Kindergarten Year Plan

Month

September

Subject
Social:

Chrysanthemums:
Look How Youre
Blooming!
Blooming badges
Themes:
Under the Sea/I Am
Unique
Pete the Cat
Keep it groovy
Its all good
Remind Texting
Field Trip/s:
- Public Library
- Safety City bus
presentation
- Fire Station

Early literacy:

Materials/Skills/Topics
I am Unique
How do I learn? (Blooming)
7 Habits
Zero
What are emotions?
Pete The Cat Puppet
The Kissing Hand
Class Picture Book
The Best Part of Me
You Are Special
Chrysanthemum
Parent Assessment
Zero
Pete the Cat shoe organizer
activity
One
Franklins First Day
Ten Little Fish
I want my Hat Back
The Rainbow Fish
Marcel the Shell with Shoes
on
A Fish out of Water
Swim! Swim! By Lerch
You be You
Only One You
Beautiful Oops
Fish Had a Wish
Sophies Fish
Monsieur Thermidor
Swimmy
Introduce letters and the
alphabet
Introduce writing as
communication: journals,
morning message,
whiteboards, sparkle words
How to read books: left to
right, top to bottom
Reading to self and others
rules
Syllable recognition (names,

Numeracy:
Learning my
numbers

days, and months)

Beginning to write: following
directions for up/down, across
Self Portrait
Star Student?
Introduce calendar
Introduce graphing (name)

Zero
One
Pete the Cat and His Four
Groovy Buttons (pipe cleaner
activity)
Button cutting book
Environment Creating classroom Routines
& Community Classroom Jobs
Awareness:
Safety in school and on the
playground
How to take care of our stuff
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Fire drills/bus evacuation
practice
Weatherboard
Class schedule
How do I feel safe? **Visit fire
station**
Creative
The Purple Crayon
Expression:
Milk experiments predicting,
reasoning, observations,
comparisons, data gathering
Experimenting with color
Class Picture Book
Wanda and the frog (pastel
drawing)
Everything Little Thing
Personal &
Its Hard to be Five
Social
Voice levels (Leah Hogg)
Responsibility Library procedures
:
Problem solving
Assembly behavior and
expectations
Bucket filling
Balanced Nutrition
Introducing the food groups
What are my senses?
What are the parts of my
body?
Phys Ed:
Get to know you games

October

Social:

Themes:
Pirates/ I am
Unique

Early literacy:

Field Trip/s:
-

Numeracy:

What are the parts of my

body? spatial awareness
Whole body listening
Bouncing a ball
Fine & Gross Motor skill
development
What are rules for?
How can I help people?
Chickens to the Rescue!
The Day the Crayons Quit
Take Home Literacy (PIP)
Tracing, copying, sculpting
letters and words
Printing name
Vocabulary: fall, autumn,
harvest, Halloween words,
proactive
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Sorting pumpkins and leaves
Subitizing
Patterns: movement, color
Number printing and forming,
0-5
Sequencing numbers

Numbers add
up!
Learning
patterns
Shape and
space I can
compare
objects/numb
ers
Environment Celebrate the seasons
& Community Thanksgiving
Awareness:
Halloween
The Amazing Human Body
(Shar Levine) science
experiements with senses
Creative play: grocery store,
haunted house
Creative
Expression:

Pete the Cat: I love my

white shoes (color
awareness)
Pumpkin carving
Kite Flying
Halloween
The Squeaky Door (draw a
picture what do you sleep

Personal &
Social
responsibility
:

Phys Ed:

November:

Social:

Hibernation Theme:
Animals that
Hibernate
Field Trip/s: Fire
Station

Early
Literacy:

- Helen Schuler

Numeracy:

with at night?)
Black & Bittern Was the
Night
Readers Theatre
Habit #1: Be Proactive
What Do you Do With An
Idea?
The Berenstain Bears and
The Bad Habit
Feelings and facial expressions
**Dental Visit**
Healthy foods
Large motor development
ball handling
Small motor: cutting, coloring,
sculpting
I am Unique/I Belong
What does my home look like?
(drawings, photographs) What
does my family look like?
Types of homes (house,
apartment, townhouse)
What are animal homes like?
The Very Cranky Bear
Choral Speech
Writers workshop[
No Rest for Edwin
Hibernation Station
Animals in Winter
Why do Animals Hibernate?
Bear Snores On
Animals in Winter

Sorting homes by bedrooms

Sort the acorns
Shape recognition in the
environment
Building with shapes in
dimension
Patterning with objects (AB or
ABC)
Environment Animals that hibernate
& Community Where do animals sleep?
Awareness:
When do they sleep?
What is migration?
Where do animals migrate?
How do I build a den?

