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This month Crème Prep

will be learning about

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ourselves from birth until

now, in our environment,

and in our routines. While

embracing changes, we will

also focus on patience and

pride. To help your child

practice patience, try an

activity that takes time to

accomplish, such as a

puzzle. Once the activity is

completed, celebrate the

completion of the task to

instill a sense of pride.

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Date Teacher

Literacy Math

Day 2 Day 3

“What’s the Weather?” rhythm story

(Leaping Literacy CD). Clap along with

Donny the weather man.

• Display "Good Morning to You" on

the flip chart. Sing the song in different

languages

• Practice the calming strategy

"S.T.A.R." p. 171. When we use

S.T.A.R. we shine as brightly as the

stars in the night sky.

• Review "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

p. 181. We will hear a story today

about a star who lets her talent shine.

Discuss what talent means & talents

we have.

• Implement the Safe Keeper & Daily

Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message-In the daytime I

_________. Invite children to complete

the sentence. Circle/ write letters

children know.

• Teach "Happy Faces" p. 186. Ask

children about their nighttime dreams.

• Teach the calming strategy Sunbeam

p. 171 (similar to Drain strategy).

Spread arms wide & pretend they are

the sun & their arms are sunbeams.

Tell them to let all their stress drain

from their dangling fingertips as they

slowly inhale & exhale.

• Review "Mr. Sun" p. 173.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message-In the nighttime I

_________. Invite children to complete


children know.

• Teach "When I'm Chilly" p. 197. Ask

children what they like to eat when the

weather is chilly.

• Introduce the calming strategy

Snowflake Blowing p. 171.

Demonstrate inhaling deeply & then

slowly exhaling as you pretend to

tenderly keep a snowflake dancing in

the air. Repeat several times.

• Review the words & movements to

"Get Ready" p. 172.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message-In the winter I

________. Invite children to complete


children know.

• Teach "Falling Leaves Song" p.185.

Ask children about about their

experience with raking leaves.

• Introduce calming strategy Dandelion

Blowing p. 170. Pretend to hold a

flower in front of mouth. Demonstrate

inhaling, then gently exhaling as

pretend to blow dandelion seeds all

around the yard-to the left, center, &

right.

• Review "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin

Eater" p. 172. Pumpkins are a symbol

of fall.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message-In the spring I

___________. Invite children to

complete the sentence. Circle/ write

letters children know.

Day 5

Sally Go Round the Moon p. 206 •

Sally le da una vulta a la Luna game

Freeze p. 206 • Inmóvil game.

Encourage children to dance until

music stops & then freeze like a winter

ice scultpture.

Centers

• Pretend and Learn-Add sleeping

bags, blankets, pillows, and alarm

clock to the center

• Creativity Station-Paint a picture with

a mixture of half water, half glue and

then sprinkle their picture with

moondust

• Fine Motor-Play Sleepy Eyes • Ojos

soñolientos p. 207

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Literacy (Oral

Language,

Phonics,

Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

Twinkle, the Little Star BB • Chispita

la estrellita

• Describe main character

• Identify letters and generate rhyming

words

“The Sun and the Moon” • “El Sol y la

Luna” story folder

• Introduce legend as a genre

• Discuss characters’ feelings

Moving and

Learning

Sleeping, Sleeping p. 207 •

Durmiendo, durmiendo game

Centers• Pretend and Learn-Place daytime and

nighttime clothing in the center for play

and sorting

• Creativity Station-Paint shadows using

black tempera paint on white paper

• Fine Motor-Use tweezers to move stars

(rock salt) from a night sky (black

construction paper) to a day sky (white

paper)

Centers• Pretend and Learn-Place seasonal

clothing and seasonal food props in the

center for play and sorting

• Creativity Station-Paint with ice sticks

(p.168) as a paintbrush or with puff paint

(p. 169)

• Fine Motor-Sculpt snow dough into

snowmen

• Pretend and Learn-Add spring and

fall items to the dress-up clothes

• Creativity Station-Create a fall collage

using colored tissue paper

• Fine Motor-Make clouds by tearing

paper shapes from white paper

• Pretend and Learn-Add rain gear

• Creativity Station-Trace shadows on

butcher paper

• Fine Motor-Have raindrop races

using eyedroppers, water, and a

cookie sheet

Lesson Plans for Changes • Cambios - Earth Changes (Week 2)May 7-11 Crème Prep

astronomy, astronomíaWonderful Word TechnologyABC and XYZ; Writer's Corner

Spanish Vocabularytarde, astronomía, noche, otoño, granizo, agotamiento por el calor, mañana, regla del patrón, sombras, aguanieve, nieve, primavera, verano, filtro solar, temperatura,

termómetro, tormenta eléctrica, crepúsculo, clima, invierno

Day 4Day 1

“The Last Leaf” • “La última hoja” story

starter p. 218.

