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Lunch Line 2, 10:35-11:00
Music 11:05-11:45
Recess 11:50-12:20

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Announcements
Agendas
Morning Meeting

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Good Morning Song for Kids (with lyrics) | The Singing Walrus

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Have you made a new friend?
Play "If your name is on a plate pick it up" to help us remember our friends names.

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I can use a pencil correctly.
Play dr Jean pencil grip song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNFAzBXXjI
Act out holding pencil while song is playing.  Use chart and have students give rules for Pencils can and pencils cannot. Show where we keep new pencils and where we put dirty/needing sharpened pencils.  Talk about how we will keep these in our pouch at our tables. Students will use a pencil and practice writing in journals.Write numbers that you know with a pencil.
Write letters you know with a pencil.
Write name with a pencil and a crayon.

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I can write vertical lines.

This week we will be introducing basic strokes.

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The Little Red Hen #ReadAlong StoryBook Video For Kids Ages 2-7

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Students draw self portrait and write their name on the first day of school paper.

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Students draw self portrait and write their name on the first day of school paper.

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Listen to the story.
TLW make a crown to decorate and wear.
Students will discuss color rules.
1. stay in lines
2. no white spaces
3. colors make sense
Students will practice using crayons to complete worksheet below.

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Read story Pigsty.  Talk about how we have to clean up our center when we are finished playing or our room will look like a pigsty.  Discuss rules for centers such as :
1)stay in center
2)only get out one thing at a time
3)keep your space
4)clean up song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCJyJup0qcc

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Lunch Line 2, 10:35-11:00
Guidance 11:05-11:45
Recess 11:50-12:20

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Announcements
Agendas
Morning Meeting

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Good Morning Song for Kids (with lyrics) | The Singing Walrus

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Who's in charge at home?

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I can take away.
Intro class to number talks  Go over thumbs up hand signal when you know the answer. Dont say anything out loud,, keep it in your head.  We will be using dot cards and subitizing.  Talk about how to count the dots fast, look for ways to combine without counting each one.  How did you see it? DL students may practice this with a dice. Roll the dice, how many dots do you see?  Try not to count them each time.
Read book Pete the Cat and his Four groovy Buttons
https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=pete+the+cat+buttons
If time permits, show a math game and talk about how to play. Just like we will have small groups in the morning, we will also have math small groups in the afternoon. Show how to use roll and cover game.

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Review Dismissal
Read book Pete the Cat Wheels on the bus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0icbqvmehs How did you get to school today?  Review dismissal and how when we hear our name we stand up and go to our car either a number or crosswalk.  Review calling out bus numbers and have students stand up when they hear bus number.

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Calendar/Live Stream ELA lesson
Yesterday we went to PE. Do you remember our PE teachers? We will visit many other classes this school year like music, library, guidance, etc... Have you ever seen Pete the Cat before? Well Pete the cat has a story about going to school just like us. Read book Pete the Cat Rockin in my school shoes. Students will tell classmates his/her favorite color and we will make a shoe graph and analyze results. Review hallway rules, have students use restroom before we get ready for related arts.

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Clubhouse Rules

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Students will go outside for 10-15 minutes.
Students will use what they know about "Being Kind" (class rule) to decide if pictures displayed are good or poor choices.

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Write name and feeling from chart we made Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Write name and feeling from chart we made Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Color Chester's head and tail, cut them out, and glue to paper: Today __ went to school and felt __!

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Read: Chrysanthemum
Show students the correct way to write their name. Students will practice writing name and decorate the uppercase letter it begins with.

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Read-Aloud of Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

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Our Principal

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Glue Bottle Rules
Complete bottle glue can / can not chart.
Just a dot, not a lot of glue will do.

Dot, dot
Not a lot!
When I'm done
I close the top!
Twist, twist
Wipe, wipe
Now my glue
is good and tight.

Discuss:
1. How to open and close
2. How to use just a drop
Make Pete the Cat and glue 4 buttons of your choice to Pete's

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Make Pete the cat. Use stick glue to glue him together. Use bottle glue to glue on buttons after bottle glue lesson.

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Did you buy new shoes for the school year?  Share new shoes if there are any.

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Read Pete the Cat:  Rocking in My School Shoes

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Book boxes
Students get 5 books for book box.
Stress stamina.

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As a mom to five little ones and as a kindergarten and special needs teacher, I have helped a lot of children learn how to hold a pencil correctly. Sometimes it would be really difficult to teach a child how to hold a pencil until I figured out this fun and crazy alligator trick. It is really important to teach correct pencil grip for a number of reasons. Primarily, you want the child to feel comfortable while writing and secondly, correct pencil grip will help improve handwriting.

How to Hold a Pencil

To teach the correct way to hold a pencil, you can have the child pretend his/her dominant (writing) hand is an alligator.

Open and close the alligator's mouth - and show that the alligator is hungry and wants to eat the pencil!

