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Literacy: Problem Solving, Oral Language States' Standards and BSRA-3: Shapes: Linear: Horizontal, Vertical; Curvilinear Line: Curve; Diagonal Line: Diagonal; Angular Line: Angle Move like story animals Act out exaggerations Itsy Bitsy Spider dance Moving and Learning Greeting Circle Wednesday “Five Speckled Frogs” • “Cinco ranitas moteadas” and “Schubert's Shuffle” • “El baile de Schubert” Musical Cat and Fish • Gato y pez musical game Monday Math: Ordinal Numbers BUILDING COMMUNITY •UNITE: Sing "The Ballad of Sir Cat" p 192 •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: • Teach children Cat's Meow calming strategy p 168. •CONNECT: Use Fanny Frog to implement the Absent Child Ritual. •COMMIT: Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual and the Daily Commitment Ritual. •Kindness Tree • Morning Message: Which 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. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Invite children to do Belly Breathing. •CONNECT: Implement the Absent Child Ritual. •COMMIT: Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual and the Daily 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. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: • Invite children to practice Balloon p 168. •CONNECT: Implement the Absent Child Ritual. •COMMIT: Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual and the Daily 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 Tuesday Class: Crème Prep 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. •DISENGAGE THE STRESS RESPONSE: Invite children to do Apple Picker Stretches. •CONNECT: Use Fanny Frog to implement the Absent Child Ritual. •COMMIT: Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual and the Daily 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 Character Commitment and Loyalty Education: Compromiso y Lealtad Thursday Letter English - Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz Knowledge: Spanish - Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz Friday Crème de la Crème 1
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Page 1: Monday Tuesday Wednesday - Crème de la Crème · Itsy Bitsy Spider dance Move like story animals Act out exaggerations Moving and Learning Greeting Circle Wednesday “Five Speckled

Literacy: Problem Solving, Oral

Language

States' Standards and BSRA-3:

Shapes: Linear: Horizontal,

Vertical; Curvilinear Line:

Curve; Diagonal Line: Diagonal;

Angular Line: Angle

Move like story animals Act out exaggerationsItsy Bitsy Spider dance

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

“Five Speckled Frogs” • “Cinco

ranitas moteadas” and

“Schubert's Shuffle” • “El baile

de Schubert”

Musical Cat and Fish • Gato y

pez musical game

Monday

Math: Ordinal Numbers

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "The Ballad of Sir Cat" p

192

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Teach children Cat's Meow

calming strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Belly

Breathing.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Invite children to practice

Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Tuesday

Class: Crème Prep

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Apple

Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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, exagerarCharacter Commitment and Loyalty

Education: Compromiso y Lealtad

Thursday

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

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

Friday

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Greeting Circle

WednesdayMonday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "The Ballad of Sir Cat" p

192

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Teach children Cat's Meow

calming strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Belly

Breathing.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Invite children to practice

Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Tuesday

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

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach "Johnny Appleseed" p

180.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Apple

Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

story is your favorite tall tell? •

Cual es tu cuento favorito?

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday Friday

• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to

make flapjacks (pancakes)

• Construction-Build a bed for

Paul Bunyan

• 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

• Photo Activity Cards 93, 98, 99

•Play a marble game

•Make applesauce

Chef It Up!

PATHS

•Explain to the children what a

folktale, a ballad , and a fable

are.

• Draw el señor don Gato

•Form numerals with play dough

•Get Set for School CD

"Crayon Song" (5)

• Book page 42

•Get Set for School CD

"Crayon Song" (5)

PATHS

• Discuss possible jobs and

ways to earn income.

