Ms. Cheryl: Lead Teacher; Ms. Jen: Lead Assistant;
Ms. Tocarra: Assistant
Lesson Plans for August 25 – 29, 2014
Theme: The Napping House/Circles/Yellow
Website: www.sceic.com
All activities are modified to ensure that all of our children learn accordingly to their
developmental stage and age-appropriate levels.
Groups rotate three times each day so all children receive teaching and learning time with all
three teachers.
Monday:
Pre-Writing Skills:
Ms. Cheryl’s Group:
Table Activity: This week we will work our fine motor skills by placing pom-poms from one
container to another container using small tongs.
Get Set for School: The children will color a lemon, a piece of cheese, and a banana using a
yellow crayon on the top of page 8 of our Get Ready for School work book. They will then glue
an oval, a square, and a crescent shape cut from yellow paper that they will match to the
corresponding shape on the bottom of the page.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
COR: W. Reading, Child says what a picture or symbol represents, Level W2.
Early Literacy:
Ms. Tocarra’s Group -- “The Napping House”
Theme Book: This adorable book tells the story of many different characters that end up
sleeping on the same bed with a little twist at the end that wakes everybody up. It is a rainy
day and Granny is snoring on her old warm cozy bed. A dreaming child climbs on top of her and
then a dog, a cat, and a mouse decide to each climb on top of each other. Everyone is sleeping
in the napping house when a tiny small flea disrupts the whole quiet time by biting the cat.
Each animal and person in turn goes flying off the bed where now NO ONE is sleeping. Since
everyone is now awake, they all run outside into the beautiful world of a rainbow and the sun
coming out of the clouds.
Emergent Reading: The children will answer questions that are teacher directed.
Activity: Today the children will use a dog toy as their painting tool. Each child will take a clean
dog toy and dip it into different colors of tempera paint to create their own one-of-a-kind
design on their favorite color of construction paper.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
COR: Initiative. A. Making choices and plans; Child expresses a choice in one or two words,
Level A2. Social Relations. E. Relating to Adults; Child participates in a conversation initiated by
a familiar adult, Level E1.,
Math and Science
Ms. Jen’s Group –
Activity: Today the children will use colored circle patterns and attribute blocks for their math
experience. Each child will get a card with a different colored circle on it that has been premade. They will then find the correct colored blocks that match the color of the circle on their
paper (ex: blue blocks match the blue circle, red blocks match the red circle).
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
COR: Mathematics and Science. Y: Sorting objects, Level 1, Child creates a collection of five or
more objects.
Tuesday
Pre-Writing Skills:
Ms. Cheryl’s Group:
Table Activity: This week we will work our fine motor skills by placing pom-poms from one
container to another container using small tongs.
Get Set for School: The children will color a lemon, a piece of cheese, and a banana using a
yellow crayon on the top of page 8 of our Get Ready for School work book. They will then glue
an oval, a square, and a crescent shape cut from yellow paper that they will match to the
corresponding shape on the bottom of the page.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Early Literacy:
Ms. Tocarra’s Group -- “The Napping House”
Theme Book: The children will listen to the whole book as the teacher reads it to them.
Emergent Reading: The children will answer questions that are teacher directed.
Activity: The children will create and design their own “house” today by using different colors,
shapes and sizes of popsicle sticks. They will glue their designs on a piece of poster board.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Math and Science
Ms. Jen’s Group –
Activity: The teacher will show the children three pictures of big and little pictures from the
Napping House. Today the children will be making Cecil the Circle using both big and little
yellow circles. They will choose a large circle for the body then they will count four little circles.
They will glue four narrow strips of paper onto the larger circle then they will glue the four
smaller circles to the bottom of the strip for the feet. The will also glue two eyes onto the large
circle to complete the face.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Wednesday:
Pre-Writing Skills:
Ms. Cheryl's Group:
Table Activity: This week we will work our fine motor skills by placing pom-poms from one
container to another container using small tongs.
Get Set for School: The children will color a lemon, a piece of cheese, and a banana using a
yellow crayon on the top of page 8 of our Get Ready for School work book. They will then glue
an oval, a square, and a crescent shape cut from yellow paper that they will match to the
corresponding shape on the bottom of the page.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Early Literacy:
Ms. Tocarra’s Group -- “The Napping House”
Theme Book: The children will listen to the whole book as the teacher reads it to them.
Emergent Reading: The children will answer questions that have been asked by the teacher or
by the students themselves.
Activity: We will be working on a two day project starting today making a cute little mouse.
Each child will get a cd to paint with their favorite color then we will let them dry and finish
them on Thursday.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Math and Science
Ms. Jen’s Group –
Activity: The children will be going on a circle hunt today. Each small group will go into the big
room where they will be instructed to search and find different colors of circles. They will keep
looking until all of the circles have been brought back to the group then they will count how
many circles each child has found.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
COR: Language and Literacy. Q. Listening and understanding speech. Child responds with
actions or words to a suggestion, request, or question, Q1.
Thursday:
Pre-Writing Skills:
Ms. Cheryl's Group
Table Activity: This week we will work our fine motor skills by placing pom-poms from one
container to another container using small tongs.
Get Set for School: The children will color a lemon, a piece of cheese, and a banana using a
yellow crayon on the top of page 8 of our Get Ready for School work book. They will then glue
an oval, a square, and a crescent shape cut from yellow paper that they will match to the
corresponding shape on the bottom of the page.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
Early Literacy:
Ms. Tocarra’s Group -- “Back to School for Tortoise”
Theme Book: The children will retell the story to the teacher.
Emergent Reading: The children will answer questions directed by the teacher.
Activity: We will finish our mice today by gluing on two ears, two eyes and a yarn tail.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground or
in the classroom.
Math and Science
Ms. Jen’s Group –
Activity: For a really cool sensory experience today, the children will mix yellow finger paint
together with foam soap that will be placed on top of a piece of bubble wrap. They will explore
the feeling of the paint and the bubble wrap to tingle their fingers for a different kind of science
experience.
Plan and Do: Each child will tell the teacher where they plan to play either on the playground
or in the classroom.
COR: Creative Representation J. Drawing and painting pictures. Child uses a marker, crayon,
pencil, chalk, paint, or finger paint. Level J1.
Friday:
Today we will be making houses using two slices of bread, jelly, and saltine crackers. The
children will place a whole slice of bread on their plate then they will place a piece of bread that
has been cut diagonally in half on top of to create the “roof.” They will “paint” their house with
either cherry or grape jelly. They will then place two saltine crackers in the upper corners to
represent the windows and then they will put a quarter piece of graham cracker between the
crackers to represent the “door.” What fun!!!!
COR: Mathematics and Science, Identifying position and direction, Child moves or places an
object as requested. Level CC1
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