Prek Weekly Lesson Plan Week Of: 10-23-27-17
Teacher: Wanda Locklear Assistant: Sandra Locklear
Theme: Halloween Fun WOW: Prevention
Essential Questions: What are some safety rules to keep in mind around Halloween? What are some characteristics of pumpkins and jack lanterns? How do pumpkins grow?Objectives: Identify characteristics of pumpkins. Gain awareness of street safety precautions. Illustrate the life cycle of a pumpkin by using sequence cards.
Activity / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Breakfast &Transition
8:00-8:30
Standard
Alignments: / Wash hands
Put out napkins and spoons / Count number of people at table
6.2, 6.3
Large Group
Opening
Activity
8:30-8:45
Standards Alignment: / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs/Weather Songs
Introduce theme.
Discuss class rules / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme Discuss class rules / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme Discuss class rules / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme
Discuss class rules / Gather/Greet
Good Morning Songs
Introduce theme Discuss class rules
8.1, 43.2 / 8.1, 43.2 / 8.1, 43.2 / 8.1, 43.2 / 8.1, 43.2
Storytime
Standards
Alignment: / Introduce unit by reading the Book: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater / Read story,
Room On A Broom / Introduce Book
Pumpkin Patch / Read book,
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Little Miss Muffet / Review
Teacher Workday
44.1 / 44.1 / 44.1 / 44.1 / 44.1
Centers
8:45-!0:30
Standards:
Alignment / Blocks
Build Haunted Houses
Build houses for monsters / Math
Pumpkin sequence
Pumpkin patterns
Halloween counting #5
Pumpkin seed count
APL4g, HPD5g / CD10, CD10-k
Standards
Alignment / Art
Make masks
Make pumpkin plates
Make spiders / Dramatic Play
Set up a spooky café
Dress up in Halloween costumes
Pretend to go trick or treating
APL3,4 / CD-5
Writing/Phonemic Awareness
What are you going to be on halloween
Practice writing name / Science
Life cycle of a pumpkin
Spider Facts
How many legs
What do spiders eat?
How do they spin their web?
Standards:
Alignment / HPD-5 / CD14
Listening/Library
Add books about unit / Technology
The children will use the Waterford program to help develop knowledge of their ABCs, numbers, shapes, sounds, and word pictures.
Standards:
Alignment / CD-5 / LCD11-12
Sand/Water Table
Add plastic spiders in water table / Music/Movement
Pass the Pumpkin
Children pass the pumpkin to the tempo of the music. Alternate between fast and slow. When the music stops the child who has the pumpkin stands and takes a bow.
Standards:
Alignment / CD10 / HPD-4
Music and Me
10:30-10:45 / Colors and Shapes
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: / 14.1
Outdoor
11:15-12:15
Standards:
Alignment: / .
Children use a variety of materials to engage in physical activities which foster overall development.
Rest and Relaxation / A quiet time for solitary on-your-own resting, sleeping or reading.
Snack
1:45-2:00
Standards
Alignment: / Children eat in a relaxed social setting.
Adults support children’s efforts to be self-sufficient
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,
Jar, shapes, / Vocabulary
Halloween, candy, games, pumpkins, jackolantern, ghost, candy corn, safety, spooky, scary, mask, haunted, trick or treat, costume
Songs/Poems
Five Little Pumpkins
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Monster Mash / Nursery Rhymes
Little Miss Muffet
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
Itsy Bitsy Spider