Kindergarten Lesson Plan Date: Jan. 5, 2014 Day of the Week . Monday Calendar/ Opening Exercises Language Arts, Reading, & Writing (Open Court) Handwriting Everyday Math, Modern Curriculum Math, &Scott Foresman Math Science/ Social Studies/ Character Education Opening: Calendar/ Weather/ Pledge of Allegiance/ Dictionary Diving/Place Value/ Estimation: Mean, Median, Mode Morning Message: Define the words “ancient” and “civilization”. Review the terms :evolve, adapt, and community. Discuss how people over the years have changed. Remind children that a community is a group of people who live in close proximity of each other and maintain certain roles that benefit each other and help the community thrive. Unit 2 Shadows: Lesson 7 “Bear’s Shadow”. Drawing Conclusions: Explain to students that when an author writes, they tell us many things, the setting and descriptions and names of characters for instance. However, the writer does not tell us everything. Part of being an efficient reader is using context clues in order to draw conclusions. Bullying Hurts: Students will learn practical nonviolent ways to deal with bullying and why people choose to bully and what they can do about it. Anyone can be a bully, boy, girl, young, old. Redefine the term “bully”. Explain that it is never alright to bully others to get what one wants. Read “The Ugly Duckling” . Discuss: Why did the other ducklings push him away? What effect did their treatment have on him? Eating to Zero: Children will practice subtraction using small edible items (popcorn) as counters. Scott Foresman Math: Revisit the language of addition and subtraction. Complete pages 69-71 Review: Types of landforms, types of bodies of water and their characteristics, tools of measurement for weather. Introduce: The Water Cycle Vocabulary: water vapor and cloud. Quick Lab: Put water in a sealed bag . Observe the water cycle Daily Observation: Create a Cloud chart. Observe, draw, and categorize clouds everyday. Predict the the appearance of clouds for the next day. Sentences: define “sentence” : a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence names someone or something and tells what that person or thing does. Introduce concept of “subject and predicate.” Guided Practice: Identify whether each group of words is a sentence or Not. Date: Kindergarten Lesson Plan Jan. 6, 2015 Class: A and B Week: ________ Day of the Week Calendar/ Opening Exercises Language Arts, Reading, & Writing (Open Court) Handwriting Tuesday Opening: Calendar/ Weather/ Pledge of Allegiance/ Dictionary Diving/Place Value/ Estimation: Mean, Median, Mode Review: Beginning blends, digraphs, vowel sounds, sight words, parts of speech, word and sentence structure, types of sentences and their functions. Morning Message: Review the concept of Ancient Civilizations. Read “How People Lived : Cave Dwellers, Life At a Pinnacle Point”. Four Types of Sentences Independent Practice: SWBAT write whether each sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. If the group of words does not make up a sentence, write “ not a sentence”. Bossy Friends: Students will learn how to use their kind words and actions to deal with bossy friends and difficult situations. Discussion: Define the word “bossy”. Have you ever had a friend who was bossy? Have you ever been bossy to your friends? How do you feel inside when someone is being bossy towards you? Read: “Bossy KiKi” discuss strategies her friends use d when she bossed them around. Sight Words Module: Introduce the new sight word poem “Keep Yours Ears Open”. Sight Words: talk, look, head, hear. Everyday Math, Modern Curriculum Math, &Scott Foresman Math Review : Vocabulary of addition and subtraction. Visual Thinking Copycat activity: Students will partner up with a friend and copy the dot-to-dot pattern drawn on a hundred dot grid. Scott Foresman Math: “Choose an Operation” SWBAT utilize vocabulary of addition and subtraction to formulate and solve addition and subtraction sentences from word problems. Pages 72-73 Science/ Social Studies/ Character Education Review: The Water cycle and how pollution affects the water and all living things on earth. Introduce Storms: Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Blizzards. Think, Talk Write: 1.Classify: Name some different things that fall from clouds. 