Essential Questions:
What makes a family?
How are families unique?
Vocabulary
Development
II.D.1 Child uses a wide variety of words to label and describe people, places, things, and actions. (C) Uses words to communicate how he is feeling.
English
Vocabulary
Spanish
Vocabulary
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Individual
Greeting
Morning
Activities
Writing Name
Calendar
Time: 8:00 –
8:30
Washing hands, potty as needed
Time: 8:30-9:00
Breakfast
Brushing teeth
Transition after breakfast:
LA Journals
9:00-9:10
Brain Gym
Teachers and
Students do a routine of
Language and Literacy
• II.B.1 Child is able to use language for different purposes. (A) Requests help from a teacher to get a ball that went over the playground fence.
Lesson Focus:
My Family
Social Emotional
• II.B.1 Child is able to use language for different purposes.
(A) Requests help from a teacher to get a ball that went over the playground fence.
Date:
Aug. Sept 21 st- 25 th / 2015
Math:
• V.A.3 Child counts 1-10 items, with one count per item. (B)
Knows that each finger represents one count (2 fingers represent two counts; 3 fingers represent three counts, etc.).
Technology
X.A.1. Child opens and navigates through software programs designed to enhance development of appropriate concepts.
Week 5
Listening Comprehension Skills
• II.A.3 Child shows understanding of the new language being spoken by
English-speaking teachers and peers.
(ELL). (A) Follows a set of routines for activities and can make sense of what is happening.
Greetings, school, rules, routines, procedures, help, bucket, invisible, emotions, feelings, friends, family.
Saludos, escuela, reglas, rutinas, procedimientos, ayuda, cubeta, invisible, emociones, sentimientos, amigos, familia.
Individual Greeting
Hello song, Days of the week song, Months of the year song, Today is Sunday song.
Pledge US & TX
Transition to Breakfast
Let’s send hugs to…(Absent, sick, and family members)
Calendar/ Classroom helpers/Weather
News Day-Week
Routines and
Procedures
Breakfast
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students and will talk about
Daily routines and procedures.
Introducing short , tall, and long,
Materials:
Song Poster 5 and CD ;
Individual Greeting
Hello song, Days of the week song, Months of the year song,
Today is Sunday song.
Pledge US & TX
Transition to Breakfast
Let’s send hugs to…(Absent, sick, and family members)
Calendar/ Classroom helpers/Weather
News Day-Week
Routines and Procedures
Breakfast
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students and will talk about Daily routines and procedures.
Focusing on long and short.
Materials:
Song Poster 5 and CD; discussion book pages 8-9;
Individual Greeting
Hola song, Dias de la semana, Meses del Año,
Hoy es Domingo song
Pledge US & TX
Transition to Breakfast let’s send hugs to…(Absent, sick, and family members)
Calendar/ Classroom helpers/Weather
News Day-Week
Routines and Procedures
Breakfast
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students and will talk about Daily routines and procedures.
Focusing on tall and short.
Materials:
Song Poster 5 and CD; discussion book pages 6-7;
Individual Greeting
Hello song, Days of the week song, Months of the year song,
Today is Sunday song.
Pledge US & TX
Transition to Breakfast let’s send hugs to…(Absent, sick, and family members)
Calendar/ Classroom helpers/Weather
News Day-Week
Routines and Procedures
Breakfast
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students and will talk about Daily routines and procedures.
Using labels for tall, short, and long.
Materials:
Teachers
Olga Lucia Orozco &
Reyna Soberanes
Social Development
• VII.A.3 Child organizes their life around events, time, and routines. (A) Identifies common events and routines (snack time, story time).
Individual Greeting
Hola song, Dias de la semana, Meses del Año,
Hoy es Domingo song
Pledge US & TX
Transition to Breakfast let’s send hugs to…(Absent, sick, and family members)
Calendar/ Classroom helpers/Weather
News Day-Week
Routines and Procedures
Breakfast
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students and will talk about Daily routines and procedures.
Reviewing height and
length.
