Lesson Plan Outline for Theme 6 I Build!

I Create - Week 2 Tools and

Machines February 4–February 8

Lesson
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Components
 (P. 184) “If
 (P.186) “My Your Clever
 (P. 184) Little Red
“Johnny and you
Wagon” know it”
Works with
 (P.190) One  S.T.A.R Focus on
 (P. 182)
“Someone’s in Hammer” Helper Hexagons
and “Front-End
the Kitchen Loader”
Octagons
with Dinah”  S.T.A.R  “Good

 S.T.A.R Helper Morning Pre-  S.T.A.R S.T.A.R
K C” “We Helper Helper
Helper
 “Good wish you  “Good
Greeting Circle  “Good Morning Pre- well.” Morning
Morning Pre-K K C” “We  “Good Pre-K C”
C” “We wish wish you  (P.170) Row, Morning “We wish
you well.” well.” Row, Row Pre-K C” you well.”
Your Boat “We wish
you well.”
 ABC Chant
 (P.172)  ABC Chant
“Georgie  ABC Chant
Porgie”
 ABC Chant
 ABC Chant

List some kitchen Saws and

Which tools push and Which tools dig and Hearing aids make
tools you like to use. Screwdrivers are
Morning pull? drill? sounds louder.
tools.
Message Letter Focus: l Letter Focus: s
Letter Focus: p Letter Focus: d Letter Focus: l
Concept: Alliteration Concept: Alliteration Concept: Alliteration
Concept: Alliteration Concept: Alliteration
“Follow musical
Moving & “Push, Pull, Swing” Play a musical adding-
“Peanut Butter and Jelly” Dance with streamers directions for greeting
Learning action song on game
friends
Creativity Station: Creativity Station: Creativity Station:
Creativity Station:
Creativity Station:
Pretend and Learn Pretend and Learn Pretend and Learn
Pretend and Learn
Center: Pretend and Learn Center: Center:
Center:
Center:
Library and Library and Library and
Centers Library and Listening:
Listening: Library and Listening: Listening: Listening:
ABC Center:
ABC Center: ABC Center: ABC Center: ABC Center:
Writers:
Writers: Writers: Writers: Writers:

“Jack the Builder” •

“Reagan’s Journal” • “
“Bake a Cake” action Homes for Everyone • (Nursery Rhyme • flip “The Giants of the
• Connect experiences
story • Compare theme chart) City listening story
with journal entry
• Act out a story project to structures • Analyze sentence • List structures in city
Read-Aloud • Think about solving
• Distinguish between • Introduce composition construction • Introduce idea of
construction problems
tools and ingredients • Identify rhyming building friendships
words

Recess Play with the children Play with the children Play with the children Play with the children Play with the children
 Lunch

Quiet/Bathroo
m
“The Baby Bluebird
Giants Made by
.
“Animal Habitats and
Story” • fold-and-cut
People • Homes story folder The Do-Nothing
“Make Tortillas” action • Identify purposes of story
• Discuss terms— Machine
story • Enjoy a creative story
structures habitats and homes • Identify building
• Recall story details experience
• Introduce model and • Describe raw materials
• Compare the way • Discuss paper
intentionality materials used to build • Name the machine
tortillas and cake are III.D.2., II.D.4., I.A.4. constructions II.D.4., IV.D.1., III.D.2.
II.D.3., III.D.2., III.D.3. homes
made
Read-Aloud

Specials PE Art Music PE Art

Literacy Literacy • Identify the numeral

Math 0
• Develop kitchen tool • Introduce the tape •Introduce simple Science Content
machines • Place blocks
Afternoon vocabulary measure Connection: Learn following spatial
Circle • Discuss the value of • Solve a measurement • Develop concept— how animals use tools. directions
tools machines make work VI.B.1., VI.B.3.
problem
II.D.1., III.B.7., I.B.3.b. easier
II.D.5., II.B.3., III.A.2.

