VPK 2-Miss Lisa’s Lesson Plans
Lead Teacher: Lisa; Lead Assistant: Megan; Teacher’s Assistant: Jaci
Lesson Plans for December 21st—December 25th, 2015
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MONDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines,
scissors, bingo markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: The Wii
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
SMALL GROUP ROTATIONS
SMALL GROUP #1(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Maddie (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will choose to cut out a white candy cane pattern or a red one (save).
Book: “Thomas’s Christmas Delivery”
Reading: Read the first third of the book, only.
Activity: Students will decorate their white candy cane pattern, using red crafts, and their red candy cane
pattern, using white crafts.
VPK DOMAIN: II.A.1. Approaches to Learning
STANDARD: Eagerness and Curiosity
COMPONENT: Shows curiosity and is eager to learn new things and have new experiences.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-E.1.a., E.2.a., E.2.b., A.1.a., F.4.a., F.4.b., G.1.a., G.1.b., G.2.a., G.2.b., G.4.a. V. Cognitive
Development and General Knowledge-A.f.3.a., A.f.3.c.
SMALL GROUP #2(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Jaci (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will begin creating a duck craft. Students will cut out a large upper-case “D” and
glue it down on colored paper (save).
Book: “My D Book”
Reading: Read pages 6-20, only.
Activity: Students will continue working on their duck craft. Students will cut out a small circle, and glue
it to the front of their “D”, representing the head. Students will also glue on a wiggly eye (save).
SMALL GROUP #3 (modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will sequence their first and last name, using letter tiles.
HWT: Wooden Pieces: All students will place a big line and a big curve on their large laminated board,
forming the letter “D”.
HWT: All students will trace the letter “D”, by completing pages 44 and 45 in their Pre-K workbook.
VPK DOMAIN: I.D.3. Physical Development
STANDARD: Fine Motor Development
COMPONENT: Shows beginning control of writing by using various drawing and art tools with
increasing coordination.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-G.1.a., G.1.b. G.2.a., G.2.b., G.3.a., G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General KnowledgeD.a.1.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“I Like Me”
-“5 Little Ducks”
-Dinosaur March
SNACK:
3 small groups. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers, pouring liquid
juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a
large spoon. Students will push their chair in when they are done and clean their space.
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of
boys and the number of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school
“altogether”; count how many friends did not come to school today.
-“Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and activities during the day
-Exercise with dice
*2nd Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will tell their small group teacher, what they will play with outside, and who they will include in their
play.
PLAYGROUND-“DO”
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
VPK DOMAIN: I.C.1. Physical Development
STANDARD: Gross Motor Development
COMPONENT: Demonstrates increasing motor control and balance.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.1., A.7., A.9.
“RECALL”-as students transition to the sink, they will tell the teacher what they played with and who
they played with, while outside on the playground.
*3RD Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will place their picture next to the center they would like to begin working in
FREE CENTERS: “DO”
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: “RECALL”
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free
play/centers.
Large Group Literacy
LUNCH: Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA”
light foods. After lunch, students will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they
transition out to the playground.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE
PROGRAM FOR MOST
TUESDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines,
scissors, bingo markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: The Wii
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
SMALL GROUP ROTATIONS
SMALL GROUP #1(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Maddie (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will begin creating a Christmas tree craft, by cutting out a Christmas tree pattern,
and gluing it on colored paper (save).
Book: “Thomas’s Christmas Delivery”
Reading/Discussion: Read the middle third of the story.
Activity: Students will complete their Christmas tree craft, by gluing pom-poms (ornaments) and little
strips of colored ribbon (tinsel), on their tree. Students can also glue sequins to their tree to “Light” it up.
VPK DOMAIN: II.A.1. Approaches to Learning
STANDARD: Eagerness and Curiosity
COMPONENT: Shows curiosity and is eager to learn new things and have new experiences.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-E.1.a., E.2.a., E.2.b., A.1.a., F.4.a., F.4.b., G.1.a., G.1.b., G.2.a., G.2.b., G.4.a. V. Cognitive
Development and General Knowledge-A.f.3.a., A.f.3.c.
SMALL GROUP #2(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Jaci (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will complete their duck craft, by cutting out 2 webbed feet, and gluing them to
the bottom of their “D”. Students will also cut out a little beak and tail and glue them on.
Book: “My D Book”
Reading: Read page 21-23, only.
Activity: Students will begin creating a dog craft. Students will cut out a white upper-case “D”, and glue it
down on colored paper (save).
SMALL GROUP #3 (modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will manipulate play-do on the table.
HWT: Play-doh: All students will roll their play-do to form the letter “D”, and place it on their small
laminated card.
HWT: Most students will trace the letter “D”, by completing page 45 in their Pre-K workbook. Some
students will copy the letter, by completing page 5, from their Kindergarten workbook.
