Items in bold are provided in your packet
`Reporting Period 1 (August 14th - September 7th)
Week 1 (August 14th) 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 him/her excited about starting the
school year!
Reminders for starting the year:
● It is important for your young child to have a set routine for 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 14th - September 7th)
Week 2 (August 20th) Title: Humpty Dumpty
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● Sequencing (handout)
● “an” rhyming words (handout)
Literature Resources:
Poem: Humpty Dumpty (handout)
Read alouds:
● Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again by
Molly Coxe
● Big Egg by Dave Horowitz
Informational Text Resources:
Colors:
● Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Animals that hatch:
● Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones
by Ruth Heller
Extra ELA Ideas:
● “ a ____ sat on a wall” & illustrate
● change first sound in HD’s name –
(lumpty, bumpty, etc.)
● puzzles to “put together again”
● 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
● Begin number talks
Math:
● My Word Book of Shapes
(handout)
● Sorting By Shape (handout)
● Sorting colors and shapes (include
oval)
SS/Science:
● What Hatches From An Egg?
(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
Art/Music:
● Hatched Egg w/Baby Chick
(coloring page)
● HD art: egg shape w/ accordion
legs & pasta bow tie
● Nursery rhyme rap – YouTube
search
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 14th - September 7th)
Week 3 (August 27th) Title: Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● “at” rhyming words (handout)
● “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (handout)
● Story Sequencing (handout)
Literature Resources:
Poems: Baa Baa Black Sheep
Mary Had a Little Lamb (handouts)
Read alouds:
● Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
● Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw
Informational Text Resources:
Books about sheep:
● Sheep by Michelle Hasselius
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
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Numeral 3, All About “3”
● Sheep shearing ~ Sheep outline;
roll dice and put that number of
cotton balls on the sheep. Use
clothespins or large tweezers for
fine motor development
SS/Science:
Sheep:
● Pictorial: Sheep body (cut/paste)
● Complete a T-chart (what do you
know and/or wonder about sheep?)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy
and proper grasp
● Glue skills
● Dot to dot
Art/Music:
● Sheep Craft (pattern handout)
● Sheep art: paper plate, cotton
balls
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 1 (August 14th - September 7th)
Week 4 (September 3rd - No School 9/3) Title: Little Bo Peep
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● Find Little Bo Peep’s Lost Sheep
(handout)
● Accordion Book (handout)
● “ack” rhyming words (handout)
● Rhyming word match (cut/paste)
Literature Resources:
Poem: Little Bo Peep
Read aloud:
● No Sleep for the Sheep by Karen
Beaumont
Informational Text Resources:
Books about sheep:
● Sheep by Michelle Hasselius
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
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Finish the Pattern (handout)
● Sorting by Kind (handout)
SS/Science:
Sheep:
● Lamb - facts about sheep
(handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
Sheep Craft – Little Sheep
Wags its Tail
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 10th - October 5th)
Week 5 (September 10th) Title: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● “ock” rhyming words (handout)
● Letter Aa (packet)
● Sequencing Events (cut and
paste)
Literature Resources:
Poem: Itsy Bitsy Spider (handout)
Read aloud:
● The Very Busy Spider by Eric
Carle
Informational Text Resources:
● National Geographic, Spiders by
Laura March
OR
● Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Itsy Bitsy Spider (folded book)
● Sequencing With Story Strips
(handout)
● optional domino rhyming game
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak audibly in complete
sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
● Begin number talks
Math:
● Color a Pattern (handout)
● What’s Missing (cut and paste)
SS/Science:
● Spider Facts (handout)
● Spiders are… (dictation)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting and gluing skills
● Correct pencil and crayon grasp
● Correct letter formation
*Use playdough/shaving cream to create
Art/Music:
● The Very Busy Spider (craft)
● Alphafriends (YouTube)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 10th - October 5th)
Week 6 (September 17th) Title: Little Miss Muffet
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● “ot” rhyming words (handout)
● Letter Bb (handout)
● Little Miss Muffet Sequencing
(copy, color, cut, & paste)
Literature Resources:
Poem: Little Miss Muffet (handout)
Read aloud:
● Diary of a Spider by Doreen
Cronin
Informational Text Resources:
● Spiders by Gail Gibbons
● Little Miss Muffet (booklet to
color)
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:
● All About Eight! (handouts)
Spot It and Dot It!
