S2Week3(Tuesday)

LessonTitle:
UnitName:
StudentGroup:
Duration:

Plums!
ABCCommunity
Kindergarten
80minutes

LearningObjectives
Iwilllearntopronouncewordsthatstartwithpandhasaninitialpsound,such
as:
plum,pan,put,pear
and
purple.
Iwillbeabletodescribeplumsinatleasttwodifferentways(itispurple,itissmall,it
isafruit,anditistasty).
LessonSummary
Wewillfirsttalkaboutwordsthatstartwiththeletterpandhasaninitialpsound.We
willthenreviewoursightwordstogether.Wewilldoaquickworksheetwherewewill
underlinetheletterpinalistofwordsthatwehavejustlearnedtoday.Wewillalsocolor
apictureofplumusingtheappropriatecolor(purple).Wewillthentaketurns(forthose
whowantto)readoutloudthestoryThePlum.Wewillendtheworkshopbysharing
aboutourexperienceseatingplums(andotherfruits)andifwehaveseenanplumor
otherfruittreesinourcommunity.

MaterialsNeeded
10copiesofworksheets(worksheetonfrontandstoryonbackpage)
3boxesofcoloringpencils.
9purplecoloringpencils.
1boxofpencils
1purplecoloredsheetofpaper

Preparation
Findadditionalmonosyllabicwordsthatstartwithp.
Findmaterialinstorageroom.

WhattoDo
02min:Rewardcheck.

35min:Studentssitwiththeir"table"groupandgooverGrandLakeNeighborhood
Agreements.

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612min:IcebreakerSharewiththeclassaboutwhatwedidovertheweekend.Pick
studentsusing
equitysticks
.
Whatisonehighlight(somethingspecialyoudid)of
yourweekend?

1316min:Introducetostudentswhatwewilldotoday.
Whatisthenameofourworkshoptoday?
(ABCCommunity)
WhatdidwedoinABCCommunity
workshoplastweek?(readthestoryaboutATanCat
andlearnedwordsthatendedinan)

WhatdowelearninABCCommunity
?(welearnlettersandwordsandeventuallytie
backtoourcommunityinsomeway).Remindstudents
Whatdoescommunitymean?
(Communityisaplacewherepeoplelive,work,andplay.)

1725min:Writeontheboardtheletterp.
Riaseyourhandifyoucantelltheclasswhatthislettersoundslike?
(puh)
Say
Canwesaypuhpuhpuhtogether?
Ask
Raiseyourhandifyouknowwordsthatstartwiththeletterp
andhasapuhsound?
(e.g.please,people,pizza,police,paper,
pencil)
Writeeachwordontheboardandask,
Class,canwesay____
together?
Repeatforeachwordthatgetswrittenupontheboard.

2629min:Writethewordplumontheboard.
Ask,
Doesanyonewanttoreadthiswordforus?
Pickastudentwhoisraising
aquitehandandwhohasntparticipatedasmuchtoday.
Class,canwereadplumtogether?
Ask,
Showmeyesesandnoes,haveyoueverhadaplumbefore?
Forthosewhoshowedmeyessignal,pickonthestudentsoneatatime
forthemtosharewithusbytellingusoneofthefollowing:
Whatcolorisaplum?
(purple)
Whatdoesaplumlooklike?
(round)
Whatdoesaplumtastelike?
(sweet,butsometimescanbea
littlesourifitisnotripe)
Whatisthesizeofaplum?
(Itissmall)

3040min:Writethewords
purple
,
pan
,and
put
ontheboard,oneatatime.
Writethewordwordpurpleontheboard.Pickastudenttosoundouttheword
andhavetheclassreadittogether.
Ask
Whatcolorisclosesttoorremindusofpurple?

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 Pickstudentstoanswer.Then,holdupablue,thenmagentacolored
constructionpaperandaskstudents
Isthispurple?
(no)
Whyisitnot
purple?
(tooredish,
tooblueish)
Lastly,holdupapurplecoloredpaperandask,
Isthispurple?

(yes)
Writethewordpanonthewhiteboard.
Isthereavolunteerwhowanttosoundoutthisword?
Havetheclassreadthewordpantogether3times.
Ask,
Cansomeonedescribewhatapanlookslike?
(round,flat)
Writethewordputontheboard.
Isthereavolunteerwhowanttosoundoutthiswordforus?
Havetheclassreadthewordputtogether3times.
Askclass,
Whataresomethingswewillneedtoputawayattheend
ofhomeworktimeeachday?
(pencils,homework,playdough,puzzles,
etc.)

4143min:Reviewandrereadthe4wordswehavestudiedsofar:
plum,pan,purple,
put
Pickstudentnamesfrom
equitysticks
andhavethemreadthewordsIpointto(I
willpickwordsinrandomorder).
DothistwotimesforeachwordsothatImconfidentstudentsknowhowto
pronouncethesewords.

