Focus Lesson Planning Sheet

Focus Lesson Topic / Looking for letters we know in familiar charts and books: letter M through shared reading and literacy centers

Materials

/ Book – Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Story written on chart paper, Markers, pencils, scissors
Strategy Center – M picture cards with words, M handout
Book Center – copy of the words from “Five little monkeys jumping on the bed”, words from “Five little sitting in a tree “
Topic Center – Monkey pictures matching handout

Connection

1 minute / So far in kindergarten we’ve learned a lot of letters. We’ve learned the letters ______.
Explicit Instruction
5-10 minutes / Today, we’re going to be working on the letter M. Teacher writes the letter M on the board.
There are lots of words we know that begin with the letter M. There’s the word Monday, mom, Mrs., and math. All of these words begin with the letter M. Today, I’m going to read the story “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” to you. As I’m reading this story I want you to listen and try to hear any words that may begin with the letter M.
Teacher reads story.
Guided Practice
5 minutes / Now let’s reread this story one more time but now we are going to read it together. I know that we are good readers so I want to hear from everyone.
Now let’s search through this text and find different words that began with the letter M and let’s circle them on our chart. I’ll show you how to do this.
Teacher searches through text and models how to find words that begin with letter M and circles the word.
Then, teacher asks students to find others words that began with the letter M. Students come up and circle words beginning with the letter M. (monkey, Mama, more, monkeys)
Send Off [for Independent Practice] / Now you will be going off to different literacy centers in the classroom. Don’t worry – you will all have an opportunity to visit each of the centers at some point, so don’t rush to get through all of them today. I want to see your best work.
The first center (strategy center) is where you will be working on the letter M and naming different pictures that begin with the /M/ sound. Then there is a special monkey activity for you to work on where you will get to illustrate a monkey jumping on something that begins with the letter M.
The second center (book center) is where you will have the opportunity to sing and learn the gestures to the words from the “Five little monkeys jumping on the bed” but also to another song that is similar called “Five little monkeys sitting in a tree.”
The last center (topic center) is matching activity where you will get to cut out different words from the book and match it to the correct number on monkeys.
Group Share / Choose one student to share their work from each of the centers.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

By: Eileen Christelow

It was bedtime.

So five little monkeys took a bath.

Five little monkeys put on their pajamas.

Five little monkeys brushed their teeth.

Five little monkeys said good night to their mama.

Then five little monkeys jumped on the bed! One fell off and bumped his head. The mama called the doctor. The doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So four little monkeys jumped on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. The mama called the doctor. The doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So three little monkeys jumped on the bed. One fell off and bumped her head. The mama called the doctor. The doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So two little monkeys jumped on the bed. One fell off and bumped his head. The mama called the doctor. The doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So one little monkey jumped on the bed. She fell off and bumped her head. The mama called the doctor. The doctor said, “No more monkeys jumping on the bed!”

So five little monkeys fell fast asleep. “Thank goodness!” said the mama. “Now I can go to bed!”

Name: ______

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Cut out each box.

Match words to pictures.

Glue your answers.

1 little monkey / 2 little monkeys
3 little monkeys / 4 little monkeys
5 little monkeys

magnet /
mouse

mop /
mitten

mitt /
microphone

moon /
mountain