BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan #21

Lab 2
Mail

Date: Friday, June 22, 2018

Supervisor: Madi Thomas
Lead Teacher: Lauren Smith 4th Lesson

Children Receiving Specific Focus Today:

1. Peter Knox
2. Cody-see blocks
3. Lakota
4. Jaessa
5. Truman
6. Alice

Preassessment and Findings:

In lab for the last few weeks I have noticed that Zoey, Kyler, Alice, and Lakota enjoy writing
letters and that they use the envelopes provided. I asked Zoey who she was writing a letter for
and she said Alice. I asked Alice who she was writing a letter for and she said her grandma. I
asked her how her letter would get to her grandma and Alice said her mom would put it in the
mailbox. I asked Kyler who his letter was for and he said his mom. I asked him if he needed to
mail it to her and he said that he would just give it to her at home. I asked if he had mailed a
letter before and he said yes. I asked him where our letters go and he said they go to the
mailman who takes them to the places they need to go. Lakota told me his letter was for his
brother. He told me that mail goes to the mailbox outside.
I asked Taryn where our mail or letters go and she said the letters fly across the sky. I asked
Hayden where the mail goes and he said to the mailbox and into the mailman’s truck to his
grandmas. Hayden said he writes lots of letters to his grandma. John Curtis told me letters go far
away. Olive said that sometimes she sees the mailman outside her house and that he takes the
letters they send.
Based upon pre-assessment I think that during my lesson it will be important to teach the process
that mail goes through before it is delivered. It will also be important to teach about a post office
and how a post office sorts mail. We will have activities that will implement literacy, prompting
the children to write their names or write the name of the person the letter is to. Children will also
identify that a letter needs an address on it and a stamp. I think that through incorporating the
mail and literacy both interests and developmental needs can be met for the children.

Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus:

1. The post office collects and delivers letters.
2. Our letters can get to friends and family even when they live far away.
3. We put the address and names on the letters of those we are sending them to.

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 BYU-Idaho Preschool Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan #21
Lab 2
Mailing

Date: Friday, June 22, 2018

Supervisor: Madi Thomas
Lead Teacher: Lauren Smith 4th Lesson

Ideas to be Emphasized and Overall Developmental Focus:

1. The post office collects and delivers letters.
2. Our letters can get to friends and family even when they live far away.
3. We put the address and names on the letters of those we are sending them to.

Assignments:
Self-Selected-Lauren Smith
Check-in/Check-out- Shaelie
Runner-Madi
Small/Focus Groups-Everyone
Handwashing/Cubbies- Amanda/Alisha
Outdoor play- Shaelie/Amanda
Photographer-Alisha
Snack-Madi.

OPENING CIRCLE 8:20 – 8:35 a.m.

Activity Name Description Materials

Book: “Over in the The teacher will read “Over in the Meadow” “Over in the Meadow” by
Meadow” by Louise and have the children count the animals on Louise Voce IWP
Voce each page.
Movement Activity: Head, shoulders, knees, and toes, this will
Head, shoulders, provide children with the opportunity to move
knees, and toes while also singing the words.
Phonemic Say the puppet likes to eat things that have a /s/ Puppet (WR Drawer 7)
Awareness: Puppets sound. Then have the children help you feed the Foods that start with S. Foods
eat too puppet foods that start with /s/ such as salad, that don’t start with s. (WR
sandwich, strawberries, soda, spaghetti. Drawer 9)
Music Activity or Motor Boat, Motor Boat” sing and do the Ribbons (RR2 Beautiful Junk
Song or Fingerplay: movements to the song. The children will move 262)
Motor Boat fast and slow. “Motor boat, motor boat, go so
slow, motor boat motor boat go so fast, motor
boat, motor boat, run out of gas.”

Story (non-book)

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Age Appropriate The children will follow “Simon says” commands
Game: Simon Says the teacher gives. We will not trick the children
but will always say Simon says.

GATHERING TIME 8:35 – 8:50 a.m.

