All About Me Friends and Family Unit Plans

Phonological Awareness Focus: listening activities and rhymes –Lead teacher will hide 3 to 4 instruments behind a barrier and make a sound with each instrument without the students seeing the instrument. Let children guess what instrument they heard. –Hand Clapping games – “patty cake” “Miss Mary Mack” - See handout –Animal Sound Bingo – make a bingo grid with animal pictures and as the teacher gives the animal sounds the children identify the animal that makes that sound and places a marker on that picture. –Finger plays that rhyme

Felt Board Stories and Nursery Rhyme Felt Board Stories – kids.com, kids.comwww.meddybemps.com -“Are You My Mother” - “ Kissing Hand” Nursery Rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb Nursery Rhyme Book – student illustrations of each nursery rhyme

Books Shubert is a Star My teacher Sleeps in School All by Myself I Like Me A Pocket Full of Kisses Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Froggy Goes To School If You Take A Mouse To School The Day the Teacher Went Bananas Boomer Goes to School What Teacher’s Can’t Do Owen Families Are Different Chrysanthemum Little Engine That Could Mama Do You Love Me? My Five Senses I Like Me When I Get Bigger Noisy Nora Will I have a Friend Margaret and Margarita Stellaluna Franklin’s New Friend

Opening Centers Introduce centers : –LT should have 5 students and AT will have 5 students to introduce the centers – Both teachers should take time to discuss the different uses of the items in the centers. –Show the students how to clean up and how items are labeled throughout the classsroom.

Music Good songs for the beginning of school –Wheels on the bus –Hello Neighbor –Let Me See You Boogaloo –Days of the Week –Shake Your Body –Boom Chicka Boom –Simon Says –Miss Mary Mack –Michael Finnegan

Additions to Centers Math: -Graph boys and girls in classroom -Graph how we all get to school -AB patterning -Growth chart detailing the height of each student Writing: - Word Wall words home, baby, brother, family, mommy, house, books, daddy, sister, library, grandfather, grandmother -Add people stencils or stamps Dramatic Play: -Our Pre-K Family Tree- we take pictures of our students and their family on meet the teacher day and use these to create a “Pre-k Family Tree” - Add clothes that represent different genders and roles

Additions to Centers Science: -Feelings: Second Step -Five Senses -Talk about class pet and family pet Blocks: -Dollhouse with assortment of people and vehicles -Strips of cardboard like out of packaging boxes (can be used as ramps) Art: -people shaped sponges -Paints and crayons that represent various cultures -Colored yarn -Googly eyes -Mirrors Outside: -Backpack with paper, books, markers, chalk crayons, and tablecloth -Learning center material ideas: binoculars, magnifying glasses, rhythm sticks -Roll Ball Name Game: TSW roll ball to each other and call out their names as they roll it to another student

Activities Journal paper – “I drew this on the first day of school” Make classroom rules Name Acronym (parent activity) Tactile names – write TS name on tagboard, TS glue beans, sequins, macaroni, ect. On to the letters of their name Classbook on what the students can do all by themselves Tell about you prompt cards