•Make a numbered guest book

using different lines

• Compare frogs and mice

Explore with different lines

•Sort harmful and safe items

Explore with magnifying glasses

•Compare real and make-believe

cats

•Use ordinal numbers to label

stops along a pathway

•Make wiggle spiders

•Homemade Toothpaste

The Complete Book of

Activities p 271

•Track order cubes are removed

from stack

• 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

• Write in journals the poem

•Get Set for School CD

"Crayon Song" (5)

• 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

• 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

• Create a weather vane

•Book p 43

•Get Set for School CD

"Crayon Song" (5)

• ABC-Make play dough

pancakes for Paul Bunyan and

imprint with magnetic letters

• Write in journals the letters

Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

•Get Set for School CD

"Crayon Song" (5)

“Pecos Bill” listening story

• Enrich vocabulary

• Compare Pecos Bill to modern

superheroes

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

YOUR FAVORITE

FOLKTALE

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 2

(Second Rule of Introduction,

Uses of the Napkin, Appropriate

Meeting and Exiting

Conversation, Holding Utensils).

• 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 129, 134,

135

• Book pp 21-22

• Sound out the letters Ss, Tt,

Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

PATHS

•Discuss Commitment and

Loyalty

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

• Book pages 15-17

•-Sort rhyming cards

“The Cat and the Mice” • “El

gato y los ratones” listening

story

• Introduce fables

• Identify the moral of the story

• Photo Activity Card 129

“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

• Photo Activity Cards 93, 98

• Book pages 18-19

• Photo Pockets

Ff and frog

Rr and rana

Rr and rabbit

Literacy (Oral

Language, Read- Aloud)

Phonics

Getting Ready for the

Code

• Book pages 13-14

• Vocabulary Card exaggerate

• Sight words: 100 Super Sight

Word Poems p 15

• Book pages 23-24

The Rooster Who went to His

Uncle's Wedding

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 2

(Second Rule of Introduction,

Uses of the Napkin, Appropriate

Meeting and Exiting

Conversation, Holding Utensils).

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Greeting Circle

WednesdayMonday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "The Ballad of Sir Cat" p

192

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Teach children Cat's Meow

calming strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Belly

Breathing.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Invite children to practice

Balloon p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Tuesday

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

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach "Johnny Appleseed" p

180.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to do Apple

Picker Stretches.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

story is your favorite tall tell? •

Cual es tu cuento favorito?

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday Friday

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• 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

• Shows understanding by

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

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Shows interest in books

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or

giving dictation

• Invite children to participate in

relay races

• Blow bubbles. Pretend that the

bubbles are flies and encourage

children to catch all the bubbles

so the old woman won’t swallow

them

• Reflecting on the day: Can you

think of another song that is a

ballad?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Ask

children to share the Breathing

Balloon with their family.

• Play Leap Frog • Salta la rana

(p. 193)

• 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)

• Is aware of where own body is

in space; respects personal

boundaries

• Begins to understand

difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Seeks to understand print

• Demonstrates receptive

vocabulary (three to four

thousand words)

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions

• Uses the verbal ordinal terms

• Recognizes one-digit numerals

0 – 9

• Demonstrates use of location

words

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions

• Is aware of own feelings most

of the time

• Names at least 20 upper- and

at least 20 lowercase letters

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

• Recognizes that information is

accessible through the use of

technology

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or

giving dictation

• Shows initiative in

independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Responds to different musical

styles through movement and

play

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word

• Demonstrates understanding

of terms used in the

instructional language of the

classroom

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or

giving dictation

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word

• Shows understanding by

responding appropriately

• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

• Reflecting on the day: How are

fables and ballads different

from each other?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenge

children to be like the steady

tortoise and complete any jobs

that need to be done at home.

• 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?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to use ordinal numbers

to name the guests at the dinner

table in terms of their time of

arrival.

• Reflecting on the day: Which

part of the ballad about the old

woman do you think is

funniest?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to retell their favorite

ballad to family members.

• Play Old Gray Cat • El viejo

gato gris (p. 194)

• 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

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Literacy: Vocabulary and

Alliteration

States' Standards and BSRA-3:

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 Friday

Math: Geometry and Spatial Sense

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Moving and Learning

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Three Straight Sides" p

192.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Ask for three volunteers and

ask them to posiiton their

bodies into a triangle. Inhale as

they raise their arms.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Implement Kite Breathing (p

168).

