Monday Friday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday · Teach "Johnny Appleseed" p 180. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Invite children to do Apple Picker Stretches. •CONNECT: Use Fanny Frog

Literacy: Problem Solving, Oral

Language

States' Standards and BSRA-3:

Shapes: Linear: Horizontal,

Vertical; Curvilinear Line:

Curve; Diagonal Line: Diagonal;

Angular Line: Angle

Character Commitment and Loyalty

Education: Compromiso y Lealtad

Thursday

Class: Transitional Kindergarten

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Three Tricky

Turtles" p 183.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Implement Bunny Breathing.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Will the

tortoise win the race? • La

tortuga Will ganara la carrera?

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: ABC and XYZ; Math-Compare It

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach "Johnny Appleseed" p

180.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Apple

Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

story is your favorite tall tell? •

Cual es tu cuento favorito?

•Calendar/Weather

Lesson Plan for Stories and Rhymes • Cuentos y rimas - Ballads, Folktales, and Fables • Corridos, Cuentos

populares y Fabulas (Week 23) Date: February 5-9, 2018

English Vocabulary: after, ballad, before, brisk, cause, effect, exaggerate, fable, folktale, lasso, lumberjack, moral, Mr., organizer, second, tall tale, third, weather vane

Spanish Vocabulary: después, balada, antes, paso ligero, causa, efecto, exagerar, fábula, cuento folclórico, lazo, leñador, moral, señor, organizado, segundo, cuento increíble, tercero, veleta

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Wonderful Word: exaggerate, exagerar

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "The Ballad of Sir Cat" p

192


RESPONSE:

• Teach children Cat's Meow

calming strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree


words rhyme with cat? • Que

palabras riman con gato?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

"There Was an Old Lay Who

Swallowed a Fly" p 184.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Belly

Breathing.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: There was

an old woman who swallowed a

fly. • Había una anciana que se

trago una mosca.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme

Teach children "Frog Went a

Courtin" p 182.


RESPONSE:

• Invite children to practice

Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: Frog asked

Miss Mousie to be his bride. • El

sapo le pidio a la Srta.

Ratoncita que fuera su novia.

•Calendar/Weather

“Five Speckled Frogs” • “Cinco

ranitas moteadas” and

“Schubert's Shuffle” • “El baile

de Schubert”

Musical Cat and Fish • Gato y

pez musical game

Math: Ordinal Numbers

FridayMonday

Letter English - Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Knowledge: Spanish - Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Move like story animals Act out exaggerationsItsy Bitsy Spider dance

Tuesday

Crème de la Crème 1

Thursday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Turtles" p 183.


RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


180.


RESPONSE:


Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


192


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:


Breathing.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




trago una mosca.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Courtin" p 182.


RESPONSE:


Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







•Calendar/Weather

FridayMonday Tuesday

•Chocosaurus: Food Activity

Chef It Up!

• Sort harmful and safe items

Explore with magnifying glasses

• Johnny Appleseed

Make applesauce

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 2

(Second Rule of Introduction,

Uses of the Napkin, Appropriate

Meeting and Exiting

Conversation, Holding Utensils).

PATHS

•Discuss Commitment and

Loyalty

KREM-TV


(Second Rule of Introduction,

Uses of the Napkin, Appropriate

Meeting and Exiting

Conversation, Holding Utensils).

PATHS

•Explain to the children what a

folktale, a ballad , and a fable

are.

PATHS

• Discuss possible jobs and

ways to earn income.

• Homemade Toothpaste

The Complete Book of

Activities p 271

•Pizza dough play

STEM

Scott Foresman Math

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

Science

Phonics

Phonics

•Identify Halves

171-172

• Identify the beginning, middle,

and end of a story

“The Chihuahua and the

Leopard” • “El perrito

Chihuahua y el leopardo” story

folder

• Develop vocabulary

• Discuss the moral of the story

• ABC-Find the magnetic letters

S, s through Z, z in the frog

pond (sensory table)