• Pantomime leaf movements

• Create an ending to a story

“The Corn Seed” • Semillita de maiz”

story folder

• Introduce vocabulary

• Discuss story setting

Once Upon a Time in Dragon Land

BB • Había una vez en Dragolandia

• Discuss thunder

• Read to find story’s explanation

“What Can You Do on a Rainy Day?” •

“¿Qué puedes hacer en un día

lluvioso?” story starter p. 215.

• Take on the perspective of story

character

• Suggest rainy-day activities

“Days of the Week” Fanny Frog’s

Fantastic Poems and Rhymes or “El

mismo Sol” (Salta, saltarín )

• Participate in action poem

• Discuss idea of sharing sun

“Evan’s Moon” p. 212 • “La Luna de

Evan” listening story

• Discuss the moon

• Relate story to children’s experience

"Reagan’s Journal" p.163 • "El diario

de Reagan"

• Make predictions from photograph

• Discuss winter experiences

"Reagan’s Journal" • "El diario de

Reagan" p. 163

• Discuss summer experiences

• Compare winter and summer journal

entries

• Teach "The Weather Song". Ask

children which verse of the song

describes the weather today.

• Introduce a variation of Drain p. 170.

Have children pretend they are clouds

& the water dripping from their

fingertips is rain.

• Teach "Side by Side" p. 191. After

singing, explain sometimes when

people go through a difficult time, they

refer to the sad time as bad weather.

Connect to helping one another during

bad times.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message-On a rainy day

I________. Invite children to complete


children know.

“Spring Is Here” action song (Frog

Street Friends CD). Discuss things

associated with spring (insects, birds,

new growth).

Phonological Awareness, Oral Language

English Vocabulary

Character

Education

Patience • Paciencia

Pride • Orgullo

Letter

Knowledge

English-Letter Review

Spanish-Letter Review

Greeting Circle

afternoon, astronomy, evening, fall, hail, heat exhaustion, morning, pattern core, shadows, sleet, snow, spring, summer, sunscreen, temperature, thermometer,

thunderstorm, twilight, weather, winter

Patterns

Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4Day 1

Patience- When should we have

patience? Review what it means to

have pride.

Conscious Discipline- "S.T.A.R."

strategy p. 171

PATHS- Guilty

Define the emotion Guilty.

PATHS- Guilty

Put on Puppet show about feeling

guilty.

Weekly Learning

Centers

• Develop vocabulary

• Create a T-chart for night and day

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Use circle stencils to

draw sun and moon

• Language and Literacy-Illustrate T-

chart

• Sensory Table-Skywrite in blue

shaving cream sky

• Show daytime and nighttime activities

on a Venn diagram

• Segment compound words

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Create a compound

word card

• Creativity Station-Draw daytime and

nighttime pictures

• Language and Literacy-Order

sequence cards

• Compare summer and winter clothing

• Introduce concepts of seasons and

temperature change

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Add to journals

• Library and Listening-Consider how

senses provide clues to seasons

• Sensory Table-Explore sand and ice

• Designate photo as spring or fall

• Discuss spring and fall activities

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Write and draw about

seasons

• Library and Listening-Retell story with

story props

• Language and Literacy-Play insect

concentration

• Identify onomatopoeia weather words

• Provide sound effects for story

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Make weather

vocabulary cards

• Creativity Station-Create a weather

picture

• Gross Motor-Step on prism’s

rainbows

Pride- Make a list of things you are

proud of. Review examples of how we

demonstrated patience this week.

• Become a pattern of rays around a

sun

• Create a pattern using pattern core

Centers

• Creativity Station-Create pattern of

rays around sun

• Fine Motor-Create play dough sun

with rays

• Introduce pattern of seasons and

months of year

• Create a birthday graph

Centers

• Fine Motor-Extend chain-link pattern

core

• Math-Create repetitions of season

cube core

Conscious Discipline- Review

"S.T.A.R" strategy p. 171

• Create streamer patterns using

pattern cores

• Tell what comes next in pattern

Centers

• Creativity Station-Paint streamer

patterns

• Pretend and Learn-Decorate center

with streamers

• Go on a shadow hunt

• Create shadow patterns

Centers

• Math-Make shadow patterns

• Science-Predict changes to shadowsMath and Science

• Represent morning, afternoon,

evening, and night pattern with cubes

• Introduce days-of-the-week

sequence

Centers

• Science-Explore rainbow’s spectrum

• Math-Create patterns using pattern

core cards

Outdoor Learning

• Invite the children to play Shadow

Tag •Atrapa la sombra p. 207.

Closing Circle

• Ask children what they learned about

the changes that occure as day

progresses into night

• Check on Commitments- Ask for

examples on ways children followed

through.

• Kindness Tree- Count hearts & report

on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Teach someone

at home STAR.

