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Adjusting to school         Establishing routines and procedures

Adjusting to school         Establishing routines and procedures

Family

Stories Oonga Boonga, Peter’s Chair, Over in the Meadow, Noisy Nora, Whistle for Willie, Corduroy, Time For Bed, Brown Bear, Brown Bear

Centers

Writing  Writing My Name, Story Related Word Cards, My Favorite Stuffed Animal Picture

Blocks Sign Making for Buildings

Dramatic Play Telephone Messages

Small Groups Family Drawings, Letter Matching, Book Browsing, Name Matching, Alphabet BINGO, Making Names with Letter Tiles, Rhyming Word Pictures, Writing Alphabet Letters and Names

Songs, Word Play, Letters BINGO, If You’re Happy, Eentsy Weentsy Spider, Down By the Bay, Five Little Ducks, Five Green and Speckled Frogs, Old MacDonald Had A Farm, I’m a Little Teapot, Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, Ten Little Fingers, Stand Up, Diddle Diddle Dumpling, Open, Shut Them, Chiming in w/Rhyming Words, If Your Name Starts w/ Raise Your Hand, Let’s Clap Out Names,  Those Words Rhyme!, Those Words Begin with the Same Sound, Can You Think of Words That Begin with the Same Sound as..,  I’m Thinking of …Clue Game, Interesting Sounding Words, We Can Change It and Rearrange It, I’m thinking of a Clue Game, First Sound Matching:  Story Characters’ and Children’s Names

Large Group Directions Chart for Bottle Shakers, What Do Babies Need, What is a Harmonica, Cookbooks and Recipes, Paper Airplanes and Other Folded Paper Objects, Birth Announcements & Birth Weight, Birth Announcements & Birth Length

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Halloween

Stories 5 Little Pumpkins, Skeleton Hiccups, Pumpkin Eye, Big Pumpkin

Centers

Library Halloween Books

Small Groups Journals, Writing ABC’s

Songs, Word Play, Letters Witches Brew, Skin & Bones, 5 Little Pumpkins, 3 Little Witches, Looking for Dracula

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Friends

Stories The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, A Letter to Amy, HUSH!, Golden Bear, Matthew & Tilly Dandelion, Hooray, A Piñata

Centers

Library Unit 1 Books, Upper and Lower Case Letter Matching, Picture-Word Matching Cards for Matthew & Tilly,

Writing Writing on Handmade Stationary, Writing Captions in Class Photo Albums, Making Photo Album Covers and Signing Author Pages, Dandelion Word Cards and Fancy Ink Pens

Small Groups Friendship Pictures, Book Browsing, Journals, Alphabet Letter Tiles and Storybook Word Cards, Uppercase Alphabet Memory, Name Memory, Matching Pictures and Words from Matthew & Tilly, Making Store Signs, Making Party Invitations, Addressing Party Invitations, Match Pictures and Words from Stories, Alphabet Puzzles, Uppercase and Lowercase Matching

Songs, Word Play, Letters BINGO,  If You’re Happy, Eentsy, Weentsy Spider, Five Green and Speckled Frogs, Five Little Ducks, Down By The Bay, The More We Get Together, If you’re Happy, Come One and Join in the Game, Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, The Wheels on the Bus, Open Them, Shut Them, Story Character BINGO, What Are You Wearing?,  Three Little Monkeys, Ten Little Fingers, Mix a Pancake, Five Juicy Apples, Diddle, Diddle Dumpling, Ten Little Fingers, Five Little Owls in an Old Elm Tree, If You’re Name Starts with (), Raise Your Hand, Chiming in With Rhyming Words, Those Words Begin With the Same Sound, Let’s Clap Our Hands, Guess What Word I’m Saying,  Those Words Rhyme!, Interesting Sounding Words, I’m Thinking of () Clue Game, Those Words Begin With the Same Sound, Alphabet Memory Pocket Chart Game, We Can Change it and Rearrange It

Large Group Exploring Stationary and Invitations, Grocery Stores & Grocery Lists, Exploring Signs for Advertising, Invitations to Stuffed Animal Party

Anecdotal Notes/Checklist based on Teacher Observation

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Christmas

Stories Hurry, Santa,

Centers 

Library Christmas Books 

Writing  Making Christmas Cards

Small Group Jingle Bells (Kisses Memory), Journals, Ho! Ho! Ho! Game

Songs, Word Play, and Letters Here is a Chimney, Up On the Housetop, Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman

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Wind

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Water

Stories Gilberto and the Wind, A Hat for Minerva Louise, The Snowy Day, One Dark Night, Rabbits & Raindrops, The Very Noisy Night, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, See How They Grow:  Kitten, Time For Bed, Over in the Meadow, Golden Bear

Centers

Library Unit 1, Unit 2 Books, Unit 3 Books

Writing Blank Books and Pencils, Using Word Cards, Captions for Spray Painting Clouds

Small Groups Picture Card Memory using Words from Unit 3 Storybooks, Exploring Books, Journals, Beginning Sound Picture Sorting, Alphabet Go Fish, Uppercase Alphabet Memory, Clay Experiment Book, Sound and Letter Matching

