Tuesday, March 3, 2020


Unit of Study: Dental Health/Author Study – Dr. Seuss
Bridges: Teddy Bears
This week at school…
3/2/2020

Upcoming Events:
3/19 & 3/20 Mrs. Judy from Mansfield Library

Signing Time
We learned the signs:

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Forest & Mountain



Vocab Review Song
Porcupine & Raccoon



THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Deer & Bear


Owl & Skunk



Opening Circle
Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Introduce new name game - say it, clap it, spell it, rhyme it, fix it (1 student a day)
We are going to be setting up a new Theme Park - Post Office! Make anchor chart: Mail Carriers - Can
Name Game - say it, clap it, spell it, rhyme it, fix it
Mail Carriers - Need
Name Game - say it, clap it, spell it, rhyme it, fix it
Mail Carriers - Are

THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Name Game - say it, clap it, spell it, rhyme it, fix it
Dr. Seuss ABC's - Read Mrs. Lasky's ABC's and have fun making words with similar beginning sounds.


Number Corner (math)
Module 1
Session 4: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Read, "Where's the Bear" - predict where the teddy bear will hide next, then use positional words to describe where the teddy bear is
Module 1
Session 5: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Patterning Bears & Hearts - first do a clap, clap, tap AAB pattern, then pattern calendar markers using the same AAB pattern
Module 2
Session 1: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Posting the Calendar Markers - AAB
Little Green Hides Again (1-10 in upper path with Little Green hiding behind a number

Module 2
Session 2: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Chirpy's Turn to Hide (1-10 in Number Path, Chirpy behind a blue door 2-9), Little Green will help find Chirpy
Module 2
Session 3: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
More Cricket Races (Remove numbers, Chirpy will begin in the middle, die 1-3 & -/+) - Students will roll and count forward and backward


Second Step (Emily & Emilio)
Week: 18 Managing Waiting
Concepts:
·         Calming down can help you manage feeling excited while you’re waiting
·         Counting also helps you wait

Snack
Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers
Science
Blocks
Dramatic Play
Theme Park
The Foot Book - Fizzy Footprints - hand and feet molds of baking soda, red, yellow, green, blue colored vinegar, eye droppers
10 Apples Up On Top - Apple blocks stacking 10
Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family
Post Office - under construction
Writing
Library
Art
Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, dough stamp or use letter magnets to create words
Word Wall: Alphabet chart with things beginning with each letter
Dr. Seuss's ABCs - Aa what begins with Aa? (each student will be given a letter to draw and write something that begins with that letter)
Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time
My Many Colored Days - Various colors of paint with small brushes - painting with colors related to how you feel
Add color word and feeling word charts
10 Apples Up On Top - magnet numbers person print out red pompoms on metal trays
Easel
Sensory Table
Rug/Music & Movement
Color Mixing - red, yellow, blue
Large Shallow Container
Shaving Cream
Red Decorating Sugar
Plastic Eggs
Letter Tiles
The Foot Book - hand and feet markers (have fun making trails and following them)




Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations
Roll & Write
Sense of Self - cut large skin colored shaped head and Dr. Seuss hat
students create themselves with added hat
Roll & Write
Which Teddy Bear will Win?

Roll & Write
Sense of Self - cut large skin colored shaped head and Dr. Seuss hat
students create themselves with added hat

Which Teddy Bear will Win?
Sense of Self - cut large skin colored shaped head and Dr. Seuss hat
students create themselves with added hat

Work Places:
Fill the Fir Tree
Winter Number Pairs
Bean Race to 5
Reds & Blues

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Book: 10 Apples Up On Top
Standard: COG 6, COG 8, COG 10, COG 11
Vocab: number words
Questions:
Activity: Have fun reading print with finger practicing finger sweeping, page sequencing.
Book: Green Eggs and Ham
Standard: COG 6, COG 8, COG 10, COG 12
Questions: Has there been a time when you did not want to try something because you thought you wouldn’t like it? Did you end up trying it? Did you like it? If you could eat somewhere in the book, where would you want to eat?
Activity: Make a graph if they liked green eggs or not and compare results.
Book: My Many Colored Days
Standard: PS 5, COG 8, COG 10, COG 12, COG 14
Vocab: Various feeling words
Questions: When have you felt this way?
Activity: "The color ________ makes me feel _________"
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THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Book: Dr. Seuss ABC's
Standard: COG 6, COG 8, COG 10, COG 11
Vocab: number words
Questions:
Activity:
Book: The Foot Book
Standard: COG 6, COG 8, COG 10, COG 12
Vocab:
Questions:
Activity: Have fun identifying opposites then creating more opposites? How many feet do we have in our class?


