Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Choices

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

abundant, bean, dairy, dehydrated, diagonal, feast, fruits, grain, horizontal, meat, nutritious, produce, silkworms

Spanish Vocabularyabundante, frijol, lácteo, deshidratado, diagonal, festín, frutas, grano, horizontal, carne, nutritiva, productos alimenticios, gusanos de seda, verduras

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTS

• Imagine creative hamburgers

• Notice /h/ at the beginning of words

• Capital N worksheet

Centers

• Creativity Station - Draw a hamburger

• ABC - Make play dough hamburger

patties-use tongue depresssors to

make different shapes on burger

patties

• Language and Literacy - Sort rhyming

objects

Day 4

Greeting Circle

• Teach the children " Go Bananas"

(pg 196). Ask children what they think

the song title implies.

• Invite the children to pick an apple. By

reaching high across the body to the

left with your right hand, pretending to

pick an apple. inhale deeply with the

reach.

•Ask the children about their

experiences teaching family members

how to do Humpty, Dumpty. (p.171)

•Implement the Safe Keeper Ritual.

• Morning Message-What is your

favorite nutritious fruit? Say the words

favorite and fruit, stretching the

beginning sound.

• Sing "Muffin Man" (pg 189) Ask the

children which kind of muffins they like.

•Invite children to perform Pretzel.

(P.169) Point out that pretzels are a

from of bread made from flour, salt,

water, and oil.

•introduce "Hot Cross Bun" (P.189) Tell

the children that they are going to learn

a game about bread. explain that bread

is made from grains like wheat and

oats and that a bun is a type of bread.


• Morning Message-Bread and tortillas

are fine with butter. Say the sentence.

write the first word, explaining why it

begins with an uppercase letter. Finish

writing the sentence.

• Sing "Peanut Butter" (pg 191) Ask

children if they like peanut butter. Point

out that peanut butter is a protein- rich

food and protein is the brain food,

Peanut butter is nutritious.

•Invite children to choose a cqalming

strategy (P.168 -169) and perform.

•Use Fanny Frog to help implement the

Absent Child Ritual and Welcome Back

Ritual.

•Remind the children that noyritious

choices are just one kind of choice. We

make healthy choices, helpful choices,

and safe choices every day.

• Morning Message-Peanut butter and

eggs are nutritious. Focus on the word

butter, emphasizing the beginning

sound. Tell the children the word

begins with the letter b.

• Retell and role-play “Little Red Hen”

• Discuss different kinds of bread

• Capital and Lower case "Bb"

worksheet

Centers

• Writer's Corner - Form play dough

letters

• Language and Literacy - Use

sequence cards to retell a story

• Listening and Library - Use story

props to retell and change story

I.

Moving and

Learning

• Read environmental print

• Vote for favorite fast-food snack

• Lower case "n" worksheet

Centers

• Writer's Corner - Use magnetic letters

to copy words

• Construction - Build fast-food

restaurants with wooden blocks on car

table

• Library and Listening - Listen to story

• Discuss importance of drinking water

• Work with rhyming words

• Weekly Letter Review-Chart

beginning sound words from letters

F,N,B

Centers

• Writer's Corner - Draw foods and give

oral descriptions

• Sensory Table - Fill bottles with rice

from the sensory table

• Language and Literacy - Retell

nursery rhymes with props

• Sing "Raindrop Song" (pg 190) Give

the children some examples of fast

food and describe places this type of

food is found.

•Point out the poor choice one might

make if they were to eat much fast food

and then ride the roller coaster.

•Review Georgie Porgie (P. 172)

encourage children to select a partner.

Review the words and demonstrate the

actions with a oartner.


• Morning Message-Does fast food

have nutrients? Write the sentence.

invite a child to circle the letter n and f.

• Sing "Drink, Drink, Drink Your Water"

(pg 186) Ask children about how often

they drink water. Tell them that water is

important for their brain and their

body.When we don't get enough water,

we get dehydrated and then we have

trouble thinking.

•Invite the children to perform Drain.

(P. 168) Discuss the sound of wqater

running from a faucet. Encourage

children to describe the sound.

•Invite children to create a water

greeting( swimming greeting, rain

greeting, ocean-wave greeting)


• Morning Message-Water keeps your

body and brain healthy. Write the

sentences. Invite a child to circle the

letter b in the sentence.

Fruit Basket Turnover • Canasta de

frutas game, pg. 199 Display photos of

fruit. Ask children to name the fruit in

each photograph.

Sing Rock and roll Pat a Cake -pg. 193

& Sing Pat-a-cake pg. 197 Discuss the

ingredients in cakes. Point out that

flour is aground from grians.

Drop the Peanut • Suelta el cacahuate

game pg. 199 It is the same game as

Handkerchief.