• Encourage children to watch the

changing clouds. Challenge them to

find animal shapes in the clouds.

• Fluff the parachute to capture plenty

of air underneath so you can form an

umbrella. Have children take turns

running under the umbrella to escape

the spring showers.

• Play Fall Ball • Pelota de otoño p.

206. Point out that fall is football

season. Provide a football for children

to explore. Ask children to compare

throwing and catching a football to

throwing and catching a rubber ball.

• Fluff the parachute to capture plenty

of air underneath so you can form an

umbrella. Have children take turns

running under the umbrella to escape

the spring showers.

Character

Education

• Invite two children to complete the

sentence for the morning message



through.


on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Encourage

children to share with their families

what they have learned about the

movement of the earth.

• What does the temperature tell us?



through.


on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Encourage

children to help family members

calculate their age in seasons.

• Ask children to name signs of fall and

signs of spring



through.


on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Pretned to be

clouds & float home. Share what you

have learned about clouds.

• What have you learned about

weather changes today?



through.


on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Send a note

home asking for copy of baby photo

and copy of a current photo.



• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more

consistently, although adult guidance

is sometimes necessary

• Demonstrates empathy and caring

for others

• Participates in classroom music

activities

• Demonstrates receptive vocabulary

(three to four thousand words)

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Observes and describes what

happens during changes in the earth

and sky

• Demonstrates knowledge of verbal

conversational rules

• Uses language to describe concepts

associated with the passing of time

• Recognizes and creates patterns

• Identifies, observes, and discusses

objects in the sky

• Begins to have meaningful friends

• Participates in classroom music activities

• Uses sentences with more than one

phrase

• Combines syllables into words

• Asks and answers appropriate questions

about the book

• Combines sentences that give detail,

stays on topic, and clearly communicates

• Uses category labels to understand how

words and objects relate to each other

• Shows understanding by following two-

step oral directions, and usually follows

three-step directions

• Engages in voting as a method for group

decision making



objects in the sky

• Observes and describes what happens

during changes in the earth and sky

• Describes attributes

• Uses a wide variety of words to label and

describe people, places, things, and

actions

• Shows understanding by responding

appropriately

Learning Goals

• Shows reasonable opinion of his own

abilities and limitations

• Provides appropriate information for

various situations



actions


about the book

• Demonstrates an understanding that

others have perspectives and feelings that

are different from her own



• Organizes their life around events, time,

and routines

• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds



objects in the sky



• Practices good habits of personal safety

• Investigates and describes sources of

energy including light, heat, and electricity

• Describes, observes, and investigates

properties and characteristics of common

objects

• Organizes their life around events,

time, and routines

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to initiate

pretend play scenarios that share a

common plan and goal





• Combines ideas for complex

sentences

• Demonstrates an understanding that

others have perspectives and feelings

that are different from her own





• Combines words to make a

compound word



objects in the sky

• Investigates and describes sources

of energy including light, heat, and

electricity

• Investigates and describes position

and motion of objects

• Independently writes letters on request

• Is able to increase or decrease intensity

of emotions more consistently, although

adult guidance is sometimes necessary

• Uses sentences with more than one

phrase


about the book



actions





• Uses information learned from books by

describing, relating, categorizing, or

comparing and contrasting

• Collects data and organizes it in a

graphic representation




• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

• Recognizes, observes, and discusses

the relationship of organisms to their

environments

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

Spanish Vocabularycomparar, consciente, conservar, dividir, ecosistema, en peligro de extinción, ecologísta, hábitat, mitad, imaginaciones, recursos naturales, proteger, reciclar,

renovar, marca de, conteo, derrochador, fauna y flora

Greeting Circle

Closed for Memorial Day Sing: "The Earth is Our Home" p. 184.

Ask children what we mean when we

say the earth is our home.

• Review the calming strategy, "Bunny

Breathing" p. 170.

• "Three Nice Mice" p. 181. Review

words first & perfom actions with a

partner. Many people consider mice

as pests because they carry disease,

but all living things are part of the

ecosystem, & we should protect them

unless we are in eminent danger.


Commitment Rituals.

Morning Message - Things I enjoy in

Nature: I enjoy ______. Invite children

to complete the sentence. Circle/ write


• Sing: "We've Got the Whole World in

Our Hands" p. 196.

• Practice the calming strategy,

"S.T.A.R." p. 171.

• Play: "Friendship Chant" p. 177.

