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Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Syllables are parts we hear, III.B.4.
Syllable Phonological
1 In each and every word. (Blending
Song Awareness
Clap the parts of __________ Syllables)
And tell me what you heard!
Willoughby
Willoughby Walloughby W___, III.B.6. Phonological
2 Walloughby
An elephant sat on W____! Rhymes Awareness
Woo
III.B.6.
Variations:
The Itsy Rhymes Phonological
3 Eency Weency, Teeny Tiny,
Bitsy Spider VIII.B.1. Awareness
Big Hairy
Music
I’m A Little III.B.6. Phonological
4
Teapot Rhymes Awareness
Hop a little, jump a little
One, two, three;
Run a little, skip a little
Hop a Little,
Tap on knee; III.B.6. Phonological
5 Jump a
Bend a little, stretch a little, Rhymes Awareness
Little
Nod your head;
Yawn a little, sleep a little,
In your bed.
mouse – one, snake- two, squirrel –
three, cat – four, monkey – five,
elephant – oh no
III.B.6.
Hickory Rhymes Phonological
6 Actions: “hickory dickory dock” (swing
Dickory Dock VIII.B.1. Awareness
arm like clock), “the __ ran up the clock”
Music
(crawl fingers up arm), “the clock
struck __” (show fingers), “the __ ran
down” (crawl fingers down arms)
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Oh, I wish I were a silly, slippery snake.
A Silly Alliteration
x2
7 Slippery III.B.7. (Phon.
Oh, I’d slither across the floor.
Snake Awareness)
And I’d slip under the door.
Oh, I wish I were a silly, slippery snake.
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Tune: Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Top to bottom
Left to right – left to right
Top to bottom
Directionality Print
8 Left to right – left to right III.E.2.
Song Concepts
My hand knows that writing always
goes
Top to bottom
Left to right – left to right
Tune: Yankee Doodle
When we write a sentence fine,
We have to use a stop sign.
Print
‘Cause if we don’t and do it wrong,
Concepts
9 Stop Signs Our sentence will go on and on. III.E.3.
(Punctuatio
A period is for telling.
n)
A question mark for asking.
An exclamation mark means there
is lots and lots of feeling!
dog +house, fire + man, fire + fly, fire
+ works, rain + coat, pan + cake, ear +
ring, snow + man, snow + flake, cat +
Word Compound
10 fish, tooth + brush, tooth + paste, cow III.B.2.
Sandwich Words
+ boy, butter + fly, rain + bow, cup +
cake
(can combine or delete)
Blend the onset and rime.
pan, rug, mat, rat, goat, hat, fat, cat, Phon.
11 Onset-Rime III.B.8.
mug, pug, sat, fit, hit, dog, log, bog, bop, Awareness
cop, hop, job, cob, top
Baa Baa
12 III.B.6. Rhyming
Black Sheep
Jack Be
13 Replace with students’ names. III.B.6. Rhyming
Nimble
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty
Humpty had a great fall;
14 All the king's horses and all the king's men
III.B.6. Rhyming
Dumpty
couldn't put Humpty together again.
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of
water.
15 Jack and Jill Jack fell down and broke his crown, III.B.6. Rhyming
And Jill came tumbling after.
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Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
Hey Diddle The cow jumped over the moon
16 III.B.6. Rhyming
Diddle The little dog laughed to see such a
sport
And the dish ran away with the spoon
Little Miss
17 III.B.6. Rhyming
Muffet
Count backwards starting at 5. After
saying each number, squat down lower
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Counting
18 and lower. When you say, “blast off”, V.A.2.
blast off! Down
jump into the air and land back on your
feet.
Taking
There Were Away
19 V.B.2.
10 in the Bed (Subtractio
n)
Taking
5 Little Away
20 V.B.2.
Monkeys (Subtractio
n)
Tune: Are You Sleeping
This is a circle, this is a circle.
How can you tell? How can you tell?
21 Circle Song V.C.1. Shapes
It goes round and round,
No end can be found.
It’s a circle, it’s a circle.
Tune: You Are My Sunshine
This is a square.
Square A pretty square.
22 V.C.1. Shapes
Song It has 4 sides, they’re all the same.
It has 4 corners, pointed corners.
This is a square, that is it’s name.
Tune: London Bridge
Two sides long and two sides short,
Rectangle
23 Two sides short, two sides short. V.C.1. Shapes
Song
Two sides long and two sides short,
It’s a rectangle.
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Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
This is a triangle
Triangle
24 Look and you will see V.C.1. Shapes
Song
It has 3 corners and 3 sides
Count them 1, 2, 3!
Here we go up, up, up.
Here We Go Here we go down, down, down. Position
25 V.C.3.
Up Here we go over, here we go under. Words
Here we go round, round, round.
+ you put your claws in
+ you stomp your feet in Position
26 Dino Pokey V.C.3.
+ you swish your tail in Words
+ you put your dino self in
Tune: Frere Jacques
Today is ___. x2
All day long, all day long. Passing of
27 Today Is V.D.4.
Yesterday was ___. Time
Tomorrow will be___.
Let’s have fun. x2
Johnny works with one hammer, one
Johnny hammer, one hammer.
Works With Johnny works with one hammer, then
28 V.A.2. Counting
One he works with two.
Hammer + continue until 5
+ add in a body part each time
Number I
29 Students find one-digit numerals V.A.9. Numbers
Spy
Tune: We’re Following the Leader
We’re following the pattern, the
Follow the pattern, the pattern.
30 V.E.3. Patterns
Pattern We’re following the pattern, so listen
very well.
(clap, stomp, sounds, etc.)
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Tune: I’m a Little Teapot
I’m a little chicken, ready to hatch,
Pecking at my shell,
I’m a Little
31 scratch, scratch, scratch. VI.B.2. Life Cycles
Chicken
When I crack it open, out I’ll leap.
Fluff up my feathers and cheep,
cheep, cheep!
Tune: Frere Jacques
It is living! It is living!
The Living
32 I know why! I know why! VI.B.3. Living Things
Song
It eats and breathes and grows. x2
It’s alive! It’s alive!
Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb
Living things all grow and change, grow
ad change, grow and change.
Living things all grow and change.
33 Living Things VI.B.3. Living Things
Non-living things do not.
+ need food and air
+ move on their own
+ grow old and die
Tune: Frere Jacques
We can move, we can move.
Forward and backward, forward and
backward. Motion
34 Motion Song VI.A.2.
Zig-zag, zig-zag, (Science)
Side to side, side to side,
Around and around, around and
around.
Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do you know the animals,
The animals, the animals?
Do you know the animals
Feathers, With feathers, scales, and fur? Characteristi
Scales, and
35 Birds have feathers so they’ll fly. VI.B.1. cs of
Fur
They help the birds soar through the Organisms
(Birds)
sky.
They keep them warm and safe and
dry.
Yes, feathers are for birds!
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Tune: Are You Sleeping?

