1. Pre-Prep - Term 1
Week 1, Hour 3
Pre-Prep Begins

2. My name is Engagement Norms Block 1: Opening Activity: Name Song
Use “If you’re happy and you know it” melody to sing:
If your name is on the plate, pick it up. If your name is on the plate, pick it up. If your name is on the plate, then you’re really doing great! If your name is on the plate, pick it up.
Activity: Name Song
Engagement Norms
Name Game
My name is
Teacher says the name of a student three times. Students repeat the name three times.
Teacher asks students to stand up, and repeat “My name is______.”
Teacher asks the rest of the students to say the name.
Note: Select five different students per day to do this activity.
Teacher Note: Method of Delivery
Name Game CFU
Tell your partner your name.
My name is __________.

3. The Hand Signals Poster
Block 2: Classroom and Social Management
The Hand Signals Poster
1 – “I need a pencil.”
2 – “I am quiet and ready.”
3 – “I need water.”
4 – “I need to use the bathroom.”
5 – “I have a question.”
Teacher shows and tells what signal 1 means, alternating between teacher and student five times. Teacher will teach one or two hand signals per day.
Teacher reads signal 1 and shows the signal.
Students repeat the rule and show signal 1.
Teacher Note
Activity
Ask five students:
Show me the hand signal that means “I am quiet and ready.”
Show me the hand signal that means “I need a pencil.”
What does number 1 mean?
What does number 2 mean?
What does number 5 mean?

4. Block 2: Classroom and Social Management
The Mat Manners Poster
Teacher models mat manners and students copy, alternating between teacher and student five times.
Teacher Note
Activity
Play “teacher says” (Simon says) using the Mat Manners poster.
Example:
“Teacher says back straight.” (Students sit back straight.)
“Teacher says sit with crossed legs.” (Students sit with crossed legs.)
“Stand up.” (Students do nothing because teacher did not say “Teacher says”.)

5. Block 2: Phonemic Awareness & Phonics/Letter Formation
Nursery Rhyme
Refer to the following website for the nursery rhyme.
For alternative nursery rhymes, please refer to
Teacher will read the Nursery Rhyme and students will track.
Teacher Note
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"   Twinkle, twinkle, little star  How I wonder what you are.  Up above the world so high  Like a diamond in the sky  Twinkle, twinkle, little star  How I wonder what you are!  In the dark blue sky you keep  And often through my curtain peep  For you never close your eye  'Til the sun is in the sky  Twinkle, twinkle, little star
How I wonder what you are  As your bright and tiny spark,  Lights the traveler in the dark.  Though I know not what you are,  Twinkle, twinkle, litte star.  Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are! 

6. Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
used number
2105
Brain Break
Solving Math Problems
1 Determine what the question is asking.
2 Determine the math concept required.
3 Determine relevant information.
4 Solve the problem, then interpret the answer.
5 Check the reasonableness of your answer.
Click on the wheel to spin. This activity will take about five minutes.
Teacher Note
Wheel of FUN
Solving Math Problems
1 What am I trying to find?
2 What do I know about this idea?
3 What amounts do I know?
4 Solve the problem or answer the question.
5 Did I answer all parts of the question?
Activity 1
Teacher Choice
Activity 2
Teacher Says
(This activity is the same as Simon Says except use teacher)
Activity 3
Stretch!
(Lead the students in some stretches)
Activity 4
Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
(Lead students in singing song)
Activity 5
Play the Hokey Pokey
(Lead students in singing and dancing to the song)
Activity 6
Sing a nursery rhyme
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; If You’re Happy and You Know It)

7. We will recognise1 likes and dislikes.
Block 3: Social Awareness
Learning Objective
Declare the Objective
We will recognise1 likes and dislikes.
What will we recognise?
We will recognise_______.
What does recognise mean?
Recognise means to _________.
Concept Development
Tell me something you like.
Tell me something you dislike.
Checking for Understanding
Likes are things you enjoy.
Dislikes are things you do not like.
Everyone likes and dislikes different things.
Consider providing extra examples of things you like and dislike.
For example:
I like strawberries.
I like grapes.
I dislike broccoli.
I dislike beans.
Teacher Note
Likes
Dislikes
apple
banana
spiders
flies
Definitions
1 tell about

