Again, the students are encouraged to speak in unison. The teacher should model these activities a long with the students until they are able to do them without his or her help. Students repeat all twelve months of the year. Students, repeat the days of the week. There are four seasons in a year.
Students repeat the seasons of the year.
It also encourages number recognition because each day a different child is asked to put the number on the calendar as we talk about what that number looks like. Choosing a different child to count the number of students in attendance each day helps with counting in sequence, building self-confidence, and realizing who is in the room each day. After the counting, we all read the good morning story. This is a pre reading activity, after reading this story several weeks, you'll be amazed at how fast the children will recognize the words out of context. There are 11, girls, there are 10 boys.