Cut and Sort!
Spin an Eight!
Make an 8 Crown
Rainbow Writing (8)
Ways to Show 8
SS/Science:
Spiders
● Label It! (handout)
● K-W-L (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Dot to dot
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
● Act Out the Rhyme Little Miss
Muffet (handout)
● Spider headbands w/ 8 eyes & legs
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 10th - October 5th)
Week 7 (September 24th) Title: Hickory, Dickory Dock
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● Hickory Dickory Dock
○ Sequencing (cut & paste)
○ Copy the Sentence (cut &
paste)
● “op” rhyming words (handout)
● Letter Cc (handouts)
Literature Resources:
Poem: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
(handouts)
Read aloud:
● Alexander and the Wind Up
Mouse by Leo Lionni
Informational Text Resources:
● Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stohl
Walsh
● Fantastic Facts About Mice by
Miles Merchant
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:
● Sorting by Kind (handouts)
● Count, Tally, & Graph (handouts)
SS/Science:
● Fun Facts About Mice! (handout)
● Cheese Tasting (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Mouse dot-to-dot (trace)
● Tracing lines
● Scissors/cutting skills
Art/Music:
● Shape Mouse (craft)
● Three Blind Mice (song)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 2 (September 10th - October 5th)
Week 8 (October 1st) Title: Brown Bear
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● Brown Bear Sequencing Story
Hat (handout)
● “ap” rhyming words (handout)
● Letter Dd (handouts)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
Read aloud:
Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin
Informational Text Resources:
● Bears by National Geographic Kids
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Brown Bear, Brown Bear (color
words coloring sheet)
● “I see a ___” (cut & paste)
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Speak in complete sentences
● Ask for needs/wants
● Answer simple questions about text
● Complete sentence frames
● Continue number talks
Math:
● My Color Book (handout)
● I know my colors! (handout)
● Sorting by Size (handouts)
SS/Science:
● Bear Facts (handout)
● Parts of a Polar Bear (cut & paste)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy and
● proper grasp
● Glue skills
● Tracing lines
Art/Music:
● Brown Bear Slime (recipe)
● Easel painting bear
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 8th - November 2nd)
Week 9 (October 8th) Title: The Three Little Pigs
Reading/Writing Activities:
Journal Writing prompt booklet
(complete one per week all year)
● The Three Little Pigs (story
sequencing/retell) (handout)
● 3 Little Pigs Puppet Story Retelling
(handout)
● Letter “Ee” (handout)
● Trace, Cut, & Match (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
The Three Little Pigs by Patricia Seibert
Supporting literature: (can be found on
YouTube or library)
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
by Eugene Trivizas
If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff
Informational Text Resources: (tradebook)
Pigs by Gail Gibbons
Extra ELA Ideas:
● Draw picture of beginning, middle end
● Using chart paper divided into 3
sections, help students recognize
beginning, middle, and end.
