Common Core Kindergarten Bridges Planner 2013-2014
SEPTEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday3 / 4 / 5 / 6
BRIDGES / Session 1 / Session 2
Color Coding Key:
RED…Common Core
BLUE…….Assessment
ORANGE...Home
Connections
GREEN…..Practice Book / School Starts!
Note: Some kinder classes only have half class come each of the first two days. Begin Sessions on Day 3 of school. / Remember to start The Rainbow Number Line (Supplement Set A1, pages A1.1–A1.6) the first day of school. Also, use Dots & Fingers (Supplement Set A4, pages A4.1–A4.2) in conjunction with Our Month in School throughout the September Number Corner. / Shape Sorting, p. 27 / Introduce Work Places
1A–1C, p. 30
Work Places
• Unifix Cubes
• Pattern Blocks
• Polydrons
NUMBER CORNER / Number Corner Key
CG – Calendar Grid
OMS – Our Month in School
HWB – Here’s When (We Were) Born
LESD – Link Each School Day
YPC – Yearlong Paper Chain / CG Intro Calendar Grid, pattern strip; insert shapes 1-7; find rect. in bucket, sing rect. song (Poems & Songs A, first 4 pages)
OMS Model writing 1, record, place in first pocket
(TG pp. 27-32)
Supplemental A1 / CG Review shapes, colors, pattern; sing triangle song; find shape in bucket
OMS Writing 2’s
HWB Have students fill in HWB markers (copy from ex.) or if you made, find today’s or earlier Sep. birthdays (TG pp. 18, 33-37) / CG Determine shape, sing square song, place in chart; intro Days of the Week song (CD)
OMS Writing 3’s
HWB Any birthdays today or earlier this month?
(TG pp. 38-41) / CG Use Pattern strip to predict today’s shape; sing Days of the Week song
OMS Writing 4’s
HWB Review Sept. birthdays; use questions on p. 41
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
BRIDGES / Session 3 / Session 4 / Session 5 / Session 6
Geoboards & Geobands,
p. 35
Work Places
Add Geoboards &
Geobands / A Bucket of Bugs: Counting to 100, p. 40
Work Places
Add Bucket of Bugs
Practice Book pp 1 – 4 (anytime after Session 4) / Catch-up Day
If time, conduct Interview 1 Assessment as a pre-assessment in first few weeks of school. / Sorting & Graphing
Shapes by Size, p. 44
Technology Connection / Introduce the Work Place
Menu Cards, p.47
Work Places
NUMBER CORNER / CG Explain why & how to “catch up” for the weekend; sing square song
OMS Count 1-5 & write 5’s
(see focus on TG p. 48 for rest of mo.) / CG Focus on pattern strip; how many circles so far? Have children say shapes as helper points
HWB Any birthdays this week?
OMS Writing 6’s / CG Tell a friend what you think today’s shape will be; sing rectangle song
OMS Practice writing 7s / CG Focus on pattern strip as start 5th repetition of pattern; have children say shapes as helper points; sing Days of the Week song
OMS Writing 8’s / CG Sing square song; find shape in bucket if interest holds
OMS Practice writing 9’s
HWB Any birthdays this week?
SEPTEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
BRIDGES / Session 7 / Session 8 / Session 9 / Session 10 / Session 11
Sorting & Graphing
Shapes by Name, p. 50
Practice Book pp 5 – 6
(anytime after Session 7) / Making Name Cards, p. 52 / Moving Along With
Shapes & Work Places,
p. 55 / Sorting Shapes: Sides &
Corners, p. 57
Home Connection 1
Practice Book pp 7 – 9
(anytime after Session 10) / Goodbye Shapes! p. 60
Work Places
NUMBER CORNER / CG Start of 6th repetition of pattern; discuss all patterns, including diagonals, reverse patterns, vertical ones
HWB Any birthdays this week?
