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Lamar County Head Start 3 Year Old Classes 04/12/2021
Week 28 Monday
Morning Circle 8:30-8:45
Unite: This week we will begin our 8th unit "Amazing Critters". This is a really fun unit learning all about bugs and other small critters. This week we will learn about critters that crawl such as, insects, spiders, frogs and lizards. Our vocabulary word will be entomologist which is a person who studies bugs .
Calm
Invite children to pretend they are spiders crawling up the waterspout. Have them inhale as the pretend to climb up a waterspout ( moving hands and feet as if climbing). Have them exhale as they pretend to fall ( squatting down). Repeat several times.
Connect
Caterpillar Crawl
" Who's that tickling my back?" asked the wall.
"It's me," said baby caterpillar, " I'm learning to crawl."
Commitment
Remind children about the ways we keep our classroom safe ( walking feet, listening ears, gentle hands, big voice, sharing and helping hands ). Remind them that it is the teachers/parents job to keep them safe and their job to help keep everyone safe. Tell children that one way they can keep the classroom safe is to follow the commitments on our poster. Point to each icon and ask people to remind everyone what it means. Continue this discussion all week. Encourage children to select one of the commitments they are willing to follow and celebrate their success.
Morning Message
Write the sentence saying each word as you write. Place your hand under each word in the sentence as you say it and have the children read it with you. Point out that words move from left to right on the page. Introduce that words have space in between them and you can measure that space with your finger.
Say the sentence. Ask students to say the sentence with you. Encourage them to say it again, this time clapping their hands for each syllable. Check that children are clapping syllables and not words.
Introduce alliteration ( series of words that begin with the same sound)by repeating a tongue twister. Discuss similarities and differences in the uppercase and lowercase letters shapes(curves, lines angles). Call attention to punctuation marks and spacing between words.
Target Letters Aa, Cc, Ss, Bb.
From now on we will be reviewing all the letters in the alphabet.
Acknowledge the children whose names begin with the target letters. Ask these children to identify the letters in their names that they recognize.
Morning Message "Ants can get in your pants ."
Complete the seesaw activity "Catching bugs number or letter "
Moving and Learning 8:45-9:00
Reading 9:00-9:45
Backyard Bugs By: Pam Schiller
Talk to your child about bugs that they might see in their yard.