(P. 199)

Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie

Jar? Pg. 198

• Explain what a cookie jar is? Do you

have one at home? What is your

favorite cookie?

Raindrop ribbon dance-Dance like

raindrops to classical music. Discuss

the characteristics of rain as it falls

from the clouds and lands on

windowpanes, grass, sidewalks, and

lakes. Point out how it runs in line and

how it hops when it hits a hard surface.

discuss soft rainfalls and hard rainfalls.

Have the children close their eyes and

imagine rainfall.

Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness - Alliteration

Character

Education

Fairness, Justicia

Confidence, Confianza

Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Choices (Week 2)Dec 3rd-7th Transitional Kindergarten

nutritious, nutritivoWonderful Word TechnologyWriter's Corner; ABC & XYZ

Letter KnowledgeEnglish-F, f, N, n, B, b

Spanish-F, f, N, n, B, bGeometry

English Vocabulary

Literacy (Oral

Language, Phonics,

Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

• Compare and categorize fruits and

vegetables

• Sequence seed to fruit-Sequence

Cards

• Capital and lower case "Ff"

worksheet

Centers

• Writer's Corner - Write and draw in

journals

• Science - Sort fruits and vegetables-

Kitchen

• Creativity Station - Match colors and

paint


COMPONENTSDay 4

• Pretend and Learn - Add dairy and

grain products and begin grocery store

• Fine Motor - Use sorting tray to sort

different foam shapes

• Construction - Make collages on

boxes with pictures of grains and dairy

products for food pyramid

• Pretend and Learn - Add canned

foods and pretend meat to the grocery

store

• Fine Motor - Usefingers to place

the “pickles” on a bun (circle of brown

construction paper)


boxes with pictures of meats and

beans for food pyramid

• Pretend and Learn - Set up a fast

food restaurant-Kitchen area of

classroom

• Fine Motor - Move candy (Skittles)

from one bowl to the other using left or

right hand. (opposite writing hand)

• Construction - Build a sculpture using

Bristle Blocks

• Pretend and Learn - Practice pouring

water and cleaning up spills

• Fine Motor - Transfer water using a

sponge and an eyedropper

• Construction - Build a well

• Pretend and Learn - Set up a fruit and

vegetable stand

• Fine Motor - Use fingers to move

apple seeds from one container to

another container (use opposite hand

than writing hand)


boxes with pictures of fruits and

vegetables for food pyramid

“Candy Land Journey” • “Diario del país

del dulce” action story pg. 204

• Discuss the importance of eating

nutritious foods

• Recognize letters c and d

• Photo Activity Card #75

Food Around the World • Comidas de

todo el mundo, Big Book

• Categorize foods

• Discuss fast food

Food Around the World • Comidas de

todo el mundo- Big Book

• Review photos of foods

• List many other different foods

“Jack and Jill” • “Juan y Josefina”

Nursery Rhyme Flip Chart

Nursery Rhyme • Cuentos infantiles

flip chart

• Develop vocabulary

• Notice rhyming words

Math and Science

• Investigate a pyramid shape

• Compare ovals and circles-Apple and

Tennis Ball

Centers

• Creativity Station - Make apple

shapes with Wikki Stix™

• Math - Match blocks to food items

(three-dimensional shapes)

• Learn about triangles-Tillie the

Triangle, pg.215

• Develop concept of diagonal and

horizontal-2 pieces of colored

construction paper cut into squares

Centers

• Creativity Station - Make horizontal

and diagonal cuts

• Math - Follow rebus recipe to make a

cheese sandwich

• Develop concept of three-dimensional

shapes using food as models

Centers

• Sensory Table - Make play dough

shapes-eggs and hot dogs. Use tongue

depressors to cut play dough egg 2

ways to show oval and circle

• Science - Make food pyramids

• Create hexagonal shapes with pattern

blocks

Centers

• Math - Recreate hexagonal shapes

with pattern blocks

• Sensory Table - Create patterns by

twirling two colored strips

• Observe properties of liquid

• Introduce three-dimensional shapes

Centers

• Creativity Station - Trace and paint

shapes

• Science - Observe melting ice cubes

Food Around the World-Big Book

• Discuss food pyramid

• Focus on fruits and vegetables

“Reagan’s Journal” • “El diario de

Reagan” listening story-pg.161

• Graph favorite snack

• Learn about silkworms and their diet

.

• Which was your favorite hamburger

on the Happy Hamburger Hunt menu?

• Check on Commitments- Ask for

examples of ways children followed

theough on their commitments.

• Kindness Tree-Count the hearts and

report on kind acts.

• Family Connection-Practice

repeating your class's favorite nursery

rhyme and send children home

chanting it.

