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Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 13th - September 6th)
Week 1 (August 13th) All About Me
Your first week will include a packet of “All About Me” activities.
● All About Me
These are optional activities to be completed with your child to get them excited about starting their
school year!
Reminders for starting the year:
● It is important for your young child to have a set routine for their school time. This should
include when school will happen and where schooling will take place.
● TK should include hands-on activities including expressive/oral language skills and motor
development skills.
● In TK, learning occurs through play and exploration as well as reading, writing, and math
activities.
● Have fun!
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 13th - September 6th)
Week 2 (August 19th) Title Humpty Dumpty
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Aa”
● Humpty Dumpty Sequencing
Handouts
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Humpty Dumpty
Read alouds:
Big Egg
● Other Nursery Rhymes
Informational Text Resources:
Animals that hatch:
● Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
Extra ELA Ideas:
● “ a ____ sat on a wall” & illustrate
● change first sound in HD’s name –
(lumpty, bumpty, etc.)
● puzzles to “put together again”
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete
sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Number 1 handouts o All About One!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 1 Book
SS/Science:
● Animals that hatch – handout
● What hatches from an egg
flipbook
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Dot-to-dot pre-traced
● Tracing lines
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Scissor cutting with accuracy &
proper grasp
● Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Hatched Egg w/Baby Chick
coloring page
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 13th - September 6th)
Week 3 (August 26th) Title: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Bb”
● “Baa Baa Black Sheep” book
● Sequencing Handout
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Read aloud:
● Mary Had a Little Lamb –
foldable book
● Sheep in a Jeep
● Sheep in a Shop
Informational Text Resources:
Books about sheep:
● Sheep
Extra ELA Ideas:
● change first sound in baa
● student copy to highlight
letters/words
● sequencing pictures and vocabulary
● dictated writing about sheep
● finger puppets for retell
● optional domino rhyming game
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete
sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Number 2 Handouts
o All About Two!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 2 Book
SS/Science:
Sheep:
● T-chart (know/wonder about)
● Pictorial: Sheep body
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy
and proper grasp
● Glue skills
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
Art/Music:
● Sheep art: paper plate, cotton
balls
● Sheep pattern handout
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 13th - September 6th)
Week 4 (September 2nd) Title: Little Bo Peep
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Cc”
● Little Bo Peep – emergent reader
● Sequencing Handout
● Story Comprehension (orally
answer questions)
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Little Bo Peep
Read aloud:
● No Sleep for the Sheep
Informational Text Resources:
Books about sheep:
Sheep
Extra ELA Ideas:
● change first sound in Bo Peep’s
name
● student copy or pocket poem
● sequencing pictures and vocabulary
● optional domino rhyming game
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete
sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Number 3 Handouts
o All About Three!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 3 Book
SS/Science:
Sheep:
● Sheep Facts Handout
● Continue pictorial of sheep body
and add more facts
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
Sheep art – Little Sheep Wags its Tail
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 9th - October 4th)
Week 5 (September 9th) Title: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Dd”
● Itsy Bitsy Spider Emergent
Reader
● Sequencing Handout
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Read aloud (tradebook):
● The Very Busy Spider
Informational Text Resources:
● Spiders, National Geographic
Extra ELA Ideas:
● student folded book
● sequencing pictures and vocabulary
● optional domino rhyming game
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete
sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Number 4 Handouts
o All About Four!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 4 Book
SS/Science:
● Spiders Are…Dictation
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting and gluing skills
● Correct pencil and crayon grasp
● Correct letter formation
o Use playdough/shaving
cream/etc. to create “D”
Art/Music:
● Alphafriends (youtube)
● The Very Busy Spider Craft
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 9th - October 4th)
Week 6 (September 16th) Title: Little Miss Muffet
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Ee”
● Little Miss Muffet Emergent
Reader
● Sequencing with Story Strips
● Sentence Copy Work
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Little Miss Muffet
Read aloud:
● Diary of a Spider by Doreen
Cronin
Informational Text Resources:
● Spiders by Gail Gibbons (tradebook)
● Spinning Spiders
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Use dialogue handout to talk about
the story and unknown words
● Have your child create letters A and
B using household items (buttons,
beans, etc.)