2. How do clouds form? Kindergarten Lesson Plan Date: Jan. 7, 2015 Class: A and B Week: ________ Day of the Week Wednes day Calendar/ Opening Exercises Language Arts, Reading, & Writing (Open Court) Opening: Calendar/ Weather/ Pledge of Allegiance/ Dictionary Diving/Place Value/ Estimation: Mean, Median, Mode Review: Beginning blends, digraphs, vowel sounds, sight words, parts of speech, word and sentence structure, types of sentences and their functions. Morning Message : Review the concept of Ancient Civilizatins. Review the habits and adaptations of the Cave Dwellers. Introduce: Early Farmers and the First Towns. Discuss how human beings evolved and improved their tools by means of invention and necessity demanded by their location. Explain how the observations of their environment lead to new ideas of how to utilize the land. Open Court: Review the Big Book “Shadows”. Browse through the story “Bear’s Shadow”. Students will identify elements of the story that are based in reality and fantasy. Complete “Fantasy and Reality” diagnostic assessment activity. Handwriting Everyday Math, Modern Curriculum Math, &Scott Foresman Math Just Kidding!: Students will learn to identify teasing versus kidding and how it effects our friends and ourselves. Define the words: “tease and kid”. Discuss the difference between kidding and teasing. Read “Dumbo”. Review how Dumbo was teased by others. How do you think Dumbo this made him feel? Can you think of a time when you were teased? How did it make you feel? Review: Vocabulary of addition and subtraction, and the term pattern. Review: Different types of weather and their causes. Review term “precipitation”. What’s Missing?: Complete the patterns, draw what comes next. Introduce Lesson 4: Fall and Winter Essential Question: What happens in Fall and Winter? Pages 249-253 Scott Foresman Math: Cumulative Review and Test Prep Pages 7475 Science/ Social Studies/ Character Education Inquiry Activity: How Do Sweaters Keep Us Warm?” Kindergarten Lesson Plan Date: Jan. 8, 2015 Class: A and B Week: ________ Day of the Week Thursday Calendar/ Opening Exercises Language Arts, Reading, & Writing (Open Court) Opening: Calendar/ Weather/ Pledge of Allegiance/ Dictionary Diving/Place Value/ Estimation: Mean, Median, Mode Review: Beginning blends, digraphs, vowel sounds, sight words, parts of speech, word and sentence structure, types of sentences and their functions. Morning Message : Review the adaptations made by early human beings over the years leading up to the first farmers. Introduce: Ancient Egypt, the land, way of life, environment, temples, and life by the Nile. Punctuating Sentences: Students will be able to determine what punctuation marks the end of each sentence. Guided Practice: Tell what punctuation mark should end each sentence. Then identify whether the sentence is declarative, interrogative , imperative, or exclamatory. “Keep Your Ears Open”: Discussion Starters Handwriting I’m Telling!: Students will learn the difference between tattling and asking for help. Discuss: Use puppets to role play situations when they are tattling and asking for help. Complete the “Asking for Help “ activity. Everyday Math, Modern Curriculum Math, &Scott Foresman Math Science/ Social Studies/ Character Education Review: Vocabulary of addition and subtraction, and the term pattern. Review: The characteristics of Fall and Winter Seasons. How do animals behave in the fall and winter seasons ? Scott Foresman Math: Writing Subtraction Sentences Pages 7880 Think, Talk, Write: How do plants change in fall and winter? What are Fall and Winter Like? Describe different things people do in each season where you live. Kindergarten Lesson Plan Date: January 9, 2015 Class: A and B Day of the Week Friday Calendar/ Opening Exercises Language Arts, Reading, & Writing (Open Court) Opening: Calendar/ Weather/ Pledge of Allegiance/ Dictionary Diving/Place Value/ Estimation: Mean, Median, Mode Review: Beginning blends, digraphs, vowel sounds, sight words, parts of speech, word and sentence structure, types of sentences and their functions. Handwriting The Brave Thing to Do: Students will learn that it takes courage to stand up for what is right. Use role Morning Message: Review Open Court Reading: Unit 2 Lesson 8 play r puppets to the adaptations made by “Shadows” Drawing Conclusions. Re- illustrate how to early human beings over read “Bear’ Shadow”. Explain what it use words to the years leading up to the means to draw a conclusion. Revisit stand up for ourAncient Egyptians, the land, the concept of context clues. selves. way of life, environment, Complete Unit 2 Assessment Draw- Discuss: How temples, and life by the Nile. ing Conclusions. does it feel when bullies keep tryIntroduce : Roman Town ing to hurt you? and the way of life, architecWhat are some ture, leisure, entertainment, things you can do fashion and philosophy. to stop the bully Compare the concerns of and stay safe? early human beings to that of the Romans. Week: ________ Everyday Math, Modern Curriculum Math, &Scott Foresman Math Science/ Social Studies/ Character Education Review: Vocabulary of addition and subtraction, and the term pattern. Review: Fall and Winter Seasons Scott Foresman Math: Diagnostic Checkpoint Page 81 Cumulative Review and Test Prep Page 82 Introduce: Spring and Summer Vocabulary: season, spring, summer Read Together and Learn: Pages 242-244 Inquiry Activity: Do seeds grow faster when it is warm or cold?
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