Lesson Plan 1/5-1/9

Religion
Monday
Aim: Children will reflect on Christmas
Ask the children why Christmas is celebrated
Tuesday
Aim: Children will learn and read about the three wise men
Wednesday
Aim: Read aloud the three wise men visit baby Jesus
Color the picture of the three wise men
Thursday
Aim: Read aloud “Wise Men Bring Gifts for Jesus”
Questions and answers about the story in our pre school bible
Friday
Aim: Reflect on how important the birth of baby Jesus into out world is
Class discussions on the many celebrations we have because of Jesus
Math
Monday
Aim: Addition readiness and writing numerals
Students will go over addition and joining things together to add
Tuesday
Aim: Addition readiness writing numerals
Add 4, students will color the cubes, and then write how many cubes all together
Wednesday
Aim: Addition readiness writing numerals
Students continue to add using manipulative to join groups together
Thursday
Aim: Addition readiness and writing numerals continued
Children will count and write the total number of circles in each line
Friday
Aim: Review addition readiness and writing numerals
Using manipulative students will illustrate their understanding of addition, and joining groups, followed by a worksheet on writing numerals
Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Review all our letters up to this point; introduce our letter of the week L
Learn the sound and words that begin with the letter L
Tuesday
Aim: Students will practice tracing the letter L, followed by an activity in our mother goose book pg.20
Wednesday
Aim: Students continue with the letter of the week, begin to practice writing the letter L in upper and lowercase, mother goose book pg. 32
Thursday
Aim: Read aloud rhyming words, letter hunt objects that begin with the letter L
Friday
Aim: Review our letter of the week, literacy activity, alphabet match, recognizing upper and lowercase L
Science
Monday
Structure and Function (Living Environment)
Aim: Students will learn to identify major structures of animals
Tuesday
Aim: Students will begin to identify animal structure by identifying what animals have legs, and which animals do not.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will place animals into number categories, according to how many legs the animals has.
Thursday
Aim: Continue animal structures, children should understand that animals use their body parts to move in different ways.
Questions and answers
Friday
Aim: Review animal structures
Ask students to think about their favorite animal, invite children to draw a picture showing that animal.
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Children will learn about proper Hygiene
“Treasure your Teeth” students will learn about the proper way to keep your teeth healthy and clean
Tuesday
Aim: Hygiene Continued
“Germ Warfare” Students will be learning how to wash their hands properly and keeping germs from spreading to others.
Wednesday
Aim: Hygiene continued
“Bad Breath” Students learn Proper brushing, flossing, mouthwash, etc.
Thursday
Aim: Hygiene continued
“Go away Germs” Proper ways in which we can minimize our contact with germs, step by step ways to keep us from getting sick
Friday
Aim: Review Hygiene
Questions and answers on what the students learned during this week’s lesson

Homework 12/15-12/19

• Trace the letters, color the pictures
• Review numbers 0-10
• Find and trace 10 ovals in the picture