Discuss being a friend to Earth.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message- Things I enjoy in




Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Literacy (Oral

Language,

Phonics,

Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

Closed for Memorial Day • Introduce issue of endangered

animals

• Explore possible ways to help

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Make a poster

• Fine Motor-Cut plastic soda ring

holders

• Library and Listening-Match

concentration cards to book photos

• Present issue of landfills

• Think of ways to recycle and reuse

Centers

• Math-Sort plastic recyclables

• Creativity Station-Make a trash

collage

• Writer's Corner-Create a junk

creature

• Reinforce vocabulary

• Play thinking game

Centers

• Library and Listening-Listen to story

and create machine

• Construction Center-Build a truck

with boxes

• Creativity Station-Create a junk-

material litterbug

• Sing: "We've Got the Whole World in

Our Hands" p. 196.

• Introduce the calming strategy,

"Bicycle Pedaling" p. 170. Lie on

backs & lift their legs up in the air as if

pedaling on a bicycle. Pretend to ride

up & down hills, pedaling slowly &

then faster. Inhale downhill fast &

exhale slowly pedaling uphill. Connect

bike riding to prevent buring fuel in

cars.

• Review: "Humpty Dumpty" p. 171.

Explain that eggshells can be recycled

to reduce waste & fertilize a garden.


Commitment Rituals.


Nature- I enjoy ______. Invite children



Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4

• Sing: "The Earth is our Home" p.

184. Ask a volunteer to remind

classmates what we mean when we

say the earth is our home.

• Practice the calming strategy,

"Drain" p. 170. Pretend our hands &

fingers are faucets & we are using

them to help drain the stress &

tension out of our body, we can let the

pretend water run a long time. But

when we use real faucets at home, we

need to be careful not to waste water-

to conserve water.

• Play: "That Was Helpful" p. 174.

Create a line for the song that relates

to taking care of the earth (turning off

lights, being kind to insects).


Commitment Rituals.





“One Elephant” • “Un elefante” game

(Songs of Little Creatures)

Recycled materials rhythm band- Play

along with "Stars and Stripes Forever"

(Feeling Froggy )

Moving and

Learning

Closed for Memorial Day “Rainbow Dancers” • “Bailarines de

colores” streamer dance

(Moving to Math )

• Create a word web for conservation

of water, energy, and air

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Design light-switch

reminders

• Creativity Station-Explore

watercolors

• Language and Literacy-Sequence

routine cards

Lesson Plans for Changes • Cambios - Nurturing Earth (Week 3)May 14-18

Data Analysis, Number and Operations

“Pick Up the Litter” • “Recoge la

basura” game p. 207 as you would

play Drop the Handerchief.

Crème Prep

environmentalist

ecologistaWonderful Word

Character

Education

Honest

Honesto Technology

Reading Buddy; Words, Words, Words

Vocabulary, Oral LanguageLetter

Knowledge

Letter Names and Sounds of

Vocabulary Words

English Vocabularycompare, conscientious, conserve, divide, ecosystem, endangered, environmentalist, habitat, half, imaginations, natural resources, protect, recycle, renew, tally

mark, wasteful, wildlife

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4

Weekly Learning

Centers

Closed for Memorial Day • Gross Motor-Toss wads of used

paper balls into a box and discuss

ways to reuse paper

• Fine Motor-Provide twist-ties and

encourage children to make

something with them

• Construction-Construct tents

The Do-Nothing Machine • La

máquina de no hacer nada BB

• List reused or recycled resources

• Notice details in illustrations

“Things I Enjoy in Nature” • “Cosas

que me encantan de la naturaleza”

(Morning Message chart)

• Celebrate children’s sentences

• Extend sentences with additional

phrases

.

• Gross Motor-Create a bucket

brigade with pretend water

• Fine Motor-Fold paper fans

• Construction-Build a town around a

river made of paper and discuss how

to keep riverbanks and rivers safe

from pollution

• Gross Motor-Build an obstacle

course using empty boxes

• Fine Motor-Using tweezers, pick up

"litter" from around a pretend house

and place in litter bag

• Construction-Use recyclable

materials as building accessories

Closed for Memorial Day Welcome to Zippity Zoo • Bienvenidos

al zoológico de Zippity BB

• Recognize zoos as places to learn

about animals

• Answer questions about zoos

A Chance for Esperanza • La

oportunidad de Esperanza BB

• Develop vocabulary

• Discuss reasons behind story events

“My Aunt Violet” • “Mi tía Violeta” story

folder

• Discuss ways to reuse resources

• Recall story details

Cristina and the Frog • Cristina y la

rana BB

• Read for a specific purpose

• Predict character’s actions

Charlie Chipmunk’s Thoughtful

Choices • BB

Las decisiones consideradas de

Carlitos

• Introduce vocabulary

• Consider being a conscientious

conservator

Nature’s Giants • Gigantes de

naturaleza BB

• Reinforce vocabulary

• Name and discuss earth’s resources

• Divide objects and sets into two

equal parts

• Create a graph to represent data

Centers

• Sensory Table-Play cookie counting

game

• Creativity Station-Spread paint on

paper

• Rearrange cubes into different color

combinations

• Record all possible color

combinations for a given set

Centers

• Science-Sort trash into recycling bins

• Math-Rearrange cubes in towers

Character

Education

PATHS-Generous

Circle time with Twiggle.

Conscious Discipline- "Butterfly

Breathing" p.170.

Review Patience.

Conscious Discipline- Review

"Butterfly Breathing" p. 170.

Review Pride.

• Gross Motor-Jump like a kangaroo

and mark jumps with a beanbag

• Fine Motor-Use animal cookie

cutters to cut animals from play dough

• Construction-Build a zoo and include

plastic and rubber zoo animals

• Reflecting on the day-Ask children

for examples of ways they followed

through on their commitments.



through.

• Kindness Tree- Count hearts &

report on kind acts.

• Family Connection- Send home a

note and encourage children to tell

family member about how to do

Humpty Dumpty.

• Rearrange cubes into different color

combinations

• Record all possible color

combinations for a given set

Math and Science

Closed for Memorial Day • Estimate and check number of

seeds

• Draw pictures to show results of

story problem

Centers

• Sensory Table-Tally seeds found in

sand

• Math-Compare two sets of cubes

• Create a link pattern necklace

• Record pattern created

Centers

• Math-Practice using tally marks

• Creativity Station-Make a necklace

and count beads

Encourage children to watch the

changing clouds in the sky.

Closing Circle

Closed for Memorial Day

Outdoor Learning

Closed for Memorial Day • Take a walk around the school. Find

a small bush and do the white-sheet

shake p. 169. Invite children to make

bird feeders from pinecones. Have

children move away from the feeders

and wait to see who comes to visit.

• Place a container outdoors to catch

rainwater. Water indoor plants with

the water collected.

• Provide trash bags or smaller litter

bags and encourage children to pick

up litter on the playground or around

the school.

Closed for Memorial Day • Reflecting on the day- Name an

animal that is endangered.



through.



• Family Connection- Display the

posters that children have made

where families can see them.

• Reflecting on the day- What will you

tell your family about recycling and

reusing?



through.



• Family Connection- Challenge

children to find something at home

that they can reuse in a new way.

• Reflecting on the day- What did you

learn about conservation today?



through.



• Family Connection- Encourage

children to share their commitment for

becoming a better conservator with

their families.

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4

Learning Goals

Closed for Memorial Day • Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to initiate

pretend-play scenarios that share a

common plan and goal

• Demonstrates empathy and caring

for others

• Independently writes letters on

request

• Uses a large speaking vocabulary,

adding several new words daily



• Recognizes, observes, and

discusses the relationship of

organisms to their environments

• Uses category labels to understand

how words and objects relate to each

other


appropriately

• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0

through 9

• Uses concrete models or makes a

verbal word problem for subtracting 1

to 5 objects from a set



• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms


• Combines ideas for complex

sentences

• Demonstrates the importance of

caring for our environment and our

planet

• Participates in activities to help them

become aware of what it means to be

a consumer



other



• Initiates problem-solving strategies

and seeks adult help when necessary


appropriately

• Demonstrates understanding that

when counting, the items can be

chosen in any order

• Uses the verbal ordinal terms





• Organizes their life around events,

time, and routines





• Provides appropriate information for

various situations

• Uses a large speaking vocabulary,

adding several new words daily

• Demonstrates the importance of

caring for our environment and our

planet

• Investigates and describes sources

of energy including light, heat, and

electricity



other

• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0

through 9

• Uses informal strategies to share or

divide up to ten items equally



• Describes, observes, and

investigates properties and

characteristics of common objects

• Identifies, compares, discusses

earth materials and their properties

and uses

• Is able to increase or decrease intensity of

emotions more consistently, although adult

guidance is sometimes necessary



• Names at least 20 upper and at least 20

lowercase letters

• Combines ideas for complex sentences

• Uses a large speaking vocabulary, adding

several new words daily

• Demonstrates the importance of caring for

our environment and our planet

• Initiates problem-solving strategies and

seeks adult help when necessary

• Shows initiative in independent situations

and persists in attempting to solve

problems

• Demonstrates understanding that, when

counting, the items can be chosen in any

order

• Demonstrates use of location words

• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic

representation



• Shows initiative in independent situations

and persists in attempting to solve

problems

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

Spanish Vocabularyacompañantes, alturalogros, lograr, antes, amigos, calma, capacidad, celebrar, compañeros de clase, desarrollado, Kindergarten, estudiante de Kindergarten,

longitud, medir, meses del año, orgulloso, lenguaje de señas, peso

Greeting Circle

• Sing: "Head, Schoulders, Knees, and

Toes" p.186. Ask children to look at

their hands & feet. Do you think your

hands or feet have grown?

• Choose two calming strategies to

review. Remind children to use these

strategies when they feel upset.

