Arrival Arrival: Attendance graph Arrival: Attendance graph Arrival: Attendance graph Arrival: Attendance graph QOTD: baby animal “Which do you like best?” (kitten Morning Circle: Morning Circle: Morning Circle: Opening /puppy /bird) Have children Welcome song & one other Welcome song & one other Welcome song & one other answer during arrival or Circle transition, charting with do you QOTD: “Which Review daily schedule and Review daily schedule and whiteboard/pocket chart/etc. think is bigger?” (gorilla rules now and throughout rules now and throughout Movement hand / elephant foot or use – the day the day other choices from Morning Circle: Actual Relaxation Have copy of book Size) Welcome song & one other Transition: Transition: available for children to refer Review QOTD with the full to. SS Song Transitions Music/Movement: Music/Movement: group, counting each column Fingerplay: & one other “Eight Baby and writing the numeral; then SS Story and Discussion- Pigs” () discuss results (what do you Closing &“Moving Like Animals” SS Skill Activity- notice? which answer has the Circle (see below) Review daily schedule and most? etc.). rules now and throughout Relaxation: the day Relaxation: SS Puppet Script Transition: SS Brain Builder- what I “Guess Transition: Transition: Show nest-making materials Think of am thinking of”: for Art Area. an animal or plant that the Closing Circle: Closing Circle: class has discussed during Review progress of plant Goodbye song this unit and give the children Review daily schedule and experiment(s). Ask children clues to guess it. Some clues rules now and throughout to predict what they will see might be the day conceptual (“It when they come back to swims in the it water … Transition: school next week. grows into a frog”) while others might be SS Song Music/Movement: Goodbye song starts with the /d/ & (“It “Green Grass Grew” – it rhymes with emphasize stanzas about sound… nest/egg/bird. Discuss how ____”). baby birds hatch from eggs; show pictures if possible & Music/Movement: Choose 2 one other Relaxation: Relaxation: Transition: Mighty Minute # Transition: SS Brain Builder- 15 Say It, Show It
Arrival Opening Circle Movement Relaxation Transitions Closing Circle Arrival: Attendance graph QOTD: “Which baby animal do you like best?” (kitten /puppy /bird) Have children answer during arrival or transition, charting with whiteboard/pocket chart/etc. Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other Review QOTD with the full group, counting each column and writing the numeral; then discuss results (what do you notice? which answer has the most? etc.). SS Puppet Script Show nest-making materials for Art Area. Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Music/Movement: SS Song & “Green Grass Grew” – emphasize stanzas about nest/egg/bird. Discuss how baby birds hatch from eggs; show pictures if possible & one other Relaxation: Transition: SS Brain Builder- Arrival: Attendance graph Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Music/Movement: Fingerplay: “Eight Baby Pigs” () &“Moving Like Animals” (see below) Relaxation: Transition: Closing Circle: Goodbye song Arrival: Attendance graph Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other QOTD: “Which do you think is bigger?” (gorilla hand / elephant foot – or use other choices from Actual Size) Have copy of book available for children to refer to. SS Story and Discussion- Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: “Guess what I am thinking of”: Think of an animal or plant that the class has discussed during this unit and give the children clues to guess it. Some clues might be conceptual (“It swims in the water … it grows into a frog”) while others might be (“It starts with the /d/ sound… it rhymes with ____”). Music/Movement: Choose 2 Relaxation: Transition: Mighty Minute # 15 Say It, Show It Arrival: Attendance graph Morning Circle: Welcome song & one other Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Music/Movement: SS Song & one other SS Skill Activity- Relaxation: Transition: SS Brain Builder- Closing Circle: Review progress of plant experiment(s). Ask children to predict what they will see when they come back to school next week. Goodbye song
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