Week: May 16-18, 2011
EMPHASIS: Marine Life/Summer
1. Language Learning - Review of Frog Street Friends
2. Number - 20 (introduction)
3. Color - Green (review)
4. Shape - Oval (review)
5. Rhyming words - Fan/Pan (ELA 1a)
6. Circle Time - calendar (counting days of month), weather, time, counting -
forward/backward (1-10)
(GLE's: ELA, Reading, Math, Science, 01a, 05a, 05b,
05c, 20, 27, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 26, 03a, 15, 24, 20)
REPEATING SENTENCE FOR WEEK:
We are ready for Kindergarten.
(GLE's: ELA, 1a)
SONGS/RHYMES:
SALTY SEA GIANT
Do you know a giant mammal,
Giant mammal, giant mammal?
Do you know a giant mammal
That lives in the salty sea?
Yes, it is a huge blue whale,
A huge blue whale, a huge blue whale.
Yes, it is a huge blue whale,
That lives in the salty sea.
(tune: The Muffin Man)
VOCABULARY WORDS:
*Squeeze - to press gently
*Map - drawing of a place (land, water, buildings, etc.)
*Glide - smooth, continous movement
(GLE's: ELA, Reading 12b, 12c, 09,
11, 14c, 08, 11, 04)
BOOKS WE READ:
**Discuss the front/back, author and first word on the page in all books read
- Berenstain Bears' Seashore Treasure
- Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
- Ocean Animals
- Octopus Under The Sea
- Fish Faces
(GLE's: ELA, Reading, 12b, 12c,
09, 11, 14c, 08, 11, 04)
ART:
- Create a beach picture using shapes
- Paint a seashell
(GLE's: Science - 24, 3, 9)
SMALL GROUP TIME ACTIVITIES:
- Using wickie sticks, students will create alphabet letter
- Draw alphabet letters in sand
- Using colored cubes pratice different patterning activities
- Practice printing numbers 1-10
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES:
- Library visit - with Ms. Sandra to learn about the library/hear stories
- Continue practice counting and printing numbers -
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. 18, 19, 20
- Physical Education (PE) - with Ms. Leaha to participate in and learn new
exercise routines, play games and work as teams
- Introduction of the number "20"
- Recognizing the difference in shapes - focus on oval (ELA, Rdg, 01a,
05a, 02)
- Practice singing ABC Song and touching letters of the alphabet
- View/sing along with Frog Street Family Alphabet Songs - Language Development
- Zane Bloser Handwriting Series - Learning to Print Numbers and Letters
- - Recognize the numbers 1-10/letters Aa-Zz
- - Practice printing the numbers 1-10/letters Aa-Zz