Pre-Reading and Basic Skills
Teacher Raelene Moen
moenraelene@yahoo.com
I have worked with children for twelve years. I have taught Basic Skills at Perkins for the last two years. In Basic Skills my goal is to assess each student and help them reach their full educational potential based on interests and needs. Not every child learns at the same rate, or in the same way which is why I plan my lessons to reach a broad range of abilities and learning styles. Each child gets group and individual instruction to help them advance academically. My curriculum has core points to achieve, with the flexibility to change with the children’s interests. I work on making learning fun while teaching the skills and attitudes that will help your student become a life long learner.
Weekly
We will work on literacy and mathematics, along with social and motor skills. The book area, writing center and a variety of learning centers in accordance with our theme are always open.
Daily
We will have calendar and class meeting where we will discuss our day, introduce new letters, read stories or graph. We then move on to work on our projects or work in groups. Once our work is done the students will have an opportunity to have free choice time.
Motor Skills
Each week we will work on strengthening our small motor skills by utilizing small motor activities (peg boards, tweezers, games with small pieces) writing, drawing and cutting.
Pre Reading
Throughout the year we will be working on our letters a week at a time. Each child is encouraged to bring an item from home that corresponds with the letter of the week on Wednesday’s to share with the class for show and tell. Yellow group will share on Tuesday’s because of their lodge day.
All of our literacy activities and projects will coordinate with the letter of the week. We will also work on journals, letter sounds and recognition, digraphs, printing letters, words and sight words and for those who show interest reading words and books aloud.
Pre Math
This year we will focus on counting to 50 or 100 and recognizing numbers to at least 20. Each month we will add more skills to practice. Depending on interest and mastery we could spend more time or less time on each skill.
Monthly Themes
Always check weekly lesson plans on bulletin board in hall. Themes subject to change.
September |
October |
A-C |
D-G |
Getting to know you |
Dogs, Harry the Dirty Dog |
Apples |
Spiders |
Bears and berries, Jamberry |
Fall |
Cats, Cookies week |
Ghostly Halloween |
In math: numbers 1-5, size |
In math: numbers 1-10 |
and sorting colors |
shapes and sorting shapes |
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November |
December |
H-J |
K_L |
The Hat, Caps For Sale |
Kindness, Gingerbread Boy |
Incredible families |
Love |
Jack and the Bean Stalk |
Holidays |
Thanksgiving |
In math: 1-15 review |
In math: patterning and shape sorting |
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January |
February |
M-P |
Q-T |
Mittens and mice, The Mitten |
Queen of Hearts |
Night |
Rhyming, Valentines. |
Owls, Owl Babies |
Presidents |
Penguins, Tacky the Penguins |
Tops and bottoms |
In math: 1-20 estimation, |
In math: 20-30 estimation |
counting by tens |
count by tens and fives |
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March |
April |
U-X |
Y-Z |
umbrellas |
Cinderella around the world |
vegetables, stone soup |
Perkins Post Office |
St Patrick's Day |
vowel review |
In math: measuring |
In math: symmetry |
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May |
June |
Digraphs th, ch |
review |
sh, wh |
in math: simple adding |
Digraphs review |
maybe subtraction |
In math: money |
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