• What have you learned about fast

food today?






• Family Connection-Encourage

children tot each their family one of the

songs sung today.

• Ask children what they have learned

this week about making healthy

choices?






• Family Connection-Have children

teach their family about the healthy

choices they learned about this week

Character

Education

PATHS:

Twiggle learns to do the Turtle Part 2.

Invite children to pretend to picking

apples.

Fairness:

Discuss sharing and being fair. Make a

list of ways we can be fair

Outdoor Learning

• Invite children to toss Tennis balls

into buckets.

Warm up : Stretching activites

Parachute play: "Popcorn"

Warm up : Stretching activities

• Warm up : Stretching activites

Gross motor " Walking cups"

PATHS:

Review "To Turtle" our calming

technique.

Invite children to choose a calming

strategy and perform. (pg168-169)

“The Country and City Mouse” • “El

ratón de campo y el ratón de la ciudad”

listening story-pg. 203

• Compare the city mouse and the

country mouse

• Discuss the abundant feast

“Little Red Hen” • “La gallinita roja”

story folder

• Shared reading

• Develop vocabulary

"Food Around the World ".• Comidas

de todo el mundo Big Book

• Discuss different proteins and how

they are prepared for eating

• Focus on nuts

“Food Nursery Rhymes” • “Rimas

infantiles en torno a la comida” story

folder

• Read and recite rhymes

• Listen for rhyming words

• Provide props ( snow-cone cups, music

box ) so the children can pretend ride on a

ice cream truck.

Warm up: Stretching activities

• Warm up : Stretching activites

Game " Red light , Green Light "

Confidence:

Read " Wemberly Worried"

Discuss ways we can be confident.

Conscious Discipline

Practice Picking Apples

Closing Circle

• What have you learned about fruits

and vegetables today?




• Kindness Tree- Count the hearts and


• Family Connection-Encourage

children to tally the different fruits and

vegetables they eat before they return

to school. Send home Cathy Cook with

each child.

• From what does the little red hen

make her bread?

• Check on Commitments-Ask for





• Family Connection-Have children

notice different types of bread in the

grocery store

Weekly Learning

Centers


COMPONENTSDay 4

• Increasingly interacts and

communicates with peers to initiate

pretend-play scenarios that share a

common plan and goal

• Recognizes at least 20 letter sounds

• Uses some appropriate writing

conventions when writing or giving

dictation

• Identifies similarities and differences

in characteristics of families


• Produces a word that rhymes with a

given word

• Identifies good habits of nutrition and

exercise

• Uses a large speaking vocabulary, adding

several new words daily

• Produces a word that begins with the same

sound as a given pair of words

• Creates shapes

• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic

representation

• Engages in voting as a method for group

decision making

• Demonstrates that all people need food,

clothing, and shelter

• Discusses the roles and responsibilities of

community workers

• Provides appropriate information for

various situations

• Demonstrates empathy and caring for

other


exercise

• Produces a word that begins with the

same sound as a given pair of words


exercise

• Names at least 20 upper- and at least

20 lowercase letters

• Uses a wide variety of words to label

and describe people, places, things,

and actions

• Engages in voting as a method for

group decision-making


• Names common shapes

• Creates shapes

• Demonstrates use of location words

• Shows understanding by responding

appropriately

• Participates in classroom music

activities

• Begins to understand difference and

connection between feelings and

behaviors

• Recognizes, observes, and discusses

the relationship of organisms to their

environments

• Responds to different musical styles

through movement and play

• Demonstrates that all people need

food, clothing, and shelter


exercise

• Produce a word that rhymes with a

given word



• Recognizes how much can be placed

within an object

• Identifies, compares, discusses earth

materials and their properties and use

• Identifies and describes the

characteristics of organisms

Learning Goals

• Is aware of where own body is in

space, respects personal boundaries

• Uses a wide variety of words to label

and describe people, places, things,

and actions


• Uses category labels to understand

how the words or objects relate to each

other




exercise

• Describes life cycles of organisms


• Creates shapes

• Slides, flips, and turns shapes to

demonstrate that the shapes remain the

same

• Describes, observes, and investigates

properties and characteristics of common

objects

• Investigates and describes position and

motion of objects

• Uses category labels to understand how

the words and objects relate to each other

• Shows understanding by following two-

step oral directions and usually follows

three-step directions


• Sustains attention to personally

chosen or routine tasks until they are

completed

• Uses a large speaking vocabulary,

adding several new words daily


how the words and objects relate to

each other

• Asks and answers appropriate

questions about the book

• Retells or reenacts a story after it is

read aloud

• Creates or re-creates stories, moods, or

experiences through dramatic

representations


• Creates shapes

• Collects data and organizes it in a graphic

representation


exercise

• Uses a wide variety of words to label and

describe people, places, things, and actions

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

English Vocabulary

Literacy (Oral

Language, Phonics,

Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

• Discuss benefits of exercise

• Explore levels of fitness

Centers

• Fine Motor-Pick up buttons with your

toes race

• Writer's Corner-Draw exercising

• Gross Motor-Practice exercises

Letter

Knowledge

English-P, p, L, l, R, r

Spanish-P, p, L, l, R, rMeasurement–Time

Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Habits (Week 3)Dec 10th - 14th Transitional Kindergarten

