INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Teacher:
Investigations: 2. Where does trash go? What do workers do there? (Monday-Tuesday) 3. How do Trash and garbage affect our community? (Wednesday-Friday)
Large
Group
Monday:pg40 Calendar/Helpers
MM71, “Recycle Song”
Introduce Sanitation worker
Invite children to share questions
Choice Time
Small Group
LL04, “Bookmaking” or LL02,
“Desktop Publishing”
Read
Aloud
Sam Helps
Recycle
Tuesday: pg42 Calendar/Helpers
MM71, “Recycle Song”
Review what happens to Sam in Sam
Recycles
Provide a collection of safe items for children
to sort. AS they sort refer back to the list of
items that can be recycled and items that need
to be thrown away.
Point out itmes with the recycling symbol
Wednesday: pg46 Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Create a pile of trash use a fan to blow the
trash. Discuss litter.
Talk about why we put trash in special places.
What do we need to teach the litter monster
record responses.
Thursday: pg48 Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Show the page in The Adventures of Gary &
Henry that talks about Harry’s choking on the
bag.
Discuss how litter can be harmful to animals.
Friday: pg50Calendar/Helpers
MM69, The Litter Monster”
Go on a litter walk
Discuss picking up trash safely and the
importance of wearing gloves.
Talk about trash they should not pick up like
glass.
Invite children to explore how many
crushed cans will fit in a small trash
can. Have children compare that
number with the number of crushed
cans that will fit in the small trash
can.
LL04, “Bookmaking” or LL02,
Desktop Publishing”
Radio Man
BD11
Make Don’t litter…signs
Use empty boxes to build with while
in the block area
M03, Seek & Find” or M05, “Sorting &
Classifying”
Adventures
of Gary and
Harry
BD09
Daily Transition:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Daily Literacy:
(Words of the Week)
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day’s events
Write a group thank you note.
Zoo
Phonics
Pick activity
Weekly
Activities
Mental Health:
Pick activity
Learning Center
Materials
Art/Writing:
paper; markers; paint
Computer:
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who crushed cans in
the science area to share what
they learned.
Pick activity
Humanities:
Pick activity
Blocks:
Garbage trucks
Empty boxes of various
sizes
Dramatic Play:
Recall the day’s events
Share photos of children’s block
constructions. Invite children to
describe their creations.
Pick activity
Social Studies:
Pick activity
Library/Listening:
Books about trash,
garbage, and recycling
Manipulatives:
Sand & Water:
Math/Science:
Junk collection
Help children write “Don’t be a litter
monster” signs
M22, Story Problems” or M01,
“Dinnertime”
Talk about shapes found in junk
collection, invite to sort and describe
3-d shapes by comparing to familiar
objects.
LL18, “What’s Missing” or LL08,
“Memory Games”
I Stink!
Adventures
of Gary and
Harry
BD09
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Recall the day’s events
Invite children who made signs in
art area to share their work.
Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share their
experiences from today’s litter walk
Music:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Pick activity
Healthy/Safety:
Pick activity
Crushed cans and small
trash cans
Music:
Pick activity
Nutrition:
Pick activity
Color:
Number:
Shape:
Rhyme:
Outside:
P20, “Body Shape and
Sizes”
Day 3, Litter walk
around the school
INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Week of:
Study: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Teacher:
Investigations: 2. Where does trash go? What do workers do there? (Monday-Tuesday) 3. How do Trash and garbage affect our community? (Wednesday-Friday)
Individual Help:
Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Family Partnerships:
We would like families to bring in a piece of trash that has the recycling symbol on it. Also, please access the ebook, Sam Helps
Recycle. If you are a family member who plays a musical instrument and you would be willing to visit our class next week to help
the children make instruments, please let us know. We also would like to ask families to contribute old wrapping paper and gift
boxes of different sizes for the children to use in an upcoming investigation.
Wow! Experiences:
Monday—An interview with a sanitation worker and a look at a trash or recycling truck
Friday—A litter walk around the school