed.”

Review the sounds

and the words that

begin with the

letters A to H.

Writing the upper

case and lower case

letters Aa and Bb

Turkey Number

Compare

Corn Number

Sort

Guess Jar

PATHS

Discuss about

Thanksgiving and what

they are thankful for

Make Indian head bands.

Puzzles

Draw thanks giving

pictures.

Tuesday To learn to

follow

conversational

rules.


Discuss classroom

rules

PM: Ask what is your

favorite activity your

family does for

Thanksgiving?

Say “Apple Tree.”

Read “The Season of

Arthur’s Apple Tree.”

Discuss story.

Brainstorm a list of

ingredients for a

Thanksgiving

recipe. Spell the

names of the

ingredients.

Have children make a

grocery list of the

ingredients of their

favorite meal (have

them draw pictures of

the items)

Mayflower

Number Order

Guess Jar

PATHS

Discuss about what

types of food they think

the pilgrims and Indians

brought to the first

Thanksgiving feast

Dramatic play:

Thanksgiving Feast.

Make pilgrim hats.

Draw picture of your

family.

Block center

Wednesday To describe

observations.


Sing “Five Fat Turkeys

We Are.”

PM: Ask: What are you

thankful for?

Read The Tortilla

Factory Discuss

planting and harvesting

of corn.

Make a

Thanksgiving word

web

Trace and cut out

hands on construction

paper and make a

Turkey out of it.

Discuss

Thanksgiving

foods

Favorite

Thanksgiving

Food Recipe

Sort harvest items

PATHS

Discuss about the food

children like to eat on

Thanksgiving day with

their family.

Listening center: Fall.

Dramatic play center

Make turkeys out of play

dough.

Thursday

H . L D Y

Friday

O I A

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Sing “Dragon Chase” song.

Dance with dragon streamers.

Sing “Dragon Chase” song.

Flying Dragons game

Lesson Plan for Giants • Gigantes - Make-Believe Giants • Gigantes de fantasía (Week 13) Date: Nov. 26-30, 2018

Sing “Odon.”

Review “A Stomping Giant” and

“A Snoring Giant.”

Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Odon" p. 181.


RESPONSE:

Teach a variation to Inhale,

Exhale.

•CONNECT:


Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: The quiet

queen said the giant left

quickly. •Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme

Teach children "A Stomping

Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:


calming strategy and implement

it.

•CONNECT:



Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

•Morning Message: Who gave

Jack the magic beans? Where

does the beanstalk go?

•Calendar/Weather

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Dragon Chase"

p. 179.


RESPONSE:

Use the letters in dragon for

ABC Stretching strategies p 171.

•CONNECT:



Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: The

voracious dragon needs an X-

ray.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Frog Street Math - Concentration, Sound and Rhyme

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Dragon Chase" p. 179.


RESPONSE:

Repeat the ABC Stretching

strategy.

•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Dragons

live in Dragon Land.

•Calendar/Weather

Learn to sing “A Snoring Giant.”

The Giant’s Grumble game

Learn and sing “A Stomping

Giant.”

“Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum!"

Math: Patterns

English Vocabulary: alliteration, beanstalk, dragon, exaggerations, fairytale, fantasy, grumpy, identical, imagination, make-believe, mischievous, Once upon a time, pattern, predict, sequence,

silly

Spanish Vocabulary: aliteración, planta de frijol, dragón, exageraciones, cuento de hadas, fantasía, gruñón, idéntico, imaginación, fantasía, travieso. Erase una vez, patrón, predecir,

secuencia, bobo

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "A Snoring

Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:

Teach Inhale, Exhale strategy 9

169.

•CONNECT:





•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: There are

beans in Jack's jelly jar.

•Calendar/Weather

Thursday


Education: Valor y HumorWonderful Word: make-believe, fantasia

FridayMonday

Literacy: Comprehension,

Vocabulary


Letters Recognition: Upper

Case; Point to J, K, W, G

Wednesday

Letter English -J, j, K, k, W, w

Knowledge: Spanish -Q, q, J, j, H, h, Ch, ch


Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Odon" p. 181.


RESPONSE:


Exhale.

•CONNECT:


Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:



it.

•CONNECT:



Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


p. 179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



ray.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:


strategy.

•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:


169.

•CONNECT:





•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather


STEM

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Learning Centers

Literacy (Oral


Say dragon one syllable at a

time and have children guess

the word.

Letter K word web.

• Book page 43

•Chant "Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum!"

•Photo Pockets

FF-frijoles

Jj-jam

• Book page 40

PATHS

• Discuss the meaning of

bargain.

