CALENDAR
Songs:
Adams Family Days of the Week
(Dr. Jean CD)
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week! (snap, snap)
There’s Sunday and there’s Monday,
There's Tuesday and there’s Wednesday,
There's Thursday and there's Friday,
And then there's Saturday.
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, (snap snap)
Days of the week, days of the week, days of the week! (snap, snap).
The Months at the Year
by Susan A. DeRiso
(She'll be Coming Around the Mountain tune)
September is the first month here at school.
September is the first month here at school.
We are making brand new friends
And the learning never ends.
Oh, September is the first month here at school.
October is the next month here at school.
October is the next month here at school.
Leaves are falling from the trees.
What a colorful sight to see!
Oh, October is the next month here at school.
November is the next month here at school.
November is the next month here at school.
There are turkeys with bright feathers
Getting ready for cold weather.
Oh, November is the next month here at school.
December is the next month here at school.
December is the next month here at school.
It's the time we like to say
Have a happy holiday!
Oh, December is the next month here at school.
January is the next month here at school.
January is the next month here at school.
It's the time we sing and cheer
Have a wonderful new year!
Oh, January is the next month here at school.
February is the next month here at school.
February is the next month here at school.
Hearts are hanging everywhere.
Love is floating in the air.
Oh, February is the next month here at school.
March is the next month here at school.
March is the next month here at school.
Fluffy clouds are floating by
In the windy, windy sky.
Oh, March is the next month here at school.
April is the next month here at school.
April is the next month here at school.
Raincoats keep us dry
When the rain falls from the sky.
Oh, April is the next month here at school.
May is the next month here at school.
May is the next month here at school.
Blooming flowers can be seen
And the earth is turning green.
Oh, May is the next month here at school.
June is the last month here at school.
June is the last month here at school.
We had all these months to grow
And just look how much we know!
Oh, June is the last month here at school.
* I add hand motions for each verse.
SHAPES
Books:
Brown Rabbit's Shape Book by Alan Baker
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
I See Shapes by Marcia Fries
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
Poems:
Cindy Circle Sammy Square
I am
Watch me turn My 4 sides are not the same.
Round and round. Turn me around,
And you will learn I don't care.
I’m not straight I'm always the same.
And I don’t bend. I'm a square!
My outside edges never end!
Ricky Rectangle Tommy Triangle
Ricky Rectangle is my name. Tommy Triangle is my name.
My four sides are not the same. Count my sides-
Two are short and two are long. There's 1-2-3!
Count my sides,
Come along.
1-2-3-4!
Danny Diamond Ollie Oval
I am Danny Diamond. I am Ollie Oval.
I am like a kite. A football shape is mine.
But I'm really just a square Some people think
Who's corners are pulled tight. That I'm an egg.
But I think I look fine!
Harry Heart
Harry Heart is my name.
The shape I make is my fame.
With a point on the bottom and two humps on top
When it comes to love,
I just can't stop!
Below are the popsicle stick shape puppets I use with each poem:
Body Shapes- Groups of children lay on the floor and form their bodies into shapes.
Matching Shapes- Students match pattern block shapes with shapes drawn on posterboard.
Shape collages- Divide class into groups and assign each group a shape. Group looks for shape in magazines and creates a shape collage.
Classifying Shapes- Children sort shapes on a workmat.
Songs
What Shape is This?
(The Muffin Man tune)
Do you know what shape this is?
What shape this is, what shape this is?
Do you know what shape this is
I'm holding in my hand?
*Hold up shape and have children identify it.
Shapes
(ABC tune)
I have a ____, look and see.
If you have a ____, show it to me.
*Distribute shapes. Children holding shape being sung about holds it up.
Make a Circle
(Pop Goes the Weasel tune)
Round and round on the paper I go.
What fun to go around like so!
What have I made, do you know?
I made a circle!
Make a Triangle
(Three Blind Mice tune)
One, two, three; one, two, three.
Do you see? Do you see?
Up the hill and to the top.
Down the hill and then you stop.
Straight across; tell me what have you got?
A triangle, a triangle!
Make a Square
(Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star tune)
From the bottom to the top
Straight across and then you stop.
Straight down to the bottom again
Across and stop where you began.
If the lines are the same size
Then a square is your surprise.
Make a Rectangle
(The Farmer in the Dell tune)
A long line at the bottom,
A long line at the top,
A short line to connect each side,
A rectangle you've got!
PATTERNS
Items that can be used to make patterns: Ellison die-cuts, beads, blocks, Fruit Loops, unifex cubes, color counting bears, buttons, crayons, coins
Sound Patterns-Teacher claps and snaps a pattern and class continues the pattern.
Pattern Block Cards- Create and laminate patterns on ssentence strips. Children use pattern blocks to continue pattern.
Pattern Necklaces- Children create color or shape patterns by stringing beads.
NUMBERS
My class creates a number book which goes as follows:
1 is for someone special, that’s me!
(draw a face on number 1)
2 is for 2 eyes.
(draw 2 eyes on number 2)
3 is for the tricycle I know how to ride.
(glue trike on number 3)
4 is for 4 sides of a window. Look inside.
(draw window pane and curtains)
5 is for 5 fingers on my hand.
(handprint on 5)
6 is for 6 legs on a ladybug that help it stand.
(turn 6 into ladybug)
7 is for the days of the week.
(trace days of the week on number 7)
8 legs on a spider made Miss Muffet say, “Eeek!’
(turn 8 into spider)
9 pretty petals stretch up to the sun.
(draw petals)
10 toes help me run.
(draw toes on bottom of 10)
TIME
SONGS:
The Clock Song
(The Wheels on the Bus tune)
The hands on the clock go round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The hands on the clock go round and round.
To tell us the time.
The short hand on the clock goes
From number to number,
Number to number, number to number.
The short hand on the clock
Goes from number to number
To tell us the hour.
The long hand on the clock goes around by fives,
Goes around by fives, goes around by fives.
The long hand on the clock goes around by fives
To tell us the minutes.
Human Clock- 12 students hold numbers and stand in a circle.
One student holds big and little hands and stands in center of circle. Teacher calls a time and student positions hands in correct place.
Analog and Digital Clock Comparison: Identify time on analog clock and create matching time on digital clock using magnetic numbers.
MONEY
1. Coin Costumes and Poems- I introduce each coin using a coin costume, made out of posterboard, and a poem to help my students identify the coins and their worth. The poems are as follows:
Penny
See the shiny penny, brown as it can be.
Showing Abe Lincold for all of us to see.
He had a bushy beard and a tall black hat.
A penny's worth 1 cent.
How about that?
Nickel
Thomas Jefferson will be found
On a nickel, shiny, smooth, and round.
His home, Monticello, is on the other side.
A nickel is worth 5 cents.
Say it with pride!
Dime
A dime is the smallest coin of them all
With Roosevelt posing nice and tall.
A dime is worth 10 cents, don't you agree?
Which would make Roosevelt as happy as can be.
Quarter
On a quarter, I'm sure that you will find
A man who was a leader, hinest, and kind.
George Washington was our first president
And a quarter is worth 25 cents.
Mystery Coin Bag- Each child removes a coin from the bag and identifies its name and monetary value.
Candy Shop- Child purchases a candy according to its price tag using play coins.
Read Bennie's Pennies. Follow up activities and printables can be found at :
http://makinglearningfun.com/themepages/BennysPenniesLiteracyIdeas.htm