I am growing, I am growing
Yes I am. Yes I am.
I Am Human
36 One time I was smaller (crunch down) VI.B.2.
Growing Growth
Now I am much taller (stand up)
Watch me grow (stretch up on tip
toes)
Watch me grow
What is fluffy? What is white?
What can you see when skies are
bright?
37 Cloud What can float? What brings rain? VI.C.2. Sky
What may be higher than a bird or
plane?
Say it out loud: cloud!
Rain on the rooftops, rain on the trees,
38 Rain VI.C.3. Weather
rain on the grass, but not on me!
Tune: This Old Man

Winter, spring, summer fall

There are seasons, four in all
Winter,
Weather changes, sun and rain and
Spring,
39 snow VI.C.3. Seasons
Summer,
Leaves fall down and flowers grow
Fall
Winter, spring, summer fall
There are seasons, four in all
Look outside and you will see
Just what season it will be!
Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Sprinkle, sprinkle, watering can

Spraying things all over the land
Sprinkle, VI.C.4. Watering
40 We can water things up high
Sprinkle III.B.6. Rhyming
We can water things down low
Sprinkle, sprinkle, watering can
Let’s water a thing that rhymes with
___.
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Tune: The More We Get Together

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Recycle, recycle
Reduce, Reduce, reuse, recycle
Caring for
41 Reuse, Recycle, recycle VI.C.4.
Planet
Recycle It’s easy to do.
Cause your world is my world
And my world is your world
Reduce, reuse, recycle
It’s easy to do!
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell

The sun is in the sky. x2

Hot and bright, it gives us light.
Heat/Light
Tuning Up The sun is in the sky. VI.A.4.
Sources
42 For Outer The moon is in the sky. x2
Space Around and round the Earth it goes. VI.C.2.
Sky
The moon is in the sky.
The stars are in the sky. x2
Far and bright and out at night.
The stars are in the sky.
Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?

