Monday
Greeting: complicated as switching the first letter of your name to a Z and saying hello "Zaul" instead of Paul.
Share: Living Minute
Activity: Category Snap
How to Play: The group sits in a circle. The leader starts a rhythm using a sequence of knee slap, handclap, right-hand finger snap, left-hand finger
snap. The leader then announces a category, such as fruits, on the right-hand finger snap and names an example, such as apples, with the left-hand
finger snap. The next person in the circle must be ready to name the leader's fruit with the right-hand finger snap and then a different fruit with the
left-hand finger snap: knee slap, hand clap, "apples, apricots." The play continues around the circle. Once an item has been named, it cannot be
used again.
Plan for Success: Model and practice the rhythm sequence around the circle before adding the words.
Variations: Before the activity begins, the category is announced and each person says out loud an item that belongs in that category. Once an item
has been named, it cannot be used again. The leader begins by identifying his own item with the right-hand finger snap and then names another
player's item with the left-hand finger snap. That player then names her item followed by another player's item and so on. This variation sends the
action jumping around the circle and demands that children not only listen but also remember what other players said.
Message:
Who is the person from literature that you would most like to meet and talk to? Why? What would you like to ask?
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Tuesday
Greeting: Alphabet greeteing
Share: Living Minute
Activity: Activity: Category Snap
How to Play: The group sits in a circle. The leader starts a rhythm using a sequence of knee slap, handclap, right-hand finger snap, left-hand finger
snap. The leader then announces a category, such as fruits, on the right-hand finger snap and names an example, such as apples, with the left-hand
finger snap. The next person in the circle must be ready to name the leader's fruit with the right-hand finger snap and then a different fruit with the
left-hand finger snap: knee slap, hand clap, "apples, apricots." The play continues around the circle. Once an item has been named, it cannot be
used again.
Message:
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Unpack
We will be starting a “Grafetti board”. Each day there will be a new message posted on the whiteboard.
Please check it each day and write your answer on the board-with your own Dry Erase Marker. Thank you.
Complete the page on your desk.
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Wednesday
GreetingEach child greets another child and gives them a compliment. Be sure to model how to give a compliment and set the expectations that reflect what children do, not
what they wear or how they look.
Share: Living Minute
Activity:
How To Play: The first player tells about something he did regarding his hobby: The next player tells the reason why: The third player describes an effect:
The next player starts with a new sentence about his hobby or some other activity, real or imagined, and play proceeds until all have contributed one or
more statements.
EXAMPLES
Player 1: I baked cookies
Player 2: because it was my mom's birthday
Player 3: and the kitchen was a mess, or and she really appreciated it.
New round:
Player 4: I polished my cello
Player 5: because it had been playing out of tune recently
Player 6: and now it looks great, but it still is out of tune!
Plan for Success: On the board or on chart paper, write the three steps required to complete each sentence:
Player 1: An action related to your hobby.
Player 2: A because statement that picks up on Player 1's statement.
Player 3: An effect that might be created as a result of the first two statements
Message: Today we will be working with measurements. Complete the chart below:
3 Things measured in miles
3 things measured in inches
3 things measured in yards
3 things measured in inches
Thursday
Greeting- Crazy Walk Greeting – Students pick any kind of way to greet someone else in the circle – hop, crawl,
crab walk, disco walk, walk backwards, etc.
Sharing-Living minute
Activity: Charades
Some examples:
· You are roasting marshmallows over a fire.
· Your shoes are too tight.
· You're delivering newspapers.
· You are sneaking cookies from the jar.
· You are eating spaghetti.
· You didn't do your homework and your teacher just found out.
· You don't have enough money to pay for that cookie you just bought at the cafeteria.
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Friday
Greeting-weekend is here…
Activity Around the World
Materials: None
How To Play: Players pass an object around the circle while the person who is "It" tries to name examples in a content category selected by the leader.
Before play begins, based on the size of the circle, the group determines how many examples the "It" person will attempt to list before the object travels
around the circle (a smaller circle has less passing time and therefore calls for fewer topics to list). The leader gives the "It" person the object to pass, starts
the game with a command, and players begin to pass the object. "It" then names items in the category (aiming for the determined number) before the object
is passed around the circle and returns to "It".
EXAMPLES
Name 5 fractions equivalent to ¼. (MS)
Name 5 adjectives. (Intermediate, MS)
Name 5 bones that connect. (MS)
Name 5 U.S. states. (Intermediate)
Plan for Success: Model and practice passing the object around the circle. Stress calm, efficient passing; try not to create a frenzied atmosphere for the
player listing the examples. If after a few rounds the number of examples seems too high or too low, adjust and begin again.
Message: Please make a list of ideas that we can use for our grafetti board. Thank you.
Did You Know?
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If a child reads for 20 minutes every day, they are exposed to about 1.8 million
words of text every year. 1 That is 137 new words per minute!
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If families read together for 20 minutes a day, 7 days a week, they get more
than 121 hours of bonding time every year!
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For every year you read with your child, average lifetime earnings increase by
$50,000. You make a $250,000 gift to your child from birth to age five by reading
aloud, just 20 minutes a day! 4