Letter R week- Lesson Plan

I am so excited about this Rr week that we have planned.  It might need to be modified a little for girls since a lot of the week will consist of robots, rockets, and racing.  We did throw in lots of rainbow activities too though so there should be something for all!

How to decode our weekly plan- 

(2)- Things I have planned for my two year old
(4)- Things I have planned for my four year old

Yellow- Things to print out (some black and white that students will either cut or color, and some color printed items that I have laminated and ready to use year after year)

Green- Activities that will need some prep time or prep materials.  


My Rr Pinterest board

Our Rr Lesson Plan (complete with project pictures)

Our Weekly Plan- Letter Rr

PRESCHOOL	Monday (robot)	Tuesday (rainbows)	Wednesday (rainbow cont.)	Thursday (racing/other)	Friday (rocket)
Centers		Cutting (pg 15)
Letter of the  week	(2)- Handwriting (pg 3) (4) - Handwriting (4, 5)	-R rainbow	(2) - Prewriting (pg 3) (4)  shapes (pg 4)	-r for racing -Create race tracks from pool noodle	- play with rocket launcher outside
Story time	The Robot	Painting a Rainbow	What Makes a Rainbow		Little Rockets special star
Art	Make foil robots	Make a Rainbow Chain	Rainbow circles	Make a plate raccoon	Rocket craft
Math	(4) fractions- (Pg 8-10) (2) size sorting (11-12)	Sorting and counting rainbow goldfish	Rainbow with fruit loops (count them)	Robot number words with clothes pins (13-14)	Make a rocket
Color time	Color the r bolts (Pg 13 pack2)	Rainbow (pg 9)	Rainbow color page	Race car color page	Rocket online coloring
Food		Rainbow jello

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Letter P week- Lesson Plan

One of my nesting goals is to not only update this blog, but get the entire year planned out for next school year.  My 4 year old will be in preschool 3 days a week and I will have my 2 year old and newborn to focus on those days.  I am still planning on doing "preschool" with the 4 year old in the afternoons when he is home so my plans will usually have a (2) for 2 year old activity and (4) for 4 year old activities.  These plans that I have are just that... plans.  We don't always get to the things that I planned and we don't always stick to doing things on the days that I have them scheduled for. If I don't have a plan, we end up spending the entire day sitting around or running errands just to have something to do.  I'd rather be proactive and if we don't get to something... oh well.  Over the next week or so, I will be posting my lesson plans for the next year.  I have tried to somewhat color code things so that it is easier when coming back to it several months later.

Yellow- Things to print out (some black and white that students will either cut or color, and some color printed items that I have laminated and ready to use year after year)

Green- Activities that will need some prep time or prep materials.  I have tried to include pictures of those crafts on the bottom of the lesson plan since I am a visual person and would rather see a picture of a pig plate painted pink with an egg carton nose than the words "pig craft".  It's just easier for me that way...

I have also been spending a ridiculous amount of time on pinterest and I have boards for most letters of the alphabet.  I will provide a link to that at the bottom of each lesson.  Most of the activities on my lessons are pinned on pinterest and I also have other activities and crafts I think are cute, but couldn't find the time to fit them into our week.

As always, PLEASE feel free to comment below with other links or activities!!

Here is our P week- Click for the editable word doc

Our Weekly Plan- Letter Pp

PRESCHOOL	Monday (Penguin)	Tuesday (popcorn, piano, pig)	Wednesday (pirate/princess)	Thursday (panda)	Friday (puppy)
Centers	Penguin color page/handwriting practice	Piano playing	Dress as pirates and princesses Pirate graphing	Puzzles Mr. potato head	(2) Pg 14 pom activity (4) cutting pg 21
Letter of the  week	P is for penguin Penguin dot to dot	p is for popcorn (glue popcorn to the letter p)	Which one is different 2 yr old- shadows	Pocka dot p	(2) Pg 15-17 prewriting (4) Spelling chips- Puppy (pg 3-6)
Story time	Penguin dreams Penguin Penguins penguins, everywhere	The popcorn book The popcorn dragon Grunt	Pinkalicous On a pirate ship	Dinner at the Panda Palace Panda Bear, Panda Bear, what do you see? Panda in the park	Biscuit books
Art	Penguin foot prints	P is for pig	Playdough	Paper Plate Panda
Math	Penguin size sorting	P for piano	Pirate patterns, size sorting ect..		Pg 11 patterns
Color time	Penguin coloring	Pig coloring page	Princess Pirate	Panda coloring page	Puppy (pg 23)
Food		Popcorn		pancakes

http://www.4shared.com/file/3pUFBOWW/Our_Weekly_Plan-_Letter_P.html?

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Letter I

Our Ii Week Schedule 

(click for our schedule with links!)

Man did we have a fun "Ii" week!  I only focused on the short /I/ sound because I think it is sooo sooo sooo important to focus on one sound at a time, not just one letter at a time.  When my son came home from preschool and told me that the letter e is for eye doctor... I almost passed out!  Oh, but that is a different story!  Later on in the year, we will learn the long /I/ (like ice) and teach a few of the phonetic patterns like i_e that make that sound.  The main thing is that the child learns the sound.  We are focusing on reading, not spelling at this age.  

I is for Inch 

Inch by Inch 

I couldn't find a ruler ANY where in our house so we used the measure your baby ruler we brought home from the hospital.  My son really loved measuring things even though he needed a lot of assistance lining  up the zero and reading all of the numbers off.  

I is for Inchworm- 

We printed off and laminated so many things from Confessions of a Homeschooler this week- 

Patterning

Inchworm tracing 

Inchworm math number matching

Inchworm magnet page

Inchworm puzzle

Inchworm counting

Inchworm lacing

Letter I handwriting practice

I is for Iquana

The kids made the cutest little Iquanas!

I is for Igloo

We made an Igloo out of marshmellows

More I practice

Short I words

CVC words- that is teacher talk for consonant, vowel, consonant.  These are usually the first words that I teach students how to read on their own.  (short vowels that is)

This is what Miss Thang decided she wanted to do while we were having school.

Making letter I's.  We used blocks and stacked the appropriate number on the cards.  I just happened to have these left over from my classroom but you could easily make your own cards.  

Computer time- Starfall 

I am incredible!  

I poking- We used a tooth pick to trace the letter I (great fine motor practice)

Find the Letter Ii

Short I coloring and letter tracing page

I is for insects- magnet pom pom page

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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our house to yours.  I hope see to you back next year!

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