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Monday

Literacy Overview, Parent Information, and Weekly Lessons

Morning Meeting: CLL7.4a, CLL6.4a Complete the Gather & Greet, Message Board, and Alphabet Knowledge activities. Use the J Letter Builder Card and the J, Z and Q Sound Cards to introduce the letter J and it’s sound.

Large Group Literacy: CLL2.4a Introduce the Season Vocabulary Cards.

Phonological Awareness: CLL6.4a Students will listen to sounds and try to guess what they hear.

Reading: CD-SC2.4d Read Seasons by Katy Pike and discuss the 4 seasons.

Specials: SED4.4b Students will listen to the story It’s Not Fair by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and learn about being fair.

Math: CD-MA4.4b Students will use the March 1 Sorting Cards to sort picture cards by one attribute and tell you how they sorted.

Science and Social Studies: APL2.4b, CD-SC2.4d Watch the video: Why do we have Seasons? Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter – Science for Kids (Socratica Kids) and discuss the seasons. Create a list of what you would like to learn about the seasons.

Tuesday Morning Meeting: CLL6.4a, CLL6.4c Complete the Gather & Greet, Message Board, and Alphabet Knowledge activities.

Large Group Literacy: CLL6.4f, CLL9.4d Follow the directions to complete the Stretching Out Words activity.

Phonological Awareness: CLL6.4a Students will pick the item that doesn’t have the same beginning sound.

Reading: CLL5.4a, CD-SC2.4d Read A Tree for All Seasons by Robin Bernard and compare/contrast the tree during 2 seasons.

Specials: SED4.4b Students will listen to It’s Not Fair by Anita Harper and discuss situations when something was not fair.

Math: CD-MA4.4a Students will listen to The Enormous Turnip Retold by Katie Daynes and use the Seriation Anchor Chart learn about seriation.

Science and Social Studies: CD-SC2.4c, CD-SC2.4d Read Let’s Look at Spring by Susan L. Schuette and discuss changes that happen during spring.

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Wednesday Morning Meeting: CLL7.4a, CLL6.4a Complete the Gather & Greet, Message Board, and Alphabet Knowledge activities. Use the Z Letter Builder Card and the J, Z and Q Sound Cards to introduce the letter Z and it’s sound.

Large Group Literacy: CLL8.4d, CLL8.4c Follow the directions to make the I Like chart.

Phonological Awareness: CLL6.4e Students will clap the syllables in the months of the year.

Reading: CLL1.4c, CLL5.4c Read The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk and discuss how rabbit feels about Spring at the beginning and end of the book.

Specials: CD-CR1.4a

Students will follow dance movements to Seasonal Songs in Motion🌹 Spring ☀ Summer 🍁 Fall ❄ Winter ♫ Songs for Kids by The Learning Station.

Math: CD-MA4.4a Students will learn about seriation of length.

Science and Social Studies: CD-CP1.4c, CD-CP2.4d, CD-SC1.4d Read A Windy Day in Spring by Charles Ghigna and complete the Can the Wind Move It activity.

Thursday Morning Meeting: CLL6.4a, CLL6.4c Complete the Gather & Greet, Message Board, and Alphabet Knowledge activities.

Large Group Literacy: CLL8.4b, CLL9.4a Follow the directions to teach the Writing a Sentence lesson.

Phonological Awareness: CLL6.4b Students will listen for the rhyming words in the Seasons poem from the learning bundle.

Reading: CLL5.4a, CLL5.4c Read Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand and discuss story elements.

Specials: SED4.4b Students will listen to Fair is Fair by Sonny Varela and talk about why having equal amounts is not always fair.

Math: CD-MA4.4a Students will learn about seriation of weight.

Science and Social Studies: CD-SS4.4a, CD-SS4.4b Follow the directions to complete the Jobs All Year lesson.

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Friday Morning Meeting: CLL7.4a, CLL6.4a Complete the Gather & Greet, Message Board, and Alphabet Knowledge activities. Use the Q Letter Builder Cards and the J, Z and Q Sound Cards to introduce the letter Q and it’s sound.

Large Group Literacy: CD-SC2.4d Follow the directions to create a seasons chart.

Phonological Awareness: CLL6.4c Students will go on a hunt for items that begin with the same sound.

Reading: CLL5.4a, CLL5.4d Read When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes and discuss signs of spring.

Specials: CD-SC2.4c, CD-CR2.4a Students will decorate tress to represent the four seasons.

