INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: March 10-14
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Week 26
Teacher: April Carroll
Exploring the Topic: What do we know about reducing, reusing, and recycling? What do we want to find out?
Large
Group
Monday:pg14 Calendar/Helpers
MM31, “What’s Inside the Box”
Before school walk around the school take
pictures or pick up trash found. In class talk
about What it is? And How do you think it got
there make a list of responses
Tuesday: pg16 Calendar/Helpers
MM53, “Three Rowdy Children”
Pass around the junk collection. Ask for
children to pick an item and describe it. How
does the object look and feel? Expand
vocabulary, record responses.
Wednesday: pg18 Calendar/Helpers
MM40, “Clap a Friend’s Name
What do you know about reducing, reusing
and recycling look to the growing junk
collection
Record ideas
Thursday: pg20 Calendar/Helpers
MM31, “What’s Inside the Box”
Pass around another basket of items from junk
collection. Talk about the items that would be
thrown away and some that could be recycled.
Have the children think of ways they could
reuse one of the items in the collection.
Record ideas
Friday: pg22Calendar/Helpers
MM13 “Simon Says” or MM74, “Jack in the
Box”
Post “What we know about reducing, reusing
and recycling.”
Have children think of things they wanted to
know find out about reducing, reusing and
recycling. Record responses.
Choice Time
Small Group
LL07, “Letters, Letters, Letters” or
LL21, “Buried Treasures”
Read
Aloud
The Paper
Bag
Princess
BD08
Explore the junk collection
LL23, “Playing with Environmental
Print” or LL20, Baggie Books”
Hush! A Thai
Lullaby
Daily Transition:
1.MM31 What’s Inside the Box
2.MM21 Hully Gully How Many?
3.MM40 Clap a friends name
4.MM13 Simon says
5.MM72 My Body Jumps
Daily Literacy:
Recycling
Describe
Reuse
Reduce
Organize
Weekly
Activities
Large Group
Round up
Zoo
Phonics (Tt)
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who explored books
about trash, garbage, and
recycling in the Library area to
share their discoveries.
a-z
Jump Rope Rap
Read timothy tiger’s page
Nature Card
Starfall.com
Mental Health:
I can decide
Sesamestreet.org
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who explored the
junk collection in the science area
to share their observations about
an interesting piece of junk.
Come Meet us at the Zoo
Pass out cards, line up a-t
Make list of t words
Starfall.com
Humanities:
Everybody goes to
school
Sesamestreet.org
Sort the junk collection
The Paper
Junk Collage or Junk Sculpture LL32, Bag
“Describing Art”
Princess
BD08
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share the
collages or sculptures they
created.
Tt handwriting
Zoorobics
Add to t list
Look for T’s in words
Starfall.com
Social Studies:
Farms
Sesamestreet.org
Sort the junk collection
M18, “Bounce & Count” or M04,
“Number Card”
Hush! A Thai
Lullaby
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who organized the
junk collection to talk about how
they grouped the junk.
Come Meet us at the Zoo
Starfall.com
Call out words, students
listen for beginning sound
Healthy/Safety:
Always be Careful
Sesamestreet.org
M06, “Tallying” or M02 “Counting &
Comparing”
The Paper
Bag
Princess
BD08
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who made collages
in the art area to share their work.
Jump Rope Rap
Rd: Too Many Toys
Starfall.com
Musical chairs
Nutrition:
Vegetables
Sesamestreet.org
Monthly Cooking (Food)
Activity:
Music:
1. ABC Rock
2. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
3. Up and Down
4. Singing in the Rain
5. In the Garden
Color: Review
Number: Review
Shape: Review
Rhyme: Jack Be Nimble
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
collage materials e.g., paper
scraps; tinfoil bits; old
magazines and newspapers;
cardboard pieces
Scissors & Glue
Computer:
I Start Smart
Blocks:
Blocks
Cars
Dramatic Play:
Dress up clothes
Food
Dolls
Library/Listening:
Books about trash, garbage, and
recycling
Tt Books
St Patrick’s Day Books
Manipulatives:
Beads & String
Lacing Cards
Sand & Water:
Sand
Funnels
Alphabet tiles
Math/Science:
Junk collection
Outside:
P19, “Bounce & Catch
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: March 10-14
Week 26
Teacher: April Carroll
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Exploring the Topic: What do we know about reducing, reusing, and recycling? What do we want to find out?
Individual Help:
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Monday Journals (1-12,14-16,20-24)
CM11 Completes 6-piece puzzle in 3 minutes (1,23)
CM12 Selects matching letters in group of 3 (22)
Tuesday
CM16 Selects letter or numeral that matches sample (9)
CM17 Places pictures of objects on related samples (4,12,15)
Name Tracing/Independent name writing
(1-12,14-16,20-24)
Parent Activity Log
Jack Be Nimble
Tt Handwriting
Spring Break & Parent Meeting Reminder
Poison Control Packets
Quit now pamphlets
Wednesday Tt handwriting, letter/sound assessment (1-12,14-16,20-24)
CM18 Builds 2 steps from 10 small blocks with model removed (2,10,16,6,7,8,21,24)
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Thursday
CM20 Builds 3 steps from 10 small blocks with model removed (3)
CM21 Selects word pattern that matches sample (5,11,14,20,)
Friday- Make up absent student work
Family Partnerships:
We would like to ask families to contribute to the junk collection by bringing in junk from home-items that typically
get thrown away, e.g. paper towel rolls, old magazines, bottle tops, cartons, and broken things. Please check all items
and make sure they’re safe, rinse container and remove sharp edges.
Wow! Experiences:
None