4445min:Postacopyoftheworksheetontheboard
Ask,
Raiseyourhandifyourememberhowwedothefirstpartofthe
worksheet?
Studentsneedtounderlinetheletterpineachword.
Remindstudents
Doweunderlinethewholeword?
(no,justtheletterp)
Ask
Isthereanyquestionsonhowtocompletethisworksheet?

46min:Passoutmaterial.
Askthe
PaperManager
topassworksheettoeachstudent,the
PencilManager
will
passapurplepenciltoeachstudent.

4655min:ActivityTime.
Letstudentsknowthat
Onceyouhaveyourworksheetandpencil,youmay
startworkingonyourpaper
.Iwillwalkaroundtheclassandseeifanystudent
needshelp.
Remindstudents,
Whatisthefirstthingwedowhenwegetour
paper?
(writeournameonit)
Askstudents
Showmeifyouarefinishedwiththefirstpartofthe

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worksheet.
(studentsshouldbesittingattheirtablesandraisingtheirpencilsin
theairiftheyarefinished).
Iwillthenmoveontothesecondhalfoftheworksheet.
Copythewordstheandplumthreetimesinthespaceprovided
onthepaper.
Then,
Whenyouaredonewiththat,youcanthencoloryourplum.
Class,remindMs.Jiewhatcoloristheplum?
(purple)
Remindstudents
Whenyouaredone,putyourpencilintheairandI
willcomeandcheckoffyourpaper.

5659min:Askforminifeedback
Wheneveryoneisdone,askstudents
Showmethumbsup,thumbsdown,or
thumbssideways,howeasythisassignmentwas.
Pickafewstudentsto
explainwhytheygaveathumbsup,thumbssideways,orthumbsdown.
Showmethumbsup,thumbsdown,orthumbssideways,howweliked
doingthisassignment.
Pickafewstudentstoexplainwhytheygaveathumbs
up,thumbssidewaysorthumbsdown.

60min:Letstudentsknow
Now,wearegoingtoreadastorythathasthewords
wevejustlearned.
Butbeforewebegin,letsreviewsomesightwords.
Inadditiontotodaysfourpwords.Alsowrite
small
and
yum
onthewhiteboard.
Haveclassrereadtodayswordsplusthetwosightwords:
plum,put,purple,
pan,
and
small,yum
.
Askstudentsto
Pleaseflipoverthepagesowecanreadthestorytogether.
Askvolunteerstoreadtwolinesofthestories.Iwillhelpthemiftheygetstuckon
acertainword.
Wewillthenreadthestorytogetherasaclass.

68min:Timesup!
6869min:Collectsupplies.AskSupplyManagerstocollectpencilsandpapersand
putthemonmysupplytable.

7077min:Debrief.AskquestionsfromDebriefsection.

78min:Rewardcheck.Letstudentsknowwhytheygotordidnotgetastarfortodays
workshop.

79min:Tellstudents
ShowMs.JiethatyouarereadytolineupforSnack&

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Recess.
(studentsshouldbesittingintheirseats,headsdownontables,andnot
talking).
Handsanitizinghelperwillgoaroundtheclassroomgivingouthandsanitizerto
students.

80min:Lineup!Callbytablenumber.
Debrief

Whataresomefruitsthattastelikeplumsorremindusofplums?
Haveweseenanyplumtreesinourcommunity?
Whatareotherfruittreeswehaveseeninourcommunity?

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S2W1(Thursday)

LessonTitle:

Taichi

UnitName:
StudentGroup:
Duration:

NinjasKnowNumbers
Kindergarten
75minutes

LearningObjectives
Iwilllearntocountandslowdownmybreathing.
Iwilllearntostaywiththegroupindoingouractivity.
LessonSummary

Studentswilllearntoregulatetheirbreathingbypracticingtaichimovestogether.Wewillwarm
upbydoingstretches.Wewillthendosomebasicbreathingexercisesandlearntocountand
controlourbreaths.Wewillthenpracticeintroductorytaichimovestogether.Wewillendby
sittingcrisscrossonthegroundandmeditateforfiveminutes.Afterwards,wewillsharewith
classhowtodaysexperiencehasbeenforus.

MaterialsNeeded

1timer
1instructionalposterwithposes.
1small(fistsized)ballforicebreaker.
1extraspeakerbox,ifavailable
1speakerwirefromhome

Preparation
Bringacopyoflessonplan.
Drawoutthetaichiandstretchingmoveswewillbedoingonalarge(poster
sized)pieceofpaper.
LoadthesongKungfufighting(orsomethingelsefromKungfuPandaorhasa
slightkungfusoundsmelody)onmyphone.

WhattoDo
13min:Rewardcheck.Gooverwhyeachstudentgotastarornotgetastarfor
Lineup.

46min:Callonstudentstoreminduswhatour5GrandLakeneighborhood
agreementsare.Pickstudentsfromequitysticks.
Remindstudents,
Whathappensifwedontfollowourcommunity

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agreements?
(wewillgetawarning)

69min:Icebreaker.Ask
Raiseyourhandifyouwouldliketoremindeveryone
howweplaytheBallandNaminggame?