Math: CD-MA6.4b Students will use the Shape Season Picture to draw a picture of their favorite season. (Shape Cards and Shape Season Drawing)

Science and Social Studies: CD-SC2.4d The student will look for and discuss weather patterns in the weather journal.

Development of Literacy Skills in Pre-Kindergarten

Standards CLL5 The child will acquire meaning from a variety of materials read to him/her. CLL6 The child will develop early phonological awareness (awareness of the units of sound). CLL7 The child will demonstrate increasing knowledge of the alphabet. CLL8 The child will demonstrate awareness of print concepts.

What is an emergent reader? ✓ Knows some letters of the alphabet ✓ Understands that writing conveys a

message ✓ Uses “scribble” when writing ✓ May recognize some words or letters

in their environment (words like “stop” or “exit” or letters like “P” for Publix or the golden arches “M” signifying McDonald’s)

When reading with an emergent reader: ✓ Model finger-point reading. Follow the words with

your finger from left to right as you read them. As your emergent reader starts to read, they will learn to do the same thing.

✓ Encourage “reading” or “pretend reading.” Reading from memory provides practice with retelling and practice navigating books correctly.

✓ Talk about the story. When your child is finished with a book, be sure to talk about what happened in the story, and “re-read” favorite parts. Talk about any interesting words or new concepts.

✓ Let them know how proud you are! By sharing a book with a child, you are sharing the joys and excitement of reading.

How are phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge different? ❖ Phonological awareness activities can be done in the dark – they are all about sound. ❖ Alphabet knowledge activities have to be done with the lights on – they are all about what letters look

like.

SOMETHING NEW

Have you heard of the GKIDS Readiness Check? It was developed as an approach to thoughtfully

measure the entry-level readiness skills of kindergarteners. You can find helpful information about

the GKIDS Readiness Check at: http://gkidsreadinesscheck.gadoe.org/

For the rest of the year, we will highlight specific readiness skills and provide ideas to work on each

skill at home.

FOCUS OF THE WEEK Reading: Using informational texts to acquire knowledge about the world. Alphabet Knowledge: Introduce Jj, Zz, Qq Phonological Awareness: Review Print Concepts: With prompting and support, tracks words from left to right, top to bottom and page to page. Writing: Draws pictures and copies letters and/or numbers to communicate.

Online Access to Books

Fulton County Library Website http://fulcolibrary.org/

Register for a library card online https://bit.ly/30xCLCT

Fulton County Library Curbside Service https://www.fulcolibrary.org/curbside/

Standards CLL9 The child will use writing for a variety of purposes.

Stages of Emergent Writing Stage Description Example

Drawing Drawings that represent writing

Scribbling Marks or scribbles the child intends to be writing

Wavy scribbles or mock handwriting

Wavy scribbles that imitate cursive writing and have a left-to-right progression; child pretends to write words

Letter-like forms or mock letters

Letters and marks that resemble letter-like shapes

Letter strings Strings of letters that do not create words, written left to right, including uppercase and lowercase letters

Transitional writing Letters with spaces in between to resemble words: letters/words copied from environmental print; letters often reversed

Invented or phonetic spelling

Different ways to represent the sounds in words; the first letter of the word or beginning and ending sounds represent the entire word

Beginning word and phrase writing

Words with beginning, middle, and ending letter sounds; short phrases

Conventional spelling and sentence writing

Correct spelling of words, generally the child’s name and words such as mom and dad; sentences with punctuation and correct use of uppercase and lowercase letters

MackinVIA Students have access to a complete eResource management system providing eBooks, read-alongs, audiobooks, databases, and videos.

1. Go to www.fultonschools.org. 2. Find Classlink. Your child’s username is their student ID and their password is their birthdate (MMDDYYYY) 3. Click the e-library app folder. Click on MackinVIA.

What is the framework of emergent writing practices?

Composed of three domains: conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and generative knowledge.

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✓ Young children learn writing has a purpose and print is meaningful (i.e. communicates ideas, stories, and facts)

✓ Recognize certain symbols, logos, and markings have specific meanings (i.e. red street sign says Stop)

✓ Learning the alphabetic code (including how to form letters and the sounds associated with each letter) is essential component

✓ Children benefit from multiple opportunities throughout the day to develop fine motor skills and finger dexterity using variety of manipulatives (e.g. magnetic letters, pegboards) and writing implements

✓ Ability to translate thoughts into writing that goes beyond word level

✓ Teachers lay foundation for generative knowledge as children learn to express themselves orally and experiment with different forms of written communication (composing a story, writing notes, creating lists, taking messages)

✓ Children dictate words, phrases, or sentences that an adult can record on paper, or they can share ideas for group writing

Six main types of emergent writing:

Writing Types Teaching Opportunities

Writing names Provide opportunities for children to practice writing their names to communicate the message, “this belongs to me.”

