Weekly Lesson Plan



10/20/2014-10/24/2014

Week of: Theme/Farming/Community/Planting Teacher: _Brenda Knowles

|Dramatic Play |Art |Sand and Water |

|EQ –. What are ways we can express your feelings to others? 2. How can we make|EQ – Can we make a pattern with our pumpkins? |EQ –What does sink mean? |

|choices? | |What does float mean? |

| |Knuckle pumpkin prints |gourds/pumpkins and a variety of classroom objects for |

|Pumpkins and gourds |Plate pumpkins |sink and float activity |

|Measuring cups and spoons |Pumpkin play dough mats |Texture tables |

|Pie plates aprons |Five Little Pumpkins book |Washing pumpkins |

| |Pumpkin painting |Pumpkin exploration (pulp, seeds ,flesh) |

| |Jack-o-Lantern faces |Pumpkin eruption (baking soda and vinegar) |

| | |Pumpkin slime (orange color, corn starch) |

| | |(texture table and sink/float activity used over several|

| | |days) |

|Blocks |Manipulatives |Library & Writing |

|EQ –Where do pumpkins come from? |pumpkin sorting (size) |EQ –What information can we learn from songs, nursery |

|Add gourds, leaves and small pumpkins to area |Line up pumpkins from smallest to largest |rhymes and books? |

|Wrap some blocks in orange paper to symbolize pumpkins |How many pumpkins tall are you? | |

| | |Make a pumpkin predictable chart: Our pumpkin is… |

| | |Books: |

| | |Growing Pumpkins |

| | |Silly Scarecrow |

| | |Pumpkins, Pumpkins |

| | |Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin |

| | |5 Little Pumpkins |

| | |Pumpkin Countdown |

| | |I Like Pumpkins |

| | |Pumpkins |

| | |Patty’s Pumpkin Patch |

| | |From Seed to Pumpkin |

| | |Pumpkin Soup |

| | |Pumpkin Eye |

| | |Where’s My Mummy |

| | |There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat |

| | |Skeleton Hiccups |

|Science & Math |Music & Movement |Computers (Classroom) |

|EQ- What are ways we can measure? |Pumpkin Dance |EQ – |

|What body parts can we use to explore our environment? (5 senses) |Freeze Dance |5 Little Pumpkins (promethean board) |

|pumpkins for children to use to measure each other |Body Part Hokey Pokey |(promethean board) |

|pumpkin examination with magnifying glasses (inside and out) | |Spookley the Square Pumpkin |

|Favorite pumpkin jack-o-lantern face graph | | |

|Make pumpkin life cycle plate | | |

|Follow recipe to measure ingredients to make pumpkin pudding | | |

|Use all senses to describe a pumpkin by asking children what do you | | |

|see/feel/smell/taste/ and record responses. | | |

|Sort pumpkins by size | | |

|Play dough and pumpkin patch counting mats | | |

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| |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |

|Morning Meeting |Morning Greeting |Morning Greeting |Morning Greeting |Morning Greeting |Morning Greeting |

|Time: |Pledge of Allegiance |Pledge of Allegiance |Pledge of Allegiance |Pledge of Allegiance |Pledge of Allegiance |

|9:30-9:45 |Weather and graph |Weather and graph |Weather and graph |Weather and graph |Weather and graph |

| |Linear calendar |Linear calendar |Linear calendar |Linear calendar |Linear calendar |

| |Add caterpillar piece |Add caterpillar piece |Add caterpillar piece |Add caterpillar piece |Add caterpillar piece |

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| |Freeze Dance |Freeze Dance |Freeze Dance |Freeze Dance |Freeze Dance |

| | | |Harvest Hop 9:30-11:30 |Field Trip to pumpkin patch | |

|Whole Group |9:30 morning meeting |9:30 morning meeting |9:30 morning meeting |9:30 morning meeting |9:30 morning meeting |

|Activities |2:30 afternoon meeting |2:30 afternoon meeting |2:30 afternoon meeting |2:30 afternoon meeting |2:30 afternoon meeting |

