lesson plans for choices • decisiones - healthy choices
TRANSCRIPT
Date Teacher
Literacy Math
abundant, bean, dairy, dehydrated, diagonal, feast, fruits, grain, horizontal, meat, nutritious, produce, silkworms
Spanish Vocabularyabundante, frijol, lácteo, deshidratado, diagonal, festín, frutas, grano, horizontal, carne, nutritiva, productos alimenticios, gusanos de seda, verduras
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTS
• Imagine creative hamburgers
• Notice /h/ at the beginning of words
• Capital N worksheet
Centers
• Creativity Station - Draw a hamburger
• ABC - Make play dough hamburger
patties-use tongue depresssors to
make different shapes on burger
patties
• Language and Literacy - Sort rhyming
objects
Day 4
Greeting Circle
• Teach the children " Go Bananas"
(pg 196). Ask children what they think
the song title implies.
• Invite the children to pick an apple. By
reaching high across the body to the
left with your right hand, pretending to
pick an apple. inhale deeply with the
reach.
•Ask the children about their
experiences teaching family members
how to do Humpty, Dumpty. (p.171)
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message-What is your
favorite nutritious fruit? Say the words
favorite and fruit, stretching the
beginning sound.
• Sing "Muffin Man" (pg 189) Ask the
children which kind of muffins they like.
•Invite children to perform Pretzel.
(P.169) Point out that pretzels are a
from of bread made from flour, salt,
water, and oil.
•introduce "Hot Cross Bun" (P.189) Tell
the children that they are going to learn
a game about bread. explain that bread
is made from grains like wheat and
oats and that a bun is a type of bread.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message-Bread and tortillas
are fine with butter. Say the sentence.
write the first word, explaining why it
begins with an uppercase letter. Finish
writing the sentence.
• Sing "Peanut Butter" (pg 191) Ask
children if they like peanut butter. Point
out that peanut butter is a protein- rich
food and protein is the brain food,
Peanut butter is nutritious.
•Invite children to choose a cqalming
strategy (P.168 -169) and perform.
•Use Fanny Frog to help implement the
Absent Child Ritual and Welcome Back
Ritual.
•Remind the children that noyritious
choices are just one kind of choice. We
make healthy choices, helpful choices,
and safe choices every day.
• Morning Message-Peanut butter and
eggs are nutritious. Focus on the word
butter, emphasizing the beginning
sound. Tell the children the word
begins with the letter b.
• Retell and role-play “Little Red Hen”
• Discuss different kinds of bread
• Capital and Lower case "Bb"
worksheet
Centers
• Writer's Corner - Form play dough
letters
• Language and Literacy - Use
sequence cards to retell a story
• Listening and Library - Use story
props to retell and change story
I.
Moving and
Learning
• Read environmental print
• Vote for favorite fast-food snack
• Lower case "n" worksheet
Centers
• Writer's Corner - Use magnetic letters
to copy words
• Construction - Build fast-food
restaurants with wooden blocks on car
table
• Library and Listening - Listen to story
• Discuss importance of drinking water
• Work with rhyming words
• Weekly Letter Review-Chart
beginning sound words from letters
F,N,B
Centers
• Writer's Corner - Draw foods and give
oral descriptions
• Sensory Table - Fill bottles with rice
from the sensory table
• Language and Literacy - Retell
nursery rhymes with props
• Sing "Raindrop Song" (pg 190) Give
the children some examples of fast
food and describe places this type of
food is found.
•Point out the poor choice one might
make if they were to eat much fast food
and then ride the roller coaster.
•Review Georgie Porgie (P. 172)
encourage children to select a partner.
Review the words and demonstrate the
actions with a oartner.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message-Does fast food
have nutrients? Write the sentence.
invite a child to circle the letter n and f.
• Sing "Drink, Drink, Drink Your Water"
(pg 186) Ask children about how often
they drink water. Tell them that water is
important for their brain and their
body.When we don't get enough water,
we get dehydrated and then we have
trouble thinking.
•Invite the children to perform Drain.
(P. 168) Discuss the sound of wqater
running from a faucet. Encourage
children to describe the sound.
•Invite children to create a water
greeting( swimming greeting, rain
greeting, ocean-wave greeting)
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message-Water keeps your
body and brain healthy. Write the
sentences. Invite a child to circle the
letter b in the sentence.
Fruit Basket Turnover • Canasta de
frutas game, pg. 199 Display photos of
fruit. Ask children to name the fruit in
each photograph.
Sing Rock and roll Pat a Cake -pg. 193
& Sing Pat-a-cake pg. 197 Discuss the
ingredients in cakes. Point out that
flour is aground from grians.
Drop the Peanut • Suelta el cacahuate
game pg. 199 It is the same game as
Handkerchief.
(P. 199)
Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie
Jar? Pg. 198
• Explain what a cookie jar is? Do you
have one at home? What is your
favorite cookie?