habit, hábitoWonderful Word TechnologyMath-What Comes Next?; Words Words Words

Oral Language, Vocabulary

Character

Education

Fairness, Justicia

Confidence, Confianza

• Discuss children’s experiences with

doctors, nurses, and dentists

• Sequence parts of a typical wellness

checkup

Centers

• Writer's Corner-Use Wikki-Stix™ and

magnetic letters to copy words

• Pretend and Learn-Role-play doctor

visits

• Language and Literacy-Sequence

pictures of brushing teeth and visiting a

doctor

• Describe familiar steps in the bedtime

routine

Centers

• Pretend and Learn-Role-play reading

bedtime story to doll

• Language and Literacy-Sequence

bedtime routine pictures

• Library and Listening-Listen to book

on manners

• Sing "This is the Way We Brush Our

Teeth" (pg 195). Discuss the care of

our teeth and our bodies as healthy

habits.

•Invite children to choose a calming

strategy. (P.168-169). Remind them

that releasing stress is a healthy habit.

•Review "On Your Face". (P.172)

Repeat so each partner can lead.


• Morning Message - Doctors listen to

our lungs. Doctors check our reflexes.

Invite a volunteer appropriate letter

cards for reference.

• Sing "Are You Sleeping" (pg 182) Tell

the children that today they will

continue learning about choosing

healthy habits.

•Invite children to choose a calming

strategy. (P.168-169). Remind them that

releasing stress is a healthy habit.

•Suggest that children teach a family

member this game at bedtime.


• Morning Message - Do you read a

book at bedtime? Say the sentence.

write the First word, explaining why

begins with a uppercase letter.

.

“Wiggle, Jiggle, Giggle” song and

dance (pg 184) Ask children which

body parts they exercised while singing

this song.

Create a new patty-cake pattern.

Encourage children to coap you patty-

cake and than callenge them to create

their own patty-cake.

“Peanut Butter and Jelly” • (pg 191)

“Mantequilla de cacahuate y

mermelada” song. Discuss why the last

verse is hummed. Point out that when

use our manners we don't talk with our

mouth full.

Invite the children to sing along and do

the movements to “Dr. Knicker Bocker”

action song (pg 186).

“Ten in the Bed” • “Diez en una cama”

action song (pg 193). Place a blanket

on the floor to represent the bed.

Assign ten children a number.

Encourage the remaining children to do

hand motions that go with the song.

Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTS

• List inappropriate behaviors

• Restate these behaviors as positive

rules

Centers

• Pretend and Learn-Pretend to serve

and eat a meal

• Creativity Station-Illustrate good

manners

• Describe a sloober

Day 4

Greeting Circle

• Sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and

Toes" (pg 188) Point out the exercise

you accomplish as you sing this song.

Ask the children about exercises they

know how to do.

•Point out that reducing stress is also a

healthy habit that we choose for our

body and brian. Invite children to

choose a calming strategy (P.168-169)

•Sing "Get Ready" (P.177) Review the

words and then the movements that

accompany the song.


• Morning Message - Kiley and Riley

exercise while they play. Say the

sentence. write the first word,

explaining why it begins with

anuppercase letter.

• Teach stretching exercise, "Stretch to

the Window" (pg 198) Discuss the use

of stretching as a means of reducing

stress.

•Play "S.T.A.R." Review the words and

movements (P.177). Remind children that

when we do movments that cross our

midline (from our nose to our navel) we

exercise the brian and enhance out

thinking ability.

•Review "Three Nice Mice. (P.173).

Review the words first and perform the

actions with a partner.


• Morning Message - My grandmother

grows pansies, petunias, lilies, and

roses. Say the words pansies and

petunias , stretching the beginning

sounds. Tell the children both words

begin with the letter p.

• Sing "Sing Along with Me" (pg 192).

Discuss manners. What are manners?

•Play " Shubert Shuffle" (P. 181). Invite

the children to sing along and move as

directed with the song. Ask children

what they think the lyrices the dance of

respect to a friends.

•Use Fammy Frog to help implement

the Absent Child Ritual and the

Welcome Beack Ritual.


