VPK 3-Miss Lisa’s Lesson Plans
Lead Teacher: Lisa; Lead Assistant: Sam; Teacher’s Assistant: Megan
Lesson Plans for March 17th-March 21st, 2014
Website: www.sceic.com
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down to Miss Lisa’s VPK classroom and click. Click on Lesson Plans on the left side. Click on the current week.
MONDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines, scissors, bingo
markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: Playground: swings, jungle gym, bikes, wagons, sand, water, and more
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of boys and the number
of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school “altogether”; count how many friends
did not come to school today.
-The “Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and special events during the week; roll the “exercise” dice to
determine which exercises we will do today (the number of each exercise depends on the current date)
-Exercise with dice (arm circles, bicycle pedaling in the air, push-ups, marching, jumping jacks, cross and touch our
toes).
-Book: “Larry the Leprechaun”
-Transitional Activity: Students will choose a numbered shamrock, then, count the appropriate amount of gold
beans.
VPK DOMAIN: IV.A.1.a: Language, Communication, and Emergent Literacy
STANDARD: Listening and Understanding
COMPONENT: Increases knowledge through listening
BENCHMARK a: Child shows understanding by asking and answering relevant questions, adding comments
relevant to the topic, and reacting appropriately to what is said.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.3., A.5. III. Social and Emotional
Development-A.b.1., A.b.3.; IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent Literacy–E.3.a., E.3.b., E.3.c., F.1.a.,
F.1.b., F.1.c., F.2.a., F.2.b., F.2.c., F.2.d., F.2.e., F.2.f., F.4.a., F.4.b. V. Cognitive Development and General
Knowledge-D.a.1.
SNACK:
The class is divided amongst 3 small tables. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers,
pouring liquid juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a large
spoon.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“Number Rock”
“The Name Game”
1ST SET OF SMALL GROUPS (modifications and accommodations are made, as
needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Sam (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will put a large marshmallow onto a skewer.
Activity: Students will roll their marshmallow in melted chocolate, then, roll it in green sprinkles. Students can then
eat their tasty St. Patrick’s Day treat.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR
OUTSIDE WITH, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO INTERACT WITH.
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Megan (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will explore the inside of a green pepper.
Activity: Students will make shamrock prints, using a green pepper and green paint.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will cut out a shamrock pattern and place it in a box.
Activity: Students will use a spoon and drizzle different shades of green paint on their shamrock. Then, using a golf
ball, they will move the box around, creating a creative shamrock.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND:
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
VPK DOMAIN: 1.C.1.-Physical Development
STANDARD: Gross Motor Development
COMPONENT: Demonstrates increasing motor control and balance.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.1., A.7., A.9.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what and who they worked with, while they were out on
the playground. Students will roll the colored dice and identify the color they landed on, as they transition to their
second set of small groups.
2nd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups
of students rotate.
Upon completion of second small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON DURING FREE CENTERS, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK WITH. STUDENTS WILL THEN TRANSITION
TO THEIR CENTER OF CHOICE.
FREE CENTERS:
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME:
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free play/centers. They
then, will transition to clean up. As students get their re-enforcer for clean up, they will transition to their third set of
small groups.
3rd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups of
students rotate.
Upon completion of final set of small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LUNCH: Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA” light foods. After
lunch, students will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they transition out to the playground.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE PROGRAM FOR
MOST
TUESDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines, scissors, bingo
markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: Playground: swings, jungle gym, bikes, wagons, sand, water, and more
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of boys and the number
of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school “altogether”; count how many friends
did not come to school today.
-The “Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and special events during the week; roll the “exercise” dice to
determine which exercises we will do today (the number of each exercise depends on the current date)
-Exercise with dice (arm circles, bicycle pedaling in the air, push-ups, marching, jumping jacks, cross and touch our
toes).
-Book: “The Nutty Chase”
-Transitional Activity-Students will count nuts when given a numeral.
SNACK:
The class is divided amongst 3 small tables. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers,
pouring liquid juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a large
spoon.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“Number Rock”
“The Name Game”
1ST SET OF SMALL GROUPS (modifications and accommodations are made, as
needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Sam (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will begin creating the canopy level of a tree, by cutting out a big tree top pattern (save).
