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Lit Up Summer
Reading Curriculum
Week 1 in July
1st Grade
Week 1: Monday
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Little Bo Peep Nursery Rhyme: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Little Bo Peep!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of located in your box of classroom
materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act
It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student
or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make
circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading:
10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with
children": (10 to 15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 1 in July
Tuesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Jack and Jill!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out!
(20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with
children": (10 to 15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 1 in July
Wednesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Baa, Baa, Black Sheep!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out!
(20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with
children": (10 to 15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 2 in July
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Monday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Humpty Dumpty!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out!
(20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with
children": (10 to 15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 2 in July
Tuesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Old Woman in A Shoe!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 2 in July
Wednesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Hey Diddle Diddle!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 3 in July
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Monday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Jack Be Nimble!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 3 in July
Tuesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Hickory,Dickory,Dock!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 3 in July
Wednesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Little Miss Muffet!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 4 in July
Kindergarten & 1st Grade
Monday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Ring-Around-the Rosies!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read! "
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 4 in July
Tuesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read! "
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Lit Up Summer Reading Curriculum
Week 4 in July
Wednesday:
Opening Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
Nursery Rhyme Time: (40 minutes)
Activity 1 with Nursery Rhyme:
Introduce Mother Goose (10 minutes)
Teacher says, "Welcome to the world of Mother Goose. A time to
learn how to rhyme and get very loose! We are going to learn fun stories
about fun things and people too. Get ready, get seated, and let's
get to it!
(Fun rap with motions!)
Teacher says, "Today's nursery rhyme is Mary Had a Little Lamb!"
Let's read it together. Ready, Set, Read!
Make sure you point to each word with your finger or fun pointer as
you are reading the nursery rhyme.
* fun pointer: located in your box of classroom materials!
Activity 2 with Nursery Rhyme: Kids in Charge (10 minutes)
Directions for Teacher:
Each day chose a boy and girl that gets the special task of pointing
to the words of the nursery rhyme of the day! The class will chant
it normal the first time and second time say it very softly. Chose
another child and have them point to the words of the nursery rhyme
and than second time say it very loudly!
(Please use your star sticks * to help chose a boy and girl! Star
sticks-will be in your tub with the names of each child in your class!
Please put *star sticks back in your classroom tubs! )
Activity 3 with Nursery Rhyme: Act It Out! (20 minutes)
Directions: Use *star sticks to get children into small groups of
3 to 5 children. Make sure VBS college intern, VBS high school intern,
and incoming high school youth are the leaders of the groups.
Each group should be given an index card that says "Beginning,
Middle, or End!" The group will come up with hand motions and
gestures to bring their part of the nursery rhyme alive and for everyone
to practice. (Group time should be about 3 to 4 minutes)
Teacher says to get the attention of small group for performance for
children says, "Lights. Camera. Action. Everyone let's take a
look and listen to me. I need for Group __ to come to the front and
the rest of you need to be a good audience by listening and watching
what the group does."
-End Nursery Rhyme Time-
Sight Word Power: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Review the sight words on the ring as a class
out loud! After review play "around the world" sight word
game.
*sight word rings are located in your classroom box!
"Around the World "Sight Word Game:
Directions for Teachers:
Have all children sit in a circle. Choose one child to start the game
and stand behind a child whose sitting in the circle. The teacher,
VBS intern, incoming high school youth or adult can flash the sight
word card to the two children. The child that says the word correctly
first moves to the next child in the circle. The child that makes
it back to the "starting point "is the winner. Celebrate
the winner's success by doing a fun class celebration!
Celebrations for Success of student or class:
Hip Hip Hooray= Hip (move one hip out), Hip (move other hip out),
and Hooray = extend arms upward and make circle motion!
Rockin' Job = Rockin' (make over exaggerated air guitar motions twice)
Job=high five a neighbor).
Buddy Reading: 10 to 15 minutes
Directions for Teachers: Each VBS intern for your color group and
incoming high school youth or adult should have a few buddies to read
a book to or with the child. The book being read to the child is the
book that is assigned in your notebook and should be read that day!
Closing Activity: "Alphardy song with children": (10 to
15 minutes)
Objective: Introduces Kindergarteners and First grade children to
the letters and sounds of the alphabet with fun hand motions.
