Below are 5 lesson plans submitted to my original question. Thanks to
Pamela Hamilton of Virginia
for giving me permission to include these. Thanks, again, Pamela !
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
SInce the end of the school year is weeks away, are there any lessons you
discovered were a success, enjoyed by pre-K classes, and /or lessons you are
sure to present again? Themes? book characters? authors? concepts? Oral
Language? Creative Dramatics? Web sites used to gather lesson ideas?
I find myself having a loss of what to do with pre-kindergarten so any and
all ideas are appreciated. We have them scheduled for various lengths of
time and number of weekly visits and their attention span can be long or
short depending on different factors.
After a period of time, I will post a hit to the group. Perhaps there are
others who could benefit from fresh, tried, successful, great and new to us
lesson ideas for pre-K. Of course, they could be used with kindergarten.
I see the listserve as a cyber conference session when questions like this
are asked. All can benefit. I am not trying to get people to do the work for
me.
Thank you very much!
Robert Joyce
Virginia / Pittsylvania Co: Brosville Elem
School Librarian/Library Media Specialist
robert@gcronline.com
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Rain
Pre-Kindergarten
HAVE LIBRARY BOOKS READY FOR THE CHILDREN TO TAKE WITH THEM
Listen with increasing attention to spoken language, conversations, and
stories read aloud
Correctly identify characters, objects, and actions in a picture book, as
well as stories read aloud, and begin to comment about each
Make predictions about what might happen in a story
Resources:
Fiction book: Big Book: "Rain Talk" by Mary Safazo
Activity: Nursery Rhyme: "Rain, Rain Go Away"
Nonfiction: Rainbows
Procedure:
Welcome children
Read the fiction book:
Point to the front cover and point out the title (name of the book); author
(writes the words); illustrator (does the pictures)
Point out the Title page and the information on it
Read the story
Learn the nursery rhyme and substitute student's names in last line
Read the nonfiction book:
Point to the front cover and point out the title (name of the book); author
(writes the words); illustrator (does the pictures)
Point out the Title page and the information on it
Read the story
Call children by words that rhyme with their name or start with the same
sound as their name and give them a book from the pre-selected ones to carry
back to their classroom; have them line up as they get the book
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Bedtime for Frances
Pre-Kindergarten
The student will recognize that history describes events and people of other
times and places
Listen with increasing attention to spoken language, conversations, and
stories read aloud
Correctly identify characters, objects, and actions in a picture book, as
well as stories read aloud, and begin to comment about each
Make predictions about what might happen in a story
Resources:
Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
Procedure:
Welcome children
Ask children to tell about the way they feel and act at bedtime. Have they
ever imagined seeing scary things in the dark? What do they think about
while trying to fall asleep? Do they make up games? Sing songs? Tell
themselves stories?
Picture walk and read the story
o Point to the front cover and point out the title (name of the book);
o Picture walk the story
o Read the story
Ask children what they think of Frances.
Using the dry-erase board, create a Character Trait Web:
Call children by name and give them a book from the pre-selected ones to
carry back to their classroom
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Body Parts
Pre-Kindergarten
HAVE LIBRARY BOOKS READY FOR THE CHILDREN TO TAKE WITH THEM
Listen with increasing attention to spoken language, conversations, and
stories read aloud
Correctly identify characters, objects, and actions in a picture book, as
well as stories read aloud, and begin to comment about each
Make predictions about what might happen in a story
Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Life Processes: The child will
make observations, separate objects into groups based on similar attributes,
compare lengths and mass, and develop questions based upon observations
using the five senses.
Resources:
Nonfiction book: "What Do You See?"
Fiction book: "Do Your Ears Hang Low" by Church
Procedure:
Welcome children and review names using rhyming words
Read the nonfiction book: "What Do You See?"