Activity Name Description Materials

1. Our letter! Boys and girls! Look what we have here! A Big envelope (IWP)
ITBE #2 Our mailbox!!! What do you think is inside? White paper (RR1)
letters can A letter? A letter to who? Envelopes (RR1 Orange 10)
get to Should we see? Let’s open the mailbox!
friends and (I will open the mailbox and take out a big
family even envelope)
when they Oh my goodness it is a letter. Let’s read on the
live far back of the envelope who it is addressed to.
away. It says that this letter is to the preschool! What??
ITBE #3 We This letter is to all of us!!! Should I open it and see
put the what it says?
address and Let’s open it!!!!
names on Okay I am going to read the letter- listen
the letters of carefully.
those we are Dear Preschool,
sending them My name is Angelo and I am from Italy. (Italy!
to. Where is that?? That is very far away.)
I am writing you to ask you a question. (What do
you think the question is boys and girls?)
I want to know what it is like to go to preschool?
I am 5 years old and I am scared I won’t make
any friends at preschool. I also want to know if
you play at preschool. Do you play with toys? Do
you go outside? Do you get snack? Please write
me as soon as you can. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Angelo
Boys and girls! Angelo wants us to write him a
letter and tell him about preschool. Can we do
that? Can our letter get to him all the way in
Italy? Yes it can!! Okay I need your help.
(Get out big piece of butcher paper and write a
letter with the assistance of children.)
Dear Angelo,
Okay so first he wants to know if we make friends
at preschool- do we make friends at preschool
boys and girls? YES.
We make lots of friends at preschool. Angelo
also wants to know if we play with toys? Do you
play with toys? What toys do you play with?
We play with many different toys like animals,
blocks, and cars. He wants to know if we go
outside. Do we go outside? We go outside

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 everyday. Boys and girls do we get snack too?
We can tell Angelo we get snack too. We also
get snack everyday in preschool. Good luck
Angelo and have fun!
Sincerely, Preschool
Anything else I should add boys and girls?
Okay now we need to put Angelo’s name on
the envelope and put a stamp on it.
2. Taking the Now we need to take the letter to where?
letter to the A mailbox- or a post office (where the mail is
post office. sorted and sent around the world)
ITBE #1: The Let’s find a mailbox outside.
post office Take a mini fieldtrip to a mailbox outside.
collects and Okay boys and girls before we go outside we
delivers know that we don’t go ahead of a teacher, use
letters. walking feet, and keep our hands to ourselves.
Let’s go and deliver our letter!

Transition to Self- Outside- Okay boys and girls let’s pretend to be

Selected letters and travel inside to all of the activities.

SELF-SELECTED ACTIVITIES 8:50 – 10:05 a.m.

Books:
Neighborhoods & Communities by Betsy Franco and Friends P M13
Writing Places by Pamela Chanko
You Will Be My Friend! by Peter Brown PW15
In My World by Lois Ehlert P H5
It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton C24
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell M19
Sitting in My Box by Dee Lillegard S51
A is for Africa by Onyefulu Ifeoma O3

Activity Name Description/Activity Objective Materials, Special Set-up

*Creative Art: Activity Description: Children can create their Name tags (closet)
Letters/ Post cards own post cards and letters by using the materials Envelopes (RR1 Orange 10)
(4-5) provided and writing their names on the letters. Notebook paper (RR1)
They can also write their letters to someone else Construction paper (RR1
and put their names on the envelopes. The Orange Cabinet 3)
children’s nametags will be provided so that if Scissors (2-3 pairs) (RR1
they want to write a letter to their friends they Orange 16)
can. Glitter glue (RR1 Orange 12)
Jaessa can participate in creating crafts and Glue sticks (RR1 Orange 12)
patterns in the art area. She can work on writing Stickers (RR1 Orange 14)
her name or friends’ names on the postcard she Pencils (RR1 Orange 16)
creates. Markers (RR1 Orange Cabinet
4)

Language/Literacy Activity Description: Children will write on the Whiteboards (RR1)

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Activity: White whiteboards with the dry erase markers copying Dry erase markers (office)
Boards the letters in their names provided. Tape their Laminated names (closet)
nametags on the side of the whiteboard. Tape (closet)
Manipulatives: Activity Description: Children can cut out and Paper (WR)
Cutting Paper put holes into the paper provided. The teacher Hole Punchers (RR1 Orange
will place scissors and hole punchers on the table 16)
along with different colors of paper. Scissors (RR1 Orange 16)

Math: Pipe cleaners Activity Description: Children will make patterns Pipe cleaners (RR1 Orange
and beads of colors with pipe cleaners and count how 13)
many beads are put on the pipe cleaner. Beads (RR1 White 47)

Science: Baby Oil Activity Description: Children will explore the Baby Oil
and water properties of water and oil as they combine Water Droppers (RR1 Orange
them. Put the oil in three clear bowls and then 7)
have three bowls of water dyed red, blue, and Bowls or containers (RR1)
yellow. The children can use droppers to
combine the water and oil.

