SAMPLE LESSON

The letter D- the room will have overhead leaves like a jungle-

Week 5 Day 1: Opening Exercise


Circle Time: introduce letter-Big D little d
Practice on individual chalkboards
Phonics
Sign
Different D words
Whose name starts with D
D Song
Flannel board action song “Six little Ducks”
Game: objects in a box-in turn child pulls out object and says hat it does it start with the d sound?
Flannel board story: Debbie Dragons Difficult Dinner-use helper of the day
(talk briefly about dishonesty in story)
Optional-on time- Lets Dance for “D”!

Snack time: dill dip and veggies

Center Time: organized group play
Math: Dozen-egg cart with numbered Dogs match numbers 1-12 (visually)-put each dog in his home

Dramatic play-dog, duck and dinosaur puppets

Writing table- D worksheet and trace the D cookie cutters (fine motor skills)

Reading- D books- books on tape available today

Science- D animal shadows match the dog figurine with his shadow pasted on the table

Manipulatives- Blocks

Lesson Time- D is for Dinosaur Theme
Herbavores and carnivores
Dinosaur Dinosaur game
Where did the dinosaurs go?
Short nonfiction book
Flannel board Five Big Dinosaurs
Five little Dinosaurs
Big and little with figurines and pictures
Art- Dinosaur sponge painting