● Comprehension story map & vocab:
straw, sticks, bricks, “huff and puff”
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:
● Counting Clip Cards (handout)
● Three Little Pigs Roll and Cover
Addition Game (handout)
● Compare & Order Story Objects
(handout)
● Building Ten (handout)
SS/Science:
● Draw and label a pig
● Students build a house out of
different materials, then test to see
if it falls with “huff”
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Craft: Paper Plate Pig
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 8th - November 2nd)
Week 10 (October 15th) Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Emergent Reader (handout)
● Five Finger Retell (handout)
● Letter “Ff” (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: Goldilocks and the Three
Bears by Jan Brett (or various versions)
Read aloud: (can be found on YouTube or
library)
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn
Tolhurst
~Other stories with 3 characters
Informative Text Resources:
Informational texts about bears
Polar Bears by National Geographic Kids
Extra ELA Activities :
● Story Map (handout)
● The Three Bears Characters
(handout)
● 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:
● Count & write numerals 1-10
(handout)
● Sorting By Size (handouts)
● Order by Size (cut & paste)
SS/Science:
● Pictorial of a bear
● Read about hibernation
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Printable Bear Mask (craft)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 8th - November 2nd)
Week 11 (October 22nd) Title:Three Billy Goats Gruff
Reading/Writing Activities:
● Three Billy Goats Gruff: Story Map
(handout)
● Three Billy Goats Gruff Characters,
Setting, Events (handout)
● Letter “Gg” (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: The 3 Billy Goats Gruff by Paul
Gadone (or various versions)
Extra Reading: (Can be found on YouTube or
library)
3 Billy Goats Fluff by Rachel Mortimer
Beatrice’s Goats by Page McBrier
G is For Goats by Patricia Polacco
Goats in the Rug by Charles Blood
Informative Text Resources:
Nannies, Billies, and Kids by Robin Nelson
Other informational texts about goats
Extra ELA Activities:
● Three Billy Goats Gruff (emergent
reader for retell)
● Three Billy Goats Gruff Unit
(handout)
● 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:
● Comparing by Size “smaller or
larger than me” with pictures
(handout)
● Comparing Size (handout)
● Color by number fish (handout)
SS/Science:
● Parts of a Goat (cut & paste)
● Science: taste goat milk, goat cheese
and/or yogurt
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
Paper-plate Goat Face (craft)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 3 (October 8th- November 2nd)
Week 12 (October 29th) Holidays and Traditions: Pumpkins and Scarecrows
Reading & Writing:
● During/After reading
comprehension checks (handouts)
● Story Sequence: The Biggest
Pumpkin Ever (handouts)
● letter “Hh”
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever
by Steven Kroll
Extra Reading: (Can be found on YouTube
or Library)
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid
of Anything by Linda Williams
Informational Text Resources:
Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie by Jill Esbaum
ELA Activities:
● Pumpkin Faces (emergent reader)
● Puppets for retell
● Venn-Diagram to compare
characters
● Practice sight words
Expressive/Oral Language Skills:
● Begin to retell a story using the
beginning, middle, and end
● Answer simple questions about
text
● Complete sentence frames
● Recite poems and songs
Math Centers:
Pumpkin Patch Match (handout)
Count and Color (handout)
I See a Pumpkin (number writing/small
book)
SS/Science:
● Pumpkin Lifecycle Sequencing (cut
& paste)
● Pumpkin Investigation (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control and grip of pencil &
crayons.
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp.
● Coloring skills – slow and controlled
Art/Music:
● Build a scarecrow (template)
● Five Little Pumpkins (poem)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 5th - November 30th)
Week 13 (November 5th) Holidays and Traditions: Veterans Day
Reading and Writing:
● Happy Veterans Day: I am thankful
for my freedom to__. (handout)
● Ask students questions to check for
understanding while reading.
● Letter “Ii”
Literature Resources:
Emergent Reader:
Veterans Day by Jessica Hawkins
Supporting texts:
H is for Honor by Devin Scillian
The Poppy Lady by Moina Belle Michael
Check out either of the following books from
the library
Informational Text Resources:
Find Veteran’s Day Activities online
ELA Activities:
● American Symbols: Find 6 words
related to Veterans Day. Discuss
the words and their meaning with
your child. (handout/song)
● Draw a picture that they feel
symbolizes Veterans Day.
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Retell a story using the beginning,
middle, and end
● Answer simple questions about
books read
● Recite poem
Math:
● Fall Patterns (cut & paste)
● My Fall Counting Book (handout)
● Counting Soldiers/Squirrels
(handouts)
● Acorn Number Order (cut & paste)
SS/Science:
● The Pledge of Allegiance (handout)
● The Pledge of Allegiance (cut &
paste/color)
● Attend the local Veterans Day Parade
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
● Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Create and color your own flag.
Dictate to parent or write.
(handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 5th - November 30th)
Week 14 (November 12th- No School 11/12) Holidays and Traditions: Thanksgiving
Reading and Writing:
● Retell story using turkey props
(handout of 10 turkeys)
● Letter “Jj”
● Tell what happens in the beginning,
middle, and end of the story.
● Continue to express ideas in complete
sentences
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: 10 Fat Turkeys by Tony
Johnson
Supporting texts:
The Night Before Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Mice
A Turkey For Thanksgiving
Informational Text Resources:
All About Turkeys by Jim Arnosky
Other informational texts about
Thanksgiving history/traditions
Extra ELA Activities:
Turkey Clothespin Activity (handout)
“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:
● Retell a story using the beginning,
middle, and end
● Answer simple questions about
books read
● Recite poems
Math Centers:
Fall Math (handouts)
● Fall Number Tracing
● Draw Apples in Trees
● Counting sets to 10
● Scarecrow dot to dot
SS/Science:
The Pilgrims and Native Americans
(emergent reader)
Compare holiday traditions now & long ago
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
Art/Music:
Turkey Handprint (craft)
Holiday poems and songs
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 4 (November 5th - November 30th)
Week 15 (November 26th): Winter Weather NO SCHOOL 11/19-11/23 THANKSGIVING BREAK
Reading and Writing:
● “What do you Hear?” (booklet)
● Letter “Kk” (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: Animals in Winter by Henrietta
Bancroft
Supporting literature (found in library):
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Snow, Snow by Lee Harper
Informational Text Resources:
Sleep Bear by National Geographic Kids
Other informational texts about winter
animals
Extra ELA Activities:
● Follow Directions with Positional
Words (handout)
● Practice writing letters, names and
words in shaving cream “snow”
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Practice poems/songs for Holiday
Program
● Retell focus texts using complete
sentences
● Answer simple questions about books
● Number talks
Math:
All About the Number 5 (handouts)
● All About Five! (cubes/ten frames)
● Counting Mittens (handout)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Cut and Sort!
● Number 5 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
SS/Science:
● Polar Bear (handout)
● Arctic Fox (handout)
● Who Lives in the Arctic (emergent
reader)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
● Use white playdough or shaving cream
and make animal prints in the snow
Art/Music:
● Winter Tree (finger painting)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 3rd - December 21st)
Week 16 (December 3rd): Winter
Reading and Writing:
● Retelling cards and activities for
The First Day of Winter
● Draw a snowman (draw,
write/dictate, color)
● Letter “Ll” (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: 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:
● The Mitten Sequence
(cards/handout)
● Sequencing & concepts of print using
focus text
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Chubby Snowman (handout/poem)
● Retell poems/songs
● Retell tradebook stories using
complete
● sentences
Math:
All About the Number 6 (handouts)
● All About Six! (cubes/ten frames)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Cut and Sort!
● Number 6 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
● Ways to Show 6
SS/Science:
● My Book About Hibernating Animals
(handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Cutting with accuracy and proper
grasp
● Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Tissue Paper Mitten (craft)
● Frosty Fluff “snow” (handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 3rd - December 21st)
Week 17 (December 10th) Holidays and Traditions: Winter Snow
Reading and Writing Activities
● “If I was a Snowman at night…”
(handout)
● Snowmen at Night Story Map
(handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn
Buehner
various winter poems
Supporting literature: The Snowy Day by
Ezra Jack Keats
Informational Text Resources:
Other informational texts about
winter/snow
Extra ELA Activities:
● Retell tradebooks
● 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
● Retell focus texts using complete
sentences
Math:
All About the Number 7 (handouts)
● All About Seven! (cubes/ten frames)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Cut and Sort!
● Number 7 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
● Color-by-Number Reindeer
SS/Science:
● What should you wear in the snow?
