INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: Jan 19-23
Study: Clothes
Week 19
Large
Group
Choice Time
Small Group
Tuesday:pg78Calendar/Helpers
MM11, “What Is My Job?”
Talk about people in certain jobs wear special clothes.
Show pictures from the book Who Wears What?
Talk about why certain jobs require certain uniforms.
Wednesday: pg80 Calendar/Helpers
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
Play with people in the block
area. Take pictures of
constructions
LL05, “Jumping Beans” or
LL17, “Walk a Letter”
Explore the clothing collection
for items that resembles the
ones worn by family
members in the pictures.
Family Photo Book or What
kinds of Clothes do people
wear to work LL04,
“Bookmaking” or
Play with rhythm sticks
M59, “More or Fewer Towers”
or M19, “Which has more?”
Who
Wears
What?
Little Red
Riding
Hood
BD04
Recall the day’s events
Remind children of the visitor who
will be coming tomorrow
Use buttons and lacing
boards
Story Problems or Problems
at a Clothing Store, M22,
“Story Problems”
Llama
Llama Red
Pajama
SE05
Recall the day’s events
Talk about the class visitor and
write a group thank-you note.
Remind children a visitor will be
coming tomorrow.
Thursday: pg82Calendar/Helpers
MM01, “People in Your Neighborhood”
Tell children that a visitor will be coming to talk about
their work clothes.
Invite children to generate questions
Friday: pg84Calendar/Helpers
MM27, “Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling”
Introduce visitor, invite visitor to talk about their job and
uniform.
Invite children to ask questions
Daily Transition:
1.MM19 I Spy with my little eye
2.MM29 Baa Baa Black Sheep
3.MM21 Hully Gully, How many?
4.MM24 Dinky Doo
5.MM07 Hippity Hoppity, How many?
Daily Literacy: (Words of the Week)
Uniform bouquet protect
Heartbreak scampered patient
Neighborhood flung
Treats rumpled
Stray burrs
Splendid scrambled
Read
Aloud
Teacher: April Carroll
Investigation: 6. What special clothes do people wear for work?
Uncle
Nacho’s
Hat
Large Group
Round up
Zoo
Phonics
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
Recall the day’s events
Share the boo the children made
during small-group time
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Weekly
Activities
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
Strips of paper for children
to weave in and out of
paper or cardboards;
prepared paper for
weaving
a-z
Jump rope rap
Read missy mouse’s page
Nature card
Starfall.com
Starfall.com
Come meet us at the zoo
Hand out ALC’s, make
sounds- student stands
when they hear their sound
Make list of m words
Mental Health:
Making Choices
sesamestreet.org playlist
Starfall.com
a-z sound and signal
Come meet us at the zoo
Listen for /m/ sound in
words
Starfall.com
Zoorobics
Segment some 3 letter
words
Musical chairs
Social Studies:
Kids Far and Wide
sesamestreet.org playlist
Library/Listening:
Winter Books
Mm Books
Clothes Books
Healthy/Safety:
Move your body
sesamestreet.org playlist
Manipulatives:
Music:
1.Colors Dance
2.Singing in the Rain
3.I’m Moving I’m Learning
4.Freeze
5.Act Like You are in a Zoo
Humanities:
Reggae sesamestreet.org
playlist
Blocks:
Dinosaurs
Blocks
Dramatic Play:
Dress up clothes
Color: Review
Number: 15
Shape: Review
Rhyme: Little Boy Blue
Puzzles
Magnets
String and beads
Sand & Water:
Sand
Sand Toys
Math/Science:
Scale
Geoboards
Sorting
Computer:
eBook Who Wears What?
Music:
Rhythm sticks
Outside:
P14, “Moving Through the
Forest”
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: Jan 19-23
Study: Clothes
Week 19
Individual Help:
Teacher: April Carroll
Investigation: 6. What special clothes do people wear for work?
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Tuesday- journals (1-16, 19-21)
Mid Lap D Testing- Fine Motor Writing (1-10)
Wednesday- Cutting a circle (portfolio) (1-16, 19-21)
Lap D Testing- Fine Motor Writing (11-16, 19-21)
Thursday- Mm handwriting, letter/sound assessment (1-16, 19-21)
Lap D Testing- Cognitive Matching (1-10)
Friday- Recite Little Boy Blue (1-16, 19-21)
Lap D Testing- Cognitive Matching (11-16, 19-21)
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.
Parent Activity Log
Little Boy Blue
#4 Handwriting
Name Tracer
Mm handwriting
Facts about Secondhand Smoke Flyer
2014 Tax Season Income Guidelines Flyer
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Wow! Experiences:
Thursday—A visitor who wears a uniform to work
Friday—A visitor who wears or uses costumes