Raindrop ribbon dance-Dance like
raindrops to classical music. Discuss
the characteristics of rain as it falls
from the clouds and lands on
windowpanes, grass, sidewalks, and
lakes. Point out how it runs in line and
how it hops when it hits a hard surface.
discuss soft rainfalls and hard rainfalls.
Have the children close their eyes and
imagine rainfall.
Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness - Alliteration
Character
Education
Fairness, Justicia
Confidence, Confianza
Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Choices (Week 2)Dec 3rd-7th Transitional Kindergarten
nutritious, nutritivoWonderful Word TechnologyWriter's Corner; ABC & XYZ
Letter KnowledgeEnglish-F, f, N, n, B, b
Spanish-F, f, N, n, B, bGeometry
English Vocabulary
Literacy (Oral
Language, Phonics,
Handwriting, Read
Aloud)
• Compare and categorize fruits and
vegetables
• Sequence seed to fruit-Sequence
Cards
• Capital and lower case "Ff"
worksheet
Centers
• Writer's Corner - Write and draw in
journals
• Science - Sort fruits and vegetables-
Kitchen
• Creativity Station - Match colors and
paint
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTSDay 4
• Pretend and Learn - Add dairy and
grain products and begin grocery store
• Fine Motor - Use sorting tray to sort
different foam shapes
• Construction - Make collages on
boxes with pictures of grains and dairy
products for food pyramid
• Pretend and Learn - Add canned
foods and pretend meat to the grocery
store
• Fine Motor - Usefingers to place
the “pickles” on a bun (circle of brown
construction paper)
• Construction - Make collages on
boxes with pictures of meats and
beans for food pyramid
• Pretend and Learn - Set up a fast
food restaurant-Kitchen area of
classroom
• Fine Motor - Move candy (Skittles)
from one bowl to the other using left or
right hand. (opposite writing hand)
• Construction - Build a sculpture using
Bristle Blocks
• Pretend and Learn - Practice pouring
water and cleaning up spills
• Fine Motor - Transfer water using a
sponge and an eyedropper
• Construction - Build a well
• Pretend and Learn - Set up a fruit and
vegetable stand
• Fine Motor - Use fingers to move
apple seeds from one container to
another container (use opposite hand
than writing hand)
• Construction - Make collages on
boxes with pictures of fruits and
vegetables for food pyramid
“Candy Land Journey” • “Diario del país
del dulce” action story pg. 204
• Discuss the importance of eating
nutritious foods
• Recognize letters c and d
• Photo Activity Card #75
Food Around the World • Comidas de
todo el mundo, Big Book
• Categorize foods
• Discuss fast food
Food Around the World • Comidas de
todo el mundo- Big Book
• Review photos of foods
• List many other different foods
“Jack and Jill” • “Juan y Josefina”
Nursery Rhyme Flip Chart
Nursery Rhyme • Cuentos infantiles
flip chart
• Develop vocabulary
• Notice rhyming words
Math and Science
• Investigate a pyramid shape
• Compare ovals and circles-Apple and
Tennis Ball
Centers
• Creativity Station - Make apple
shapes with Wikki Stix™
• Math - Match blocks to food items
(three-dimensional shapes)
• Learn about triangles-Tillie the
Triangle, pg.215
• Develop concept of diagonal and
horizontal-2 pieces of colored
construction paper cut into squares
Centers
• Creativity Station - Make horizontal
and diagonal cuts
• Math - Follow rebus recipe to make a
cheese sandwich
• Develop concept of three-dimensional
shapes using food as models
Centers
• Sensory Table - Make play dough
shapes-eggs and hot dogs. Use tongue
depressors to cut play dough egg 2
ways to show oval and circle
• Science - Make food pyramids
• Create hexagonal shapes with pattern
blocks
Centers
• Math - Recreate hexagonal shapes
with pattern blocks
• Sensory Table - Create patterns by
twirling two colored strips
• Observe properties of liquid
• Introduce three-dimensional shapes
Centers
• Creativity Station - Trace and paint
shapes
• Science - Observe melting ice cubes
Food Around the World-Big Book
• Discuss food pyramid
• Focus on fruits and vegetables
“Reagan’s Journal” • “El diario de
Reagan” listening story-pg.161
• Graph favorite snack
• Learn about silkworms and their diet
.
• Which was your favorite hamburger
on the Happy Hamburger Hunt menu?
• Check on Commitments- Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection-Practice
repeating your class's favorite nursery
rhyme and send children home
chanting it.
• What have you learned about fast
food today?
• Check on Commitments- Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection-Encourage
children tot each their family one of the
songs sung today.
• Ask children what they have learned
this week about making healthy
choices?
• Check on Commitments- Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection-Have children
teach their family about the healthy
choices they learned about this week
Character
Education
PATHS:
Twiggle learns to do the Turtle Part 2.
Invite children to pretend to picking
apples.
Fairness:
Discuss sharing and being fair. Make a
list of ways we can be fair
Outdoor Learning
• Invite children to toss Tennis balls
into buckets.
