Lesson Plans
2002-03
September
Letter(s): A, B
Color: yellow, purple
Shape: circle, pentagon
Number(s) 0,
1
Season study: fall
Opposite study: big and little
Themes: Safety week 2-6th Grandparent’s day 8th,
23rd Teddy bear day & Classical Music appreciation week of 23-27th,
Good neighbor day 23rd.
October
Letter(s): C, D, E
Color: orange and black
Shape: square
Number(s) 2,
3, 4
Season study: fall
Opposite study: empty, full
Themes: Farm animals day 2nd,
Dinosaur week 7th-11th, Columbus day 8th,
Farmer’s day 12th, Health month week 14-18th, United
Nations day 24th, Statue of Liberty B-day 28th, Halloween
31st.
November
Letter(s): F, G, H
Color: grey, brown, tan
Shape: rectangle
Number(s) 5, 6, 7
Season study: winter
Opposite study: up, down
Themes: Aviation month, Protection
month, Nutrition month, Nov. 4 candy day, Nov. 7 hug a bear day, Nov. 8 X-ray
day, Veteran’s day 11th, 15th Recycling day, 18th
Mickey mouse b-day, Bible week 18-22, Thanksgiving week 25-27, National cake
day 26th.
December
Letter(s): I, J, K
Color: red, green, silver
Shape: star
Number(s) 8,
9, 10
Season study: winter
Opposite study: tall, short
Themes: National roof day 3rd,
4th Cookie day, Walt Disney day 5th, 6th St.
Nicholas day, 12th Poinsettia day, 21st First day of
winter, Zoo day 27th, Christmas Day 25th.
January
Letter(s): L, M, N
Color: blue and white
Shape: triangle
Number(s) 11,
12, 13
Season study: winter
Opposite study: hot and cold
Themes: National bird day 5th,
Milk day on the 11th, Cheese
day on the 20th, Martin Luther King B-Day 15th, observed
21st, Mozart B-day on the 27th, National puzzle day 29th,
All About Me.
February
Letter(s): O, P, Q
Color: red and pink
Shape: heart
Number(s) 14,
15
Season study: winter
Opposite study: like and dislike
Themes: Pets, Crime Prevention week: 10th-16th, Valentine’s
day 14th, President’s day 19th , Mother Goose.
March
Letter(s): R, S, T
Color: green and gold
Shape: clover
Number(s) 16,
17
Season study: spring
Opposite study: long and short
Themes: National Kite month,
Nutrition & Poison Prevention awareness month, St. Patrick’s day 17th,
Spring begins 20th, Van Gogh’s B-day 30th, Easter
April
Letter(s): U, V, W
Color: lights and darks
Shape: diamond
Number(s) 18, 19
Season study: spring
Opposite study: in and out
Themes: National frog, and garden
month, Pet owner’s day 18th, National library week 14-20th,
Earth day 22nd, insects.
May
Letter(s): X, Y, Z
Color: lights and darks
Shape: octagon
Number(s) 20, and review
Season study: spring
Opposite study: first and last
Themes: Transportation, flower,
and national egg month, 4th Space day, 11th Mother’s Day,
12th Kite day, Pet, Poetry, and Police week (third week of May),
Peace day 19th, Memorial day 26th.
June
Letter(s): Review
Color: review
Shape: review
Number(s)
review
Season study: summer
Opposite study: review
Themes: Adopt a cat month, Dairy,
Fruit & vegetable month, National safety & zoo aquarium month, UN world
environment day 5th , Race unit day 10th, Father’s Day 15th, 14th
Flag day, 21st Summer begins, Paul Bunyan day 28th, Sky
day 30th.