- “A Seed Is Planted” chart from Week 1
- grow
- plant
- seed
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Head Start Outcomes
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Recite Together: “A Seed is Planted”
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ELA Focus Skills: Creative Movement, Concepts of Print (Directionality, Return Sweep), Letter Recognition, Vocabulary
Display the “A Seed Is Planted” poem chart that you made in Week 1 or create a new one. Point to the title and ask children if they recognize any of the letters or words. Read the title together. Recite the poem, moving your finger under the words and exaggerating slightly the return sweep of your hand to the beginning of the next line.
- Ask, Who remembers how we move like a seed growing? Allow a few volunteers to show how to move like a seed growing under the ground.
- Have all the children scrunch up on the floor. Make sure they have enough room to move and grow.
- Say, I’m going to recite the poem again. Listen carefully to the words and move your body like the little seed. Slowly recite the poem.
A Seed Is Planted
A seed is planted
deep, deep, deep. (tuck into a ball)
In the soil it
sleeps, sleeps, sleeps. (place hands together on side of face)
Yellow sunbeams
bright, bright, bright.
Raindrops falling
light, light, light.
Gentle breezes
blow, blow, blow.
The tiny seed begins to grow. (stand up with arms stretched out)