Familiarize yourself with the Grandmother doll. The children will also: learn /b/ and identify initial and final /b/ words graph their opinions of the little red hen s decision be introduced to compound words learn the American Sign Language sign for Bb sequence story events blend onsets and rimes discuss chores and ways to help their families at home predict how changing a story element affects the story compare and contrast an alternate version of The Little Red Hen with the Starfall version Starfall Books & Other Media ABC for Gingerbread Boy and Me by Starfall American Sign Language Poster Grandmother Bb Mulberry Bush Sequence Cards Starfall Sing-Along Volumes 1 & 2 Starfall s Selected Nursery Rhymes (Book and Audio CD) The Little Red Hen and other Folk Tales Retold by Starfall The Little Red Hen and other Folk Tales (Book and Audio CD) Preparation Prior to Day 1, review Read Me First for an explanation of the Calendar Routine, and check for birthdays or other special events that will take place this week. Children will be introduced to the letter/sound routine this week, and you will get to know each other better as you and the children share information about your families. Printed in U.S.A.ģ Starfall Pre K Unit 2: Your Home and Neighborhood Week 5: Your Family 98 Learning Centers 102 Day 1 Introduce Grandmother Introduce /b/ How Does the Little Red Hen Feel? Design a House Day 2 Did Little Red Hen Do the Right Thing? Introduce Bb Teacher s Literature Choice: Families My Family Day 3 Helping Your Family List Bb words, ASL Bb Little Red Hen Makes Pancakes Sequence Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Day 4 The Farmer in the Dell Introduce Final /b/ The Little Red Hen Comparison Compound Words Day 5 Sharing Family Pictures Review Bb /b/ Teacher s Literature Choice: Pancakes/Grandmothers Week 6: Your Neighborhood 122 Learning Centers 126 Day 1 Introduce Neighbors and Community Introduce /t/ Introduce Stone Soup Introduce Money Day 2 Where We Live Introduce Tt The Talking Stone Review Tt and Bb Day 3 The Wheels on the Bus List Tt Words, ASL Tt Teacher s Literature Choice: Neighborhood/Community Create a Neighborhood Scene Day 4 Safety Signs Introduce Final /t/ Stone Soup Characters Design Collages Day 5 Vehicles and Buildings Review /t/ Teacher s Literature Choice: Houses/Neighborhoods/Soup.145 Week 7: Community Helpers 146 Learning Centers 150 Day 1 Firefighters Introduce /n/ A Day in the Life of a Firefighter Create Fire Trucks Day 2 Dialing Introduce Nn Get Low and Go What I Want to Be Day 3 Cobbler, Cobbler, Mend My Shoe List Nn Words, ASL Nn Read The Cobler and the Elves Review Bb, Nn, and Tt Day 4 Partner Sharing: Community Helpers Introduce Final /n/ A Letter to the Elves One, Two, Tie My Shoe Day 5 Share Chair: Community Helpers Review Bb, Tt, and Nn Teacher s Literature Choice: Community Helpers UNIT 2 97Ĥ Week 5: Your Family WEEK 5 OVERVIEW ABC for Gingerbread Boy and Me! Starfall s Selected Starfall Education Nursery Rhymes Illustrated by Triska Wasser This week you will introduce the children to your Calendar Routine, through which they will learn to determine school days, home days, and special days. Starfall is a registered trademark in the U.S., the European Community, and various other countries.

Phone: or Fax: or Copyright 2012 by Starfall Education. In certain countries, 24-hour time is referred to as military time, since this is the time format used by militaries (and other entities) around the world, where unambiguous time measurement is particularly important.1 Starfall Pre K Teacher s Guide Your Home and Neighborhood Unit 2Ģ Starfall Education P.O. The hours from 0-11 denote what would be the AM hours on a 12-hour clock, while hours 12-23 denote the PM hours of a 12-hour clock. This time format is an international standard, and is often used to avoid the ambiguity resulting from the use of a 12-hour clock. Using the terms '12 midnight' and '12 noon' can remove ambiguity in cases where a person may not be accustomed to conventions.Ī 24-hour clock typically uses the numbers 0-23, where 00:00 indicates midnight, and a day runs from midnight to midnight over the course of 24 hours. On digital clocks and watches, 'AM' stands for ante meridiem, meaning 'before midday,' while 'PM' stands for post meridiem, or 'after noon.' By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight, while 12 PM denotes noon. Depending on the clock being used, most analog clocks or watches may not include an indication of whether the time is in the morning or evening. Most people read time using either a 12-hour clock or a 24-hour clock.Ī 12-hour clock uses the numbers 1-12. Related Time Card Calculator | Time CalculatorĪn hour is most commonly defined as a period of time equal to 60 minutes, where a minute is equal to 60 seconds, and a second has a rigorous scientific definition.

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