WEEKLY PLANNING

Whole Group Time

Component:
Song

Purpose:
Build Community

Activity/
experience

Promote
phonological
awareness

Activity or
Game

Integrate
movement with
literacy
or math

Read Aloud:
Predictable
Text

Focus on
math content
(number, shape,
pattern,
measurement, etc)

Day One
Song: Youre Wonderful
Teach children the movements that go with
the song.
Introduce song one time with CD
Talk about how the children are all these
things to me
Song: Silly Names Song
Introduce song
Speak about how it focuses on sounds
Tell them they are going to use their names to
sing the song
Use my name as an example
Pick a sound, sound it out with and for the
children
Sing the song with the children
After they all shout out their name, ask each
child what their name sounds like so
everyone can hear
Change up the sound 3 more times
Discuss what they think about the song
Activity: B Glide Track 15
Explain how the song will tell us to jump
forward and backward, lean to the left,
wiggle to the right and act out all these
animals
I will explain all the animals it will ask us to
act out
I will go through the song and encourage
children to join in with me
Try for them to show you how they will do it
without hitting on another
Read Aloud: Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Introduce cover, title, author, illustrator
Give a brief summary of the book, talk about
how Silly Sally and her friends went to town
Do you think its silly that Sally is upside
down?
Do you think you can walk to town upside
down?
Lets read and find out if Silly Sally makes it
to town and lets see who goes with her

Day Two

Day Three

Song: Youre Wonderful

Go over the motions with the children
Introduce the book to the children,
pointing out the words that go with the
song
Play the song on the CD and do it all
together

Song: Youre Wonderful

Go to the back of the book where the
words are bold and sing the song with
children
Play CD and leave page open so they can
make the word to movement connection

Song: Silly Names Song

Speak about the sounds
Ask them to give you an example of a
sound in their own name
Sing the song with a few more sounds
Discuss any questions or opinions from
the children

Song: Silly Names Song

Ask them if they remember the name of
our song
Speak about letters
Ask the children about the alphabet and
what sounds to the letters make
Sing the song with more sounds

Activity: B Glide Track 15

Go over personal space and keeping
hands to themselves
Ask if they remember the animals they
acted out
Bring out pictures of the things they will
act out with names of it
Play song, as the animals come up,
change the picture of the matching thing

Activity: B Glide Track 15

Speak about forward and backward, left
and right
Bring out pictures and see if they
remember which ones came next
Go over song again with children,
encourage them to participate

Read Aloud: Silly Sally by Audrey

Wood
Ask children if they remember the title
and what happened
Go to first page again, ask if they can
recall who she runs into
Reread, encouraging children to read
along with you
Before flipping the page, ask children if
they know who is coming next
Ask if they remember vocabulary and
the meaning of those words explained on
day 1

Read Aloud: Silly Sally by Audrey Wood

Bring out felt pieces, introduce felt pieces
and ask children to tell me who is coming
next so I can put the correct felt piece up
Encourage children to read along and
discuss the book at the end and ask what
they think about it

Ask the children who do you think she meets

on the way just by looking at that first page
Jig- dance
Ask if they hear any rhyming
Ask them to chime in with me
Loon-duck
Tune- song
So if we go back to the front page, could you
tell me whom she meets on the way?

Learning
Outcomes:

Observable,
measurable
concepts or skills
to support ALL
components (Refer
to SC Early
Learning
Standards)

WEEKLY PLANNING
Large Group Time

AL-3K-1.2
Demonstrate ability to identify and take
appropriate risks in play I order to learn new
skills
AL-3K-2.2
Demonstrate eagerness and interest as a
learner by responding to what they observe.
SE-3K-1.4
Make known personal needs and desires
SE-4K-4.2
Develop friendship with one or two preferred
children
ELA-4K-1.2
Make relevant comments or appropriate
responses to story events or characters
ELA-4K-3.6
Participate in choral speaking of poems,
songs, and stories with repeated patterns
M-4K-5.4
Associate at least two measurement devices
with their purposes
PD-3K-1.2
Coordinate movements to perform simple
tasks

AL-4K-2.3
Demonstrate delight or satisfaction when
completing a task, solving a problem, or
making a discovery
AL-3K-3.2
Maintain interest in self selected
activities and play
SE-4K-2.1
Follow classroom rules and procedures
with reminders
SE-4K-4.5
Interact easily with familiar adults by
engaging in conversations, responding to
questions and following direction
ELA-4K-3.6
Participate in choral speaking of poems,
songs, and stories with repeated patterns
ELA-4K-3.14
Beginning to understand that letters can
represent speech sounds
M-4K-2.2
Show one-to-one correspondence
through ten when counting real objects
PD-3K-2.2
Use hand-eye coordination to perform
simple tasks

