Mrs Knights TK Weekly Lesson Plan TK Weekly Lesson Plan • 8/24 - 8/28
Mrs. Knight's TK Plan
Unit 1 • Week 1
All About Me & School
Daily Routine
Assembly
Morning Meeting
SEL Friendzy
ELA Wonders Block
Pre-Handwriting Centers
Required Prep & Materials
Llama Llama Misses Mama book
Playdough Phonics Sensory Cards
Science Notebook Activity sheets
SATPIN Phonics Sheets
Morning Circle & SEL
Attendance, Calendar & Weather
Weather Chant: "Look out the window, what do you see? Is it sunny, cloudy, or rainy as can be?"
Script Prompt: "Good morning detectives! Let's look at our calendar. Yesterday was [Day], so today is...? Yes, and let's count our friends here today!"
SEL Friendzy • We Need Each Other
Lesson Focus: Emphasize that we are a team and we help each other build, play, and learn.
Teacher prompt: "Look at this ball of yarn. When I toss it to Chloe while holding the end, we make a line. Now Chloe, toss it to Leo... look, we made a giant spiderweb! We are all connected. Why do we need our classmates? How do they help us?"
ELA Reading & Language
Wonders ELA: Llama Llama Misses Mama
Core Theme: Feelings about school, overcoming separation anxiety, and making friends.
Before Reading: "Look at Llama's face on the cover. How do you think he feels about his mama leaving? Have you ever felt that way?"
During Reading: "Oh look! Llama is playing with blocks and painting. Is he still crying? School has so many fun things!"
Literacy: All About Me Cards
Show students illustrated flashcards featuring simple personal identifiers (eye color, hair color, happy/sad). Have each student stand, state their name, and show one favorite toy or drawing of themselves.
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Routine Academic Centers
Six Core Learning Modules Balanced For Preschool Instruction
8/24 - 8/28
Fine Motor and Trace
Pre-Handwriting Practice Centers
Build tiny hand muscles! Have children shape letters on Sensory Playdough Cards , thread beads on laces, use tweezers to pinch pompoms, and practice cutting paper.
Key Focus: Bilateral hand coordination & pincer grip.
Phonics
Phase 1 SATPIN & Jolly Phonics Songs
Introduce letter sounds using Jolly Phonics songs and tactile actions (snake hand for S, ant finger wiggles for A). Match sounds to starting sound items. Use playdough and dot art pens to develop a stronger understanding of letters and sounds.
Materials: Alphabet Soup & SATPIN Activity sheets.
Math
Singapore Math Sort, Match, & Classify
Sort identical items by color into red and blue bowls. Introduce Number of the week: Number 1 . Play the Education.com bubble pop number and sorting game together. Cut and stick sorting activity sheets.
Materials: Math Workbook pages 1-4, sorting bowls.
Science
Wonders Unit 1 - What Do Scientists Do?
Teach children that scientists are explorers who observe nature. Give students hand lenses to look at tree bark, leaf lines, or skin closely. Create, write and design their own scientist in their science notebook.
Materials: Science Notebook Activity sheets, lenses.
Religion
Unit 1 - God Made Me
Celebrate that God made us special! Decorate cardboard stars with glue/glitter. Introduce theological virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity/Love .
Key Virtues: Believing, trusting, and loving others.
Social Studies
I Live in America - USA Flag Craft
Introduce that we live in America (USA). Examine an American flag, identify its colors, and learn that the stars stand for our states.
Materials: USA Flag Craft template, red paper strips.
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Alphabet Soup Worksheet Chef Phonics Mission
Alphabet Soup
Phonics Group 1
Chef Name:
Date:
Cooking Instructions:
Let's make some tasty phonics soup! Cut out the letter ingredients at the bottom of the page, then match and paste them onto the correct bubbles inside the soup bowl!
Glue Your Letters Here
Phonics Stew
S
A
T
I
P
N
Cut Here
Ingredients (Letter Tiles to Cut out)
T
S
P
A
N
I
Preschool • Daily Phonics Task Yum, letters!
Red Blue Sorting Slides Singapore Math • Chapter 1
Lesson 1
Match, Sort & Classify!
Get ready, math explorers! Today we are sorting items into Red and Blue teams.
Let's find all the colorful clues together!
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The Sorting Game
Red & Blue bowls
Red Team
Things that are Red like a shiny strawberry!
Apple
Gift Box
Flag
Blue Team
Things that are Blue like the deep blue ocean!
Rain
Water
Truck
Point to the red apple! Point to the blue raindrop!
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Interactive Game Time!
