WEEKLY PLANNING Day One Day Two Day Three

Large Group Time Song to Build Community: Song to Build Community:

Component: Purpose: Song to Build Community: “Good Morning “The Hug Song” “Welcome Song”- Cathy
Song Build Community Preschool Friends” -Tune of “If You’re Happy and Lewis
You Know It” -Teaching Mama How it builds community: Tune-“A Hunting We Will Go
This song builds community
How it builds community: because it helps children feel How it builds community:
This song will serve as a morning greeting to all of good about themselves. This This song builds community
the children in the class. song will help children feel because in it every child’s
SPF Promote good because they are name is sung making them all
phonological Words giving themselves a hug. feel part of the community.
awareness Good morning preschool friends, (self-gratification)
How are you? (pump arms and say “Good
Good”) Words Words
Good morning preschool friends, Clap, clap, clap your hands. “I’m glad you came to school
How are you? (pump arms and say “Good (clap hands) I’m glad you came to school
Activity Integrate Good”) Stomp, stomp your feet. With all the other girls and
movement, It’s time to start our day (stomp feet) boys, I’m glad you came to
domains, content We are here to work and play, Give yourself a great big school.
Good morning preschool friends, hug. (hug yourself) (child’s name) will be there
How are you? (pump arms and say “Good Because you are so neat. (child’s name) will be there
Good”) With all the other girls and
Clap, clap, clap your hands. boys (child’s name) will be
Read Aloud: Focus on math (clap hands) there.
Predictable content (number, Stomp, stomp your feet.
Text shape, pattern, What you will do (stomp feet) What you will do
measurement, During circle time once all children are in the Give yourself a great big I would teach this song during
etc) circle I will introduce the song. hug. (hug yourself) circle time during the day to
Good morning friends. How are you? And then you take a seat. build a positive classroom
Reference/Where did you find this?: community. We will sing the
Thayer, A. (2017, November 28). 8 Songs to Begin song until every child’s name
a Preschool Day. Retrieved from What you will do is called.
https://teachingmama.org/8-songs-to- At any point during the day I
begin-a-preschool-day/ can begin singing this song Reference/Where did you find
and the children will join in. this?:
SPF: “Apples and Bananas” by Raffi This community building song Circle Time Welcome Songs --
Phonological Awareness: Beginning sounds and can also be used as a Preschool &
onset-rhyme transition. Kindergarten. (n.d.).
WORDS Retrieved from
“I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas Reference/Where did you https://www.atozkidsst
I like to eat, eat, eat apples and bananas find this?: uff.com/welcome.htm
I like ate, ate, ate epples and benenes Feldman, J. R. l
I like ate, ate, ate epples and benenes (2000). Transition time: SPF: “Clap, Stomp, & Chomp
I like to eat, eat, eat eepples and beeneenees Lets do something (Syllable Song) by Jack
I like to eat, eat, eat eepples and beeneenees different! ; over 400 Hartmann
And I like to ite, ite, ite ipples and bininis ideas. Dunstable:
I like to ite, ite, ite ipples and bininis Brilliant. Phonological Awareness:
I like to ote, ote, ote, oplles and bononos Syllables
I like to ote, ote, ote, oplles and bononos SPF: “My Puppy”
And I like to ute, ute, ute upples and bununus Words
I like to ute, ute, ute upples and bununus” Phonological Awareness: Make your hands Clap, Clap,
Rhyming, Alliteration Clap
What you will do…… Include HOW you will Make your feet Stomp,
integrate phonological awareness! Words Stomp, Stomp
I will use this song to promote literacy My little puppy’s name is Make your arms Chomp,
development by allowing children to practice Rags, He eats so much that Chomp, Chomp
onset-rime. In each verse the song changes the his tummy sags, His ears flip Now listen carefully
beginning sound of the original words, apples flop and his tail wig wags, Everybody follow me and
and bananas. If I use this song for a period, the And when he walks he goes Move, Move, Move to the
children will listen and be able to guess the next zig zag. Flip flop, wig wag, zig syllables in words
verse. That skill would be the listening skill. An zag.
example of onset-rime in “Apples and Bananas” Let’s clap!
is “I like to ite, ite, ite ipples and bininis”. What you will do…… Include
HOW you will integrate Class - room
Reference/Where did you find this?: phonological awareness. Mon - key
YouTube- https://youtu.be/AGipCcxUkrM I chose this poem because it Yel - low
gives several examples of Dog
rhyming as well as Sat – ur - day
alliteration. I will use this song Rain - bow
Activity: “Alphabet Hunt” as a fun way to teach young
children about rhyming and (Repeat Chorus)
Focus: Walking Movement and Literacy alliteration. An examples of
