TK Lesson Plans: Fall Week 10- Letter H, Number 8, Rhyme, Counting, Scarecrows

Need some help with TK or K lesson plans? This packet is for TK, WEEK TEN of the first trimester. This week, we are studying the letter H, the number 8, rhyming words, counting skills, and sorting. We've also included some great crafts for fall, such as a scarecrow, a crow, and fall leaves! We are also learning the sight word "to." In short, you'll find everything you need to teach TK for a whole week for both language arts and math. Check out more from this week on Heidi's blog!

• 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.

This week focuses on:

• Letter H
• Number 8
• Sight word "to"
• Alphabet fluency chart for letters A-H
• Number fluency chart: 0-8
• Shape fluency chart: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval
• Counting Creatures for number 8
• Sight Word fluency chart
• Number Writing from Memory Worksheet
• Rhyming Words worksheet

Hands-on activities include:

• Scarecrow Art Project
• Sort by color, shape, and size
• Match Sets 0-10 cut & glue activity
• Crow Art Project
• Dot Marker for the word "to"
• Make a Sentence activity
• Watercolor: fall leaves
• Number Hunt activity

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.

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