• Construction-Build a home

that will be appropriate for a

mouse and for a frog

• Compare and contrast a hen

and a rooster

“The Tortoise and the Hare” •

“La tortuga y la liebre” listening

story

• Describe and discuss rabbits

• Identify moral of story

• Photo Activity Cards 135, 135

• Write the letters

Kk, Dd, Ii, Kk, Ee, Ss

•Book page 72

•Book about Ballads, Folktales,

and Fables

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

• Write the sight words

•Book page 71


and Fables

Literacy (Oral

Language, Read- Aloud)

• Book pp 145-146

• Photo Pockets

Ff and frog

Rr and rana

R r and rabbit

“Frog Went a Courtin‘ ” •

“Sapito se fue a casar un buen

día” listening story

• Sequence the story events

• Identify story events as fiction

and could happen


“Puss in Boots” • “El gato con

botas” listening story

• Describe main story character

• Compare Puss and el señor

don Gato


“Paul Bunyan” listening story

• Introduce tall tale as a genre

• Identify exaggerations in story

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

YOUR FAVORITE

FOLKTALE

• As a class, write a tall tale

• Write the letters

Kk, Dd, Ii, Kk, Ee, Ss, Yy, Jj, Aa


and Fables

• Book page 143

• Vocabulary Card exaggerate

• Sight words of the week:

made, over, did, down, only

“Pecos Bill” listening story

• Enrich vocabulary

• Book pages 148-149

• Book p 147

• Sequence Cards

The Rooster Who went to His

Uncle's Wedding

• Write letters to story character

• Draw el señor don Gato


and Fables

• Produce rhyming words in

story context

•-Sort rhyming cards

• Book p 144

•Make Equal Groups using

different lines

p 173

•Problem Solving

p 175-176

• Book pp 73-74

• Create a weather vane


and Fables

•Review Chapter 7

Explore Solids and Find Shapes

in Solids

•Make Equal Groups

p 174

• Pretend and Learn-Role-play

the wedding of El Señor don

Gato and his bride or set up a

hospital to treat El Señor don

Gato

• ABC-Go fishing for letters

• Pretend and Learn-Make a Fly

Trap Stew

• ABC-Play "catch the fly" with

magnetic letters

• Construction-Build homes for

the animals the old woman

swallowed

• Pretend and Learn-Supply

racing clothing and gear for

children to explore

• ABC-Play Find the Letter •

Busca la letra

• Construction-Build a racetrack

for the tortoise and the hare

race

• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to

make flapjacks (pancakes)

• ABC-Make play dough

pancakes for Paul Bunyan and

imprint with magnetic letters

• Construction-Build a bed for

Paul Bunyan


Thursday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Turtles" p 183.


RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


180.


RESPONSE:


Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


192


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:


Breathing.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




trago una mosca.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Introduce the theme


Courtin" p 182.


RESPONSE:


Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







•Calendar/Weather

FridayMonday Tuesday

• Reflecting on the day: What is

the difference between a tall

and a fable?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to tell someone at

home about their favorite fable.

• Reflecting on the day: Which

story did you enjoy most

today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to use ordinal numbers

to name the guests at the dinner

table in terms of their time of

arrival.


part of the ballad about the old

woman do you think is

funniest?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to retell their favorite

ballad to family members.

• Play Old Gray Cat • El viejo

gato gris (p. 194)

• Reflecting on the day: Can you

think of another song that is a

ballad?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Ask

children to share Balloon

calming strategy with their

families

• Play Leap Frog • Salta la rana

(p. 193)

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Shows understanding by

responding appropriately

• Coordinates sequence of

movements to perform tasks

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Demonstrates receptive

vocabulary (three to four

thousand words)

• Names at least 20 upper and at

least 20 lowercase letters

• Uses a large speaking

vocabulary, adding several new

words daily

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Is aware of where own body is

in space; respects personal

boundaries

• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more

consistently, although adult

guidance is sometimes

necessary


following two-step oral

directions, and usually follows

three-step directions

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions



• Shows interest in books

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or

giving dictation

• Invite children to participate in

relay races

• Pretend the parachute is Paul

Bunyan’s shirt and shake it out

to dry it. Challenge children to

take Paul Bunyan giant steps

around the perimeter of the

parachute (Paul’s shirt)


in space; respects personal

boundaries

• Begins to understand

difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word



• Seeks to understand print



thousand words)