Labeling Teach children labeling communicates what something is, where things are located, or who someone is.

Listing Explain to children lists are useful for organizing and communicating important information.

Corresponding with others

Teach children that writing, like talking, is an important way to communicate with other people. Give them chances to practice writing messages to others.

Expressing opinions and preferences

Encourage children to think about discussions you have had and ask them to express their own opinions in writing.

Expository writing Help children use writing to explain and describe facts about the world.

Name Writing Labeling Listing Corresponding Expressing Opinions Expository Writing

Resources: https://www.readingrockets.org/article/emergent-readers-look-s-my-letter https://www.coxcampus.org/ https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2017/emergent-writing

What is the GKIDS Readiness Check?

The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE), in collaboration with the Department of Early Care and

Learning (DECAL), has developed a kindergarten readiness check to enhance the existing Georgia Kindergarten

Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS). The GKIDS Readiness Check measures twenty concepts and skills,

determined to be the most essential by Georgia educators, in three areas, or domains:

➢ Foundations of School Success

This area of learning includes students’ approaches to learning, social and emotional development, and

physical development and motor skills. These attributes and skills, while often viewed as non-

academic, are leading indicators of students’ progression towards future academic success.

➢ English Language Arts

This area of learning includes children’s early language and literacy development. These skills are

foundational for fluent and effective communication and literacy skills such as reading and writing.

➢ Mathematics

This area of learning includes an understanding of shapes and spatial relationships, problem solving,

identifying similarities and differences, and basic numeracy concepts.

When is the GKIDS Readiness Check given?

✓ The GKIDS Readiness Check will take place during the first six weeks of kindergarten.

✓ Teachers may administer activities at any time during this window by observing and working with

children as they engage in regular classroom learning and routines.

How will the GKIDS Readiness Check impact my child?

✓ Teachers will use the GKIDS Readiness Check to help understand and meet your child’s individual needs

in all areas of development.

✓ With the GKIDS Readiness Check, teachers will have information to share with families to work

together so children can thrive in kindergarten and beyond.

This area of learning includes students’ approaches to learning, social and emotional development, and

physical development and motor skills. These attributes and skills, while often viewed as non-academic, are

leading indicators of students’ progression towards future academic success.

Skills ▪ Demonstrates independence ▪ Follows rules and routines ▪ Plays with peers ▪ Uses senses ▪ Solves problems ▪ Communicates needs and thoughts ▪ Uses fine motor control

Demonstrates Independence Working independently and self-monitoring to stay on task over a period of time will allow your child to

complete activities on her own. An increased time working independently and asking questions or prompting a

child with questions to solve her own problem will facilitate growth in independence. Ask your child to try a

task alone before stepping in to provide assistance.*

Activity Ideas:

Taking the Lead

Encourage your child to take the lead in activities associated with daily routines, such as setting the table for

dinner, picking out clothes for school, feeding a pet, or brushing teeth.

Setting Goals

To help your child with this skill, provide tasks that are achievable, offer encouragement, and try to limit

distractions. Set a goal for your child to continue on task one minute for each year of age. For example, a five-

year-old would aim for approximately 5 minutes of independent work.

Try, Try Again

Allow your child many attempts to perform a skill before intervening (e.g., tying his shoes, building a structure

with blocks, putting together a puzzle).

FOCUS OF THE WEEK

Foundations of School Success ➢ Demonstrates independence

➢ Follows rules and routines

Follows Rules and Routines Helping your child learn how to follow rules and routines can take time and patience, but children usually feel

a sense of accomplishment when they can do things independently. Let your child know that you believe in his

ability to accomplish tasks and try to provide encouragement. Rules and routines must be taught and

practiced until children feel comfortable doing them on their own. Help your child practice rules and routines

and ask him for suggestions about how the rules or routines could be changed for the better.*

Activity Ideas: Put It Away

Show your child where you would like them to store their toys when finished playing. Establish a routine of

putting toys away when he is finished playing. This might include specific shelves or baskets to hold certain

toys.

Create a Routine

Ask your child to help with formulating a list of your routine for the next day.

Simple Games

Play simple games like “Simon Says,” Duck, Duck, Goose,” and “Red Light, Green Light.”

