Kindergarten Lesson Plans
Monday, April 21, 2014
Reading:
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will brain storm feelings.
We will / Objective: compose a story as a class about a specific feeling.
I will /Product/Task: compose a story based on a specific feeling.
POP: cicle map – times when we could have a specific feeling
Academic Language: feeling words
Assessment: teacher observation, students writing, student participation
Social Studies:
Flex Week
Science:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The teacher will provoke students’ curiosity by presenting to them a question or a problem
We will / Objective: Discuss as a class how to conduct our class science inquiry project. We will work together to
develop our question, materials, procedure, observations, and summaries.
I will /Product/Task: participate in our class science inquiry project by actively participating in the investigation,
observing what is happening, and recording what happens throughout our investigation.
POP: thinking maps inculded when applicable (differs from class to class)
Academic Language: science inquiry
Assessment: teacher observation, group discussions, students’ records, student participation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will play the Hiding Game with students.
We will / Objective: participate in the Hiding Game with the teacher to determine our individual working number
range.
I will /Product/Task: participate in the Hiding Game with my teacher. I will tell how many cubes have been hidden from
a group of cubes.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: subtraction, minus, equal, equation
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Reading:
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will brain storm feelings.
We will / Objective: compose a story as a class about a specific feeling.
I will /Product/Task: compose a story based on a specific feeling.
POP: cicle map – times when we could have a specific feeling
Academic Language: feeling words
Assessment: teacher observation, students writing, student participation
Social Studies:
Flex Week
Science:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The teacher will provoke students’ curiosity by presenting to them a question or a problem
We will / Objective: Discuss as a class how to conduct our class science inquiry project. We will work together to
develop our question, materials, procedure, observations, and summaries.
I will /Product/Task: participate in our class science inquiry project by actively participating in the investigation,
observing what is happening, and recording what happens throughout our investigation.
POP: thinking maps inculded when applicable (differs from class to class)
Academic Language: science inquiry
Assessment: teacher observation, group discussions, students’ records, student participation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will give directions for a new subtraction game – the Cave Game and will explain that their
hand will be the “cave”.
We will / Objective: participate in the Cave Game by moving and hiding cubes/tiles in their “caves” and telling how
many cubes/tiles are outside of the cave.
I will /Product/Task: participate in the Cave Game by moving and hiding cubes/tiles in my “cave” and telling how many
cubes/tiles are outside of the cave. I will write an equation (s) in my math journal and create an illustration for that
equation(s).
POP: n/a
Academic Language: subtraction, minus, equal, equation, solution
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation; math journal
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Reading:
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will brain storm feelings.
We will / Objective: compose a story as a class about a specific feeling.
I will /Product/Task: compose a story based on a specific feeling.
POP: cicle map – times when we could have a specific feeling
Academic Language: feeling words
Assessment: teacher observation, students writing, student participation
Social Studies:
Flex Week
Science:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The teacher will provoke students’ curiosity by presenting to them a question or a problem
We will / Objective: Discuss as a class how to conduct our class science inquiry project. We will work together to
develop our question, materials, procedure, observations, and summaries.
I will /Product/Task: participate in our class science inquiry project by actively participating in the investigation,
observing what is happening, and recording what happens throughout our investigation.
POP: thinking maps inculded when applicable (differs from class to class)
Academic Language: science inquiry
Assessment: teacher observation, group discussions, students’ records, student participation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will give directions for a new subtraction game – the Bulldozer Game and with their hand they
will “bulldoze” or push the cubes away.
We will / Objective: participate in the Bulldozer Game by pushing cubes out of the way and telling how many are left.
I will /Product/Task: participate in the Bulldozer Game by pushing cubes out of the way and telling how many are left. I
will write an equation (s) in my math journal and create an illustration for that equation(s).
POP: n/a
Academic Language: subtraction, minus, equal, equation, solution
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Reading:
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will brain storm feelings.
We will / Objective: compose a story as a class about a specific feeling.
I will /Product/Task: compose a story based on a specific feeling.
POP: cicle map – times when we could have a specific feeling
Academic Language: feeling words
Assessment: teacher observation, students writing, student participation
Social Studies:
Flex Week
Science:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The teacher will provoke students’ curiosity by presenting to them a question or a problem
We will / Objective: Discuss as a class how to conduct our class science inquiry project. We will work together to
develop our question, materials, procedure, observations, and summaries.
I will /Product/Task: participate in our class science inquiry project by actively participating in the investigation,
observing what is happening, and recording what happens throughout our investigation.
POP: thinking maps inculded when applicable (differs from class to class)
Academic Language: science inquiry
Assessment: teacher observation, group discussions, students’ records, student participation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will give students a working mat with 6, 8, 9, or 10 squares, the corresponding number of
cubes, and a dice.
We will / Objective: place cubes on our working mat, roll the dice, and remove the correct number of cubes. We will
tell how many are left on the mat.
I will /Product/Task: play a subtraction game with a partner and tell how many are left. I will write the equation in my
math journal.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: subtraction, minus, equal, equation, solution
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation
Friday, April 25, 2014
Reading:
Writing:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The class will brain storm feelings.
We will / Objective: compose a story as a class about a specific feeling.
I will /Product/Task: compose a story based on a specific feeling.
POP: cicle map – times when we could have a specific feeling
Academic Language: feeling words
Assessment: teacher observation, students writing, student participation
Social Studies:
Flex Week
Science:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: The teacher will provoke students’ curiosity by presenting to them a question or a problem
We will / Objective: Discuss as a class how to conduct our class science inquiry project. We will work together to
develop our question, materials, procedure, observations, and summaries.
I will /Product/Task: participate in our class science inquiry project by actively participating in the investigation,
observing what is happening, and recording what happens throughout our investigation.
POP: thinking maps inculded when applicable (differs from class to class)
Academic Language: science inquiry
Assessment: teacher observation, group discussions, students’ records, student participation
Math:
Anticipatory Set/Hook: T will review this week’s subtraction games with students and allow them to choose one game
to play with a partner.
We will / Objective: participate in subtraction games.
I will /Product/Task: play a subtraction game with a partner.
POP: n/a
Academic Language: subtraction, minus, equal, equation, solution
Assessment: teacher observation; student participation