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Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 1, Week 2
Explain how books are categorized at the library and model good strategies for reading.
Learn About Letter Sounds Together: Beginning Sound (/z/)
Help children learn the /z/ sound by having them come up with real or made-up words that begin with the /z/ sound.
Learn About Letters Together: “Here We Go Round the Alphabet”
Sing “Here We Go Round the Alphabet” and have children walk around a circle of the alphabet letters.
Learn About Letters Together: “Peter Piper Paints” #2
Have children recite a poem and clap the words that have the letter "p."
Learn About Letters Together: “Rocket–Doodle–Doo” #1 (BTL clip)
Watch a Between the Lions video and have children dance and hold up a letter "Rr" when they see a word with "r."
Nature's Music
Sit quietly outside with one or two toddlers and listen to sounds together. Talk and sing about the sounds you hear.
Off to the Library!
Role-play with children taking a trip to the library.
Read Together: Jazz Baby #1
Have children close their eyes and listen to a short jazz recording before you read the story Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler.
Recite Together: “A Kite” #1
Recite a poem about a kite and the color blue.
Recite Together: “A Sailor Went to Sea”
Explain the difference between sea and see. Recite the chant and have children clap hands on each beat.
Recite Together: “A Seed is Planted”
Recite the poem and have children move like a growing seed.
Recite Together: “Bear Snores On”
Read the first pages of “Bear Snores On” by Karma Wilson. Emphasize rhyme words.
Recite Together: “Big and Small”
Recite the poem and have children act out the motions.
Recite Together: “Busy Beaver”
Recite the poem “Busy Beaver” and invite children to act it out.
Recite Together: “Down the Ramp”
Introduce children to a chant about ramps. Recite it using hand motions and have children join you.
Recite Together: “Feelings”
Recite the rhyme “Feelings” with children and ask them to act out the feeling words as you read them the rhyme.
Recite Together: “Five Fat Peas”
Recite the poem with the gestures. Clarify that peas are seeds.
Recite Together: Five Fine Carrots
Recite the chant about carrots and act out the motions. Repeat with different plant foods.
Recite Together: “Five Little Flowers”
Count the number of fingers on one hand. Recite the poem with the finger motions.
Recite Together: “Five Little Piggies”
Chant the poem and do the hand motions with children.