TK Lesson Plans- Fall - BUNDLE Weeks 1-12- Basic Skills, Crafts, Activities

This is a lesson plan bundle for TK or K, WEEKS 1-12! That's right, the first 12 weeks of school for the first trimester. Worksheets and activities include practice with letter recognition and letter writing, rhyming, sight words, beginning sounds, counting, number writing, patterning, scissor practice, and a craft for every single day! Here you will find everything you need for 12 weeks of school for TK for Math and Language Arts plus arts and crafts.

• These lesson plans could also work well for Kindergarten if you work at a lower-performing school, with a few modifications depending on what is expected in your location. Heidi's district required TK students to learn sight words, write the alphabet and even simple sentences, write the numbers, and do simple addition. Therefore, these are high expectations for Transitional Kindergartners!

• This product would also be great for printable sub-plans or independent study packets.

• This packet was originally created for transitional kindergartners who were four years old when school started in August but turned five by December 2. So, keep that in mind when planning for your own students!

• NOTE: This product was originally designed for Distance Learning, so there are some instructions for parents on some items. This should not affect the use of these lesson plans for in-person learning. Heidi used these lesson plans successfully for in-person, remote instruction, and simultaneous concurrent instruction.

Week 1 & 2: Basic concepts overview, letters A - Z overview, Numbers 0-10 overview, Back to School theme activities & crafts

Week 3: Number 1, Letter A, Sight Word "the"

Week 4: Number 2, Letter B, Sight Word "I"

Week 5: Number 3, Letter C, Sight Word "see" (Apples/Fruit theme)

Week 6: Number 4, Letter D, Sight Word "is"

Week 7: Number 5, Letter E, Sight Word "go"

Week 8: Number 6, Letter F, Sight Word "like" (Halloween theme)

Week 9: Number 7, Letter G, Sight Word "my" (Halloween theme)

Week 10: Number 8, Letter H, Sight Word "to" (Fall theme)

Week 11: Number 9, Letter I, Sight Word "can" (Fall/Thanksgiving theme)

Week 12: Number 10, Letter J, Sight Word "you" (Fall/Thanksgiving theme)

Directions & some templates for all art projects are included, along with photos of each completed project. 

Please note that in addition to the activities included, it is assumed that the teacher would be reviewing basic concepts DAILY (or several times per week), including the letters, sounds, numbers, words, etc. Some of the most valuable resources I use daily are our Letter of the Week via Google Slides, Number of the Day via Google Slides, and our Sight Word of the Day via Google Slides.

We also have hard copy versions here: Letter of the Week, Number of the Day/Week, Shape of the Week.

In my (Heidi’s) experiences, children in TK generally need much more time to learn and even more developmentally appropriate, hands-on activities than are necessary for most children in Kindergarten. Check out our HeidiSongs internet video site for more videos and songs to help kids learn their letters, shapes, numbers, and more, and follow along with the Monthly Kindergarten Pacing Guide collections. However, a subscription to our internet video streaming site is not included.

I highly recommend that buyers take a look at my Parent Guide Posters that explain how to teach a child to hold a pencil, use scissors, glue, glue stick, write names, etc. They are fully editable so that you can change the language used to cue children with your own directions. These are NOT INCLUDED in this packet because they would have driven the price up dramatically, and not everyone may want to use both those posters and these lesson plans. However, I will be sending them home with my students along with this packet.

Click here for our TK Weekly Learning Packet: Fall - Weeks 1-12 Bundle

Click here for our TK Weekly Learning Packet: Winter - Weeks 1-12 Bundle

Click here for our TK Weekly Learning Packet: Spring - Weeks 1-12 Bundle

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