Materials:
exercises to improve the brain disposition to learn
Math
Time: 9:10-
9:30
After singing the song, say:
Show me how you can make yourself as tall as you can… as short as you can.
Ask: who has long hair?
Who has short hair? Invite a child to pretend that he or she has very long hair and to act out brushing it with long strokes. Ask another child to pretend to be brushing or combing short hair.
Play the song again. Point to the words pictures of dogs and ask: which dog is short? Which dog is tall?
Which dog has long hair?
Which has short hair? Point to the word short in the text of the song. Say: this is the word short. What do you notice about the way it looks? Who can point to the word tall?
Play the song again, encouraging the children to sing along and add actions while singing.
Gross Motor
Development
Time: 9:30-9:50
Play Ground
Students play supervised/interact with teacher & co-teacher
Routines and
Procedures one short and one long ribbon per child.
After singing the song, Display the discussion book. Ask, what do you think Tiger is doing?
What type of store do you think Tiger has?
Read the rhyming text. Guide children to focusing long and short, ask, what can you see that is different about the two trains? Which train is long?
Which is short? What else can you see in Tiger’s store that is long or short? Discuss the tools in Tiger’s store, Ask, when would Tiger use the short saw? When would Tiger use the short saw? Encourage children to talk about features that make tools suitable for particular purposes. A saw needs an edge that is sharp and strong to cut wood””. If possible, demonstrate the use of some real tools, such as a screwdriver and screws.
Discuss safety issues relating to the use of tools.
Give each child a long and a short ribbon. Hold up the long ribbon. Ask, how can you tell that one ribbon is shorter and one is longer that the other?
Play Ground
Students play supervised/interact with teacher & co-teacher
Routines and
Procedures several containers of connecting cubes.
After singing the song, display the discussion book and read the rhyme. Lead the discussion focusing on tall and short. Ask questions such as, where can you see a tall tree?
A tall person? A short person?
Which buildings are tall?
Invite volunteers to point to and describe the short and tall objects.
Lead a discussion on short and long. Ask, where can you see a long river? A short stream? A long road? A short ramp?
Invite the children to make a short train of connecting cubes. Invite several children to show and describe their trains. Then say, now make a long train. Invite some children to place their two trains next to each other on a flat surface to show the long/short difference.
Join several cubes to make a short tower and show this to
TS. Then say, make a tall tower… repeat until the students understand the concepts.
Song Poster 5 and CD ;
Discussion book pages 6-7; several tag board labels for short, long, and tall,
After singing the song, display and read one copy of each label, inviting the children to say each word with you. Ask
Ts to suggest objects in the classroom that could be labeled short, long, or tall.
Invite individual children to hold labels next to appropriate objects.
Show the discussion book pages. Hold up a long label and say, what can you see that is long? Invite a child to place the label on the object in the picture (such as a long road).
Repeat for short and tall.
Give half of TS short and tall labels, and ask the rest of TS to stand n pairs, ask the other half to describe the couples and label them using short and tall tag boards. Invite TS to trace their bodies on paper to display them and label.
Song Poster 5 and CD;
Discussion book pages 8-9; size comparison magnets; large magnetic board.
After singing the song, ask, what can you see in the picture that is tall? What can you see that is short? What can you see that is long?
Examples include a tall and a short rocket, and a long and short truck.
Place all the magnetic pieces across the bottom of the board. Point to one of the pieces and ask, where can you see something like this in the picture of Tiger’s store?
Point to the train magnets.
Say, what can you tell me about these trains? Which train is short? Arrange the two trains on the magnetic board so that their lengths can be easily compared.
Continue the activity for the other pairs of short, tall, and long magnetic pieces.
Encourage children to use color words as well as the language, long, tall, and short when describing items.
Play Ground
Students play supervised/interact with teacher & co-teacher
Routines and
Procedures
Play Ground
Students play supervised/interact with teacher & co-teacher
Routines and
Procedures
Play Ground
Students play supervised/interact with teacher & co-teacher
Routines and
Procedures
Language Arts
9:55--10:15
Letter of the week: I
Prior knowledge:
Brainstorming words starting with I.
