INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Trees
Week 13
Teacher:
Investigation: 6. What can we do with parts of trees? (Monday–Wednesday) Celebrating Learning (Thursday–Friday
Large
Group
Choice Time
Small Group
Monday:pg88 Calendar/Helpers
Give each child a drum or encourage them to find things
in the room that can be used as a drum.
MM26, “Echo Clapping”
Introduce visitor, invite visitor to talk about how he or she
uses woodworking tools and the wooden items made
with them. Invite children to ask questions.
Tuesday: pg90 Calendar/Helpers
MM50, “1,2,3, What Do I see”
Remind Children about yesterday’s visitor. Recall tools
the visitor used.
Listen to the children’s
descriptions of the paper in
the science area
Wooden Collections or Wood
Hunt M05, “Sorting &
Classifying
A Grand
Old Tree
BD16
Recall the day’s events
Write a group Thank you note
Read Go Dog Go
a-z, zoorobics
Read Gordo’s Page
Nature Card
Starfall.com
Musical Chairs
Mental Health:
The Pout Pout Fish
Working with wood and tools
A Closer Look at Wood or
Outdoors, LL63,
“Investigating & Recording”
A Tree Is
For…
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share what
they discovered during their
investigation of wooden objects.
Humanities:
Percussion playlist
sesamestreet.org
Wednesday: pg92Calendar/Helpers
Give each child a drum or encourage them to find things
in the room that can be used as a drum.
MM26, “Echo Clapping”
Collection of wood instruments or pictures for children to
explore.
Talk about how they are made.
Thursday: pg106Calendar/Helpers
MM42, “Come Play With Me”
Talk about tomorrow’s celebration
Talk about what the children would like to share with
their families.
Play wooden instruments.
M06, “Tallying” or M11,
“Graphing”
A Grand
Old Tree
BD16
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who explored
wooden instruments in the
music and movement are today
to play them. Discuss the
different sounds.
Read Goldilocks & 3
Bears
Show a-z out of order
a-f words, review
starfall.com
a-z, come meet us at the
zoo
Match large black letters
to ACL’s
Animal grid
Starfall.com
Healthy/Safety:
Exercise day playlist
sesamestreet.org
Friday: pg108Calendar/Helpers
MM54, “The Green Grass Grows”
Welcome families to celebration
Invite families to share special stories about trees.
Invite children to talk to the
family members and other
visitor about their discoveries.
LL01, Shared Writing” or
LL02, “Desktop publishing:
Read Grow Flower Grow
a-z, come meet us at the
zoo
Match large black letters
to ACL’s
Give silent signal,
students give sound
Animal grid
Read Green Eggs & Ham
Zoo Bingo
a-z Come meet us at the
Zoo
Starfall.com
Daily Transition:
1.MM20 I can make a circle
2.MM18 I’m thinking of
3.MM57 Find the letter sound
4.MM55 Mr Forgetful
5.MM60 The Name Dance
Help children gather items for
celebration.
Daily Literacy: (Words of the Week)
Grand Sowed seeds
Roots Basked
Creatures
Swayed
Scurried
Crumbled
Bore fruit
Wooden
Read
Aloud
Pablo’s
Tree
A Grand
Old Tree
BD16
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day’s events
Remind the children that there
will be a special celebration
tomorrow.
Recall the day’s events
SE26, “Making a Mural”
Create a thank you mural for the
guest.
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Music:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Zoo
Phonics
Weekly
Activities
Social Studies:
All things Africa
Sesamestreet.org playlist
Nutrition:
Being healthy playlist
sesamestreet.org
Color: Brown
Number: 9
Shape:Octagon
Rhyme: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
Paint with tree parts
Computer:
eBook A Tree Is For…
Blocks:
Building blocks
Animals
cars
Tree Cookies
Dramatic Play:
Props to act out Henny
Penny
Library/Listening:
Book about tree grown
foods and the animals that
eat them
Manipulatives:
Lacing Cards
Connecting Blocks
Counter Bears
Mr Potato Head
Sand & Water:
Sand, sticks, acorns
Science:
Variety of tree parts;
magnifying glasses
tree seeds; pots potting
soil
Outside:
P14, “Moving Through
the Forest”
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:Nov 11-15
Study: Trees
Teacher: April Carroll
Investigation: 6. What can we do with parts of trees? (Monday–Wednesday) Celebrating Learning (Thursday–Friday )
Individual Help:
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Family Partnerships:
Please join our class for the end-of-study celebration on Friday! This week’s ebooks are A Tree Is For... and The Three
Little Pigs. We encourage families to access them.
Wow! Experiences:
Monday—A visit from someone who makes things out of wood
Friday—Family members visit for the celebration