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite the children to perform

Balloon calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• 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

Monday

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "If You're Clever and You

Know It" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to select a

calming strategy to implement,

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Review Kite Breathing

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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 • Terminos 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

Wonderful Word: geometric, geométrico

Greeting Circle

Character Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e Intencionalidad

Thursday

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LESSON

COMPONENTS

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Three Straight Sides" p

192.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Ask for three volunteers and

ask them to posiiton their

bodies into a triangle. Inhale as

they raise their arms.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Implement Kite Breathing (p

168).

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite the children to perform

Balloon calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: Cindy

Circle and Suzy Square like to

sing. • A Cindy Circulo y Suzy

Cuadrado les gusta cantar.

•Calendar/Weather

Monday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "If You're Clever and You

Know It" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to select a

calming strategy to implement,

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Oscar the

Octagon has eight sides. •

Oscar el Octágono tiene ocho

lados.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Dr. Jean's Transition (p14) to

greet the children.

Sing "Open, Shut Them" p 187.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Review Kite Breathing

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Greeting Circle

Thursday

• Have children practice marking

an X in, outside on top of, below

and beside a circle.

• Get Set for School CD

"My Teacher Draws" (17)

• Book p 45

• Gross Motor Area-Describe the

location of their beanbags in

relationship to their target (on

top of, beside, below, above,

near, far)

• Follow directions that require

understanding of positional

words.

• Book pp 31-33

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

• Build a house with different

materials.

• Get Set for School CD

"My Teacher Draws" (17)

• Write and draw in journals the

names of different shapes

• Get Set for School CD

"My Teacher Draws" (17)

• Book p 44

• Get Set for School CD

"My Teacher Draws" (17)

• Make a Valentine's Card

• 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

• Writer's Corner-triangle and

rectangle or triángulo and

rectángulo

• Gross Motor Area-Play a

beanbag tossing game using

various laminated triangles

• Construction Center-Build only

with triangular and square

blocks

• Writer's Corner-Mix red and

blue play dough

• Gross Motor Area-Play a

beanbag tossing game using a

laminated hexagon and an

octagon

• Construction Center-Build only

with rectangular blocks

• Writer's Corner-Trace shape

stencils

• Gross Motor Area-Play a

beanbag tossing game using all

of the shapes

• Construction Center-Add large

and small boxes for building

• Valentine's Project

• Get Set for School CD

"My Teacher Draws" (17)

Language Development

Emergent Phonics

Getting Ready for the

Code

“Song of the Kites” (Cultural

Rhymes •

Rimas culturales flip book)

• Introduce rhombus • rombo

• Discuss experiences with kites

•Photo Activity Cards 17, 18, 19

• “Tillie the Triangle” • “Tita el

Triángulo” prop story

• Associate shapes with

common foods

• Recognize letter T

• Photo Activity Cards 15, 16

“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

Twinkle, the Little Star •

Chispita la estrellita

• Note spatial words

• Recall story details

Centers

SHOW AND TELL ABOUT

CONSTRUCTION TOOLS

• Introduce idea circle stands for

unity

The Button Story • El cuento del

botón

• Discuss story illustrations

•Photo Activity Cards 13, 14

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

PATHS

•Discuss President's Day

• Discuss shape and color of

objects

•Experiment with straw rollers

• Learn a finger play about

circles

Vocabulary Card

circle-circulo

square-cuadrado

•Sight words: 100 Super Sight

Words Poems pp17, 18

• Introduce the prefix tri-

Vocabulary Cards

rectangle-rectangulo

triangle-triangulo

• Book pp 25-26

• Create a list of familiar color

objects.

Vocabulary Card

rhombus-rombo

• Book pp 27-28

• Book pp 29-30

Vocabulary Cards

hexagon-hexagono

rhombus-rombo

• Build a “robot”

Discuss how the robots help on

Science

• Copy fish with pattern block

Chef It Up!

• Construct models with angles

•Solve shape and color riddles

•Compare squares and

rectangles

• Sort cards by shapes

• Glue shape cutouts into

design

•Discuss and explore the

materials used to build the

robot.

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 3 (Third

Rule of Introduction, Review

and Reinforce Meeting and

Greeting)

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 3 (Third

Rule of Introduction, Review

and Reinforce Meeting and

Greeting)

PATHS

•Brainstorm materials you need

to build a house.