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Number 5 Handouts
o All About Five!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 5 Book
SS/Science:
Spiders
K-W-L chart
Pictorial
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
● Spider headbands w/ 8 eyes & legs
● Act out Little Miss Muffet using
props
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 9th - October 4th)
Week 7 (September 23rd) Title: Hickory, Dickory Dock
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Ff”
● Hickory, Dickory, Dock Emergent
Reader
● Sequencing Handouts
● Sentence Copy Work
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Read aloud: (tradebook)
● Alexander and the Wind Up
Mouse
Informational Text Resources: (tradebook)
● Fantastic Facts About Mice
Extra ELA Ideas:
● verses 2-12, available online
● student copy highlight
letters/words
● sequencing pictures and vocabulary
● dictated sentence with art
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Continue number talks
Math:
● Number 6 Handouts
o All About Six!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 6 Book
SS/Science:
● Fun Facts About Mice!
● Cheese Tasting
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Mouse dot-to-dot (trace)
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
● Shape Mouse Activity
● Three Blind Mice (song) ● Practice blending primary colors
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 9th - October 4th)
Week 8 (September 30th) Title: Brown Bear
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Gg”
● Sequencing with story hat
● “I see a ____” sentence frames
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: (tradebook)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Read aloud: (tradebook)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin
Informational Text Resources: (tradebook)
● National Geographic Bears
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Color words coloring sheet
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak in complete sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about text
● Complete sentence frames
● Continue number talks
Math:
● Number 7 Handouts
o All About Seven!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 7 Book
Book of Colors Handouts
SS/Science:
● Bear Facts
● Polar Bear Pictoral
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy and
● proper grasp
● Glue skills
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
Art/Music:
● Brown Bear Slime Recipe
● Easel painting bear
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 7th - November 1st)
Week 9 (October 7th) Title: Three Little Pigs
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Hh”
● Three Little Pigs – emergent reader
● 3 Little Pigs Story Sequencing
● Label characters and setting
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: various versions of
The 3 Little Pigs
Supporting literature: (can be found on
youtube or also in your library)
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
by Eugene Trivizas
Informational Text Resources: (tradebook)
Pigs by Gail Gibbons
Other informational texts about pigs and
wolves
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Help students recognize that every
story has a beginning, middle, and
end.
● Comprehension story map & vocab:
straw, sticks, bricks, “huff and puff”
● Picture with beginning, middle, & end.
Expressive/Oral language skills:
● Answer and begin to ask simple
questions about text
● Participate in conversations
● Retell a story, including elements of
setting, character, and events
Math:
● Number 8 Handouts
o All About Eight!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 8 Book
Compare and Order Story Objects
Counting Clip Cards
Color, Count and Graph
SS/Science:
● Pictorial of pig ● Science: students build a house out
of different materials, then test to
see if it falls with “huff” (cotton,
legos, blocks, straws)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
● Help the Pigs! tracing
Art/Music:
● Paper plate pig
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 7th - November 1st)
Week 10 (October 14th) Title: Goldilocks & the 3 Bears
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Ii”
● Story Map for Goldilocks
● Story Questions (answer orally)
● Goldilocks Emergent Reader
● Five Finger Retell
Literature Resources:
Focus Text: Goldilocks & the 3 Bears by
Jan Brett (or various versions)
Read aloud: (can be found on youtube or in
your library)
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn
Tolhurst
~Other stories with 3 characters
Informative Text Resources:
Informational texts about bears
National Geographic: Polar Bears
Extra ELA Activities :
● Venn diagram - compare stories
● Initial sounds matching
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Answer and begin to ask simple
questions about text
● Participate in conversations
● Retell a story, including elements of
setting, character, and events
● Number talks
Math:
● Number 9 Handouts
o All About Nine!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 9 Book
Ordering by Size Handouts
SS/Science:
Sort Animals that Hibernate Vs.