• Morning Message - Respect my

friends. Listen to the teacher. Pass

the paper, please. Point out that we

use manners in a variety of ways. Say

the sentences.

• Introduce relaxing strategies as a

healthy choice to overcome stress

• Practice relaxing yoga strategies

Centers

• Creativity Station-Draw favorite

activities

• Gross Motor Area-Practice yoga

strategies

• Library and Listening-Read books

with relaxing music in background

Moving and

Learning

active, after, alert, bedtime, before, confidence daytime during, etiquette, exercise fair, habit, manners, nighttime, respect, routine

Spanish Vocabularyactivo, después, alerta, hora de irse a dormir, antes, confianza, día, durante, etiqueta, ejercicio justo, hábito, modales, noche, respeto, rutina

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Closing Circle

• What have you learned today about

exercise?






• Family Connection -Challenge your

child to do 2 new exercise before

returning to school.

• Which relaxation activity did you like

best? Why?






• Family Connection - Encourage your

child to identify several things at home

that have a beginning and an end.

Weekly Learning

Centers

• Play The Doctor Says • El médico

dice as you would play Simon Says

Warm up: Stretching activites

• Play “Old Gray Cat” • “El viejo gato

gris”

(p. 200)

Warm up : stretching activites

PATHS: Color Twiggle doing turtle and

discuss when you have used the turtle

technique pg 4-37 paths binder

PATHS: Turtle sequence poster page 4-

45 paths binder

Outdoor Learning

• Remind the children about endurance

exercises. Encourage them to play a

game of keep-away with the ball. Point

out that this activity is an endurance

activity. The running increases their

heart rate. Warm

up : Stretching activites

• Have children lie on their backs and

close their eyes. Point out that being

quiet and being fully present with

nature can be an effective way to relax

and reduce stress. ( Provide nature

sound CD

Warm up : Stretching activities

• Play Mother, May I, …? • Mamá,

puedo.

(p. 200)

Warm up: stretching activites

*Twiggle and Henriettas play about

confidence Play Shubert Shuffle

(p.181)

Shubert is a S.T.A.R.

• Learn three calming strategies

• Practice S.T.A.R. strategy

“My Grandmother’s Garden” • “El jardín

de mi abuelita” listening story

• Participate appropriately in storytelling

• Find and name l, p, and r in

vocabulary words

A to Z Ps and Qs • Buenos modales de

la A a la Z

• Introduce idea of manners

• Listen for /p/, /l/, and /r/

A to Z Ps and Qs • Buenos modales de

la A a la Z

• Discuss how using manners can build

confidence

• Generate examples of good manners

• What are manners?






• Family Connection - Encourage your

child to demonstrate good manners at

home.

• Why are routine doctor and dentist

checkups a healthy habbit?






• Family Connection - Encourage

children to research birth month of their

family. Create a graoh and bring back

to school.

• Why is getting ten hours of sleep a

healthy habbit?






• Family Connection - Teacher

someone at home "Your Fingers Are

So Sleepy".

Character

Education

Conscious Discipline: Review picking

apples. Invite children to pick a

calming strategy. (pg.168-169)

Practice STAR. Pg177 Have circle

time with Twiggle. Practice circle time

rules with Twiggle.

“Five Little Monkeys” • “Cinco Monitas”

action rhyme

• Role-play rhyme

• Consider monkey’s choices—were

they safe?

Neighborhood Helpers • Ayudantes

del vecindario

• Introduce doctor, nurse, and dentist

• Consider healthy habits

“There Is a Sweet Mother Who Lives in

a Shoe” • “La señora que vive en un

zapato” listening story

• Identify going-to-bed sequence

• Compare with bedtime routines

“Bedtime Book” • “Libro para la hora de

dormir” action story

• Role-play reading a book as an

important part of the bedtime routine

Math and Science

• Introduce day-night cycle

• Create a pattern

Centers

• Fine Motor-Arrange cutouts to show

day-night pattern

• Math-Copy a pattern using connecting

cubes

• Introduce vocabulary before, during,

and after

• Create timeline of school day events

Centers

• Gross Motor Area-Experience

changes in heartbeat before and after

exercise

• Science-Sequence events in daily

routine

• Compare passage of time (analog

clock, sand timer)

• Time a simple task

Centers

• Sensory Table-Measure how much

water is squeezed from a sponge into a

container in one minute

• Sort numerals that come before and

after a given number

• Introduce calendar and months of the

year

Centers

• Creativity Station-Make a birthday

calendar

• Math-Match numerals

• Recognize numerals 1 through 9

• Become familiar with analog clock

Centers

• Math-String and count beads

• Gross Motor Area-Toss and count

beanbags

“Kylie and Riley” • “Tita y Rita” action

story

• Participate in story action

• Develop concept of exercise

Five Huge Dinosaurs • Cinco enormes

dinosaurios

• Explore different ways to move

• Interesting movement words

• Fine Motor-Use a sponge to move

water from one bowl to another

• Math-Make up a pattern of exercises

(two jumping jacks, three toe touches,

two jumping jacks…)

