3's Week One

This lesson plan is for back to school week. It provides a refresher into basic letter, shape, color, and number recognition. Children will get to know their classmates, the class routine, and enjoy a wide range of activities from movement to art and math to cooking. 

​Monday

+ Morning Circle Time: welcome song, learning classmate's names, count 1-20.
+ Calendar review: days of the week, the month, date, related vocabulary
+ Book of the day: "How I spent my Summer Vacation" 
+ Large Group Activity: Counting 1-20, slow, fast, loud, and soft. 
+ Small Group Movement Activity: Roll a rice with movements corresponding to number.
+ Small Group Activity: Trace numbers 1-5 with finger in sand.

Tuesday

+ Morning Circle Time: welcome song, learning classmate's names, count 1-20.
+ Calendar review: days of the week, the month, date, related vocabulary
+ Book of the day: "First Day Jitters"
+ Small Group Activity: Color mixing sand art with clear glue
+ Cooking Club: colorful cars with various vegetables and fruit on graham cracker
+ Large Group Activity: Big or small? Red or purple? Have children bring objects in the classroom and compare sizes and colors.

Wednesday

+ Morning Circle Time: welcome song, learning classmate's names, count 1-20.
+ Calendar review: days of the week, the month, date, related vocabulary
+ Book of the day: "What if Everybody Did That?"
+ Small Group Activity: Shape Collage
+ Large and Small Group Class Project: create a box made of rulers to hold quiet books
+ Small Group Activity: various shape puzzles

Thursday

+ Morning Circle Time: welcome song, learning classmate's names, count 1-20.
+ Calendar review: days of the week, the month, date, related vocabulary
+ Book of the day: "This School Year Will Be The Best"
+ Small Group Activity: chalk board letters
+ Small Group Activity: Chika Chika Boom Boom personal book
+ Large Group Activity: match letter cards with a partner

Friday

+ Morning Circle Time: welcome song, learning classmate's names, count 1-20.
+ Calendar review: days of the week, the month, date, related vocabulary
+ Book of the day: "The Day You Begin"
+ Large Group Activity: sharing and naming our letters
+ Large Group Movement: shape hopscotch and group jumping game
+ Outdoor Activity: chalk and letters, tracing classroom child letters