Education.com
Let's Play on the Big Board!
Get ready to stand up, tap the screen, and help our animal friends!
A
Floyd's Number 1 Bubble Pop: Pop the bubbles with exactly ONE balloon inside!
B
Red & Blue Sorting Train: Put the red toys on the red train, and blue toys on the blue train!
Education.com • Active Play
Pop!
Pop!
Point & count exactly 1 item!
Wait for your name to take your turn at the screen!
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Number of the Week
Counting Fun
1
Number One
Let's find exactly ONE!
Hold up one happy finger! What can you see in our classroom that has only one?
One Bright Sun!
There is only 1 sun in our sky!
Show me 1 giant star with your hands!
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USA Flag Craft Template Social Studies Mission
I Live in America
USA Flag Craft
Student Name:
Date:
Flag Maker Steps:
1. Color the star box BLUE !
2. Rip or cut strips of RED paper and glue them onto the striped lines marked with ★ RED !
3. Leave the blank striped lines white! Paste star stickers onto your blue box!
Color Blue ★
★ GLUE RED STRIP HERE ★
LEAVE WHITE
★ GLUE RED STRIP HERE ★
LEAVE WHITE
★ GLUE RED STRIP ★
LEAVE WHITE
★ GLUE RED STRIP ★
Patriotic Bonus:
Color the giant letters of our country! Write or trace your country's name: U - S - A
Preschool • Daily Social Studies Craft I love America!
Singapore Math Workbook Singapore Math • Lesson 1
Let's Match!
Page 1
Name:
Date:
Instructions:
Draw a straight line to connect the identical objects on the left to their match on the right!
Apple
Raindrop
Star
Connect Lines
Raindrop
Star
Apple
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Singapore Math • Lesson 1
Sort the Colors!
Page 2
Name:
Date:
Instructions:
Draw a straight line from each toy item below to its correct colored sorting box!
Toy Chest
Red Heart
Blue Umbrella
Red Apple
Blue Water
Red Sorting Basket
Blue Sorting Basket
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Singapore Math • Lesson 1
Who Doesn't Belong?
Page 3
Name:
Date:
Instructions:
Cross out with a big X the one object in each group that is the WRONG color!
Red Group
Red
Red
Not Red!
Red
Blue Group
Blue
Not Blue!
Blue
Blue
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Singapore Math • Lesson 1
Number of the Week!
Page 4
Name:
Date:
A. Trace Number 1
1
1 1 1
B. Color Exactly ONE Star
C. Draw Exactly ONE Happy Sun Inside the Box below:
Draw Spot
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SATPIN Phonics Sheet Letter Sounds Mission
SATPIN Sound Sort
Phase 1 Phonics
Chef Name:
Date:
Cutting & Pasting Steps:
Say each picture word out loud at the bottom! Cut out the picture tiles and paste them into the box that matches their starting letter sound: S, A, T, I, P, or N !
S
Glue /s/ sound here
A
Glue /a/ sound here
T
Glue /t/ sound here
I
Glue /i/ sound here
P
Glue /p/ sound here
N
Glue /n/ sound here
Cut Here
Picture Ingredients (Cut Out tiles)
Sun
Ink
Pig
Apple
Nest
Tent
Preschool • Daily Phonics Sorting Great Job, Reader!
Phonics Playdough Sensory Cards Playdough Sensory Cards
Fine Motor Hand Strength & Letter Shapes (Set 1: S, A, T)
Phonics Centers
Roll playdough into "snakes" and press them onto the dotted letter tracks below!
Letter Case S
S
/s/
S - U - N
Letter Case A
A
/æ/
A - P - P - L - E
Letter Case T
T
/t/
T - E - N - T
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Playdough Sensory Cards
Fine Motor Hand Strength & Letter Shapes (Set 2: I, P, N)
Phonics Centers
Roll playdough into "snakes" and press them onto the dotted letter tracks below!
Letter Case I
I
/ɪ/
I - N - K
Letter Case P
P
/p/
P - I - G
Letter Case N
N
/n/
N - E - S - T
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Science Notebook Activity Science Lab Journal
My Science Notebook
Wonders Unit 1
Name:
Date:
What Do Scientists Do?
Scientists are super observers who discover our amazing world! Practice writing your new vocabulary word below, and draw yourself exploring like a real scientist!
Step 1: Trace & Write Your Science Word
S C I E N T I S T
Step 2: Draw a Picture of Yourself as a Scientist!
Draw Your Lab Coat & Tools Here!
Wonders Science Journal • Lesson 1 I am a scientist!