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Lamar County Head Start 3 Year Old Classes 05/5/2021
Week 31 wednesday
Morning Circle 8:30-8:45
Unite: This week we be ending 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 slither such as snakes and worms, and critters that are scaly, such as lizards and iguanas. Our vocabulary word will be slither; slither is moving by sliding wiggling, and twisting.
Calm
Invite children to pretend they are iguanas panting to cool off. Demonstrate panting. Have children pant like an iguana. Explain the panting helps humans get oxygen into their lungs. This allows us to be more alert and think more clearly.
Connect
Hey, Little Snake.
Hey, little snake, snaking here and there ( wiggle index finger up partners arm)
Wiggling and slithering without a care
Bye little snake, see you next time. ( wiggle index finger down partner's arm)
Hope you liked my snaky rhyme.
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 Ss, Ii, Cc, Ll, Ww.
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 "Iggy the iguana is scaly."
Complete the seesaw activity "Spring Rain beginning Sound Sort"
Moving and Learning 8:45-9:00
Reading 9:00-9:45
The Lizards in The Window by: Emilia Rivas
Encourage children to listen to the story to hear how things are the same for the family and for the lizards.