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Pre-K May Curriculum
Theme/Focus: Animals that live in the water and rhyming words.
Parent Activities: Provide a sign that says your kiddos’s whole name. Incorporate games to your family time together.
Special Skills: Writing names with upper and lower case letters. Using full sentences in conversation. Participating in activities from the beginning to the end.
| LITERACY | ART | MUSIC & MOVEMENT |
| VISITOR: Story Teller Olive
Letter Bingo Combining three letters Underwater An Extraordinary Egg Fidgety Fish Commotion in the Ocean Turtles The Gas We Pass Teasing |
White board
Cutting along a line Writing names (upper & lower case letters) Red, green, and white triangles Mother’s Day Gifts Pinata Turtle Shell Collage Rainbow Fish |
SONGS:
Dance Freeze Instrument Parade (Friendship March) Hulla-baloo If You’re Angry and You Know It! Under The Sea (Little Mermaid song) Slippery Fish |
| MATH & SCIENCE | HEALTH & SAFETY |
| Number Bingo
Checking on our seeds (Are there sprouts?) 2nd try. What happened to our seeds? Ten Little Fish Bead Patterning Bubbles Car and Toy Wash |
Dress for weather (Why do we need sunscreen?)
Fire drill Traffic Signs Making fresh tortillas It’s Much Too Hot! Dressing for the Weather Lucky Glasses |
Changes to the Environment:
Themed books in quiet and reading areas
Whales Passing, I Wonder Why Fish Don’t Drown, I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean, The Shark Who Was Afraid Of everything, A House For Hermit Crab, Ellen And The Goldfish, Baby Whale’s Journey, Swimmy, The Rainbow Fish, Under the Sea
Observations/Notes: Look at Desired Results Measures
1 & 2 Identity of Self & Recognition of own skills and accomplishments
7 & 8 Conflict Negotiation & Awareness in self and others
16 & 17 Curiosity and initiative & Engagement and Persistence
19 & 20 Cause and Effect & Engages in Problem Solving
22 & 23 Number sense: quantity, counting and math operations
30-33 Letter & word knowledge, concept of print, phonological awareness
35 Fine Motor Skills
Edited: May 3rd, 2010
Teacher Megan & Norma’s Lesson Plan
| Theme/Focus: St. Patrick’s Day, Spring time, Self
Parent Activities: Please help the kiddos practice speaking in full sentences. |
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| LITERACY | ART |
We also have the Lomita Leadership Group come out and read to us. |
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| Changes to the Environment: New Play dough New Floor Art New Books placed in our book areas. |
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| Special Skills: Tracing their name. | ||
| MUSIC & MOVEMENT | MATH & SCIENCE | HEALTH & SAFETY |
SONGS:
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Stop Drop & Roll
Germs |
| Observations/Notes: Look at Desired Results Measures 1 & 2 Identity of Self & Recognition of own skills and accomplishments 4 & 6 Building cooperative play with others 7 & 8 Conflict Negotiation & Awareness in self and others 16 & 17 Curiosity and initiative & Engagement and Persistence 19 & 20 Cause and Effect & Engages in Problem Solving 22 & 23 Number sense: quantity, counting and math operations 30-33 Letter & word knowledge, concept of print, phonological awareness 34 Gross motor skills 35 Fine Motor Skills |
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Edited: March 13th, 2010
Teacher Liselle’s March 2010 Curriculum
Theme/Focus: The change of weather & St. Patrick’s Day
Parent Activities: Please help the kiddos practice speaking in full sentences.
The curriculum for our class is based on the school’s monthly calendar, the interest of the children, and the DRDP-R requirements. Flexibility is always exercised, based on skill level as well as interest of the kiddos in class.
| LITERACY | ART | MUSIC & MOVEMENT |
| VISITOR: Story Teller Olive
VISITORS: Lomita Park Leadership Group Reading friends’ names Letter Bingo Letter sounds, (m, r, t) Combining letters (on, at, sat) You Look Funny |
Paper Mache of landscape
White board Cutting along a line Writing names (upper & lower case letters) Treasure map Leafless trees |
SONGS: Alphabet Song, We All Live Together, ABC Rock,
Dance Freeze Treasure Hunt Instrument Parade (Friendship March) The Bear Went Over the Mountain Hulla-baloo |
| MATH & SCIENCE | HEALTH & SAFETY | Special Skills: |
| Number Bingo
Puzzles Plant seeds Mountains, hills, volcanoes, valleys, plateau, etc. Mix with droppers, water & ink Pattern Bingo Rocks |
Dress for weather
Earthquake drill Reviewing road signs What is that fruit? What is that vegetable? Cookbook |
Writing names with upper and lower case letters.
Using full sentences in conversation. Participating in activities from the beginning to the end. Combining letter sounds to read words. |
Themed books in quiet and reading areas
- Rain, I don’t want to go to bed!
- Tiger Can’t sleep
- Dig Dig Digging
- The Three Little Pigs
- The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
- The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Bambi
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
- Amason Alphabet
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
- Puddles
- The Diggers, Blaze A Trail
- Round the Garden, Rocks
- Round the Garden
Observations/Notes: Look at Desired Results Measures
- 1 & 2 Identity of Self & Recognition of own skills and accomplishments
- 4 & 6 Building cooperative play with others
- 7 & 8 Conflict Negotiation & Awareness in self and others
- 16 & 17 Curiosity and initiative & Engagement and Persistence
- 19 & 20 Cause and Effect & Engages in Problem Solving
- 22 & 23 Number sense: quantity, counting and math operations
- 30-33 Letter & word knowledge, concept of print, phonological awareness
- 34 Gross motor skills
- 35 Fine Motor Skills
Edited: March 5th, 2010