Do you know the animals,

Feathers, The animals, the animals?
Do you know the animals Characteristi
Scales, and
43 VI.B.1. cs of
Fur With feathers, scales, and fur?
Organisms
(Reptiles) Fish have scales, oh yes, they do.
Snakes and lizards have them, too.
The hard, flat scales protect, it’s true.
These animals have scales.
Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Do you know the animals,
The animals, the animals?
Feathers, Do you know the animals Characteristi
Scales, and With feathers, scales, and fur?
44 VI.B.1. cs of
Fur
Most mammals have fur, you see. Organisms
(Mammals)
A dog, a rabbit, and monkey.
A squirrel and chipmunk in the tree.
Most mammals have warm fur!
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Teachers teach us ABCs
Shapes and colors, 123s.
Doctors help us when we’re sick,
Community Medicine will do the trick. Community
45 VII.B.3.
Helpers Firefighters put out fires. Helpers
Mechanics fix our cars and tires.
Police help keep things safe for you.
What job do you want to do?
What types of shelters do people live
Types of VII.B.1. Shelter
46 in? Animals?
Shelters (Needs)
What does shelter provide to us?
The teacher acts out a community
Community helper (police, firefighter, paramedic,
Community
47 Helpers bus driver) and the students guess. VII.B.3.
Helpers
Charades Whoever guesses correctly gets to
act out the next one.
Tune: Yankee Doodle
My address tells me where I live, the
Address
48 numbers and the street. VII.C.2. Geography
Song
I can get there in a car or walking on
my feet.
Tune: Yankee Doodle
I love my flag, my country’s flag, the
I Love My
49 red and white and blue! VII.D.1. US Flag
Flag
It has broad stripes and fifty stars
and stands for freedom too.
On top of a mountain, or under the
sea, there are so many places where
creatures may be.
Alone in a desert, or grouped on a
farm, or tucked in a tree trunk away
Animal from all harm. Shelter
50 VII.B.1.
Homes On bright, sunny grasslands, or in a (Needs)
dark cave, in jungles and forests,
where all must be brave.
On ice in the Artic, or holed
underground, there are so many
places where creatures are found!
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Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry
Bush
This is the Roles/
This is the way I help at home, help at
51 Way I Help VII.B.3. Responsibilitie
home, help at home.
at Home s
This is the way I help at home. Every
single day! (Allow students to share)
Tune: I’m a Little Teapot
I’m a happy fireman, big and strong! I
Community
I’m a Happy drive in my firetruck all day long.
52 VII.B.3. Helpers
Fireman When people are in trouble or a fire’s
underway, I come to the rescue and
save the day.
Tune: Old MacDonald
My doctor helps me when I’m sick. Oh
how nice he is! Sometimes I need
medicine so I’ll get better fast. He Community
My Doctor
53 takes my temperature, looks in my VII.B.3. Helpers
Helps Me
mouth, checks my ears, and hears my
heart.
My doctor helps me when I’m sick. Oh
how nice he is!
Tune: I’m a Little Teapot
I am a policeman, with my star. I help Community
I am a
54 people near and far. If you have a VII.B.3. Helpers
Policeman
problem, call on me. And I will be there
in 1, 2, 3!
Tune: Up on the Housetop
I bring the mail most every day, who
has sent a card your way? I pick up
mail that must go, too. Handling mail is Community
55 Mail Carriers VII.B.3.
what I do. Rain or snow, I’m on the go. Helpers
Letters for you, magazines, too. I can
bring the mail most every day, what
did you get in the mail today?
Common
What are things that we have both at
Home vs. Features in
56 home and at school? VII.C.1.
School Natural
(Sinks, carpet, bathrooms, lights, etc.)
Environment
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Hats and earmuffs go on my head,
pajamas are what I wear to bed.
Pants and shorts around my hips, shirt
Clothing is buttoned, jacket zipped. Check the Needs
57 VII.B.1.
Poem weather for the day, come to school, (Clothing)
ready to play.
What kinds of clothes did you wear
today? Why?
Beat: Slap table 2x, **clap 2x
Categories Categories ** names of ** foods!
58 VII.B.1. Needs (Food)
- Food Go around the room allowing students
to name a food.
Today, Ask students to share something they
Connecting
59 Tomorrow, will do/did today, tomorrow, or VII.A.3.
Life to Time
Yesterday yesterday.
If You’re an +elephant – stomp
Elephant +monkey – jump up & down Dramatic
60 VIII.C.1.
and You +crocodile - snap your jaws Expression
Know It +lion – give a roar
Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It