Games with Rules

Play board games that involve simple sets of rules.

Nighttime Routine

Talk about your child’s nighttime routine, such as reading a book, taking a bath, setting out her clothes, and

making sure her backpack is ready for school the next day.

*Fabes, R. A., Martin, C. L., & Hanish, L.D. (2003). Young children’s play qualities in same-, other-, and mixed-sex peer groups. Child Development, 74(3), 921–932.

Wisneski, D., & Reifel, S. (2012). The place of play in early childhood curriculum. In N. File, J. Mueller, and D. Basler Wisneski (Eds.), Curriculum in early childhood

education: Re-examined, rediscovered, renewed (pp. 175–187). New York, NY: Routledge.

Pre-Kindergarten Parent Overview March 1-5, 2021

Morning Meeting

Theme: Earth and Sky (From Season to Season)

Activities that take place during Morning Meeting: ▪ Gather and Greet ▪ Message Board ▪ Alphabet Knowledge ▪ Class Schedule

Parent Tips Last week, students began a weather journal. Continue checking the weather at the same time and having your child chart the weather each day so we can look for weather patterns Friday.

Phonological Awareness

What is Phonological Awareness?      ▪ Phonological awareness is being able to

recognize the sounds of spoken language: words, syllables, and phonemes (the smallest unit of spoken language).     o Phonological awareness teaches the

sounds of language and refers to oral language    

o Phonological awareness activities can happen in the dark    

Involves a continuum of skills that develop over time and are crucial for reading and spelling success    

Levels of Phonological Awareness:     ▪ Listening     ▪ Rhyming     ▪ Alliteration     ▪ Sentence Segmenting     ▪ Syllable Blending and Segmenting     ▪ Onset Rime Blending and Segmenting    

Phoneme Blending, Segmenting and Manipulation 

Social Emotional Learning

Fairness: Fours are just beginning to understand the concept of fairness. They need lots of opportunities, like this one, to work through their feelings-feelings that may cause them to react by yelling or acting out toward others. Teaching children fairness is a pivotal part of their development into well-rounded adults. While fairness is sometimes a difficult concept for young children to understand or appreciate, incorporating classroom activities that teach the skill will help them to develop a sense of fairness and equality. As 4-year-olds begin to develop moral reasoning, they feel that it's right for them to have their own way. Benjamin tells Noah, "You used the yellow race car a long time. Be fair. It's my turn." Noah responds, "Not yet." Raising his voice, Benjamin says authoritatively, "I said, NOW!" Noah hands over the racer. Rather than using physical force, fours like Benjamin are much more

inclined to use their well-developed verbal skills to make their points to resolve situations fairly. Late fours will complain if they think teachers are not treating all children equally. If one child is given extra time to paint, other children may become indignant about this "injustice." Preschoolers need to be given logical reasons for adults' actions and be provided with positive role models to help them develop their own sense of fair play.

Parent Tips Kids are like sponges. They absorb everything they come into contact with, and so we must take care to curate the media they consume, and—even more importantly—to make sure they understand the behaviors they’ve just seen. That being said, a great way to teach your child fairness is to watch a movie! What better chance do you have to observe fair or unfair behavior in others? You have the opportunity to pause, rewind, and explain when an instance of fairness or unfairness occurs—movies are great teaching tools. They key here lies in discussion. Ask your child questions—if you’ve already spoken with your child about what fairness is, ask if a certain action was or was not fair, and why. If the action was unfair, explore the possibilities of actions that might be more fair. Finally, talk about why fairness might be important in this fictional situation, and how it might positively affect those involved. With this example, your child can better apply the concept of fairness to his or her own life.

Math

What is Seriation? Seriation is arranging objects in order by size, location or position. Ordering requires the ability to see differences and compare multiple objects. For example, children in the classroom could be arranged from shortest to tallest, or story picture cards could be sequenced in the order the events happened in the story. Seriation skills are important for a number of reasons: • First, seriation skills are often related to more complex math concepts, such as ordination or placing numbers in the correct order (for example, 1, 2, 3). • Furthermore, well-developed seriation skills also help to develop higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills. After they have had a lot of experience making comparisons, four-year-olds are able to put objects in order using one characteristic or attribute such as tallest to shortest or lightest to darkest. Asking children

to explain how they decided to put them in a particular order shows their understanding of the concept.

Parent Tips Car Race: Children can race cars down a track and then arrange the cars in the order they finished the race from first to last.