rhyming is rags and sags and Let’s stomp!
alliteration is wigs wags.
Com – pu - ter
Food
Pig
Reference/Where did you Ap - ple
find this?: Prin – ci - pal
What you will do…… Include HOW you will Teaching Resources & Lesson Foot - ball
integrate CONTENT. Plans. (n.d.). Retrieved from
Put one letter on each block and hide them https://www.teacherspaytea Let’s chomp!
around the play area inside or outside. As the chers.com/
children find a letter, have them either say the Activity: “Find and Rhyme” Di – no - saur
letter or the letter sound until all the letters are Rain
found. Focus: Walking/Running and Sun - shine
Literacy Go – ril - la
Reference/Where did you find this?: Mon - ster
Says, [. (2017, March 18). Outdoor Alphabet What you will do…… Include Bi – cy – cle
Hunt. Retrieved from HOW you will integrate
https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/04/o CONTENT. (Repeat Chorus)
utdoor-alphabet-hunt.html Write four “base” words one
on each paper plate and
place one in a hula hoop.
Read Aloud: 10 Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss Write words that rhyme with
Focus: Number Sense-Counting the apples in each of the four base words
order from 1 to 10. and hide them. Allow the
What you will do…… Include HOW you will students to find the hidden
integrate CONTENT! plates with words and place
I will introduce the book and briefly discussing them in the hula hoop that
the cover of the book. During the story I will rhymes.
encourage the children to count along and
discuss the rhyming words. I will also point out
that as we count, we have a larger group of Reference/Where did you
apples. find this?:
(2017, April 07). 14 Literacy
Activities That Get
Kids Moving.
Retrieved from
https://www.notimef
orflashcards.com/201
6/02/literacy-
activities-that-get-
kids-moving.html
Read Aloud:
Feast for 10 By Cathryn
Falwell
Focus:
Representation-The objects
in the story are used to
represent numbers 1-10
What you will do…… Include
HOW you will integrate
CONTENT!
I will introduce the book then
begin reading it. During the
reading, I will run my finger
under the words I’m reading
and encourage the children
to count the objects on
each page. I will also
highlight the words that
It’s Fun!
What you will do…… Include
HOW you will integrate
phonological awareness.
I will use this song to promote
the learning of listening skills
and syllables. The song also is
a good song to use for gross
motor skill development. In
the song words like “rain”,
sun-shine”, and “go-ril-la” are
clapped to and in the chorus
of the song you clap your
hands, stomp your feet, and
chomp your arm/hands.
Reference/Where did you find
this?:
http://www.songsforteaching.
com/readinglanguagearts/p
honemicphonologicalawaren
ess/clapstompandchomp-
syllablesong.htm
Activity: “Counting Action
Dice”
Focus: Walking, running,
clapping, jumping, stomping,
snapping and Math
What you will do…… Include
HOW you will integrate
CONTENT.
On one die place one
movement picture on each
side with glue or tape.
Depending upon the
development of the children,
throw 1-4 dice and the
movement die and do the
number of movements with
the children.
rhyme throughout the story
and hold the book the
proper way.
ELS for Song to build
community: Express positive
feelings about themselves by
showing and/or telling others
about themselves, things
they like, or things they have
done. ESD-2k
ELS for SPF for PA:
Repeat rhythmic patterns in
poems and songs using
words, clapping, marching,
and/or using instruments.
LDC-11h
ELS for Movement Activity:
Move in space with good
coordination (running,
hopping in place, galloping).
HPD-4o
ELS for Literacy or math in
movement activity:
Enjoy rhymes and wordplay
with songs, poems, and
books and
sometimes add their own
variations. LDC-11k
ELS for Predictable
book/literacy:
Distinguish between similar
sounding words (e.g. tree
and three). LDC-11j
ELS for Predictable
book/math:
Use observation and
emerging counting skills
(1,2,3) during play and other
daily activities. MTE-2a
Reference/Where did you find
this?:
C. (2016, September 18).
Gross Motor Math
Game: Counting
Action Dice. Retrieved
from
https://buggyandbud
dy.com/gross-motor-
math-game-counting-
action-dice/
Read Aloud:
How Many Bugs in a Box by
David Carter
Focus: Spatial Sense and
Number Sense
What you will do…… Include
HOW you will integrate
CONTENT!
I will introduce the book.
During the reading I will focus
on counting the objects in the
boxes. I will also talk about
positional words (“beside”,
“on top”, “under”) and
descriptive words like “tall”
and “small”.
ELS for Song to build
community: Demonstrate
social skills when interacting
with other children (turn-
taking, conflict resolution,
sharing). ESD-4k
ELS for SPF for PA:
Repeat a variety of rhythmic
patterns in poems and songs
using words, clapping,
marching, and /or instruments
to repeat the rhythm or beat
syllables. LDC-11l