• Play "My School Family" p. 179.

Review the movement & the changing

of partners when the children hear,

"boom, boom, boom" .


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message- "Before I _____,

but now I ______." Invite children to

complete the sentence. Write

sentence on chart paper for each

volunteer. Have volunteers circle/

write letters they know.

• Sing: "My hands on My Head" p.

189. Emphasize how valuable it is to

speak in two languages. Name

something you have learned this year.

• Invite children to choose two calming

strategies to perform.

• Play "All Together" p. 176. Point out

that sign language is a language, a

way to communicate.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message- "Before I ______,

but now I ______." Write sentence on

chart paper for each volunteer. Have

volunteers circle/ write letters they

know.

• Sing: "Hello Friend." p. 186. Discuss

the joy of friendships they have made

this year.


strategies to perfom.

• Ask a volunteer what they have

learned about being a friend this year.

Invite children to sing, "Caring

Friends" p. 176.


Commitment Rituals.





know.


COMPONENTS

• Visit a Kindergarten classroom

• Discuss what will be different next

year

Centers

• Pretend and Learn-Play school

• Creativity Station-Paint celebration

paintings

• Library and Listening-Retell stories

with story props

• Sing: "We Finished a Year of Pre-K"

p. 195. Ask a volunteer to tell what will

be nice about kindergarten.



• Play "Shubert Shuffle" p. 180. Point

out that this is a celebration dance

about looking forward to the future.

Describe what we have learned about

respect.


Commitment Rituals.

• Morning Message- "Before I _____,

but now I ______."Write sentence on



know.

Day 5

“Let Me See You Boogaloo” dance

p.188 Dr. Jean on Frog Street Cd

Day 4

• Sing: "Rise and Shine" p. 189.

Remind children that this is the song

they sang during This Way to Pre-K

theme.



• Select a partner and perform,

"Wonderful Woman" p. 175. Tell your

partner a kind act they remember.


Commitment Rituals.





know.

• Create and fill in chart

• List things to accomplish in the

future

Centers

• Creativity Station-Draw pictures

• Language and Literacy-Sequence

and match cards

• Math-Weigh and measure, compare

with initial measurements

• Revisit literacy concepts learned

• Sing “Say and Rhyme”

Centers

• Language and Literacy-Match

rhyming picture cards

• Library and Listening-Draw a before

and now picture

• Writer's Corner-Illustrate Read-Aloud

Time routines

• Review practices that helped create

the School Family

• Write a new “Friendship Chant”

Centers

• Language and Literacy-Demonstrate

calming strategies

• Writer's Corner-Draw and label

Commitment Poster icon

• Creativity Station-Create a Shubert

model

Moving and

Learning

“Warm Up Chant” with Thomas Moore

p.194 Frog Street Friend Cd

Literacy (Oral

Language,

Phonics,

Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

“Hand and Fingers” action song

Moving to Math Cd. Remind children

this is the song they learned at the

beginning for how to stay in own

space.

• Compare beginning and year-end

drawings, stories

• Celebrate accomplishments

Centers

• Creativity Station-Replicate

beginning art projects

• Listening and Library-Listen to story

• Language and Literacy-Match baby

photos to school photos

“Rock ‘n’ Roll Patty Cake” action song

Frog Street Friends Cd. Have partners

clap along a pattern.

“It Makes Me Jump” action song p.187

Frog Street Friends Cd

Lesson Plans for Changes • Cambios - Before and Now (Week 4)May 21-25 Crème Prep

kindergartener,

estudiante de

Kindergarten

Wonderful Word Character

EducationHonest • Honesto Technology

Math-Frogs on a Log; Tux Paint

Oral Language, Self-ConceptLetter

KnowledgeAlphabet, Letters in Words Counting and Comparing, Measurement

English Vocabularyaccomplishments, achieve, before, buddies, calmness, capacity, celebrate, classmates, companions, developed, height, kindergarten, kindergartener, length,

measure

months of the year, proud, sign language, weight



“I Like School” • “Me gusta la escuela”

story folder

• Extend story for next year’s class

• Discuss favorite memories of school

“Hip! Hip! Hooray!” • “¡Hurra! ¡Hurra!

¡Lo hicimos!” story folder

• Listen for story cues

• Introduce idea of enthusiasm

Before and Now • Antes y ahora BB

• Discuss physical changes this year

• Note changes in story

Class and Project Books

• Review appropriate way to handle

books

• Read class-created books

“I Can, Can You?” • “Yo puedo

hacerlo, ¿puedes hacerlo tú?” story

folder

• Introduce term accomplishment

• Extend story by naming

accomplishments

“Diego’s Fifth Birthday” • “Diego

cumple 5 años” story folder

• Listen for specific details

• Answer questions about story

This Way to Pre-K • Camino a Pre-

Kinder BB

• Compare classroom routine with

routine in story

• Write sentences about routines

Before and Now • Antes y ahora BB

• Listen for accomplishments in story

• List personal school

accomplishments

Character

Education

PATHS-Preschool Review

Saying Goodbye, Ending and

Transitioning, circle time with Twiggle

p. 8-91.