Sensory Table: Activity Description: Children will scoop, pour, Water marbles (RR2 Green
Water Marbles dump and feel the texture of the water marbles. 126)
Sensory tools (RR2 Green 121)
Ocean animals (RR2 Green
123)
*Blocks: Post Office Activity Description: Children can build post Colored shape blocks (RR2
offices using blocks/cardboard boxes as well as Blue 174)
toy trucks and cars. Pictures of post offices will be Plastic cars (6) (RR2 Blue 176)
taped in the block area as well. Wooden community buildings
Cody can build in the block area and use his (RR2 Blue 181)
strength to do so. He can practice sharing the Card board (IWP)
blocks with the other children socializing with Plastic People (RR2 Blue 175)
them.
*Dramatic Play: Activity Description: Children can pretend that Cardboard boxes (IWP)
Post Office they are in a post office as they write letters, seal Mailboxes (all of them) (RR2
the envelope, and deliver them to the mailboxes Yellow 253)
throughout the classroom. They will also use Post office (RR2 Yellow 253)
cardboard boxes and tape to pretend to deliver Envelopes (RR1 Orange 10)
packages. Notebook paper (RR1)
Literacy: Paper and pencil to write letters Pencils (RR1 Orange 16)
Math: Scale to measure how heavy the Weight Scale (RR2 Red 157)
packages are.
Alternatives:
Creative Art: Description: Place paper, stamps, dot markers Pom poms (RR1)
Collage and various objects such as pom poms, googly Stamps (RR1)
eyes, tissue paper and buttons. They will create Tissue paper(RR1)
their own collage. Dot markers(RR1)
Paper
Googly eyes(RR1)
Butttons (RR1)
2nd: Frogs on a log Description: The children will work on their Frogs on a log (RR2 Red 150)
cognitive skills as they count the frogs and match

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 them according to their corresponding colors.

ROTATING SNACK 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

½ cup applesauce
3 Graham crackers
water

OUTDOOR PLAY 9:10 – 10:00 a.m. Location: South Playground

Gross Motor: Activity Description: Children can use the wagons Wagons (3) (Large shed)
Mailman and cardboard box packages and pretend to Cardboard boxes (IWP)
be mailman and deliver the packages around
the playground to their friends.

2nd: Bird search Activity Description: Children will search for Bird pictures (IWP)
pictures of birds around the playground using Binoculars (RR1 Purple 81)
binoculars.

3rd: Teeter Totter Activity Description: The children can sit on the Teeter Totter (GG)
teeter totter and rock back and forth with their
peers making sure to take turns.

CLEAN UP 10:05 – 10:15 a.m.

Clean up Song (Kindle)
Transition to Small I will play the hokey pokey song to gather the Hokey Pokey song (kindle)
Focus Groups children together in the gathering time area for and speaker (the office)
transition.
We will start to sing “Wiggle and Wiggle and
stop.” And then I will call out colored groups
when everyone is stopped. We will sing a verse in
between each colored group being called.
For example: “We wiggle and wiggle and stop.
Wiggle and wiggle and stop, wiggle and wiggle
and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle
and wiggle and stop.” Okay is everyone
stopped? “Now reds go over with Mrs. Amanda.”
“Now we hop and we hop and we stop, we hop
and we hop and we stop, we hop and we hop
and we hop and we hop and we hop and we
hop and we stop.” “Okay is everyone stopped?
Now greens go to Miss Shaelie.” Etc.

