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).
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.2 With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.2.c Identify the initial sound of a spoken word and, with guidance and support, generate several other words that have the same initial sound.
MA Draft STE Standards:
Physical Sciences/Matter and Its Interactions/PS4.B Apply their understanding in their play of how to change volume and pitch of some 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.
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awareness Identifies and discriminates between sounds and phonemes in language, such as attention to beginning and ending sounds of words and recognition that different words begin or end with the same 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.
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 8 Listen to, identify, and manipulate language sounds to develop auditory discrimination and phonemic awareness.
Sing Together: “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”
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ELA Focus Skills: Following Directions, Phonological Awareness, (Rhythm and Repetition)
Sing “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” with children. Say, We are going to sing this song four times. The first time, sing the verse loudly, the second time, sing it softer, the third time, whisper it, and the fourth time, sing it silently by mouthing the words. At the end of each verse, sing the chorus loudly. Have children repeat after you.
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
“John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!”
Chorus (sing loudly!)
Da da da da da da da!