Warm up : Stretching activites
Parachute play: "Popcorn"
Warm up : Stretching activities
• Warm up : Stretching activites
Gross motor " Walking cups"
PATHS:
Review "To Turtle" our calming
technique.
Invite children to choose a calming
strategy and perform. (pg168-169)
“The Country and City Mouse” • “El
ratón de campo y el ratón de la ciudad”
listening story-pg. 203
• Compare the city mouse and the
country mouse
• Discuss the abundant feast
“Little Red Hen” • “La gallinita roja”
story folder
• Shared reading
• Develop vocabulary
"Food Around the World ".• Comidas
de todo el mundo Big Book
• Discuss different proteins and how
they are prepared for eating
• Focus on nuts
“Food Nursery Rhymes” • “Rimas
infantiles en torno a la comida” story
folder
• Read and recite rhymes
• Listen for rhyming words
• Provide props ( snow-cone cups, music
box ) so the children can pretend ride on a
ice cream truck.
Warm up: Stretching activities
• Warm up : Stretching activites
Game " Red light , Green Light "
Confidence:
Read " Wemberly Worried"
Discuss ways we can be confident.
Conscious Discipline
Practice Picking Apples
Closing Circle
• What have you learned about fruits
and vegetables today?
• Check on Commitments- Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree- Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection-Encourage
children to tally the different fruits and
vegetables they eat before they return
to school. Send home Cathy Cook with
each child.
• From what does the little red hen
make her bread?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection-Have children
notice different types of bread in the
grocery store
Weekly Learning
Centers
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTSDay 4
• Increasingly interacts and
communicates with peers to initiate
pretend-play scenarios that share a
common plan and goal
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Uses some appropriate writing
conventions when writing or giving
dictation
• Identifies similarities and differences
in characteristics of families
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Produces a word that rhymes with a
given word
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Uses a large speaking vocabulary, adding
several new words daily
• Produces a word that begins with the same
sound as a given pair of words
• Creates shapes
• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic
representation
• Engages in voting as a method for group
decision making
• Demonstrates that all people need food,
clothing, and shelter
• Discusses the roles and responsibilities of
community workers
• Provides appropriate information for
various situations
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for
other
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Produces a word that begins with the
same sound as a given pair of words
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Names at least 20 upper- and at least
20 lowercase letters
• Uses a wide variety of words to label
and describe people, places, things,
and actions
• Engages in voting as a method for
group decision-making
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Names common shapes
• Creates shapes
• Demonstrates use of location words
• Shows understanding by responding
appropriately
• Participates in classroom music
activities
• Begins to understand difference and
connection between feelings and
behaviors
• Recognizes, observes, and discusses
the relationship of organisms to their
environments
• Responds to different musical styles
through movement and play
• Demonstrates that all people need
food, clothing, and shelter
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Produce a word that rhymes with a
given word
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Names common shapes
• Recognizes how much can be placed
within an object
• Identifies, compares, discusses earth
materials and their properties and use
• Identifies and describes the
characteristics of organisms
Learning Goals
• Is aware of where own body is in
space, respects personal boundaries
• Uses a wide variety of words to label
and describe people, places, things,
and actions
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Uses category labels to understand
how the words or objects relate to each
other
• Identifies similarities and differences
in characteristics of families
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Describes life cycles of organisms
• Names common shapes
• Creates shapes
• Slides, flips, and turns shapes to
demonstrate that the shapes remain the
same
• Describes, observes, and investigates
properties and characteristics of common
objects
• Investigates and describes position and
motion of objects
• Uses category labels to understand how
the words and objects relate to each other
• Shows understanding by following two-
step oral directions and usually follows
three-step directions
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Sustains attention to personally
chosen or routine tasks until they are
completed
• Uses a large speaking vocabulary,
adding several new words daily
• Uses category labels to understand
how the words and objects relate to
each other
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Retells or reenacts a story after it is
read aloud
• Creates or re-creates stories, moods, or
experiences through dramatic
representations
• Names common shapes
• Creates shapes
• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic
representation
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Uses a wide variety of words to label and
describe people, places, things, and actions
Date Teacher
Literacy Math
English Vocabulary
Literacy (Oral
Language, Phonics,
Handwriting, Read
Aloud)
• Discuss benefits of exercise
• Explore levels of fitness
Centers
• Fine Motor-Pick up buttons with your
toes race
• Writer's Corner-Draw exercising
• Gross Motor-Practice exercises
Letter
Knowledge
English-P, p, L, l, R, r
Spanish-P, p, L, l, R, rMeasurement–Time
Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Habits (Week 3)Dec 10th - 14th Transitional Kindergarten
habit, hábitoWonderful Word TechnologyMath-What Comes Next?; Words Words Words
Oral Language, Vocabulary
Character
Education
Fairness, Justicia
Confidence, Confianza
• Discuss children’s experiences with
doctors, nurses, and dentists
• Sequence parts of a typical wellness
checkup
Centers
• Writer's Corner-Use Wikki-Stix™ and
magnetic letters to copy words
• Pretend and Learn-Role-play doctor
visits
• Language and Literacy-Sequence
pictures of brushing teeth and visiting a
doctor
• Describe familiar steps in the bedtime
routine
Centers
• Pretend and Learn-Role-play reading
bedtime story to doll
• Language and Literacy-Sequence
bedtime routine pictures
• Library and Listening-Listen to book
on manners
• Sing "This is the Way We Brush Our
Teeth" (pg 195). Discuss the care of
our teeth and our bodies as healthy
habits.