• Creativity Station-Create a

mural

• Fine Motor-Tic Tac Toe

• Library and Listening-

Activities with friends

• Participate in movement

patterns

• Compare two movement

patterns

• Science-Order objects by the

sound they create when they are

dropped

Invite children to count syllables

for beanstalk. Have children

to clap the syllables for other

words in the sentence.

Sequence Cards

Giant Dance 1; Giant Dance 2:

Jack and the Beanstalk; Odon,

the Giant

• Book page 18

• Build a robot

•Story folder: Jack and the

Beanstalk

Explain story props

•Photo Activity cards 27, 32, 35

•Story folder: Jack and the

Beanstalk

Display story props.

Remind children the story is

make believe and it comes from

someone's imagination. Discuss

about fiction and non-fiction.

•Read Once Upon a Time in

Dragon Land .

Introduce author and illustrator.

Point out that fantasy stories

always begin with once upon a

time….

Ask children to identify silly

events.

PATHS

• Discuss about accepting

people who are different.

PATHS

• Discuss the nature of wishes.

• Identify the pattern sequence

of bouncing ball

• Predict what comes next in the

pattern

• Math- Distinguish whether a

row of

pennies has a heads-tails

pattern

• Recognize a circular pattern of

movements

• Match-Match number cards to

numbers on an analog clock

Chef It Up!

• Identify stacks of two colored

cubes as the same or different

• Connect stacks that are the

same to form a pattern

• Math-Play the two-cube

comparison game

•-Paint with a friend

• Practice writing the letters J,

W, G, K

•Listening Story: Kilum

Discuss with children why the

other dragons thought Kilum

was odd.

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT A

MAKE-BELIEVE STORY.

• Pet collages

• Practice writing the letters J,

W, G, K

• Creativity Station-Build a robot

• Fine Motor-Pet Concentration

• Library and Listening-Share a

story with a friend

• Fine Motor-Play dough activity

• Library and Listening-Share a

book with a friend and explore

favorite pages

• Recognize a sequence of

words

• Represent word sequence with

connecting cubes

• Science-Look for patterns in

leaves and sort into groups

• Fine Motor-Penny drop game

• Library and Listening-Retell a

story with a friend using story

folder props

KREM-TV

• Play Friendship chant (p173)

• Fine Motor-Ping Pong ball

races

• Library and Listening-Explore

books about friendship

•Read: Odon, the Giant

Explain there would not be

pictures and encourage children

to use their imagination.

• Encourage children to listen

carefully for the roles of each

animal in the story.

•Photo Activity Cards 36, 48

Emergent Phonics


•Read the Odon story summary

(p199). Ask children to help

identify the repetitive beginning

sounds in the words in each line

of the summary.

• Book page 41

KREM-TV

• Act out Once Upon a Time in

Dragon Land.

• Book page 32

• Create a muralPre-Writing

Handwriting Without

Tears

•Remind children what

alliteration means.

Think of words that have the

same beginning sound.

• Book page 42

• Make friendship circles

• Book page 33


Tuesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Odon" p. 181.


RESPONSE:


Exhale.

•CONNECT:


Heart p 174.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:



it.

•CONNECT:



Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


p. 179.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



Ritual

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



ray.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:


strategy.

•CONNECT:


•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Giant" p. 183.


RESPONSE:


169.

•CONNECT:





•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather


Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• Which part of the story of

"Jack and the beanstalk" do

you like the best?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: March out

to meet families to the beat of

the giant's chant.

• Shows awareness of areas of

competence and describes self

positively in what he is able to

do


friends



• Matches language to social

contexts

• Bug search with a friend • Parachute activities


caring for others


friends



people



families

• Sidewalk drawing with a friend • Iguana Tag


friends


caring for others


with a given word

• Interacts and communicates

with peers to initiate pretend-

play scenarios


caring for others



individual words






contrasting


caring for others



individual words




• Combines words to make a

compound word

• Parachute activities

• Which is your favorite giant

from this week's lessons?

Why?

•Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to retell the story of the

dragon family to their own

families.

• How do you know when a

story is make-believe?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to think different ways

to move as they head out of the

classroom.

• How would you describe

Odon?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to locate something at

home that seems giant to them.

• Which dragon name did you

like the best? Why?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to ask a family member

to demonstrate their version of

a dragon stretch.





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Monday Friday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday · Sing "Itsy Bitsy Spider" p 180. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Review Bunny Breathing. •CONNECT: Implement the Absent Child Ritual