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HIGH SCOPE LESSON PLAN |
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RASPBERRY PATCH |
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Date: May 18-22 09 |
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Theme of the Week: Rainforest/ frogs and monkeys |
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Planning/Recall Time: |
Large group/music movement |
| Monday |
Is a rainforest wet or dry? Review from week before |
Five speckle frogs |
| Tuesday |
What level of the rainforest do the monkeys live on? |
Hop like a frog to make a choice |
| Wednesday |
What kind of things do the animals in the rainforest eat? |
Move around like a monkey and make a choice |
| Thursday |
What color frogs would you find in the rainforest? |
in grassy area play aligators and monkeys |
| Friday |
Do the frogs jump or do they climb on trees? |
talk about the different levels of the rain forest |
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Work Time: Children chose their activities. Teachers scaffold, encourage, and take anacdotal notes. |
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Literacy |
Math |
| Monday |
about a rainforest |
what is the weather in the rain forest graph what children say |
| Tuesday |
abc upper case and lower case matching |
number dot matching |
| Wednesday |
the umbrella by jan brett |
file folder games |
| Thursday |
read hermie the herrmit crab |
graph their favorite rainforest animal |
| Friday |
draw your favorite part of the rain forest make it into a book for the class |
levels of the rain forest |
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Art Activity: |
Small Group: |
| Monday |
Hand print animals |
cut out animals from magazines and glue onto umbrella shape |
| Tuesday |
make a flower in different colors/ bright colors |
vine rubbings/ plant |
| Wednesday |
cut out and decorate a leaf to go on our tree with the monkeys |
Draw a picture of the hermit crab |
| Thursday |
Make a snake out of paper plate |
finger paint the monkey |
| Friday |
toucan out of construction paper |
make the diffferent levels of the rain forest |
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Science: |
Enrichments added to areas |
| Monday |
water in sensory table with plastic forest animals |
ask for paper plates |
| Tuesday |
examine a vine |
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| Wednesday |
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| Thursday |
examine a hermit crab |
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| Friday |
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