VPK DOMAIN: I.D.3. Physical Development
STANDARD: Fine Motor Development
COMPONENT: Shows beginning control of writing by using various drawing and art tools with
increasing coordination.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-G.1.a., G.1.b. G.2.a., G.2.b., G.3.a., G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General KnowledgeD.a.1.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“I Like Me”
-“5 Little Ducks”
-Dinosaur March
SNACK:
3 small groups. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers, pouring liquid
juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a
large spoon. Students will push their chair in when they are done and clean their space.
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of
boys and the number of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school
“altogether”; count how many friends did not come to school today.
-“Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and activities during the day
-Exercise with dice
*2nd Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will tell their small group teacher, what they will play with outside, and who they will include in their
play.
PLAYGROUND-“DO”
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
VPK DOMAIN: I.C.1. Physical Development
STANDARD: Gross Motor Development
COMPONENT: Demonstrates increasing motor control and balance.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.1., A.7., A.9.
“RECALL”-as students transition to the sink, they will tell the teacher what they played with and who
they played with, while outside on the playground.
*3RD Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will place their picture next to the center they would like to begin working in
FREE CENTERS: “DO”
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: “RECALL”
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free
play/centers.
Large Group Literacy
LUNCH: Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA”
light foods. After lunch, students will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they
transition out to the playground.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE
PROGRAM FOR MOST
WEDNESDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines,
scissors, bingo markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: The Wii
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
SMALL GROUP ROTATIONS
SMALL GROUP #1(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Maddie (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will decorate a foam stocking with winter themed stickers (save).
Book: “Thomas’s Christmas Delivery”
Reading/Discussion: Read the last third of the story.
Activity: Students will complete their stocking, by adding a Christmas bow to the top of it.
VPK DOMAIN: I.D.2.-Physical Development
STANDARD: Fine Motor Development
COMPONENT: Uses eye hand coordination to perform fine motor tasks.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.2., B.1. III. Social and
Emotional Development-A.b.1. IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent Literacy-G.1.a., G.1.b.,
G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-A.a.1.a., A.a.6.a., A.b.2.a., A.b.2.b., A.b.3.,
A.d.3.a., A.d.3.b., D.a.1.
SMALL GROUP #2(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Jaci (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will continue their dog craft. Students will cut out an ear pattern and glue it to
their “D”. Students will also cut out spots to glue on to their “D” (save).
Book: “My d book”
Reading: Read pages 21-29, only.
Activity: Students will complete their dog craft by cutting out a collar pattern and gluing it to the bottom of
their “D”. Students will draw an eye and color their collar any color they want.
VPK DOMAIN: V.D.a.1.-Cognitive Development and General Knowledge
STANDARD: Creative Expression Through the Arts/ Visual Arts
COMPONENT: Explores visual arts.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-D.1., D.2., D.3. II.
Approaches to Learning-C.1. V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-A.c.1.c., A.c.4.a.,
A.c.4.b.
SMALL GROUP #3(modifications and accommodations are made, as needed).
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: All students will lace shapes, using string.
HWT: Slate Boards: Students will practice writing the letter “D”, on their slate boards, using chalk.
HWT: Most students will trace the letter “D”, by completing page 45 in their Pre-K workbook. Some
students will copy the letter, by completing page 4, from their Kindergarten workbook.
VPK DOMAIN: I.D.3. Physical Development
STANDARD: Fine Motor Development
COMPONENT: Shows beginning control of writing by using various drawing and art tools with
increasing coordination.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-G.1.a., G.1.b. G.2.a., G.2.b., G.3.a., G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General KnowledgeD.a.1.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“I Like Me”
-“5 Little Ducks”
-Dinosaur March
SNACK:
3 small groups. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers, pouring liquid
juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a
large spoon. Students will push their chair in when they are done and clean their space.
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of
boys and the number of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school
“altogether”; count how many friends did not come to school today.
-“Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and activities during the day
-Exercise with dice
*2nd Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will tell their small group teacher, what they will play with outside, and who they will include in their
play.
PLAYGROUND-“DO”
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
VPK DOMAIN: I.C.1. Physical Development
STANDARD: Gross Motor Development
COMPONENT: Demonstrates increasing motor control and balance.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.1., A.7., A.9.
“RECALL”-as students transition to the sink, they will tell the teacher what they played with and who
they played with, while outside on the playground.
*3RD Set of Small Groups
“PLAN” –all students will place their picture next to the center they would like to begin working in
FREE CENTERS: “DO”
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
VPK DOMAIN: II.C.1. Approaches to Learning
STANDARD: Creativity
COMPONENT: Approaches daily activities with creativity.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent
Literacy-C.1.a., C.1.b., C.1.c., C.2.a., C.2.b., D.2.a., D.2.b., D.2.c., E.1.a., E.2.a., E.2.b., F.2.a., F.2.b.,
F.2.c., F.4.a., F.4.b., G.1.a., G.1.b. IV. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-D.a.1., D.b.2.,
D.c.1.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: “RECALL”
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free
play/centers.
Large Group Literacy
LUNCH: Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA”
light foods. After lunch, students will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they
transition out to the playground.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE
PROGRAM FOR MOST
THURSDAY
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS EVE
FRIDAY
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY