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Getting to Know
You Unit
Songs & Poems
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Everybody Has a
Name
Everybody
Has a name.
Some are different,
Some, the
same.
Some
are short,
Some are long.
All
are right,
None are wrong.
My name is ___________,
It's special
to me.
It's
exactly who
I want
to be!
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I'm Glad
I'm Me
No
one looks
The way I do.
I have
noticed
That it's true.
No one walks the way I
walk.
No one talks the way I
talk.
No
one plays the
way I play.
No
one says the things I say.
I am
special.
I am me.
There's
no one else
I'd rather be!
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Name
Song
Tune: Allouette
Gather
round
It's time to get acquainted
Sing this song
I'll show you how it's done.
All you do to play this game..
Stand right up and say your name!
Say your name ( _____ )
Say your
name ( ______)
Oh, oh,
oh, oh,
Gather round
It's time to get acquainted
Sing this song
I'll show you how it's done.
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Hello,
Neighbor!
Tune: Good Night, Ladies
Hello, neighbor.
(Wave to partner.)
What do you say? (Give high five.)
It's going to be a Happy day.
(Slap, clap,
tap hands.)
Greet your neighbor. (Shake hands.)
Boogie on down.
(Wiggle hips.)
Give a bump, (Bump hips.)
And turn around.
(Turn around.)
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Look At
Me And Remember
Tune: Frere Jacques
Look at me, look at me,
Remember me, remember me,
What
am I wearing?
What am I wearing?
Look at me, look at
me.
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Everyone's Important
Tune: Have You Ever Seen A Lassie?
(Student's name) is important,
important, important.
(Student's name) is
important to me and to you.
In work and in play
He (she) does
his (her) best each
day.
(Student's name) is important to me and to you.
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Stand Up Children
Tune: Where is Thumbkin?
Stand up
(child's name),
Stand up (child's name),
Stand up
(child's name),
Stand up (child's name).
Reach up
very high now;
Reach up to
the sky now
Then sit down,
then sit down
(repeat to include all children)
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Books
Activities
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First Week of School Predictable Chart
During this activity each child completes a
predictable sentence that I write on a chart. A
great one for "Getting to Know You" is:
My name is _________ and I like____________.
Days 1 & 2:
The children dictate sentences and touch read them.
Children are invited to tell what they notice about
various
sentences and words. Do half the class on Day 1 &
half on Day 2.
Days
3 & 4:
Play sentence builders.
Choose a sentence, write on a sentence strip, cut
apart and put the words in the sentence in order.
Repeat with another sentence.
Day 5:
The sentences are cut apart and given to each student
author. The student places the words in order,
illustrates
them
and glues the
words to the page. Create a class book for the
children to read in your Book Center.
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Friend Pictures
On the first day
of school use a digital camera to take a picture of
each child and laminate them
(we use ours all
year!)
With the pictures
you can:
*Print two of each
child for a game of concentration.
*Hang them under
the
appropriate letter for the word wall.
*Sort them by boys
and girls,
color of hair,
color of eyes etc.
*Take attendance
(use on a pocket chart).
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Star
of the Day
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1. Have each
child's name written on a
sentence strip cut
to length of name.
Draw one out of a
container/bag each day.
2.
Cheer the name:
Give me a L!
Give
me an U!
Give me a C!
Give
me a Y!
What's that spell?
Lucy!
3. Add the
student's name and picture to the word wall.
4. Notice things
about the name. How many letters, any
double letters,
any vowels, etc.
5. Ahead of time,
make a
sentence strip of each child's
name and one to
cut up into
letters. The child puts
his/her
letters up on a
pocket chart one at a time while the class
writes their name
on a piece of paper the best they can!
Save these papers
and the next time they are the star . . .
6. Look at the
features of that person.
Allow children to
make observations of the person like
Your
eyes are
brown. Your hair is curly.
Draw a picture of
the student (on the same paper as #5) .
7. Put those
pictures together into a book and place it in the Book
Center.
The
kids LOVE these books!
I do not do all of
these activities
on the same day.
Each time the child is the helper we do a different
activity, but in the same order I have written above.
The children absolutely love these activities . . . it
definitely makes them feel special!!
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Pass the Bear
Have the children
sit in a circle. Play music (Dr Jean is always our
favorite!) While the music is playing, pass around a
stuffed bear (or any other stuffed animal). When the
music stops the student holding the bear has to say
his/her name. Continue until everyone has had a chance
to tell his/her name.
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Bulletin
Board Idea
Welcome to Kindergarten Where All the Pieces Fit
Take pictures with
the digital camera on the first day of school and put
a picture of each child on large construction paper puzzle pieces.
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Getting to
Know The Teacher
Game
Fill a box up with
things that tell about you. Choose children to take
one item out of the box at a time. Explain each item
and why it is in there.
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