Materials:
Cancionero, Los Insectos
Letter of the week: I
Prior knowledge: Brainstorming words starting with I.
Materials:
Cancionero, Los Insectos
Letter of the week: I
Prior knowledge: Brainstorming words starting with I.
Materials:
Cancionero, Los Insectos
Letter of the week: I
Prior knowledge: Brainstorming words starting with I.
Materials:
Cancionero Los Insectos
Letter of the week: I
Prior knowledge: Brainstorming words starting with I.
Materials:
Cancionero, Los Insectos
Alfarrimas, cuento de la I.
Por Lada Kratky
After reading and discussing the books, singing the songs, and reviewing objects in the
ABC Tub starting with letter I , students will trace a textured letter I .
Time: 10:15-
10:35
Small Groups M-
T-W
Bilingual
Learning Centers
Th-F
Learning-
Socialization
Centers
Time: 10:35-
11:30
Students play on different centers to develop/enhance social skills/
Lunch
Time: 11:30-
11:55
Potty as needed
Table 1: Letter I
Table 2: Number 4
Table 3: Color verde
Learning/Socialization
Centers
Teachers interact with the students while pretended play
T1 : Dial 4s Tests & Re-tests
Science / Social
Studies
Time: 11:55-
12:10
Time: 12-10-
12:30
Gross Motor
Development
SS/Sc Journals
Time: 12:35-
12:50 Cots down
Nap
Time:12:50-
1:50
Balanced Food and Fruit
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
That’s not my Mom!
By Petter Bently
Bertrand
Bilingual Pair
Discussion
Activity Center
Students play &
Interact with teacher and co-teacher
SS/Sc Journals
Nap: 1:05-2:05
Manipulative time
Alfarrimas, cuento de la I
Por Lada Kratky
After reading and discussing the books, singing the songs, and reviewing objects in the ABC Tub starting with letter I , students will trace letter I on the air.
Table 2: Letter
Table 3: Number 4
Table 1: Color Verde
Practicing Fire
Drills!
I
Learning/Socialization
Centers
Teachers interact with the students while pretended play
T1 : Dial 4s Tests & Re-tests
Balanced Food and Fruit
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
That’s not my Sister!
By Peter Bently
Bilingual Pair Discussion
Activity Center
Students play & Interact with teacher and coteacher
SS/Sc Journals
Nap: 1:05-2:05
Manipulative time
Alfarrimas, cuento de la I
Por Lada Kratky
After reading and discussing the books, singing the songs, and reviewing objects in the ABC Tub starting with letter I , students will trace letter I on their bilingual pair’s back .
Table 3: Letter I
Table 1: Number 4
Table 2: Color Verde
Learning/Socialization
Centers
Teachers interact with the students while pretended play
Balanced Food and Fruit
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
That’s not my Brother
By Peter Bently
Bilingual Pair Discussion
Activity Center
Students play & Interact with teacher and coteacher
SS/Sc Journals
Nap: 1:05-2:05
Manipulative time
Alfarrimas, cuento de la I
Por Lada Kratky
After reading and discussing the books, singing the songs, and reviewing objects in the ABC Tub starting with letter I , students will
Find letter I on a song’s chart.
Bilingual leaning Centers
Bilingual pairs interact on different centers to develop/enhance language/social skills and knowledge
Learning/Socialization
Centers
Teachers interact with the students while pretended play
Activity Center
Students play & Interact with teacher and coteacher
SS/Sc
Balanced Food and Fruit
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
Library Time
Journals
Nap: 1:05-2:05
Manipulative time
Alfarrimas, cuento de la I
Por Lada Kratky
After reading and discussing the books, singing the songs, and reviewing objects in the ABC Tub starting with letter I , students will write letter I on a board.
Bilingual leaning Centers
Bilingual pairs interact on different centers to develop/enhance language/social skills and knowledge
Learning/Socialization
Centers
Teachers interact with the students while pretended play
Are you my mother?