(pocket chart sorting)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Control & grip of pencil & crayons
● Practice Cutting
● Glue skills
Art/Music:
● Sing A Song Of Winter (handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 5 (December 3rd - December 21st)
Week 18 (December 17th) Holidays and Traditions: Christmas
Reading and Writing:
● Cut, Paste and match the letter
(handout)
● Letter “Nn”
● Teacher-Write: Have student list
what they want for Christmas
● Write a letter to Santa
Literature Resources:
“Twelve Days of Christmas” (handout)
Supporting literature:
“What Can Reindeer Do?” (emergent
reader)
various winter poems
Informational Text Resources:
● Did You Know? A Book About
Reindeer. by Kaylynn Spencer
(handout)
Other informational texts about winter
holidays and traditions from the local library
Extra ELA Activities:
Retell focus text
● Sequencing Activity - The Twelve
Days of Christmas
Expressive/oral language skills:
● Holiday poems/songs
● Retell focus texts using complete
sentences
Math:
All About the Number 8 (handouts)
● All About Eight! (cubes/ten frames)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Cut and Sort!
● Number 8 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
● Color-by-Number Santa Dog
SS/Science:
● Parts of a Reindeer (Caribou)
(handout)
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)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 6 ( January 7th - February 1st)
Week 19 (January 7th): Study of Authors: Laura Numeroff
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Mm” (handout)
● Sequencing - If You Give A Mouse
A Cookie (handout)
● Illustrate It!! If You Give A Mouse
A Cookie Cause and Effect
(handout)
● Writing: Student dictates a friendly
letter
● Create a comprehension story map
for selected tradebooks
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura
Numeroff
If You Give A Moose A Muffin
by Laura Numeroff
Both books can be found on YouTube, or
library
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Dictate Cause/Effect Statements &
illustrate
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
All About the Number 9 (handouts)
● All About Nine! (cubes/ten frames)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Number 9 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
● Color-by-Number Mouse
● How Many Chips? Give child a cookie
and ask them to estimate the number
of chips in it.
SS/Science:
● My Plate (handout) ● Talk about making healthy food choices
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Draw your family (handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 6 (January 7th - February 1st)
Week 20 (January 14th): Study of Authors: Laura Numeroff Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Nn” (handout)
● If You Give A Pig a Pancake -
Story Sequencing
● Writing response- If You Give a Pig
A Party
● Comprehension story map for
selected text
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Numeroff
If You Give A Pig a Pancake by Laura
Numeroff
*Both books can be found on YouTube, or
library
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Ask student for other words that
begin with the letter “P”
● Characteristics of Characters
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Dictate Cause/Effect Statements &
illustrate
Expressive and 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:
All About the Number 10 (handouts)
● All About Ten! (cubes/ten frames)
● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)
● Cut and Sort!
● Number 10 Crown
● Rainbow Writing
● Ways to Show 10
● Count the Pancake Circles
SS/Science:
● Five Senses
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Pancakes! (poem)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 6 ( January 7th - February 1st)
Week 21 (January 21st- No school 1/21): Study of Authors:Eric Litwin
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Oo” (handout)
● Pete the Cat: Scrambled Sentences
● Pete Loves Shoes (emergent reader)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
Pete the Cat: Train Trip by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat: Snow Daze by Eric Litwin
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Pete the Cat Rhyming (handout)
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Visit the link for more activities:
http://www.petethecatbooks.com/activities/
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● Number Tracing Train (handout)
● Train Patterns (handout)
● Build a Shape Train
SS/Science:
● All About Trains: History and Fun
Facts (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Learn the “Cool Cat Boogie”
(handout/dance)
● Down By the Station (poem)
● Pete the Cat songs (YouTube)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 6 ( January 7th - February 1st)
Week 22 (January 28th): Study of Authors:Eric Litwin
Reading and Writing Activities:
Teacher-Write:
Model sentence writing
● Letter “Pp” (handout)
● Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat - Story
Review (handout)
● Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat - Story
Words (trace/write)
● Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat - Story
Questions (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by
Eric Litwin
Pete Loves Shoes (emergent reader)
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Color and cross out page for the
animals Pete saw
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Visit the link for more activities:
http://www.petethecatbooks.com/activities/
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● Ocean Hidden Pictures (handout)
● Numbers Practice, 11-20
(handouts)
SS/Science:
● Pete’s Ocean Animals (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Paper Plate Scuba Mask (craft)
● Pete the Cat songs (YouTube)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 7 (February 4th - March 1st)
Week 23 (February 4th): Study of Authors:Eric Carle
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Qq” (handout)
● I am very quiet like the little
cricket (writing)
● Popsicle Puppets (color, cut, use for
retell of story)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric
Carle
● The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Dictate Cause/Effect
● Visit the link for more activities:
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● I see shapes (book)
● Color the shapes (handout)
● Shapes Vocabulary (handout)
SS/Science:
● Label a Cricket (color, cut, paste)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● The Very Quiet Cricket (puzzle)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 7 (February 4th - March 1st)
Week 24 (February 11th - No school 2/11): Study of Authors:Eric Carle
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Rr” (handout)
● Create your own “Today is..”