Songs, Word Play, Letters Open, Shut Them, Eentsy Weentsy Spider, Five Little Ducks, If You’re Happy, What Are You Wearing, Wheels on the Bus, Looby Loo, BINGO, Head and Shoulders, Willoughby Wallaby Woo, Come On and Join in to the Game, Down By the Bay, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, I’m a Littler Teapot, Clap Your Hands, Apples and Bananas, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, The More We Get Together, Five Green and Speckled Frogs, Raindrops, Three Little Monkeys, Boom! Bang!, Stand Up, Diddle Diddle Dumpling, Cloud, Ten Little Fingers, My Big Balloon, Mix a Pancake, Five Little Owls in an Old Elm Tree, Hands, Interesting Sounding Words, If Your Name Starts with (sound), Snap Your Fingers, Can You Think of Words That Begin with the Same Sound as?, Guess What Word I’m Saying, We Can Change It or Rearrange It,  I’m Thinking of () Clue Game, Alphabet Clue Game, If You Have The Matching Letter, Shout Its Name, Can You Think of Words That Rhyme With …?, If Your Name Begins with (sound), Raise Your Hand, Interesting Sounding Words

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Valentine’s Day

Stories The Valentine Bears, The Day It Rained Hearts, Sweet Hearts, Froggy’s First Valentine, Little Mouse’s First Valentine

Centers

Library Valentines Day Books

Writing Making Valentines

Small Groups ABC Heart  BINGO, 3 Things I Love (Lift Flap)

Songs, Word Play, Letters HEART

Large Group

Anecdotal Notes/Checklist based on Teacher Observation

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Dr Seuss

Stories The Foot Book, Hop on Pop, There’s a Wocket in My Pocket, Gertrude McFuzz, Cat in the Hat, 1 Fish, 2 Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Left Foot, Right Foot

Large Group What Can Your Feet Do? Chart , Look Out Dr. Seuss Our Poems are On the Loose Book, Rules at Home Chart

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The World of Color

Stories Max’s Dragon Shirt, Dog’s Colorful Day, The Lion and the Little Red Bird,  Cat’s Colors, The Very Noisy Night, dear juno, Peter’s Chair, Whistle for Willie, Rabbits & Raindrops, Noisy Nora, Over in the Meadow, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Centers

Library Unit 1, Unit 2 Books, Unit 3 Books

Writing making Valentine’s Cards, Drawing and Labeling Pictures with Colored Pencils, Alphabet Letters Labels for Color Alphabet Book, Letter and Postcard Supplies, Signing Author Pages for Color Alphabet Book, “I Spy” Sculpture Clue Cards

Small Groups Dog’s New Spots Labels and Stories, Naming and Labeling Paint Colors, Assembling Color Alphabet Book Pages, Fading Paper Experiment Book

Songs, Word Play, Letters Apples and Bananas, Five Green and Speckled Frogs, What Are You Wearing, I’m A Little Teapot, Looby Loo, If You’re Happy, The Green Grass Grows All Around, Down By the Bay, Clap Your Hands, BINGO, Come On and Join in to the Game, Head Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Barnyard Song, The Wheels on the Bus, Hands, Snowman, Ten Little Fingers, The Little Turtle, Three Little Monkeys, Hands on Shoulders, Pease Porridge Hot, Stand Up, Cloud, Five Little Owls in an Old Elm Tree, Boom! Bang!, If Your Name Ends with (name sound), Raise Your Hand, Alphabet Memory Pocket Chart Game, Can You Think of Words That Rhyme with …?, Guess What Word I’m Saying, Can You Think of  Words That Begin With the Same Sound as …?, Alphabet Clue Game, Interesting Sounding Words, May I Take Your Order Please?, We Can Change It and Rearrange It, I’m Thinking of …Clue Game, If You Have the Matching Letter, Say Is Name, Do These Words Begin with the Same Sound

Large Group  Color Meanings:  Traffic Lights, Construction Cones, and Signs

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Easter

Stories

Small Groups My Bunny Can … Book

Songs, Word Play, Letters Here is a Bunny, Bunny Hop

Large Group  Egg Hunt (Finding Eggs with the First Letter in Name)

Anecdotal Notes/Checklist based on Teacher Observation

Things That Grow

 Stories The Ugly Vegetables, The Lion and the Little Red Bird, Clap Your Hands, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain, Make Way for Ducklings, Over in the Meadow, I Heard Said the Bird, Bigger, Kitten for a Day, Racoon on His Own, Just Enough

Centers

Library  Unit 1, Unit 2 Books, Unit 3 Books

Writing Writing Chinese Calligraphy, Decorating Bean Growing Book,

Small Groups Book Browsing, See How Seeds Grow, Snail and Worm Record Booklets, Animal Names Sound and Letter Matching

Songs, Word Play, Letters Down by the Bay, Looby Loo, The Wheels on the Bus, Apples and Bananas, Green Grass Grows All Around, Clap You Hands, If you’re Happy, I’m a Little Teapot, Brnyard Song, Eentsy Weentsy Spider, Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Open Shut Them, Five Little Ducks, BINGO, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Looby Loo, Hush Little Baby, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Buttercuyps and Daisies, Windshield Wiper, My Shadow, Raindrops, Cloud, Mix a Pancake, The Little Turtle, Five Eggs and Five Eggs, Good Morning Mrs. Hen, Ten Little Fingers, Five Little Owls in an Old Elm Tree, Five Little Fishies, Hands on Shoulders, Stand Up, My Big Balloon, Boom! Bang!, I Measure Myself, When I Was One, Little Letter/Big Letter Chant, Guess What Word I’m Saying, Interesting Words, I’m Thinking of …. Clue game, What Word Would We Have, If We Took Out…?, Little Letter Chant, We Can Change It and Rearrange It, Can You Think of Words That End With the Same Sound as …? If Your name has (lowercase) in it, Raise Your Hand, Alphabet memory Pocket Chart Game, Can You Think of Words That Begin With the Same Sound as ..?

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