By: Phillip D. Eastman
Bilingual Pair discussion
SS/Sc
Balanced Food teacher and Fruit
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
Activity Center
Students play & Interact with teacher and co-
Journals
Nap: 1:05-2:05
Manipulative time
Cots Up
Washing hands
Time:1:50- 2:00
Family Style
Snack Time:
2:00 – 2:15
Time: 2:15-2:30
Good bye rituals
Dismissal
Teachers supervise and interact with the students
Potty as needed
Oranges, animal crackers, and water.
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the tables with the students.
Conceptual
Refinement/Review
Good bye rituals
Teachers supervise and interact with the students
Potty as needed
Granola bars and water.
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the
tables with the students.
Conceptual
Refinement/Review
Good bye rituals
Teachers supervise and interact with the students
Potty as needed
Pudding, vanilla wafers, and water.
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the
tables with the students.
Conceptual
Refinement/Review
Good bye rituals
Teachers supervise and interact with the students
Potty as needed
Cheese stick, whole wheat crisp, and water.
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the
tables with the students.
Library time!
Students read at the library and take a book to read at home.
Teachers supervise and interact with the students
Potty as needed
Graham crackers and juice.
Teacher and Co-teacher sit at the
tables with the students.
Conceptual
Refinement/Review
Good bye rituals
Learning Goals Personal & Social Development
Responsibility
I.A.4.
Language & Literacy
Vocabulary and Sentence Skills
II.A.1. is able to stay in designated personal space without intruding upon others’ (stays in own seat at lunch table without kicking feet or leaning against neighboring children).
• can move around the classroom without stepping on materials or disrupting others’ activities.
Reading/Phonological Awareness and Comprehension Skills
• III.A.1 Child engages in pre-reading and reading related activities. (A) Repeats or "chimes in" on repeated parts of predictable stories.
Writing Skills
A. Motivation to Write Skills
IV.A. 1 Child intentionally uses scribbles/writing to convey meaning.
B. Independently Conveys Meaning Skills
IV.B.1. Child independently uses letters or symbols to make words or parts of words .
Math
Counting Skills
IV.A. Child knows that objects, or parts of an object, can be counted.
E. Classification and Patterns Skills
V.E.1. Child sorts objects that are the same and different into groups and uses language to describe how the groups are similar and different.
Science
VI.A.1 Child describes, observes and investigates properties and characteristics of common objects. (A) The child uses senses to explore sensory language to describe properties of natural and human- made materials (wood, cotton, fur, wool, stone, magnetic, leather, plastic,
Styrofoam, paper) to learn their characteristics and capabilities.
Physical Development
Social Studies
VII.A.2. Child identifies similarities and differences in characteristics of families.
C. Geography Skills
VII.C.1 Child identifies and creates common features in her immediate environment. (A) identifies common features in the home and school environment (The library has books. The playground has swings.)
Fine Arts
VIII. FINE ARTS DOMAIN
A. Art Skills
VIII.A.1 Child uses a variety of art materials and activities for sensory experience and exploration. (A) investigates with a variety of materials
(crayons, paint, clay, markers)
B. Music Skills
VIII.B.1 Child participates in classroom music activities. (A) Sings along with familiar songs during circle time ("Old McDonald Had a Farm").
Gross Motor
IX.A.1. Child has mastered basic skills of running, jumping, climbing, and pedaling.
Technology
X.A.1. Child opens and navigates through software programs designed to enhance development of appropriate concepts .
Transition
Learning
Opportunities
Expectations song Growing with Math songs ; Cancionero Songs
Hello Song/ Colors song /El Osito/ Los elefantes/
Hola Amigo/ Hello Friend/ABC English and Spanish songs
Canci ó n de los nombres/
Codes:
Student
Interest
Integration
PM Progress Monitoring PG Parent Goal T Table
Music: Different instruments in the classroom and pod to help students expressing through music.
Music: Different instruments in the class-room and pod to help students expressing through music.
Music: Different instruments in the classroom and pod to help students expressing through music.
Music: Different instruments in the classroom and pod to help students expressing through music.
Music: Different instruments in the classroom and pod to help students expressing through music.