Prek Weekly Lesson Plan Week Of: 4-3-7-17
Teacher: Wanda Locklear Assistant: Sandra Locklear
Theme: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs WOW: Self-confidence
Essential Questions: What types of insects have you seen recently?Objectives: The students will identify the characteristics of insects .Students will be able to name the parts of insects
Students will be able to identify important information about Dragonflies, Butterflies, Caterpillars and Ladybugs
My pre-kindergarten class will be learning about bugs. All subjects will be integrated through this week long thematic unit.
Activity / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Breakfast &Transition
8:00-8:30
Standard
Alignments: / Wash hands
Sign In / Wash hands
Sign In / Wash hands
Sign In / Wash hands
Sign In / Wash hands
Sign In
CD10 LCD-12,13
Large Group
Opening
Activity
8:30-8:45
Standards Alignment: / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs/Weather Songs
Introduce theme.
Recite nursery rhymes / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme
Recite nursery rhymes / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme
Recite nursery rhyme / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme
Recite nursery rhyme / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme
Recite nursery rhymes
LDC-1, LDC-2,
LDC-3 / LDC-1, LDC-2, LDC-3 / LDC-1, LDC-2, LDC-3 / LDC-1, LDC-2, LDC-3 / LDC-1, LDC-2, LDC-3
Storytime
Standards
Alignment: / Introduce unit by reading the book Bug Time Storybook / Bugs Galore / All About Bugs / Silk Spider / Review
LDC-8, LDC-11 / LDC-8, LDC-11 / LDC-8, LDC-11 / LDC-8, LDC-11 / LDC-8, LDC-11
Centers
8:45-!0:30
Standards:
Alignment / Blocks
Add small plastic bugs for the children to make homes for! / Math
Cups will be numbered 1-10
The children will count out the correct number of bugs to place in each cup.
Butterfly Matching
Favorite Insect Graph
APL3g, APL4, APL6 / CD10, CD10-k
Standards
Alignment / Art
Bug Crafts / Dramatic Play
Materials: Picnic basket, tablecloth or small blanket to have the picnic on; play food and plates and plastic bugs to interrupt the picnic with!
APL3,4 CD5 / APL3,4
Writing/Phonemic Awareness
Children will practice writing the names of different bugs ( butterfly, caterpillar, ladybug and dragonfly)
Children will practice writing the letter Ii / Science
I Spy Jar
Children will try to identify the different kinds of insects in the jar
Standards:
Alignment / HPD-5, LCD-13 / CD-14,
Listening/Library
Add books about topic / Technology
The children will use the Waterford program to help develop knowledge of their ABCs, numbers, shapes, sounds, and word pictures.
Standards:
Alignment / LDC-8 / LCD11-12
Sand/Water Table
Add plastic bugs to sand table / Music/Movement
Listen and Move
Standards:
Alignment / APL-3,6 CD-10 / CD-5
Music and Me
10:30-10:45
Lunch
10:45-11:15 / Children eat in a relaxed social setting.
Adults support children’s efforts to be self-sufficient
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Standards
Alignment: / HPD-1
Outdoor
11:15-12:15
Standards:
Alignment: / .
Children use a variety of materials to engage in physical activities which foster overall development.
HPD-2
Rest and Relaxation / A quiet time for solitary on-your-own resting, sleeping or reading.
HPD-3
Snack
1:45-2:00
Standards
Alignment: / Children eat in a relaxed social setting.
Adults support children’s efforts to be self-sufficient
HPD-1
Centers
2:00-2:45
Review/Dismissal
Invite children to reflect and discuss what they did at work time.
Assessments
Anecdotal notes, teacher observation, portfolios, progress reports / Materials
Books, CD,s, magazines, scissors, markers, glue, sticks, construction paper, chart paper,
sticks, paper plates,
, / Vocabulary
Insect, bug, caterpillar, butterfly, crawl, fly, ladybug
Songs/Poems
Listen and Move
I Like Bugs / Nursery Rhymes
Little Miss Muffet
Itsy Bitsy Spider