Now that the alligator is holding the pencil in his mouth, place the pencil on the bottom jaw of the alligator,and close the alligator's mouth on the pencil.

As the alligator eats the pencil, he doesn't like the taste of the pencil, so he puckers his lips. (Show your children what it means to pucker your lips!)

He puckers his lips and curls his jaws in the shape of an 'o' - and clenches the pencil in his teeth.

If your child continues to struggle, there are some neat tools out there that really help children to grip a pencil correctly. Click thepicture below to see the tool we recommend for teaching someone how to hold a pencil correctly . We do not recommend the small grips that slip onto a pencil - in my experience, they still confuse the child where and how to hold the pencil. These sort of pencil grips may help your child feel more comfortable holding a pencil (ergonomically correcting an already correct grip).
Baumgartens 00071 Twist and Write Pencil, Assorted Color Cimostar Ergonomic Pencil Grip ,Writing CLAW for Pencils and Utensils ,Set of 3
Here is a picture of how the pencil on the left above works: I have had 2 children use the pencil on the left to help them learn pencil grip. More recently, I have a 4 year old who was having trouble and I bought him the pencil grip on the right. Amazing! He was having a lot of fine motor difficulty -holding the pencil correctly and also when he was writing he could not press hard enough. The pencil grip on the right really helped him! I highly recommend both of the tools above... if one does not work, try the other. If your child has small hands, the one on the right might be better...(at least this seemed the case with my 4 year old)

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After your child has mastered holding a pencil correctly, we have some free handwriting worksheets for you to help them master handwriting. Enter your information into the form below and you will be automatically emailed a copy of our free pre-handwriting practice worksheets. You will be added to our mailing list where you will find out about lots of fun free activities for kids. If you have any trouble with your download, email me at [email protected] -I am happy to help!

How to Grow a Confident Writer

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How to teach a child to hold a pencil correctly

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https://www.sightandsoundreading.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/alligator-trick.jpg As a mom to five little ones and as a kindergarten and special needs teacher, I have helped a lot of children learn how to hold...

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The Rules Rap: Great Way to Learn and Review Classroom Rules - The Rules Rap

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H21_mkimkM

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Lunch Line 2, 10:35-11:00
Library 11:05-11:45
Recess 11:50-12:20

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Announcements
Agendas
Morning Meeting

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Good Morning Song for Kids (with lyrics) | The Singing Walrus

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The Rules Rap: Great Way to Learn and Review Classroom Rules - The Rules Rap

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3 R's:  Respect, Responsibility, Do the Right thing.
Daily Commitments
Introduce coins and jar. Share how we earn individual coins and what happens when we get to 10 (coins).

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When I am talking, students must listen If they need something they need to raise their hand.  Watch raising hand song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYS3JIW18ao

Go over hallway rules/expectations
Red Folder

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The Bathroom Song | Learning Good Manners for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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We will listen for rules and practice in the hallway.

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Feelings - Make chart:  How did you feel on the first day of school?

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Feelings - Make chart:  How did you feel on the first day of school?

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Discuss feelings

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The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions by Anna Llenas | Children's Books | Storytime with Elena

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Crayon Lesson
Read story The Crayon Box that Talked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiXNuYOWDtY
Make a chart of what we can and cannot do with crayons.
Students will free draw with crayons on white paper.

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Write name and feeling from chart we made Monday and Tuesday.

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Write name and feeling from chart we made Monday and Tuesday.

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Color Chester's head and tail, cut them out, and glue to paper: Today __ went to school and felt __!

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Class Jobs: line leader, door holder, star helper

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Count to 10 with Our Friends | Counting Song for Kids | Count to 10 by 1's | Jack Hartmann

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Boom Chicka Boom | Fun Dance Song for Kids | Brain Breaks | Jack Hartmann

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Sunny Side Up, Kids Songs: Days of the Week with Chica & Carly | #StayHome #WithMe | Universal Kids

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Listen to the story.
TLW make a crown to decorate and wear.
Students will discuss color rules.
1. stay in lines
2. no white spaces
3. colors make sense
Students will practice using crayons to complete worksheet below.

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Welcome to Kindergarten
Watch Brainpopjr Kindergarten:
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/communities/kindergarten/
Read story Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten.
Compare what students did this morning to what students do in book.  Are you ready for kindergarten?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRziqhryYr0

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Koo Koo - I Like Pancakes (Dance-A-Long)

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Move it and Freeze Extended | Brain Breaks | Jack Hartmann

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Machines In Motion | Fun Movement Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Show Me How You Move Your Body | Brain Breaks | Movement Songs for Kids | Jack Hartmann

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Jack Hartmann Says | Following Directions Song for Kids | Brain Breaks | Jack Hartmann

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Dinosaur Stomp /// Dance-A-Long /// Koo Koo

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Animal Dance and Freeze | Fun Movement Brain Break | Jack Hartmann