Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: This Way to Pre-K
Theme number: 1
Read-Aloud books:
Vocabulary:
Letters:
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Topic: My school and Me
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 1: This Way to Pre-K
school, bus, classroom, flag, routine, rules
Week 2: My Friend and I
share, friend, feelings
Week 3: Body Talk in Rhyme
T
body, head, fingers, toes, arms, legs, feet
Week 4: Our Senses
O
touch, hear, smell, taste, see, 5 senses
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, I Like School (story folder), Froggy Goes To School, Our Muscles, Hand and Fingers, The Body
Book, Their Mouths, Their Ears, I Use My Senses (story folder)
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 1:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: My Family, My Friends
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 2
Letters:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: Family, friends, and where we live
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 5: The Three Bears
S
big, medium, little, wee, porridge, family
Week 6: Homes for Everyone
P
neighborhood, apartment, house, duplex,
houseboat, mobile home, country townhouse,
Week 7: Sara Sydney’s Runaway Adv. C
adventure, pet, iguana, dog, cat
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, intro concept of rhyming
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Three Bears Rap, Starfall- 3 Bears, Animal Habitats (story folder), Forest Friends (story folder),
My Friend and I
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 5:
Week 6:
Week 7:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name:
Theme number: 8
Animals
Read-Aloud books:
Letters:
Topic: Farm animals
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 8: In The Cows Backyard
X
cow, agriculture, horse, hen, rooster, pig,
farmer
Week 9: Apple Farmer Annie
M
apples, farmer’s market, dog, cat, fall,
farm, customers
Week 10: review (p/t conferences)
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, intro concept of rhyming, intro segmenting words
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Little Blue Truck, My Farm, Farm Animals, Half Chicken (story folder), Old MacDonald (story
folder)
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 8:
Week 9:
Week 10: none
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name:
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 5
Letters:
Week 11: Itsy Bitsy Spider
J
web, rhyme, spout, twinkle, spider
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration
Houghton Mifflin, Twinkle Little Star
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 11:
Topic: nursery rhymes
Vocabulary:
Phonological awareness:
District resources:
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Nursery Rhyme:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name:
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 2
Letters:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: community helpers
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 12: Neighborhood Helpers
A
fire fighter, police officer, doctor, coach,
mail carrier, dentist, nurse
Pat-A-Cake
Week 13: All Around Town
B
veterinarian, teacher, librarian, ambulance,
pilot, EMT
Hot Cross Buns
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin,
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Choices
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 4
Letters:
Topic: healthy choices
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
I
wheat, healthy, vegetables, fruit,
food pyramid, meat
A Song of Sixpence
Week 16: You Can Do It Sam
V
habit, exercise, manners, stress,
healthy
Little Boy Blue
Week 17: Gingerbread Man
E
consequences, gingerbread, choices,
sly
Little Bo Peep
Week 14: The Little Red Hen
Week 15: review (Fall vacation)
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration,
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Food Around the World, Henny Penny (story folder), A-Z P’s and Q’s, A-Z Helping Hands,
Charlie Chipmunks Thoughtful Choices
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 14:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Week 15: none
Week 16:
Week 17:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Stories and rhymes
Read-Aloud books:
Letters:
Week 18: The Mitten
Theme number: 5
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: traditional/fairy tales
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
mitten, badger, diggers, knit, mole,
hedgehog, lumbered, swelled
Little Jack Horner
mattress, fairy tale, princess, prince
Old King Cole
Winter break
Winter break
Week 19: The Princess and the Pea
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, matching beginning sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, The Hat, The Frog Prince, The Shoemaker and the Elves (story folder)
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 18:
Week 19:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Giants
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 3
Letters:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: Giants/Big-little
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 20: Jack and The Beanstalk
R
Beanstalk, make believe, giant,
Cottage, widow, market, fairytale
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Week 21: Five Huge Dinosaurs
Y
Dinosaur, big, bigger, biggest
Enormous
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Week 22:Nature’s Giants
D
Volcano, Iceberg, Mountains, space
Majestic, moon, sun
Hey Diddle Diddle
Week 23: Giants Made By People
U
Skyscraper, roller-coaster, bridge,
Anxious, ferris wheel
The Old Lady..…Shoe
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, matching beginning sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Jack and The Beanstalk (story folder), Once Upon A Time In Dragonland, Thesaurus Rex, These
Bones, The Great Enormous Rock (story folder), The Sun and the Moon (story folder), The Monster Coaster (story
folder)
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 20:
Week 21:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Week 22:
Week 23:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Theme name: Stories and rhymes
Theme number: 5
Topic: traditional tale
Read-Aloud books:
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Straw, construct, sticks, bricks
This Little Piggy
Letters:
Week 24: Three Little Pigs
N
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, matching final
sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Starfall-The Three Bears, The 3 Bears Rap
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 24:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name:
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 6
Letters:
Week 25: Alphabet Under Const.
W
Week 26: Machines Large and Small
(p/t conferences)
Topic: construction
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Kink, weld, prune, level,
Airbrush, carve, dye
Mary Had a Little Lamb
machine, grader, loader, large,
small
Week 27: Bumbling Building Bugs
F
measure, bulldozer, dump truck
Roller, bridge
Little Miss Muffet
Week 28: I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
Z
Inspiration, ceiling, floor, curtains,
wall
The Crooked Man
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, matching final
sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, The Do Nothing Machine, Tools That Help Me, This is The House that Jack Built, Raise The
Roof, The Numeral Dance, Can You See the Shapes (story folder), Smart Cookies Creative Cookies
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 25:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Week 26:
Week 27:
Week 28:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Things That Move
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 7
Letters:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: transportation/travel
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Spring Break
Week 29: ABC Drive
H
airplane, helicopter, car, engine,
Semi-truck, ship
Week 30: Bear On a Bike
Q
Market, bike, raft, train, sailboat
Rocket
Week 31: Gram Is Coming to My
House
G
travel, suitcase, arrive, calendar,
shuttle
Old Mother Hubbard
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, final sounds,
identifying letter sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, On the Move, Subway, Flying, First Flight
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 29:
Week 30:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Week 31:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
Garden City Public Schools
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Theme name: Things That Move
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number:
Letters:
7
Topic: ocean
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
1,2,3,4,5
Week 32: Commotion in the Ocean
K
commotion, angel fish, deep sea,
Walrus, swordfish, lobster
Barnacle, whale
Week 33: The Old Lady Who
Swallowed a Shell
L
shell, next, first, last, ocean, beach
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, final sounds, identifying letter
sounds, matching medial sounds
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Fidgety Fish, Clumsy Crab, A Chance For Esperanza, The Ocean
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 32:
Week 33:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Animals
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 8
Letters:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: zoo
Vocabulary:
Nursery Rhyme:
Week 34: Welcome To Zippety Zoo
wharthog, meerkat, bear, tiger
Lion, leopard, camouflage, giraffe
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Week 35: Rumble In The Jungle
Chimpanzee, elephant, zebra, hippo,
Crocodile, rhino, gazelle, gorilla
Humpty Dumpty
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, final sounds, identifying
letter sounds, medial sounds, syllable segmentation
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Zanzibar Zoo, Lots of Zebra Stripes, For Pete’s Sake, Five Silly Monkeys
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 34:
Week 35:
Curriculum Outline
Garden City Public Schools
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT
Theme name: Animals
Read-Aloud books:
Theme number: 8
Letters:
Week 36: Very Hungry Caterpillar
Vocabulary:
USD 457  Garden City, KS 67846  620.805.7000
Topic: insects
Nursery Rhyme:
cocoon, butterfly, egg, leaf, metamorphisis
Week 37: graduation/fun day
Phonological awareness:
Same/different sound of words, rhyming, segmenting words, alliteration, beginning sounds, final sounds, identifying
letter sounds, matching medial sounds, syllable segmentation
District resources:
Houghton Mifflin, Eddie’s Backyard Bugs, Curious George Plants a Tree, The Song of the Teeny Tiny Mosquito,
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (story folder)
Kansas Early Learning Standards:
Week 36:
Week 37:
Curriculum Outline
GARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION ~ EARLY LEARNING FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS ~ THREE YEAR OLD MIGRANT