ELS for Movement Activity:

Refine movements and show
generally good coordination
(e.g., throwing and catching).
HPD-4m

ELS for Literacy or math in

movement activity:
Use observation and
emerging counting skills
(1,2,3) during play and other
daily activities. MTE-2a

ELS for Predictable

book/literacy:
Participate in a group
discussion, making comments
and asking questions related
to the topic. LDC-2o

ELS for Predictable

book/math:
Respond to and begin to use
words describing positions (in,
on, over, under, etc.) MTE-4i
Learning Observable,
Outcomes: measurable ELS for Song to build community: Identify another
concepts or skills child as a friend. ESD-4m
to support ALL
components ELS for SPF for PA: Play with the sounds of
(Refer to SC Early language and begin to identify rhymes (make
Learning up silly-sounding words, repeat rhyming words).
Standards for LDC-11i
three and four-
year olds.)
You must put the ELS for Movement Activity: Develop strength and
code and entire stamina by spending moderate periods of time
ELS for each. engaged in active physical play indoors and
out. HPD-2k
ELS for Literacy or math in movement activity:
Recognize and name some letters of the
alphabet, especially those in their own name.
LDC-12d

ELS for Predictable book/literacy: Initiate and

carry on conversations and ask questions about
things that interest them. LDC-2j

ELS for Predictable book/math: Use observation

and emerging counting skills (1,2,3) during play
and other daily activities. MTE-2a

WEEKLY PLANNING Day Four Day Five

Large Group Time Song to Build Community: “Here Today Song to Build Community: “Count on Me”
Component: Purpose: Song”Brittney
(Chorus) By Bruno Mars
Song Build Tune-“If You’re Happy and You Know It”
Community How it builds community:
How it builds community: This song builds community by sharing what
This song builds community by making each friends do for one another. Singing this song
child feel welcome in the class. Every child’s during circle time and giving a friend a hug could
name is called in the song. make the children feel loved.
SPF Promote
phonological Words: Words
awareness “You can count on me
(Child’s Name) here today, shout hurray! Like 1, 2, 3
(Child’s Name) here today, shout hurray! I'll be there
(Child’s Name) here today, he/she will learn and And I know when I need it
Activity Integrate laugh and play, I can count on you
movement, Oh (Child’s Name) here today shout hurray! Like 4, 3, 2
domains, You'll be there
content 'Cause that's what friends are supposed to do oh
yeah” (repeat)
What you will do
What you will do I would use this song during circle time to build
Read Aloud: Predictable Focus on math I would use this song early in the year during community and talk about friendship and explain
Text content circle time to build a closeness in the classroom. the lengths friends go to make each other
(number, happy.
shape, pattern, Reference/Where did you find this?:
measurement, Circle Time Welcome Songs -- Preschool & Reference/Where did you find this?:
etc) Kindergarten. (n.d.). Retrieved from Bruno Mars - Count on me [Official Video]. (2011,
https://www.atozkidsstuff.com/welcome. April 02). Retrieved from
html https://youtu.be/ZMsvwwp6S7Q

SPF: “The Animals on the Farm”

