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Teachers: Kight and Alaa/Ibtisam Class: 1A/1B Dates: Oct 15-19 Theme: Transition to School / Daily Routines
Morning Meeting 7:40-7:55
Daily Circle Time Maths: Helpers locates the numbers 1, 2 and 3 on the calendar.
K1NS1 State the forward number sequence from 1-10 in Arabic and English Count to three; count to five; count to ten (pointing to numbers on calendar).
K1NS2 Represent quantities from 1-10 using concrete materials and pictures Teacher models counting to the current date and adding one more.
K1NS3 Count sets of up to 10 objects using one to one correspondence Girls stand up; counter counts self and then each child while teacher assists
K1NS4 Recognize written numerals from 1-10 in Arabic and English and class joins in the counting. Each child sits as she is counted. Teacher
K1NS5 Recognize more, less and the same in sets of 1-10 objects models writing the number and student traces. Repeat with boys.
Weather: Shape: circle
Vocabulary: sun, sunny, hot, fog, day, today Color: blue (review yellow, red)
Sentence: Today is ______. It is hot. It is sunny. Number: 4 (review 1, 2, 3)
Story: Song: _____ fil madresa, ______ is at school; Who Stole the Cookie
Owl Babies from the Cookie Jar

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Literacy
Phonics Focus: Letter T Shared Story: Owl Babies
Collaborative Activity: :
English Vocab: tiger, television, TV :
Story Vocab: owl, hole, branch, dance, swoop, feathers, flap, bounce, twigs, silent HFWs: in, at, the

Song/Poem: :
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Reading Literacy Readiness Speaking & Listening Writing ATLs
Skills
New Outcomes in Red Al Thuraya Focus Outcomes in Purple

KWWP2 - Share their Social Relationships (interact

KLCP2 - Understand that KLTC1 Follow two or writing with teacher and constructively) Interactions (play
calmly gently, communicate
print differs from pictures more step directions peers
appropriately) Role/Responsibility
KLTC4 Engage actively in
.) (

by using one-to-one (respond appropriately to adult

class routines KWC1 - Use letters or
correspondence when instruction)
KLTC8 Recite chants, approximated letters in
reading Emotional Self Image/Awareness
short poems, rhymes and clusters to form words to
English (with coding)

(S is confident/comfortable)
KLCP3 Use directionality
Weekly Outcomes

perform plays in groups in convey meaning Express/manage self

left to right, top to bottom
English. (Understand/describes/shows basic
when engaged in reading feelings/needs)
and writing or play Creative and Resourceful: Students
engage in their learning, role-play
and use verbal and non-verbal
language to communicate their
feelings.
Attitudinal: Students stay on task
and use classroom materials
responsibly.

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Math
Content words: count, one, two, three, color, yellow, red, blue, sort
Math Outcomes Focus

K1MDT1 Identify and describe two or more common routines in daily life
K1MDD1 Sort objects that are found in the environment

Science
Science Outcomes Focus Science Skills (All Year)

KES4 Describes characteristics of day and night
KS1 Respond to, ask questions and make predictions about familiar objects and events
KS2 Follow steps in a simple procedure
KS3 Make observations using senses and appropriate equipment
KS1 Respond to, ask questions and make predictions about familiar objects and events
KS2 Follow steps in a simple procedure
KS3 Make observations using senses and appropriate equipment
KS4 Record observations with support
KS5 State what has changed when observing objects, living things or events

Key Day: school, sun, bus, breakfast, brush teeth, play, uniform, rainbow
Words:
Night: home, star, sleep, dinner, moon, brush teeth, pajamas
Critical Thinking What do you do before bed? When you wake up? What happens if you forget to eat breakfast?
Questions:

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LITERACY / SCIENCE / MATH

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Read the story in Science Exploration Math Science Science (building knowledge,
Lesson Opening English/Arabic -Brainstorm ideas what you -Revisit day/night and questioning based on
(whole group) -Dream English: 1-20 song inquiry)
will see in the sky during the - Day/Night sorting hula- -Pose a roblem: We are going
-Review the vocab day/night (color, objects) hoop activity (every
8:10-8:30 - Revisit numbers 1-4 using for a camping trip in the desert.
-Create sensory bottles with student will get either Get students to move from one
the number anchor chart.
students to represent day/night picture card and corner to another in the
10:25-10:45 day/night. - Play a counting game (1-5) they will come and place it classroom pretending now we
Day Sky Bottle in the corresponding hula are in a desert. Ask children
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Materials: hoop). what we might see in the desert
-Water -Divide the class in two at this time. Then turn the lights
-Blue food coloring (blue on and stick a picture of a sun in
teams (girls vs boys). Team
sky) the window. Now suns rising
A will gather all the circles
-Sparkly white pom poms (to and its starting to get really hot.
and team b will find all the All of a sudden we will hear an
represent clouds) stars from around the room owl crying in the corner. We go
-Small blue sequins (just for
(stick different shapes and pickup the owl (puppet we
fun)
around the room and turn made last week). Ug ohseems
-Yellow pom pom to
the timer onwhichever like this owl is lost and is far
represent sun from home. Ask children where
team find more wins the
Night Sky Bottle are owls in the morning (refer
game.
Materials: back to the story where they
-Hot water lived in a hole in the tree). Ok so
-Black paint (food coloring now we need to help this owl so
would work, too) lets build him a temporary
-Silver glitter (regular size) home so she can survive the day
-Small silver star sequins and then go back to her home at
-Mix for both in 2 different night. (Children will gather
bowls and then pour the resources from around the
mixture in bottles. classroom and build a place for
owl to stay (leave blanket or a
bed sheet somewhere lying
around the room)

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8:30-9:10 Focus Group(s) Rotate half group between activities (creative/role play & writing; math playdough counting/math tree)
10:45-11:25
Focus Group/ EMT Focus Group: (KLTC8, KLTC4, KES4, KWWP2) Students will role play camping and write about what they see in the night sky for their journals.
Outcomes/
AMT Focus Group: (K1NS2-4) AMT will help with apple trees math game; one to one correspondence and number recognition (1-3)
Assessment
(include coding
matching the
learning outcomes)
KG1A
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursay
Kight P.E. 8:158:45 (Nurse Meirah, Hareb, Sultan, Amal, Mohamed, Roudha Ayesha, Abdulla, Asayel Mahra, Hayet, Saeed
Sakena lesson, healthy food)
Role Play
Read Story 8:509:00 Mariam, Saif, Shama Ibrahim, Nahyan Abdullah, Hamdan, Rahf, Fatima, Khaled
Writing Introduce LuLus Positive Maitha
Behavior System
9:009:10
Alaa Math Game 9:159:35 Amal, Mohamed, Roudha, Ayesha, Abdulla, Asayel, Rahf, Fatima, Khaled, Meirah, Hareb, Sultan,
AMT to lunch 9:25 Ibrahim, Nahyan Abdullah, Hamdan, Mahra, Hayet, Saeed Mariam, Saif, Shama
Math Phonics 9:35-9:45 Maitha
Games

KG1B
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursay
Kight Abdulla, Hafsa, Sultan AMT lunch 10:25-10:45 Afnan, Khalifa, Madhi Mohamed, Mathia, Mahra Nahian, Manair, Ali
EMT Phonics, English
Role Play
Dabia, Sawsan, Sarah Abdelaziz, Hamdah, Saif, Miral, Reem
Writing
Khadija

Ibtisam Abdulla, Khalifa, Maitha, P.E. 10:45-11:15 (Nurse Sultan, Ali, Saif, Dabia, Miral, Hamdah, Afnan, Reem, Mahra, Sarah,
Hafsa, Khadija Sakena lesson, healthy food) Mohamed Manair, Nahian, Madhi Abdulaziz, Sawsan
Math
Games