SMALL FOCUS GROUP 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Group 1: Alice, Landon, Group 2: Quincy, John Group 3: Kyler, Group 4: Olive,
Sadie, Zoey, Paxton (RED) Curtis, Mollie, Peter, Hayden, Eli, Taryn, Truman, Cody, Ella,
Jaessa (GREEN) Lakota Beckham (Yellow)
(BLUE)
Your Activity Description & Objective Materials
Mail sorting and Mail Description: Activity 1: Mail sorting at the tables. At 1) Mini packages

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delivery two tables there will be two bins- the children sort the and letters (IWP)
colored envelopes into each bin by color. Bins (RR1)
2) Never Mail an
Activity 2: Place a large box on one end and a Elephant by Mike
smaller box from another end. In the smaller bin have Thaler P B11
small packages and letters- Each child must take a Do Not Open the
letter or package and put it in the large box at one Box by Timothy
end of the room. The children take turns and wait in Young Y6
line- sort of like a relay race. Teachers can place
tape in between boxes to guide the children from
one box to the other.

Two groups at each activity and then the rotation

after 7 minutes.

CLOSING CIRCLE 10:30 – 10:40 a.m.

Transition to Closing Sing and march along to “We are the dinosaurs” Have We are the
Circle all students sit on the rug for closing circle after we dinosaurs (kindle)
“roar”.

Shake my sillies out- Sing and dance to shake your sillies out with egg shakers. Egg shakers (WR Shelf 4)

Baby shark- Sing and use hand motions to baby shark song

This Old Man Book- Read and have children find the old man- IWP

Simon says- Children will follow directions from teacher

Red light green light- Children will walk quickly when the teacher holds up green paper and the
children will stop when the teacher holds up red paper. - Colored paper (IWP)

WORDS TO SONGS & FINGERPLAYS:

Wiggle song:
“Wiggle and Wiggle and stop. Wiggle and wiggle and stop, wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and
wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and stop.”
“Now we hop and we hop and we stop, we hop and we hop and we stop, we hop and we hop
and we hop and we hop and we hop and we hop and we stop.”
“Now we spin and we spin and we stop, we spin and we spin and we stop, we spin and we spin
and we spin and we spin and we spin and we spin and we stop.”
“Now we wiggle and wiggle and we stop, we wiggle and wiggle and stop, we wiggle and
wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and wiggle and stop.”

We are the dinosaurs

“We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs
WHADDAYA THINK OF THAT?
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching

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We are the dinosaurs, we make the earth flat
We make the earth flat

We stop and eat our food, when we're in the mood

We stop and eat our food on the ground
We stop and eat our food, when we're in the mood
We stop and eat our food and then we march around

'Cause we are the dinosaurs!

And then we ROAR!”

Shake my sillies out

I’ve gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out
Shake, shake, shake my silles out
Shake, shake, shake my sillies out
And wiggle my waggles away.
I’ve gotta clap, clap, clap by crazies out
Clap, clap, clap, my crazies out.
Clap, clap, clap my crazies out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta jump, jump, jump my jiggles out
Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out
Jump, jump, jump my jiggles out
And wiggle my waggles away
I’ve gotta yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out
Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out
Yawn, yawn, yawn my sleepies out
And wiggle my waggles away. ‘’

Baby shark

Baby Shark do-do-do-do-do

Baby Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Baby Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Baby Shark!

Mama Shark do-do-do-do-do-do

Mama Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Mama Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Mama Shark!

Daddy Shark do-do-do-do-do-do

Daddy Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Daddy Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Daddy Shark!

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Grandma Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Grandma Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Grandma Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Grandma Shark!

Grandpa Shark do-do-do-do-do-do

Grandpa Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Grandpa Shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Grandpa Shark!

(swimming motion)
People Swimming do-do-do-do-do-do
People Swimming do-do-do-do-do-do
People Swimming do-do-do-do-do-do
People swimming!

(make a shark fin with your hands together above your head)
Saw a shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Saw a shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Saw a shark do-do-do-do-do-do
Saw a shark!

(Faster swimming motion)

Swimming Faster do-do-do-do-do-do
Swimming Faster do-do-do-do-do-do
Swimming Faster do-do-do-do-do-do
Swimming Faster!

(Both hands up, swinging frantically)

Shark Attack do-do-do-do-do-do
Shark Attack do-do-do-do-do-do
Shark Attack do-do-do-do-do-do
Shark Attack!

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RESOURCES:

https://www.preschool-plan-it.com/post-office.html

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