INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: January 12, 2015
Study: Clothes
Teacher: Hook/ Walker
Investigation: 6 What special clothes do people wear for work?
Large
Group
Choice Time
Small Group
Monday:pg78Calendar/Helpers, weather, school day
MM11, “What Is My Job?”
Talk about people in certain jobs wear special clothes.
Show pictures from the book Who Wears What? Posters
of different community workers.
Talk about why certain jobs require certain uniforms.
Tuesday: pg80 Calendar/Helpers, weather, school day
Pass out rhythm sticks to the children
MM26, “Echo Clapping”
Talk about what kinds of clothing our families wear when
they go to work.
Invite children to share family photos, record words
children use to describe the clothes
Wednesday: pg82Calendar/Helpers, weather, school day
MM01, “People in Your Neighborhood”
Tell children that a visitor will be coming to talk about their
work clothes.
Invite children to generate questions
Thursday: pg84Calendar/Helpers, weather, school day
MM27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”
Introduce visitor, invite visitor to talk about their job and
uniform.
Invite children to ask questions
Friday: pg86Calendar/Helpers, weather, school day
MM27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”
Introduce, invite visitor to talk about their job and
costume.
Invite children to ask questions
Play with people in the block
area. Take pictures of
constructions
LL05, “Jumping Beans”
Daily Transition:
1. MM15 Say It, Show It
2. MM10 Words in Motion
3. MM25 Freeze
4.MM12 Ticky Ricky
5. Name letter shown
Read Aloud
NO SCHOOL
Explore clothing collection for
items that resembles clothing
worn by family members in
photos. What kinds of
Clothes do people wear to
work LL04, “Bookmaking”
family photo book
Play with rhythm sticks
M59, “More or Fewer Towers”
or M19, “Which has more?”
Use buttons and lacing
boards
Story Problems or Problems
at a Clothing Store, M22,
“Story Problems”
Wear costumes in dramatic
play
Story Problems or Problems
at a Clothing Store, M22,
“Story Problems”
Daily Literacy: (Words of the Week)
Uniform. Heartbreak, neighborhood,
protect, patient,
Large Group
Round up
Zoo
Phonics
Weekly
Activities
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing: cutting,
gluing
Name tracers
Computer:
eBook Who Wears What?
Blocks: train table Play people in uniforms or
work clothes;
Dramatic Play:
Work clothes
costumes
Library/Listening:
community worker books
Who Wears
What?
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who worked in the
block area to share what they did.
Use the photographs you took as
prompts
Letter of week “o”
Review ALC’s a-z
Give 1 signal/sound
Starfall - o
Mental Health:
Character Critters: Fran Fair
Frog
Uncle
Nacho’s Hat
Recall the day’s events
Share the book the children made
during small-group time
Words with /o/ in
middle #3 pg.149
Humanities:
Dorothy Strait
Starfall.com
Play beat the teacher.
Match blk letters
Little Red
Riding Hood
BD04
Recall the day’s events
Remind children of the visitor who
will be coming tomorrow
“o” ALC card
Have children stand
that have /o/ in names
starfall
Social Studies:
Images for community
workers (posters)
Healthy/Safety:
Washing hands properly!!
Llama Llama
Red Pajama
SE05
Recall the day’s events
Talk about the class visitor and
write a group thank-you note.
Chart /o/ words
Put alscs in order a-o
Little Red
Riding Hood
BD04
Recall the day’s events
Discuss what the children learned
from the visitor today and write a
group thank you note.
Show and tell /w/
Circle /o/ in words
Build a word
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Manipulatives:
Button and lacing boards
Sand & Water:
Math/Science:
geoboards, tornado,
fountain
Music:
Rhythm sticks
Music:
1. kid aerobics
2. IMIL
3. Shake your Boom, Boom
4. Had a Little Turtle
5. ring around the rosie
Nutrition:
Chef combo I like lunch
Color: REVIEW
Number: 11
Shape: HEART
Rhyme: Old King Cole
Outside:
P14, “Moving Through the
Forest”
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: January 12, 2015
Study: Clothes
Teacher:
Investigation: 6. What special clothes do people wear for work?
Individual Help:
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Monday – No School
Builds 'gate' with 5 small blocks from model:8, 17
Copies Square: 1, 3, 9, 11,
Tuesday
Note of needing family photos of parents or family members in their work clothes (uniforms)
Show and Tell Note (o)
Selects matching letters in group of 3:18
Completes 8-piece puzzle in 3 minutes (kangaroo): 6,19,18,13,17,15,16
Counts blocks to 6:8,19,11,14,
Wednesday
Given two numerals, tells which number shows less:1,2,3,7,8,11,12,14,
Names 8 colors: 5,7,8,19,18,11,17
Points to 5 printed letters between A and Z:4,8,19,14,
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Thursday
Balances on 1 foot for 8 seconds:19,18,17
Walks Backwawrds heel to toe in imitation for steps: 1,2,4,6,19,18,1,12,13,14,17,15,16
Friday
Do Monday’s ind. Help here
Family Partnerships:
If you have not already done so, please send in photos of family members wearing work clothes. We will use them in
this week’s investigation. We can take photos of family members during drop-off time if they arrive in their work
clothes.
• Please note that our end-of-study celebration is next Friday.
• We are still gathering clothes for our clothing drive.
• We invite you to access the ebooks, Who Wears
What? and Little Red Riding Hood.
Wow! Experiences:
Thursday—A visitor who wears a uniform to work
Friday—A visitor who wears or uses a costume