Conscious Discipline-

Choose two calming strategies to

review.

Math and Science

• Compare different-sized squares

• Build “growing” cup towers

Centers

• Creativity Station-Make handprints,

compare with beginning-of-year prints

• Math-Follow pattern to build cup

towers

• Gross Motor-Children mark how far

they can jump

• Fine Motor-Trace around hands to

make a friend hand collage

• Construction-Children stack paper

bag blocks to their height

Weekly Learning

Centers

PATHS- Preschool Review

Decorate Great PATHS Kid Awards

pg. 9-29.

Conscious Discipline-

Choose two calming strategies to

review.

• Gross Motor-Toss beanbags into a

box from a throw line

• Fine Motor-Shape letters with play

dough

• Construction-Form letters and

numerals with the blocks

• Gross Motor-Tiptoe balance

challenge

• Fine Motor-Children take turns giving

each other hand massages using

Cranky Cream

• Construction-Place two identical sets

of blocks in a basket. Invite children to

sit back-to-back and build. When they

are finished, have them compare their

structures.

• Gross Motor-Walk, crawl, hop, and

jump a masking tape line

• Fine Motor-Use pipettes to mix

colors in the colormixing trays

• Construction-Determine how many

blocks it takes lying end-to-end to

span from one side of the center to

the other

• Choose books that will fit in a box

• Compare weight of box containing

different book quantities

Centers

• Science-Measure weight using

balance scale

• Sensory Table-Wash and pack

classroom items

• Analyze data on chart

• Make cube towers to represent data

Centers

• Fine Motor-Make a chain-link belt

• Math-Measure partner’s height

• Celebrate rote-counting skill

• Sequence past-year’s special events

(by month)

Centers

• Science-Sequence and number

cards

• Math-Compare cube towers to see

which is greater

Shubert’s Helpful Day KTV

• Discuss ways to help a friend

• Practice S.T.A.R.

Shubert’s New Friend KTV

• Discuss how it feels to be the new

kid

• Review greeting

• Practice pattern counting

• Introduce calendar

Centers

• Creativity Station-Fill in summer

calendar

• Math-Inventory manipulatives

Values and Virtues-Honesty

Read Don't Tell Lies, Lucy! By Phil

Roxbee Cox. Why is it important to be

honest?

• Name something that you have

grown big enough to do.



through.




children to share their feelings of pride

about their accomplishments with their

family members.

• What is your favorite thing you

learned this year?



through.




children to sing "The Alphabet Song,"

forward & backwards.

• What does your school family mean

to you?



through.



• Family Connection- Send Schubert

models home with children and

encourage them to explain to their

families some lessons learned from

Shubert.

• What wish do you make for the

children who will come to Pre-K next

year?



through.




children to talk with someone at home

about some of their favorite memories

of their school family.

Values and Virtues- Honesty

Read "The Boy Who Cried Wolf".

Review story events while making

connections to being honest.

• Gross Motor-Children work in pairs

to create letter shapes with their

bodies.

• Fine Motor-Play tic-tac-toe with a

friend or to sort the manipulatives in

the Fine Motor Center for an end-of-

the-year clean up

• Construction-Place the blocks in

order on the shelf for the end of the

year

Outdoor Learning

• Invite children to play Keep Away •

Que no la atrapen p. 206.

• Encourage children to chase

bubbles.

• Invite children to play cooperative

parachute games p. 206.

• Encourage children to play Shadow

Tag p. 207.

Challenge children to look around the

playground for new things (flowers

blooming, bird nest, emerging leaves,

litter).

Closing Circle

• What is your favorite memory of Pre-

K?



through.



• Family Connection- Just as you have

told the children how much you have

enjoyed them this year, send a note of

appreciation home to families.