PATHS

•Discuss how construction has

evolve.

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LESSON

COMPONENTS

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Three Straight Sides" p

192.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Ask for three volunteers and

ask them to posiiton their

bodies into a triangle. Inhale as

they raise their arms.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

•Implement Kite Breathing (p

168).

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite the children to perform

Balloon calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: Cindy

Circle and Suzy Square like to

sing. • A Cindy Circulo y Suzy

Cuadrado les gusta cantar.

•Calendar/Weather

Monday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "If You're Clever and You

Know It" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to select a

calming strategy to implement,

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Oscar the

Octagon has eight sides. •

Oscar el Octágono tiene ocho

lados.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Dr. Jean's Transition (p14) to

greet the children.

Sing "Open, Shut Them" p 187.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

• Review Kite Breathing

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Greeting Circle

Thursday

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• 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

• Names common shapes

• Creates shapes

• Demonstrates use of location

words

• Describes attributes

• Uses art as a form of creative

self-expression and

representation

• Is aware of where own body is

in space, respects personal

boundaries

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to

initiate pretend-play scenarios

that share a common plan and

goal

• Recognizes at least 20 letter

sounds

• Shows interest in books

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Recognizes at least 20 letter

sounds

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations

• Reflecting on the day: How are

circles different from squares

• Perform the Daily Commitment

check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenge

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

• Reflecting on the day: Where

do you usually see a sign that

is a hexagon?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

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?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to teach someone at

home how to do the Kite

Breathing calming strategy.

• Reflecting on the day: How are

rectangles and triangles

different?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Have

families send a collection of

small and large boxes to school

over the next couple of weeks.

• Reflecting on the day: Which

activity did you enjoy most

today?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

check

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Remind

children that rhombus is

another name for diamond.

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions

• Demonstrates receptive

vocabulary (three to four

thousand words)

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

• Uses books and other written

materials to engage in

prereading behaviors

• Demonstrates understanding

of terms used in the

instructional language of the

classroom

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more

consistently although adult

guidance is sometimes

necessary

• Shows competence in

initiating social interactions

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Shows initiative in

independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more

consistently, although adult

guidance is sometimes

necessary

• Demonstrates use of location

words

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Uses category labels to

understand how words and

objects relate to each other

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Recognizes at least 20 letter

sounds

• Provide colored sheets of

cellophane.

Have children create colored

shadows

on the playground

• 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

• 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

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States' Standards and BSRA-3:

Shapes: Three-Dimensional

Shapes: Sphere, Cube, Pyramid

Literacy: Oral Language and

Phonological Awareness

(alliteration, compound words)

Character Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e Intencionalidad

Thursday

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Front-End

Loader" p 182.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Demonstrate using a pretend

shovel.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Drain

calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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, maquinaria

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Johnny Works with One

Hammer" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Choose a calming strategy p

168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Teach children Pulley Breathing

p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

tools push and pull? • Que

herramientas empujan y jalan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Someone's in the Kitchen

with Dinah" p 190.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Belly

Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• 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

FridayMonday

“Push, Pull, Swing” action song

Math: Measurement, Counting Non-standard UnitsLetter 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

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BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Front-End

Loader" p 182.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Demonstrate using a pretend

shovel.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

tools dig and drill? • Que

herramientas excavan y

perforan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children the finger

spelling for the letters d, s, l p

15 and sing "Where is A?" p

192.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Drain

calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Hearing

aids make sounds louder • Los

aparatos para oír hacen los

ruidos mas fuertes.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Johnny Works with One

Hammer" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Choose a calming strategy p

168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Teach children Pulley Breathing

p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

tools push and pull? • Que

herramientas empujan y jalan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Someone's in the Kitchen

with Dinah" p 190.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Belly

Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• 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

FridayMonday Tuesday

• Compare high and low inclines

• Fine Motor-Identify objects

using only sense of touch

• Explore three-dimensional

shapes.