Big Bear Hug

Remembrance Day
Creative
Expression:
Personal &
Social
responsibility
:

Phys Ed:

December:

Social:

Hibernation
Getting ready for
Christmas

ELA:

Field Trip/s:

Numeracy:

Environment:
Creative
Expression:
Personal &
Social
Responsibility
:
Phys Ed:

Songs: Novembers Here, and

Mr. Bear
Fire Station
Hibernation station
Habit #2: Begin with the End in
mind
Taking care of me
Getting Enough Sleep
Proper Nutrition
Fire safety
How to use 911
Large motor development
Cooperative play
What makes a family?
How do I belong?
What are rules for?
What are animal homes lie?
Choral Speech
The Polar Express
Olive the Other Reindeer
Z is for Santa
Christmas sight words
Winter sight words
Greeting card writing
Writers workshop picture
story and labelling
Countdown to Christmas
holidays
Extending patterns
Number recognition, 6-10
Taking care of animals
Taking care of our world
Christmas
Pete The Cat Puppets
How to dress for winter
Respect for all customs

Time
8:28
8:30-9:15

9:15-9:45
9:45
-10:15

Monday
Warning Bell
Calendar
Weather
Whiteboard
work
s youre
adorable
song

Tuesday
Warning Bell
Opening
Exercises
Early Literacy
notebook

Wednesday
Warning Bell

Thursday
Warning Bell

Friday

ASSEMBL
Y

Opening
Exercises

PREP

Opening
Exercises

Early Literacy
Jolly Phonics
(review)

PREP

Gym

Early
Literacy
Jolly Phonics
t

Early
Literacy/Early
Numeracy

PREP

10:1510:30

Recess

Recess

Recess

Recess

Recess

10:3011:00

Snack/
Story/LCs

Snack/Story/L
Cs

Snack/Story/
LCs
Learning
Centres
Early
Numeracy

Snack/Story

PREP

11:0011:30

Learning
Centres
Centres
Story Time/
Closing
Activities

Compute
rs
Learning
Centres
Story

11:30-

Time/

Library
(PREP)Students go
with Mrs.
Hadford
Story
Time/

Learning
Centres
Centres/Music
Closing
Activities

PREP

PREP

11:40
11:4012:10

Noon Hour

Closing
Activities
Noon Hour

12:1012:40

Opening
Exercises

Opening
Exercises

12:401:10

Early
Literacy
Jolly Phonics

Early Literacy
Jolly Phonics

Early Literacy

1:10-1:40

Noon Hour

Opening
Exercises

Opening
Exercises

Early
Literacy
Jolly Phonics

Early Numeracy

ASSEMBL
Y
Early
Numeracy

Compute
rs

1:40-2:10

Closing
Activities
Noon Hour

Early
Numeracy

Snack

Library

Snack

Gym

2:10-2:20

Recess

Recess

2:10-2:50

Learning
Centres
The Kissing
Hand story &
poem/craft
Centres
Story Time/
Closing
Activities

(PREP)Students go
with Mrs.
Hadford
Recess
Snack
Learning
Centres
Centres

Recess
Snack
Early Literacy
Jolly Phonics
review

2:50-3:20

Story
Time/
Closing
Activities

Learning
Centres
Story
Time/
Closing
Activities

Jolly Phonics
September 1 4
Tuesday PD Day
Wed/Thursday staggered entry teach together
Friday Prep day
September 7 11
Monday Holiday

Centres
Story Time/
Closing
Activities

Tuesday First day with full class

Environment & Community awareness:
Introduce classroom jobs
PHYS ED
Body Awareness
Math:
Introduce calendar
Graph your name
Early literacy:
SPARKLE word of the week:
a youre adorable song
introduce alphabet
songs
Social/
Kissing Hand poem
Read story, The Kissing Hand
Brain break (Go noodle)
Craft
First day assessment (Today I felt)
Closing activities:
Yoga
Mail
Sparkle Words
Goodbye song
Wednesday Early Literacy: Ushers ABC song (Go Noodle), Chrysanthemum story
(while reading, have two hearts, one that stays wrinkle free. With each
mean thing said, wrinkle the heart some more in front of the kids as a
comparison). Syllable recognition in name strips
Personal & Social Responsibility: Chrysanthemum wrinkled heart (on
bulletin board); pay compliments to others
Numeracy: Name chart graphing (its broken glue it together),unifix
cubes with names on strips of paper; graph from longest to shortest
Worksheet (pinterest)
Creative Expression: Make a flower garden of names. Use butcher paper
to put flowers on, then add to bulletin board. Write, Lets Bloom
Together

Environment & community awareness: Introduce Look whos blooming!

Badges (and clapping for friends)
Phys Ed:
Social: I am special because.. paper doll cutout with sentence

READ TO SELF RULES

-

Be quiet
Read the whole time
Stay in one spot
Choose a quiet spot
Pick just right books

READ TO OTHERS RULES

-

Take turns
Listen
Ask questions
Share what you liked about the story