Class teacher Listening Center: Big Cat Creative: Students will make Number and Letter Work Creative: Paint day/night
learning book Guinea Pigs tigers using black and orange Playdough Work in the pictures using blue/black
activities/
paper cutouts (Point to tigers area of the AMT while paint
big eyes and discuss when do waiting for focus group
they hunt) time

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Free choice Reading Center: Letter Aa, - Sorting colored circles and Using playdough mats, Night/day sorts Fine motor: Practice cutting
8:30-9:10 Ss, Tt and bigcat shapes make letter a,s, t and on the lines/tracing.
squares using the trays
book for students to read number 1, 2, 3, 4 Light Table: Fill names,
10:45-11:25 letters or numbers using
and draw pictures on white
boards color beads or color shapes
English /Math/
Science
Centres Name Work Students
practice finding or tracing
their names.

9:10-9:15 Students in EMT focus group standup and present their work to the class.
11:25-11:30

Lesson Closure
(whole group)
When I wake up in the morning Dream English
Lets count to 20
Transition
Songs/
Activities

Before reading to the end, ask children to predict where the owls' mum has gone to. Why did she leave them?
Discuss feelings Discuss how the owls are feeling at different points in the story. How could the mum owl have stopped the babies from
Critical worrying? How do you feel when you are dropped off at school? What do the Owl Babies do to help them feel better?
Thinking The Owl Babies talk to each other and this helps them feel better. Do you think that talking about your worries can help you feel better?
Questions When can we see owls? Day time or at night? Why? What other animals come out at night? What features do these animals have that make them
different from animals you would normally see during the day time?

PHONICS / MATH
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

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9:15-9:35 Math Physical- oral math counting Physical- oral math Physical- oral math Math
(20 mins) -Introduce the shape activities/games counting activities/games counting activities/games
star. Students can -Practice subitizing using the -Practice subitizing using -Practice subitizing using -Dream English: 1-20 song
11:30-11:50 practice drawing stars black flashcards/ in this the black flashcards/ in the black flashcards/ in
- Revisit numbers 1-4 using
(20 mins) on the whiteboard. game you show cards with this game you show this game you show cards
the number anchor chart.
dot patterns quickly to the cards with dot patterns with dot patterns quickly
I am switching students and they identify quickly to the students to the students and they - Play a counting game (1-5)
Phonics and -Sing a songI can how many dots they see and they identify how identify how many dots
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Math time to count to 20 and review without counting and hold many dots they see they see without counting
maximize the numbers 1-3. up the corresponding without counting and and hold up the -Divide the class in two
use of AMT number of fingers. hold up the corresponding number of teams (girls vs boys). Team A
support. Create an anchor chart -Using the counting stick, corresponding number of fingers. will gather all the circles and
for number 4. demonstrate how to count fingers. -Using the counting stick, team b will find all the stars
objects up to number 4. -Using the counting stick, demonstrate how to from around the room (stick
demonstrate how to count objects up to
different shapes around the
count objects up to number 4.
room and turn the timer
number 4. --Clap, jump, stomp, etc.
onwhichever team find
-Clap, jump, stomp, etc.
more wins the game.

9:35-9:45 Phonics- Direct English
(10 mins)
instruction
11:50-12:00
(10 mins)
Sing the song
Review letter Aa and Ss
Introduce letter Tt/vocab
Show and tell game-When
you show the letter they
say the sound and when
you show the picture they
sing and act the letter song
Phonics- Direct English
instruction
Review Aa and Ss.
Read My Letter Ss Book.
When finished place the book
in the classroom library for
students to read later
Phonics- Direct English
instruction
Sing the song
Visit Starfall and complete
activities for letter /a/ and /s/
Students practice writing a
and s on each others
back/white boards.
Phonics- Direct English Math
instruction
Re read shared story
Review Aa/Ss and sort the
Get students to practice
vocab cards using the
retelling using the owl
pocket chart.
puppets.
-Make the letter /a/ and **Critical thinking
/s/ sound and ask children questions!!
to guess whose name
start with these sounds.

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Reflection

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