Point to the front cover and point out the title (name of the book); author
(writes the words); illustrator (does the pictures)
Point out the Title page and the information on it
Read the story; allowing the children time to guess what animal is on the
next page
Stand up and act out "Hokey Pokey"
Sit back down and read the fiction book: Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Point to the front cover and point out the title (name of the book); author
(writes the words); illustrator (does the pictures)
Point out the Title page and the information on it
Read the story
Sing the song with the motions
Call children by name and give them a book to carry back to their classroom
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Fall
Pre-Kindergarten
Squirrels Lesson Plans for the Busy Librarian p.30
HAVE LIBRARY BOOKS READY FOR THE CHILDREN TO TAKE WITH THEM
Resources:
Nonfiction Big Book: Squirrels All Year
Fiction book: Nutty Nut Chase by White
Procedure:
Have students sit on the reading rug and play a rhyming game with their
names
Introduce the lesson on fall by telling them we are now in the season of
fall- there are 4 seasons- summer just ended, now it's fall, next will be
winter and then summer
Discuss what happens in the fall and lead it into squirrels
Read the nonfiction story: Squirrels All Year
Teach the poem: Old McDonald had a tree.Put colored leaves on magnetic board
as you sing:
Old McDonald had a tree- EIEIO
And on this tree he had a leaf- EIEIO
With a red leaf here, and a yellow leaf there, here a leaf, there a leaf,
everywhere a leaf, leaf
Old McDonald had a tree- EIEIEO
Old McDonald had a tree- EIEIO
And on this tree he had a leaf- EIEIO
With an orange leaf here, and a brown leaf there, here a leaf, there a leaf,
everywhere a leaf, leaf
Old McDonald had a tree- EIEIEO
Read the fiction story: Nutty Nut Chase
Call children by name and give them a book to take to their classroom
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Pets
Pre-K
Listen with increasing attention to spoken language, conversations, and
stories read aloud
Make predictions about what might happen in a story
Engage in turn taking exchanges and rules of polite conversation with adults
and peers
Listen attentively to stories in a whole-class setting
Describe basic life processes and basic needs of animals
HAVE LIBRARY BOOKS READY FOR THE CHILDREN TO TAKE WITH THEM
The students will come to the reading rug and sit 'criss-cross, apple sauce'
Review the library and the library rules
Review names by asking names that rhyme with silly, nonsensical words that
rhyme with each name
Tell the students they are learning about pets in their classroom and ask
which pet they have or would like to have
Picture walk the Big Book story "I Can't Get my Turtle to Move"
At the page with fish- say the poem:
Fishy, fishy in the brook, Daddy caught him with a hook
Mama cooked him in the pan, Baby ate him like a man
At the page with cat- say the poem:
Three little kittens, lost their mittens and they began to cry
"Oh mother dear, we greatly fear, our mittens we have lost"
"What! Lost your mittens, you naughty kittens, then you shall have no pie"
The three little kittens found their mittens and they began to cry:
"Oh Mother dear, see here, see here, our mittens we have found!"
"What, found your mittens, you darling kittens, then you shall have some
pie"
"Meow, Meow, Meow"
7. At the dog page say the poem:
Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such sport and the dish ran away with the
spoon.
At the ants page have the children stand up and act out:
The ants were marching 1 by 1, hoorah, hoorah,
The ants were marching 1 by 1, hoorah, hoorah,
The ants were marching 1 by 1, the little one stopped to suck his thumb,
The ants were marching 1 by 1, hoorah, hoorah
(Continue through all 10 verses)
9. At the rabbit page say the poem:
In a cabin in the woods, wee little man by the window stood, saw a rabbit
hopping by, knocking at his door,
"Help me, help me, help me" he said. "Or the hunter will shoot me dead."
"Little rabbit come inside, safely to abide."
Read the story
Teach the poem:
There was a little turtle who lived in a box, he swam in the water and he
climbed on the rocks; He snapped at a mosquito, he snapped at a flea, he
snapped at a minnow and he snapped at me. He caught the mosquito, he
caught the flea, he caught the minnow but he didn't catch me.
Read a poem from the book "Pet Poems"
Read the story "Pet Show" by Ezra Jack Keatts
Tell them there is a nursery rhyme about a girl who has a pet lamb. Ask who
she is. Sing
"Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb
its fleece was white as snow.
Call children by name and hand them a book to take to the classroom
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