new things....

Carly really knows the ABC's well and all of the sounds...so I think I may move on from doing a letter per week and start doing sounds. She is so eager to read and since she already knows the sounds of all the letters I am going to skip the rest of the alphabet for her and start with vowel sounds. I will be using Explode the Code workbooks to help with this.


As far as Sam goes I will continue to do a shape and color per week, as well as counting and reviewing all the letters so he can become familiar with them.



October 11-15
Vowel of the week: Short A Sound
Letter of the Week: A
Lesson 1 in Explode the Code
Nursery Rhyme or poem: An Acorn Story
Week activities:


Circle Time
Word: Angry or Anger
Song: If you chance to meet a frown.....
Scripture:
Color: Orange
Shape: Triangle
Weather
Calendar
Pledge of Allegiance
Counting



Letter: A (I'll still do letter of the week for Sam, mostly I'll just introduce the letter and sound during circle time but I won't worry about making all the activities go along with that letter.)
I'm thinking of making an Alphabet Train and each week we'll add a train car to the train.


Prep: Print of An Acorn Story, find pictures to go along with the story, find pictures for the Long A sound. Print off word strips with short A sound, try to find music with the Long A sound.

Monday
Circle Time- Discuss what Angry means
*Stretch*
Language: Introduce Long A sound, post pictures with word strips
Explode the Code worksheets
Sight Words
Read Nursery Rhyme or Story
Music Time
Reading Time




Tuesday
Circle Time- How can we control our anger?
*Stretch*
Language: Short A sound, pictures and word
Explode the Code worksheets
Sight Words
Nursery Rhyme or Story
Music Time

Science: ants (videos on ants)





Wednesday
Circle Time- What do you get angry about?
*Stretch*
Language- Short A sounds, word strips
Explode the Code Worksheets
Sight Words
Nursery Rhyme or Story
Music Time

Art:




Thursday
Circle Time- Review
*stretch*
Language- Review with Long A worksheet
Explode the Code worksheets
Sight Words
Nursery Rhyme or Story
Music Time


Friday
Circle Time- Review
*Stretch*
Language- review
Explode the Code worksheets
Sight Words, practice writing
Nursery Rhyme or Story
Music Time
Worksheet for Sam: Color Shape

Letter P

Letter of the Week: Letter P
Nursery Rhyme: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Week Activities: Play-dough, puzzles

I am going to Introduce Sight Words to Carly this week. I will do 5 per week.

Circle Time
Word: Prayer
Song: I Love to Pray
Scripture: Alma 37:37
Color: Purple
Shape: Triangle
Weather
Calendar
Pledge of Allegiance
Counting

prep: picture of someone praying, Music Time CD, Flag with Pledge of Allegiance, print off Nursery Rhyme

Monday: Library Day
Circle Time- What is praying? How do you pray? Who do you pray to?
Introduce Letter and Sound
Sight Words: and, is, am, our, I
Read Nursery Rhyme
Music Time- Dr. Jean CD
Reading

Prep: find videos of penguins


Tuesday
Circle Time- What do you say in a prayer?
Letter and Sound
Sight Words:
Nursery Rhyme
Music Time
Science: Penguins (watch video clips, penguin puppets, where do they live? What do they eat?)
Reading

prep: paper bags, print off pig patterns


Wednesday
Circle Time
Letter and Sound
Sight Words:
Nursery Rhyme
Music Time
Reading
Art: Paper bag Pig Puppet

prep: cut strips for paper chain (purple strips)

Thursday
Circle Time
Letter and Sound
Sight Words:
Nursery Rhyme
Music Time
Reading
Counting Activity- paper chain (counting the links)

prep: cut out shapes needed for game

Friday
Circle Time
Letter and Sound
Sight Words: Have Carly choose one to practice writing
Nursery Rhyme
Music Time
Reading
Color/Shape activity- Hop to It (make purple Triangle, yellow squares, green circles, orange Diamond.....tape to floor in random places. Close enough that the kids can jump from one to another. Yell out either a shape or color and they have to jump on the correct one.)

color worksheets