OMS Count 1-10 and write 10’s / CG What makes a pattern; discuss attributes of a square
OMS Practice writing 11 or 1’s as appropriate for your class / CG Sing Days of the Week song; discuss attributes of a circle
OMS Practice writing 12 or 2’s as appropriate for your class / CG Predict today’s; what happens tomorrow (starts 7th repetition of pattern); consider starting to make Oct. Markers (TG p. 58)
OMS Practice writing
numeral 13 or 3’s / CG Starting pattern over again! Examine all patterns in all directions; consider starting to make Oct. Markers (TG p. 58)
OMS Practice writing numeral 14 or 4’s
23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
BRIDGES / Session 12 / Session 13 / Session 14 / Session 15
Goodbye Shapes! p. 64
Work Places / More Cruising With
Shapes & Work Places,
p. 65
Assessment Wkst 1(Shape Sorting) can be used anytime after
Session 12. / Assessment Wkst 1(Shape Sorting) can be used anytime after
Session 12. / Triangles & Squares:
Making Blocks for a Class
Quilt, p. 66
Technology Connection / Assembling the Shoo Fly
Quilt, p. 70
Home Connection 2
NUMBER CORNER / CG Predict shape; sing rectangle song or Days of the Week song; consider making Oct. Markers (TG p. 58)
OMS Count 1-15 and write 15’s or 5’s / CG Start of last repetition; what will tomorrow’s shape be? Need to start making Oct. Markers (TG p. 58)
OMS Write 16’s or 6’s
HWB Review birthdays for month / CG The end! Examine all patterns; start making Oct markers if haven’t already
OMS Practice writing 17’s or 7’s NOTE: Leave numbers in chart for 1st day of October
HWB Anyone have a birthday in October? / CG Sing Ladybird Beetle, Spider songs; make new markers
LESD Using numbers from (Aug &) Sept
OMS, start YPC – read carefully!
(TG pp. 55-60) / CGUsing pattern strips, children choose pattern
OMS Choose Weather cards for yesterday and today and post
(TG pp. 61-63)
OCTOBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday30 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
BRIDGES / Session 16 / Session 17 / Session 18 / Session 19 / Session 20
Daily Routines
Which Bug Will Win?
p. 74
Work Places / Daily Routines
Which Bug Will Win?
p. 80
Work Places
Add Which Bug Will Win? / Daily Routines
Bug Sorting, p. 84 / Daily Routines
Moving Along With Bugs
& Work Places, p. 101
Work Places
Practice Book pp – 6
(anytime after Session 7) / Daily Routines
Bug Sorting & Graphing,
p. 105
Assessment Wkst 2 (Bug Sorting) can be used anytime after Session 20
NUMBER CORNER / Supplement Set A6
CG What comes next?
OMSPass out graphing cards, vote on weather
LESD Construct 3 loops for Oct using last Sept color
(TG pp. 64-67)
Use Frames and Bunny Ears (Supplement Set A4 p.A4.2-A4.4 in conjunction with Our Month in School / CG, OMSUpdate
LESD How many days have passed this month? Count by 1’s; explore how LESD + YPC = yearly total
HWB Any birthdays last week this?
(TG p. 72) / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS Choose Weather card, mark graph (NC 4) with dots for first five days; examine relationship between graph and cards in OMS chart
(TG p. 71)
Blackline NC 4 / OMS, LESD Update
CG Predict marker using pattern strip; add number to cal piece; examine pattern so far (TG p. 68-69); do children need practice writing 8’s?
NC 13 or whiteboards / CG, OMSUpdate
LESD Add 7th link; count by ones
CG If children show need for additional practice in writing 9’s, consider using Blackline NC 14 or whiteboards
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
BRIDGES / Session 21 / Session 22 / Session 23 / Session 24 / Session 25
Daily Routines
Unifix Cube Patterns,
Part 1, p. 108
Work Places / Daily Routines
Unifix Cube Patterns,
Part 2, p. 110
Work Places
Add Unifix Cube Patterns
Remove Unifix Cubes / Daily Routines
Bugs to Ten, p. 115
Home Connection 4 / Daily Routines
Introduce Work Place 1H,
p. 119
Work Places
Add Geoboard Shapes
Remove Geoboards & Geobands / Daily Routines
Popsicle Stick Tallying,p. 123
NUMBER CORNER / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS Vote today’s weather. Which column is highest? Lowest? What is a graph?
HWB Birthdays? / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS Vote today’s weather. Which column is highest? Lowest? What is a graph?
/ OMS, LESDUpdate
CG Practice cardinal and ordinal numbers to 14 (TG p. 69); need practice writing 4’s?
NC 9 or whiteboards / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS Compare dot totals on graph: most, least, etc.
CG Need practice writing 5’s?
