Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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.
Daily Transition:
1.MM #81
2.MM#33
3.clean-up song
4.sing going to the cafeteria in my school shoes
5. pull name cards
Daily Literacy:
(Words of the Week)
Sight word : that
Vocabulary words: sleigh, recycle, collect,
Choice Time
Small Group
LL07, “Letters, Letters, Letters” or
LL21, “Buried Treasures”
Explore the junk collection
LL23, “Playing with Environmental
Print” or LL20, Baggie Books”
Sort the junk collection
Junk Collage or Junk Sculpture LL32,
“Describing Art”
Sort the junk collection
M18, “Bounce & Count” or M04,
“Number Card”
M06, “Tallying” or M02 “Counting &
Comparing”
Teacher:
Exploring the Topic: What do we know about reducing, reusing, and recycling? What do we want to find out?
Read
Aloud
The Paper
Bag
Princess
BD08
Hush! A Thai
Lullaby
The Paper
Bag
Princess
BD08
Hush! A Thai
Lullaby
The Paper
Bag
Princess
BD08
Large Group
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who explored books about trash, garbage, and recycling in the Library area to share their discoveries.
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.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share the collages or sculptures they created.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who organized the junk collection to talk about how they grouped the junk.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who made collages in the art area to share their work.
Zoo
Phonics
Pick activity
Introduce letter P
Pick activity
Write the letter Pp
Pick activity
Find things that start with letter p
Pick activity
Make words with the letter p
Pick activity
Mental Health:
Pick activity
Care critters
Humanities:
Pick activity
Practice for
Christmas program
Social Studies:
Pick activity
Take a walk looking at the trees
Healthy/Safety:
Pick activity
Going to the dentist
Nutrition:
Pick activity
Read the “Little Red
Hen” & discuss bread
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing: collage materials e.g., paper scraps; tinfoil bits; old magazines and newspapers; cardboard pieces
Computer:
Blocks:
Dramatic Play:
Library/Listening:
Books about trash, garbage, and recycling
Manipulatives:
Sand & Water:
Math/Science:
Junk collection
Music:
Outside:
P19, “Bounce & Catch
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Make pink applesause
Music:
1. Popcorn song
2. Rocking in my School Shoes
3. Gummy Bear
4. Choosy songs
5. The Green Grass Grows all Around
Color: Orange
Number: 4
Shape: Triangle
Rhyme: Little Boy Blue

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?
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
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.
None
Wow! Experiences: