Reading English Language Arts Lesson Design Template
Unit Title: Kindergarten Morning Meeting
Lesson Title: Creator: Janet Bowland
Grade Level: Kindergarten
School: Scarbro Elementary, Fayette County
Subject: Reading/Language Arts with math and science integration.
Instruction and Modeling: The Promethean board and interactive flipcharts will be used to
provide 21st Century technology to the kindergarten curriculum and daily routines.
Flipchart Page 1: Question of the Day: When students enter the classroom each morning, they
begin the day by signing in on the Question of the Day. Students write their first name using the
active pen under their response to today’s question. For example: Have you ever flown a kite?
Do you like broccoli? Are you wearing a belt? The answers are compiled for data analysis, as
kids make tally marks and write the total number of responses.
Flipchart Page 2: Calendar: Kindergarten morning meetings begin with a calendar activity.
This flipchart page has a March Calendar that is used to discuss the months of the year and the
days of the week. Clicking on the title, Months of the Year brings up an MP3 song file for the
songs Macarena Months and the Days of the week. The children sing along, doing motions and
interactions as they learn calendar routines. Using an interactive pen, students choose a picture of
either an Easter egg or a rabbit to make a pattern for the calendar days. Discussions will include
today’s day and what day was yesterday and what day will tomorrow be.
Flipchart Page 3: Weather Chart: Clicking on a title brings up an MB3 file for the song, What
will the weather be today? Students then use the activ pen to highlight the weather- windy,
snowy, sunny, rainy, etc.
Flip Chart Page 4: How many days have we been in school? Using the activ pen, a tally mark
is made to count the number of days students have been in school. On the place value chart kids
move blocks to represent how many hundreds, tens, and ones equal the number of days school
has been in session. In the money box, students write the value equal to what it’s worth. For
example, if school had been in session for 118 days, students would write $1.18 and select a
dollar, dime, nickel, and eight pennies to equal 118 days.
Flip Chart Page 5: Morning Message: This page has a note written to students that contains a
message such as: Dear Kindergarten Smarties: Today is _onday, _arch _, 200_ . Let’s make a
word web for our vocabulary word glimmer. What things glimmer?
Happy Learning! Love,
your teachers, Mrs. Bowland and Mrs. Flint. Students will use the activ pen to write the missing
letters or words in the morning message.
Flip Chart Page 6: Today’s Helper: This page shows and Easter bunny with a basket of eggs.
The teacher pulls a hidden name from the basket to determine who the helper will be for our
class today.
Flip Chart Pages 7 – 10: Phonics Various activities such as phonics games, poems, and an
Reflection: Since our board was installed in September, my students’ enthusiasm for learning
has increased. More importantly, student achievement has increased dramatically. As of March
1, 2008, 19 of my 21 students have benchmarked according to DIBELS ( Dynamic Indicators of
Basic Early Literacy Skills) and the last two are just a few points away from benchmarking
Scarbro is a Reading First school and using the board has been a great way to integrate
technology with basic literacy skills. .
Duration: 15 – 20 minutes