INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of: 24 - 28
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Teacher: Leeanne Reichert
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. MM13 Simon Says
2. MM40 Clap a friends name
3. MM24 Dinky Doo
4. MM25 Freeze
5. MM53 Three rowdy children
Daily Literacy:
(Words of the Week)
Recycling, describe,
reuse, reduce,
organize
Weekly
Activities
Zoo
Phonics
A-z review
Read Timothy tough tigers
page
Starfall.com
Come meet us at the zoo
Mental Health:
Timothy Tough Tiger
paper bag puppet
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.
ABC order
Nature Card
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.
a-z review
Starfall.com
Make list of names &
words with letter t
Come meet us at the zoo
Social Studies:
Go Green!
Sesamestreet.org
playlist
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.
a-z review
Starfall.com
Jump rope rap
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.
a-z review
Starfall.com
Come meet us at the zoo
Nutrition:
Vegetables
Sesamestreet.org
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who explored books
about trash, garbage, and
recycling in the Library area to
share their discoveries.
Music:
1. Who’s here today?
2. Let’s get the sillies out
3. Find the colors
4. Ram a Sam Sam
5. I can go
Color: Review all
Number: Review 1-20/ practice writing
Shape: Review all
Rhyme: Little Bo Peep
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
collage materials e.g., paper
scraps; tinfoil bits; old
magazines and newspapers;
cardboard pieces
Computer:
Hatch Program/ebooks
Blocks:
Building blocks, magnetic blocks,
leggos, building rings
Dramatic Play:
Play food, dishes, dolls, grocery
cart, kitchen
Library/Listening:
Books about trash, garbage, and
recycling
Manipulatives: patterning tiles,
counters, Mr. Potato Head,
puzzles, magnetos,
Sand & Water:
Moonsand, different colored goo,
bubbles, magnetic toys,
Math/Science:
Junk collection. Manetic puzzles,
magnifying glasses
Music:
Drums, sticks, rainmaker
Outside:
P19, “Bounce & Catch
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Teacher:
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 – Morning routine – writing practice (fine motor skills)
Tuesday – Morning routine - journals
Wednesday – Morning routine - letter recognition
Thursday – Morning routine - number recognition
Friday – Morning routine - make-up work
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Parent log
Notes about week of the young child
Little Bo Peep
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
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