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions

• Uses the verbal ordinal terms

• Recognizes one-digit numerals

0 – 9

• Demonstrates use of location

words



• Is aware of own feelings most

of the time

• Names at least 20 upper- and

at least 20 lowercase letters






• Recognizes that information is

accessible through the use of

technology



giving dictation

• Blow bubbles. Pretend that the

bubbles are flies and encourage

children to catch all the bubbles

so the old woman won’t swallow

them

• Shows initiative in

independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Responds to different musical

styles through movement and

play


with a given word

• Demonstrates understanding

of terms used in the

instructional language of the

classroom



giving dictation


with a given word



• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

• Reflecting on the day: How are

fables and ballads different

from each other?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenge

children to be like the steady

tortoise and complete any jobs

that need to be done at home.

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning





Literacy: Vocabulary and

Alliteration


Shapes: Two-Dimensional

Shapes: Circle, Square,

Triangle, etc.

Letter English - R, r, T, t, I, i

Knowledge: Spanish - R, r, T, t, I, i

“Little Ants” • “Hormiguitas”

action song

“Hands and Fingers” • “Manos y

dedos” action song

“Rainbow Dancers” •

“Bailarines de colores” ribbon

dance

Tuesday

Math: Geometry and Spatial Sense

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

FridayMonday Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Three Straight Sides" p

192.


RESPONSE:

•Ask for three volunteers and

ask them to position their

bodies into a triangle. Inhale as

they raise their arms.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Trixie

Triangle and Rudy Rectangle

are friends . • Trixie Triangulo y

Rudy Rectangulo son amigos.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Use Dr. Jean's Transition (p14)

to greet the children.

Sing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little

Star" p 193.


RESPONSE:

•Implement Kite Breathing (p

168).

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Renee

Rhombus has four equal sides.

• Renee Rombo tiene cuatro

lados iguales.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Use Dr. Jean's Transition Tip

(p14) to greet the children.

Sing "If You're Clever and You

Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:

Invite the children to perform

Balloon calming strategy.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.



• Morning Message: Cindy

Circle and Suzy Square like to

sing. • A Cindy Circulo y Suzy

Cuadrado les gusta cantar.

•Calendar/Weather

Cooperative Musical Circle •

Círculos musicales de

colaboración game

“Three Straight Sides” • “Tres

lados rectos” ball-rolling song


BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to select a

calming strategy to implement,

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Oscar the

Octagon has eight sides. •

Oscar el Octágono tiene ocho

lados.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: ABC and XYZ; Reading Buddy

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Dr. Jean's Transition (p14) to

greet the children.

Sing "Open, Shut Them" p 187.


RESPONSE:

• Review Kite Breathing

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: I can put

together two rectangles and

make a new shape • Puedo

juntar dos rectángulos y formar

una nueva figura geométrica.

•Calendar/Weather

Lesson Plan for I Build! I Create! • Yo construyo! Yo creo! - Construction Terms • Términos de la construcción

(Week 24) Date: February 12-16, 2018

English Vocabulary: angle, circle, comparison, cooperation, geometric, hexagon, octagon, oval, position, rectangle, rhombus, shapes, slanted, spatial, square, trapezoid, triangle

Spanish Vocabulary: ángulo, círculo, comparación, colaboración, geométrico, hexágono, octágono, óvalo, posición, rectángulo, rombo, figuras, inclinado, espacial, cuadrado, trapecio,

triángulo

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Wonderful Word: geometric, geométricoCharacter Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e Intencionalidad

Thursday


Tuesday

Greeting Circle


BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


192.


RESPONSE:





•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree





•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




Star" p 193.


RESPONSE:


168).

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




lados iguales.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




lados.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


greet the children.