• Pretend and Learn-Create a morning

exercise routine

• Fine Motor- Invite the children to draw

a picture of something they do just for

fun

• Math-Count breaths using a sand

timer

• Pretend and Learn-Use a tub of

water, soap and sponges to discuss

how the feel and sound of water can

relieve stress

• Fine Motor-Play a game or build a

Lego™ house with a friend

• Math-Play Pass the Number Please

• Pretend and Learn-Set the table and

sit down to a pretend dinner

• Fine Motor-Place in order the Teeth

Brushing sequence cards and Hand

Washing sequence cards

• Math-Experiment with weight and

height

• Pretend and Learn-Provide props for

a doctor’s office

• Fine Motor-Play game with wiggle

eyes

• Math-Role-play “Ten in the Bed” •

“Diez

en una cama” (p. 193)

• Pretend and Learn-Invite children to

put the baby dolls to bed

Day 5LESSON

COMPONENTSDay 4Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Learning Goals


exercise

• Coordinates sequence of movements

to perform tasks



various situations


how the words and objects relate to

each other

• Demonstrates understanding in a

variety of ways or knowing the meaning

of three to four thousand words

• Counts up to ten items, and

demonstrates that the last count

indicates how many items were

counted

• Uses language to describe concepts

associated with the passing of time

• Recognizes and creates patterns

• Uses information learned from books

by describing, relating, categorizing, or

comparing and contrasting



• Begins to understand difference and

connection between feelings and

behaviors

• Practices good habits of personal

safety


• Demonstrates an understanding that

others have perspectives and feelings

that are different from her own

• Is able to increase or decrease

intensity of emotions more consistently,

although adult guidance is sometimes

necessary


• Is aware of where own body is in

space, respects personal boundaries


exercise

• Demonstrates use of location words



• Organizes their life around events, time,

and routines

• Coordinates sequence of movements to

perform tasks

• Identifies and describes the characteristics

of organisms

• Begins to have meaningful friends

• Shows competence in initiating social

interactions


• Demonstrates understanding in a

variety of ways or knowing the meaning

of three to four thousand words, many

more than he or she uses

• Assumes various roles and

responsibilities as part of a classroom

community

• Regulates his own behavior with

occasional reminders or assistance

from teacher

• Shows understanding by responding

appropriately

• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0

through 9



• Sorts objects that are the same and

different into groups and uses language to

describe how the groups are similar and

different

• Uses information learned from books by

describing, relating, categorizing, or


• Initiates problem-solving strategies and

seeks adult help when necessary


health and hygiene


activities




necessary

• Creates or re-creates stories, moods,

or experiences through dramatic

representations


read aloud

• Discusses the roles and

responsibilities of community workers

• Organizes their life around events,

time, and routines

• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates

that the last count indicates how many items

were counted

• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0 through 9



• Practices good habits of personal safety


various situations

• Is able to use language for different

purposes


health and hygiene




necessary


activities

• Asks to be read to or asks the

meaning of written text



• Organizes their life around events,

time, and routines



• Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30

• Recognizes one-digit numerals, 0

through 9



• Responds to different musical styles

through movement and play

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

celebrate,Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza,snow, cold, ice,sled, snowflake

Alphabet Letter-Make pictures out of

alphabet letters

Drawing Table-Draw winter scenes

Stencils

• Kitchen Play-serving Holiday dinner

• Puzzle table

• Phoneme Picture Cards

Use Magnet letters to spell names out

Puzzles

• Creativity Station- Holiday Projects•

Alphabet Letter-Make pictures out of

alphabet letters

Drawing Table-Draw winter scenes

Stencils

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5

Take a picture walk through The

Hanukkah Hop .

Morning Message-What is Hanukkah?

LESSON

COMPONENTS

Phonics Bingo-full card

Read Aloud-"Ten on the Sled"

Day 4

Greeting CircleSing Jingle Bells

Morning Message-What is Christmas?

Read a Hanukkah Story

Morning Message-What is Hanukkah?

Read a story about Kwanza

Morning Message-What is Kwanza?

Handwriting Practice-Matching sound

worksheet

Read Aloud-The Hanukkah Hop

Moving and Learning

Read Ten on the Sled

Morning Message- What is your

favorite holiday to celbrate?

Follow the leader obstacle course What time is it Mr. Snowflake? Freeze Dance Do some Yoga What time is it Mr. Snowman?