• Discuss tool safety and

categorize tools by the way they

move

• Science-Experiment with rocks

and erosion

• Introduce the tape measure

• Science-Experiment with sand

and funnels

• Explore three-dimensional

shapes.

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 4

(Fourth Rule of Introduction,

Place setting)

PATHS

•Discuss how to help friends

with special needs.

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 4

(Fourth Rule of Introduction,

Place setting)

PATHS

• Talk about different vehicles

and tools that the construction

workers use

Discuss pyramids

PATHS

• Discuss how to build a

pyramid

• Explain what means helping

hands.

• Science-Experiment with

building and using a ramp

• Organize data from survey

Chef It Up!

• Explore three-dimensional

shapes.

• Confirm units of measurement

must be the sam Measure with

AngLegs

• Science-Experiment with

movement

• Copy a word with writing tools

•Book pp 107-108

• Get Set for School CD

"Ten Little Fingers" (16)

• Book p 46

Emergent Phonics

Get Ready for the Code

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

Weekly Learning

Centers

STEM

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

Literacy (Oral

Language, Read- Aloud)

• Book pp 42-43

• Sight words: was, said, his,

that

• Book pages 38-39

• Explore compound words

• Discuss alliteration and give

examples

• Book pages 40-41

“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

• Word of the week: machinery

• Kitchen tools vocabulary

• Book pages 34-35

• Build a machine

• Get Set for School CD

"Ten Little Fingers" (16)

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

• 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.

Machines Large and Small •

Máquinas grandes y pequeñas

• Introduce machines that move

things

• Discuss opposites

• Photo Activity Cards 13, 16,

and 18

• Draw tools used at

construction.

• Get Set for School CD

"Ten Little Fingers" (16)

• Pretend and Learn-Make

cookies with play dough

• Fine Motor-Sweep pebbles into

a scoop with a pastry brush

• Make a tools and machines

collage.

• Get Set for School CD

"Ten Little Fingers" (16)

• Book p 47

• Book pages 36-37

• Sight words: was, said, his,

that

“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

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BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach children "Front-End

Loader" p 182.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Demonstrate using a pretend

shovel.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

tools dig and drill? • Que

herramientas excavan y

perforan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children the finger

spelling for the letters d, s, l p

15 and sing "Where is A?" p

192.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Drain

calming strategy.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Hearing

aids make sounds louder • Los

aparatos para oír hacen los

ruidos mas fuertes.

•Calendar/Weather

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Greeting Circle

Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Johnny Works with One

Hammer" p 184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Choose a calming strategy p

168.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Teach children Pulley Breathing

p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Which

tools push and pull? • Que

herramientas empujan y jalan?

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Someone's in the Kitchen

with Dinah" p 190.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to perform Belly

Breathing p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• 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

FridayMonday Tuesday

• Reflecting on the day: Which

tools are available to help

children who are hearing

impaired?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to teach someone

Pulley Breathing.

• Reflecting on the day: What

did you learn about tools

today?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenger

children to devise a way to

determine the middle of a pillow

at home.

• Reflecting on the day: Which

simple machines are used on a

bus?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

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.

• Reflecting on the day: Which

of the kitchen tools did you find

more interesting today?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

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.

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to

initiate pretend-play scenarios

that share a common plan and

goal

• Uses category labels to

understand how words and

objects relate to each other

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Seeks to understand print

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Recognizes at least 20 letter

sounds

discusses the relationship of

organisms to their

environments

• 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

• Names at least 20 upper- and

at least 20 lowercase letters

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Seeks to understand print

• Demonstrates receptive

vocabulary (three to four

thousand words)

• 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).

• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more

consistently, although adult

guidance is sometimes

necessary

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to

initiate pretend-play scenarios

that share a common plan and

goal

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

• Recognizes and compares

heights or lengths of people or

objects

• Shows initiative in

independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Begins to understand

difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations

• Uses books and other written

materials to engage in

prereading behaviors

• Recognizes and compares

weights of objects or people

• Sorts objects that are the same

and different into groups and

uses language to describe how

the groups are similar and

different

• Discuss playground

equipment in terms of tools and

machines.