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

• Represent Numbers to 10

pp 183-184

• Create models of octagons

and hexagons

• Chapter 7 Test

pp 177-178

Book pp 152-153

• Introduce the prefix tri-

Vocabulary Cards

rectangle-rectangulo

triangle-triangulo

Sight words: way, find, use,

may, water

• Introduce idea circle stands for

unity

The Button Story • El cuento del

botón

• Discuss story illustrations

•Photo Activity Cards 13, 14, 15

• “Tillie the Triangle” • “Tita el

Triángulo” prop story

• Associate shapes with

common foods

• Recognize letter T

• Photo Activity Cards 18, 19, 20

• Writer's Corner-circle and

square or círculo and cuadrado

• Gross Motor Area-Play a

beanbag tossing game using a

laminated circle and a square

• Construction Center-Build only

with square and circular blocks

Book pp 156-157

Vocabulary Cards

hexagon-hexagono

rhombus-rombo

Book pp 150-151

• Learn a finger play about

circles

Vocabulary Card

circle-circulo

square-cuadrado


may, water

• Writer's Corner-triangle and

rectangle or triángulo and

rectángulo


beanbag tossing game using

various laminated triangles


with triangular and rectangular

blocks

• Writer's Corner-Mix red and

blue play dough


beanbag tossing game using a

laminated hexagon and an

octagon


with rectangular blocks

• Writer's Corner-Trace shape

stencils


beanbag tossing game using all

of the shapes

• Construction Center-Add large

and small boxes for building

• Writer's Corner-Have children

practice marking an X in,

outside on top of, below and

beside a circle

• Gross Motor Area-Describe the

location of their beanbags in

relationship to their target (on

top of, beside, below, above,

near, far)

• Construction Center-Build

“Song of the Kites” (Cultural

Rhymes • Rimas culturales flip

book)

• Introduce rhombus • rombo

• Discuss experiences with kites

•Photo Activity Cards 21. 22. 23

“Smart Cookie’s Creative

Cookies” • “Las galletas

creativas de Galletita

Lista” story folder

• Identify problem solving in

story

Rebus Poster

How to Make Fruit Salad

• Introduce hexagon and

rhombus

• Continue writing story

• I Build! I Create! Book



• Begin writing a story

•Book p 75


• Make a Valentine's card

Do rubbings of shapes

• Valentine's Project


•Review Chapter 7

Equal Groups

• Review Chapter 7

Identify Halves

• Develop purpose for

directional words


may, water

• Book page 158

Book pp 154-155

Vocabulary Card

rhombus-rombo


may, water

Twinkle, the Little Star •

Chispita la estrellita

• Note spatial words

• Recall story details

Centers

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

THINGS WE CAN BUILD WITH

SHAPES


•Draw on folded paper

Phonics

Phonics

STEM

Scott Foresman Math

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

Science

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

Language Development

PATHS

•Discuss skyscrapers

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 3 (Third

Rule of Introduction, Review

and Reinforce Meeting and

Greeting)

PATHS

• Identify common features of

local landscapes

PATHS

•Discuss the Valentine's

Celebration

• Build a “robot”

Discuss how the robots help on

Science.

Chef It Up!

•Statues and Rag Dolls

Jump Into Science p 23

• Hear Your Heart • Bird’s Beak” build a nest and

discuss the materials you used.

•Ways to Make 3 and 4

pp 185-186

• Experiment with straw rollers

• Print with jar lids

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 3 (Third

Rule of Introduction, Review

and Reinforce Meeting and

Greeting)


Tuesday

Greeting Circle


BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


192.


RESPONSE:





•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree





•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




Star" p 193.


RESPONSE:


168).

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




lados iguales.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Know It" p 184.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




lados.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


greet the children.



RESPONSE:


•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• Provide colored sheets of

cellophane.

Have children create colored

shadows

on the playground


circles different from squares


check

• Kindness Tree


children to find three circles and

three squares at home.

• Invite children to play with

Frisbees and

Hula-hoops. Point out that both

items are

circular. Have children stand in

a square.

Ask a volunteer to count the

sides and to

identify the corners

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to

initiate pretend play scenarios

that share a common plan and

goal

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Recognizes at least 20 letter

sounds

• Names common shapes




classroom




words

• Describes attributes

• Uses art as a form of creative

self-expression and

representation

• Reflecting on the day: Where

do you usually see a sign that

is a hexagon?


check

• Kindness Tree


children to be shape detectives

and find shapes as they travel

home.

