All About Me Theme

August/September

Letters

• A is for All About Me• M is for Me• F is for Family

Writing Prompts

• My name is ________. I am ____ years old. I go to __________ Elementary School. my teacher’s name is ___________. I am in ____________. I like to __________ at school.

• Make an acrostic poem using students’ first names.

Centers

• Create name puzzles and have them available as a center.

• Have students write their first names, trace with liquid glue, and glue macaroni, beans, popcorn, etc. for a tactile art piece.

• “Me Soup”– “Me soup. Me soup. It’s time to share me soup. I’ll learn

about you, you’ll learn about me. Me soup. Me soup. Me soup. Me soup.”

– This is similar to “Me Bags”. Choose a student each week to bring pictures and objects from home that tell about them.

Math

• Measure the length of the students. You can also graph the results. (Measurement and Data standards)

• Graph physical characteristics of the class. (Measurement and Data standards)