Use chalk boards to do Subtraction

problems

• Art-Make snowflakes-cutting practice

• Bead Table-fine motor skills

• Puzzles

Handwritting- Practice writing your last

name

Practice letter sounds

Handwriting Practice-Matching sound

worksheet

Read Aloud-The Hanukkah Hop

Introduce subtraction with symbol (-)

Practice number printing

Simple subtraction-review previous day

Use dry erase boards

Practice subtraction with counting bears Practice counting by 2s

• what was your favorite part of the day?

• Check Commitments

• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection-Share with your family

about your favorite holiday to celebrate?

• What did you learn about Hanukkah?


• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection- Demonstrate the

Balloon strategy to a family member.

Character Education

Review Character Traits

Fairness : What does it mean to be Fair?

Appropriate Turtles I

Practice Balloon

Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness

Character

EducationReview Character Traits

Outdoor Learning


Game " May I Mr. Snowman "


Game " Freeze Tag"

Warm up: Stretching

Use walking cups and pretend they are

snowshoes .

Review Character Traits

Confidence: what does confidence mean?

• What did you learn about Kwanza?


• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection-Share with your family

how you care about your family and friends

Math and Science

Lesson Plans for Holiday Celebrations Week 1 Dec 17th - 21st Transitional Kindergarten

HolidayWonderful Word Technology Review Themes 1-4

Letter

KnowledgeAlphabet Review Review shapes and patterns


Gross motor " Relay Race"


"Iceberg tag" ( place 4 hula hoops

around the gym. One person is the

tagger, use hula hoops as safe

icebergs to stand in for only 5 seconds

then has to get out, once child is

tagged they too become a tagger )

Review Turtles 1 Review Balloon

English Vocabulary

Closing Circle

• What was your favorite activity of the day?

Why?


• Kindness Tree

• Family Connection-Tell your family the

story of :Ten on the Sled"

What do you like about Hanukkah?

Check Commitments

Kindness Tree

Family Connection-Talk to your family

about ways that you share at school

and at home

Weekly Learning Centers

Literacy (Oral Language,

Phonics, Handwriting,

Read Aloud)

Handwriting Practice A-Z and a-z on lined

paper concentrating on finger spacing

Read Aloud-"Christmas and a Puppy"


COMPONENTSDay 4

• Demonstrates coordination and balance in

isolation


interactions

• Initiates problem-solving strategies and seeks

adult help when necessary


describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing

and contrasting

• Asks and answers appropriate questions about

the book

• Assumes various roles and responsibilities as

part of a classroom community.

• Demonstrates empathy and caring for others

• Takes care of and manages classroom materials

• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count per item

• Counts up to 10 items, and demonstrates that

the last count indicates how many items were

counted


• Provides appropriate information for various

situations

• Demonstrates knowledge of verbal

conversational rules

• Uses some appropriate writing conventions

when writing or giving dictation

• Begins to understand difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Responds to different musical styles through

movement and play


• Shows initiative in independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve problems

• Combines words to make a compound word

• Uses complete sentences of four or more words

and grammatical complexity usually with subject,

verb, and object order


the book

• Counts one to ten items, with one count per item

• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates that


counted

• Practices good habits of personal health and

hygiene

• Describes, observes, and investigates properties

and characteristics of common objects

• Investigates and describes position and motion

of objects

• Identifies, compares, discusses earth materials

and their properties and uses

• Demonstrates coordination and balance in

isolation


interactions

• Initiates problem-solving strategies and seeks

adult help when necessary


describing, relating, categorizing, or comparing

and contrasting


the book

• Assumes various roles and responsibilities as

part of a classroom community.

• Demonstrates empathy and caring for others

• Takes care of and manages classroom materials

• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count per item

• Counts up to 10 items, and demonstrates that


counted


• Provides appropriate information for various

situations



• Uses some appropriate writing conventions

when writing or giving dictation

Learning Goals

• Begins to understand difference and connection

between feelings and behaviors

• Responds to different musical styles through

movement and play


• Shows initiative in independent situations and

persists in attempting to solve problems

• Combines words to make a compound word

• Uses complete sentences of four or more words

and grammatical complexity usually with subject,

verb, and object order


the book

• Counts one to ten items, with one count per item

• Counts up to ten items, and demonstrates that


counted

• Practices good habits of personal health and

hygiene

• Describes, observes, and investigates properties

and characteristics of common objects

• Investigates and describes position and motion

of objects

• Identifies, compares, discusses earth materials

and their properties and uses

Demonstrates empathy and caring for others

Produces the correct sounds for at least ten

letters

Retells or reenacts a story after it is read aloud

Uses category labels to understand how the

words and objects relate to each other

Remains focused on engaging group activities for

about 20 minutes at a time

Coordinates sequence of movements to perform

tasks

Uses words to rote count from 1 to 30.

