1. A Year with Fours and Fives Carmen Applegate Monte Cassino School, ECLC 2206 S. Lewis Ave. Tulsa, OK 74114 capplegate@montecassino.org

2. How can I manage these babies? Seating chart if necessary Beginning and ending routines Break up lessons into small parts Collaborate lessons

3. Early Literacy Components 1.Phonological Awareness 2.Print/Letter Awareness 3.Increased Vocabulary 4.Comprehension 5.Literacy as Source of Enjoyment

4. Kindergarten Homestart Reading

5. August

6. Book! Book! Book! By Deborah Bruss

7. I Took My Frog to the Library By Eric A. Kimmel

8. Alphabet Under Construction By Denise Fleming

9. September

10. The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall (or other apple book) Here we go round the apple tree, The apple tree, the apple tree. Here we go round the apple tree, So early in the morning. 2: This is the way we plant the seeds. 3. This is the way the little seed sprouts. 4: This is the way it grows into a tree. 5: This is the way the flowers blossom. 6: This is the way the apples grow. 7: This is the way the apples are picked.

11. I Stink By Kate McMullan

12. Seals on the Bus By Lenny Hort

13. Train by Chris L. Demarest (Or any train book) Little Red Train (substitute colors) Little red train, Chugging down the track, First it goes down, Then it comes back Hooking on cars As it goes Little red train Just grows and grows. From 1000 Rhymes and Fingerplays

14. Who Sank the Boat? By Pamela Allen

15. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus By Mo Willems www.pigeonpresents.com

16. October

17. When the Rooster Crowed By Patricia Little

18. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type By Doreen Cronin Dear Mrs. McKee, We would like to request the following things for our classroom… Bicycles for everyone, a horse, recess all day, pizza at snack time, etc. Sincerely, John, Julie, Sarah, Jake, etc.

19. The Cow Who Clucked By Denise Fleming

20. Pigs in Hiding By Arlene Dubanevich

21. Five Little Bats Flying in the Night by Steve Metzger (or other bat book)

22. Too Many Pumpkins by Linda Williams (or other pumpkin book) 1.2.

23. Corduroy’s Halloween by B. G. Hennessy and Don Freeman (or other Halloween book)

24. Inside a House that is Haunted by Alyssa Capucilli

25. November

26. When the Leaf Blew In By Steve Metzger

27. Owl Eyes By Frieda Gates

28. What is Thanksgiving? by Harriet Ziefert (or other Thanksgiving book) “Turkey Feathers” Turkey feathers, Brightly colored, Who has a red one? Add it now.

29. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

30. All About Turkeys by Jim Arnosky

31. December

32. Christmas Tree Tangle by Margaret Mahy (or other Christmas tree book)

33. The Night Tree by Eve Bunting (or other Christmas tree book) “5 Little Christmas Trees” 5 Little Christmas Trees Standing all alone Their hearts were very sad Because they hadn’t found a home. Then chop went the axe And down fell the tree And off one went with a happy family. At end … Zero little Christmas trees standing all alone. Their hearts were all happy because they all found a home.

34. Roar of a Snore By Marsha Diane Arnold

35. January

36. Tracks in the Snow (or How to Be a Nature Detective by Millicent E. Selsem) by Wong Herbert Yee

37. The Mitten By Jan Brett

38. The Hat By Jan Brett

39. The Emperor’s Egg By Martin Jenkins

40. Plenty of Penguins by Sonia Black (or other penguin book)

41. When it Starts to Snow by Phillis Gershator

42. When Will it Snow? by Bruce Hiscock

43. February

44. Ice Bear and Little Fox by Jonathan London (and/or nonfiction polar animal book)

45. A Bed for the Winter by Karen Wallace

46. Valentine’s Day ABC 1 2 3 1.Color the heart in A1 RED. 2.Add POLKA DOTS to the heart in C2. 3.Color the heart in B3 GREEN. A A AA B B

47. Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein

48. Officer Buckle and Gloria By Peggy Rathmann Don’t play with matches. Chew your food carefully before swallowing. Never dive in shallow water. Look both ways before crossing the street. Never run with scissors.

49. Cat in the Hat By Dr. Seuss

50. March

51. We Like Kites by Stan and Jan Berenstain (or other kite book)

52. Jack and the Leprechaun by Ivan Robertson (or other St. Patrick’s Day book)

53. Spring is Here By Taro Gomi

54. It’s Spring By Samantha Berger and Pamela Chanko “Hello, Spring!” Hello Spring, Hello Spring We hope you’re here to stay! Other verses: robins, flowers, green grass, sunshine, rain, warm air, wind, baseball…

55. April

56. Runaway Bunny By Margaret Wise Brown (any Easter book)

57. Tops and Bottoms By Janet Stevens

58. Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert (or other butterfly book)

59. In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

60. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

62. May

63. Jack Be Nimble

64. Little Miss Muffet

65. Itsy Bitsy Spider

66. Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

67. There Was an Old Woman…