Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up August Week 1: “Around the World”
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “We are all Alike and We are all Different” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Whoever you are” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Madeline” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Colors of the Rainbow” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Whoever you are” |
Creative Arts | Pizza Art | Taco Creation | Food Collage | Painting with noodles | Free Art |
PM Group Activity | Italian Flag | Mexican Flag | Japan flag | German Flag | Irish Flag |
Whole Language | What foods do we eat? | What do children what around the world? | Learning Traditional foods around the world | What foods do want to try? | What is your favorite food? |
Social Studies | Discussing the five food groups | Who cooks for at school? | Kids Music! | Can we cook food? | Cooking: Tasting traditional foods |
Science/Sensory | Is it food? | Sorting fruits and vegetables | Exploring with textures of food | Exploring with pasta | Exploring with food coloring |
Dramatic Play | Pretending to eat at an Italian restaurant | Pretending to eat at a Mexican restaurant | Pretending to cook for our friends | Sharing our favorite foods with our friends | Picnic Play |
Math/Manipulative | Sorting Fruits and Vegetables | Counting fruits | Sorting food items by color | Counting vegetables | Lucky charm sort |
Blocks | Building an oven with blocks | Building a pizza pie with blocks | Build with legos: a basket of food | Build a picnic table with blocks | Build a tower of “my favorite foods” |
Music/Movement | Singing “I am Different” | Singing “It’s a small world” | Listening to traditional Spanish music | Playing instruments from around the world | World parade around the classroom |
Outdoor Learning | Around the World: In Hoboken | Searching for different flags | Searching for different types of restaurants | Chasing bubbles! | Where do we think the airplanes are flying? |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up August Week 2: “Let’s go Camping”
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Just me and my Dad” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “I can go hiking” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Camping Out” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Maisey goes Camping” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “A tent too full” |
Creative Arts | Binoculars | Camp Collage | Tent Art | Stick painting | Painting with grass and flowers |
PM Group Activity | Decorating Classroom camp fire | Dot painting sleeping bags | Tissue paper smores | Decorating tissue paper tents | Decorating fishing poles |
Whole Language | What does a sleep bad look like? | Moon in Spanish: luna | What do we take on a hike? | Discussing what we can ate as a trail mix snack | Why do we camp outdoors? |
Social Studies | Where can we go camping? | Why do we use a camp fire? | Kids Music! | Cooking: Trail Mix | What did we learn about camping? |
Science/Sensory | What does a sleeping bag feel like? | Exploring with nature items | What animals do we see in the forest? | Nature items with a magnifying glass | Is a camp fire hot or cold? |
Dramatic Play | Pretending to make a camp fire | Pretending to go on a nature walk | Pretend to make smores | Pretending to go bird watching | Sit in a tent and sing camping songs |
Math/Manipulative | Counting paper tubes | Sorting POM POMs | Sorting nature items | Matching number cards | Counting tents |
Blocks | Build a camp fire | Build a tent | Building a camp site | Building with legos: “Our own sleeping bags” | Building a pathway to our camp site |
Music/Movement | “Once I caught a fish alive” | “Camp Fire Songs” | Star light, star bright | “A camping we will go” | Dancing around a camp fire! |
Outdoor Learning | Searching for things we might find while camping | Searching for different birds | Can we camp by school? | Going on a hike | Can we see forest animals? |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up August Week 3: “Wild Wild West”
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “All About Horses” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Rope-em Up” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “5 little Cowboys” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Ginger Bread Cowboy” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Woody’s Adventure” |
Creative Arts | Finger paint Horse Head | Foil Horse shoe | Cowboy boots | Bandanna Sponge art | Wild West Vest! |
PM Group Activity | Tissue paper horses | Cotton ball cactus | Create cowboy hats | Create “sheriff stars” | Dot paint cowboy boots |
Whole Language | Discussing cowboys and cowgirls | Boots in Spanish | Hats in Spanish | Bandannas in Spanish | Sheriff badges in Spanish |
Social Studies | What do cowboys and cowgirls wear? | Where do cowboys and cowgirls live? | Kids Music! | Cooking: Cow Chip Cookies | What did we learn about the wild, wild west? |
