Mrs. Miller & Ms. Wolford's Pre-K
Remote Schedule for September 8th and 9th
Daily Remote Schedule
8:00-8:20 - Morning Meeting (FaceTime or Zoom)
8:20-8:45-Breakfast
8:45-10:50 - Play time
10:50-11:00 - Music and Movement
11:00-12:00- Outside Play
12:00- Lunch
1:00-Nap
Keeping your child on a schedule close to the one they are use to at school will help them when they return. Thank you for all you do!
Question of the Day
September 8th
Lesson Plan (FaceTime/Zoom and Class meeting)
Can you name a friend in our classroom? Go over the children's names in the classroom.
Addy
Andre
Blakely
Brooklyn
Cadence
Dylan
Henry
Isaiah
James
Kyrie
Lizzie Anne
Nova
Olivia
Saren
Tessa
Westyn
Ready Rosie: Name Game
Learning Outcomes: Print and Alphabet Knowledge, Self-Awareness, Drawing and Pre-Writing
A child's first name is the most important word they will learn. Write your child's name on a piece of paper and cut the letters apart. Show your child each letter and say them in order. Sing the letters of your child’s name to the tune of B-I-N-G-O. Mix up the letters and ask, "Which letter goes first? Second? Next?" Sing the song often to help your child learn to spell his or her name!
Why It's Important
Your child is learning to sequence the letters in the first name. This is a key step in moving towards the school readiness goal of writing one’s own name.
Not Ready Yet
If your child struggles to remember how the letters are ordered, say the letter names together as you model putting them in order. Repeat once or twice and then put the letters away to revisit another day. Keep a patient and playful attitude and you will see your child make a little progress each time!
Need a Challenge
If your child can already successfully spell the first name, now is the time to begin working on your last name!
Teaching Strategies Intentional Teaching: Making My Name LL 29
1. Invite your child to join you in the name game. Show them the envelope with their name printed on it, in all capital letters. Read their name out loud and say each letter as you point to them.
2. Demonstrate how to make their name by lining up each letter in the correct order. Point to each letter on the envelope, say it as you look for it, and then put them in order.
3. Give the envelope to your child and ask them to spell their on their own. Assist only as necessary.
Teaching Strategies Learning Game: Letters In My Name Game 149
Your child will eventually remember the letters and begin to understand that letters make words.
Why is this important?
- Make a point of saying and spelling your child's name together: Sara, S-A-R-A can you come here, please? She will begin to associate her letters with her name.
- Try to get her attention by only spelling her name once she is familiar with the letters in her name. The next step will be to help her recognize them.
- Point out one letter at a time until she can recognize all the letters of her name. Use cereal boxes, magazines, toys, labels, tv, iPad, anything that has letters that your child can see.
- Trace the letter with your finger when you see it and encourage your child to do the same.
- Use the knowledge of knowledge of circles and lines when you are acquainting her with the letter: An O is a circle. An E has 4 straight lines. A J is curved at the bottom.
- Encourage your child to remember an associations they make, such as a J resembles a candy cane. A Y looks like someone reaching for the sky.
Another Idea
Remember to use the same language when writing their name. This will help them remember the letter shapes in their name. If they are still interested then move on to their last name or other letters in the alphabet.
Mighty Minutes: My Name, Too! #35
Demonstrates phonological awareness
What You Do
- Tell the child that you are going to play a game where they must listen for words that begin with the same sound.
- Relate your child's name to a series of words that have the same initial sound.
You might say, "If your name begins like meat, mat, and mitt, please stand up."
3. Repeat the alliteration with other family members names and see if your child can guess who's name it sounds like.
September 9th
Lesson Plan (FaceTime/Zoom and Class Meeting)
Write down what children say.
Materials: Paper, marker
Video Ready Rosie My Family Journal
Ready Rosie: My Family Journal
Learning Outcomes: Writing, Self-Awareness
Add a photo to the family journal and have your child help you caption it.
Why It's Important
Helping your child see that print has meaning will empower your child. When your child sees that words printed on paper can have many uses, such as helping us remember something important, writing becomes more valuable and interesting.
Not Ready Yet
Your child may not be ready to write a full sentence to caption your photo and that's ok. Write what your child would like the caption to be in highlighter and let your child trace the letters. Or, have your child write just the first letter of each word you use to caption the photo.
Need a Challenge
Add a challenge by having your child write the names of the people in each photo in addition to a caption. If you know when the photo was taken, you can have your child write the date as well.
Teaching Strategies Intentional Teaching: Group Problem Solving SE08
- Present a problem in simple terms to your child and ask them what they think you should do about the problem that goes along with the rules.
"I have been thinking about a problem where there has been a lot of yelling and running in the house. I know that our rules are for us to use inside voices and walking feet to keep us safe. What do you think we can do to make sure that we are following these rules as a family?"
2. Invite your child to offer their thoughts about the problem. Restate what your child says to clarify and validate their ideas.
3. Summarize your child's ideas and invite them to come up with different solutions. Let them know that there are no right or wrong answers.
4. Collaborate with your child to pick a solution. Come up with a day and time to come back and check to see if this solution worked.
5. Come back at the appointed time and talk about the solution. Did it work? Do you need to come up with a new one? What can you do differently?
6. Comment on their good work.
Teaching Strategies Learning Game: A Shared Family Activity Game 110
Your child will learn group values and cooperation when participating in a group activity.
Why is this important?
You can help your child feel included in activities and hobbies that have value in your culture. They will value activities that make them feel good and that are important to your family. Having a specific job in a shared, family-valued task, such as filling the scoop with birdseed, will make them feel needed, and they will fill satisfaction when watching the birds eat the seeds that they help prepare. Participating in shared tasks helps a child's understanding of family values.
What you do
- Include your child in plans and events that convey your family's values.
- Invite them to make something that is important to your family.
- Talk to them about what they are doing and why it's important to your family.
- Take time afterwards to sit and admire what you both have accomplished together as a family.
Mighty Minutes: Tiny Teamwork #173
Regulates own emotions and behaviors
b. Follows limits and expectations
What you do
- Talk with your child about how ants work together to build their homes and collect their food.
- Ask, "Do you think we can clean up your mess like ants?"
- Sing the following to the tune of "B-I-N-G-O."
Ants help each other as they work,
They always work together,
Let's clean up like the ants,
Let's clean up like the ants,
Let's clean up like the ants,
We can work together.
Music and Movement
Mrs. Miller
Email: Millersha@wilkes.k12.nc.us
Website: WilkesCountySchools.org
Location: 1248 School Street, Wilkesboro, NC, USA
Phone: 336-651-4364