• Begins to understand

difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Produces a word that begins

with the same sound as a given

pair of words

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Retells or reenacts a story

after it is read aloud

• Remains focused on engaging

group activities for age-

appropriate range of time

• Participates in classroom

music activities

• Reflecting on the day: How do

you use your hands as tools?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenge

children to identify a digging job

that they have done with their

families.

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

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Play a musical adding-on game Follow musical directions for

greeting friends

Dance with streamers

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

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

TuesdayMonday Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "When Sammy Put the

Paper on the Wall" p 193.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: What can

we build now with newspapers?

• Que podemos construir con

periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

Moving and Learning

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children "Rectangles

and Squares" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Building

with boxes can be fun. • Puede

ser divertido construir con

cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Stack the Blocks" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 158-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: I can build

with blocks. • Puedo construir

con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

Drum to marching musicCreate a music ensemble

Class: Crème Prep

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Invite children to sing "The

Green Grass Grew All Around" p

184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Practice the S.T.A.R. calming

strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

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

Friday

Math: Classifying, Data Analysis

States' Standards and BSRA-3:

Shapes: Curvilinear, Diagonal,

and Angular Lines

Wonderful Word: construct, construir

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

materia prima, clasificar, estructura

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Character Cooperation and Intentionality

Education: Colaboración e Intencionalidad

Thursday

Literacy: Sentence Structure,

Vocabulary, Oral Language

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TuesdayMonday Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "When Sammy Put the

Paper on the Wall" p 193.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: What can

we build now with newspapers?

• Que podemos construir con

periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children "Rectangles

and Squares" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Building

with boxes can be fun. • Puede

ser divertido construir con

cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Stack the Blocks" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 158-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: I can build

with blocks. • Puedo construir

con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Invite children to sing "The

Green Grass Grew All Around" p

184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Practice the S.T.A.R. calming

strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: I can build.

• Puedo construir.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Hello Friend" p 183.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Now we

can build friendships with our

classmates. • Podemos

construir amistades con

nuestros compañeros de clase.

•Calendar/Weather

Friday

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

•Letter Nn word web.

•Vocabulary Cards: construct,

friend

•Book pp 44-46

•Book pp 50-51

• Discuss terms—habitats and

homes

•Sight words: you it, of, in

•Book pp 52-53

• Discuss letters in friend and

amigo(a)

•Book pp 48-49

•Photo Pockets:

Nn with nail

Cc with clavo

• Construction-Build using small

boxes

• Fine Motor-Have box races

Handwriting

Handwriting without

Tears

Language Development

Phonics

Getting Ready for the

Code

STEM

•Draw a blueprint of a house

• Test the float ability of boats

Character

Education/Social

Studies/KREM-

TV/PATHS

•Design a house

• Discuss fossil shells

Make a fossil

• Construction-Have stacking

races

• Fine Motor-Build with smaller

blocks

• Creativity Station-Decorate

boxes covered in plastic wrap

•Book p 48

•Get Set for School CD

" Bird Legs" (12)

• Creativity Station-Decorate

paper to use as wrapping paper

for boxes

•Get Set for School CD

" Bird Legs" (12)

This Way to Pre-K • Camino a

Pre-Kinder

• Introduce title, page, author,

photographer

• Compare book with classroom

•Photo Activity Cards 20, 21

PATHS

• Introduce idea of building

friendships

•Read Across America

Dr.Seuss's Birthday March 2nd

Weekly Learning

Centers

“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

• Construction-Make rainbow

makers

• Fine Motor-Show children how

to fold paper airplanes

•Observe effects of aging

(coins)

•Observe effects of aging

(banana)

• Construction-Build sentences

with word blocks

• Fine Motor-Work with name

puzzles

• Construction-Build a house to

share with a friend

• Fine Motor-String beads for

friendship bracelets

“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

•Sight words: you it, of, in

• Introduce model and

intentionality

•Book p 47

•Introduce geometric vocabulary

Draw a map of your house

• Explore ways to connect paper

• Introduce capillary action with

coffee filters

• Sort name trains

“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

• Creativity Station-Make tissue

paper collages

• Book p 49

•Get Set for School CD

" Bird Legs" (12)

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)

KREM-TV

•Good Manners Lesson 5 (Using

of Fork and Thank You Note)

• Creativity Station-Paint a

group mural

•Write the sight words in

journals

•Get Set for School CD

" Bird Legs" (12)

• Creativity Station-Make a

collage using environmental

print

•Book p 50

•Get Set for School CD

" Bird Legs" (12)

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TuesdayMonday Wednesday

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "When Sammy Put the

Paper on the Wall" p 193.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: What can

we build now with newspapers?