•Invite children to choose a calming
strategy. (P.168-169). Remind them
that releasing stress is a healthy habit.
•Review "On Your Face". (P.172)
Repeat so each partner can lead.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message - Doctors listen to
our lungs. Doctors check our reflexes.
Invite a volunteer appropriate letter
cards for reference.
• Sing "Are You Sleeping" (pg 182) Tell
the children that today they will
continue learning about choosing
healthy habits.
•Invite children to choose a calming
strategy. (P.168-169). Remind them that
releasing stress is a healthy habit.
•Suggest that children teach a family
member this game at bedtime.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message - Do you read a
book at bedtime? Say the sentence.
write the First word, explaining why
begins with a uppercase letter.
.
“Wiggle, Jiggle, Giggle” song and
dance (pg 184) Ask children which
body parts they exercised while singing
this song.
Create a new patty-cake pattern.
Encourage children to coap you patty-
cake and than callenge them to create
their own patty-cake.
“Peanut Butter and Jelly” • (pg 191)
“Mantequilla de cacahuate y
mermelada” song. Discuss why the last
verse is hummed. Point out that when
use our manners we don't talk with our
mouth full.
Invite the children to sing along and do
the movements to “Dr. Knicker Bocker”
action song (pg 186).
“Ten in the Bed” • “Diez en una cama”
action song (pg 193). Place a blanket
on the floor to represent the bed.
Assign ten children a number.
Encourage the remaining children to do
hand motions that go with the song.
Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTS
• List inappropriate behaviors
• Restate these behaviors as positive
rules
Centers
• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to serve
and eat a meal
• Creativity Station-Illustrate good
manners
• Describe a sloober
Day 4
Greeting Circle
• Sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and
Toes" (pg 188) Point out the exercise
you accomplish as you sing this song.
Ask the children about exercises they
know how to do.
•Point out that reducing stress is also a
healthy habit that we choose for our
body and brian. Invite children to
choose a calming strategy (P.168-169)
•Sing "Get Ready" (P.177) Review the
words and then the movements that
accompany the song.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message - Kiley and Riley
exercise while they play. Say the
sentence. write the first word,
explaining why it begins with
anuppercase letter.
• Teach stretching exercise, "Stretch to
the Window" (pg 198) Discuss the use
of stretching as a means of reducing
stress.
•Play "S.T.A.R." Review the words and
movements (P.177). Remind children that
when we do movments that cross our
midline (from our nose to our navel) we
exercise the brian and enhance out
thinking ability.
•Review "Three Nice Mice. (P.173).
Review the words first and perform the
actions with a partner.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message - My grandmother
grows pansies, petunias, lilies, and
roses. Say the words pansies and
petunias , stretching the beginning
sounds. Tell the children both words
begin with the letter p.
• Sing "Sing Along with Me" (pg 192).
Discuss manners. What are manners?
•Play " Shubert Shuffle" (P. 181). Invite
the children to sing along and move as
directed with the song. Ask children
what they think the lyrices the dance of
respect to a friends.
•Use Fammy Frog to help implement
the Absent Child Ritual and the
Welcome Beack Ritual.
•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.
• Morning Message - Respect my
friends. Listen to the teacher. Pass
the paper, please. Point out that we
use manners in a variety of ways. Say
the sentences.
• Introduce relaxing strategies as a
healthy choice to overcome stress
• Practice relaxing yoga strategies
Centers
• Creativity Station-Draw favorite
activities
• Gross Motor Area-Practice yoga
strategies
• Library and Listening-Read books
with relaxing music in background
Moving and
Learning
active, after, alert, bedtime, before, confidence daytime during, etiquette, exercise fair, habit, manners, nighttime, respect, routine
Spanish Vocabularyactivo, después, alerta, hora de irse a dormir, antes, confianza, día, durante, etiqueta, ejercicio justo, hábito, modales, noche, respeto, rutina
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTSDay 4Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Closing Circle
• What have you learned today about
exercise?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection -Challenge your
child to do 2 new exercise before
returning to school.
• Which relaxation activity did you like
best? Why?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection - Encourage your
child to identify several things at home
that have a beginning and an end.
