Step Up Lesson Plan

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!