8. Block 3: Social Awareness
Activity
Activity: Like & Dislike Links
The teacher will tell the students two things he/she likes and two things he/she dislikes using the sentence frames:
“I like _______.”
“I dislike ______.”
Then, have students tell the teacher what they like and dislike using the sentence frame provided.
Student Activity: For this teaching activity, students work in pairs. The students take turns telling their partner what they like using the sentence frame: “I like ____.”
Then, the students take turns telling their partner what they dislike using the sentence frame: “I dislike ____.”
If students need assistance, provide topics for them to discuss: things you like to do (reading, running, playing soccer, etc.), food or animals.
Example of activity:
Teacher says, “I like running.”
Teacher says, “I like jumping.”
Ask students, “What do you like?”
Have students use sentence frame: “I like___.”
Teacher will repeat response from students.
Teacher says, “I dislike hopping.”
Teacher says, “I dislike crawling.”
Ask students, ‘What do you dislike?”
Have students use sentence frame: “I dislike___.”
Teacher Note: Method of Delivery

9. Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
used number
2053
Brain Break
Click on the wheel to spin. This activity will take about five minutes.
Teacher Note
Wheel of FUN
Activity 1
Teacher Choice
Activity 2
Teacher Says
(This activity is the same as Simon Says except use teacher)
Activity 3
Stretch!
(Lead the students in some stretches)
Activity 4
Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
(Lead students in singing song)
Activity 5
Play the Hokey Pokey
(Lead students in singing and dancing to the song)
Activity 6
Sing a nursery rhyme
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; If You’re Happy and You Know It)

10. Teacher Guided: Fine Motor Skills Writing Handbook p. 3
Block 4: Performance & Rotational Activities
Rotational Activity 1
Teacher Guided: Fine Motor Skills Writing Handbook p. 3
Rotational Activity 2
Self-Portrait: My Feelings
Click the to go directly to the activity.
Teacher gives directions for each rotational activity.
Teacher Note
Materials:
Give each student a page from the Handwriting Workbook (p. 3) and a pencil.
Directions:
Show students how to hold a pencil. Model the directions stated in the workbook.
Materials:
Print out the slide and give each student a pencil and crayons.
Directions:
Teacher/assistant models drawing how they feel today. Students draw a picture showing how they feel.

11. Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
used number
1834
Brain Break
Click on the wheel to spin. This activity will take about five minutes.
Teacher Note
Wheel of FUN
Activity 1
Teacher Choice
Activity 2
Teacher Says
(This activity is the same as Simon Says except use teacher)
Activity 3
Stretch!
(Lead the students in some stretches)
Activity 4
Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
(Lead students in singing song)
Activity 5
Play the Hokey Pokey
(Lead students in singing and dancing to the song)
Activity 6
Sing a nursery rhyme
(Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; If You’re Happy and You Know It)

12. Reading Comprehension Strategies ACELY1650 & 1679
Block 5: CAP/Reading Comprehension
Teacher Instructions: This slide appears throughout the week. Select one story for each week. We have provided a suggested list below, but feel free to select a different book. Prior to each story, define unknown words and conduct a picture walk. After reading the story, have students respond orally to the questions provided or refer to the “Respond to Text” poster.
Reading Comprehension Strategies ACELY1650 & 1679
Suggested Story Choices
Define difficult or unknown vocabulary words
Picture Walk
Discuss the pictures in the book. Guide the students in a discussion of what could be going on based on the pictures.
Examine the cover illustration and read the title of the book. Using the title and illustration, ask students, “What do you think this book is about?”
Starting School (2013) by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker, Viking, Penguin Group (Australia)
First Day (2013) by Andrew Daddo and Jonathan Bentley, Harper Collins Publishers Australia
Tom & Small: A Big Moment in a Little Boy’s Life! (2004) by Clara Vullimay, Harper Collins Publishers UK
Eight (2006) by Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble, Omnibus Books
Please Play Safe (2006) by Margery Cuyler, Scholastic, Incorporated
List of books:

13. Tell me one thing you learned likes and dislikes.
Block 6: Closing
Provide sentence frames, if appropriate.
(Example, I learned _____.)
Teacher Note
Tell me one thing you learned likes and dislikes.
Practise mat manners.