INCA Head Start Lesson Plan

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 2. How do we take care of our clothes? (Monday–Thursday) 3. How do people make clothes? (Friday)

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Choice Time

Small Group

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Read Aloud

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Large Group

Round up /

Zoo

Phonics

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Weekly

Activities / Learning Center
Materials
Monday:pg40Calendar/Helpers
MM26, “Echo Clapping”
Beating a drum pattern
Show dirty clothing and talk about ways to get it clean
Read book Wash and Dry
Go on site visit to a Laundromat (if possible) / Playing with bubbles in the sand and water table
Sort dark and light clothing in dramatic play
LL07, “Letters, Letters, Letters” or LL13, “Shaving Cream Letters” / The Mitten
BD02 / Recall the day’s events
Explain to the children that tomorrow we will discuss which type of soap cleans clothes the best; power, liquid, or bar soap / Pick activity / Mental Health:
Pick activity / Art/Writing:
Piece of paper with a variety of lines drawn on them, e.g. straight, zigzag, curved; one or two lines per sheet and scissors
Materials for designing shirts: pencils, paper, stamps, stencils, rulers, markers
Computer:
eBook Wash and Dry
Blocks:
Dramatic Play:
Library/Listening:
Letter stamps
Clothesline story and props or the pocket storytelling props
Manipulatives:
Sand & Water:
Powder, liquid, and bar soaps; egg beaters; whisks
Math/Science:
Music:
Outside:
Walking the line
Going on a line hunt
See pg39
Follow the leader on a line
See pg49
P09, “Up and Away”
Tuesday: pg42 Calendar/Helpers
Move like a washer and dryer
Recall the site visit from yesterday
Show pages of Wash and Dray that describes the Laundromat. Compare experience of the book to what they experienced while on the site visit. / Children experiment with the soap.
Make a clothes line by the sand and water table to hang rags.
LL03, “Alphabet Cards” or
LL15, Texture Letters” / Llama Llama Red Pajama / Recall the day’s events
Discuss the question of the day and how children’s predictions at the beginning of the day compare with their findings during choice time.
Write a group thank you note to the owner of the laundromat. Invite the children to add drawings and to write their names on the note. / Pick activity / Humanities:
Pick activity
Wednesday: pg44Calendar/Helpers
MM06, “This is the Way” we wash our clothes
Show clothes line from yesterday
Talk about places you will find lines. Have children look for lines around the classroom / Cutting lines with scissors
Use letter stamps / The Mitten
BD02 / Recall the day’s events
Ask children who worked on cutting lines to talk about their experiences. Talk about which lines were easiest to cut? Which were hardest? / Pick activity / Social Studies:
Pick activity
Thursday: pg46Calendar/Helpers
MM04, “Riddle Dee Dee”
Read A Pocket for Corduroy
Talk about mending clothing / LL06, “Dramatic Story Retelling” or LL09, “Pocket Storytelling” / Wash and Dry / Recall the day’s events
Ask children to share their observations about their small-group experience. / Pick activity / Healthy/Safety:
Pick activity
Friday: pg50Calendar/Helpers
Talk about people who design clothing have to sketch. Use the page from The Quinceanera that illustrates a sketch of the clothing before it is made.
Discuss the occupation of Fashion Designer / Sketch a shirt or other article of clothing
Patterns on Clothing or Button Patterns, M14, “Patterns” / The Girl who Wore Too Much
BD03 / Recall the day’s events
Invite children to share their shirt designs with the group / Pick activity / Nutrition:
Pick activity
Daily Transition:
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5. / Daily Literacy: (Words of the Week) / Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
M07, “Ice Cubes” or M08, Baggie Ice Cream” / Music:
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5. / Color:
Number:
Shape:
Rhyme:

INCA Head Start Lesson Plan

Week of: Teacher:

Study: Clothes Investigation: 2. How do we take care of our clothes? (Monday–Thursday) 3. How do people make clothes? (Friday)

Individual Help: / Material Sent Home:
(e.g. Zoo-phonics activity worksheets, newsletters)
Parent Suggestive Activities: (Activity & Signature)
Family Partnerships:
Please let us know if you are interested in accompanying the class on Monday’s site visit to the laundromat. We’d also like to invite a family member who sews to visit the class next Tuesday when we explore how people make clothes. This week we encourage families to access the ebooks, Wash and Dry and The Quinceañera. / Wow! Experiences:
Monday—A visit to a laundromat