Sample ideas for classroom rules:

Be polite and helpful. Take care of your school. Behave in the cafeteria. Do not hit, shove or hurt others. Keep the bathroom clean .Respect everyone and everything.

HandwritingCopying from the board PaintingBlocks Cutting and coloring skills Visual-perception skills ThreadingPlaydoughPuzzles and mazes Identifying letters & numbers

Fine motor skills are those skills that use the small muscles of the body, especially eye-hand coordination tasks.

Gross motor skills are big motor skills that involve the movement of the head, body, legs, arms and large muscles. They require balance and coordination.

RunningClimbingHoppingKicking Throwing Batting

What to Teach:ColorsLetters NumbersVocabulary

Counting 1’s, 2’s, 10’sCounting 1’s, 2’s, 10’sCounting Coins & ValueCounting Coins & ValueAddingAddingSubtractingSubtractingTelling TimeTelling TimeGraphingGraphing

PatternsPatternsPhonicsPhonicsSite wordsSite wordsSpellingSpellingRhymingRhymingParts of a Parts of a sentencesentenceNouns and VerbsNouns and Verbs

In this game you recycle the trash that In this game you recycle the trash that washes up on the shore by dropping the washes up on the shore by dropping the words in the correct bin. words in the correct bin.

You must recycle 10 pieces of trash. You must recycle 10 pieces of trash. Each piece of trash has a noun or a verb Each piece of trash has a noun or a verb on it.on it.

If you make a mistake the beach will If you make a mistake the beach will become dirty with litter.become dirty with litter.

Date: September 3, 2006 Grade Level: 1st

Objective (What do you want the students to learn):  “Students will sort nouns and verbs.”

Materials: ·2 buckets·20 cards with 10 different verbs and 10 different nouns·Poster of beach or beach towel

Activity: (step by step instructions)•In this game you recycle the trash that washes up on the shore by dropping the words in the correct bin.

•You must recycle 10 pieces of trash.  •Each piece of trash has a noun or a verb on it. •If you make a mistake the beach will become dirty with litter.

Happy Face with Eyes, Nose, Mouth =     Happy Face with Eyes, Nose, Mouth =    

Complete work, very neat, has everything it needs.Complete work, very neat, has everything it needs. Happy Face with Eyes, Mouth =                Happy Face with Eyes, Mouth =               

Almost complete work, neat, missing a few things.Almost complete work, neat, missing a few things. Face with Eyes =                                           Face with Eyes =                                          

Not complete work, messy, missing many things.Not complete work, messy, missing many things. Empty Circle =                                            Empty Circle =                                           

Oh no! Missing everything, very messy. Oh no! Missing everything, very messy.