MA Standards:
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1a: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (e.g., taking turns in talking, listening to peers, waiting to speak until another person is finished talking, asking questions and waiting for an answer, gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
Foundational Skills/ RF.PK.MA.2: With guidance and support, demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).
Head Start Outcomes:
Social Emotional Development/Self-Regulation: Follows simple rules, routines, and directions.
Language Development/Receptive Language: Attends to language during conversations, songs, stories, or other learning experiences.
Literacy Knowledge/Phonological Awareness: An awareness that language can be broken into words, syllables, and smaller pieces of sound.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Language 1: Observe and use appropriate ways of interacting in a group (taking turns in talking; listening to peers; waiting until someone is finished; asking questions and waiting for an answer; gaining the floor in appropriate ways).
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 12: Listen to, recite, sing, and dramatize a variety of age-appropriate literature.
Greeting Song: “Where Is?” #10
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ELA Focus Skills: Follow Directions, Name Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Speaking and Listening
Tell children you are going to sing “Where Is?” with them again today.
Explain that you will call out a name before singing, say, As I call out a name, I will clap out the syllables in the name.
Then have children join you in singing and clapping the name in the song. Demonstrate with one volunteer.
- Call out and clap a name.
- Sing the first line and clap child's name as you sing it. Then have children join you in repeat the song/clap for the second line.
- Have the child respond with “Here I am, Here I am” after the group sing his or her name.
- Continue until each child has been acknowledged.
Where Is?
(sung to the tune of “Frère Jacques”)
Where is <child’s name>?
Where is <same child’s name>?
Here I am. (child sings)
Here I am. (same child sings)
We’re glad that you are with us,
So glad that you are with us,
Smile and wave.
And now sit down.