
Frog Street Pre-K LESSON PLANNER Wonderful Word of the Week
Theme 3: Safe, Healthy, Helpful Me exercise
Week 4: Active Me
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Haile |
Day 1 11/10 |
Day 2 11/11 |
Day 3 11/12 |
Day 4 11/13 |
Day 5 11/14 |
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Greeting Circle II.D.6., IX.B.1., X.A.2., X.D.3. |
Unite: Sing "It’s Brain Smart Time” and “Can You Move with Me?” Calm: S.T.A.R. Leader’s choice Connect: Absent Child Ritual; Welcome Back Ritual, “Walk and Stop” Commit: Eyes on the Teacher; choose daily agreement |
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Morning Message IV.B.4., IV.C.1., IV.E.1., IV.E.3., IV.E.4. Introduce /Ii/ Number 1 |
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Daily Sentence |
Dancing is very good exercise. (i, v) |
I like to move to a |
Squirrel taught Pete how |
You have the boogie moves. (i, v) |
I love to dance the |
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Phonological Awareness |
Segment syllables in words |
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Concepts of Print |
Use Space Frog to separate words when writing sentence; notice letter case |
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Alphabet Knowledge |
I, i, V, v |
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Music and Movement IX.B.1., IX.B.2., X.A.1., X.A.3. |
“Hop, Jump, Leap, Bounce, Pounce,” “Jump Up, Bend Down,” “Wiggle in My Toe,” “I Can Dance,” “The Muscle Hustle,” “Let’s Shake It Out!” |
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Read-Aloud #1 III.C.2., IV.B.5., IV.D.4., IV.D.5., IV.D.11., IV.D.15., IV.D.16., X.A.2. |
Pete the Cat 1st read of book |
Cool Cat Boogie Teach Cool Cat Boogie dance |
Recognizing Rhyme Complete sentences with rhyming words |
Make-Believe or Real? Compare Pete the Cat and real Cat |
Comparing Characters Use Venn diagram to compare characters |
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Literacy Small Groups III.D.1., III.E.7., IV.B.2., IV.B.3., IV.B.4., IV.C.1. |
Vocabulary Relate exercise and challenge to personal experiences |
Phonological Awareness Play “Mystery Word Game” to review skills |
Shared Writing Recall and sequence Pete’s dance moves |
Guided Writing Add new dance move |
Alphabet Knowledge Review target letters, “Alphabet Arc” poster |
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Math Patterns VI.E.1., VI.E.4., VI.E.5., VI.F.1. |
What Is a Pattern? Introduce patterns and illustrate by jumping |
Pattern Cores Introduce alternating two-color pattern cores |
Pattern or Not? Tell whether a two-color cub sequence is a pattern or not |
Different Patterns Introduce dance pattern: stomp-stomp-clap |
Creating Patterns Share dance patterns, create patterns with manipulatives |
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Read-Aloud #2 III.A.3., III.D.3., III.D.4., III.D.5., IV.A.3., IV.D.14., IV.D.16., X.D.3. |
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do 1st read of book |
Facing Challenges Discuss facing different challenges |
Setting and Characters Identify setting and main character in story |
Not Yet Introduce “not yet” mindset |
Active or Passive? Categorize activities as “active” or “passive” |
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Practice Centers I.B.2., V.A.1., V.C.1., VII.A.5., IX.C.2., X.A.1., X.A.3., X.B.2. |
1Teacher Table—Names, Ii, Cutting 2. Hammering 3. Math- Cup Numbers 4. Transportation 5. Leaf letter match 6. Rainbow alphabet 7. Qtip I, 8. Blocks |
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Heggerty |
Week 12 |
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STEAM Ball and Cup Game I.C.1., I.D.1., VII.D.7., VII.D.8. |
Present the Problem How can we create an active game using a ball and cup? |
Days 2-4: Explore |
Share discoveries |
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Closing Circle I.B.4., III.B.1., III.B.2., III.D.2. |
Review & Reflect Send home “Active Me” family letter |
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Launchpad Unit 9 Ls 3 parts 1-3 unit 9 ls 4 parts 1-3 Unit 10 Ls 1 parts 1-3 unit 10 ls 2 parts 1-3 unit 10 ls 3 parts 1-3