Mrs. Brinkman's Preschool Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for the week of:  October 1,2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Focus of the week:  F week
	Mon. Morn.	Mon. After.	Tues. Morn.	Tues. After.	Wed. Morn.	Wed. After.	Thurs. Morn.	Thurs. After.	Friday Morn.
Circle Topics	Hairy Helpers - Letter F & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - Letter F & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - Letter F & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - what starts withF? - F video from youtube.com	Hairy Helpers - what starts witF? - F video from youtube.com	Hairy Helpers - replay F video	Hairy Helpers - Show F video from youtube	Hairy Helpers - what starts with F? Each child thinks of a word that starts with F & shares with class	Hairy Helpers - what starts with F? Each child thinks of a word that starts with F & shares with class
Songs/CD of day	Farmer in the Dell
Storytime	Poinsettia and the Firefighters	Poinsettia and the Firefighters	Firefighter Ted	The Very Busy Firehouse	Firebears The Rescue Team	Firebears The Rescue Team	Firebears The Rescue Team	Firefighters to the Rescue	Firefighters to the Rescue
Language Activity	Clifford Fire Safety	Clifford Fire Safety	Clifford Fire Safety	what starts with F??  Talk about it as a large group.  I draw on the white board	practice writing Ff wks pg. 20	practice writing Ff wks pg. 21	color F shape & then put fish & frog stickers inside the F	color the words that start with F wks	color the words that start with F wks
Math	number flashcards	work on math packets - writing numerals           4-6 or higher	Firefighter coming in to talk to children about fire safety	work on math packets - writing numerals      6-10 if not finished	Firefighter coming in to talk to children abuot fire safety	Firefighter coming in to talk to children abuot fire safety	trace & color a football pg	math packets need to be finished today	quiz students on what numbers they can recognize
Gross Motor	* practice stop, drop, & roll  *talk about how to get out in case of a fire at home & school
	Mon. Morn.	Mon. After.	Tues. Morn.	Tues. After.	Wed. Morn.	Wed. After.	Thurs. Morn.	Thurs. After.	Friday Morn.
Science/extras	none		none	none	none	none	cutting assessment - pg 28 fish	none
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
Fine Motor	* Paper & Scissors in the sensory Table to cut                         *playdough at the blue table (4 containers)
Art	acorns - paint with brown paint - add coffee grounds to top for texture & smell			free art	frog craft	frog craft	make a rainbow fish - use tin foil to add the sparkle spots - color & cut
Easels	watercolor paints & a firetruck
Any Extra activities	iPad introduction - how to use Fire Prevention apps	iPad introduction - how to use Fire Prevention apps	iPad introduction - how to use Fire Prevention apps	iPad time - 5-10 minutes after circle time - in partners - fire prevention apps
Extra	wear fire fighter hat			Fire Station Theme Box in classroom