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LITERACY CYCLES: This is a part of our day when we break in to small groups.
Each group will have a literacy element and a follow up activity. Three of the
groups will have an adult with them and 1 is run somewhat independently. The
activities are as follows:
STRINGS OF HEARTS: (cont. from last week) We are continuing to work on our
string of hearts to
prepare for Valentines Day.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use early literacy skills to read message
hearts and write their own message. Kids will learn sequencing small, medium,
and large.
THE COLORS OF US: Students will read the book The Colors of US by Karen Katz.
They will write a sentence about the "color of them" and work on making a
self-portrait in colors that match their ski, eyes, hair, etc.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn about the diversity of people and the
color of our skin. Kids will use early writing skills to write a complete
sentence making a comparison to their self portraits.
TOOTHBRUSH CHART: We will watch a short video called The Legend of Tooth
Kingdom. The kids will learn about good oral hygiene and then make a
toothbrush chart to hang up in their bathroom to help with forming the good
habit of brushing their teeth two times a day.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn about good health and choices they can
make to help them stay healthy and strong.
STENCIL LETTER "Pp": This is an ongoing literacy cycle that we will be doing
almost all year long as we work through the alphabet. The kids will stencil
letters and pictures of things that begin with the letter that they are
working on. They will then color the picture and write the word of the picture
on their paper.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Children will identify word that start with the same
letter as stencil working on. We will recognize and write upper and lowercase
letters.
WORKSHOP: This is a part of our day that is individually self paced. There are
8 activities that each child will complete in order. This is also a part of
our day where the focus is on math, science and social studies.
1. COLOR POTS: Kids will explore color using crayons, cut out and match color
words that correspond to the correct color pot.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD:Kids will identify color and use early literacy skills
to match the color work to the color of the pot.
2. SORTING AND PATTERNING: Kids will pick a pattern such as AAB AAB or ABC
ABC, they will then put items in an ice tray illustrating the pattern they chose.
3. WORKBOOK PGS. 1-10: Kids will work on pages 1-10 in their Everyday Math
Workbooks.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Standard and non-standard measurement, estimation,
patterns etc...
4. 10 BLACK DOTS: We will read teh book 10 Black Dots by Donald Crews. The
kids will then pick a number and color card and make their won picture using
the (#) and (color) words to create a picture and sentence.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will use their knowledge of early literacy skills
and number sense to figure out the number and color word then create a picture.
5. TRICKY TEENS: Kids will order numbers from 11-20 without a timer the first
time and with a time the second time. Try to beat your best time or the class
best time.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids become familiar with the double digit numbers and
their sequence.
6. NUMBER BOOK: Kids will practice writing numbers, with correct formation,
and show 4 different ways to represent that number without writing the number.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn number writing and gain number sense by
showing different ways to represent the number.
7. PHONE NUMBER: We will learn our phone number, cut out the numbers, and glue
them on a phone in the correct order. They will then practice dialing their
number on an unplugged phone and practice phone etiquette.
KINDERGARTEN STANDARD: Kids will learn their phone number.
8. TBA
