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Kindergarten Morning Routine Overview

Dec 8, 2025

Overview

  • Kindergarten classroom morning routine and activities led by Mrs. Kelly.
  • Focus areas: classroom rules, calendar, counting (counting on), reading comprehension (If You Give a Pig a Party), and student participation.
  • Tone: interactive, student-centered, with frequent teacher prompts and praise.

Morning Routine And Classroom Management

  • Greetings and attendance: teacher greets class and students respond.
  • Daily checklist: students confirm breakfast and bathroom choices.
  • Name and goal writing: students write name at top of paper and state a daily goal.
  • Classroom rules: teacher lists rules; students repeat a positive affirmation ("I'm a good listener").
  • Transition cues: music and applause used to signal transitions and engagement.

Calendar And Date Work

  • Practice identifying day, date, and month.
  • Teacher models changing calendar to March 1 and asks students to confirm.
  • Students locate birthdays on calendar and identify day of week and associated holiday (example: birthday on Sunday, linked to Easter).

Math: Counting On From Any Number

  • Skill objective: count on from any given number (useful for combining existing amounts with newly earned).
  • Real-life example: counting additional tickets at an arcade (start at 10, add 5: count 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15).
  • Classroom practice: students count aloud, write evidence numbers, and identify sequence numbers (finding 31 and determining what comes next).
  • Teacher encourages using "add one" strategy as a resource to continue counting.

Small Group/Independent Work Samples

  • Students use classroom materials (folders, evidence photos, number charts).
  • Teacher checks student evidence numbers and circling of target numbers.
  • Students earn points in calendar and math centers.

Reading: If You Give a Pig a Party

  • Title and credits: "If You Give a Pig a Party" by Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond.
  • Roles:
    • Author: writes the words.
    • Illustrator: draws the pictures.
  • Comprehension focus:
    • Identifying story topic: a pig and a party.
    • Sequencing/recall: asking what the pig will request first (balloons, presents, cupcakes, watermelon).
    • Students answer: the pig asks for balloons first.
  • Engagement: students choose correct pictures and answer guided questions about the story.

Key Terms And Definitions

  • Author: person who writes the words of a book.
  • Illustrator: person who draws the pictures for a book.
  • Count On: start at a known number and continue counting to add more (e.g., 10 then count on to add 5).

Action Items / Next Steps

  • Continue practicing counting on using classroom scenarios (tickets, toys).
  • Reinforce calendar skills: locating dates, days, and related holidays.
  • Read and discuss sequence events from "If You Give a Pig a Party" in future lessons.
  • Collect and document student evidence for math and calendar centers (photos or written numbers).

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