Miss Gabby’s Class
Email: gmckearin@dmusd.org
Classroom phone number: (858) 755-1060 x 3851
Classroom Website: http://www.dmusd.org/domain/834
Theme of the week:
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Farm
Letter of the week:
Cc (camel, camera, car, cat, cookie, corn,
carrot)
Shape of the week:
Susie Circle
Books of the week:
• C: Copycats – Maria Fleming (letter of
the week)
• Big Red Barn – Margaret Wise Brown
(BIG BOOK)
• Old MacDonald had a Farm – Pam Adams
(BIG BOOK)
• I Went Walking – Sue Williams (BIG
BOOK)
• To Market, To Market (BIG BOOK)
• Mrs. Wishy-Washy – Joy Cowley (BIG
BOOK)
Music of the week:
Wish list
Song(s) of the week (Finger plays):
Please log on to Amazon.com and
search for “Miss Gabby Preschool”
wish list by entering my email,
gmckearin@dmusd.org. This will
have a list of all the supplies that
we need for the classroom.
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Down on Grandpa’s farm
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animal action 2
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Animal sounds
Germs on my fingers
Dancing Song(s) (movement):
Tuned into Learning (music
therapy):
Speech Corner
Theme: Farm Animals
Song/Fingerplay: Five Little Ducks (100
Toddler Songs Disc 3 - #2)
Music Therapy: Where Questions
(Tuned Into Learning CD - Volume 4 - #4)
Book: Barney’s Animal Homes by
Donna Cooner
Green Room: “p” vs. “ps” at the end of
words (cup-cups, pup-pups, ship-ships,
mop-mops, lollipop-lollipops, jeep-jeeps,
cap-caps, rope-ropes)
Red Table: Commenting “verb + ing”
during shared play farm animals + barn
Yellow Table: Answering where? farm
animals live (animal homes board)
(supplies for the classroom):
What we are Learning
About this Week:
We are making animal art and we
will be using chocolate syrup to
paint pigs in “mud”. We will pretend
to be animals while we dance to
animal action. Help your child act
out animals at home: waddle like a
duck, gallop like a horse, jump like a
frog and crawl like a cat.
Blue Table: Expression of “in, on, under,
and next to the ….” (use manipulatives
and flannel board strip)
Miss Gabby’s Class
Parent Handout:
Play Scripts and Dramatic Play
In the classroom we use play scripts to help your child expand and
develop their play skills. We have visual play scripts that provide a visual
sequence of what to do with various toys related to a theme. For
example, the birthday play script has all the necessary steps for a pretend
birthday party:
Get cake, put on plate, put on candles, sing happy birthday, blow out the
candles and then eat the cake. Another play script we have is a Doctor
play script which includes a visual checklist including: use stethoscope to
listen to heart, look at eyes, check ears, look in mouth, give shot and put
on a band aide. Along with the visual sequence, each play script comes
in a Tupper wear container that has all the materials and toys needed to
complete the pretend play sequence. For example the Doctor kit includes
a doctor bag, a visual checklist, band-aides, a doctor costume, and the
toy medical equipment. During the school year we will introduce a variety
of play scripts to the students. First we model how to use the play
scripts and play with the various toys. Then we encourage them to
imitate or expand on the play with the teachers and their peers.
Example Play Scripts:
 Doctor office-costumes, doctor kit, eye chart, ban-aides
 Grocery store-including a cash register, money, visual grocery list,
shopping cart
 Vet-stuffed animals, doctor kit, leash, water bowls, small carrier
 Post office-old key boards, phones, note cards, rules, mailbox
 Firefighter- old hose, dress up clothes, hats, squirt bottles
 Gift Wrapping-boxes, tape, wrapping paper, bows, small toys
 Pizza party- pizza boxes, toppings, toy pizza, menus
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Flower shop-fake flowers, plastic vases, cash register, cards
Birthday party- plastic cakes (or play dough cakes), candles, party
hats
Hair salon-old blow dryer, head bands, plastic jewelry, clips, mirrors