Step Up Lesson Plan

Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up July Week 1: “Red, White and Blue”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Statue of Liberty”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Pledge of Allegiance”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The American Flag”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The White House”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read: “Red, White and BOOM”
Creative Arts	Popsicle American Flag	Hand Print Bald Eagle	Handprint Firework	Patriotic Windsocks	Thumbprint Flags!
PM Group Activity	Stars and Stripes Flag	Fourth of July Hats	Fourth of July Fireworks	Red, White and Blue art	Footprint Firecracker
Whole Language	Discussing the fourth of July	Discussing the symbolic of the bald eagle	Discussing the colors of the flags	What will you do for the fourth of July?	Spanish: Red, White and  Blue
Social Studies	Discussing lady liberty	What do fireworks sounds like?	Kids Music!	Which is our favorite color: Red, White or Blue?	Cooking Activity: Fruit Salad
Science/Sensory	Exploring red,white and blue paint	Ice art: Red, White and Blue	Shaving cream bag: Red, White and Blue	Sand play: Creating Fireworks!	Fireworks in a jar!
Dramatic Play	Pretending to dress up like Uncle Sam	Pretending to fly like an eagle	Waving flags around the classroom	Reading stories to friends	Stretching like fireworks!
Math/Manipulative	Counting Stars	Matching colors: Red, White and Blue	Sorting out color blocks	Counting points on the Star	Counting Fireworks!
Blocks	Building with blocks	Building a home for bald eagle	Linking with waffle blocks	Building with large soft blocks	Creating Fireworks!
Music/Movement	Singing The Star Spangled Banner	Dancing to music	Moving bodies like a firework	Bean Bag Toss Game	Sing  and Clap  “Colors in the Flag”
Outdoor Learning	Pretending to be Rockets	Playing I spy	Searching for American Flags	Waving flags outdoors	Baby Parade!

Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up July Week 2: “Fairy Tales”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Humpty Dumpty”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Three Little Pigs”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Sleeping Beauty”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Jack and the Beanstalk”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Cinderella”
Creative Arts	Tissue Paper Egg	Decorating  stars, moons and clouds	Spider handprints	Three little pig noses	Three Bears(Goldilocks)
PM Group Activity	Create Crowns and glass slippers	Make apples for Snow White	Create Piggies for the 3 little pigs	Create Fairy Wands	Create wolves for little red riding hood
Whole Language	What is a Fairy tale?	Star in Spanish: estrella	Spider ion Spanish: Arana	Water in Spanish: Agua	What did we learn about fair tales?
Social Studies	Discussing when do we see stars in the sky?	What shape is humpty dumpty?	Kids Music!	Cooking: Spider Crackers	What is your favorite fairy tale?
Science/Sensory	Identifying the color of a star	Hold and use wands with our friends	Shaving Cream Spiders	Water Play: Giving bears a bath	Stardust Jar
Dramatic Play	Pretending to be humpty dumpty	Pretending to be spiders	Acting out Jack and Jill	Pretend to be “The Big Bad Wolf”	Pretend to climb the beanstalk
Math/Manipulative	Counting plastic eggs	Counting the points on a star	How many legs do spiders have	Sorting numbered pails	How tall is a beanstalk?
Blocks	Building a wall with blocks	Build with sticks straw and bricks	Build with legos: beanstalk	Build a tower for a princess	Build a castle!
Music/Movement	Singing “Humpty Dumpty”	Recite and Clap to “Mary Had a Little Lamb”	Recite and Clap to “Jack and Jill”	Sing and Clap “ABC’s”	Sing and Clap “Humpty Dumpty”
Outdoor Learning	Egg Relay	Can we find goldilocks?	Searching for objects with star shapes	Chasing bubbles!	Can we find a brick house?

Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up July Week 3: “Outer Space”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Good Night Moon”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Space Case”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Planets in Our Solar System”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Aliens Wear Underpants”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Sun”
Creative Arts	Foot print rocket	Moon Craft	Shooting Stars	Sun Craft	Alien Masks
PM Group Activity	Create crazy and weird aliens	Create Stars	Paper plate sand sun	Coffee Filter Glitter Moons	Hand print aliens!
Whole Language	Where is outer space?	Moon in Spanish: luna	Planets in Spanish: planets	Star in Spanish: estrella	How far is outer space?
Social Studies	How do astronauts float?	What is space?	Kids Music!	Cooking: Banana Spaceships	What do astronauts do?
Science/Sensory	Feel and pull on grass at the park	Touch and Feel Different Textured Stars	Explore with sand using our hands and feet	Sit and roll the ice cream ball together	Exploring with clean sponges and water
Dramatic Play	Pretending to fly in outer space	Flying high in outer space	Pretending to shoot like stars	Pretending to walk on the moon	Pretending to be an alien
Math/Manipulative	Counting from 1-10	Counting planets	Practice circle shape with planets	Sorting large and small stars	Counting backwards
Blocks	Building spaceships!	Build the planets with blocks	Build a telescope	Build with legos: Earth	Build a flying saucer
Music/Movement	Rocket Ship Count Down	Sing “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”	Sing “Ten Little Planets”	Sing “Five Little Aliens”	Sing “Cow Jumped Over the Moon”
Outdoor Learning	Shooting like rockets outdoors	Is the sun bright?	Blasting off like rockets	Moving our bodies like saucers	Can we see planets?

Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up July Week 4: “Outer Space”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Good Night Moon”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Space Case”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Planets in Our Solar System”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Aliens Wear Underpants”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Sun”
Creative Arts	Blob aliens	Paper plate planets	Flying saucer art	Telescope art	Creating outer space
PM Group Activity	My own Star	Sun Mask!	Moon Mask!	Paper plate astronaut	Rocket ships!
Whole Language	What shape is earth?	What do aliens look like?	What kind of clothes do astronauts wear?	Could we live on the moon?	What do we see with our telescopes?
Social Studies	What are the eight planets?	What food do astronauts eat?	Kids Music!	Cooking: Space Juice	What do astronauts do?
Science/Sensory	Feel and pull on grass at the park	Touch and Feel Different Textured Stars	Explore with sand using our hands and feet	Sit and roll planet Earth	Exploring with clean sponges and water
Dramatic Play	Pretending to walk on the moon	Pretending to be astronauts	Pretending to shoot like stars	Flying high in outer space	Pretending to blast off in space
Math/Manipulative	Counting stars	Sorting stars	Counting planets	How big is a star?	Pass the planet
Blocks	Building a sun!	Build a telescope	Build with Legos: green and blue	Build the moon	Build a rocket ship!
Music/Movement	Rocket Ship Count Down	Sing “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”	Sing “Ten Little Planets”	Sing “Five Little Aliens”	Sing “Mr. Sun”
Outdoor Learning	Can we see the moon or the sun?	Can we see planets?	Chalk Planets!	Moving our bodies like saucers	Blasting off like rockets ships!

Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up July Week 5: “Olympic Sports”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Swimming”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Fencing”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Olympics”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Gymnastics”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Olympic Experience”
Creative Arts	Painting Olympic symbols	Olympic flag	Painting medals	Painting paper tubes	Painting Canadian Flag
PM Group Activity	Creating the Olympic rings (Paper plates)	Creating an American Flag using handprints	Swimming goggles	Painting tennis balls	Decorating Ice Skates
Whole Language	Discussing the colors of the rings	Discussing how flags are displayed at the arena	Discussing where the summer Olympics take place	What sports are played during the Olympics	Flag in Spanish means “Bandera”
Social Studies	What is the meaning of the Olympic Symbol?	Discuss how athletes carry flags in the ceremony	Kids Music!	Cooking Activity: Fruit Salad	What did we learn about the Olympics?
Science/Sensory	Exploring deflated/inflated balls	Shaving cream sports	Textures of softball, baseball, soccer ball etc.	Looking at a medal with a magnifying glass	Making medals out of playdough
Dramatic Play	Pretending to be Olympic winners	Pretending to receive gold medals	Pretending to Lift “Barbells”	“Stuffed Animal Olympics”	Pretending to play tennis!
Math/Manipulative	Counting the Olympic rings	Forming circles on paper	Sorting medals	Counting stripes on a flag	1 to 10 ball counting
Blocks	Building with blocks	Linking with waffle blocks	Building a torch with blocks	Building a flag with legos	Who can build the highest tower!
Music/Movement	Throwing paper plates as “disks”	Throwing soft balls into a basket	Obstacle course	Throwing basketballs into a basket	Bean Bag Toss Game
Outdoor Learning	Relay races outdoors!	Searching for American Flags	Jumping like frogs!	Playing sports outdoors	Waving flags outdoors