Migrate
Read about hibernation
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Easel paint bears
● Bear masks
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 7th - November 1st)
Week 11 (October 21st) Title::Three Billy Goats Gruff
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Letter “Jj”
● Three Billy Goats Gruff Emergent
Reader
● Comprehension story map: Three
Billy Goats Gruff characters,
setting, events
● Story Map for Sequencing
Literature Resources:
Big Book/Poem: various versions of
The 3 Billy Goats Gruff ~ Paul Gadone
Extra Reading: (Can be found on youtube or
in your library)
3 Billy Goats Fluff by Rachel Mortimer
Beatrice’s Goats by Page McBrier
G is For Goats by Patricia Polacco
Informative Text Resources:
Nannies, Billies, and Kids by Robin Nelson
Other informational texts about goats
Extra ELA Activities:
Troll Glyph
Phonics~ long and short vowel story
Comprehension questions cards
“I have…Who has…” Game
Masks for retell
Writing: design a troll, color &
dictate
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Answer and begin to ask simple
questions about text
● Participate in conversations
● Retell a story, including elements of
setting, character, and events
Math:
● Number 10 Handouts
o All About Ten!
o Spot It and Dot It!
o Cut and Sort!
o All About the Number 10 Book
Compare Objects: Bigger or Smaller
Than Me
SS/Science:
Pictorial of goat
Science: taste goat milk, cheese,
yogurt
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
Paper-plate goat face
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 7th- November 1st)
Week 12 (October 28th) Holidays and Traditions: Pumpkins and Scarecrows
Reading & Writing:
● Letter “Kk”
● Comprehension: Fill out the
beginning, middle and end of the
story
● Use the during and after reading
comprehension questions to check
for understanding
Literature Resources:
Focus Text: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
Extra Reading: (Can be found on youtube
or in your Library)
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid
of Anything
Informational Text Resources:
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie
ELA Activities:
● Pumpkin Faces emergent reader
● Puppets for retell
● Venn-Diagram to compare
characters
● Practice sight words
Expressive/Oral Language Skills:
● Begin to re-tell a story using the
beginning, middle, and end
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
Math Centers: Pumpkin counting and cardinality
(number writing) o Pumpkin Patch Match
o Count and Color
o I See a Pumpkin (counting book) o Count and Color Objects
SS/Science:
● Life cycle of a pumpkin
● 5 senses – pumpkin investigation
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control and grip of pencil &
crayons.
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp.
● Glue skills
● Coloring skills – slow and controlled
Art/Music:
● Build a scarecrow
● Five Little Pumpkins Song
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 4th - November 29th)
Week 13 (November 4th) Holidays and Traditions: Veteran’s Day
Reading and Writing:
● Draw a picture to show which
freedom you are thankful for.
● Ask students questions to check for
understanding while reading.
● Letter “Ll”
Literature Resources:
Emergent Reader:
Veterans Day
Supporting texts:
Check out any of the following books from
the library:
H is for Honor by Devin Scillian
The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her
Informational Text Resources:
Find Veteran’s Day Activities online
ELA Activities:
● Find 10 words related to Veterans
Day. Discuss the words and their
meaning with your child.
● Draw a picture that they feel
symbolizes Veteran’s Day.
Expressive/oral language skills:
● re-tell a story using the beginning,
middle, and end
● answer simple questions about
books read
● recite poem
Math:
Patterns
Fall Counting Book
Order Numbers 1-10
SS/Science:
● Practice The Pledge of Allegiance
● Cut and Paste the missing words
● Attend the local Veteran’s Day
Parade
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Cutting with accuracy and proper grasp
Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Design your own flag (Parent can
write about your flag)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 4th - November 29th)
Week 14 (November 11th) Holidays and Traditions: Thanksgiving
Reading and Writing:
● Ten Little Turkeys reader
● Letter “Mm”
● Tell what happens in the beginning,
middle, and end of the story.
Continue to express ideas in complete
sentences
Literature Resources:
Focus Text: 10 Fat Turkeys by Tony
Johnson
Supporting texts:
The Night Before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Mice
A Turkey For Thanksgiving
Informational Text Resources:
All About Turkeys
Other informational texts about
Thanksgiving history/traditions
Extra ELA Activities:
Turkey Clothespin Activity
“I am thankful for…”
Recite Poem and look for rhyming
words:
The turkey is a funny bird,
It’s head goes bobble – bobble;
And all he knows is just one word…
Gobble, gobble, gobble!