Story Time: Using books such as the Three Bears or Three Billy Goats Gruff, children can line up the characters from smallest to largest. They can arrange the Three Bears’ porridge, chairs and beds by size. Color Seriation: Go to a hardware store and grab several paint swatch cards. Cut them apart. Have child put them in order lightest to darkest.

Graphics for this bundle can be found at:

Monday

Morning Meeting

Gather & Greet: Let’s Get Started and Child Choice Message Board: Good morning Pre-K friends. Today we will begin learning about the 4 seasons. Alphabet Knowledge: Introduce Jj Show Jj cards. If you don’t have the cards, an adult can write them on a piece of paper. Use J letter builder card to introduce sound /j/. Point to the jellyfish and say, “J says /j/ like jellyfish.” Do the same for jam. Use finger to trace upper- and lowercase J on letter builder card and use pattern blocks to build them. Use the J, Z and Q sound cards to sort pictures by words that start with /j/ and don’t start with /j/.

Large Group Literacy

Introduce Season Vocabulary Most of the words focus on spring. Fall and Winter Vocabulary Cards were included in previous bundles. Refer back to the cards if needed to remind student about those two seasons.

Phonological Awareness

Listening Materials: Items around the house that make noise. What is it? Have your child close her eyes, while you find something that makes a sound. Ask, “What makes this sound?” Repeat with other noisemakers

Reading

Read Seasons by Katy Pike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptBop3HCvxM Before reading: Ask, “Can you name the seasons we have already learned about this year?” (Fall, Winter) During reading: Mute video and read to students. After reading: Review what was learned from book. Can you name the 4 seasons? If the current season is Winter, what season is next? This week, we will learn more about the seasons.

Specials

SEL It’s Not Fair by Amy Krouse Rosenthal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF925qEKgmM Why'd I get the smaller half? Why don't you yell at her? Why does my team always lose? Why can't we have a pet giraffe? Because that's life. Life doesn’t always go the way we want it to. But with this delightful and witty book, everyone, including pigs, planets, and square pegs, sometimes thinks: It's not fair!

Math

Sorting Materials: March 1 Sorting Cards cut apart Review sorting with your child. Remind them that sorting is putting things in groups that are the same. Place the sorting cards face up so you can see all of the cards. Model: Sort the cards by one attribute. For example, living and nonliving. Ask the child to tell ho the cards are sorted. If they are having trouble, help them by looking at each pile and saying these are living and these are not living.

Your Turn: Have the child sort the cards and tell you how they sorted. If they are having trouble, tell them a way to sort (hot/cold, wet/not wet, edible/not edible, etc.) If your child is proficient with sorting in two piles, challenge them to sort in three or more piles. *See if your child figures out that the cards can be sorted by season (winter, spring, summer, fall)

Science and Social Studies

Watch the video: Why do we have Seasons? Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter – Science for Kids (Socratica Kids) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6yQ8-M8rmU&t=88s Watch the video and direct students to pay attention to things that happen during each season. Discuss new information from the video. Ask student what questions she has about the seasons. Write them down as a reminder. Point out the answers to the questions as they are learned throughout the week. If the question(s) aren’t answered by Friday, ask student how you can learn the information? (internet, non-fiction books, etc.) Work together to research the answers to the questions.

Tuesday

Morning Meeting

Gather & Greet: Let’s Get Started and Child Choice Message Board: Good morning Pre-K friends. Today we will stretch words. Alphabet Knowledge: Review Jj and sound. Brainstorm words that start with /j/ and create a chart using pictures and words.

Large Group Literacy

Stretching Out Words During previous writer’s workshop lessons, we learned how to choose a topic, draw a picture, add details, label our pictures, and tell a story about our picture. Let’s stretch out some words today.

k – i – d

s – u – n

h – a – t We can stretch our words to help us write, too!

Draw the following pictures on a piece of paper with one line for each letter and work with student to stretch each word. Remind child you can use the ABC Chart if needed.

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__ __ __ Can you think of some more words to stretch out? Draw a picture and stretch words to add 1-3 labels. (A label can begin with only the beginning sound.)

Phonological Awareness

Listening Materials: Three or four collections of objects with the same beginning sound. Place a collection of four small objects from around the house on a tray, three that start with the same sound and one that begins with a different sound (ex: ball, button, banana, and apple). Sing this song and ask your child to identify the one that “doesn’t belong”: One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong. Can you tell me which thing is not like the other? When I finish my song?