• Reflecting on the day: What

happens in the sky when the

stars sing loudly?


check

• Kindness Tree


children to teach someone at

home how to do the Kite

Breathing calming strategy.


rectangles and triangles

different?


check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Have

families send a collection of

small and large boxes to school

over the next couple of weeks.


activity did you enjoy most

today?


check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Remind

children that rhombus is

another name for diamond.

• Have the children stand in a

rectangle.

Ask volunteers to identify the

long

sides, short sides, and angles.

Count the

sides. Have children look for

rectangles

on the outside of the school

building.



pair of words



consistently although adult


necessary











problems


• Identifies and creates common

features in her immediate

environment





necessary


words



pair of words

• Uses category labels to

understand how words and

objects relate to each other




sounds



• Participates in classroom

music activities

• Take a walk around the school,

looking

for street signs. Make a list of

shapes the

children find

• Invite children to play

parachute games

that focus on spatial and

positional

vocabulary


in space, respects personal

boundaries



initiate pretend-play scenarios


goal


sounds

• Shows interest in books




sounds




• Retells or reenacts a story

after it is read aloud


• Creates shapes

• Describes attributes





thousand words)



pair of words

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations




• Uses books and other written

materials to engage in

prereading behaviors




classroom







Letter English - D, d, S, s, L, l

Knowledge: Spanish - D, d, S, s, L, l

“Push, Pull, Swing” song and

pantomime

I Spy • Yo veo gameTug-of-Peace game

Tuesday

Literacy: Oral Language and Phonological

Awareness (alliteration, compound words)

FridayMonday

Math: Measurement, Counting Non-standard Units

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Johnny Works with One

Hammer" p 184.


RESPONSE:

Choose a calming strategy p

168.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Saws and

screwdrivers are tools. • Las

sierras y los desarmadores son

herramientas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Mi Little Red Wagon" p

186.


RESPONSE:

Teach children Pulley Breathing

p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree


tools push and pull? • Que

herramientas empujan y jalan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Someone's in the Kitchen

with Dinah" p 190.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Belly

Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.



• Morning Message: List some

kitchen tools you like to use. •

Haz una lista de algunos de los

utensilios de cocina que te

gusta usar.

•Calendar/Weather

“Peanut Butter and Jelly” •

“Mantequilla de cacahuate y

mermelada” action song

“Push, Pull, Swing” action song


BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Front-End

Loader" p 182.


RESPONSE:

Demonstrate using a pretend

shovel.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree


tools dig and drill? • Que

herramientas excavan y

perforan?

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Sounds and Rhymes; Writer's Corner; Tux Paint

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children the finger

spelling for the letters d, s, l p

15 and sing "Where is A?" p

192.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Drain

calming strategy.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Hearing

aids make sounds louder • Los

aparatos para oír hacen los

ruidos mas fuertes.

•Calendar/Weather

Lesson Plan for I Build! I Create! • Yo construyo! Yo creo! - Tools and Machines • Herramientas y Maquinas

(Week 25) Date: February 19-23, 2018

English Vocabulary: tools, machinery, constructing, funnel, more, less, same, hammer, scissors, shovel, bulldoze, graders, move, push, pull, lift, inclined plane, pulley

Spanish Vocabulary: herramientas, maquinaria, construir, embudo, más, menos, lo mismo, martillo, tijeras, pala, excavadora, niveladora, mover, empujar, jalar, levantar, plano inclinado,

polea

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Wonderful Word: machinery, maquinariaCharacter Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e Intencionalidad

Thursday


Tuesday FridayMonday

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Hammer" p 184.


RESPONSE:


168.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




herramientas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


186.


RESPONSE:


p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


with Dinah" p 190.


RESPONSE:


Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







gusta usar.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Loader" p 182.


RESPONSE:


shovel.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




perforan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




192.


