WEEKLY PLANNING

Whole Group Time

Suzette Edge
Component:
Song

Purpose:
Build
Community

Activity/
experience

Promote
phonological
awareness

Activity or
Game

Integrate
movement with
literacy
or math

Read Aloud:
Predictable
Text

Focus on
math content
(number, shape,
pattern,
measurement,
etc)

Day One
Clap a Friends Name with me Song
Tune: London Bridges Falling Down

Learning each others name and getting

a rythem.
I will introduce the song and have the
children listen for their name and clap
their name with the song. I will sing it
once then point out there name and
change the movement as we sing.
Activity/Experience
Sing the song Little Mice
Moving around the room we will act like
little mice. I would then ask what are
some other words that sound like
creeping, sleeping? Leaping, peeping,
weeping.
The little mice are creeping, creeping,
creeping
The little mice are creeping, through
the house.
The little mice are sleeping, sleeping,
sleeping,
The little mice are sleeping, through the
house.
The old gray cat comes creeping,
creeping, creeping,
The old gray cat comes creeping,
through the house.
And the little mice run away.
(One hand represents the mice, the
other hand the cat. One hand creeps,
while the other comes slowly down
from the air. Hands meet and one
scampers behind the child's back)

Day Two
Greeting Song
Tune: The Farmer in the dell
GreetingSong(OriginalAuthorUnknown)
Sungto:"Thefarmerinthedell"
Teacher:
I'mgladyoucametoday,
I'mgladyoucametoday.
Hello,hellotoeveryone,(wavehello)
I'mgladyoucametoday.
Children:
We'regladwecametoday,
We'regladwecametoday.
Hello,hellotoeveryone,(wavehello)
We'regladwecametoday.
All:
We'llworkandplaytoday,
We'llworkandplaytoday.
Hello,hellotoeveryone,(wavehello)
We'llworkandplaytoday.
Repetition Using familiar words as you
greet one another.

I will sing the song and the children

will do the movements as I sing.
After I sing it once the children will
sing with me and move with the
song.
Activity/Experience

Day Three
Song
Tune: Little Tea Pot
Working in twos
Working in Twos
Sequence for reciting is: first child, second
child, both together.
I'm the shoe brush
I'm the shoe
Polish one and polish two
Brush, brush, brush.
I'm the dustpan
I'm the broom
We can see a dusty room
Sweep, sweep, sweep
I'm the candle
I'm the wick
It's getting dark now
Light up the wick, tsk, task, task.
I'm the letter
I'm the stamp
We stick together if we're damp.
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool
rhymes.htm
Workingtogethertosingasongthechildrencan
guesswhattheyareoryoucanbeoneandtheybethe
other.
UsingAlliterationandrhymingwhilerepeatingthe
soundwords.

Activity/Experience

Using different beginning letters as

we read to change what is in the
born. I will read the poem and the
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children guess the words as I read.

Then I will let the children think of
another animal that the beginning
words sound like. Switching out the
words as we read the poem.
Activity/Game
Put a sheet on the floor and start
sings the song.
Instead of saying five use the
number of children in the class.
Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys
Jumping on the bed.
One fell off
And bumped his head.
Mama called the doctor
And the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
Four little monkeys
Three little monkeys
Two little monkeys
One little monkey

Using there hands and doing the

movement with repeating the
words.
Read Aloud
Five Little Ladybugs
By Pam Schiller and Richele Bartkowiak
illustrated by Michelle Ciappa
Counting the ladybugs as they groove
away.
I will read the book and have ladybug
puppets for children to interact as I read
them. Children can use the sticks and
move them as they leave the story then
returning singing a ladybug tune.

Read Aloud
Count on Calico Cat
By: Donald Charles
Calico counts down as we read the
story and counts to ten using
different things in his house. He
cleans up the messy house by
counting.

This activity all the children can play

in the circle as we seek out the puzzle
pieces and make a B with the pictures
that start with a B.
I will call out the letter and sit the
puzzle in the middle and have them
match the sides up with each side and
make the letter. Then call out what
they see in the picture.
Activity/Game
Old MacDonalds Farm
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a cow,
E-I-E-I-O.
With a moo-moo here
And a moo-moo there.
Here a moo, there a moo,
Everywhere a moo-moo.
Old MacDonald had a farm,
E-I-E-I-O.
.....pig...oink-oink...
.....duck...quack-quack...
.....sheep...baa-baa...
Read Aloud
1,2,3 To The Zoo
By Eric Carle
In the zoo we see many different
animals lets see how many we find as
I read. Then have the children count
as I point out the animals.

