Lesson Plans – Week of: Jan 8

Traditional Tales letter: N

Monday/Day 1 / Tuesday/Day 2 / Wednesday/Day 3 / Thursday/Day 4 / Friday/Day 5
Table Top Activities
8:05-8:20, 12:00-12:15 / Table Top Activities
8:05-8:20, 12:00-12:15 / Table Top Activities
8:05-8:20, 12:00-12:15 / Table Top Activities
8:05-8:20, 12:00-12:15 / Table Top Activities
8:05-8:20, 12:00-12:15
Opening Circle 8:50-9:10, 12:50-1:10
·  Daily Circle Activities (ABC’s Colors, shapes, #’s, etc)
·  Little Red Riding Hood pg. 163-166
·  Discuss Senses – What does the wolf say? / Opening Circle 8:50-9:10, 12:50-1:10
·  Daily Circle Activities (ABC’s Colors, shapes, #’s, etc)
·  3 Billy Goats Gruff pg. 308-311 and flannel board pieces
·  What comes in 3’s? / Opening Circle 8:50-9:10, 12:50-1:10
·  Daily Circle Activities (ABC’s Colors, shapes, #’s, etc)
·  Goldilocks and the Three Bears pg. 175-177
·  Good Manners at someone’s home and at the table / Opening Circle 8:50-9:10, 12:50-1:10
·  Daily Circle Activities (ABC’s Colors, shapes, #’s, etc)
Read Henny Penny
Venn Diagram compare/contrast to Little Red Hen / Opening Circle 8:50-9:10, 12:50-1:10
·  Daily Circle Activities (ABC’s Colors, shapes, #’s, etc)
Tortoise and the Hare pg. 320-321
Morals of the stories we discussed
Sing a song of opposites (fast/slow) big, little, (near, far)
Centers 9:10-9:55 1:10-1:55
-Fill Grandma’s basket with fruits and vegetables
-ABC Patterns with linking rings
-Find Letter N picture search
Dramatic Play
Motor Skills Shelf / Centers 9:10-9:55 1:10-1:55
·  Make bridges with blocks – grumpy old troll
·  Puppet Theater Story Retell
·  Letter N cut and paste activity
·  Dramatic Play
·  Counting Boards / Centers 9:10-9:55 1:10-1:55
Unifex cube patterns
Bear match (small, medium, big) cut and paste
Story Retell using
Dramatic Play Prompts
Block Building
Motor Skills Shelf / Centers 9:10-9:55 1:10-1:55
·  Floor Puzzles
·  How many nuts? Use tweezers and “nuts” (Marbles) to count
·  Puppet theater
·  Dramatic play
·  Painting – Henny Penny / Centers, 9:10-9:55-1:10-1:55
Opposite cards
Balancing scales
Sand table
Marker boards
Tortoise Tissue Paper plates
Outside Time 8:35-8:50, 12:35-12:50 / Outside Time 8:35-8:50, 12:35-12:50
I spy / Outside Time 8:35-8:50, 12:35-12:50 / Outside Time 8:35-8:50, 12:35-12:50
Three legged race / Outside Time 8:35-8:50, 12:35-12:50
Food 8:20-8:35, 12:15-12:30 / Food 8:20-8:35, 12:15-12:30 / Food 8:20-8:35, 12:15-12:30 / Food 8:20-8:35, 12:15-12:30 / Food 8:20-8:35, 12:15-12:30
Choice Time 9:55-10:20
1:55-2:20 / Choice Time 9:55-10:20
1:55-2:20 / Choice Time 9:55-10:20
1:55-2:20 / Choice Time 9:55-10:20
1:55-2:20 / Choice Time 9:55-10:20
1:55-2:20
Closing 10:20-10:35,
2:20-2:35
Song: I like Red Chant, 85
Reflection: Was the wolf a stranger? Would you talk to him? What should we learn from this story? / Closing 10:20-10:35,
2:20-2:35
Music and Movement: London Bridge
Reflection: What do you do when you’re grumpy? What would you like to have 3 of? / Closing 10:20-10:35,
2:20-2:35
Music and Movement 3 bears rap pg. 49-50
Reflection: have you ever been to the woods? What did you do there? / Closing 10:20-10:35,
2:20-2:35
Music and movement: I’m a little brown acorn pg. 34
Reflection: Why do you think all of the animals believed Henny Penny? Would you? / Closing 10:20-10:35,
2:20-2:35
Music and movement: There was a little turtle finger play pg. 126
Reflection: Did you like using the balancing scales? Why? Why not?
Assessment
Quarterly Assessment
Gold: / Assessment / Assessment / Assessment / Assessment