NC 10 or whiteboards
OCTOBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
BRIDGES / Session 26 / Session 27 / Session 28 / Session 29 / Session 30
Daily Routines
Bugs, Tallies & Number
Bingo, p. 126 / Daily Routines
Munch, Crunch, What a
Lunch! p. 129
Work Places
Add Bucket of Frogs
Remove Bucket of Bugs / Daily Routines
Beat You to Ten, p. 132
Work Places / Daily Routines
Beat You to Ten, p. 136
Work Places
Add Beat You to Ten
Remove Pattern Blocks
Home Connection 5 / Bugs, Tallies & Numbers
Bingo, p. 139
NUMBER CORNER / OMS, LESDUpdate
CG Intro reading day and date - “Today is Monday, October 17th, 2011”
(TG p. 69) / CG, OMSUpdate
LESD Count by ones; then counting on - 10, 11, 12, 13
CG “Today is Tuesday, October 18th, 2011” / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS How many different ways can they count graph?
HWB Any birthdays this week? / OMS, LESDUpdate
CG Introduce number riddles (TG p. 70); write numerals for number of spiders displayed or practice 2’s
NC 6–15 as needed / OMSUpdate
CG “Today is Friday, October 21, 2011”
LESD 16th link - count by 1’s, 10 and 1’s; Monday’s total will be?
CG Practice 3’s?
NC 8 or whiteboards
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
BRIDGES / Session 31 / Session 32 / Supplement / Supplement / Session 33
Butterfly Countdown,
p. 141 / Moving Along with Butterflies & Work Places, p. 143
Work Places
Home Connection 6 / Supplement set A4
Activity 2: Butterfly Race / Supplement set A4
Activity 2: Butterfly Race
Play again with class and introduce it as Workplace 51.
Work Places
Add Butterfly Race
Remove Polydrons / Introduce Work Place 1K,
p. 145
Work Places
Add Pattern Block
Designs
Remove Which Bug Will Win?
Technology Connection
Note: Session 34 has been omitted.
NUMBER CORNER / CG, LESDUpdate
OMS Continue adding cards, analyzing graph
CG Do children need practice writing 4’s?
NC 9 or whiteboards / OMS, LESDUpdate
CG Do number riddles; examine all patterns, including diagonals
HWB Birthdays? Do children need practice writing 7’s?
NC 12 or whiteboards / LESD, OMSUpdate
CGMore number riddles; write numerals for number of ladybugs displayed
NC 6–15 as needed / LESD Update
CG “Today is Thursday, October 27, 2011”
OMS Analyze entire graph - most, least, etc.
CG Practice 9’s?
NC 14 or whiteboards / LESD, OMSUpdate
CG “Today is Friday, October 28, 2011”
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / November 1
BRIDGES / Supplement / Day 2 / Day 3 / Supplement / Session 35
Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routines
Supplement Set C3
Geometry: Flying Butterflies Calendar Pattern (Start today and use throughout the month during Number Corner.) / Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routines / Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routines / Daily Routines
Supplement Set C2 Geometry: Locations Activity 1: The Bear in the Box / END OF FIRST TRIMESTER
Daily Routines
Hungry Caterpillars, p. 151
Work Places
NUMBER CORNER / YPC & LESD Add Oct links to YPC, calculate total; make 1st Nov. link
CG Review Oct pattern; color & lightly wash butterfly markers (glue onto 3 different colors in pattern)
(TG pp. 75, 77, 79) / YPC & LESD Add Oct links to YPC, calculate total; make 1st Nov. link
CG Review Oct pattern; color & lightly wash butterfly markers (glue onto 3 different colors in pattern)
(TG pp. 75, 77, 79) / LESD Update
CG Using pattern strip, place 3 markers in chart; Monarch poem
OMS Recall yesterday’s weather, vote on today’s; place two cards in chart (TG pp. 82, 85)
HWB Any November birthdays? (TG p. 96) / CG Update using pattern strip; what will tomorrow be? Write 4’s* (TG p. 92)
LESD Add 3rd link
OMS Vote on today’s weather; study as bar graph (TG pp. 87-89) / CG Name butterfly positions of first 5 markers; say ordinal numbers (first-fifth); write 5’s*
Update LESD
OMS Use voting procedure unless weather is obvious
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
BRIDGES / Session 36 / Session 37 / Session 38 / Session 39
WORK DAY / Daily Routines
Hungry Caterpillars, p. 154
Work Places
Add Hungry Caterpillars Remove Unifix Patterns / Daily Routines