• Assumes various roles and

responsibilities as part of a classroom

community

• Participates in classroom music activities

• Names at least 20 upper and at least 20

lowercase letters

• Retells or reenacts a story after it is read

aloud

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or giving dictation

• Matches language to social contexts

• Demonstrates understanding of terms

used in the instructional language of the

classroom

• Increasingly interacts and communicates

with peers to initiate pretend-play scenarios

that share a common plan and goal

• Identifies and creates common features in

her immediate environment

• Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30

• Demonstrates that the order of the

counting sequence is always the same

regardless of what is counted



• Demonstrates empathy and caring for

others

• Takes care of and manages classroom

materials

Learning Goals

• Is aware of own feelings most of the time







about the book

• Shows awareness of areas of

competence and describes self positively in

what he is able to do

• Regulates his own behavior with

occasional reminders or assistance from

teacher



• Engages in conversations in appropriate

ways


and routines

• Uses concrete models or makes a verbal

word problem for adding up to five objects

• Recognizes and compares heights or

lengths of people or objects


• Identifies good habits of nutrition and

exercise

• Demonstrates coordination and balance in

isolation





others





and routines

• Uses information learned from books by

describing, relating categorizing, or

comparing, and contrasting




• Produces a word that rhymes with a given

word

• Names at least 20 upper- and at least 20

lowercase letters

• Recognizes and compares heights or

lengths of people or objects

• Recognizes how much can be placed

within an object

• Recognizes and compares weights of

objects or people

• Identifies flags of the United States and

resident state

• Recites the Pledge of Allegiance to the

United States flag and the state flag and

observes a moment of silence





describe people, places, things, and actions

• Is aware of own feelings most of the time


about the book

• Demonstrates knowledge of nonverbal

conversational rules

• Follows classroom rules and routines with

occasional reminders from teacher

• Regulates his own behavior with

occasional reminders or assistance from

teacher






• Identifies equal and unequal sets

• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic

representation

• Discusses the roles and responsibilities of

community workers


others





others

• Independently writes letters on request

• Demonstrates an understanding and

tolerance for unique characteristics of

others






• Retells or reenacts a story after it is read

aloud






• Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30

• Demonstrates that the order of the

counting sequence is always the same

regardless of what is counted



• Shows competence in initiating social

interactions

Day of the

Week

Calendar

Circle Time

Language

Comprehen-

sion

Phonics

Development

Handwriting

Math/Science

Operations

Social Studies

Values &

Virtues

Learning

Centers

Monday

No School– Memorial

Day

Read, Going Places

(CP)

OBJ: Sequences

story events

Build CVC Words

(CP Puzzle)

OBJ: Recognizes

letter sounds

Pp Trace & Write

OBJ: Writes letters

independently

Nature Walk

Scavenger Hunt

OBJ: Investigates

objects in our

environment

Conscious

Discipline: Bicycle

Pedaling

OBJ: Demonstrates

self-control

Construction: Build

a new go cart for

Rafael (story)

Creativity Station:

Illustrate an adven-ture

Tuesday

Read, All About

Seeds (CP)

OBJ: Demonstrates

receptive vocabulary

Sight Word Flash

Cards

OBJ: Seeks to

understand print

Construct Ll using

Wikki Stixs

OBJ: Forms letters

independently

My Little Sprout

House Project

OBJ: Describes &

sequences life cycles

of organisms

Values & Virtues:

Honesty. Listen to

“The Boy Who Cried

Wolf” (Smartboard)

OBJ: Understands

the importance of

telling the truth

Science: Sequence

plant growth cards

Language & Litera-

cy: Retell “The Boy

Who Cried Wolf” story with props

Wednesday

Read, Commotion

in the Ocean CP)

OBJ: Shows interest

in books

ABC Flash Cards

OBJ: Recognizes

letter names &

sounds

Finger Paint Ocean

Waves & Letters Pp,

Ll, & Rr

OBJ: Develops fine

motor skills

Graph: Who Has

Been to the Beach?

OBJ: Collects &

organizes data

Conscious

Discipline: Review

Bicycle Pedaling

OBJ: Demonstrates

self-control

Math: Hundreds

chart palm tree mys-

tery picture

Fine Motor: Sand

Table (buckets, seashells)

Thursday

Explore Dinosaurs

& Share Facts

OBJ: Demonstrates

comprehension by describing

information learned

Phonics BINGO

OBJ: Names letters

& recognizes letter sounds

Journal: If I had a

pet Dinosaur…

OBJ: Writes letters

independently

Read How Big Was

a Dinosaur? (CP) &

Excavate Icy Dinosaurs w/ Eye

Droppers

OBJ: Describes

characteristics of

organisms

Values & Virtues:

Honesty. Share

stories of when we were honest

OBJ: Retells stories

Writer’s Corner:

Write dinosaur

names

Pretend & Learn: Be

a dinosaur

Friday

Read, Audrey’s Tree

House

OBJ: Makes

connections to the

story

Count Syllables in

Camp Words

OBJ: Combines

syllables into words

Fine Motor : Create

an Adventure Out of

Playdough

OBJ: Uses a variety

of art materials for sensory experience

“Climbing to the

Top of the

Treehouse”

OBJ: Uses words to

route count up to 30

Values & Virtues:

Honesty. Create a

puppet show with Twiggle & Friends.

OBJ: Creates experiences through

dramatic play

Math: Duck fishing

number game

Gross Motor:

Hopscotch

DLM Lesson Plan Theme: Outdoor Adventures Class: Crème Prep Week: May 28– June 1

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