- name cards
- loud
- soft
MA Standards:
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).
Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.2.s: With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.
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.
Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound.
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.
Greeting Song: “Who Are You?” #4
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ELA Focus Skills: Active Listening, Follow Directions, Phonological Awareness
Sing “Who Are You?” with children and have them clap out the syllables in their names.
Tell children you are going to hold up a name card of the child you will be singing to. If children are not recognizing their name in print, call out their name as you hold up the card.
Say, When you see (or hear) your name, stand up and when I ask you to say your name loud and clear, clap out the parts of your name as you call your name out loud.
Continue until all children have had a turn to clap and call out their names. If time allows, repeat the activity but have children whisper their name softly.
Who Are You?
(sung to the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”)
Who, who, who are you?
Say it loud and clear. (child says name)
Listen, listen, listen, listen,
Whose name do you hear? (children repeat name)