Kindergarten Monday, 11/18/13
Reading:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher will ask student if they know what a noun is.
We will / Objective: discuss and identify nouns.
I will /Product/Task: discuss and identify examples of nouns.
POP: create circle map to define nouns and give examples
Academic Language: identify, noun
Assessment: teacher observation
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will explore watch the Mayflower video on the Scholastic First
Thanksgiving website.
We will / Objective: discuss facts about the Mayflower and the journey it took.
I will /Product/Task: independently write facts about the Mayflower for my Fist Thanksgiving Book.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: may flower, mast, deck, sail, cargo
Assessment: teacher observation, student writing
Social Studies:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: refer back to the Mayflower facts sheet.
We will / Objective: discuss what the Mayflower was and what it looked like.
I will /Product/Task: create the Mayflower ship and label the parts of the ship.
Academic Language: mast, deck, sail and cargo
POP: N/A
Assessment: Teacher Observation/ Mayflower craft
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will show students a large “log” number line and a set of large frog cut-outs.
T will teach students a song about frogs on a log.
We will / Objective: count the frogs on the log and then add one frog at a time and discover the
connection between counting and finding one more than a number.
I will /Product/Task: participate by counting and adding frogs on the number line.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: adding, counting on
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation and responses
Science:
Flex Week
Kindergarten Tuesday, 11/19/13
Reading:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher will read a book about nouns.
We will / Objective: discuss and identify nouns that name people.
I will /Product/Task: discuss and give examples of nouns that name people.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: identify, nouns
Assessment: teacher observation
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will explore the Mayflower section of the Scholastic First Thanksgiving
website.
We will / Objective: discuss needs vs. want. We will also discuss what the Pilgrims took on the
mayflower vs. what we might take now.
I will /Product/Task: independently list items that I would take on the Mayflower.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: needs, wants, Mayflower, suitcase
Assessment: teacher observation, student writing
Social Studies:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: refer back to the double bubble map about what they would take and
what you would take on the ship.
We will / Objective: discus what the students wanted to bring on the ship with them.
I will /Product/Task make a suitcase for the Mayflower.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: suitcase, needs, wants
Assessment: teacher observation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will review yesterday’s lesson of frogs on a log. Students will be shown and
stand around a large number line on the floor. Students will sing the Frogs on a Log song.
We will / Objective: sing the Frogs on a Log song and participate by taking turns jumping on the log
(number line).
I will /Product/Task: participate by counting and adding “frogs” (students) on the number line.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: adding, counting on, addition sign (+)
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation and responses
Science:
Flex Week
Kindergarten Wednesday, 11/20/13
Reading:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher will read a book about nouns.
We will / Objective: discuss and identify nouns that name places.
I will /Product/Task: discuss and give examples of nouns that name places.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: identify, nouns
Assessment: teacher observation
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher read Squanto’s Journey aloud to the class.
We will / Objective: discuss how Squanto helped the Pilgrims and how to write a letter.
I will /Product/Task: write a letter to Squanto thanking him for his help.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: Squanto, indian, pilgrim, letter
Assessment: teacher observation, student writing
Social Studies:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: refer back to t-chart from the daily life of a pilgrim.
We will / Objective: discus what the boy and girl pilgrim’s jobs were.
I will /Product/Task make a boy and girl pilgrim.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: pilgrim, thanksgviing
Assessment: teacher observation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will review yesterday’s lesson of frogs on a log. Students will be given their
own log and set of 10 frogs.
We will / Objective: sing the Frogs on a Log song and create our own log stories and write the number
sentence(s).
I will /Product/Task: sing the Frogs on a Log song and create my own log story and write the number
sentence(s).
POP: create a chart showing number sentences (+1)
Academic Language: adding, counting on, addition sign (+)
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation and responses, completion of log activity sheet
Science:
Flex Week
Kindergarten Thursday, 11/21/13
Reading:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher will read a book about nouns.
We will / Objective: discuss and identify nouns that name things.
I will /Product/Task: discuss and give examples of nouns that name things.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: identify, nouns
Assessment: teacher observation
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will explore the Daily Life tab on the Scholastic First Thanksgiving
website.
We will / Objective: discuss the life and jobs of Pilgrim boys and girls and create a class t-chart.
I will /Product/Task: create my own t-chart to explain the life of pilgrim girls and boys.
POP: T-chart about the pigrim life of girls vs. boys.
Academic Language: pilgrim
Assessment: teacher observation, student writing
Social Studies:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: refer back to the book Squanto’s Journey.
We will / Objective: discus what Squanto did to help the pilgrims.
I will /Product/Task make Squanto.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: Squanto, wompagnas, pilgrims, Thanksgiving
Assessment: teacher observation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will review yesterday’s lesson of frogs on a log. Students will be given their
own log and set of 10 frogs.
We will / Objective: sing the Frogs on a Log song and create our own log stories and write the number
sentence(s).
I will /Product/Task: sing the Frogs on a Log song and create my own log story and write the number
sentence(s).
POP: create a chart showing number sentences (+1)
Academic Language: adding, counting on, addition sign (+)
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation and responses, completion of log activity sheet
Science:
Flex Week
Kindergarten Friday, 11/22/13
Reading:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: Teacher will ask student if they can identify a noun.
We will / Objective: discuss and review nouns.
I will /Product/Task: discuss and review examples of nouns.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: identify, noun
Assessment: teacher observation
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will explore the feast tab on the Scholatic First Thanksgiving Website.
We will / Objective: discuss the differences between Thanksgiving then and now, and organize our
thoughts on a Venn diagram.
I will /Product/Task: create my own Venn diagram comparing Thanksgiving then to now.
POP: Venn diagram.
Academic Language: Venn diagram
Assessment: teacher observation, student writing
Social Studies:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: refer back to the venn diagram about Thanksgiving then and now.
We will / Objective: discuss Thanksgiving then and now.
I will /Product/Task make a turkey.
POP: N/A
Academic Language: thanksgiving, indians, pilgrims
Assessment: teacher observation
Math:
Flex Day
Science:
Flex Week
**This document is fluid. The teacher may change the days of the lesson based on individual classroom
schedule and student needs. Flex days are days that the teacher is able to extend or reteach based on
the needs of the class.**