INCA Head Start Lesson Plan
Teacher:Webster/Springer
Week of: Oct. 13 th-16th
Study:
Trees
Investigation:
Large
Group
Choice Time
Small Group
Read
Aloud
Monday:pg52 Calendar/Helpers
MM46, "Strolling Through the Park"
Review animals and insects that live in trees.
Talk about "Why animals live in trees"
Remind the children about the aphids in the Grouchy Lady
bug. Talk about foods that grow on trees that insects and
other animals eat. Record responses.
Tuesday: pg54 Calendar/Helpers
MM51, "High in the Tree"
Look over list made yesterday of tree grown foods eaten by
creatures that live in trees,
Read the list of foods together. Discuss if the food is
something that people would eat.
Look through books about
trees
LL31, "I went shopping" or
LL25, What's for Snack?"
Art: Painting
Henny
Penny
BD15
Explore tree parts and scale
LL10, "Rhyming Chart" or
LL11, "Rhyming riddles"
Art: Shaving Cream/ Make
a collage
Who Lives
in Trees
Wednesday: pg56CalendarfHelpers
MM48, "Strolling Through the Park°
Introduce visitor to talk about his or her job.
Invite children to ask their questions.
Pass around samples of food grown on trees for the children to examine
Make a collage
Henny
Penny
BD15
and taste.
Large Group
Round up
Recall the day's events
Invite children who explored books
about animals that eat foods from
trees to share their discoveries.
I'm Safe
Dental Health
Lesson 3 pg10
How to Brush Your
Teeth
use Ally Gator to show
children how we brush
teeth & floss
Draw a picture of one of the
silly new characters made for
the story.
LL12, "Same Sound Sort" or
LL16, "Tongue Twister"
Tree
Counts
Friday: pg60Calendar/Helpers
MM56, "I Had a Little Nut Tree"
Invite the children to retell the story of Henny Penny
Invite them to use the props listed yesterday.
FALL BREAK
Using props to retell Henny
Penny
LL03, "Alphabet Cards" or
LL05, "Jumping Beans"
Chicka
Chickas
Boom
Boom
ZOO PHONICS A-H
recognition/sound
ZOO PHONICS A-H
Talking Point
(Pick1-2 talking points)
Recall the day's events
Invite the children to write a group
thank you note.
Brush Away Sugary
Plaque
TC5 "Keeping my teeth
Healthy"
ZOO PHONICS A-H
Eat for Healthy Teeth
TC6 "Eat for Healthy
Teeth"
ZOO PHONICS A-H
Recall the day's events
Invite children to share their
illustrations of new Henny Penny
Characters.
Talk about what props would be
needed to act out Henny Penny.
Record Responses
Recall the day's events
Invite children who used props in
the Dramatic Play area to
demonstrate how they used them.
Weekly
Activities
recognition/sound
Art/Writing:
Materials to make a
collage
Illustrations of new
Henny Penny
characters
Humanities:
Pick Activity
Computer:
eBook Who Lives in
Trees
eBook Henny Penny
eBook Trees Count
Social Studies:
Getting Nosey
Blocks:
(ABCmouse.com)
Rh Chant
M us i c & Songs /Video (11h)
recognition/sound
(ABCmouse.com )
Rh Chant
Music tit Songs /Video (Rh)
recognition/sound
(ABCmouse.com )
Hh Chant
music & Songs /Video (Hh)
Get Calcium
Discuss the importance
of calcium on our bones
and teeth. Discuss what
foods and drinks we get
calcium from.
Review
Learning Center
Materials
Mental Health:
Slow down and relax
(Sesamestreet. org )
(ABCmouse.com )
Hh Chant
Music & Songs /Video (Hh)
Recall the day's events
Remind the children of visitor
coming, grows food on trees or
works with food grown on trees.
Invite children to generate
questions.
FALL BREAK
Thursday: pg58Calendar/Helpers
MM51, "High in the Tree"
Show book Henny Penny, remind children of the silly names
in the story.
Have the children help add silly names to a chart.
FALL BREAK
Zoo
Phonics
3. What food comes from trees?
Healthy/Safety:
Lets Be Healthy
(ABC Mouse.com )
Dramatic Play:
Props to act out Henny
Penny
LibrarylListening:
Book about tree grown
foods and the animals
that eat them
Manipulatives:
Nutrition:
Pick Activity
Sand & Water:
MathlScience:
Scale, tree parts
Music:
Monthly Cooking (Food) Activity:
Music:
Daily Literacy
Color: Review
Outside:
1. Good Morning
Flip
M28, Applesauce" or M29, "Apple
Weigh
Leaf Silhouettes see
2. March
Number:
B
Bread"
Acorn
Slide
pg51
3. Pumpkin Pumpkin
Roll
Heavier
4. Pretty Leaves are Falling
Shape: Review
P14, "Moving Through
Lighter
Scale
5. My Heart says Thanks
the Forest"
Rhyme:
Lean
Reach
Twist
Working on: Pre-writing skills, tracing names, number 8, letter Hh, cutting and matching. Attendance / Flag Salute / Calendar / Weather. Working with: Colors, Shapes, Number and Letter Recognition and
Sounds. Rote counting objects 1 to 10. Word Readiness: Word Recognition matching Handwriting letter Hh and the number 8.
Daily Transition:
1. Girl I Boy
color on
2.If you have
3. Password ?
4. ABC line up
5. If your name starts with _?
Have Fun Teaching: LetterHh Song: H is a consonant, a letter in the alphabet(youtube). Song: Sight Words (youtube) Song: What does the letters Say?(youtube)