Reading

Read A Tree for All Seasons by Robin Bernard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wTLYpnYDJk Before reading: Read the title. Discuss the cover photo of children playing with leaves underneath the tree. Model using the title and background knowledge to predict what the book will be about. During reading: Model using print and photos to obtain information about how the tree changes in each season. After reading: Point to photos on page 1 and explain that they show the same tree in four different seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. Choose two photos and model identifying similarities and differences. After modeling several examples, guide children to compare and contrast the other two photos on the page.

Specials

SEL It’s Not Fair by Anita Harper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsTRSA5DZZcIt’s Have child talk about a situation in which they were not fair or someone was not fair to them. Ask them to describe how the situation felt to them and what they could do to keep themselves fair in the future.

Math

Seriation Materials: Seriation Anchor Chart page, two sets of 5 blocks with different heights.

Introduction: Say: Last week we learned about making comparisons (small, smaller, smallest; long, longer, longest, past, present, future). Do you remember the comparisons from Goldilocks and the Three bears? (small, medium, big) Today we are going to learn about seriation. Seriation means arranging or putting objects in order. This can be by shortest to longest, smallest to biggest, lightest to darkest, lightest to heaviest and shortest to longest. Read: The Enormous Turnip Retold by Katie Daynes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay7XYBr0qwU After the story ask your child it hey noticed the seriation (order) in the story (tallest to smallest). Show the Seriation Anchor Chart and talk about the different ways to put objects in order. Show five blocks that have been ordered according to height. Arrange another set of blocks to match the first, third and fifth blocks in the five- block pattern. Encourage the children to insert the two remaining blocks so that both sets match. Repeat, removing different blocks, such as the second or fourth. Tomorrow we will continue to work on seriation with weight and speed.

Science and Social Studies

Read Let’s Look at Spring by Susan L. Schuette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnLUqY-6yfk Before reading: During Fall, the leaves change colors and fall from trees. Some animals prepare for Winter by collecting food. During Winter, it gets cold, the days get shorter, some animals hibernate, and some places get snow. What happens during Spring? We are going to read Let’s Look at Spring to find out. During reading: Stop and discuss as needed. After reading: What did you learn about Spring?

Wednesday

Morning Meeting

Gather & Greet: Let’s Get Started and Child Choice Message Board: Good morning Pre-K friends. What is your favorite season? Alphabet Knowledge: Introduce Zz Show Zz cards. If you don’t have the cards, an adult can write them on a piece of paper. Use Z letter builder card to introduce sound /z/. Point to the zoo and say, “X says /z/ like zoo.” Do the same for zebra. Use finger to trace upper- and lowercase Z on letter builder card and use pattern blocks to build them. Use the J, Z and Q sound cards to sort pictures by words that start with /z/ and don’t start with /z/.

Large Group Literacy

I Like …. Chart Tell student you are going to make a list of things you like. The child needs to use the format: I like ___. Draw a line for each word in the sentence. Have child help identify the beginning sound in “like” and tell you any other sounds heard. Do the same for the rest of the sentence. *For this lesson, you want to use the correct spelling for each word. After writing the sentence, include a picture to help the student read it. For example:

I like flowers.

I like to run. Once the chart is created, have student read each sentence while pointing to the words from left to right. Ask child what happens when you get to the end of the sentence? Where do you go next?

Phonological Awareness

Syllables Months of the Year Syllable Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSl-SbVz2oA Count the syllables in the names of each month as you sing along with Jack Hartmann. Which month(s) have the most syllables? Which have the fewest?

Reading

Read The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkc78nhsDoQ Before reading: Pause video and ask, “This book is about a rabbit who doesn’t like Spring. Why do you think rabbit doesn’t like Spring?” Say, “I wonder if rabbit will find anything he likes about Spring.” After reading: Ask comprehension questions. How did rabbit feel about Spring at the beginning of the book? Why? How did he feel at the end of the book? Do you like Spring? Why?

Specials

Music

Seasonal Songs in Motion Spring Summer Fall ❄ Winter ♫ Songs for Kids by The Learning Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv1UTnSsRPM Have child follow directions in the song.

