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Lamar County Head Start 3 Year Old Classes 05/26/2021
Week 34 Wednesday
Morning Circle 8:30-8:45
Unite: This week we will continue our last unit of the school year; Animals. This week we will learn mainly about ocean animals, as well as circus animals and reinforcing all the skills we've learned this year. Our vocabulary word will be "coral reef". We will also be working with students to make sure they keep the skills we've all worked so hard on this year.
Calm
Explain that fish don't breathe air like we do. They have gills that absorb oxygen from the water. tell children that we are going to pretend we are teaching fish to breathe air like we do. Pretend to be a fish and invite children to teach you to inhale and exhale deeply.
Connect
I'm Hiding
I'm hiding, I'm hiding.
No shark will find me here.
I'll be quite as I can be
When any shark gets near.
And when he's looked all over
Around and in the nearby cave,
I'll swim out from my hiding place
Say "good-bye' and give a big tail wave.
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 Ww, Cc, Ff, Dd, Ss
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 "For one day, I wish I was a fish."
Complete the seesaw activity "Alphabet order"
Moving and Learning 8:45-9:00
Reading 9:00-9:45
Way Down Deep In The Blue Sea By: Jan Peck
Encourage children to listen to the story to hear how things are deep in the sea.