lessonplan for nature giants

1. Date Teacher
Literacy Math 7
Letter
Knowledge
English: U, u, T, t, P, p
Spanish: U, u, T, t, P, p
Color: Purple Shape: Trapezoid
English Vocabulary
caverns, glacier, hiking, hill, iceberg, lakes, majestic, mighty, moon, mountains, ocean, rocks, scrape, trees, waterfall
Spanish Vocabulary
cavernas, glaciar, caminata, colina, iceberg, lagos, majestuoso, poderoso, Luna, montañas, océano, rocas, raspar. arboles, cataratas
Lesson Plan: Nature's Giants (Week 2)
Oct.8-12, 2018 Garderie 2
Fall/Autumn
Wonderful Word Technology Reading Buddy, ABC & XYZ
Oral Language, Comprehension
Character
Education
Cooperation
Greeting Circle
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
•Unite: "Mister Moon" p. 181 Ask how
big the moon might be. Explain the
moon looks small because it is so far
away. The moon looks gigantic in the
night sky next to the stars, which are
even further away. Today we will learn
about the sun and moon. • Play
the S.T.A.R. song and encourage the
children to work together to learn
words and movements p. 168
• Connect: Absent child ritual, "Mr.
Sun" p. 172 Draw a smiling sun,
practice smiling at a partner
• Commit: Daily commitment ritual
• Morning Message: "The sun is
gigantic." "El Sol es gigantesco." "The
earth is gigantic." "La Tietta is
gigantesca." "The moon is gigantic."
"La Luna es gigantesca."
Write all 3 sentences so that the, is,
gigantic are aligned vertically. Read the
words and have the children repeat.
Identify which words are the same,
which words are different? Count the
syllables for gigantic and other words
in the sentences.
Handwriting
Without Tears
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
Stamp and See numbers 7 Wet-Dry-Try Letter U and Numbers 7
Day 5
Day 4
• Unite: Sing "A Sailor Went to Sea" p.
184 When you are in the middle of the
ocean all you can see is the ocean, no
matter which way you turn. Tell
children today they will be learning
about two of nature's giants- ocean
and icebergs • Introduce
Belly Breathing p. 168 • Connect:
Explain that the octopus is an ocean
giant. Demonstrate an octopus
handshake p. 171 As a class create
other ocean greetings (sharks, crabs,
icebergs) Remember to make eye
contact and safe touches
• Commit: Absent child ritual, Daily
commitment ritual
• Morning Message: "Oceans are
Enormous. Some icebergs are huge"
"Los oceanos son enormes. Algunos
icebergs son inmensos." Say the
words, count the words, clap the
syllables for enormous and other
words, identify the letters in iceberg,
write the sentence one word at a time
• Unite: Sing "A Cave Is My Home" p.
179 Ask who might live in a cave? Tell
the children they will learn about
gigantic things like rock formations and
caves.
• Choose a calming strategy
• Connect: Absent child ritual, "Peter,
Peter" p. 175 Discuss respect. How can
we treats our giants in nature (rocks,
trees, oceans) with respect? • Commit:
Daily commitment ritual •
Morning Message: "A deep cavern has
very steep walls of rocks." "una cueva
profunda tiene pareded rocosas muy
empinadas." Say the morning
message, tap your knee for each word,
how many words in the sentence?
Write one word at a time pointing to the
space between words, invite children to
clap and count the syllables for cavern,
continue for other words, Identify letters
in the morning message
• Unite: Teach "Niagara Falls"
(p.181) Ask children if they have
ever seen a waterfall. Why is this a
funny song? Today we will learn
about rivers and waterfalls
• Perform the calming strategy
Drain.
• Connect: Absent child ritual,
Review "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
on the second verse sing like you
have hit some rough rapids near the
falls of the river. Remind children to
keep their partners safe.
• Commit: Daily commitment routine
• Morning Message: "The wide
waterfall is wonderful." "La catarata
ancha es maravillosa." "Some large
lakes are long." "Algunos lagos
grandes son largos." Say the words
and have children repeat words:
wide, wonderful, waterfall while
emphasizing beginning sound /w/
Repeat with lakes, large, long
emphasizing beginning sound /l/,
Write the sentence one word at a
time, point to each word, have
student read/recite with you
ABC Touch and Flip Cards letter E Flip Crayon drawings with color purple
. Sing the "crayon song"

