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

                                                                                                                                 Theme 8: Animals                                                                                             mammal

             Week 1: Mammals                                                                                           

 

Haile

Day 1  4/14

Day 2  4/15

Day 3  4/16

Day 4  4/17

Day 5  4/18

Greeting Circle

I.A.1., II.A.6., II.D.5., VIII.D.1., VIII.D.2.

            Unite: Sing “Oh, Will You Come Along with Me?” and “All Together”           Calm: Seal Breathing

            Connect: Conscious Discipline Rituals, “Here’s the Bunny” partner game    Commit: Choose daily agreement to keep classroom safe

Morning Message III.A.1., IV.B.1., IV.C.1., IV.C.3., IV.E.3., IV.E.2., IV.E.4., V.C.4.  Introduce Zz, sight words two, me

Daily Sentence

A mammal is an animal with fur or hair. (h, l, n, u)

Do you have a backbone
and hair? (h, n, u)

An anteater scoops up ants with its long tongue. (h, l, n, u)

Horses can sleep
standing up! (H, l, n, u)

Cheetahs and giraffes run very fast. (h, n, u)

Phonological Awareness

Segment sentences by counting the number of words

Concepts of Print

Notice uppercase letter at beginning of sentence and punctuation at end of sentence

Alphabet Knowledge

Match upper- and lowercase letters; distinguish between easily-confused letters: Hh, Ll, Nn, Uu

Music and Movement

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

Choose from these songs for the week: “What Animals Do,” “Elephant Train,” “Move to the Zanzibar Zoo,’ “Animal Pig-nic Day,” and “The Silly Seal Slide”

Read-Aloud #1

III.B.2., III.D.2., IV.A.1., IV.D.5., IV.D.6., IV.D.8., IV.D.16., VII.B.3., VII.B.5.

Fun Facts about Mammals

1st read of book

Mammals Eat and Drink

Explore ways mammals eat and drink

Mammals Sleep

Explore the sleeping habits
of mammals

Mammals Move

Compare the speed of various mammals

Mammals Communicate

Explore ways mammals communicate

Literacy Small Groups

III.D.1., III.D.6., III.E.7., IV.B.1., IV.C.2., IV.C.3., IV.D.7., IV.E.4., V.A.1., V.A.2., V.B.1.

Vocabulary

Identify and sort
animal photos

Phonological Awareness

Count words
in a sentence

Shared Writing

Identify animal characteristics and sort

Guided Writing

Illustrate and label
a mammal

Alphabet Knowledge

Match upper- and lowercase letters: Hh, Ll, Nn, Uu

Math

Addition

VI.A.8., VI.B.1., VI.B.2., VI.E.4., VI.E.5.

Lesson 1

 I can add sets

Lesson 2

 I can add sets

Lesson 3

 I can identify the plus sign

Lesson 4

 I can identify the equal sign

Lesson 5

I can write addition problems

Read-Aloud #2

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

I Am a Mammal

1st read of book

Land Mammals

Play Monkey See,
Monkey Do

Sea Mammals

Explore marine mammals

Farm Animals

Explore farm animals and their sounds

Who Am I?

Review rhyme and guess a mammal’s name using clues

Practice Centers

III.D.1., IV.C.1., IV.E.3., V.C.4., VI.A.10., VI.B.1., VI.B.2., VI.B.4., VI.B.5., VII.A.2., VII.B.3., VII.B.5., VII.D.2., VII.D.3., IX.A.1., IX.A.2., X.A.2., X.B.2., X.C.1., X.C.2.

                                        Teacher table- ESGI assessments                                                        Table 2-  Writing Zz

                                        Table 3-  Alphabet Table                                                                        Table 4-  Games with Teachers Aide

 

 

Heggerty Week 27

Letter Naming, Rhyme repetition, Onset Fluency, Blending Phonemes, Identifying final sounds, Segmenting phonemes, adding phonemes

STEAM

Bear in the Woods

I.B.2., I.D.2., IV.A.2., IV.D.1., VI.D.1., VII.A.2., VII.D.8.

Present the Problem

How can we design a cave for a bear in the woods?

Days 2-4: Explore

Share Discoveries

Closing Circle

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

Review & Reflect

Send home “Mammals” family letter