Book: “The Rainforest”
Reading: Read pages 1-5, only.
Activity: Students will glue on branches and leaves. They will then, choose which animals to draw in the canopy
(owls, monkeys, eagles) (save).
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR
OUTSIDE WITH, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO INTERACT WITH.
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Megan (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will sort mixed nuts.
Book: “My n book”
Reading: Read pages 6-9. Ask language board questions 1 and 2.
Activity: Students will create a nut collage.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will squeeze and roll their play-do into a ball.
HWT: Letter “N”-Play-do: Students will use their ball of play-do and break it into 3 pieces. Students will form
the letter, on their small laminated “N” card, in proper sequence.
HWT: Most students will trace letter “N”, again, by completing page 61, from the Pre-K workbook. Some students
will copy letter “N”, by completing page 9, from the Kindergarten HWT workbook.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND:
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what and who they worked with, while they were out on
the playground. Students will roll the colored dice and identify the color they landed on, as they transition to their
second set of small groups.
2nd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups
of students rotate.
Upon completion of second small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON DURING FREE CENTERS, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK WITH. STUDENTS WILL THEN TRANSITION
TO THEIR CENTER OF CHOICE.
FREE CENTERS:
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
VPK DOMAIN: II.C.1. Approaches to Learning
STANDARD: Creativity
COMPONENT: Approaches daily activities with creativity
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent LiteracyC.1.a., C.1.b., C.1.c., C.2.a., C.2.b., D.2.a., D.2.b., D.2.c., E.1.a., E.2.b., F.2.a., F.2.b., F.2.c., F.4.a., F.4.b., G.1.a.,
G.1.b. V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-D.a.1., D.b.2., D.c.1.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME:
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free play/centers. They
then, will transition to clean up. As students get their re-enforcer for clean up, they will transition to their third set of
small groups.
3rd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups of
students rotate.
Upon completion of final set of small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LUNCH: Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA” light foods. After
lunch, students will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they transition out to the playground.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE PROGRAM FOR
MOST
WEDNESDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines, scissors, bingo
markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: Playground: swings, jungle gym, bikes, wagons, sand, water, and more
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of boys and the number
of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school “altogether”; count how many friends
did not come to school today.
-The “Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and special events during the week; roll the “exercise” dice to
determine which exercises we will do today (the number of each depends on today’s date)
-Exercise with dice
-Book: “Rainforest”
-Transitional Activity-Students will match words that begin with “n”.
SNACK:
The class is divided amongst 3 small tables. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers,
pouring liquid juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a large
spoon.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“Number Rock”
“The Name Game”
1ST SET OF SMALL GROUPS (modifications and accommodations are made, as
needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Sam (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will create the understory level of a tree, by cutting out a large trunk (save).
Book: “The Rainforest”
Reading: Read pages 6 and 7, only.
Activity: Students will glue branches to the sides of the trunk, and draw the animals that live in the understory
(frogs, plants, sloths, woodpeckers) (save).
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL BEGIN THEIR
OUTSIDE WTIH, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO INTERACT WITH.
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Megan (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will begin creating a nest, by tearing up newspaper into small pieces.
Book: “My n book”
Reading: Read pages10-16 only. Ask language board questions 3 and 4, only.
Activity: Students will use a mixture of glue and water to build their nests on the paper plate (save).
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS with Miss Lisa (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will draw anything of choice on their slate boards, using chalk.
HWT: Letter “N”
HWT: Slate Boards: Students will use the Wet, Dry, Try method with chalk, as they practice writing the letter “N”.
HWT: Some students will trace upper-case letter “N”, by completing page 61, from the Pre-Kindergarten HWT
workbook. Some will copy the letter, by completing page 9 from the Kindergarten workbook.
VPK DOMAIN: I.D.3. Physical Development
STANDARD: Fine Motor Development
COMPONENT: Shows beginning control of writing by using various drawing and art tools with increasing
coordination.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent LiteracyG.1.a., G.1.b., G.2.a., G.2.b., G.3.a., G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-D.a.1.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND:
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what and who they worked with, while they were out on
the playground. Students will roll the colored dice and identify the color they landed on, as they transition to their
second set of small groups.