Math

Seriation Materials: Masking or painters tape, straws that have been cut into 4 or 5 different lengths. Various items to seriate. For example, measuring cups or spoons, nesting dolls, tapered candles burned down to different sizes, yarn or pencils of different lengths. Introduction: Say- yesterday we learned about seriation. Can you tell me what that means? (putting objects in order). Today you will get to practice seriation with different sized straws. Your Turn: Place a strip of masking tape on the table sticky side up. Give your child several straws with various lengths. Have them stick the straws to the tape in order of size, smallest to largest. Show them that they can move the straws around until they are in the order they want. After they have their set arranged in order, give them another straw, and have them place it where it goes in their set. If your child is having difficulty, help them place the straws in order. If time, give your child another set of items to seriate. Ask them to explain how they decided to put them in a particular order.

Science and Social Studies

Read A Windy Day in Spring by Charles Ghigna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24A7k6gfFG0 Complete the Can the Wind Move It? activity. Place a variety of objects on the table (some that can be moved by blowing them as well as some that cannot be moved). Examples of objects can include wooden block, paper cup, piece of construction paper, cotton ball, rock, metal spoon, etc. Have child predict which objects they can move, then experiment with each by blowing. Were predictions correct? Why do you think some objects moved but others didn’t?

Thursday

Morning Meeting

Gather & Greet: Let’s Get Started and Child Choice Message Board: Good morning Pre-K friends. Today we will brainstorm words that start with /z/. Alphabet Knowledge: Review Zz and sound. Brainstorm words that start with /z/ and create a chart using pictures and words.

Large Group Literacy

Writing a Sentence We have been learning that letters make words and words make sentences. *Have a drawing ready for you to add labels. This will help focus on labeling and writing a sentence rather than drawing.

Model labeling the picture. For example, “I like to go to the park and play ball with Matt. So I drew this picture of us at the park. I’m going to label my illustration so the reader has more information.” Model stretching words to add labels.

“Now I am going to add a sentence to my picture. To make sure my text matches my illustration, I am going to choose one of the labels to use in the sentence. I like to play ball.” Model writing sentence. “Last week we learned that a sentence starts with a capital letter. I need to leave space between each word so you can read my sentence. I like to use my finger to make spaces.” When you get to the end of the sentence, remind students that the sentence ends with a punctuation mark.

Read the sentence, pointing to each word.

Phonological Awareness

Rhyming Materials: Seasons poem Ask your child to listen for rhyming words as you read this poem:

Reading

Read Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gBL7I1Bm8E Before reading: Look at the cover of the book. As student to predict what book might be about. Have child point to the title. Ask, “What do we call the person who writes a book? What do we call the person who draws the pictures?” Explain that Will Hillenbrand is both the author and illustrator. During reading: Mute the video and read to student. This allows you to pause and discuss the story. After reading: Ask student to identify story elements: character(s), setting, beginning, middle, end

Specials

SEL Fair is Fair by Sonny Varela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qrEyjVMajY

After the story talk about why having equal amounts of food was not fair. Can you think of another situation when equal is not fair? Remind students of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Why would having the same size bowls, chairs and beds not be fair?

Math

Seriation Materials: Three sealed containers filled with different material (beans, Legos, cotton balls, rocks, water, goldfish crackers, etc.) labeled A, B and C. Introduction: Say- Can you tell me what we have been learning about the past couple of days? (seriation) What does seriation mean? (putting objects in order) You have practiced seriation with shortest to longest and smallest to biggest. Today you are going to learn about lightest to heaviest and slowest to fastest.

Last week we used a balance scale to compare the weight of objects. Place the three sealed containers on the table. Today you are going to determine the seriation of weight (lightest to heaviest) with the containers. Since we do not have our balance scale today, how can we measure the weight of the containers? (accept all answers) We are going to use our hands to weigh the containers. Using the chart below have child put container A in one hand and container B in the other hand. Ask which is heavier. Circle that letter. Repeat with containers A, C and B, C. A B A C B C Have child tell you the seriation (lightest to heaviest) of the containers.

Science and Social Studies

Jobs All Year Refer back to A Tree for All Seasons. On pages 4-5 they have photographs of winter workers. The jobs people do sometimes change in different seasons. I have a yard at my house. In spring, we plant a garden. In summer, we mow the lawn. In fall, we rake the leaves. Workers have roles that change in the seasons. In winter, they might drive a snow plow. In spring, they might plant flowers. What chores do you do outside in spring? In Summer? In fall? In winter? Record child’s ideas on paper. When the list is finished, have child dictate a summary sentence about doing chores in different seasons.