Expressive/oral language skills:
● re-tell a story using the beginning,
middle, and end
● answer simple questions about
books read
● recite poems
Math Centers:
Scarecrow dot to dot
Counting sets to 10
SS/Science:
The Pilgrims and Native Americans
reader
Holiday traditions now & long ago
chart
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
Glue skills
Art/Music:
Turkey Art
Holiday poems and songs
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 4th - November 29th)
Week 15 (November 18th): Winter Weather
Reading and Writing:
● “What do you Hear?” booklet
● Letter “Nn”
Literature Resources:
Focus Text: Animals in Winter
Supporting literature (found in library):
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Snow, Snow by Lee Harper
Informational Text Resources:
National Geographic: Sleep Bear
Other informational texts about winter
animals
Extra ELA Activities:
● practice writing letters, names, words
in shaving cream “snow”
● Follow Directions with Positional
Words
Expressive/oral language skills:
poems/songs for program
Re-tell focus texts using complete
sentences
answer simple questions about books
read
Number talks
Math:
Counting to 20
Ten Frames 11-20
SS/Science:
● Polar Bear
● Arctic Fox
● Who Lives in the Arctic Reader
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
Glue skills
Use white playdough or shaving cream
and make animal prints in the snow
Art/Music:
Finger paint winter tree
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 2nd – December 20th)
Week 16 (December 2nd): Winter
Reading and Writing:
● Retelling cards and activities for
“The First Day of Winter
● Comprehension fill in the blank and
draw a picture
● Letter “Oo”
Literature Resources:
Focus Text
The First Day of Winter
by Denise Fleming
Supporting literature:
The Mitten
by Jan Brett
Informational Text Resources:
Other informational texts from the local
library
Extra ELA Activities:
Re-tell focus text
● The Mitten Sequence Cards for
Retell
Sequencing & concepts of print using focus
text
Expressive/oral language skills:
Re-tell poems/song
● Chubby Snowman
Re-tell focus texts using complete
sentences
Math:
● Color correct number of items
SS/Science:
● Hibernation Foldable
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Tissue Paper Mitten
● Frosty Fluff “snow”
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 2nd- December 20th)
Week 17 (December 9th) Holidays and Traditions: Winter Snow
Reading and Writing Activities
● “If I was a Snowman at night…”
● Snowmen at Night Story Map
● Letter “Pp”
Literature Resources:
Focus Text
Snowmen at Night
various winter poems
Supporting literature: Snowy Day
Informational Text Resources:
Find informational texts about winter/snow
Extra ELA Activities:
Re-tell focus text
● identify rhyming words in text
● identify -en words from text
Discuss concepts of print using focus text
and other books: (Front Cover, Back Cover,
Spine)
Expressive/oral language skills:
Practice Holiday songs
Re-tell focus texts using complete
sentences
Math:
● Reindeer Count By Numbers
SS/Science:
● What to Wear in the Snow Sorting
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Practice Cutting
Glue skills
Art/Music:
Sing a Song of Winter
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 2nd – December 20th)
Week 18 (December 16th) Holidays and Traditions: Christmas
Reading and Writing:
Cut & Paste Snowmen Letters
Letter “Qq”
Teacher-Write: Have student list
what they want for Christmas
Write a letter to Santa
Literature Resources:
Focus Text: Twelve Days of Christmas
Supporting literature:
Reindeer Emergent Reader
various winter poems
Informational Text Resources:
● Did You Know? A Book About
Reindeer.
Other informational texts about winter
holidays and traditions from the local library
Extra ELA Activities:
Re-tell focus text
● Sequencing Activity - The Twelve
Days of Christmas
Expressive/oral language skills:
Holiday poems/songs
Re-tell focus texts using complete
sentences
Math:
● Color By Number Reindeer
● Color By Number Santa Dog
SS/Science:
● Parts of a Reindeer
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Control & grip of pencil & crayons
Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
song and craft