Moving Along With Caterpillars & Work Places, p. 157
Work Places Home Connection 7 / Daily Routines
The Butterfly Quilt, Part 1: Making the Quilt Blocks, p. 159 / Daily Routines
The Butterfly Quilt, Part 2: Assembling the Quilt, p. 163
NUMBER CORNER / LESD, OMS Update
CG Introduce Number Riddles using 1-9
(TG p. 93); write 6’s*; model “Today is Friday, November 6th, 2009”
(TG p. 92-93) / LESD, OMS Update
CG What direction will it face tomorrow? Write 9’s*
HWB Any birthdays this week? / LESD, OMS Update
CG Say calendar numbers as ordinals (first-tenth); write 10’s*
HWB Sing “Months of the Year” song
(TG p. 96) / LESD, OMS Update
CG How many repetitions of the pattern (4)? Model “Today is Wednesday, November 9th, 2011; write 2’s*
NOVEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
BRIDGES / Session 40 / Session 41 / Supplement / Supplement
NO SCHOOL
Veteran’s Day / Daily Routines
Count & Compare
Butterflies, p. 166 / Introduce Work Place 1M,
p. 170
Work Places
Add Count & Compare
Butterflies
Remove Geoboard Shapes
Note: Session 42 has been omitted / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D1 Measurement: Length Activity 1: Longer, Shorter, or the Same?
Work Places / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D1 Measurement: Length Activity 2: How Long is the Teacher’s Necklace or Necktie?
Work Places
NUMBER CORNER / LESD, OMS Update
CG Do a number riddle (1-9); explore diagonal and vertical patterns; write 7’s
(TG p. 93) / LESD Update
OMS Discuss graph using questions on TG p. 95
HWB Sing “Months of the Year” song
CG Write 8’s* / OMS Update
CG Do a number riddle (1-9)
LESD How many links this month? / LESD, OMS Update
CG Say calendar numbers as ordinals several times (first-twentieth); model “Today is Friday, November 18th, 2011”; write 2’s*
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
BRIDGES / Supplement / Supplement / Session 43 / Session 44 / Session 45
Daily Routines
Supplement Set D1 Measurement: Length Activity 3: Compare, Spin & Win
Work Places / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D1 Measurement: Length Activity 3: Compare, Spin & Win (Repeat)
Note This activity can be used during Work Places after you’ve introduced it to the class. / Bugs to Ten & Numeral Cards: A Match Game, p. 174
Home Connection 8 / Pattern Block Puzzles,
p. 178
Technology Connection / Introduce Work Place 1N,
p. 182
Work Places
Add Pattern Block Puzzles
Remove Geoboard Shapes
NUMBER CORNER / HWB Review all BD’s for month; who has BD in Dec.? / CG Last cal marker; leave markers in chart for discussion in Dec. What day did this month start on? End?
OMS Discuss final graph using questions on TG p. 95 / YPC, LESD Count links from Nov, add to YPC; calculate # days in school so far; make 1st Dec link
CG ***(Pre-make 3 sample quilt blocks); choose which quilt block making tomorrow (TG pp. 103-109)
Blacklines NC 16-NC 18 / KC Introduce; Count # children present; again clapping; find # on chart & circle, count chart from 1
LESD 2nd link
OMS Place two Dot cards in chart, share observations
CG Construct new quilt markers***
(TG pp. 110-116)
Blacklines NC 2-3 / CG Referring to Pattern Strip, post 1, 2 & 3 quilt cal markers***; insert Winter Break card (with # attached)
KC Clap around circle saying one’s number; find difference from yesterday’s number
LESD Make 3rd link
OMS Discuss Card 3
(TG pp. 117-122)
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday25 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
BRIDGES
No School
Conference Compensation Day / No School / No School / No School
Holiday / No School
NUMBER CORNER
December 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
BRIDGES / Session 46 / Supplement / Supplement / Supplement / Session 48
Introduce Number Corner
Introduce Work Place 1O,
p. 186
Work Places
Add Which Numeral Will Win
Remove Bucket of Frogs / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D1
Measurement: Weight
Activity 1 Comparing Weights
Note: Session 47 has been omitted / Daily Routines
Supplement Set C4 Geometry: Teddy Bear & Box Calendar Pattern (Start today and use throughout the month during Number Corner.)
