Morning Activities Kindergarten Methods Fall 2014 Transition Put Your Bottom on the Rug Tune If Youre Happy and You Know It Put your bottom on the rug on the rug Put your bottom on the rug on the rug ID: 759816
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Slide1
A Great Start to the Day:
Morning Activities
Kindergarten Methods
Fall
2014
Slide2Transition
Put Your Bottom on the Rug
(Tune: “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug.
Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug.
Put your bottom on the rug
,
then give yourself a hug.
Put your bottom on the rug, on the rug.
Slide3Circle Time
Good Morning, Friends (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)Good morning friends, hello!Good morning friends, hello.Nice to see you, glad you’re here.Good morning friends, hello!
Greeting
Slide4Alternative Attendance Rhyme
Willaby Wallaby WooWillaby, wallaby woo, an elephant sat on you,Willaby, wallaby we, an elephant sat on me.Willaby, wallaby Warah, an elephant sat on SarahWillaby, wallaby Wohn, an elephant sat on John!
Pass around a puppet while adding children’s names !Continue until all students have had a chance.
Slide5Attendance
Attendance Song (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)” “[….]is here today, […] is here today, let's all clap together because […] is here today."
Students sign in by moving name plate from “Home” to “School” on chart.
Materials:
Attendance Chart
Individual name plates
Slide6Morning Song as a Shared Reading Text
Materials:Copy of Greeting song on poster board or chart paperPointerIndividual copies for students’ poetry books
Start every morning with this song (to the tune of
Skip to My Lou
):
Hello, how are you? (Repeat twice)
How are you today?
I'm fine, I hope you are too. (Repeat twice)
I hope you are fine today.
Turn to your neighbor and shake their hand. (Repeat twice)
Shake their hand today.
Slide7Good News!
Start the morning by having each child share one good thing using a complete sentence!
Slide8Morning Message
Morning Message (Tune: My Darlin’ Clementine) I’m a reader. I’m a writer. I’m a kindergartner, too. We will write our morning message So we all know what to do!
Materials:
Chart paper & Markers
Or
SmartBoard
Slide9Good Morning Friends,
Today is ____________________.
Our calendar helper is ______________________
Our weather watcher is _____________________
Today we will sing and play.
We will learn about DAP!
Write your name under the songs you know!
“My
Darlin
’ Clementine” “The
Farmer in the Dell”
“
My
Darlin
’ Clementine”
Love
,
Ms.
Imison
Slide10Calendar
Slide11Today’s Date
Add next date to the calendarTells class what the date is: “Today is [day], [month and date], [year]!”Then add stick to help count the number of days in schoolAsk the class “Calendar Questions”:How many days until Saturday?What days was it 3 days ago?How many months are in a year?How many weeks in a month?Add a tally mark to count the number of days in school so farThen we would count together the days so far of the month.
The month is already on the chartCalendar helper helps with the date & counting the number of days in school:
Slide12Days of the Week
Materials
:Copy of song on poster board or chart paperPointerIndividual copies for students’ poetry books
Slide13Alternate:Days of the Week
Materials:Copy of song on poster board or chart paperPointerIndividual copies for students’ poetry books
Sing “Days of the Week Song” (to the tune of” My
Darlin
’ Clementine”)
There
are seven days, there are seven days,
There are seven days in the week.
There are seven days, there are seven days,
There are seven days in the week.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Slide14Months-Of-the-Year
Materials:Copy of song on poster board or chart paperPointerIndividual copies for students’ poetry books
Sing the months of the year songORRecite months!
Slide15Weather Watcher
What’s the Weather? (Tune: Oh my darlin’ Clementine”)What’s the weather, what’s the weather,What’s the weather like todayTell us……..What’s the weather, what’s the weather like today? Is it sunny, is it cloudy, is it rainy out todayIs it windy, is it snowyWhat’s the weather like today?
Materials:Weather chartCopy of weather song on poster board or chart paperPointerIndividual copies for students’ poetry books
Slide16The 100 Days of School
Materials:
100s chartPointer
Slide17Patterning
After introducing AB, ABB, AAB, ABC patterns include a pattern problem each day!Ask a student to continue the pattern!
Materials:Pattern blocks or cardsOR color shapes to place over calendar dates
Slide18Estimation Jar
Invite students to estimate how may buttons are in the jar!Students record on estimation chart.Suggestion:Wait until the end of October to begin the Estimation Jar
Materials:JarButtons, teddy bear counters, marbles, or other manipulativesEstimation chart & markers
Slide19Letter of the Week
On chart board, introduce the letter and number of the week.Demonstrate how to draw the letter and number, Then ask the children to came up with words beginning with that letter!
Pocket chartLetter cardsAlphabet picture book!
Slide20Sight Word/s of the Week
Word Man (Tune; I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly) – I know an old man, who swallowed a word. What would he say if he swallowed this word? (Kids read word.) That’s absurd! (Make crazy signals with hands.)
Write words on index cards and hold up as you sing
Slide21Sharing
Encourage students to bring in an item that started with the letter of the week.
Slide22Interactive Read-Aloud
Share high quality children’s literature connected to your class theme!
Slide23Closing
Good-Bye Everyone (Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)Good-bye, everyone.The clock says we’re done.See you ( next school day).Good-bye, everyone.