Intent
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Students
ask questions of class-wide interest,
decide which sources can answer these
questions, and gather evidence
from provided text sources. We
write and use pictures to document our
research and we read assorted
literature. (TEKS 19 a & b and 20 a & b)
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Introduction
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Bring students to carpet, get them settled.
Welcome Song (To London Bridge
is Falling Down)
Welcome to the library, library,
library. Welcome to the library,
Please come inside and read.
We’re glad to have you here today,
here today, here today.
We’re glad to have you here today,
today’s a special day.
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Finger play: This is Big (source:
traditional)
This is big big big Hold arms out to
side
This is small small
small Cup hands together
This is short short
short Hold hands w/palms
facing each other
This is tall tall
tall Reach one hand
above head
This is fast fast
fast Circle fists
quickly
This is slow slow
slow Circle fists slowly
This is yes yes yes Nod
This is no no no Shake head
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Library Expectations:
“4 finger rules” of the library:
quiet
(finger to mouth)
watch
teachers (fingers to eyes)
listen
to stories and directions (cup ears)
and always
walk (walking fingers.)
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Mystery Bag: What’s
inside the mystery box today? The object inside the box will give us a
clue what our story time is going to be about. (Object this week is
silk leaves in fall colors)
Welcome. Every week, when kindergarteners come to visit
the library, we have a different theme. We’ve had story times about the
circus, pirates, and today our theme is the changing seasons. This
week, the season of summer is officially over and the season of fall
begins. We’ll sing songs, do finger plays, read books (of course), tell
jokes and do fun activities and all of them will be about the season of fall
and the fun things you can do in the fall.
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Word of the Week: say it, syllabicate
it TEACHER draws it in the air, invites students to “air write” with
her.
English: Autumn
Spanish: Otoño (Oh-TONE-Yo)
ASL sign: http://www.handspeak.com/word/search.php?wordID=autumn&submitword=Find
(sign language is a real language where people use their hands to
communicate. Here is the sign for autumn. Put your left hand up
like a tree branch. Your right hand is a leaf that falls. Try it!
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Resource
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“The Surprise” from Frog and Toad All Year by Arnold Lobel (Harper Trophy,
1976.)
Reflection:
Before: Do any of you know these characters? They’re friends who live in a forest. This is a favorite series of the librarian,
and a favorite of many people! Each
frog & toad book is made up of 4 chapters; we are reading a chapter today
about what happens in the fall.
During: Check for understanding.
After: What
will happen in the morning? Why is that funny?
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Activity
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Action Rhyme: If I were a leaf…
· If I were a leaf, I’d jump down from
my tree (jump)
· I’d dance in the wind (dance)
· I’d fly in the breeze(arms out
– fly)
· I’d change bright colors, I’d
spin in the air (spin)
· I’d land on the ground, I
don’t know where! (fall)
SONG: The
Leaves are Falling Down (Farmer in the Dell)
The leaves are falling down
The leaves are falling down
Red, yellow, green and brown
The leaves are falling down
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Resource
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Before Reading: Seasons change, like it or not. Which season
are we in now, have we been in? Which
one is coming? What are some things
that happen in the fall?
During Reading: Read the poem. Listen for rhyme, descriptive writing. Name them as they occur.
After Reading: What
are things we LIKE about cooler weather? (Solicit answers: closer to
holidays, get to wear sweaters, snow, etc)
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Resource
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JOKES:
Q: What did the tree say to autumn?
A: leaf me
alone.
Why did the woman go outdoors with her purse
open?
(Because she expected some change in the weather!) |
Resource
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Video: If you had never seen fall leaves, how could you
see them right from your classroom any time of year? Now, we’re going
to go from stories to science. Let’s watch two short videos, one of a
leaf changing color and one of forest leaves changing color as autumn comes:
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Resource
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Fall Leaves, Fall by Zoe Hall (Scholastic, 2000)
Reflection: Some students may not have
experience with leaves changing color- have them be on the lookout in coming
weeks.
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Activity:
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Leaf Sweep online game (works on “mouse skills”) http://akidsheart.com/holidays/fall/leafsweep.htm
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Wrap-up
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Review:
word of week and intent.
Goodbye
Song:
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Raise your hands up high.
Open, shut them.
Open, shut them.
Wave and say goodbye.
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Other book
resources:
Leaf Jumpers
by Carole Gerber
Four Friends
in Autumn by Tomie de Paola
Other
activities
CRAFT: Diecut
leaves, crayons. Color a leaf for the “Fall Friends” Friendship tree.
Leaf sorting
Autumn Leaves
are falling down song
This
Week’s TEKS: 1 (A) words represented by
print
1 (C) 1:1
correspondence word/print
1 (F)
Conventions of Print
1 (G) Parts
of A Book
2 (B)
Identify Syllables in spoken words
3 (A)
Identify common sounds letters represent
4 (A)
Identify what happens next based on cover, illustration
4 (B) Ask
& respond to questions about text
6 (A)
Identify elements of a story: setting character, key events
6 (C)
Recognize sensory details
7 Poetry has regular beat, similar word
sounds (rhyme, alliteration)
8 (B)
describe characters in a story and reasons for their actions
10 (D) use
titles/illustrations to make predictions about text
10 (B)
retell important facts in an expository text
18
(A) use phonological knowledge to match
sounds to letters
19
(A) ask questions of classwide interest (with adult assistance)
20
(A) gather evidence from provided text sources (with adult assistance)
21 (A)
listen attentively by facing speakers and asking questions
21 (B) Follow oral directions that involve a short,
related sequence of events
RC(fig
19) (D) make inferences based on cover,
title, illustrations and plot
RC(fig
19) (A) discuss purpose for reading & listening to various texts
RC(fig 19) (A) discuss purpose for reading or listening
to various texts
RC(fig
19) (B) ask and respond to questions about
texts
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