Construction:
Construction: Library and Listening: Construction:
Library and Listening: Writing: Compare Library and
Construction. textured surfaces when Listening:
Writing: drawing Construction:
Library and Listening:
Writing:
Creativity: Creativity: Library and
Writing:
Listening: Creativity:
Creativity: Print a Math Center: Writing:
Math Center: pattern
Centers Science: Creativity:. Math Center: Math:
Science: • Compare Compare high and
tablespoon and Math Center: Measure
low inclines V.A.5.,
teaspoon yarn with connecting
Math Center: Measure V.D.1., V.E.2.
• Understand that a big cubes V.A.1., V.A.5., V.D.1. Science Content
Connection: with AngLegs
spoonful is greater than Science: Explore
a small spoonful Investigate pulleys and how tools are
Science: simple machines in powered. VI.A.4., VI.A.1.,
school Science:
Sensory Table: Practice Categorize tools by the VI.A.2.
counting spoonfuls V.A.1., way they move  VI.A.3.   Science Center: Sort
V.D.2. tools Compare and
predict weights. Added by
Early Learning VI.A.1.,VI.A.2.,
VI.A.3., VII.C.1.

Recess

• Reflecting on the
• Reflecting on the day • Reflecting on the day • Reflecting on the day • Reflecting on the day
day
• Check on • Check on • Check on • Check on
• Check on
Closing Circle Commitments Commitments Commitments Commitments
Commitments
• Kindness Tree • Kindness Tree • Kindness Tree • Kindness Tree
• Kindness Tree
• Family Connection • Family Connection • Family Connection • Family Connection
• Family Connection
Boxes:
Creativity Station:
 Student will draw and describe a picture of someone using a tool or machine. p.67
 Student will create a print pattern of items dipped in paint. p.69
 Students create a collage using pictures in magazines of things that move. p.73 (Fine Motor Skills)

Writers:
 Student will write a letter for a friend describing their parade float.
 Student will write spontaneous words/letters using a variety of writing tools. p.61
 Student will write their names or vocabulary words using a variety of writing tools. p.79

Construction:
 Students will use nuts, bolts, locks and keys to manipulate. p.57 (Fine Motor Skills)
 Students will dismantle used materials. p.57 (Fine Motor Skills))
 Students will use makeshift digging tools to dig holes in sand. p. 57 (Fine Motor Skills)  
 Student will hammer the tees into the hammer block. p.67
 Student will construct and test ramps using different tools.

Science:
 Student will experiment with funnels. p.56
 Student  will experiment with rocks and erosion. p.56
 Student will experiment with movement. p.56
 Student will experiment with building and using a ramp. p.56
 Student will scoop pebbles. p.57 (Fine Motor Skills)
 Student will use their sense of touch to identify items in a sock. p.57 (Fine Motor Skills)
 Student will match concrete tools to their shadow. p.61 (Language & Literacy)
 Student will discuss tool safety rules. p.62
 Student will explore a variety of tools. p.63 (Fine Motor Skills)
 Student will experiment with weight. p.75
 Student will experiment with sound. p.85
 Student will experiment with height and lengths with ramps. p.87
Math:
 Student will measure and record length. p.69
 Student will work with a partner to compare measurement using non-standard units. p.81
 Student will measure using non-standard units. p.85
 Student will work with a partner to compare inclines. p.87
Construction:

Lowe’s/Home Depot/Hardware Store AutoZone/Mechanic    Construction Site   

 Students will role play the part of a  Students will pretend to be a  Students will role play
carpenter. mechanic. working at a construction site.
 Students will create a list of tools and  Students will explore using toy  Students will explore
materials needed. tools. p.56 using toy tools. p.56
 Students will explore using toy tools.  Students will pretend to be the  Students will label and
p.56 Little Red Hen baking her bread. organize the different
 Students will role play shopping at a p.56 construction materials
construction store.  Students will print name cards or
 Students will role play working at the exit signs. p.56
hardware store the tools/machinery
 department.
 Students will label and organize the
different construction materials needed
for the store