(handout)
● “Today is Monday” by Jessica
Jaramillo (emergent reader)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● Today is Monday by Eric Carle
● The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric
Carle
*can be found in library or on YouTube
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Dictate Cause/Effect
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● The Hungry Caterpillar (number
book)
● Caterpillar count to 20 (handout)
SS/Science:
● Days of the Week Wheel Printable
(handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Egg carton caterpillar (craft)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 7 (February 4th - March 1st)
Week 25 (February 18th - No school 2/18): Study of Authors:Leo Lionni
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Ss” (handout)
● What Supplies did Fredrick need
(comprehension worksheet)
● I Can Read Simple Sentences
(handouts)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● Fredrick by Leo Lionni
● Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse
by Leo Lionni
● Inch By Inch by Leo Liooni
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Dictate Cause/Effect
● Visit the link for more activities:
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● Counting to 20 (worksheets)
SS/Science:
● All About America! (emergent
reader)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Paper Plate Mouse (craft)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 7 (February 4th - March 1st)
Week 26 (February 25th): Study of Authors:Leo Leonni
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Tt” (handout)
● My Story Flow Map (use Fish is
Fish to write/draw beginning, middle
end)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
● It’s Mine by Leo Lionni
● A Color of his Own by Leo Lionni
Informative Text Resources:
Online resources for author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff
Books
● Visit the links for more activities: http://mermaidtheatre.ca/PDF/swimmy/Swimmy
-ResourceGuide.pdf
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-
resources/lesson-plans/building-matrix-lionni-
books-263.html?tab=4#tabs
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● Numbers to 30 (handout)
SS/Science:
● Life Cycle of a Frog (booklet)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Life Cycle of a Frog (craft
headband)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 8 (March 4th - March 29th)
Week 27 (March 4th): Study of Authors: Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Uu” (handouts)
● hat “at” words (handout)
● Cat in the Hat Rhyming Match
(handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss
● Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Informative Text Resources:
● Author biography
Extra ELA Activities:
● link to PBS activities:
http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/
● Make a list of rhyming words from
the Focus Texts
● Read other Dr. Seuss books
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer questions about the focus
texts (Share favorite color fish)
● Retell a short rhyme from the story
● Participate in conversations - ask and
tally “who likes green eggs and ham?”
Math:
● Dr. Seuss Let’s Order Numbers
(handout)
● Hat Matching Game (handout)
● Old Fish, New Fish - Match the
opposites (handout)
SS/Science:
● Cook Green Eggs and Ham at home
(on your own, no handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
Cutting/scissor skills
Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Use tweezers to move fish
Clothespin activities
Art/Music:
● One Fish, Two Fish (art)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 8 (March 4th - March 29th)
Week 28 (March 11th): Spring - Insects
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Vv” (handout)
● “Color Bugs” (emergent Reader)
● Beautiful Bugs (draw & write)
● My Animal - Choose an animal to
draw about. (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● Icky Bug Alphabet Book by
Read other texts about Insects
Informative Text Resources:
● Ants by National Geographic Kids
Extra ELA Activities:
Draw a picture and write/dictate a sentence
about your favorite bug.
● Use a graphic organizer to show
what ants look like, what they eat,
and where they live.
