HISD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT ∙ CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, & ASSESSMENT

Theme #5 Training

Stories & RhymesCuentos y Rimas

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Brain Smart Start

Nursery Rhyme Rap

(Tune: “Ninety-Nine Bottles of Pop on the Wall”)

Jack and Jill went up the Hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.

Chorus: Oh, ABCDEFG…HIJKL…MNOP…QRS…TUVWXYZ

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey.

Along came a spider and sat down beside her and

frightened Miss Muffet away.

Chorus: Oh, ABCDEFG…HIJKL…MNOP…QRS…TUVWXYZ

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Brain Smart Start

Kite Breathing• Place your kite (right hand) in front of your mouth.

• Exhale slowly moving kite (hand) and the kite string hand (right arm) swaying to the left side of your body.

• Inhale slowly lowering the kite (hand).

• Repeat with the left hand/arm.

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Brain Smart Start

Three Nice Mice

Three nice mice. Three nice mice.

See how they care. See how they care.

They hold both hands and give a shake.

Smiling together good friends they make.

And turning around for goodness sake.

Three nice mice. Three nice mice.

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Brain Smart Start

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Expected Outcomes

• Become familiar with Theme 5 layout.

• Review the Scope and Sequence for

Theme 5.

• Identify the Literacy and Math Target Skills for Weeks 1-4 using the Fishbone Map.

• Questions/Concerns/Celebrations

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Welcome to Theme 5:

Stories and Rhymes/Cuentos y Rimas

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What do the authors say?

• Steve Spangler

• Dr. Becky Bailey

• Dr. Pam Schiller

• Dr. Alma Flor Ada

• Dr. Jean

• Dr. Isabel Campoy

• Dr. Pat Edwards

• Dr. Pam Schiller

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What is a Fishbone Map?

• Graphic organizer used to explore the many aspects or effects of a topic

• Helps students to organize their thoughts in a simple visual way

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Let’s Dissect Theme 5

Theme 5: Stories & Rhymes

Rhyming

Counting

Whole-Part Knowledge

Comprehension

Dramatic Expression

Measurement

Ordering by Attributes

Rhyming Words

Number and

Operations

Ordinal Numbers

Problem Solving

Oral Language

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Review of Theme 5

Let’s look at some of the Literature:

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Getting ready for Week 1

• Greeting Circle (Unite through Commit)

• Greeting Circle—Morning Message

• Read Aloud

• Literacy Lesson

• Math/Science Lesson

• Content Connection

• Closing Circle

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Questions?