2nd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups
of students rotate.
Upon completion of second small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON DURING FREE CENTERS, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK WITH. STUDENTS WILL THEN TRANSITION
TO THEIR CENTER OF CHOICE.
FREE CENTERS:
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while
they were at free play/centers. They then, will transition to clean up. As students get their re-enforcer for clean up,
they will transition to their third set of small groups.
3rd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups of
students rotate. Upon completion of final set of small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LUNCH:
Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA” light foods. After lunch, students
will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they transition out to the playground.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE PROGRAM FOR
MOST
THURSDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines, scissors, bingo
markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: Playground: swings, jungle gym, bikes, wagons, sand, water, and more
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of boys and the number
of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school “altogether”; count how many friends
did not come to school today.
-The “Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and special events during the week; roll the “exercise” dice to
determine which exercises we will do today (the number of each depends on today’s date)
-Exercise with dice
-Book: “Life in the Rainforest”
-Transitional Activity-Students will sort animals by their characteristics.
VPK DOMAIN: V.A.c.1. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge
STANDARD: Mathematical Thinking/Patterns and Seriation
COMPONENT: Understands characteristics of patterns and non-patterns and begins to reproduce them with at least
two elements.
BENCHMARK B: Child duplicates identical patterns with at least two elements.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS:
SNACK:
The class is divided amongst 3 small tables. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers,
pouring liquid juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack onto their paper towel, using a large
spoon.
VPK DOMAIN: III.A.a.1. Social and Emotional Development
STANDARD: Self-Regulation/Affective
COMPONENT: Demonstrates growing autonomy and independence, indicated by increasing self-care and willing
participation in daily routines, when given a consistent and predictable environment.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.6., A.8., B.1. II. Approaches to
Learning-A.1.; III. Social and Emotional Devleopment-A.b.1., A.b.2., B.a.1. IV. Language, Communication, and
Emergent Literacy-A.2.a., C.1.a., E.1.a.; V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-C.a.1., C.d.1.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“Number Rock”
“The Name Game”
1ST SET OF SMALL GROUPS (modifications and accommodations are
made, as needed).
EARLY LITERACY with Miss Sam (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will create the ground layer of the rainforest by gluing small rocks, dirt, and sticks on
paper (save).
Book: “The Rainforest”
Reading: Read pages 8-16, only.
Activity: Students will complete their rainforest, by drawing animals (jaguars, armadillos) on their paper,
representing the ground layer of the rainforest. When all of the art is dry, the teacher will help the students glue
their 3 parts of the tree together (canopy, understory, and ground layer).
VPK DOMAIN: V.B.c.2. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge
STANDARD: Scientific Inquiry/Life Science
COMPONENT: Identifies the characteristics of living things.
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-D.2. II. Approaches to LearningA.1.; IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent Literacy-C.1.a., C.1.b., C.1.c., C.2.a., C.2.b., C.2.c.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY
WILL BEGIN THEIR OUTSIDE WTIH, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO INTERACT WITH.
COGNITIVE LEARNING with Miss Megan (6 students)
Table Activity: Students will draw a picture of a bird, cut around it, and glue it to their nests, from yesterday.
Book: “My n book”
Reading: Read pages 17-29, only. Ask language board questions 5-11.
Activity: Students will add nickels to the bank on a file folder game.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER,
WHAT THEY WILL WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
HANDWRITING TIME with Miss Lisa (6-7 students)
Table Activity: Students will peel stickers and place them on paper.
HWT: Magnetic Boards-Students will use their magnetic boards to form/write the letter “N”.
HWT: Students will copy letter “N”, again, by completing page 9.
HWT: Students will choose two words that begin with letter “N”, copy them from a written model, then, draw a
picture related to the words they chose.
“PLAN-DO-RECALL: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND:
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what and who they worked with, while they were out on
the playground. Students will roll the colored dice and identify the color they landed on, as they transition to their
second set of small groups.
2nd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups
of students rotate.
Upon completion of second small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON DURING FREE CENTERS, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK WITH. STUDENTS WILL THEN TRANSITION
TO THEIR CENTER OF CHOICE.