Counts up to 10 items and demonstrates that the

last count indicates how many items were

counted

Recognizes one-digit numerals 0 through 9

Uses art as a form of creative self-expression and

representaton

Uses some appropriate writing conventions when

writing or giving dictation

Date Teacher

Literacy Math

Character

Education

Values & Virtues-Review what

confidence is

Conscious Discipline- review Drain

Values & Virtues- Fairness

Read The Biggest Snowman Ever &

make connect to fairness and

confidence

Handwriting- Snowy day maze

Centers

• Music & Movement- Paper plate

noisemakers

• Creativity Station- Confetti collage

• Sensory Table- Ice paintings

Read Penguins Skating Party &

identify rhyming pairs.

Handwriting- Journal Writing: This year

I would like to...

Centers

• Math- Sequence the months

• Fine Motor- Create snowflakes

•

Read Sneezy the Snowman & identify

rhyming pairs.

C L O S E D

• What is your favorite activity to do in

the snow? Why?

• Check on Commitments- How did the

children met their commitments for the

day?

• Kindness Tree- Count hearts on the

tree and report kind actions.

• Family Connection- Make resolutions

as a family.

• Share weekend plans.



day?



• Family Connection- Countdown to the

New Year!

What Time Is It, Mr. New Year?

• Fine Motor- Cut out snowflakes

• Science- Sink & float exploration

• Gross Motor- New Year's Eve Parade

English Vocabulary

Closing Circle

Weekly Learning Centers

• What is your favorite snow activity?



day?



• Family Connection-Tell your family

what you want to learn how to do this

year.

Moving and LearningWax Paper Ice Skating

Day 1

Greeting Circle

Lesson Plans for Holiday Celebrations Week 2Dec. 24-28 Transitonal Kindergarten

New YearWonderful Word Technology Review Frog Street-Theme 1-4Character

EducationReview Character Traits

• Gross Motor- Firework movement

patterns

• Math- Hot vs. cold sort

• Sensory Table- Hot chocolate

playdough

Letter

KnowledgeOral Language, Vocabulary Alphabet Review/Name Review Patterns

Literacy (Oral Language,

Phonics, Handwriting, Read

Aloud)

New Year, celebrate, 2018, 2019, ice skating, below zero, temperature, thermometer, skiing, countdown, polar animals

LESSON COMPONENTS

Handwriting- Snowman names

Centers

• Math- Write numbers on calendar

• Fine Motor- trace hands & design

mittens

• Language & Literacy- Retell The

Mitten

ReadThe Mitten & sequence the

animals that went into the mitten using

ordinal numbers.

Day 4

• Sing: "Months of the Year" and

explain how the month of January

begins a new year.

• Morning Message- What happens to

the calendar after December ends?

Day 2 Day 3

C L O S E D

PATHS-Appropriate Turtles II

Present picture scenarios and

determine appropriate behaviors.

Day 5

• Participate in a New Year's

Countdown to practice counting

backwards.

• Morning Message- Have a Happy

New Year!

• Sing: "Happy New Year to You" (Tune

of "Happy Birthday").

• Morning Message-What does New

Years mean?

Penguin Waddle Relays

• Construction- Build a snowman

• Pretend & Learn- Make hot cocoa

• Sensory Table- Hot chocolate

playdough

Day 1LESSON COMPONENTS Day 4Day 2 Day 3 Day 5

C L O S E D

• Demonstrates coordination and

balance in isolation


interactions

• Initiates problem-solving strategies

and seeks adult help when necessary








community.


others

• Takes care of and manages

classroom materials

• Counts 1 to 10 items, with one count

per item

• Counts up to 10 items, and



counted



various situations



Learning Goals

• Recognizes at least 20 uppercases

and lowercase letters

• Uses art as a form of creative self-

expression and representation



dictation

• Demonstrates coordination and

balance in isolation


interactions

• Initiates problem-solving strategies

and seeks adult help when necessary








community.


others

• Takes care of and manages

classroom materials

• Sustains attention to personally

chosen or routine tasks until they are

completed


others

• Produces the correct sounds for at

least ten letters


read aloud


how the words/objects relate to each

other

• Remains focused on engaging group

activities for about 20 minutes at a time

• Coordinates sequence of movements

to perform tasks

• Uses words to rote count from 1 to

30.

• Counts up to 10 items, and



counted

• Recognizes one-digit numerals 0

through 9

• Uses art as a form of creative self-

expression and representation



dictation

C L O S E D

Documents

Lesson Plans for Choices • Decisiones - Healthy Choices