2. LESSON
COMPONENTS
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5
Day 4
• Play with bubbles- chase and pop
bubbles, take turns blowing the
bubbles
• Play Shadow Tag p. 191 Modification:
The children's goal is to stay away from
their teacher's shadow. The teacher's
goal is to "tag" children with their
shadow.
PATHS Lesson #11 Theme Scared or
Afraid. Place the “scared” Feeling Face
on the face chart. Discuss the
pictures of children that are scared 11-
12 and 11-3.
Values and Virtues: Cooperation
• What to do if an emergency occurs
• Song Let's All Join In
• Song: let's All Work Together
• Song: The More We Get Together
• Reflecting on the day
What did you learn about rocks today?
What did you find in the classroom that
weighed more than the rock on the
balance scale? Name an animal that
lives in a cave. Do lions live in caves?
• Check on Commitments
• Family Connection: Challenge our
child to find a rock as home and tell you
about its attributes
• Reflecting on the day
What colors are in a rainbow? How
did the water we poured change
when we held the pitcher up high?
What role does gravity play in
waterfalls?
• Check on Commitments
• Family Connection: Encourage
children to look for rainbows on
their car ride home from school
Outdoor Learning
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
• Play Iceberg Freeze p. 190
Modification: dance with scarf or
blanket, when the music stops hold the
"iceberg" blanket in the air and freeze.
• Play Rolling Rock Race p. 191
Modification: make "rocks" from balled
up recycled paper and have children
push/roll the "rock" to the finish line.
Closing Circle
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
• Reflecting on the day
What did you learn about oceans
today? Who can make the sound of a
whale? Practice octopus handshake
from morning circle. What were some
objects that sunk? Which ones
floated?
• Check on Commitments
• Family Connection: Encourage
children to test what sinks and floats
with objects at home
• Reflecting on the day
What is larger than the sun or earth?
What is your favorite daytime activity?
• Check on Commitments
• Family Connection: Send home note
and encourage children to show
someone at home Mr. Sun, I Love You.
Send home Take-Home Story
"Eduardo the Elephant"
Character
Education
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
Values and Virtues: Cooperation
• What to do if an emergency occurs
• Song Let's All Join In
• Song: let's All Work Together
• Song: The More We Get Together
• Tell children that there are certain
times of the day when we eat
different foods
• Use pretend food to classify when
we would eat different foods
(breakfast, lunch dinner)
• Are there foods we can eat for
both?
• Display a picture of the planets
orbiting around the sun
• Demonstrate the sun with a large ball
from the gym. Show how the planets
can move around the sun
• Give each child a laminated piece of
paper of the sun, use play dough to
represent the planets
PATHS Lesson #11 Theme Scared
or Afraid. Sing " Little Miss Muffet"
Play "I Can Feel Better" Create
"Feeling Masks"
Math and Science
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
Sink or Float
• Present the different objects the
children can experiment with
• Explain that each of the items will
sink or float in the water
• Invite children to make predictions
• Demonstrate activity
•Allow children to explore
Balance and Weight
• learn how to balance walking on a
taped line on the floor
• use the balance scale to explore
weights of rocks
• sort the rocks by their size and
weights
Weekly Learning
Centers
• Creativity Station-Create colorful
mountains by tearing the pages from
magazines and pasting them together
to form a mountain •
Writers Corner- make ice cube
paintbrushes and paint icebergs p. 166
• Sensory Table- use a spoon to count
a set of five ice cubes and out them in
a tub of water, explore how ice floats in
water
• ABC Center- make waves with a blue
crayon and then trace letter W. Do you
see how connected letter W and a
wave a alike? •
Sensory Table- dig and find rocks in the
sand table. Sort by size and weight
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
Literacy (Oral
Language, Phonics,
Handwriting, Read
Aloud)
• Listening and Library- Use story props
to retell “The Great Enormous Rock” •
“Una piedra enorme”
• Writers Corner- Invite children to
pretend they are writing in caves with
dough and craft sticks or markers and
paper
• Participation Story: "Going on a Lion
Hunt" p. 197 photo activity cards #106
#95
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
• Creativity Station-challenge
children to paint pictures of
waterfalls. Write "waterfall" on their
paper
• Sensory Table- Allow children to
pour water from one contain to
another. Encourage to try from
different heights to simulate
waterfall.
• Construction Center- use blocks to
create a box that will hold a handful
of Lego pieces
• Fine Motor: Invite the children to
make play dough spheres to represent
different planets in the solar system.
• Science-Create a collage using
different colors from the rainbow
• Listening and Library- Use story
props to retell “The Great Enormous
Rock” • “Una piedra enorme”
•Read: " Nature's Giant"
• Listening Story: "River Talk" p. 202
• Language and Literacy-Illustrate
safety rules for playing out in the sun
• Listening Story: “The Sun and the
Moon” p.206
• Listening Library: "Nature's Giants"
Writer's Corner: Encourage children to
draw a picture of their favorite sunlight
activity. Write what the child dictates at
the bottom of the paper.
• Learn about whales
• Participate in the telling of a story
Read Aloud Time: "A Chance for
Esperanza" "Going on a Whale
Watch" p. 196
• Create a world map about oceans •
Listen to "Natures Giants" listening
library
• Draw waves and write W

3. LESSON
COMPONENTS
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 5
Day 4
• Increasingly interacts and
communicates with peers to
initiate pretend-play scenarios
that share a common plan and
goal • Uses a wide variety of
words to label and describe
people, places, things, and
actions
• Demonstrates receptive
vocabulary (three to four
thousand words)
• Uses category labels to
understand how the words and
objects relate to each other
• Increasingly interacts and
communicates with peers to initiate
pretend-play scenarios that share a
common plan and goal
• Separates a normally spoken four-
word sentence into individual words
• Responds to different musical
styles through movement and play
• Identifies, observes, and discusses
objects in the sky.
• Demonstrates an understanding
that others have perspectives and
feelings that are different from own.
Learning Goals
Crème Closed in
observance to Columbus
Day/Staff Training
• Is able to increase or decrease
intensity of emotions more
consistently, although adult
guidance is sometimes necessary
• Shows competence in initiating
social interactions.
• Shows understanding by following
two-step oral directions and usually
follows three-step directions.
• Identifies, compares, discusses
earth materials, and their properties
and uses.
• Names at least 20 upper and at
least 20 lower case letters.
• Demonstrates the importance of
caring for our environment and our
planet
• Demonstrates empathy and caring
for others
• Uses information learned from
books by describing, relating,
categorizing, or comparing and
contrasting
• Asks and answers appropriate
questions about the book
• Shows understanding by
responding appropriately