Jungle Room Center and Group Activities

Week of: August 18

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Theme: All about Me / Color:Green/Shape:Circle/Letter: M
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Writing
8:15-8:30/12:15-12:30
Writing Journals
Trace the letter M, circles & students names
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: Student will show beginning control of writing,
drawing, and art tools
LO: SW tell the teacher the letters & shapes they
are forming
Trace the letter M, circles, & students names
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: Student will show beginning control of writing,
drawing, and art tools
LO: SW tell the teacher the letters & shapes they
are forming
Copy the letter M, circles, & students names
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: Student will show beginning control of writing,
drawing, and art tools
LO: SW tell a friend the letters and shapes they are
forming
Copy the letter M, circles & students names
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: Student will show beginning control of writing,
drawing, and art tools
LO: SW tell a friend the letters and shapes they are
forming

Morning/Afternoon Meeting
8:50-9:00

During morning group we will sing our welcome songs, and practice greeting eachother. We will then do 2-3 student selected yoga poses and hold each pose while students count to 10 as a group. We will then sing our rules
song and practice them in order to have a safe classroom community. Next, we will go over our schedule for the day and discuss any big changes (assemblys, etc) in order to prepare students for new/different expectations.
We will end our meeting by discussing the centers that will be open for the day and dismissing to centers.
Art Center

Body Tracing
Staff Responsible: Angie
CO: SW draw body parts in the appropriate places
LO: SW describe how they chose to decorate their
body after being traced.
Green Water Color Names
Staff Responsible: Judy/Kara
CO: SW identify their name in print & identify the
color green
LO: SW say the letters in their name
Toothbrush Name Painting
Staff Responsible: Angie
CO: SW trace the letters in their name.
LO: Students will describe if it is easy or difficult to
paint with a toothbrush
Silly Faces
Staff: Responsible: Judy/Kara
CO: SW manipulate glue appropriately
LO: SW describe their silly faces

Literacy Center
Name Recognition Puzzle
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: SW identify their name in print
LO: SW say the letters in their name

M word sorting
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: SW find the words that start with an M
LO: SW emphasize the M sound
Name Recognition Puzzle
Staff Responsible: Angie
CO: SW identify their name in print
LO: SW say the letters in their name

Block Center
Build Your Home
Staff Responsible: Judy/Kara
CO: SW stack blocks and identify their colors
LO: SW discuss what their house looks like

Math Center
How many Ms tall are you?
Staff Responsible: Angie
CO: SW rote count the number of Ms high they are
LO: Students will compare their heights using
comparative language such as taller and shorter
How many cubes are your feet?
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: SW count 1:1
LO: SW use comparative words such as bigger and
smaller

Science Center
Fingerprint Discovery
Staff Responsible: Judy/Kara
CO: SWuse science tools appropriately
LO: SW discuss what their fingerprints look like
Seek and Find Body Parts
Staff Responsible: Ashley
CO: SWidentify body parts from a magazine
LO: SW describe colors, sizes, etc of the pictures they find.


Listening Center



Sensory Center
Sand & Mr. Potato Head
Independent Center
Sand & Mr. Potato Head
Independent Center
Sand & Mr. Potato Head
Independent Center
Sand & Mr. Potato Head
Independent Center

Literacy/Math Group Time



Activities: 1. Read Who Am I story
2. Find & circle your name

CO: SW attend to and participate in activities and
songs
LO: SW discuss what is similar and different about
eachother
Activities: 1. Ms on the loose
2. Make a list of M words
3. Read I Like Me

CO: SW attend to and participate in activities and
songs.
LO: SW make the M sound
Activities: 1. Read I Like Me
2. Where do we live nesting boxes (child,
house, city, state, country, world)

CO: SW attend to and participate in activities and
songs
LO: SW use comparative language such as big and
little.
Activities: 1. Mat Man
2. share length of feet
CO: Students will identify body parts
LO: Students will describe the length of their feet in
cubes.