INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Large
Group
Monday:pg54 Calendar/Helpers
MM64, “Paper Towel Rap”
Create a paper bag mystery bag.
Have children select one item from the bag.
Have children think of something they can do
with their item. Record Response.
Tuesday: pg56 Calendar/Helpers
MM66, “Musical Junk”
Provide a variety of materials that allow the
children to experiment with make instruments.
Brainstorm different ways to make instruments
from junk.
Wednesday: pg58 Calendar/Helpers
MM66, “Musical Junk”
Read Paper Bag Princess.
Use instruments to help retell the story
Have children think of costumes or props that
can be used to tell the story. Record ideas
Thursday: pg60 Calendar/Helpers
MM71, Recycle Song”
Show and Ask what we can do with paper
bags.
How can it be reused? Record responses
Friday pg62Calendar/Helpers
Reread Don’t Lose It-Reuse it!
Talk about the interesting things that the
children in the book made with found objects.
Have children think about something they
would like to make for someone else using
items from the junk collection. Record
responses.
Daily Transition:
1. Letter Line Up song
2. Cleaning Vacuum song
3.Simon Says MM 13
4. Hippity Hoppity how many MM 07
5. We like clapping MM 89
Teacher:
Investigation: 4. How can we reuse junk?
Choice Time
Small Group
Talk about ways we can reuse
broken toys or broken crayons.
Straw shapes or 3-d Shapes M42,
“Straw Shapes”
Read
Aloud
Don’t Lose
it-Reuse it
Create instruments from the junk
collection.
Invite family member to share his or
her experience with musical
instruments.
M12, “Measure & Compare” or M34,
“Cover up”
make costumes and props
Retelling of the Paper Bag Princess
LL06, “Dramatic Story Retelling” or
LL33, Clothesline storytelling”
Adventures
of Gary &
Harry
BD09
Help children think of ways to reuse
materials.
reuse a paper bag
LL28, “Stick Letters” or LL17, “Walk
a Letter”
Make something for someone by
using items in junk collection.
Retelling of the Paper Bag Princess
LL06, “Dramatic Story Retelling” or
LL33, Clothesline storytelling”
Daily Literacy:
(Words of the Week)
Interesting
Investigation
Dumpster
Amazing
Peter’s Chair
BD10
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share some of the
things they made with items from
the junk collection.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share the
instruments they made in the Art
area today
Zoo
Phonics
Pick activity
Make words that start with
letter i
Pick activity
Inny’s page
Mental Health:
Pick activity
Read “Gus gets
Mad”
Humanities:
Pick activity
Make music with a
variety of different
materials
Recall the day’s events
Show photo of the trash can and
recycling bin relay game that the
children have been playing
outdoors.
Pick activity
Line up by the letter of name
Hush! A Thai
Lullaby
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to talk about how
they reused the paper bag in the
Art area
Pick activity
Pick words that start with
letter I from magazines
Peter’s Chair
BD10
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who made gifts in
the art area to share their creations
Pick activity
Write letters & words
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Weekly
Activities
Social Studies:
Pick activity
Listen to different
types of muisic
Healthy/Safety:
Pick activity
Review proper hand
washing & brushing
teeth
Nutrition:
Pick activity
Choosy
Music:
1. Musical Junk
2. Welcome song
3. Meet me at the zoo
4.
5.
Color: Review colors
Number: 1-10
Shape: Review shapes
Rhyme: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
some of the junk items
described in Don’t Lose It—
Reuse It!; junk collection
Computer:
eBook Don’t Lose It!-Reuse it
Blocks:
Dramatic Play:
Library/Listening:
Books about trash, garbage, and
recycling
Manipulatives:
Sand & Water:
Math/Science:
Junk collection
Music:
Variety of containers, wooden
blocks
Outside:
Trash relay. See instructions on
pg53
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Teacher:
Investigation: 4. How can we reuse junk?
Individual Help:
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Family Partnerships:
Please bring in something from home that you consider trash, but which could be used to create something useful, such as an
empty plastic mayonnaise container, cereal box, or wrapping paper roll. We also still need contributions of old wrapping paper and
gift boxes of different sizes. Please access the ebook, Don’t Lose It—Reuse It!
Wow! Experiences:
Tuesday—A visit from a family member who plays a musical instrument.