Religion
Monday
Aim: As we prepare for Advent we will begin to listen to the story in the bible tells s about God’s plan for Jesus to be with us on earth so that we might learn about God’s love for us.
Tuesday
Aim: In preparation of Advent we continue learning from reading the bible, the angel Gabriel was sent to tell Mary that god’s plan was for her to become the mother of god’s only son, Jesus.
Activity: Connect and color the letters of the word Mary said to God’s wonderful plan.
Wednesday
Aim: As we continue in preparation for Advent we learn that Mary and Joseph were chosen to take care of baby Jesus.
Thursday
Aim: Discuss the birth of baby Jesus, students will be asked whose birthday do we celebrate on Christmas?
Friday
Aim: Review all we learned about Advent, and discuss what words we use to celebrate Christmas.
Math
Monday
Aim: Continue learning to add with sums to 4 and review numbers.
Tuesday
Aim: Continue practicing to add to sums of 4, practice writing and recognizing the numbers.
Wednesday
Aim: Review joining of 2 or more, as this prepares the students for adding numbers together big or small.
Thursday
Aim: Continuing joining groups of 2 or more, using manipulative
Friday
Aim: Review joining, adding and number recognition
Use manipulative and number bingo
Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Developing skills of phonemic awareness and Rhyming
Activity: Mother Goose book
Tuesday
Aim: Continuing phonemic awareness and rhyming
Rhyming picture cards
Wednesday
Aim: Continue phonemic awareness, help the children with the concept of rhyming
Activity: whole class will be listening to a rhyme
Thursday
Aim: recite bug rhymes from the mother goose book
Activity: tell children to listen carefully so they can answer questions about what happens in the rhymes.
Friday
Aim: Review rhyming words
Science
Monday
Aim: Children will identify sounds
What different kind of sounds can you hear?
Tuesday
Aim: Continue learning to identify sounds
Wednesday
Aim: Children will learn understand that objects move in different ways
Push, back, fourth, up, down, roll
Thursday
Aim: Children will tell about the motion of objects at different speeds
Fast, slow
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Children will learn what families do to prepare for Christmas
Tuesday
Aim: children will learn how depending on the school or family they are part of they celebrate Christmas differently
Wednesday
Aim: Compare and contrast family ideologies about Christmas
Thursday
Aim: Review families and Christmas

Homework 12/5-12/8

• Count the number of dots on each gas pump, then write the number on the line above each car.
• Practice tracing upper and lowercase J.
• Trace the lines to match the animal to their treat and color the picture.
• Trace and color these hearts

Lesson Plan 12/8-12/12

Religion
Monday
Aim: Discuss the preparation for Christmas as we await for birthday of Jesus Christ a very special celebration.
Tuesday
Aim: Advent prepares us for the celebration of Jesus, and discuss more in detail what advent means what it represents.
Wednesday
Aim: Discuss the way in which each of our families prepare for Christmas.
Draw what Christmas looks like in your home.
Thursday
Aim: Discuss how the church prepares for the coming of Christ in Christmas time.
Friday
Aim: Review Christmas preparation
Class Activity: Make a glitter star to represent the stars of Bethlehem as Jesus was born.
Math
Monday
Aim: Addition readiness, students will learn to understand addition as the joining of two groups.
Students will learn to describe the effect of joining sets of objects, I will use the number line in order to demonstrate how we add objects together
Tuesday
Aim: Students will learn to add 1 to numbers 1 through 4, using manipulative
Wednesday
Aim: Continue adding numbers 0 through 5 using manipulative
Thursday
Aim: Adding continued, counting numbers 0 through 6 using manipulative
Friday
Aim: Adding continued, numbers 0 through 7, using manipulative
Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Students will be introduced to the letter of the week letter J. Learn sound and words with letter J, continue building language skills by completing sentences with letter J.
Tuesday
Aim: Students will work on recognizing the letter J in upper and lowercase form, learn more words with J, by building their vocabulary.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will begin tracing and sky writing the letter J. Continuing to build their vocabulary, read aloud a book.
Thursday
Aim: Students begin to practice writing the letter J inside the lines, followed by a letter hunt with objects or words that begin with J.
Friday
Aim: Review our letter of the week. Discuss that there is a beginning, middle, and end in a story. Read aloud a book of the students’ choice.
Science
Monday
Aim: Learn to identify three of a kind, compare and sort physical attributes of animals.
View pictures of animals that are sorted by the same attributes.
Tuesday
Aim: Learn what animals are of the same kind for example birds, insects, and reptiles etc.
Class discussion on our findings, and I will be asking them what animals should be grouped together.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will identify animals by looking at their physical attributes or similarities that might point out they should be of the same kind. Looking or paying attention to animals with feathers, wings, or animals that can fly are going to help them determine whether they should be grouped together.
Thursday
Aim: Continue to identify animals of the same kind. Begin to sort animals of the same kind them on an activity page.
Friday
Aim: Review animals of the same kind and discuss what we learned this week on physical attributes.
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Students will begin to learn that certain things belong in certain places just as people have their place on the earth.
Tuesday
Aim: Students begin to identify who, what, and where it belongs.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will be shown pictured and they are to identify where they belong.
Thursday
Aim: Students will continue discussing things that belong by giving examples using their prior knowledge on the whereabouts of things.
Friday
Aim: Review the belongingness of objects
Draw a picture of things that belong in a place familiar to the student

