Weekly Lesson Plan

Theme: _Ocean Classroom/Age Pre-K

Content Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Areas

Circle Time Story: What can Live Story: Save the Story: Where the Story: At the Beach Story: The Mess that
in the Ocean by Ocean by Bethany Ocean meets the by Shira Evans We Made by Michelle
Shelia Anderson Stahl Sand by Beth Lord
Costanzo

Language Standard: Emergent Standard: Emergent Standard: Vocabulary Standard: Standard: Emergent
Reading Reading 1. Uses increased Conversation Writing
1. Shows 1. Shows vocabulary to 1. Uses verbal and
motivation for motivation for describe nonverbal 1. Begins to show
and and objects, actions communication and motivation to engage in
appreciation of appreciation and events language to express written expression and
reading of reading (expressive) needs and feelings, appropriate knowledge
2. Benchmark 2. Benchmark 2. Benchmark b. share experiences of forms and functions
b. b. Combines and resolve problems of written composition
Demonstrates Begins to words into Benchmark a. Benchmark a.
that pictures make real- three-word Engages in Uses scribbling, letter-
represent real world sentences to conversations using like shapes and
objects, connections describe the words, signs, two- or drawings to represent
events and between world around three-word phrases, thoughts and ideas
ideas (stories) stories and them although or simple sentences
real-life unfamiliar to initiate, continue or
experiences adults may extend conversations
have difficulty with others
understanding
 the child
Math Standard: Number Standard: Number Standard: Patterns Standard: Geometry Standard: Spatial
Sense and Operations 1. Notices a pattern 3. Creates two- Relations
1. Subitizes 1. Explores with a missing object dimensional shapes 1. Describes
(immediately quantities up to and completes the using other shapes relationships between
recognizes without eight using objects, pattern by filling in the (e.g., putting two objects and locations
counting) up to five fingers and dramatic missing object squares together to with words and
objects play to solve real- make a rectangle) gestures by
world joining and constructing models to
separating problems demonstrate an
understanding of
proximity (beside, next
to, between, below,
over and under)
Science Standard: Scientific Standard: Life Standard: Earth and Standard: Standard: Earth and
Inquiry Through Science Space Science Environment Space Science
Exploration and 1. Demonstrates 1. Demonstrates 1. Demonstrates 1. Demonstrates
Discovery knowledge knowledge awareness of knowledge
1. Uses senses related to related to the relationship to related to the
to explore and living things dynamic people, dynamic
understand and their properties of objects and properties of
their social environments earth and sky living/non- earth and sky
and physical 2. Benchmark 2. Benchmark a. living things in 2. Benchmark b.
environment a. Investigates their Discovers,
2. Benchmark Identifies and asks environment explores, sorts,
b. characteristic questions 2. Benchmark compares, and
Uses senses s of a variety about the b. contrasts objects
to observe of plants and properties of Participates in that are naturally
and animals water using activities to found in the
experience including adult- and protect the environment,
objects and physical child-directed environment including rocks,
environment attributes and activities soil, sand and
behaviors mud, and
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camouflage, relationships
body among the
covering, eye objects (e.g.,
color, other nature walks with
adaptations, hand lenses,
types of trees collection bag)
and where (e.g., rocks,
they grow) twigs, leaves and
sea shells)
Content Standard: Creativity Standard: Planning Standard: Persistence Standard: Standard: Spaces,
Area: Blocks and Inventiveness and Reflection 1. Attends to tasks for Technology and our Places, and
1. Approaches daily 1. Shows initial a brief period of time World Environments
activities with signs of planning 1. Uses and shows 3. Identifies basic
creativity and and learning from awareness of physical characteristics
inventiveness their experiences technology and its (e.g., landmarks or land
impact on how features)
people live (e.g.,
computers, tablets,
mobile devices,
cameras or music
players)
Sensory Standard: Building Standard: Sense of Standard: Emotional Standard: Managing Standard: Building and
and Maintaining Identity and Functioning Emotions Maintaining
Relationships with Belonging 2. Demonstrates 2. Attends to sights, Relationships with
Adults and Peers 2. Develops sense appropriate affect sounds, objects, Adults and Peers
1. Develops positive of identity and (emotional response) people and activities 3. Develops increasing
relationships with belonging through between behavior and Benchmark a. ability to engage in
adults exploration and facial expression Begins to sustain social problem solving
Benchmark a. persistence Benchmark a. attention for brief Benchmark a.
Develops positive Benchmark a. Verbalizes own periods of time in Able to suggest a
relationships and Continues sustained feelings and those of group activities potential solution to
interacts comfortably independent play others social problems, and
 with familiar adults while participating in with adult support, is
more complex able to follow through
activities

Art Standard: Sensory Standard: Music Standard: Creative Standard: Standard: Appreciation
Art Experience 2. Begins to express Movement Imaginative and of the Arts
1. Combines with and represent 1. Engages in Creative Play 3. Begins to recognize
intention a variety of thought, individual and group 1. Expresses and that instruments and art
open-ended, observations, movement activities to represents thoughts, forms represent cultural
process-oriented and imagination, express and represent observations, perspectives of the
diverse art materials feelings, thoughts, imagination, feelings, home and the
experiences and observations, experiences and community, now and in
knowledge in imagination, feelings, knowledge, verbally the past
individual and group experiences and or nonverbally, with
music activities knowledge others using a variety
(e.g., singing, trying of objects in own
musical instruments environment
or marching)
Dramatic Standard: Active Standard: Safety Standard: Gross Standard: Gross Standard: Fine Motor
Play Physical Play 1. Shows Motor Development Motor Perception Development
1. Engages in awareness of 1. Demonstrates use 1. Uses perceptual 1. Demonstrates
physical activities safety and of large muscles for information to guide increasing precision,
with increasing increasingly movement, position, motions and strength, coordination
balance, demonstrates strength and interactions with and efficiency when
coordination, knowledge of coordination objects and other using hand muscles for
endurance and safe choices Benchmark b. people play and functional
intensity and risk Demonstrates more Benchmark a. tasks
Benchmark a. assessment coordinated Acts and moves with Benchmark a.
Seeks to engage in when movement when purpose and Uses various drawing
physical activities or participating engaging in skills, independently and art tools with
active play routinely in daily such as jumping for recognizes developing coordination
with increased activities height and distance, differences in
intensity and duration 2. Benchmark hopping and running direction, distance
a. and location
Consistently
follows basic
safety rules
independently
across
different
situations