Unit of Study: Welcome to School

Bridges: Apples

This week at school…

9/3 – 9/6

Upcoming Events:

Signing Time

We learned the signs:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Water & Ball Ball Water	More & Bird

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Cat & Dog	Fish & Car Car Fish

Opening Circle

Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Introduce Signing In each day before washing hands. Practice circle time (finding assigned sit-a-pon, sitting on sit-a-pons, keeping personal space, looking at the teacher. Watch whale video (Goodwin whales RISE). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjLnk_sZ4V0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYDLOeHqbJQ That means we are going to be the best we can be. When we are our best we use Respect, we are Safe, and we take care of our Environment. Review our classroom expectations. Introduce Start Student Board. Discuss consequences for not following the rules. Introduce Mr. Whale.	Review classroom expectations. Goodwin Whales RISE. Show how many stars were earned yesterday. Review story, Curious George's First Day of School. George wanted to help at school what are some ways you can help at school? Activity: Discuss jobs that students can help with around the classroom. Discuss the differences of the jobs they do at home. Introduce Job Chart!

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Review bus expectations. Do all children take the bus? How else can we get to school or go home from school? Make a "How do you get to school" graph. Analyze graph - more, less, same.	Discuss what it means to be a good friend. Make a list of student responses.

Number Corner (math)

Module 1 Session 1: Number Corner - Today is..., Birthdays 1 Red Apple in Bag (attribute cards: red, round, you can eat it, fruit.)

Module 1 Session 2: Number Corner - Today is... 5 Red Apples in a Bag (attribute cards: red, round, you can eat it, fruit, more than 1)

Module 1 Session 4: Number Corner - Today is... 5 Green Apples in a Bag (attribute cards: green round, you can eat it, fruit, more than 1)

Module 1 Session 5: Number Corner - Today is... Patterning the paper apples

Snack

Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers

Science	Blocks	Dramatic Play	Theme Park
Rotating Friday-Tuesday discovery bottles, shells, mirrors, people color crayons, playdough w/ shape cutters, stacking rainbow Friday students will manage centers independently	Rotating Friday-Tuesday Wooden Blocks, large duplo bricks, cardboard bricks, dollhouse, people, furniture, cars & trucks, community blocks, town buildings Friday students will manage centers independently	Rotating Friday-Tuesday Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family Friday students will manage centers independently	Closed
Writing	Library	Art	Literacy/Math
Rotating Wednesday-Thursday Students will independently select writing mediums to write - Magnadoodles, Dry-Erase boards, Letter-Tracers, Words: SCHOOL, HOME, MOM, DAD, MRS. LASKY, MRS. GUYETTE, MRS. ANITA, BUS, CAR Friday students will manage centers independently	Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time	Rotating Friday-Tuesday Students will independently select own art mediums for their creations Friday students will manage centers independently	Rotating Wednesday-Thursday Apple Counting Box Friday students will manage centers independently
Easel	Sensory Table	Rug/Music & Movement	Table Time
Closed	Rotating Wednesday-Thursday Scissor practice - straight, zig-zag, curvy lines	Rotating Wednesday-Thursday School House, Bus, People Feeling Sharks Books Friday students will manage centers independently	Various Manipulatives, Puzzles, Drawing with crayons & markers

Small Groups/Problems & Investigations

•          Practice walking in line taking a tour of the school
•          Investigation: Whole Group - All About Apples book with 2 apples to cut in half horizontally and then vertically
•          Investigation: Making red and green paper apples
•          My Favorite Part of PK is... September

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Book: Curious George's First Day of School Standard: Literacy/Print Concepts Vocab: Nervous, Recess, Ballanced, Principal, Frowned Questions: Who ended up helping George at the end of the story? What does it mean to be a helper in school? Show me how you would feel if a monkey came into our classroom. George wanted to help at school what are some ways you can help at school?	Book: Ming goes to School Standard: Literacy/Print Concepts Vocab: squirms Questions: What were some things Ming was doing at school? How is this the same/different from our school?

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Book: School Bus Standards: Measurement, Literacy/Print Concepts Vocab: Questions: How did you feel riding the bus? How did you feel not riding the bus? Why do you think buses bring children to and from school?	Book: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Standard: Receptive/Expressive Language, Emotional Expression, Literacy/Print Concepts Vocab: steer Questions: Why do you think Pigeon wanted to drive the bus? Should Pigeon drive the bus? Why? Activity: Look at speech bubbles. Identify feelings in the story. Have fun acting out different feelings.

Shared Reading

MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY
	Day 2: Welcome, Welcome 1. Second Read. 2. Reading Focus: Picture/Word Match	Day 3: Welcome, Welcome 1. Third Read 2. Reading Focus: Tracking text with point

THURSDAY	FRIDAY
Day 4: Welcome, Welcome 1. Fourth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading	Day 5: Welcome, Welcome 1. Fifth Read: Orchestration 2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - 4/5 students will lead in reading