SPF: “Here is the barn”
Phonological Awareness:
Phonological Awareness:
Listening
Rhyming
WORDS
WORDS The cow on the farm goes moo, moo, moo
“Here is the barn Moo, moo, moo moo, moo, moo
(form a roof shape with your hands) Repeat
Where I like to go All around the farm.
(Walk in place) The pigs in the pen go oink, oink, oink…..
It's as tall as a tree The hens in the coop go cluck, cluck, cluck…
(Point up overhead) The lambs on the hill go baa, baa, baa…
And cozy, you know The ducks on the farm go quack, quack,
(Hug body with arms) quack….
Here is the barn,
(Make a roof shape with your hands)
I'll go there with you
(Walk in place)
To pet a sweet lamb
(Pretend to pet a lamb)
And cuddle it, too!
(Pretend to hug a lamb)”
What you will do…… Include HOW you will
integrate phonological awareness.
I will use this song to help children with fine and
gross motor development as well as rhyming
(phonological awareness). The hand motions will
help with the physical development.
What you will do…… Include HOW you will
integrate phonological awareness.
I will use this song to promote phonological
awareness. This song has examples of animal
sounds and has a predictable repeating phrase
“all around the farm”. Even though the animal
sounds have only one syllable the children could
practice clapping the syllables in the animal
names.
Reference/Where did you find this?:
http://www.prekfun.com/themes/prekthemes/A-
F/Farm/Farm__Songs.htm

Activity: “Letter Sound Race”

Reference/Where did you find this?:
Focus: Walking/Running and Literacy
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoe
ms55.html What you will do…… Include HOW you will
integrate CONTENT.
Activity: “Puddle Jump” Randomly place the letters on the felt board and
place it on one side of the room. Have the
Focus: Jumping and Math children line up across the room and call out
letters or letter sounds and have the students go
What you will do…… Include HOW you will
get that letter until all letters have been
integrate CONTENT.
collected.
Cut out puddle shapes and write numbers 0-20
on them. Laminate the puddles and tape them
around the classroom in order. Let the children
Reference/Where did you find this?:
take turns jumping and saying the numbers
Letter Sounds Race. (2017, September 06).
forward and backward depending on their
Retrieved from
development.
https://inspirationlaboratories.com/letter-sounds-
race/
Reference/Where did you find this?:
James, C. (2018, August 23). Puddle Jump: A
Get Up and Move Math Game.
Read Aloud:
Retrieved from
https://nurturestore.co.uk/puddle-jump- How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten Jane Yolen and
active-math-game Mark Teague

Focus:
Read Aloud:
Representation-using objects from the story to
Mouse Count By Ellen Stoll Walsh
count.
Focus: Number Sense-Counting the mice going
forward and backward.
What you will do…… Include HOW you will
integrate CONTENT!
I will introduce the book using the cover
discussing the mice and snake briefly. During the
story I will focus on brief discussions about the
numbers and counting forward then backward.
ELS for Song to build community:
Show awareness that other people have
different feelings (“I like raisins, but he doesn’t.”
“I’m scared on that ride, but she isn’t.”) ESD-7m
ELS for SPF for PA:
Play with the sounds of language, identify a
variety of rhymes, create some rhymes, and
recognize the first sounds in some words. LDC-
11m
ELS for Movement Activity:
Move in space with good coordination (running,
hopping in place, galloping). HPD-4o
ELS for Literacy or math in movement activity:
Use observation and emerging counting skills
(1,2,3) during play and other daily activities. MTE-
2a
ELS for Predictable book/literacy:
With prompting and support, make comments
and ask questions related to the topic of
discussion. LDC-2k
ELS for Predictable book/math:
Use observation and emerging counting skills
(1,2,3) during play and other daily activities. MTE-
2a
What you will do…… Include HOW you will
integrate CONTENT!
I will introduce the story briefly discussing what
the story is about. I will also encourage the
students to count along.
ELS for Song to build community:
Identify another child as a friend. ESD-4m
ELS for SPF for PA:
Participate in experiences using rhythmic patterns
in poems and songs using words, clapping,
marching, and/or using instruments. LDC-11f
ELS for Movement Activity:
Move in space with good coordination (running,
hopping in place, galloping). HPD-4o
ELS for Literacy or math in movement activity:
Demonstrate an interest in learning the alphabet.
LDC-12b
ELS for Predictable book/literacy:
Listen to and discuss storybooks, simple
information books, and poetry. LDC-8l
ELS for Predictable book/math:
Use observation and emerging counting skills
(1,2,3) during play and other daily activities. MTE-
2a
Learning Outcomes: Observable,
measurable
concepts or
skills to support
ALL
components
(Refer to SC
Early Learning
Standards for
three and four-
year olds.)
You must put
the code and
entire ELS for
each.