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Learning
Outcomes:

Observable,
measurable
concepts or
skills to support
ALL components
(Refer to SC
Early Learning
Standards)

Standards

AL-3K-5.3 Seek explanation for

events or personal
relationships.

SE-K-4.3 Demonstrate ability to

join a group activity or game.

ELA-3K-1.3 Anticipate spoken

lines in songs and finger plays.

ELA-K-1.7 Use relevant details in

summarizing stories read aloud.

Standards

AL-3K-5.1 Talk about prior

events and personal
experiences.

ELA-K-1.8 Create responses

to literary texts through a
variety of methods.

M-3K-2.8 identify the

positions first and last.

ELA-3K-5.3 Identify and

briefly describe important
people, objects and events
in their world.

Standards

SE-3K-4.2 Show an interest in

having a friend.

AL-3K-2.3 Demonstrate
delight or satisfaction when
completing a task, solving a
problem, or making a
discovery.

ELA-K-4.11 Identify sounds

orally by segmenting words.

ELA-K-5.3 Uses symbols to

create descriptions of
personal experiences, people,
places, or things.

**Clear explanation of intent for ALL components

**Words and references for all SPF must be included

WEEKLY PLANNING
Large Group Time
Component:
Song

Purpose:
Build
Community

Activity/
experience

Promote
phonological
awareness

Activity or
Game

Integrate
movement with
literacy
or math

Read Aloud:
Predictable
Text

Focus on
math content
(number, shape,
pattern,
measurement,
etc)

Day Four
Song
If Youre Wearing Red Today

Day Five
Song
I like to
Tune: London Bridge is Falling
Down
Down"
I like to paint and build with blocks,
Build wit blocks, build with blocks,
I like to paint and build with blocks,
At my school.

Tune: Mary Had a little Lamb

Seeing the differences and the a likes in
the classroom. Getting to know one
another. Using Alliteration
Activity/Experience
Finger Plays and Action Verses for
children
Music and movement
http://www.educationoasis.com/curricul
um/Music_Movement/fingerplays_action
verses.htm

I like to sing and model clay,

Model clay, model clay,
I like to sing and model clay,
At my school.
I like to ride the trikes and swing,
Trikes and swing, trikes and swing,
I like to ride the trikes and swing,
At my school.

Activity/Experience

Open - shut them,

Give a little clap.
Open - shut them,
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Lay them in your lap.
Roll them, roll them, (roll hands)
Roll them, roll them,
Roll them, just like this.
Wave them, wave them, (wave hands)
Wave them, wave them,
And blow a little kiss.
Activity/Game

Shake My Sillies Out

Gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out.
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out,
And wiggle my waggles away.
.....clap, clap, clap my crazies out...
.....jump, jump, jump my jiggles out...
.....yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out...
Read Aloud
Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed
By Eileen Christelow
WE will count out the order in which the
monkeys jumped off the bed. Sequence
and order.
Standards

ELA-3K-4.1 Identify people and

events of personal significance.

AL-3K-3.1 Show initiative in

selecting and creating activities.

PD-K-2.2 Use hand-eye

coordination to perform wide
variety of tasks.

ELA-K-6.5 Follow one and two

step oral direections.
Learning
Outcomes:

Observable,
measurable
concepts or
skills to support
ALL components
(Refer to SC
Early Learning
Standards)

I will change the words to the

sounds of the vehicles.
The children can act out the
vehicles and mimic the sounds.
Activity/Game
Wheels On the Bus
The wheels on the bus go round and
round,
Round and round, round and round.
The wheels on the bus go round and
round,
All through the town.
The wipers...swish, swish, swish...
The horn...beep, beep, beep...
The lights...blink, blink, blink....
The doors...open and shut...
Read Aloud
The Very Busy Spider
By Eric Carle
Read the book and then notice
different animals and how many
lines in the web as the story reads.

Standards

SE-3K-4.1 Show interest in

others by playing beside or
briefly with one or more
children.

ELA-3K-1.2 Listen to simple

stories, songs and rhymes.

ELA-3K-1.3 Anticipate
spoken lines in songs and
finger plays.

ELA-K-1.3 Understand that a

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**Clear explanation of intent for ALL components

**Words and references for all SPF must be include

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