Friday
Give out All About Me Projects to families who missed meet the teacher •Email newsletter •Take 1st day pictures Give out All About Me Projects to families who missed meet the teacher
Arrival 7:00 – 8:45
Table Time 8:45 – 9:00
Music 9:00 –9:20
Message of the Day
Transition
Greet families & answer questions Help students with morning routine •All centers open
Magnet Letters & Metal Trays
Calendar Magnet Letters & Metal Trays
Draw on their person
Add collage materials to their person
Playdoh with no tolls
How to Sit at Circle •body check (rule, rationale, model, practice, praise) Songs: •bear hunt •animal action •stick like glue •lettercise
Hello Song “hello --, hello --, hello --, I’m glad you came to school!”
Have 3-4 students share their All About Me Page
Snack & Read Around the Room 9:20 – 9:40
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Notes
Circle 9:40 – 10:00 (review classroom rules & daily schedule)
We are going to play in blocks.
•read: The Night Before Preschool •review arrival routine & practice it (rule, rationale, model, model, practice, praise)
We are going to play in pretend.
•read: The Night Before Preschool & focus on the way the boy felt •Chart: How I Felt the First Day
We are going to play in discovery.
•Introduce the super star code •Read: Clifford Cares, refer to the rules as you read •Discuss what we take care of ourselves & each other looks like
We are going to play in art.
•Review the super star code •Read: Clifford Cares, refer to the rules as you read •Discuss what we take care of our school & world looks like
We are going to play in library.
•Review the super star code •Read: David goes to School •During reading, what would be a good choice
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•Read: Fire Drills Keep us Safe & routine poster, talk about why important (rule, rationale) •Model routine, use private speech, say routine as do it (model) •Have a practice fire drill & Praise when finished!
Friday
Transition
•Review body check •read: Pete the Cat: Rocking my School Shoes review visual schedule when do we do …. (show part of day as you are reading book)
Share favorite part of the day
Intro centers: •Pretend & Library Intro centers: •Discovery & Blocks
ASSESSMENT: self-portraits •Talk about all your body parts and what shape they are •Each child creates a self-portrait of themselves using markers.
Intro centers: •Art & Pretend
ASSESSMENT: drawing shapes •Students go on a shape hunt and draw the shapes they find
Intro centers: •Discovery & Library
ASSESSMENT: writing letters •Students go on a letter hunt and write all the letters they find
•Read Pete the Cat: 4 Groovy Buttons •Review & show all of the fun math games/tools in the discovery center
•Read Pete the Cat: 4 Groovy Buttons •Review & show all of the items in art you can use to crate collage (buttons, string, ribbon, etc.)
DANCE PARTY- use instruments - remind can ask friend “will you trade with me when song is over” - can only trade when music is off
Share their favorite math game
Graph Favorite Color
Lunch & Read Around the Room 12:10 – 1:00
Intro centers •Blocks & Art Review name, center color, and center icon. Show items in the center.. Talk about who you can pretend to be. Last, show labels and how to clean up.
Circle 11:55 – 12:10
Gross Motor 11:05 – 11:55
Monday Tuesda
Small Group 10:50 - 11:05
Thursday
Wednesday
Play Plans & Centers 10:00 – 10:50
Dance to lunch
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Centers Discovery
•Noodles, buckets, & shovels in the sensory table •Exploring rocks at the science table •Scientist tools & books •Writing materials
Math & Manipulatives •Path games (discovery) •Puzzles (discovery & library) •Peg boards (library •Counters & dice (discovery) •Scale (discovery)
Art •Crayons, colored pencils, & markers •Collage materials •Paper •Playdoh, playdoh mats, & tools •Books about art
Blocks
•Wooden blocks •Animals •Cars & trucks •Doll house, people, & furniture •Books about building •Writing materials
Pretend
Library
•Pretend kitchen & table •Babies & baby props •Dress up clothes •Cooking props •Writing materials
•Letter Legos •Magnet letters & magnet boards •Letter beads & shape beads •Finger puppets •Lots of books •Writing desk with various writing supplies
Question of the Week: Are you wearing red? (yes or no)
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