Homework 12/1-12/5

• Draw a line to connect the upper and lowercase letters that belong together.
• Draw a line to match each number 2 to a group of 2 things.
• Circle the shape that you see in each picture.
• Color penguin's hat black, color the pictures to match penguin's hat.

Lesson Plan 12/1-12/5

Religion
Monday
Aim: Students will learn about things that god gives us
Read aloud: God Gives Meat to Eat from our pre school bible numbers 11:31-35
Tuesday
Aim: Continue learning about things that God gives us
Students will draw things that god gives us
Wednesday
Aim: Students will learn what advent is
Small class activity
Thursday
Aim: Students will learn what we do during Advent
Small class activity
Friday
Aim: Review Advent
Math
Monday
Aim: Counting readiness, identify and write 0 and 1
Pg. 47, Pg.33
Tuesday
Aim: Counting
Identify and write 2 and 3
Wednesday
Aim: Counting continued
Identify and write 4 and 5 pg.49, Draw 4 flowers in the vase
Thursday
Aim: Continue Counting
Identify and write 6 and 7, circle 6 things in each box, write the number 6 on each line
Friday
Aim: Continue Counting
Identify and write 8 and 9, put eight shoes into pairs. Draw a line to match each shoe on the left with a shoe that is the same on the right.
Language Arts
Monday
Aim: Introduce our letter the week letter I
Students will learn the sound of I and come up with words that begin with I
Small class activity: Use Popsicle sticks to form the letter I
Tuesday
Aim: Students will begin tracing the letter I in upper and lower case recognizing each one from the other
Color the insect “a butterfly” design their butterfly wings by coloring in different shapes with their crayons.
Wednesday
Aim: Students will begin to practice writing the letter I in upper and lowercase
Write the lowercase i on the line. Color the pictures.
Thursday
Aim: Students continue to practice tracing and writing the letter I
Small class activity: Letter hunt for objects that begin with letter I
Friday
Aim: Review the letter of the week letter I
Review words, sounds, recognizing upper and lowercase I
Color, cut, paste activity, put each insect in a container
Science
Monday
Aim: Observing and measuring properties of objects
Children will learn what a solid, a liquid, and a gas are.
Tuesday
Aim: Children will explore the properties of solids, liquids, and gases.
Children will sort solid objects on a mat cut and paste activity
Wednesday
Aim: How can solids and liquids change?
Children will observe and demonstrate that solids and liquids can be changed.
Cut, bend, mix, fold, melt, and freeze
Thursday
Aim: What does liquid look like?
Children will place liquid objects on a mat cut and paste activity
Friday
Aim: Solid or Liquid? Review solid, liquid, and gas.
Color, cut, and glue solid and liquid on to the correct space on the activity sheet
Social Studies
Monday
Aim: Students will learn about the world, how the world we live in is called “earth”
Discuss there are many places outside of New York City
Tuesday
Aim: Continue discussing the world
Learn about major parts of the world, look at pictures etc.
Wednesday
Aim: Continue discussing the world
Discuss different parts of the world and things they do differently from us, for example traditions, weather etc.
Thursday
Aim: Discuss what we know about the world
Draw things that are familiar to us in this world
Friday
Aim: Review all we have discussed about the world we live in, things that are familiar to us and things we learned about places around us (countries, continents etc.)