{"product_id":"read-aloud-companion-pete-the-cat-rocking-in-my-school-shoes-interactive-lesson-and-activities-copy-copy-copy","title":"Interactive Read- Aloud- On the First Day of Kindergarten- Lessons and Activities","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the First Day of Kindergarten\u003cbr\u003eInteractive Kindergarten Read-Aloud Lesson Pack\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCelebrate the many exciting “firsts” children experience during kindergarten with this interactive literacy and early-math lesson!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by \u003cem\u003eOn the First Day of Kindergarten\u003c\/em\u003e by Tish Rabe, this engaging lesson helps children notice repetition, sequence events and explore the story’s growing cumulative structure. Learners then work together to create an original class list of memorable kindergarten experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs each new experience is added, children match it with a numeral, count the growing collection and create a movement to represent it. The lesson brings together oral language, comprehension, sequencing, movement, patterning and number sense in a playful and meaningful way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s Included\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo-page interactive teacher lesson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig idea and learning goal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudent-friendly success criteria\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMinds On growing-pattern activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore and during-reading prompts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Create Our Growing Kindergarten List” activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsolidation and reflection prompts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssessment look-fors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDifferentiation and accessibility supports\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtension and suggested next steps\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOntario Kindergarten Curriculum 2026 connections\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelevant U.S. Common Core Kindergarten standards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix photographic Kindergarten Firsts Cards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumeral cards from 1–12\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst, Next, Then and Last sequencing support\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“One Kindergarten First I Remember” student activity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKindergarten Experience Cards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaking a friend\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading a book\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreating art\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding together\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlaying outside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSharing an idea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkills Addressed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecognizing repetition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExploring cumulative story structure\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecalling and sequencing events\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing first, next, then and last\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCounting and numeral recognition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnecting counting with quantity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderstanding one more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOral communication\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonal narrative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing, dictating and early writing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting on classroom experiences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding confidence and belonging\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlexible and Inclusive\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChildren may demonstrate their understanding through speaking, drawing, pointing, acting, movement, home language, dictation or AAC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lesson can begin with only three experiences before gradually growing to a longer sequence. 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