Emergency Plans for Kindergarten

I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More

Materials:

o  I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (found in the Everyone section - E Bea)

o  Body outline pages

o  Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)

Lesson:

o  Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what part will be painted next.

o  Have students share their favorite part of the story.

o  Show students the human body outline. Explain they will be going to the tables and you will re-read the story and this time they will color the matching body part on their paper as you read the story.

o  Send students to tables, re-read the story, and pause after each body part is mentioned so they can color the corresponding body part on their page.

o  If there is extra time have students return to the carpet and stand a safe distance from one another. Re-read the story and have students touch their bodies when you say the corresponding body part.


Clifford

Materials:

o  Any 2 Clifford books by Norman Bridwell (found in the Everyone section - E Bri)

o  Clifford coloring page

o  Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)

Lesson:

o  Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.

o  Have students share their favorite part of the story.

o  Repeat with 2nd story.

o  Send students to tables and have them pick a Clifford picture to color.


Arthur

Materials:

o  Any Arthur book by Marc Brown (found in the Everyone section – E Bro)

o  Arthur mask page

o  Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)

o  Scissors (scissors are on shelves in workroom)

o  Popsicle sticks (popsicle sticks are on shelves in workroom)

o  Glue bottle (glue is on shelves in workroom)

Lesson:

o  Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.

o  Have students share their favorite part of the story.

o  Send students to tables to color their Arthur mask and cut it out.

o  When students have cut out their mask glue their popsicle stick onto their mask for them.


Corduroy

Materials:

o  Corduroy by Don Freeman (found in the Everyone section – E Fre)

o  “Corduroy and other Tales of Friendship” DVD (found in the Video/DVD section)

o  TV with DVD player

Lesson:

o  Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.

o  Have students share their favorite part of the story.

o  Show students the “Corduroy” section of the DVD.

o  If there is extra time, show students other selections from the DVD.


Tacky the Penguin

Materials:

o  Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester (found in the Everyone section – E Les)

o  Disney Instrumental CD (in stack of CDs next to CD player)

o  CD player (behind checkout desk – move this and plug it in by carpet)

Lesson:

o  Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.

o  Have students share their favorite part of the story.

o  Discuss how Tacky’s friends marched in the story and how Tacky marched.

o  Call on a few students one at a time to come up and show how Tacky’s march might look if we did it.

o  Have all the students stand up (and move a safe distance apart) and practice marching both the way Tacky’s friends marched and the way Tacky marched.

o  Explain to students that when the music is playing they should march like Tacky’s friends and when it stops they should march like Tacky.

o  Play and stop the music for the activity.