• Que podemos construir con

periódicos?

•Calendar/Weather

Greeting Circle

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Teach the children "Rectangles

and Squares" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Building

with boxes can be fun. • Puede

ser divertido construir con

cajas.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Stack the Blocks" p 188.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 158-169.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Challenge children to notice

two kind acts today.

• Morning Message: I can build

with blocks. • Puedo construir

con bloques.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Invite children to sing "The

Green Grass Grew All Around" p

184.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Practice the S.T.A.R. calming

strategy p 168.

•CONNECT:

Implement the Absent Child

Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: I can build.

• Puedo construir.

•Calendar/Weather

BUILDING COMMUNITY

•UNITE:

Sing "Hello Friend" p 183.

•DISENGAGE THE STRESS

RESPONSE:

Invite children to choose a

calming strategy pp 168-169.

•CONNECT:

Use Fanny Frog to implement

the Absent Child Ritual.

•COMMIT:

Implement the Safe Keeper

Ritual and the Daily

Commitment Ritual.

•Kindness Tree

• Morning Message: Now we

can build friendships with our

classmates. • Podemos

construir amistades con

nuestros compañeros de clase.

•Calendar/Weather

Friday

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Thursday

• Is aware of own feelings most

of the time

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Names at least 20 upper- and

at least 20 lowercase letters

• Demonstrates receptive

vocabulary (three to four

thousand words)

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Combines sentences that give

detail, stays on topic, and

clearly communicates

• Slides, flips, and turns shapes

to demonstrate that the shapes

remain the same

• Describes attributes

• Add paper bag blocks to the

cardboard boxes for building.

• Provide markers for children to

decorate and label their outdoor

buildings.

Learning Goals

Closing Circle

Outdoor Learning

• Provide indoor blocks for

outdoor building.

• Reflecting on the day:

Describe the musical ensemble

we created today.

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Make a

photo collage and show it to the

parents.

• Is aware of own feelings most

of the time

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Uses a large speaking

vocabulary, adding several new

words daily

• Shows initiative in

independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Uses a wide variety of words to

label and describe people,

places, things, and actions

perspectives and feelings that

are different from her own

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to

initiate pretend-play scenarios

that share a common plan and

goal

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Produces a word that rhymes

with a given word

• 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: What

makes a friend an old friend?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Send

home the calming affirmations I

am safe, I am calm, I can handle

this.

• Play cooperative games (p.

197) with the parachute.

• Demonstrates empathy and

caring for others

• Participates in classroom

music activities

• Uses a large speaking

vocabulary, adding several new

words daily

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or

giving dictation

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Begins to have meaningful

friends

• Describes attributes

• Sorts objects that are the same

and different into groups and

uses language to describe how

the groups are similar and

different

• Encourage children to build

box towers and knock them

down with balls.

• Uses sentences with more

than one phrase

• Assumes various roles and

responsibilities as part of a

classroom community

• Uses information learned from

books by describing, relating,

categorizing, or comparing and

contrasting

• Identifies equal and unequal

sets

• Collects data and organizes it

in a graphic representation

• Combines ideas for complex

sentences

• Provides appropriate

information for various

situations

• Reflecting on the day: What

interested you more today?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Encourage

children to teach someone at

home how to fold a fan.

• Reflecting on the day: What

habitat means?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Suggest

children to count the letters in

family member's names and

compare the lengths of the

names.

• Reflecting on the day: What

did you make with your box?

• Perform the Daily Commitment

Check.

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection: Challenge

children to identify something at

home that is made out of a box.

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