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and begin to ask simple
questions about text
● Participate in conversations about
bugs
● Talk about bugs you see everyday
Math:
● Butterfly (color by numbers)
● Count the bugs (color/count)
SS/Science:
● What Is An Insect? (booklet)
● Label The Insect (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Clothespin or tweezer work
Art/Music:
● Insect Body Part Song (handout)
● Buggy Body Parts song (handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 8 (March 4th - March 29th)
Week 29 (March 18th): Spring - Insects
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Ww” (handout)
● Pre-primer sight words (bees
handouts)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● Busy Buzzy Bee by
● The Best Bug Parade by
Informative Text Resources:
● Facts About Bees (handout)
Extra ELA Activities:
● List words that rhyme with “bee”
● Make a list of bugs from the focus
text
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and ask simple questions
about texts.
● Participate in conversations: Why are
bees important? What do we do when
we see a bee?
Math:
● Bugs and Insects - Count and Clip
(handout)
● Busy Bee Numbers (say it/stamp
it/write it/use dots)
● Counting Eggs 1-20 (handout)
SS/Science:
● Parts of a Bee (handout)
● Sink or Float with Peeps! (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Busy Bees Tracing (handout)
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
● Count/Clip Activities
Art/Music:
● Bees in a Beehive (craft)
● Honey Bee Song by Suzanne Hieke
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 8 (March 4th - March 29th)
Week 30 (March 25th): Spring
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Xx” (handout)
● I See Insects (emergent reader)
● My Flower Book (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● A Gardeners Alphabet by Mary
Azarian
Informative Text Resources:
● Parts of a Flower (emergent
reader)
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
● Dictate Cause/Effect: How do plants
grow?
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and begin to ask simple
questions about text
● Participate in conversations
● Retell a favorite story, including
elements of setting, character, and
events
Math:
● Color/Count/Match Raindrops
● Colors the Rainbow (handout)
● Spring Things Graphing (handout)
SS/Science:
● Label the Flower (handout)
● Lima Bean Observation - plant a
bean and draw/write to show its
growth. (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● “Little Plant Seed” (song)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 9 (April 1st - May 3rd )
Week 31 (April 1st- No school 4/1): Freshwater: Ponds, Lakes and Rivers
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Yy” (handout)
● Life in the Pond (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● “Where is the Rain” (emergent
reader)
Informative Text Resources:
● From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy
Pfeffer
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
Expressive and 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
● Identify differences between texts
Math:
● Frogs and Flies: More & Less
(handout)
● Rain, Rain, Go Away! (subtraction
handout)
● Rain, Rain, Go Away! (color and
graphing handout)
SS/Science:
● “The Life Cycle of a Frog”
(emergent reader)
● The Life Cycle of a Frog
(cut/paste)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Rain, Rain, Go Away!
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrKYjrIDs8
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 9 (April 1st - May 3rd )
Week 32 (April 8th ): Earth Day (NO SCHOOL 4/15 - 4/22 EASTER BREAK)
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Letter “Zz” (handout)
● We Can Help Our Planet Earth
(booklet)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss
*This book can be found in the VOCS/local
library or on YouTube
Informative Text Resources:
● I Can Take Care of the Earth
(emergent reader)
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
● Characteristics of Characters
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and ask simple questions
about text
● Participate in conversations. Talk
about recycling, reusing and
conservation
● Retell a story, including elements of
setting, character, and events
Math:
● Color by Numbers (recycling
handout)
● Sort it Out (handout)
● The Lorax Pattern Blocks (handout)
SS/Science:
● Facts About Our Earth (handout)
● The 3 R’s (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Earth Day Headband
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 9 (April 1st - May 3rd )
Week 33 (April 22nd ): The Ocean
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Review the Vowels (coloring
handouts)
● -ap words (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebooks:
● Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
● Commotion in the Ocean by Giles
Andreae
Informative Text Resources:
● Magic School Bus: On the Ocean
Floor by Joanna Cole
Extra ELA Activities:
● Cut and Paste Ocean Animals
● Dictate/write: My favorite ocean
animal is____.
