Lesson Plans Week of: April 4th-8th

Theme: Bugs(week 2) and Letter Practice

Objective: I will begin to understand why insects (bugs) are important in my world.
Tuesday/Day 2
Wednesday/Day 3
Thursday/Day 4

Monday/Day 1
Table Top Activities

Table Top Activities

Table Top Activities

Table Top Activities

Friday/Day 5
Table Top Activities

Paint plates for ladybugs(red,

orange, or yellow)

Opening Circle

Opening Circle

Opening Circle

Opening Circle

Opening Circle

Welcome
Literacy: Fundations
Letter Practice

Welcome
Literacy: Fundations
Letter Practice

Welcome
Literacy: Fundations
Letter Practice

Welcome
Literacy: Fundations
Letter Practice

Welcome
Literacy: Fundations
Letter Practice

Music & MovementFive Little Ladybugs

Finger Play pg. 125
Read and Discuss
The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
Story elements
setting, characters,
sequence, etc.
Oral Language card
#23

Music & MovementRole play going

through
Metamorphosis
Read -The Very
Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
What We Know About
Caterpillars write
responses on large
green circle class
caterpillar brainstorm
Oral Language cards
#25/26

Music & MovementFly, Fly Butterfly

Read Charlie and the
Caterpillar by Dom
Deloise
Read and discuss the
moral of the story
beauty starts on the
inside
Oral Language cards
#25/26

Music & MovementThe Little Worm

Finger Play pg. 128
Oral Language Card
28- discussion
questions
Is a worm an insect?
Read Wally Worms
World pg.224

Music & Movement-One

Elephant Went Out
One Day
Read The Very Busy
Spider by Eric Carle
Spiders Insects or
Not
Spider Ball Yarn Web
Oral Language cards
#24
Speech with Mrs.
Williams-Small Group
(E.T.)

Speech with Mrs.

Williams-Small Group
(A.Z.)(L.S.,H.C.)

Centers

Fundations: practice letter

formation, e
Art-Create own
ladybug(8b,33)
Math/Art-Create a
ladybug with paper
plates(8b,21a)
Math-Ladybug spot match
draw the circles to match
the existing side(21b,22)
work with small group on
symmetry
AMclass(D.A.,E.C.,L.C,E.
H,J.C,M.H,E.T.)
PMclass(T.L.,M.T.,S.T.,
H.S.,M.E.,E.E.)
Literacy/Fine MotorLetter Practice with
highlighters(7b,19b)

Speech with Mrs.

Williams-Small Group
(S.S.,E.H.)

Fundations: practice letter

formation, r
Fine Motor-Butterfly
Puzzles pattern blocks(7a,
21a,b)
Math-Butterfly connect
the dots 1-22, colored
pencils(20a,b) work with
small group on
counting/identifying
numbers
AMclass(K.L.,A.K.,E.P.,S
.L.,R.P.,Z.T.)
PMclass(H.C.,B.F.,A.D.,E
.H.,M.L.,C.M.)
Science-Insect Puzzles
with a partner(10a,24)

Centers

Fundations: practice letter

formation
Fine Motor-Make bugstangrams(12b,14a)
Math-Bug Sort using
manipulatives Walk, Crawl,
Fly and Swim(13,22)
Science-Life Cycle Paper
plates- 4 stages from egg
to butterfly(24,25,26)
work with small group on
life cycle order
AMclass(E.B.,P.L.,Z.M.,K.
N.,J.P.)
PMclass(E.C.,B.K.,K.S.,T.
L.,S.T.,H.S.)
Art-Favorite insect(bug)
pictures creative
expression(7b,14a)

Art-Butterflies with
coffee filters and
clothespins(8b,33)

Centers

Centers

Fundations: practice letter

formation
Science-Making dirt cups
for snack time(8b,10a)
Literacy-Worm puzzles
shapes, numbers,
letters(11b,13) work with
small group on
identifying/matching
AMclass(F.R.,L.R.,R.C.,A.
R.,L.Y.)
PMclass(S.S.,K.T.,B.D.,E.
H.,A.D.,M.L.,I.M.)
Math-Play doh
worms/insects- long and
short measuring with
Unifex cubes(21a,22)
Literacy/Fine MotorLetter Practice on
whiteboards(7b,19b)

Centers
Fundations: practice letter
formation

Literacy-Spider Word
Puzzles(16a,17b)

Art-Spider Web
Rubbings(8b,33)

Math-Spiders in the Web

beginning addition/
subtraction and
counting(20a,c)

Science-Bug exploration
standard forms of
measurement
comparing/contrasting using
inches(22,24,28) work with
small group on measurement
AMclass(N.S.,J.W.,S.Z.,A.Z.,
M.C.)
PMclass(E.H.,I.M.,R.N.,A.R.,L.
S.,S.S.,J.M.)

Outdoor Discovery

Outdoor Discovery

Outdoor Discovery

Outdoor Discovery

Outdoor Discovery

Snack

Snack

Snack

Snack

Snack

Choice Time

Listening Center:
Insect Picnic, Little
Ants, and Animals
that build their
homes (17a,18b)
Dramatic Play: Bug
Catchers (2c,14b)

Choice Time

Closing

Storytime-The Very
Lazy Ladybug by
Isable Finn and Jack
Finkle
Reflection-Have you
ever held a ladybug in
your hand?

Listening Center:
Insect Picnic, Little
Ants, and Animals
that build their homes
(17a,18b)
Dramatic Play: Bug
Catchers (2c,14b)

Choice Time

Closing

Storytime-The Little
Caterpillar Action
Story pg.236
Reflection- Have you
ever seen a chrysalis?

Listening Center:
Insect Picnic, Little
Ants, and Animals
that build their
homes (17a,18b)
Dramatic Play: Bug
Catchers (2c,14b)

Choice Time

Closing

Storytime-I Wish I
Were A Butterfly
Ed Young
Reflection- Who can
name the 4 parts of
the butterflys life
cycle?

Listening Center:
Insect Picnic, Little
Ants, and Animals
that build their homes
(17a,18b)
Dramatic Play: Bug
Catchers (2c,14b)

Choice Time

Closing

Storytime- Inch by
Inch by Leo Leonni
Reflection- Who has
ever touched a worm
and how did it feel?

Listening Center:
Insect Picnic, Little
Ants, and Animals that
build their homes
(17a,18b)
Dramatic Play: Bug
Catchers (2c,14b)

Closing

Storytime-Miss
Spiders Tea Party
Counting Book
Reflection- Could an
elephant really go on a
spiders web?