Weekly Learning
Centers
• Play The Doctor Says • El médico
dice as you would play Simon Says
Warm up: Stretching activites
• Play “Old Gray Cat” • “El viejo gato
gris”
(p. 200)
Warm up : stretching activites
PATHS: Color Twiggle doing turtle and
discuss when you have used the turtle
technique pg 4-37 paths binder
PATHS: Turtle sequence poster page 4-
45 paths binder
Outdoor Learning
• Remind the children about endurance
exercises. Encourage them to play a
game of keep-away with the ball. Point
out that this activity is an endurance
activity. The running increases their
heart rate. Warm
up : Stretching activites
• Have children lie on their backs and
close their eyes. Point out that being
quiet and being fully present with
nature can be an effective way to relax
and reduce stress. ( Provide nature
sound CD
Warm up : Stretching activities
• Play Mother, May I, …? • Mamá,
puedo.
(p. 200)
Warm up: stretching activites
*Twiggle and Henriettas play about
confidence Play Shubert Shuffle
(p.181)
Shubert is a S.T.A.R.
• Learn three calming strategies
• Practice S.T.A.R. strategy
“My Grandmother’s Garden” • “El jardín
de mi abuelita” listening story
• Participate appropriately in storytelling
• Find and name l, p, and r in
vocabulary words
A to Z Ps and Qs • Buenos modales de
la A a la Z
• Introduce idea of manners
• Listen for /p/, /l/, and /r/
A to Z Ps and Qs • Buenos modales de
la A a la Z
• Discuss how using manners can build
confidence
• Generate examples of good manners
• What are manners?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection - Encourage your
child to demonstrate good manners at
home.
• Why are routine doctor and dentist
checkups a healthy habbit?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection - Encourage
children to research birth month of their
family. Create a graoh and bring back
to school.
• Why is getting ten hours of sleep a
healthy habbit?
• Check on Commitments-Ask for
examples of ways children followed
theough on their commitments.
• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and
report on kind acts.
• Family Connection - Teacher
someone at home "Your Fingers Are
So Sleepy".
Character
Education
Conscious Discipline: Review picking
apples. Invite children to pick a
calming strategy. (pg.168-169)
Practice STAR. Pg177 Have circle
time with Twiggle. Practice circle time
rules with Twiggle.
“Five Little Monkeys” • “Cinco Monitas”
action rhyme
• Role-play rhyme
• Consider monkey’s choices—were
they safe?
Neighborhood Helpers • Ayudantes
del vecindario
• Introduce doctor, nurse, and dentist
• Consider healthy habits
“There Is a Sweet Mother Who Lives in
a Shoe” • “La señora que vive en un
zapato” listening story
• Identify going-to-bed sequence
• Compare with bedtime routines
“Bedtime Book” • “Libro para la hora de
dormir” action story
• Role-play reading a book as an
important part of the bedtime routine
Math and Science
• Introduce day-night cycle
• Create a pattern
Centers
• Fine Motor-Arrange cutouts to show
day-night pattern
• Math-Copy a pattern using connecting
cubes
• Introduce vocabulary before, during,
and after
• Create timeline of school day events
Centers
• Gross Motor Area-Experience
changes in heartbeat before and after
exercise
• Science-Sequence events in daily
routine
• Compare passage of time (analog
clock, sand timer)
• Time a simple task
Centers
• Sensory Table-Measure how much
water is squeezed from a sponge into a
container in one minute
• Sort numerals that come before and
after a given number
• Introduce calendar and months of the
year
Centers
• Creativity Station-Make a birthday
calendar
• Math-Match numerals
• Recognize numerals 1 through 9
• Become familiar with analog clock
Centers
• Math-String and count beads
• Gross Motor Area-Toss and count
beanbags
“Kylie and Riley” • “Tita y Rita” action
story
• Participate in story action
• Develop concept of exercise
Five Huge Dinosaurs • Cinco enormes
dinosaurios
• Explore different ways to move
• Interesting movement words
• Fine Motor-Use a sponge to move
water from one bowl to another
• Math-Make up a pattern of exercises
(two jumping jacks, three toe touches,
two jumping jacks…)
• Pretend and Learn-Create a morning
exercise routine
• Fine Motor- Invite the children to draw
a picture of something they do just for
fun
• Math-Count breaths using a sand
timer
• Pretend and Learn-Use a tub of
water, soap and sponges to discuss
how the feel and sound of water can
relieve stress
• Fine Motor-Play a game or build a
Lego™ house with a friend
• Math-Play Pass the Number Please
• Pretend and Learn-Set the table and
sit down to a pretend dinner
• Fine Motor-Place in order the Teeth
Brushing sequence cards and Hand
Washing sequence cards
• Math-Experiment with weight and
height
• Pretend and Learn-Provide props for
a doctor’s office
• Fine Motor-Play game with wiggle
eyes
• Math-Role-play “Ten in the Bed” •
“Diez
en una cama” (p. 193)
• Pretend and Learn-Invite children to
put the baby dolls to bed
Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTSDay 4Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Learning Goals
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Coordinates sequence of movements
to perform tasks
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Provides appropriate information for
various situations
• Uses category labels to understand
how the words and objects relate to
each other
• Demonstrates understanding in a
variety of ways or knowing the meaning
of three to four thousand words
• Counts up to ten items, and
demonstrates that the last count
indicates how many items were
counted
• Uses language to describe concepts
