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What's an Illustrator?
Miss Palomine explains what an illustrator is. She shows your student where he can find the name of the illustrator on a book. Miss Palomine draws an illustration using the poem “What Are Little Boys Made Of?” She then encourages your...
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Little Bo Peep
Miss Palomine explains the importance of knowing what all the words in a poem mean. She reads “Little Bo-peep” and checks for understanding of the vocabulary in the poem.
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Poems: Meanings of Words
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “My Teacher” and explains that the student can figure out what a word means by how it is used in a poem, in a song, or in a story.
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What Is a Tuffet?
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Little Miss Muffet” and explains that by looking at the illustrations, the student can figure out what a word means.
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My Vet
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “My Vet” and explains that the student can answer questions by using the information in a poem.
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Old MacDonald's Farm
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” and reviews vocabulary words in the poem to ensure that the student fully understands the poem.
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The Fish in My Aquarium
We find Miss Palomine feeding the fish in her aquarium. She then recites the “Fish” action poem and asks the student to join her in performing the actions. She then reviews some words from the poem to ensure that the student understands...
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Jack and Jill
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Jack and Jill!” She then reviews a few words from the poem to ensure that the student understands them.
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Little Boy Blue
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Little Boy Blue” and she and the student look and listen for the words that rhyme.
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Humpty Dumpty
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Humpty Dumpty” and she and the student then look and listen for the words that have the same ending sounds.
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Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Miss Palomine recites the poem “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” and then talks about her favorite part of the poem and why she likes it.
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Farm Words That Share the Same Ending Sounds
Miss Palomine recites the poem, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.” She and the student then look for the words that have the same ending sounds. She then recites another farm poem and together she and the student look for words with the same...
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Retelling Baa Baa Black Sheep
Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites the poem “Baa, Baa Black Sheep” and then helps the student retell the poem.
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Common Letter Sounds
Using the poem ”Peter Piper,” Miss Palomine introduces the student to the concept of common letter sounds. She gives an example of a common letter among words by going through the poem and identifying the -p words and their corresponding...
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Writing for Entertainment
Miss Palomine explains to the student that reading can be done for entertainment. She provides examples with “Super Dewey” and “Don’t Fear the Doctor.” She then reads aloud a humorous poem called “My Dog, Rex.”
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Seeing and Saying Same Sounds
Miss Palomine reviews the concept of common letter sounds. She and the student then look and listen for common letter sounds in a few sentences Miss Palomine uses as examples.
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Retelling Hot Summer Fun
Miss Palomine talks about how retelling can make stories or poems much easier to understand. She then recites “Hot Summer Fun!” and helps the student retell the poem using familiar words and terms.
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Water Transportation
We find Miss Palomine at a harbor, watching the boats. She talks about the different kinds of water transportation and when water transportation is useful compared to other types of transportation. She recites the poem, “Row, Row, Row...
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Air Transportation
The discussion begins when Miss Palomine talks about how much fun it would be to be a bird and to be able to fly. She then recites the poem, “Airplane,” and introduces the topic of air transportation. She explains what air transportation...
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Ground Transportation
Miss Palomine needs to ride the bus to class. Once she gets to the classroom, she begins a discussion of ground transportation that moves people, and ground transportation that moves products. She also introduces the action poem, “The...
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Name That Transportation
Miss Palomine hosts the game show, “Name That Transportation!” She begins by defining transportation and then the contestant (student) plays assorted guessing games based upon what is and what is not considered basic transportation. Miss...
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Thanks to the Vet
Miss Palomine gets a phone call from her friend April, telling her that April’s cat, Barney, went to the veterinarian and now he’s not sick any more. She talks about the way her vet helps her and the pets in the community. She recites...
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Healthy, Bright Smile
Miss Palomine talks about her friend the dentist. She then recites the poem “My Dentist” and closes by inviting the student to do the tooth brushing motions with her to the song, “Healthy, Bright Smile.”
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There's a Doctor for Everything
Miss Palomine returns from a doctor’s visit with some medicine her doctor gave her. She talks about the way her doctor helps her and the people in the community. She recites the poem, “My Doctor” and talks about the many different types...