This document outlines the weekly lesson plan and activities for a preschool classroom for the week of March 21-25. The class will be investigating how pets make people feel through various activities focused on pets each day, including reading books about pets, looking at pictures of pets and people interacting, and discussing why pets are loved. The schedule includes daily large group activities, read-alouds, small group sessions focused on math, literacy, and other skills, and outdoor time.

1. Week of: March 21-25 Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie
Study: Pets Investigation: How Do Pets Make Us Feel?
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Library: Books about
naming pets
Dramatic Play: Photos
of people interacting
w/pets.
Library: pictures of
and books about
working animals
Library: Photos of
animals & people
showing affection to
one another
Games & Toys:
Magnetic Sorting Bead
Board
Large Group Movement: Freeze
MM25
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Pet Names
Movement: Counting
Calisthenics MM28
Discussion and Shared
How Can We Show
Our Pet That We Love
It
Movement: The
Purple Pants
Discussion and
Shared Have you
ever been an egg
hunt
Song: Echo
Clapping MM 26
Discussion and
Shared Writing:
Why We Love Pets
Song: Purple Pants M03
Discussion and Shared
Writing: Service
Animals
Read-Aloud The Stray Dog Little Black Pony The Little White
Rabbit
Fat Ernest Little Black a Pony
Small Group Morning: The Farmer
Builds a Fence M50
Afternoon:
Cooking Club /
Stepping Stones M55
Morning: Silly Names
Afternoon: Did You
Ever See… LL14
Morning: Egg Hunt
Afternoon:
Rhyming Tubs
LL44
Morning: Measure
& Compare
M 12
Afternoon: The
Long & Short of It
M25
Morning: Ursula’s Eggs
Afternoon: The Farmer
Builds a Fence M50
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Model shapes in the
world by building
shapes from
components and
drawing shapes
Recognize and
produce rhyming
words
Recognize and
produce rhyming
words
Directly compare 2
objects w/
measurable attribute
in common
Model shapes in the
world by building
shapes from
components and
drawing shapes
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Explores and describes
spatial relationships and
shapes
Demonstrates
phonological
awareness
Demonstrates
phonological
awareness
Compare and
measure
Explores and describes
spatial relationships and
shapes
Outdoor Experiences: Ways To Travel
Family Partnerships: Family Pictures
Wow! Experiences: Story Time with Donna, Cooking Club, Intergen