Mrs. Brinkman's Preschool Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for the week of:  September 24, 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Focus of the week:  E week
	Mon. Morn.	Mon. After.	Tues. Morn.	Tues. After.	Wed. Morn.	Wed. After.	Thurs. Morn.	Thurs. After.	Friday Morn.
Circle Topics	Hairy Helpers - Letter E & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - Letter E & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - Letter E & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - what starts with E? - E video from youtube.com	Hairy Helpers - what starts with E? - E video from youtube.com	Hairy Helpers - replay E video	Hairy Helpers - Show E video from youtube	Hairy Helpers - what starts with E? Each child thinks of a word that starts with E & shares with class	No School
Songs/CD of day	Movin' 2 Math by Jack Hartmann CD  (3 year olds attempt the shape freeze, they are great at the regular freeze)
Storytime	My 'e' Book	My 'e' Book	My Name is ELMO	Emma's Pet	Oh, I Am So Embarrassed	Oh, I Am So Embarrassed	Big Egg	Emmy, You're the Greatest	No School
Language Activity	Color by Letter wks - Ee - makes the Earth	Color by Letter wks - Ee - makes the Earth	Do a dot E shape - one dot per circle	search for E on smart board - each child comes up and finds a letter e to circle	search for E on smart board - each child comes up and finds a letter e to circle	finish up letter assessments from last week - use iPad to display results	color E Elmo Eagle page keep for their special books	draw a pic of something that starts with E on the white board - take their photo and put into a class book	No School
Math	count by 10's as a large group - beginning number recognition 0-20 flashcards as well	Math Packets	shape recognition pull out time from circle time	Math Packets	counting assessments during pull out time from circle time	Math Packets	shape recognition pull out time from circle time	counting assessments during pull out time from circle time	No School
Gross Motor	outside play & elephant walk								No School
Science	Bring in a tube of toothpaste - talk about sizes of animal toothpastes - what would an elephants toothpaste look like			draw a picture of what they think elephant toothpaste would look like	Make Elephant Toothpaste Science Experiment			draw a pic. Of what elephant toothpaste did look like on other section of paper	No School
Self Help Skills	putting on their own coats, practicing zipping up with coats (if they are ready to/get the zipper started for them if need be), teaching them to pull their sleaves thru the right way with their coats								No School
Fine Motor	* Paper & Scissors in the sensory Table to cut                         *playdough at the blue table (4 containers)
Art	watercolor paint an elephant			leaves on paper towels with markers and spray water on them		cut out their leaves from yesterday	"Brown e"- color an E with a brown crayon	egg art - children cut out white shapes and then put a yellow circle in middle	No School
Easels	watercolor paints & eagle paper
Any Extra activities	iPad introduction - how to Amazing Shape Puzzles & Little Writer for Kids apps	iPad introduction - how to Amazing Shape Puzzles & Little Writer for Kids apps	iPad introduction - how to Amazing Shape Puzzles & Little Writer for Kids apps	iPad time - 5-10 minutes after circle time - in partners - Little Writer for Kids or Shape Puzzles app  - the children can choose which app they would like to play from the dock
Extra	Wear Ernie costume			Trace race E on the yellow table with racecars					No School