FREE CENTERS:
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while
they were at free play/centers. They then, will transition to clean up. As students get their re-enforcer for clean up,
they will transition to their third set of small groups.
3rd SET OF SMALL GROUPS-same teacher teaches same category, and the groups of
students rotate.
Upon completion of final set of small groups:
“PLAN-DO-RECALL”: ALL STUDENTS WILL TELL THEIR PARTICULAR SMALL GROUP TEACHER, WHAT THEY WILL
WORK ON OUTSIDE, AND WHO THEY WILL INCLUDE TO WORK ON IT WITH.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LUNCH:
Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA” light foods. After lunch, students
will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they transition out to the playground.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE PROGRAM FOR
MOST
FRIDAY
AM CENTERS:
Housekeeping Center: Doll House with Accessories, Dramatic Play, Kitchen
Fine Motor Center: Puzzles, interlocking blocks, attribute blocks, lacing cards/beads, and more
Block Center: Blocks, tools, cars, trucks, Lego’s, Lincoln Logs, and more
Art/Writing Center: Easel, paint, collage items, ink pads, glue, construction paper, magazines, scissors, bingo
markers, stickers, glitter, and more
Gross Motor/Sensory Activities: Playground: swings, jungle gym, bikes, wagons, sand, water, and more
LARGE GROUP TIME:
-Morning Greetings: identify who came to school today and greet them; count the number of boys and the number
of girls; add numbers together to identify how many friends came to school “altogether”; count how many friends
did not come to school today.
-The “Pledge of Allegiance”
-Calendar: identify the month, date, day of the week, and special events during the week; roll the “exercise” dice to
determine which exercises we will do today (the number of each depends on today’s date)
-Exercise with dice
-Book: “Nick and Nora”
-Transitional Activity-Students will identify a picture and decide if it begins with the sound of /m/ or /n/, then,
place it under the appropriate letter on the file folder.
SNACK:
The class is divided amongst 3 small tables. Students will work on verbally, requesting snack items from peers,
pouring liquid juice and/or water from a small pitcher, and scooping their snack
onto their paper towel, using a large spoon.
MUSIC AND MOVEMENT
“Number Rock”
“The Name Game”
SHOW AND SHARE-each student will bring in one item/toy to share with the class
PLAYGROUND:
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
COOKING-NACHOS
VPK DOMAIN: IV.C.2.b. Language, Communication, and Emergent Literacy
STANDARD: Vocabulary
COMPONENT: Shows increased vocabulary to describe many objects, actions, and events.
BENCHMARK b: Child uses category labels (e.g. fruit, vegetable, animal, transportation, tool).
RELATED SKILLS WITHIN THE STANDARDS: I. Physical Development-A.5. II. Approaches to LearningC.1. III. Social and Emotional Development-A.c.1., C.1. IV. Language, Communication, and Emergent LiteracyF.4.a., F.4.b., G.4.a. V. Cognitive Development and General Knowledge-A.e.3., A.f.3.a., A.f.3.b., A.f.3.c., B.a.2.,
C.a.1., C.a.3
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME: Students will recall what and who they worked with, while they were out on
the playground. Students will roll the colored dice and identify the color they landed on, as they transition to their
second set of small groups.
FREE CENTERS:
-Creative Art
-Housekeeping and Dramatic Play
-Sensory Table-Purple Water
-Math and Manipulatives
-Block and Transportation
-Science
LARGE RE-GROUP TIME:
Students will recall what they worked with, and who they worked with, while they were at free play/centers. They
then, will transition to clean up. As students get their re-enforcer for clean up, they will transition to their third set of
small groups.
PLAYGROUND
Students will work on their small and large muscles, as they explore the playground equipment, on their own.
Students will then wash their hands and go potty, as they transition to the rug, for large group time.
LUNCH:
Students learn to eat their “GO” light foods first, then their “SLOW” or “WHOA” light foods. After lunch, students
will clean their space, wash their hands, and go potty, as they transition out to the playground.
12:30 DISMISSAL/PLAYGROUND/NAP FOR SOME/AFTERCARE PROGRAM FOR
MOST