DAILY TRAINING AND READINESS PROGRAMS OF THE PRE-SPECIAL A CLASSES, DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2 Morning (Advanced) Group 8:45-9:00. 9:00-9:15. Bell time (Many good personal habits are established at this time.) Recognize their lockers by name, number, or location Remove their wraps Hang up their wraps Develop responsibility by performing specific tasks (dusting, raising shades, caring for fish, watering plants, etc.). The children learn to choose suitable short-time activities. Conference. All the children in these buildings are having a conference period at this time. Pre-special A classes carry on the following activities: 1. Take attendance 2. Health inspection 3. Calendar activity (science) Discuss weather, name of month, year, and day Special days holidays, children's birthdays 4. Interesting happenings at home, in school, on the way to and from school 5. Plan work for day 9:15-10:15. Reading and reading readiness (Group 4, Reading Readiness Group. Group 1-2-3 at different levels in Pre-Primer.) A. Rotate the groups each 20 minutes. Each group has some seat work which will repeat or reinforce some previous experiences. 1. Example words and pictures to match: Dick and Jane Come and Go Big and Little 2. Matching games (pictures, colors, forms) 3. To reinforce color words (string beads, make rainbow, color books, color pictures) B. The teacher works with each group (reread story, games to reinforce Group 1-Pre-Primer "We Come and Go" Group 3-Pre-Primer "We Look and See" Word matching, word recognition based on 16 words in this book. Group 4-Before We Read" Reading readiness C. Each group has some time to select its own activities. Teacher encourages them to choose things which will be quiet enough so she can work with another group. This develops self-direction. Suggested activities: Furnished by Anna Engel, Divisional Director, Department of Special Education, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, Mich. 1. Cut pictures for scrap book 2. Paint, draw, trace, model with clay, puzzles, string beads, look at picture book, matching games 3. Play house There are only 4 children in each group. By having these small numbers, the teacher can still check each child's work individually, but the children get the feeling of group relationship, learn to follow directions, follow while others read. Group work is good for vocabulary game drills. 10:15-10:30. Rhythms Marching, stepping between blocks, skipping, galloping, hopping With victrola-skating music, waltz, march Dramatize to music-"The Wild Horses", "The Tailor and the Bear" Keeping time-sticks, bells, triangle Songs "Tone Matching Tunes" 1. The Telephone 2. Pony Shoes 3. Pretty Tulips 4. Lullaby 6. The Turkey 7. Oh! What a Beautiful Morning "Safety Songs" 1. Always Be Careful 2. Play Ball 3. I'm a Policeman Finger Play 1. Ten Little Fingers 2. Jack O'Lanterns 3. This Little Girl 4. Touch 5. The Excavator 6. The Elephant 10:30-10:45. Prepare for and serve morning milk Attend lavatory, wash before serving milk Helpers- 1. Count children, place napkins 2. Put on milk Drink milk, after which each child takes bottle to sink 1. Wash bottles 2. Clean up tables 10:45-11:00. A, B, C Drill. Writing devices 1. The alphabet drill is for recognition of the symbols by name 4. Use simple pictures and outlines for word recognition drill 11:00-11:15. Arithmetic concept-drill-games 1. Count (1-10)—children, chairs, tables, windows, doors, places at table, napkins 2. Song "One Little, Two Little Indians" 3. Poem-"When I Was One I Just Begun" 1. Speech-express self, dramatize stories 2. Stories-retell or make story from series of pictures, family groups, 1. Family speech drill expression (same as morning group) 2:45. Conference with parents PROGRESS RECORD USED BY THE PRE-SPECIAL A CLASSES OF THE DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS a. walk.............b. run.............c. march_-_-_d. gallop-----e. hop-----f. skip---- IV. Rhythmic muscular patterns Hands... --a. clap................b. finger play--_--_c. rhythm instruments_ b. run. c. march------ d. gallop... e. hop__. f. skip.. V. Hand-eye coordination List of materials |