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Frog Street Pre-K LESSON PLANNER                                                    Wonderful Word of the Week

                                                                                                                    Theme 4: Compare and Contrast                                                                                  alive

    Week 1: Living and Nonliving                                                                                 

 

Haile

Day 1  11/18

Day 2  11/19

Day 3  11/20

Day 4  11/21

Day 5  11/22

Greeting Circle

I.B.1., II.A.1., II.A.6., IX.B.1., X.B.2.

            Unite: Sing “Here’s the Beehive,” “You’re Alive”                                                                          Calm: S.T.A.R. Leader’s choice

            Connect: Absent Child Ritual, Welcome Back Ritual, “Georgie Porgie and Margie Pargie”  Commit: Choose daily agreement to keep classroom safe

Morning Message III.C.2., IV.B.5., IV.A.1., IV.C.1., IV.C.2., IV.E.3., IV.E.4.  Introduce /Kk/ Number 4 , Cones

Daily Sentence

Henry found a rock.

/f/

A dog and a dolphin are living things. /d/

A nest will not grow.

/n/

Henry names his fun rock Harry. /d/, /f/, /n/

A fence does not grow.

/d/, /f/, /n/

Phonological Awareness

Identify rhyming words

Concepts of Print

Spaces between words; first word in sentence begins with uppercase letter

Alphabet Knowledge

Associate letters with sounds: /d/ Dd, /f/ Ff, /n/ Nn

Music and Movement

VII.B.2., IX.B.1., IX.B.2., X.A.2.

Choose from these songs and action rhymes for the week: “Dancing Robots,” “The Sun,” “Trees,” and “A Little Seed”

Read-Aloud #1

III.A.3., III.D.2., IV.A.1., IV.D.3., IV.D.8., IV.D.11., VII.B.1., VII.D.3.

Henry and Harry

1st read of book

Comparing Henry and Harry

Note differences between something alive and not alive

What’s in a Name?

Name a pet frog counter and note why it is not alive

The Great Enormous Rock

Compare this rock
with Harry

Comparing Facts

Review checklist for things that are alive

Literacy Small Groups

I.D.2., III.A.3., III.D.1., III.E.1., III.E.7., IV.B.5., IV.D.12., VIII.D.3.

Vocabulary

Review vocabulary alive, living, and nonliving

Phonological Awareness

Identify rhyming word pairs

Shared Writing

Complete sentence stem about pet frog counter

Guided Writing

Write and illustrate sentence stem from Day 3

Alphabet Knowledge

Associate sound with letters:

/d/ Dd, /f/ Ff, /n/ Nn

Math

Three-Dimensional Shapes

VI.C.1., VI.C.3., VI.C.4., VI.C.7., VI.E.1.

Introduce Cones, Number 4

Complete cone page

Introduce number 4

Frog strret #4 WS

Talk about Cones

Complete cone page

Number 4 WS

Cone art

Read-Aloud #2

I.B.4., III.D.2., III.D.4., IV.D.5., IV.D.13., VII.B.1., VII.B.2., VII.B.3.

Is it Alive?

1st read of book

Living or Nonliving

Vote to decide if something is living or nonliving

In the Ocean

Note things that are living and nonliving in the ocean

In the Air

Note living and nonliving things that can fly

The Great Enormous Rock

Reenact the story

Centers

I.B.2., IV.A.2., IV.C.1., IV.D.1., VI.C.1., VI.E.4., VII.B.3., VII.C.4., VII.D.3., IX.C.2., IX.C.1., XI.A.1.

                                                                                                  

Teacher Table-  Names, Kk, Cutting             Literacy- Kk table                    Fine Motor-  Play Dough Turkeys          Math- Number Leafs                              Friday – Free Centers

Fine Motor-  Tear art pumpkin pie                      Pilgrim cut and paste                              Art- Qtip Turkeys                                                                                                                                       Home Living- Thanksgiving Feast

 

Heggerty  Week 13

Letter Naming, Rhyme repititon, Onset Fluency, Blending Words, Identifying Final Medial Sounds,  Segmenting Words, Adding Words, Deleting Words, Language Awareness

STEAM

Robotic Solutions

VII.D.8., XI.B.1., XI.B.3.

Present the Problem

How can we design a robot to make work easier?

Days 2-4: Explore

Share Discoveries

Closing Circle

I.A.3., I.B.4., III.B.1., III.B.2., III.B.3

Review & Reflect

Send home “Living and Nonliving” family letter