Student+Activities

This page lists the activities the teacher will take the students through during the whole week.

__**Monday: ** __(Learning the Poem and Numbers) Today, we will as a class read through the poem and learn how to write the numbers 1-10. We will begin by sitting all the students down on the carpet as the teacher reads through the poem "Number Printing." The poem reads as follows, ** Number 1 is like a stick A straight line down that's very quick! For number 2 go right around Then make a line across the ground! Go right around What will it be? Go round again to make 3! Down and over and down some more That's the way to make a 4! ** Make a curve Then a lope There are no tricks To making a 6! Across the sky and down from heaven That's the way to make a 7! Make an "S" and then don't wait Go up again to make an 8! Make a loop and then a line, That's the way you make a 9! Make a 1 and then a 0, 10 are all the fingers you know! **  After the reading the poem, the teacher will send the students back to their desks as they practice drawing the numbers 1-10.
 * Go down and around Then you stop Finish the 5 with a line on top!

 __**Tuesday:**__ Today we as a class are going to go through the poem once again at the beginning of the class just to make sure it stays fresh in their growing minds. After the poem review and drawing of numbers on the big board of picking a student of random, we will have story time. The book chosen for this lesson is "Ten Little Mondeys Jumping on the Bed." Together as a class we will all sit down on the carpet and the teacher will read the book aloud to the class. After reading through the book once, the teacher will then explain to the class how we are going to count the monkeys left on each page. Next, the teacher will start the story from the beginning and read and when one monkey falls off have the students count together as the teacher points with a pointer to the monkeys aloud how many monkeys are on the page. This day is all about the book, and any other side activities done should relate.

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Today, we will split off into our table right away. The teachers will have their students sit at their tables to do activities, and prepare the activity of the day, Counting with Skittles. We will have a bag of skittles for each table, and give each child a handful. First going over that they are not to eat the skittles until they are told to. Next, have the students count out two red skittles, and have them do different things with the skittles, such as separating them by color and counting the groups out. This activity is geared to work the students brain and make them see the differences in counting out the skittles through having an object they can see and notice the differences. After various activities with the skittles and having each student count out atleast a maximum of five skittles on their own, the teacher will let the students have a few skittles and then place the rest in ziploc baggies for the students to take home. Next, the teacher will bring the students to the carpet and give each student their own individual whiteboard and marker for the poem refresher. Having all the students read the poem aloud together and then draw numbers on the white boards. Practicing this everyday to prepare them for their podcast making on Friday.
 * __Wednesday:__**



Today, is the problem solving day. The class will get together as a whole with a pile of blocks in the center. Making the blocks all together, the teacher will then move the blocks around, using two blocks to make what it seems like one block. Calling on studnets at random, the teacher will ask the student how many blocks there really are, or how many blocks do the two blocks make together. Making triangle form squares, and simple problems for these students to solve. The teacher must make sure to have every student work through this task individually as it is one of the evaluations of the week. While on the carpet, the teacher should go through the poem again, and have the students practice their numbers again. At the end of today, the teacher will divide the class up into little groups and each group will have a number and verse of the poem. Tomorrow, the groups will be filmed reciting their poem verse and drawing their number.
 * __Thursday:__**



As the last day of the week, this is the podcast day, get excited! Today, the teachers and students main goal is to accomplish the creation of their podcast. The students will be split into their groups and the teacher will have the video camera all set up and ready to go for the filming to begin. Finally, the groups will go one by one, starting from number one, presenting their lines in the poem and drawing their number. As the film goes, one student will draw the number and the other studnets in the group will recite the poem. In the end of the day, you will edit all of the films and teach the class how to make the podcast and show them the podcast. By the end of this week, on today the students will all have to draw the numbers 1-10 and be able to work the podcast they made.
 * __Friday:__**