RESPONSE:


calming strategy.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




ruidos mas fuertes.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

• Ways to Make 7 and 8

pp 189-190

• Problem Solving

pp 193-194

• Explore writing tools

•Write the sight words in writing

paper

• Count to 20

pp 195-196


pp 191-192

•Book pages 161-162

• Sight words: long, little, very,

after, words

“Bake a Cake” • “Preparar un

pastel” action story

• Act out a story

• Distinguish between tools and

ingredients

• Discuss the value of tools

“The Shoemaker and the Elves”

• “El zapatero y los duendes”

story folder

• Learn about a shoemaker’s

tools

• Compare a poem and a story

Tools That Help Me •

Herramientas que me ayudan

• Introduce Table of Contents

• Discuss tools used by those

with special needs

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

TOOLS AND MACHINES

• Provide drawing paper and

marking pens. Invite children to

print name cards or exit signs

using large letters for children

who are visually impaired.

• Pretend and Learn-Use an

eggbeater to create bubbles in a

bucket of soapy water

• Pretend and Learn-Explore a

toolbox of toy tools

• Science-Experiment with

movement

• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to

be the Little Red Hen baking her

bread

• Fine Motor-Explore with sand

and a variety of digging tools

• Pretend and Learn-Provide

drawing paper and marking

pens. Invite children to print

name cards or exit signs using

large letters for children who are

visually impaired.


pp 187-188

Machines Large and Small •

Máquinas grandes y pequeñas

• Introduce machines that move

things

• Discuss opposites

• Photo Activity Cards 13, 16,

and 18

• Pretend and Learn-Make

cookies with play dough

• Fine Motor-Sweep pebbles into

a scoop with a pastry brush

“The Great Enormous Rock” •

“Una piedra

enorme” story folder

• Introduce tools that dig

• Compare shovels and front-

end loader

• Photo Activity Cards 23 and

70

• Tools and Machines Book

• Book pp 79-80Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

• Copy a word with writing tools

•Book p 78

•Write the sight words


• Draw someone using a tool


• Provide nuts and bolts or

locks and keys for children to

manipulate

Literacy (Oral

Language, Read- Aloud)


after, words

• Book page 166

•Book pages 163

•Make a poem

• Discuss alliteration and give

examples


• Word of the week: machinery

• Kitchen tools



after, words

Phonics

Phonics

STEM

Scott Foresman Math

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

Science

PATHS

•Discuss how to help friends

with special needs.

KREM-TV


(Fourth Rule of Introduction,

Place setting)

PATHS

• Discuss cooperation

• Talk about different vehicles

and tools that the construction

workers use.

PATHS

• Discuss President's Day.

• Experiment with building and

using a ramp

Chef It Up!

• -More exploration with a ramp

• -Identify objects using only

sense of touch

• Discuss tool safety rules

• Experiment with rocks and

erosion

• Look for simple machines in

the classroom (pencil

sharpener, doorknobs etc.)

make a list

• Review “Bake a Cake”

listening story p 204

• Experiment with sand and

funnels

Chef It Up!

KREM-TV


(Fourth Rule of Introduction,

Place setting)


Tuesday FridayMonday

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Hammer" p 184.


RESPONSE:


168.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




herramientas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


186.


RESPONSE:


p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


with Dinah" p 190.


RESPONSE:


Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.







gusta usar.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


Loader" p 182.


RESPONSE:


shovel.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




perforan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




192.


RESPONSE:


calming strategy.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




ruidos mas fuertes.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• Discuss playground

equipment in terms of tools and

machines.


of the kitchen tools did you find

more interesting today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Remind

families to send shoe boxes for

an upcoming project. Send

home a copy of One More

Scoop Storybook.

• Provide funnels, colanders,

and strainers for sand play.





caring for others



pair of words







contrasting

• Retells or reenacts a story

after it is read aloud

• Remains focused on engaging

group activities for age-

appropriate range of time



• Reflecting on the day: How do

you use your hands as tools?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to identify a digging job

that they have done with their

families.


tools are available to help

children who are hearing

impaired?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to teach someone

Pulley Breathing.


did you learn about tools

today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenger

children to devise a way to

determine the middle of a pillow

at home.


simple machines are used on a

bus?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to notice and report

any big machines that they see

as they go to and from school.