Friday

Morning Meeting

Gather & Greet: Let’s Get Started and Child Choice Message Board: Good morning Pre-K friends. Today we will look for weather patterns in our weather journal. Alphabet Knowledge: Introduce Qq Show Qq cards. If you don’t have the cards, an adult can write them on a piece of paper. Use the Q letter builder card to introduce the sound /q/. Explain that almost all words have the Qu together so we pronounce the sound as “kwuh.” Point to the quarter and say, “Q says /q/ like quarter.” Do the same for quilt. Use finger to trace upper- and lowercase Q on letter builder card and use pattern blocks to build them. Use the J, Z and Q sound cards to sort pictures by words that start with /q/ and don’t start with /q/.

Large Group Literacy

Seasons Chart Fold a piece of paper into 4 sections. Label each section with one of the seasons. Ask student to brainstorm things they have learned about each season and add them to the chart.

Phonological Awareness

Alliteration Challenge your child to go on a search around the house for things that all start with the same letter sound. For example, banana and ball or doll and dog.

Reading

Read When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IMQguIVLL4&list=PLmPm5C6IhL7mhTatCcHjw23FM1vEYJbnZ&index=1 Before reading: Look at the cover of the book. As student to predict what book might be about. Have child point to the title. Ask, “What do we call the person who writes a book? What do we call the person who draws the pictures?” During reading: Mute the video and read to student. After reading: After reading the story ask your students if they have seen any signs of spring around your schoolyard or in their own yards. Stand up and walk to a window and together look for any more signs of spring. Ask the children to remind you of some of the signs of spring. Examples can be green grass, melted snow, flowers, rain, nests with eggs, etc.

Specials

Art Four Seasons Handprint Tree Materials: Blue and brown construction paper, Pencil Scissors, Glue, Markers Trace your child’s hand and arm on a piece brown paper. Have child:

• cut out four brown hand and arm prints.

• glue the brown handprints to the blue paper with the fingers pointing up.

• decorate each handprint with painted fingerprints for each of the four seasons.

• write the name of each season across the top of each handprint tree craft with a marker.

Math

Shapes Shape Season Picture Materials: Shape Season Drawing page, shape cards, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils. Introduction: Say- this week you have been learning about the four seasons. Which season is your favorite? Why? Show shape season drawing page. This is a shape drawing of winter. What shapes do you see? Your Turn: Say- Today you are going to draw your favorite season using shapes. Review the shape cards. Talk about what they are going to put on their drawing that represents their favorite season. After your child has finished their drawing, have them tell you the shapes they used.

Science and Social Studies

Explain that we are going to look at our weather journal from the past two weeks to see if we notice any weather patterns. A weather pattern occurs when the weather stays the same for days or weeks at a time. The patterns of weather are tied to the four seasons: summer, winter, spring, and fall. There are a few different weather patterns that you may already know about, such as hot and dry, wet and rainy, or cold. Do you notice any weather patterns over the last 2 weeks? Discuss and provide support as needed.

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Read it. Jj Build it.

jellyfish jam

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Read it. Jj Build it.

jellyfish jam

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J, Z and Q Sound Cards

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Initial Sound Cards

Letters and sounds are being introduced simultaneously. The learning bundle includes pat-tern block letter builder cards and cards with pictures that begin with the initial sound, these are the Initial Sound Cards. For the first activity, the cards are used to sort objects that begin with the target sound and objects that do not begin with the target sound. It is recommended that you use previous weeks’ cards with the new ones from each bundle. When each letter is introduced, use no more than 6 cards total with at least 3 containing the target sound. As your child becomes more familiar with the target sound, begin add-ing more cards.

Other ways to use the cards include:

Mix up the cards, pick a card, say the word, and isolate the beginning sound. Write the letter that makes the sound in a salt tray, sand tray, shaving cream, etc.

Mix up the cards, pick a card, say the word, and isolate the beginning sound. Match

card to the letter that makes the beginning sound.

This week’s cards include:

J: jack-o-lantern, jacket, jar, jeans, jellybeans, juice

Z: zig zag, zucchini, zombie, zipper, zero, zoo keeper

Q: q-tip, quail, queen, question mark, quack, quill

J, Z and Q Sound Cards

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J, Z and Q Sound Cards

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Season Vocabulary

fall

spring

summer

winter

umbrella

flower

nest

egg

chick

puddle

plant

garden

Seriation Anchor Chart

small to large

light to dark

short to tall

short to long

light to heavy

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Read it.

Zz zoo zebram Build it.

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Read it.

Qq quarter

quilt

Build it.

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Read it.

Qq quarter

quilt

Build it.

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Oval

Circle

Rhombus

Triangle

Square Rectangle

Winter Shape Drawing