Day Four

Day Five

Song: Youre Wonderful

Song: Youre Wonderful

AL-4K-3.2
Show increasing ability to maintain interest
in self-selected activities and play despite
distractions and interruptions
AL-3K-3.3
Show ability to focus attention on favorite
activities for brief periods of time (5-10
minutes)
SE-4K-2.3
Manage transitions positively when told
what to expect
SE-4K-4.2
Develop friendship with one or two
preferred children
ELA-4K-3.6
Participate in choral speaking of poems,
songs, and stories with repeated patterns
ELA-4K-3.15
Begin to recognize similarities in sounds at
the beginning and ending of words
M-4K-4.4
Matches left and right body parts to
clothing or related items
PD-3K-3.4
Demonstrate adequate stamina for typical
activities

Component:
Song

Purpose:
Build Community

Activity/
experience

Promote
phonological
awareness

Activity or
Game

Read Aloud:
Predictable Text

Integrate
movement with
literacy
or math
Focus on
Math content
(number, shape,
pattern,
measurement, etc.)

Do it all together one time

Speak about how wonderful each child is and
how much love there is to share, just by
singing this song to someone. Or telling their
friends how wonderful they are.
Song: Silly Names Song
Sing the song with different sounds
After a couple times, tell them instead of
shouting it, theyll whisper it this time
Go over the sounds with the children
whispering their names at the end
Ask them how they should do it next
Sing the song the way the children suggested
Activity: B Glide Track 15
Ask if they remember the name of the song
Ask their opinion on animals or things they
can act out as
Once every child had a turn
Go over the song with children again
encouraging participation
Reminding children about personal space
Read Aloud: Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Bring out props, ask 5 children to help you
tell the story
Give the 5 children the props for the five
characters she meets
Ask them to stand in line in the order Silly
Sally ran into them, ask the other children to
help
Ask them to sit next to you in order so when
you read their part, they stand up and act as if
they are walking to town (one lap around the
circle)
Build off the discussion they are giving, how
do you think she was able to walk all the way
to town that way?
Do you think she was really able to?
Do you think she walks upside down
everywhere?
Think about where and how you could walk
upside down and well discuss it more

Do it all together one time

Have one child come up at a time to do
the movements in the middle of the
circle, giving each child a chance
Speak again about how important it is to
tell someone something nice, itll change
and make their day
Ask the children how they would feel if
someone told them they were wonderful
everyday
Song: Silly Names Song
Do a couple more beginning sounds with
their names
Tell them were going to try ending
sounds now
Try it out with them with a couple
examples
Ask them to discuss the song one last
time and what they thought about it
Prepare them for next class involves
children interacting with me
Activity: B Glide Track 15
Tell the children it is the last time they
are doing the song with you and you
want to see their best chickens,
gorillasetc.
Tell the children for every action, one
child will come in the middle and do it
till the song is over
Play the song some more and allow
children to have a little spotlight in the
middle, each child gets a turn
Discuss song, feelings and energy with
children
Read Aloud: Silly Sally by Audrey
Wood
Show and name the front and back of the
book
Ask about what information is on the
front
Have the children read it to you more
than you read it to them
Bring out interactive chart with order of

tomorrow

Learning
Outcomes:

Observable,
measurable
concepts or skills
to support ALL
components (Refer
to SC Early
Learning
Standards)

AL-3K-5.4
Predict possible outcomes related to cause
and effect
AL-3K-2.2 Demonstrate eagerness and
interest as a learner by responding to what
they observe.
SE-4K-3.2 Develop strategies to express
strong emotion with adult help
SE-4K-3.4 Show awareness and respond to
feelings of others with adult guidance and
support
ELA-4K-3.6
Participate in choral speaking of poems,
songs, and stories with repeated patterns
ELA-4K-3.23
Begin recognizing some letters in words
M-4K-1.7
Begin to show an awareness of numbers in
the environment
PD-3K-1.2
Coordinate movements to perform simple
tasks

**Clear explanation of intent for ALL components

**Words and references for all SPF must be include

characters.
Instead of the characters names, put their
names in the spot
Have them imagine what they would
look like walking backwards upside
down to their favorite place
Give them a sheet to draw themselves
______ backwards upside down to their
favorite place
Have them share and discuss it when
theyre done
Be present to help write in their action
verb and name
AL-4K-2.2
Demonstrate eagerness and interest as a
learner by questioning and adding ideas
AL-4K-2.3
Demonstrate delight or satisfaction when
completing a task, solving a problem, or
making a discovery
SE-4K-4.2
Develop friendship with one or two
preferred children
SE-4K-4.4
Participate in group life of class
ELA-4K-3.6
Participate in choral speaking of poems,
songs, and stories with repeated patterns
ELA-3K-1.5
Repeat words or actions from a favorite
story read aloud
M-3K-3.4
Recognize similar objects in the
environment by color, shape or size
PD-4K-1.1
Move with balance and control while
walking running, jumping, marching,
hopping, and galloping