• Encourage children to use

chalk to create sidewalk art. Ask

if the chalk is a tool.





goal






pair of words




contrasting

• Seeks to understand print



pair of words

• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms



thousand words)

• Demonstrates an

understanding and tolerance for

unique characteristics of others

• Demonstrates an

understanding that others have

perspectives and feelings that

are different from her own






contrasting

• Describes, observes, and

investigates properties and

characteristics of common

objects

• Investigates and describes

position and motion of objects

• Find a spot on the playground

where children can dig. Provide

digging tools (shovels, hand

shovels) and invite children to

dig. Encourage them to pay

close attention to things that are

unearthed.

• Look on the playground and

around the outside of the

school for handicap accessible

modifications (ramps, railings,

door exits, height of water

fountains).





necessary





goal




• Combines words to make a

compound word

• Initiates problem-solving

strategies and seeks adult help

when necessary




objects





caring for others



pair of words




contrasting







objects

• Identifies and creates common

features in her immediate

environment





Math: Classifying, Data Analysis

Play a musical adding-on game Follow musical directions for

greeting friends

Thursday Friday

Letter English - C, c, N, n, B, b

Knowledge: Spanish - C, c, N, n, B, b

TuesdayMonday

Character Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e IntencionalidadWonderful Word: construct, construir

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children "Rectangles

and Squares" p 188.


RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Building

with boxes can be fun. • Puede

ser divertido construir con

cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "When Sammy Put the

Paper on the Wall" p 193.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: What can

we build now with newspapers?

• Que podemos construir con

periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Stack the Blocks" p 188.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.



• Morning Message: I can build

with blocks. • Puedo construir

con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

Drum to marching music


BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Invite children to sing "The

Green Grass Grew All Around" p

184.


RESPONSE:

Practice the S.T.A.R. calming

strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: I can build.

• Puedo construir.

•Calendar/Weather

Technology: Words, Words, Words; Reading Buddy; Tux Paint

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Hello Friend" p 183.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Now we

can build friendships with our

classmates. • Podemos

construir amistades con

nuestros compañeros de clase.

•Calendar/Weather

Lesson Plan for I Build! I Create! • Yo construyo! Yo creo! - I Can Build • Puedo Construir (Week 26) Date: Feb. 26-March 2, 2018

English Vocabulary: assemble, build, caring, category, cleverness, concrete, construction, cooperation, deeds, foundation, friend, habitats, homes, intentions, loquacious, model, raw

materials, sort, structure

Spanish Vocabulary: ensamblar, construir, cuidado, categoría, inteligencia, concreto, construcción, colaboración, acciones, cimiento, amigo, hábitats, casas, intenciones, locuaz, modelo,

materia prima, clasificar, estructura

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Dance with streamersCreate a music ensemble

Literacy: Sentence Structure,

Vocabulary, Oral Language


Shapes: Curvilinear, Diagonal,

and Angular Lines


Thursday FridayTuesdayMonday

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


and Squares" p 188.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.





con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



184.


RESPONSE:


strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Weekly Learning

Centers

Phonics

Phonics

•Book pages 167

•Vocabulary Cards: construct,

friend

• Sight words: called, just,

where, most, know

•Book p 172

•Sight words: called, just,

where, most, know

• Develop a word web about

friends

• Discuss letters in friend and

amigo(a)

This Way to Pre-K • Camino a

Pre-Kinder

• Introduce title, page, author,

photographer

• Compare book with classroom

•Photo Activity Cards 20, 21

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

Language Development

STEM

Scott Foresman Math

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

• Test the float ability of boats

STEM

Science

• Explore ways to connect paper

using different shapes

“The Giants of the City” • “Los

gigantes de la ciudad” listening

story

• List structures in city

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

FAVORITE BUILDING OR

CREATION

Giants Made by People •

Gigantes hechos por el hombre

• Identify purposes of structures

“Reagan’s Journal” • “El diario

de Reagan”

• Connect experiences with

journal entry

• Think about solving

construction problems

“The Baby Bluebird Story” • “El

cuento del pajarito bebé azul”

fold-and-cut story

• Enjoy a creative story

experience

• Discuss paper constructions

•Book pages 168-169

• Introduce model and

intentionality

•Thumb Up letter game

•Photo Pockets:

Nn with nail

Cc with clavo


• Construction-Have stacking

races

• Creativity Station-Decorate

boxes covered in plastic wrap

• Fine Motor-Build with smaller

blocks


•I Can Build Book

• Write in journals the sight

words.