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|Small Group |AM Groups: |AM Groups: |AM Groups: |AM Groups: |AM Groups: |

|Activities |Teacher |Teacher |Teacher |Teacher |Teacher |

|Time(s): |Activity- |Activity-Literacy Chart everything we |Half Day |Activity |Activity |

| |Read From Seed to Pumpkin |now know about pumpkins and record |Harvest Hop 9:30-11:30 |- Field Trip to pumpkin patch 9:45-11:30 |Making jack-o-lanterns |

|9:45-10:45 | |children’s answers. | | | |

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| | |Assistant 1: |12:15-1:45 | |Assistant 1: |

| |Assistant 1: |Activity- | |Assistant 1: |Activity- make the favorite |

| |Activity Knuckle pumpkin prints |gourds/pumpkins and a variety of |PM Groups: |Activity- |jack-o-lantern face graph |

| | |classroom objects for sink and float |Teacher afternoon group | | |

| | |activity |Talk about what we did today. |Assistants 2: |Assistants 2: |

| | | |Activity : Make pumpkin life cycle plate |Activity- |Activity- |

| | |- | |- |How many pumpkins tall are you? |

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| |Assistants 2: |Activity- pumpkin plate |Assistant 1: | | |

| |Activity- play dough | |Activity- pumpkin sorting |PM Groups: | |

| |(pumpkin counting mats) | | |Teacher afternoon group | |

| | | |- |Talk about what we did today. |PM Groups: |

| | | | |Activity- I Like Pumpkins |Teacher afternoon group |

|2:30-2:45 |- | |Assistants 2: | |Talk about what we did today. |

| | |PM Groups: |Activity- story | |Activity- |

| | |Teacher afternoon group |Growing Pumpkins | |Pumpkin Eye |

| |PM Groups: |Talk about what we did today. | | | |

| |Teacher afternoon group |Activity Pumpkins, Pumpkins | | | |

| |Activity- Go over what we have done | | |Assistant 1: |Assistant 1: |

| |today | | |Activity- Jack-o-Lantern faces |Activity- gourds/pumpkins and a |

| |Story Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin | | | |variety of classroom objects for sink |

| | |Assistant 1: | | |and float activity |

| | |Activity: | | | |

| | |Add gourds, leaves and small pumpkins | |Assistants 2: | |

| | |to area | |Activity- Work on 5 Little Pumpkins book | |

| |Assistant 1: | | | | |

| |Activity- How many pumpkins tall are |Assistants 2: | | |Assistants 2: |

| |you? |Activity- | | |Activity- Work on 5 Little Pumpkins |

| | |Play dough and pumpkin counting mats | | |book |

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| |Assistants 2: |- | | | |

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| |Line up pumpkins from smallest to | | | | |

| |largest | | | | |

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|Centers/ |Sensory tables |Sensory tables |Sensory tables |Sensory tables |Sensory tables |

|Choice |All centers are open for the |All centers are open for the |All centers are open for the substantial |All centers are open for the substantial |All centers are open for the |

|Time(s): |substantial portion of the day. |substantial portion of the day. |portion of the day. |portion of the day. |substantial portion of the day. |

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|Gross Motor/ Outdoor|Balls and balance beam play |Balls and tricycles for practice | |Field Trip |Pedal bikes |

|Activities | |pedaling | | | |

|Time: | | | | | |

|Read Aloud |Growing Pumpkins |Pumpkins Pumpkins |5 Little Pumpkins |I Like Pumpkins |Pumpkin Eye |

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|Promethean Board | |10:40-11:00 | |10:40-11:00 | |

|Activities | |Spookley the Square Pumpkin | |Field Trip | |

|Time: | |Students have a fifteen minute window | | | |

|Individualized |1.JT will demonstrate understanding of preschool skills that include naming colors, counting 1-10, recognize some letters and participation. |

|IEP Goals |2.JB will participate in structures as well as unstructured classroom activities. |

|Time(s): |3.SF Sarah will demonstrate an understanding of preschool concepts by taking part in classroom activities containing fine motor and social skills. |

| |4.MR will complete non-preferred as well as preferred classroom activities with minimal prompting. |

| |5.SS will demonstrate an understanding of preschool concepts by participating and completing classroom activities. |

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|Special Activities/ | | | | | |

|Events | | | | | |

|Time: | | | | | |

|New Vocabulary Words|Apple, Pumpkins (jack o lantern), gourds, autumn (fall), leaves, Pies/Colors relating to fall, big/little, counting, orchard, patch |

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|week: | |

|Things needed to | |

|complete the Theme/ | |

|Study for the Week | |

|Parent/Family |Parents are providing apples, gourds and small pumpkins for classroom activities. |

|Involvement | |

|Activities | |

|Reminders for the | |

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Weekly Planning Form

Extended Common Core Curriculum Skills/ Concepts to emphasize this week:

1. Follow simple directions and/or visual cues

2.Imitate parts of familiar songs, chants, or rhymes.

3. Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities.

4.. Children compare, sort, group, organize and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment.

5. Children use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them.

6. Children demonstrate the social and behavioral skills needed to successfully participate in groups.

7. Children identify, manage and express their feelings.

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