(Astudentcallsonanotherstudentsname
andthenlightlythrowstheballtothatstudent,andthatstudentwouldcallanother
studentsnameandthrowtheballtothethirdstudent,andsoonandsoforth.)
Remindstudents:
Dowethrowhardorlightly?
PlayourBallandNaminggameuntileverystudenthashadaturn.

1020min:Warmupstretches.
Askfordemonstration
Doesanyoneknowhowtodostretches?
Picktwo
students(notfromMr.Dowdsclass,theywillhelpwiththe2ndactivity)to
demonstrateforclass.
Lettheclassandour2demonstratorsknowthat,
Wewillhaveour
demonstratorsshowushowtodostretchesfor4minutes,thenthey
willshowushowtodosomeofthestretchingposesonMs.Jies
posterforthelast4minutes.
Settimerfor8minutes.
Letthemdemonstrateandleadthestretchingactivityfor4minutes.Then,
leadthestretchingactivityusingposesonmyposterfor4minutes.

2128min:Breathingactivity.
Letstudentsknow,
Now,weneedtwomorevolunteerstoleadusinour
breathingexercisefor5minutes.DoIhaveanyvolunteers?
Picktwo
studentsfromMr.Dowd/Ms.Shrinersclass(sincetheyvebeendoingbreathing
excercisesinthatclass)asactivityleaders/demonstrators.
Settimerfor5minutes.
Incaseourdemonstratorsforgettomentionthat,
Weneedtoputonehandon
ourbelly,andtheotherhandonourchest.Whenwetakeadeepbreath,we
shouldfeelourbottomhand(thehandonourbelly)moveupanddown,but
notthehandonourchest.
Remindstudentsaswearedoingtheactivitythat
Weshouldcountto4.
Whilewebreathin,wecount1234.Andaswebreathout,we
silentlycount1234.
Repeat.

TaichiTime!
2935min:Talkabouttaichi
Askclass
ShowmeYesesorNos,doesanyoneknowwhattaichiis?Have

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weseenpeopleinourcommunitydotaichi?Ifyes,where?
Usethisopportunitytoletstudentsknowthat
Taichicanbepracticeby
anyone,youngpeople,oldpeople,everyone.Taichiisaexercisethathelps
ustofocusbetterandstayhealthy,sortoflikeyoga.Itispracticeby
millionsofpeople.
Askstudents,
Doyouhearpeopletalkingwhentheyaredoingtaichi(or
yoga)?
(no)
Whyweretheynottalking?
(becausetheyneedtofocus)
3646min:Taichiactivity.
Settimerfor10minutes.
HavestudentsfollowmewhileIdotheposesfromtheposter.

Quitemeditationtime.
4752min:Askstudents,
DoIhaveanyvolunteerswhocanshowushowto
meditate?
(studentsfromMr.Dowdsclassshouldknow).Picktwostudents.
Askourtwodemonstrators
Canyoutelluswhywemediate?
(helpsustofocus
andcalmdown).
Alsoask:
Howdosit?
(crisscrossapplesauce)
Dowetalk?
(no)
Doweopen
oureyes?
(no)
Wheredowekeepourhands?
(onourknees)

5359min:Meditate
Playsoothingmusicfrommyphone.
Twodemonstratorssitbyme,oneoneachside.Therestofclasssitin2rowsin
frontofme.
Set5minutetimer.
Closeoureyesandmeditate.
Oncetimeisup,openoureyes.

6070min:Closingcircleanddebrief.
Howdidwelikespendingthedayoutsidetoday?
Wouldwewanttodothismoreinthefuture?
AskfromthelistofthequestionsintheDebriefsection.

7173min:Rewardcheck.Letstudentsknowwhytheygotordidnotgetastarfor
todaysworkshop.

74min:Handsanistizerhelpergoaroundtoeachstudenttogivethestudentsome
handsanitizer.

75min:
Lineup!
Callbytablenumbertogotothebenchforsnackandthenrecess.

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Debrief
Forsittingmeditation
Howdidwelikedoingthesittingmeditation?Thumbsup,sideways,ordown?
Whydowelikeordislikethis?
Doweseeanythingevenwhenoureyeswereclosed?
Whodoweknowthatalsodoessittingmeditation?
Whatdoesthis(sittingmeditation)helpuswith?

Fortaichi
Haveweseenpeopleinourcommunitydotaichi?Where?
Whoarethepeoplethatweoftenseedoingtaichi?
Doweknowofanyfamilymembersorneighborswhopracticetaichi?
Whataresomethingspracticingtaichicanhelpus?

Forbreathingexercises.
Whenhavewedonebreathingexercisesbefore?
Howdoweliketakingdeepbreaths?
Whenshouldwetakedeepbreaths?(whenweareupset,etc)

Forstretchingexercises.
Whydowedostretches?

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