associated with the passing of time
• Recognizes and creates patterns
• Uses information learned from books
by describing, relating, categorizing, or
comparing and contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Begins to understand difference and
connection between feelings and
behaviors
• Practices good habits of personal
safety
• Recognizes and creates patterns
• Demonstrates an understanding that
others have perspectives and feelings
that are different from her own
• Is able to increase or decrease
intensity of emotions more consistently,
although adult guidance is sometimes
necessary
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Is aware of where own body is in
space, respects personal boundaries
• Identifies good habits of nutrition and
exercise
• Demonstrates use of location words
• Uses language to describe concepts
associated with the passing of time
• Organizes their life around events, time,
and routines
• Coordinates sequence of movements to
perform tasks
• Identifies and describes the characteristics
of organisms
• Begins to have meaningful friends
• Shows competence in initiating social
interactions
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Demonstrates understanding in a
variety of ways or knowing the meaning
of three to four thousand words, many
more than he or she uses
• Assumes various roles and
responsibilities as part of a classroom
community
• Regulates his own behavior with
occasional reminders or assistance
from teacher
• Shows understanding by responding
appropriately
• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0
through 9
• Uses language to describe concepts
associated with the passing of time
• Sorts objects that are the same and
different into groups and uses language to
describe how the groups are similar and
different
• Uses information learned from books by
describing, relating, categorizing, or
comparing and contrasting
• Initiates problem-solving strategies and
seeks adult help when necessary
• Practices good habits of personal
health and hygiene
• Participates in classroom music
activities
• Is able to increase or decrease
intensity of emotions more consistently,
although adult guidance is sometimes
necessary
• Creates or re-creates stories, moods,
or experiences through dramatic
representations
• Retells or reenacts a story after it is
read aloud
• Discusses the roles and
responsibilities of community workers
• Organizes their life around events,
time, and routines
• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates
that the last count indicates how many items
were counted
• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0 through 9
• Uses language to describe concepts
associated with the passing of time
• Practices good habits of personal safety
• Provides appropriate information for
various situations
• Is able to use language for different
purposes
• Practices good habits of personal
health and hygiene
• Is able to increase or decrease
intensity of emotions more consistently,
although adult guidance is sometimes
necessary
• Participates in classroom music
activities
• Asks to be read to or asks the
meaning of written text
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Organizes their life around events,
time, and routines
• Uses language to describe concepts
associated with the passing of time
• Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30
• Recognizes one-digit numerals, 0
through 9
• Identifies similarities and differences
in characteristics of families
• Responds to different musical styles
through movement and play
Date Teacher
Literacy Math
celebrate,Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza,snow, cold, ice,sled, snowflake
Alphabet Letter-Make pictures out of
alphabet letters
Drawing Table-Draw winter scenes
Stencils
• Kitchen Play-serving Holiday dinner
• Puzzle table
• Phoneme Picture Cards
Use Magnet letters to spell names out
Puzzles
• Creativity Station- Holiday Projects•
Alphabet Letter-Make pictures out of
alphabet letters
Drawing Table-Draw winter scenes
Stencils
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5
Take a picture walk through The
Hanukkah Hop .
Morning Message-What is Hanukkah?
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Phonics Bingo-full card
Read Aloud-"Ten on the Sled"
Day 4
Greeting CircleSing Jingle Bells
Morning Message-What is Christmas?
Read a Hanukkah Story
Morning Message-What is Hanukkah?
Read a story about Kwanza
Morning Message-What is Kwanza?
Handwriting Practice-Matching sound
worksheet
Read Aloud-The Hanukkah Hop
Moving and Learning
Read Ten on the Sled
Morning Message- What is your
favorite holiday to celbrate?
Follow the leader obstacle course What time is it Mr. Snowflake? Freeze Dance Do some Yoga What time is it Mr. Snowman?
Use chalk boards to do Subtraction
problems
• Art-Make snowflakes-cutting practice
• Bead Table-fine motor skills
• Puzzles
Handwritting- Practice writing your last
name
Practice letter sounds
Handwriting Practice-Matching sound
worksheet
Read Aloud-The Hanukkah Hop
Introduce subtraction with symbol (-)
Practice number printing
Simple subtraction-review previous day
Use dry erase boards
Practice subtraction with counting bears Practice counting by 2s
• what was your favorite part of the day?
• Check Commitments
• Kindness Tree
• Family Connection-Share with your family
about your favorite holiday to celebrate?
• What did you learn about Hanukkah?
• Check Commitments
• Kindness Tree
• Family Connection- Demonstrate the
Balloon strategy to a family member.
Character Education
Review Character Traits
Fairness : What does it mean to be Fair?
