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

                                                                                                                    Theme 3: Safe, Healthy, Helpful Me                                                                          exercise

                Week 4: Active Me                                                                                         

 

Haile

Day 1  11/10

Day 2  11/11

Day 3  11/12

Day 4  11/13

Day 5  11/14

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

Morning Message IV.B.4., IV.C.1., IV.E.1., IV.E.3., IV.E.4.  Introduce /Ii/  Number 1

Daily Sentence

Dancing is very good exercise. (i, v)

I like to move to a
groovy beat. (I, i, v)

Squirrel taught Pete how
to move. (i, v)

You have the boogie moves. (i, v)

I love to dance the
Cool Cat Boogie. (I, i, v)

Phonological Awareness

Segment syllables in words

Concepts of Print

Use Space Frog to separate words when writing sentence; notice letter case

Alphabet Knowledge

I, i, V, v

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!”

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
and the Cool Cat Boogie

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

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
to journal

Alphabet Knowledge

Review target letters, “Alphabet Arc” poster

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

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”

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   

Heggerty  

Week 12

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

Closing Circle

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

Review & Reflect

Send home “Active Me” family letter

             

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