A Year with Fours and Fives

Carmen Applegate

Monte Cassino School, ECLC

2206 S. Lewis Ave.

Tulsa, OK 74114

capplegate@montecassino.org

How can I manage these babies?

• Seating chart if necessary

• Beginning and

ending routines

• Break up lessons into small parts

• Collaborate lessons

Early Literacy Components

1. Phonological Awareness

2. Print/Letter Awareness

3. Increased Vocabulary

4. Comprehension

5. Literacy as Source

of Enjoyment

Kindergarten Homestart Reading

August

Book! Book! Book!By Deborah Bruss

I Took My Frog to the LibraryBy Eric A. Kimmel

Alphabet Under ConstructionBy Denise Fleming

September

The Apple Pie Treeby Zoe Hall

(or other apple book)

Here we go round the apple tree,The apple tree, the apple tree.Here we go round the apple tree,So early in the morning.

2: This is the way we plant the seeds.3. This is the way the little seed sprouts.4: This is the way it grows into a tree.5: This is the way the flowers blossom.6: This is the way the apples grow.7: This is the way the apples are picked.

I StinkBy Kate McMullan

Seals on the BusBy Lenny Hort

Train by Chris L. Demarest

(Or any train book)

Little Red Train(substitute colors)

Little red train,Chugging down the track,

First it goes down,Then it comes back

Hooking on carsAs it goes

Little red trainJust grows and grows.

From 1000 Rhymes and Fingerplays

Who Sank the Boat?By Pamela Allen

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the BusBy Mo Willems

www.pigeonpresents.com

October

When the Rooster CrowedBy Patricia Little

Click Clack Moo: Cows That TypeBy Doreen Cronin

Dear Mrs. McKee,

We would like to request the following things for our classroom…

Bicycles for everyone, a horse, recess all day, pizza at snack time, etc.

Sincerely,

John, Julie, Sarah, Jake, etc.

The Cow Who CluckedBy Denise Fleming

Pigs in HidingBy Arlene Dubanevich

Five Little Bats Flying in the Nightby Steve Metzger

(or other bat book)

Too Many Pumpkinsby Linda Williams

(or other pumpkin book)

1. 2.

Corduroy’s Halloweenby B. G. Hennessy and Don Freeman

(or other Halloween book)

Inside a House that is Hauntedby Alyssa Capucilli

November

When the Leaf Blew InBy Steve Metzger

Owl EyesBy Frieda Gates

What is Thanksgiving?by Harriet Ziefert

(or other Thanksgiving book)

“Turkey Feathers”

Turkey feathers,

Brightly colored,

Who has a red one?

Add it now.

I Know an Old Lady

Who Swallowed a

Pieby Alison Jackson

All About Turkeysby Jim Arnosky

December

Christmas Tree Tangleby Margaret Mahy

(or other Christmas tree book)

The Night Treeby Eve Bunting

(or other Christmas tree book)

“5 Little Christmas Trees”

5 Little Christmas TreesStanding all aloneTheir hearts were very sadBecause they hadn’t found a home.Then chop went the axeAnd down fell the tree And off one went with a happy family.

At end …Zero little Christmas trees standing all alone.Their hearts were all happy because they all found a home.

Roar of a SnoreBy Marsha Diane Arnold

January

Tracks in the Snow

(or How to Be a Nature Detective by Millicent E. Selsem)

by Wong Herbert Yee

The MittenBy Jan Brett

The HatBy Jan Brett

The Emperor’s EggBy Martin Jenkins

Plenty of Penguinsby Sonia Black

(or other penguin book)

When it Starts to Snowby Phillis Gershator

When Will it Snow?by Bruce Hiscock

February

Ice Bear and Little Foxby Jonathan London

(and/or nonfiction polar animal book)

A Bed for the Winterby Karen Wallace

Valentine’s Day

A B C

1

2

3

1. Color the heart in A1 RED.2. Add POLKA DOTS to the heart in C2.3. Color the heart in B3 GREEN.

A A A A BB

Man Who Walked Between the Towers

by Mordicai Gerstein

Officer Buckle and GloriaBy Peggy Rathmann

Don’t play with matches.

Chew your food carefully before swallowing.

Never dive in shallow water.

Look both ways before crossing the street.

Never run with scissors.

Cat in the HatBy Dr. Seuss

March

We Like Kitesby Stan and Jan Berenstain

(or other kite book)

Jack and the Leprechaunby Ivan Robertson

(or other St. Patrick’s Day book)

Spring is HereBy Taro Gomi

It’s SpringBy Samantha Berger and Pamela Chanko

“Hello, Spring!”

Hello Spring,

Hello Spring,

Hello Spring

We hope you’re here to stay!

Other verses: robins, flowers, green grass, sunshine, rain, warm air, wind, baseball…

April

Runaway BunnyBy Margaret Wise Brown

(any Easter book)

Tops and BottomsBy Janet Stevens

Waiting for Wingsby Lois Ehlert

(or other butterfly book)

In the Tall, Tall Grassby Denise Fleming

The Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillarby Eric Carle

May

Jack Be Nimble

Little Miss Muffet

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

There Was an Old Woman…