Appropriate Turtles I
Practice Balloon
Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness
Character
EducationReview Character Traits
Outdoor Learning
Warm up: Stretching activites
Game " May I Mr. Snowman "
Warm up: Stretching activites
Game " Freeze Tag"
Warm up: Stretching
Use walking cups and pretend they are
snowshoes .
Review Character Traits
Confidence: what does confidence mean?
• What did you learn about Kwanza?
• Check Commitments
• Kindness Tree
• Family Connection-Share with your family
how you care about your family and friends
Math and Science
Lesson Plans for Holiday Celebrations Week 1 Dec 17th - 21st Transitional Kindergarten
HolidayWonderful Word Technology Review Themes 1-4
Letter
KnowledgeAlphabet Review Review shapes and patterns
Warm up : stretching activites
Gross motor " Relay Race"
Warm up : stretching activites
"Iceberg tag" ( place 4 hula hoops
around the gym. One person is the
tagger, use hula hoops as safe
icebergs to stand in for only 5 seconds
then has to get out, once child is
tagged they too become a tagger )
Review Turtles 1 Review Balloon
English Vocabulary
Closing Circle
• What was your favorite activity of the day?
Why?
• Check Commitments
• Kindness Tree
• Family Connection-Tell your family the
story of :Ten on the Sled"
What do you like about Hanukkah?
Check Commitments
Kindness Tree
Family Connection-Talk to your family
about ways that you share at school
and at home
Weekly Learning Centers
Literacy (Oral Language,
Phonics, Handwriting,
Read Aloud)
Handwriting Practice A-Z and a-z on lined
paper concentrating on finger spacing
Read Aloud-"Christmas and a Puppy"
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON
COMPONENTSDay 4
• Demonstrates coordination and balance in
isolation
• Shows competence in initiating social
interactions
• Initiates problem-solving strategies and seeks
adult help when necessary
• Uses information learned from books by
describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing
and contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate questions about
the book
• Assumes various roles and responsibilities as
part of a classroom community.
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for others
• Takes care of and manages classroom materials
• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count per item
• Counts up to 10 items, and demonstrates that
the last count indicates how many items were
counted
• Recognizes and creates patterns
• Provides appropriate information for various
situations
• Demonstrates knowledge of verbal
conversational rules
• Uses some appropriate writing conventions
when writing or giving dictation
• Begins to understand difference and connection
between feelings and behaviors
• Responds to different musical styles through
movement and play
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Shows initiative in independent situations and
persists in attempting to solve problems
• Combines words to make a compound word
• Uses complete sentences of four or more words
and grammatical complexity usually with subject,
verb, and object order
• Asks and answers appropriate questions about
the book
• Counts one to ten items, with one count per item
• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates that
the last count indicates how many items were
counted
• Practices good habits of personal health and
hygiene
• Describes, observes, and investigates properties
and characteristics of common objects
• Investigates and describes position and motion
of objects
• Identifies, compares, discusses earth materials
and their properties and uses
• Demonstrates coordination and balance in
isolation
• Shows competence in initiating social
interactions
• Initiates problem-solving strategies and seeks
adult help when necessary
• Uses information learned from books by
describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing
and contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate questions about
the book
• Assumes various roles and responsibilities as
part of a classroom community.
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for others
• Takes care of and manages classroom materials
• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count per item
• Counts up to 10 items, and demonstrates that
the last count indicates how many items were
counted
• Recognizes and creates patterns
• Provides appropriate information for various
situations
• Demonstrates knowledge of verbal
conversational rules
• Uses some appropriate writing conventions
when writing or giving dictation
Learning Goals
• Begins to understand difference and connection
between feelings and behaviors
• Responds to different musical styles through
movement and play
• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds
• Shows initiative in independent situations and
persists in attempting to solve problems
• Combines words to make a compound word
• Uses complete sentences of four or more words
and grammatical complexity usually with subject,
verb, and object order
• Asks and answers appropriate questions about
the book
• Counts one to ten items, with one count per item
• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates that
the last count indicates how many items were
counted
• Practices good habits of personal health and
hygiene
• Describes, observes, and investigates properties
and characteristics of common objects
• Investigates and describes position and motion
of objects
• Identifies, compares, discusses earth materials
and their properties and uses
Demonstrates empathy and caring for others
Produces the correct sounds for at least ten
letters
Retells or reenacts a story after it is read aloud
Uses category labels to understand how the
words and objects relate to each other
Remains focused on engaging group activities for
about 20 minutes at a time
Coordinates sequence of movements to perform
tasks
Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30.
Counts up to 10 items and demonstrates that the
last count indicates how many items were
counted
Recognizes one-digit numerals 0 through 9
Uses art as a form of creative self-expression and
representaton
Uses some appropriate writing conventions when
writing or giving dictation
Date Teacher
Literacy Math
Character
Education
Values & Virtues-Review what
confidence is
Conscious Discipline- review Drain
Values & Virtues- Fairness
Read The Biggest Snowman Ever &
make connect to fairness and
confidence
Handwriting- Snowy day maze
Centers
• Music & Movement- Paper plate
noisemakers
• Creativity Station- Confetti collage
• Sensory Table- Ice paintings
Read Penguins Skating Party &
identify rhyming pairs.