If your clothes have any red, any red

If your clothes have any red, any red
If your clothes have any read, put
your finger on your head
If your clothes have any red, any red

+blue (finger on your shoe)

The Color
61 +yellow (smile like a happy fellow) VIII.A.1. Colors
Song
+green (make a sound like a machine)
+brown (turn your smile into a frown)
+black (put your hands behind your
back)
+white (stomp your feet with all your
might)
+pink (give your eyes a double blink)
+purple (make your tongue go
blerble-blerble)
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Create a rhythm by clapping, slapping
a table, tapping your feet, or stomping! Rhythm &
62 Hand Beats VIII.B.1.
Alternative: Copy the teacher’s Beat
rhythm.
Variations:
the door on the bus goes open & shut;
the wipers on the bus go swish swish
swish,
The Wheels the horn on the bus goes beep beep
63 VIII.B.1. Music
on the Bus beep, the people on the bus go up &
down,
the babies on the bus go “wah wah
wah”, the mommies on the bus go
“shh shh shh”
Old Pig (oink), Duck (quack), Horse (neigh),
64 MacDonald Sheep (baa), Cow (moo), Turkey VIII.B.1. Music
Had a Farm (gobble)
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
We’re jumping up and down x2
We’re getting lots of exercise
We’re jumping up and down
We’re
65 IX.A.2. Movement
Jumping
Turning round and round
Bending to the ground
Stretching side to side
Twisting all around
Head
Shoulders
66 IX.C.2. Body Parts
Knees and
Toes
Stand up and shake out your different
67 Shake it Out body parts separately and then all IX.C.2. Body Parts
together.
+ cross arms and touch shoulders
+ cross arms and touch knees Crossing the
68 Simon Says IX.A.1.
+ cross arms extended in front of you Midline
+ cross arms above your head
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5 jumping jacks
4 hops on 1 foot
69 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 3 spins IX.A.2. Movement
2 marches
1 stretch
Tony Chestnut knows I love you. Tony
knows. (Tony knows.)
Tony Chestnut knows I love you.
That’s what Tony knows.
Tony, Tony, and his sister, Eileen. And
Tony IX.C.2.
70 Eileen loves Neil, and Neil loves Pat. But Body Parts
Chestnut
Pat still loves Bob.
And there’s Russell and Skip. This song
is silly, but it’s hip. How it ends, just
one man knows.
And guess what, it’s Tony Chestnut.
(color) is my hair, (color) are my eyes.
I’m _____ years old and just the right
Happy To Be
71 size. I.A.2. Self-Concept
Me
My name is _______ and as you can see,
I’m very happy to be me!
Open them, shut them x2
Give a little clap.
Open them, shut them x2
Put them in your lap.

Creep them, creep them

Open Them Right up to your chin. Self-Concept
72 I.A.2.
Shut Them Open wide your little mouth,
But do not put them in.

Roll them, roll them,

Roll them just like this.
Shake them, shake them, blow a little
kiss.
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Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
I have feelings (point to self)
So do you (point to children)
Let’s all sing about a few.
I am happy (make a big smile)
I am sad (frown)
I get scared (cross arms & make
I Have Emotional
73 scared face) I.B.2.b.
Feelings Control
I get mad (make fist and stomp feet)
I am proud of being me (hands on hips)

That’s a feeling, too, you see.

I have feelings
You do too
We just sang about a few.
If you’re happy and you know it clap
your hands.
If you’re mad and you know it cross
your arms.
If you’re frustrated and you know it
Emotional
Emotions stomp your feet.
74 I.B.2.b. Control
Song If you’re excited and you know it jump
up and down.
If you’re sad and you know it make a
frown.
If you’re scared and you know it hide
your face.
Tune: The Farmer in the Dell
I can follow the rules. x2
I can be a good friend
and follow all the rules.

I am nice at school. x2
I can be a good friend
I Can be a and follow all the rules. Behavior
75 I.B.1.a.
Good Friend Control
I am safe at school. x2
I can be a good friend
and follow all the rules.

I follow directions x2
I can be a good friend
and follow directions.
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I like you. You like me. We treat each
other respectfully.
Helping and sharing, being kind, too.
Getting Getting along is the thing to do.
Behavior
76 Along at We can learn a lot. Each and every I.B.1.a.
Control
School day. When we are respectful, when
we work and play.
Helping and sharing, being kind, too.
Getting along is the thing to do.