Science/Sensory | Exploring with toothpicks | Yarn play | Panning for gold | Discussing the texture of a cactus | Learning about horses |
Dramatic Play | Dressing up in Western clothes | Dressing up like cow boys and cowgirls | Pretending to pan for gold | Pretending to ride a horse | Pretending to cook on the ranch |
Math/Manipulative | Counting Cactus | Counting sheriff stars | Matching cowboy hats | Matching horses | Pass the cowboy hat! |
Blocks | Building a barn | Building a fence for our horses | Building “our little ranches” | Make trail mix with legos | Make a lasso |
Music/Movement | “5 little cow girls riding on a horse” | “Home on the range” | Square Dancing | “Climb aboard the Wagon” | Wild West dance party! |
Outdoor Learning | Horse shoes outside | Treasure Hunt: Looking for lost gold | Bean bag toss into the cowboy hats | Using a rope as a lasso | Pretending to ride horses! |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up August Week 4: “On Our Way to the Circus”
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Little Monkey says goodnight” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “All aboard the circus train” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Clowns on Vacation” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Circus Clown ABC” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Clown Around” |
Creative Arts | Clown Face | Circus train art | Decorating clown hats | Painting elephants | Coffee filter monkeys |
PM Group Activity | Lion Art | Paper plate clowns | Tissue paper seals | Dot paint bears | Creating our own Ring Master |
Whole Language | Where can we find circus animals? | What do we see when we go to the circus? | What is an animal trainer? | What do clowns look like? | What do you like about the circus? |
Social Studies | Different Animals at the circus | All about the ringmaster | Kidz Musik! | Cooking: Frozen Bananas | What did we learn about the circus? |
Science/Sensory | Lions, Tigers and Bears in the sand table | Playdough circus animals | Shaving cream circus animals | Different textured circus scarves | Showing how air comes out of a balloon |
Dramatic Play | Pretending to be clowns | Pretending to train animals | Pretending to be a tight rope walker | Pretending to be jugglers | Pretending to be ponies |
Math/Manipulative | Sorting circus animals | Counting clowns | Matching clown hats | Matching circus animals | Pass the clown! |
Blocks | Building tracks for a train | Building cages for zoo animals | Using blocks to build a circus tent | Building a road to “Our Circus” | Circus animals with blocks |
Music/Movement | “5 little clowns going to the circus” | Learning to juggle | Clown bean bag toss | Pin the nose on the clown! | Circus dance party! |
Outdoor Learning | Jumping in and out of a hula hoop | Circus animal picnic | Can we find circus animals on our walk? | Circus at the park! | Searching for the perfect circus tent! |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up August Week 5: “Back to School”
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Sea Monster’s First Day” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Ready, Set, School” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Cool Dog, School Dog” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Clifford’s First Day of School” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “100 School Days” |
Creative Arts | Egg Carton Bus | Decorating Name Tags | Creating our own school house | Painting Class Tree | Water Color Names |
PM Group Activity | Dot Paint notebooks | Back to school: Glue, Ruler and Books | Classroom Apple | Creating school supplies | BACK TO SCHOOL: Free Art |
Whole Language | How do we feel on our first day of school? | What is our favorite part of school? | What do we want to learn about in school? | How many sides does a the shapes of the week have? | How do we get to school? |
Social Studies | What street is our school on? | Is our school far from home? | Kids Music | What is the name of our school? | Cooking: Graham Cracker Bus |
Science/Sensory | Shaving Cream shapes of the week! | Playdough School Buses | Sink or Float: Apple dunking | Examine apples with magnifying glass | Sand Table |
Dramatic Play | Pretend to be passengers on the school bus | Pretend to cook lunch for our friends | Acting as: Apples falling from a tree | Pretend to pick apples from the tree | Pretending to ride a school bus |
Math/Manipulative | Sorting big and small school buses | Matching School House | Counting the points on the shapes of the week | School House Numbers | Counting wheels on a School Bus |
Blocks | Build our own school house | Build the shapes of the week! | Build an apple tree | Lego Play | Building a tower with our friends |
Music/Movement | “Children, Children who do we see” | Apple Hunt! | Cookie Jar Song | Bean bag toss | “School House Rock” |
Outdoor Learning | Searching for yellow buses/cars | Do we see signs of fall yet? | Where are the parks near school? | Can we find other schools near by? | I spy: My School! |