Let’s get ready for school! I teach a self-contained preschool class, so my first weeks of school is teaching our routines and rules. Here is my lesson plan for the first week of school. You will notice lots of repetition! My kiddos thrive on repetition to learn, so we read a story for a whole week, sometimes longer. We also sing the same songs for a week and keep our circle time and center structure the same daily. The only thing that may change are the activities within those routines. Below is my lesson plan for the week and you will also find a link for a blank lesson plan & 1/2 day daily schedule if you like the format to use for your classroom. Happy back to school!!! 🙂
Week 1 Lesson Plans
Theme: Back To School
- Learning Focus: Learning the rules & routines of school
| Vocabulary Words: school, bus, cubby, classroom, chair, areas of room, classmates names, teacher names |
Message of the week: We will clap. *goes with hello song |
| Song (s): Hello, Hello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN1Cyr0ZK9M-Song choice board (kids select songs) |
| Mystery Box (Vocab): photos of school, classroom, teachers, & classmates |
| Counting/Math: Count number of children at school |
| Weather: Dress the weather girl/boy (introduce/model) |
| Story: Rules of School Social Story |
| Alphabet/Letters: Introduce ABC chart & sing Alphabet song |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Art Center: Play dough & cookie cutters | Art Center: Collage- markers, crayons, textures to cut and glue on paper | Art Center: Decorate classroom book page | Art Center: Watercolor painting | Art Center: Shaving cream & blocks |
| Story Center: Interactive School Book & Classmate Bingo Matching | Story Center: Interactive School Book & Classmate Bingo Matching | Story Center: Interactive School Book & Classmate Bingo Matching | Story Center: Interactive School Book & Classmate Bingo Matching | Story Center: Interactive School Book & Classmate Bingo Matching |
| Play Center: Introduce play areas (blocks) | Play Center: Introduce play areas (cars/ramps) | Play Center: Introduce play areas (animals) | Play Center: Introduce play areas (people/house) | Play Center: Introduce play areas (kitchen) |
| Sensory Center: Sand & buckets | Sensory Center: Sand & buckets | Sensory Center: Sand & buckets | Sensory Center: Sand & buckets | Sensory Center: Sand & buckets |
| Work Station: (individualize per kid) Assess students levels | Work Station: (individualize per kid) Assess students levels | Work Station: (individualize per kid) Assess students levels | Work Station: (individualize per kid) Assess students levels | Work Station: (individualize per kid) Assess students levels |
Click here for a blank free lesson planning form & daily schedule!
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