Home Connection 9 / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D2 Measurement: Weight Activity 1: Comparing Weights (Repeat)
Note This activity can be used during Work Places after you’ve introduced it to the class. / Daily Routines
Supplement Set D2 Measurement: Weight Activity 2: A Pound of Potatoes
Note This activity can be used during Work Places after you’ve introduced it to the class
NUMBER CORNER / CG Post today’s marker; discuss Winter Break card; calculate number days until then
KC Count, calculate how many missing; pass out number cards randomly; line up in order 3 at a time
LESD Add 4th link
OMS Insert Card 4; how many more to 10? / LESD Update
CG Model “Today is Tuesday, December 7th, 2010”; write 7’s*
OMS Dot Card 5 – discuss (TG p. 129)
HWB Any Dec birthdays? How many? / OMS, LESD Update
CG Discuss patterns; write 8’s*
KC Clap & Count around circle, mark on chart / OMS, LESD Update
CG How many days till Winter Break? Model “Today is Thursday, December 8th, 2010”; write 9’s* / LESD Update
CG Write 10’s*
KC Pass out number cards, line up in order
OMS Dot Card 8 – discuss (TG p. 129)
DECEMBER 2013
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
BRIDGES / Supplement / Session 48 / Session 49 / Session 50 / Session 51
Daily Routines
Supplement Set D2 Measurement: Weight Activity 3: Spin & Com- pare Weights
Note This activity can be used during Work Places after you’ve introduced it to the class / Growing Patterns: These Ladybugs Have Two Spots,
p. 193 (consider making snowmen instead)
Home Connection 10 / A Growing Pattern of Ladybugs, p. 197 / Count & Compare Pennies, p. 201 / Introduce Work Place 1P, p. 205
Work Places
Add Count & Compare Pennies Remove Butterfly Race
NUMBER CORNER / OMS Update
LESD YPC Calculate total # days spent in kindergarten (TG p. 129)
CG Discuss patterns / LESD Update
CG Write 4’s*
KC Line up in order with number cards, turn 4-5 face down & figure out #’s (TG p. 129)
OMS Discuss Dot Card 10 / OMS Update
LESD Change to alternate color for second ten
CG Discuss patterns, including diagonal and vertical; write 5’s* / OMS, LESD Update
CG Write 6’s
KC Line up in order with number cards, turn 4-5 face down & figure out #’s (TG p. 129) / LESD YPC Calculate total # days spent in kindergarten so far!
(TG p. 129)
CG put all markers in for rest of month; examine patterns; leave markers in for Jan activity
CG Write 7’s*
OMS Discuss card 13
16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
BRIDGES / Session 52 / Session 53 / Session 54 / Catch-up / Catch-up
Ladybug Chart: Counting by 1’s & 2’s, p. 208 / Daily Routines
There’s a Shape in My Pocket, p. 212
Work Places / Daily Routines
There’s a Shape in My Pocket, p. 215
Work Places / Catch-up
Extra time and support / Catch-up
Extra time and support
NUMBER CORNER / OMS Update
LESD YPC Calculate total # days spent in kindergarten (TG p. 129)
CG Discuss patterns / OMS Update
LESD YPC Calculate total # days spent in kindergarten (TG p. 129)
CG Discuss patterns / Catch-up complete December NC
DECEMBER 2013/JANUARY 2014
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL / NO SCHOOL
30
NO SCHOOL / 31
NO SCHOOL / Jan. 1
NO SCHOOL / Jan. 2
NO SCHOOL / Jan. 3
NO SCHOOL
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
BRIDGES / Supplement / Day 2 / Day 3 / Session 55 / Session 56
Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routines
Supplement Set C5 Geometry: Growing Shapes Calendar Pattern (Start today and use throughout the month during Number Corner.)
Home Connection 11 / Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routines / Introduce Number Corner
Daily Routine / Daily Routines
Bugs to Ten, Numeral & Tally Cards: A Match Game, p. 217 / Which One is Covered Up? A Memory Game, p. 220
Home Connection 12
NUMBER CORNER
JANUARY 2014