Kindergarten
Goal: Identify Coins
Plan:
What- tell what coin is
How- stamp, draw, coin collections, coin/crayon rub, cut out, sort bag of coins, probability
game, match fronts and backs, computer game, worksheet, Hap Palmer- coin song, riddles, puzzle
coins/complete, compare/contrast, cash register center, message chart, money greeting
Work: partner, alone, whole group, small group
Represent/Reflect: share with class, poster of favorite coin
Accountability: verbal assessment, sharing, puzzles match
1st grade
Goal: Retell a story
Plan:
What- book, poem, chapter, student writing
How- puppets, story board, flip chart, beach ball (retelling), graphic organizers, poster, timeline,
rewrite in own words, act it out, flannel boards, play, use sequencing cards (picture or sentence strips),
retelling cards, comic strips
Work: whole group, small group, partner, alone
Represent/Reflect: museum walk, written product, performance
Accountability: self-evaluation rubric, share products, tell story to buddies
2nd grade
Goal: Alphabetize words to the second letter and beyond.
Plan:
What- list of words, stack of word cards, print source, spelling words, student names, color of
markers, clothes line-hang up words in order
How- write a list, act it out, word cards sort, worksheet, names, dictionary, line up, place value
chart, use seed packets to alphabetize
Work: small group, partners, alone, whole class activity
Represent/Reflect: museum walk, demonstration, partners, poster, paper
Accountability: peer evaluation, activity sheet
1st grade
Goal: Solving addition equations up to 10.
Plan:
What- story problems, books, songs, triangle flash cards
How- 3 games from Math Their Way (Hand Game, Peek through the wall, Bowl), Write story
problems, Read it/draw it/solve it, Practice in line-waiting, Bingo, Play baseball, Picture stories, Quizmo,
Finger partners, Whiteboard, Manipulatives, Act it out, Dice, Dominoes, Flash cards, Foam dice, Finger
puppets, Counters, Food, Games, Balance scale, Flannel board, Magnet board
Work: small group, whole group, partner, alone, reading buddies
Represent/Reflect: museum walk, performance, math talk, display, math journal
Accountability: oral explanation, written assessment, math journal
Second Grade
Goal: Count coins to $1.00
Plan:
What: real coins, books, songs, plastic coins, flash cards
How: Hap Palmer coin song, coin probability game, coin rubs (crayon/paper), sort by
coin/practice strategies, play store, counting on in a group game, allowance game (board game),
catalog/show coins needed, cash register, computer, touch money, match coins to amounts, story
problems/cards, message chart, money greeting, make a coin book counting with stamps, money bingo
Work: small group, partner, alone, reading buddies, whole group
Represent/reflect: museum walk, partners, purchased items for $ 1.00
Accountability: helper report, assessment, computer game
EC
Goal: Letter Recognition
Plan:
What: letters of the alphabet
How: playdough stampers, wikki-stix, koolaid/wet finger, pool noodles, make ABC bookindividual whole class, raised letters/glue outline, puzzles, alphabet beads, stamps, magnetic letters,
land/rice shaving cream, lacing cards, tracer/stencils, ABC lotto, fishing game, books, gross motor,
forming letters w/bodies, songs, alphabet block, chalkboard/white boards, playdough, match
upper/lower, match like letters, trace in air/on hand, use body to make letter, make letters with wooden
pieces (Handwriting without Tears), wet sponges/wet brushes on playground, unifex cubes, chalk on
playground
Work: small group, partner, alone, reading buddies, whole group, with an adult
Represent/reflect: museum walk, partners, poster of favorite letter, verbal, show and tell, find
Accountability: observation, assessment, anecdotal information
First Grade
Goal: Story Elements
Plan:
What: fairy tale, book, paragraph, poem
How: graphic organizer, foldables, songs, story retelling puzzles, story map, puppets, diorama,
poster, ballgame, train, role play, illustrate, costumes, make a book about the story, class story, flip
chart, Jeopardy game, write a story with elements
Work: small group, partner, alone, reading buddies
Represent/reflect: whole group, share, perform, show illustration
Accountability: share, poster, bookmark, rubric write short sentence about an element