Shared Reading
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Day 1: I Can Read!
I can read on a boat,
I can read with a goat.
I can read on a train,
I can read in the rain.
I can read with a fox,
I can read in a box.
I can read with a mouse,
I can read in a house.
1. Literature Introduction.
What do you think it is going to be about? Why do you think I chose this text?
2: First Read.
3: Reading Focus: repetitive text
Day 2: I Can Read!
1. Second Read.
2. Reading Focus: Picture-Word Match
Day 3: I Can Read!
1. Third Read.
2. Reading Focus: Find a letter that you know

THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Day 4: I Can Read!
1. Forth Read.
2. Reading Focus: Choral Reading
Clifford’s My Big World


Monday, February 24, 2020


Unit of Study: Dental Health/Author Study – Bear Books
Bridges: Teddy Bears
This week at school…
2/24/2020

Upcoming Events:
2/24 Visit from the Dentist
2/27 & 2/28 Mrs. Judy from Mansfield Library

Signing Time
We learned the signs:

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Turtle

Vocab Review
Backyard & Explore


THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Tent & Trail
Tent

Trail

Bridge & Stream
Bridge

Stream


Opening Circle
Greeting: Hello/Greeting Songs

Discussion:
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Visit From the Dentist
Modeling Mat Man - using characteristics of self
No Lasky - PM

THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Mrs. Judy - AM
No Lasky - AM
Mrs. Judy - PM


Number Corner (math)

Module 1
Session 1: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Mystery Box - 8 colors, you can do work with it, you can play with it, you can wear it, you can eat it, its made from fabric, one, soft, dry (students ask questions to gain clues of what is in the box)
Module 1
Session 2: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
Read, Teddy Bears Count to Ten

Module 1
Session 3: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
The Bear & Box game - attribute cards: inside, outside, behind, in front, on top, underneath, box with teddy bear
Module 1
Session 3: Calendar update. Today is, Yesterday was.
The Bear & Box game - attribute cards: inside, outside, behind, in front, on top, underneath, box with teddy bear


Second Step (Emily & Emilio)
Week: 17 Managing Anger
Concepts:
·         Feeling angry is natural, but hurtful, mean behaviors are not okay.
·         Your body lets you know when you’re angry.
·         Learning to relax calms you down.

Snack
Practice serving and pouring, cleaning up after ourselves.

Centers
Science
Blocks
Dramatic Play
Theme Park
Stem Challenge - build a bear cave (paper bags, butcher paper, paper towel tubes, popsicle sticks, elastics, string)
I Can Build Camping Set - bugs, forest animals, leaves, rocks, flowers, books
Dress-up, Baby dolls, Cooking for the family
Camping - Retelling Bear Stories
add bears
Writing
Library
Art
Literacy/Math
Students will independently select writing mediums to write, dough stamp or use letter magnets to create words
Word Wall: Bear characters
Students will independently select literacy strategies that support their learning during independent reading times- arrival, centers & independent reading/conferring time
Owl Craft
Bear Counters and Cave roll the die game
Easel
Sensory Table
Rug/Music & Movement
Paint a bear cave with Bear and his friends (brown, black, gray paint and markers)
Styrofoam bowels, sand, bears, characters from story)
Stepping Stones




Rotating Small Groups/Problems & Investigations
5 Little Teddy Bears Storyboard
The Hungry Thing
5 Little Teddy Bears Storyboard
Teddy Bear & Heart Calendar Markers
5 Little Teddy Bears Storyboard
The Hungry Thing

Teddy Bear & Heart Calendar Markers
The Hungry Thing
Work Places:
Fill the Fir Tree
Winter Number Pairs
Bean Race to 5
Reds & Blues

Interactive Read Aloud

MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Book: Bear's Loose Tooth 2nd Read
Standard: Emotional Expression, Literacy, Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness
Vocab: frowned, worried, welled, perched
Questions: How was bear feeling when he noticed his loose tooth? How did his friends help him? Were they being good friends or not good friends?
Activity: Looking closely at pictures
Retelling
Book: Bear's New Friend
Standard: Emotional Expression, Literacy, Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness, Drawing & Writing
Vocab: peering, shy, bashful
Questions: Who do you think is in the hole? What did Bear do when he was trying to get Owl to come out of the hole? What can you do when we meet someone new?
Activity: Drawing favorite part from story - Labeling drawing with writing
Book: Bear Says Thanks
Standard: Emotional Expression, Literacy, Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness,
Vocab: bored, feast, bare, stroll
Questions: Why was Bear sad? How did his friends make him feel better?
Activity: Take a picture walk through the book, reading the pictures as we go. Practice saying, Thank you.

THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Book: Bear Snores On 2nd Read
Standard: Emotional Expression, Literacy, Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness
Vocab: stokes
Questions: What happened in the beginning of the story? Middle? End?
Activity: Front, Back, Where the story begins, Pictures vs. Words
Book: Bear Feels Sick
Standard: Emotional Expression, Literacy, Concept of Print, Phonological Awareness
Vocab: achy, fetches, coax, doze
Questions: What were some things the friends did to help Bear feel better? What are some things your family does to help you feel better when you are sick.
Activity: Glitter Germs Activity


Shared Reading
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Day 4: Got My Toothpaste
1: Fourth Read.
2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - students will lead in reading
Day 1: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, reach up high,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the sky,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, bend down low,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your toes,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, go to bed,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, rest your head,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn out the lights,
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say "good night".
1. Literature Introduction.
What do you think it is going to be about? Why do you think I chose this text?
2: First Read.
3: Reading Focus: Counting words in each line.
Day 2: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
1. Second Read.
2. Reading Focus: Picture-Word Match & Acting out Motions

THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Day 3: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
1: Third Read.
2: Reading Focus: Rhyming Fun
Day 4: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around
1: Fourth Read.
2: Reading Focus: Choral reading - students will lead in reading