• Create something from a box

•I Can Build Book

• Make tissue paper collages


•I Can Build Book

• Construction-Build using small

boxes

• Fine Motor-Have box races

• Construction-Make rainbow

makers

• Fine Motor-Show children how

to fold paper airplanes

• Construction-Build sentences

with word blocks

• Fine Motor-Work with name

puzzles

• Estimate and Verify Capacity

and Weight

p 198

• Estimate and Verify Capacity

and Weight

p 197

• Observe effects of aging

(banana)

Chef It Up!

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 5 (Using

of Fork and Thank You Note)

• Discuss fossil shells

Make a fossil

PATHS

•Imagine life as jack-in-the-box

PATHS

•Follow directions to build a

structure

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 5 (Using

of Fork and Thank You Note)

PATHS

• Introduce idea of building

friendships

•Read Across America

Dr.Seuss's Birthday March 2nd

• Draw your favorite creation in

journals.

•Paint a group mural.

•I Can Build Book

•I Can Build Book

• Make a collage using

environmental print

“Jack the Builder” • “Juan el

constructor”

(Nursery Rhyme • Cuentos de

Infantiles flip chart)

• Analyze sentence construction

“Animal Habitats and Homes” •

"Los hábitats y las casas de los

animales” story folder

• Discuss terms—habitats and

homes

• Describe raw materials used to

build homes

• Introduce capillary action with

coffee filters

• Estimate and Verify Length

p 200

• Problem Solving

pp 201-202

• Construction-Build a house to

share with a friend

• Fine Motor-String beads for

friendship bracelets

•Estimate and Verify Length

p 199


Thursday FridayTuesdayMonday

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:


and Squares" p 188.


RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:




RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree




periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.





con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



184.


RESPONSE:


strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:


Ritual.

•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree



•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:



RESPONSE:



•CONNECT:



•COMMIT:



Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree






•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning


of the time


caring for others





thousand words)



• Combines sentences that give

detail, stays on topic, and

clearly communicates







contrasting


did you make with your box?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to identify something at

home that is made out of a box.

• Uses sentences with more

than one phrase

• Assumes various roles and

responsibilities as part of a

classroom community



giving dictation

• Combines ideas for complex

sentences




contrasting




• Sorts objects that are the same

and different into groups, and

uses language to describe how

the groups are similar and

different

• Reflecting on the day:

Describe the musical ensemble

we created today.


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Make a

photo collage and show it to the

parents.


of the time



pair of words






contrasting



words daily




problems





interested you more today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree


children to teach someone at

home how to fold a fan.

• Add paper bag blocks to the

cardboard boxes for building.

• Reflecting on the day: Who

can summarize the story we

wrote today?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Suggest

children to count the letters in

family member's names and

compare the lengths of the

names.


makes a friend an old friend?


Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Send

home the calming affirmations I

am safe, I am calm, I can handle

this.

• Provide markers for children to

decorate and label their outdoor

buildings.





goal


caring for others





thousand words)




contrasting




with a given word

• Combines ideas for complex

sentences

• Provide indoor blocks for

outdoor building.

• Encourage children to build

box towers and knock them

down with balls.

• Play cooperative games (p.

197) with the parachute.


caring for others

• Participates in classroom

music activities





words daily



giving dictation




contrasting

• Begins to have meaningful

friends








Documents

Monday Friday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday · Teach "Johnny Appleseed" p 180. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Invite children to do Apple Picker Stretches. •CONNECT: Use Fanny Frog