Expressive and 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:
● Crabby Crabs (counting handout)
● Connect the Dots (whale handout)
SS/Science:
● Commotion in the Ocean (science
investigation)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Rainbow Fish (craft)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 9 (April 1st - May 3rd )
Week 34 (April 29th ): The Ocean
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Review Letters ”A-Z” (handout)
● Sight words: I (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Informative Text Resources:
● The Animals I See in the Ocean
(emergent reader)
Extra ELA Activities:
● Dictate/write: My favorite animal
is____.
Expressive and 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:
● Ocean Animal Thumbprint
Measurement (handout)
● Ocean Pattern Cards (handout)
SS/Science:
● Ocean Animals (booklet)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Octopus Craft (handout)
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 10 (May 6th - May 30th)
Week 35 (May 6th ): Nature All Around Us - How do plants grow?
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Review Letters ”A-Z” (handout)
● Build A Sentence (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● How a Seed Grows by: Helene Jordan
*Can be found in VOCS library
Informative Text Resources:
● Bean and Plant By: Christine Back
*Can be found in VOCS library
Extra ELA Activities:
● Have student dictate or write about
their favorite flower, tree, or plant.
● Review letters using magnets
● Create sight words previously learned
(I/see/me etc.)
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Talk about favorite animals in nature
● Have child explain how the bean
sprout grows
Math:
● Number Book (emergent reader)
SS/Science:
● Grow a Bean Sprout
● What Do Plants Need to Grow?
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Leaf Rubbing: Put any nature
materials under a sheet of paper and
use the side of a crayon or a piece of
chalk to make a rubbing of the nature
shape.
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 10 (May 6th - May 30th)
Week 36 (May 13th ): Nature All Around Us
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Nature Letter Hunt (handout)
● Rainbow Writing (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● Planting a Rainbow by: Lois Ehlert
Informative Text Resources:
Extra ELA Activities:
● Have your child dictate or practice
writing
● Begin a composition journal of
drawings and dictation/emergent
writing
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and ask simple questions
about books
● Talk about favorite colors
● Talk about members of your family -
(mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma,
grandpa)
Math:
● Best Friends that Make Ten
(handout)
● Shape Hunt (handout)
● Number Hunt (handout)
SS/Science:
● Sink or Float with Natural and
Found Objects (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Check YouTube for’ nature songs
● Review songs previously learned
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 10 (May 6th - May 30th)
Week 37 (May 20th): Nature All Around Us
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Review Letters ”A-Z” (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● My Book About Birds (emergent
reader)
Informative Text Resources:
Extra ELA Activities:
● Story Retell
● Sound Sorting
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and ask simple questions
about books
● Talk about favorite colors
● Talk about members of your family -
(mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma,
grandpa)
Math:
● Measurement Activities (handout)
● How Many Birds Do You See?
(handout)
SS/Science:
● All About Bird: Labeling (handout)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Draw a Bird (handout)
● Feed the Birds: Tie a string in a pine
cone as a hanger. Cover the pine cone
with smooth peanut butter and roll in
bird seed.
Items in bold are provided in your packet
Reporting Period 10 (May 6th - May 30th)
Week 38 (May 27th- No School 5/27): Ready for Summer
Reading and Writing Activities:
● Review Letters ”A-Z” (handout)
● Sight words: I, like, eat (handout)
Literature Resources:
Tradebook:
● I Like to Eat Ice Cream (emergent
reader)
Informative Text Resources:
Extra ELA Activities:
● Dictate “What do I want to do this
Summer”
Expressive and Oral Language skills:
● Answer and ask simple questions
about books
● Talk about favorite colors
● Talk about members of your family -
(mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma,
grandpa)
Math:
● Hundreds Chart Mystery (handout)
● Summertime Counting (handout)
SS/Science:
● Memorial Day (emergent reader)
Motor/Developmental Skills:
● Cutting/scissor skills
● Tracing/printing letters & numerals
Art/Music:
● Paper Plate Sunflower (craft)