Handwriting- Journal Writing: This year
I would like to...
Centers
• Math- Sequence the months
• Fine Motor- Create snowflakes
•
Read Sneezy the Snowman & identify
rhyming pairs.
C L O S E D
• What is your favorite activity to do in
the snow? Why?
• Check on Commitments- How did the
children met their commitments for the
day?
• Kindness Tree- Count hearts on the
tree and report kind actions.
• Family Connection- Make resolutions
as a family.
• Share weekend plans.
• Check on Commitments- How did the
children met their commitments for the
day?
• Kindness Tree- Count hearts on the
tree and report kind actions.
• Family Connection- Countdown to the
New Year!
What Time Is It, Mr. New Year?
• Fine Motor- Cut out snowflakes
• Science- Sink & float exploration
• Gross Motor- New Year's Eve Parade
English Vocabulary
Closing Circle
Weekly Learning Centers
• What is your favorite snow activity?
• Check on Commitments- How did the
children met their commitments for the
day?
• Kindness Tree- Count hearts on the
tree and report kind actions.
• Family Connection-Tell your family
what you want to learn how to do this
year.
Moving and LearningWax Paper Ice Skating
Day 1
Greeting Circle
Lesson Plans for Holiday Celebrations Week 2Dec. 24-28 Transitonal Kindergarten
New YearWonderful Word Technology Review Frog Street-Theme 1-4Character
EducationReview Character Traits
• Gross Motor- Firework movement
patterns
• Math- Hot vs. cold sort
• Sensory Table- Hot chocolate
playdough
Letter
KnowledgeOral Language, Vocabulary Alphabet Review/Name Review Patterns
Literacy (Oral Language,
Phonics, Handwriting, Read
Aloud)
New Year, celebrate, 2018, 2019, ice skating, below zero, temperature, thermometer, skiing, countdown, polar animals
LESSON COMPONENTS
Handwriting- Snowman names
Centers
• Math- Write numbers on calendar
• Fine Motor- trace hands & design
mittens
• Language & Literacy- Retell The
Mitten
ReadThe Mitten & sequence the
animals that went into the mitten using
ordinal numbers.
Day 4
• Sing: "Months of the Year" and
explain how the month of January
begins a new year.
• Morning Message- What happens to
the calendar after December ends?
Day 2 Day 3
C L O S E D
PATHS-Appropriate Turtles II
Present picture scenarios and
determine appropriate behaviors.
Day 5
• Participate in a New Year's
Countdown to practice counting
backwards.
• Morning Message- Have a Happy
New Year!
• Sing: "Happy New Year to You" (Tune
of "Happy Birthday").
• Morning Message-What does New
Years mean?
Penguin Waddle Relays
• Construction- Build a snowman
• Pretend & Learn- Make hot cocoa
• Sensory Table- Hot chocolate
playdough
Day 1LESSON COMPONENTS Day 4Day 2 Day 3 Day 5
C L O S E D
• Demonstrates coordination and
balance in isolation
• Shows competence in initiating social
interactions
• Initiates problem-solving strategies
and seeks adult help when necessary
• Uses information learned from books
by describing, relating, categorizing, or
comparing and contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Assumes various roles and
responsibilities as part of a classroom
community.
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for
others
• Takes care of and manages
classroom materials
• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count
per item
• Counts up to 10 items, and
demonstrates that the last count
indicates how many items were
counted
• Recognizes and creates patterns
• Provides appropriate information for
various situations
• Demonstrates knowledge of verbal
conversational rules
Learning Goals
• Recognizes at least 20 uppercases
and lowercase letters
• Uses art as a form of creative self-
expression and representation
• Uses some appropriate writing
conventions when writing or giving
dictation
• Demonstrates coordination and
balance in isolation
• Shows competence in initiating social
interactions
• Initiates problem-solving strategies
and seeks adult help when necessary
• Uses information learned from books
by describing, relating, categorizing, or
comparing and contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Assumes various roles and
responsibilities as part of a classroom
community.
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for
others
• Takes care of and manages
classroom materials
• Sustains attention to personally
chosen or routine tasks until they are
completed
• Demonstrates empathy and caring for
others
• Produces the correct sounds for at
least ten letters
• Retells or reenacts a story after it is
read aloud
• Uses category labels to understand
how the words/objects relate to each
other
• Remains focused on engaging group
activities for about 20 minutes at a time
• Coordinates sequence of movements
to perform tasks
• Uses words to rote count from 1 to
30.
• Counts up to 10 items, and
demonstrates that the last count
indicates how many items were
counted
• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0
through 9
• Uses art as a form of creative self-
expression and representation
• Uses some appropriate writing
conventions when writing or giving
dictation
C L O S E D