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Kindergarten Lesson Plans

21 kindergarten lesson plans, covering temperature, antonyms, seasons, plus 8 more topics. How teachers use these

Kindergarten Lesson Plans

21 kindergarten lesson plans, covering temperature, antonyms, seasons, plus 8 more topics. How teachers use these

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Lesson PlanKindergartenBlank Lesson Plan

Using this Blank Lesson Plan template, you will be able to plan your lessons for the entire week for six different subjects.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenMonthly Lesson Plan Template

Using ourMonthly Lesson Plan Template is simple. Place the month in the provided space, and start jotting down your plans for the month!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenTemperature Lesson Plan

Our Temperature Lesson Plan comes with two Thermometer Activities and seven Thermometer Worksheets. We have book recommendations

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Lesson PlanKindergartenUnit Lesson Plan Template

With our Unit Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your lessons across a specific unit. First, you will pick the theme of your unit.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenSeasons Lesson Plan

With our Seasons Lesson Plan, you get two Seasons Activities, ten Seasons Worksheets, and four Seasons Flash Card Sets that help you to successfully

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Lesson PlanKindergartenBehavior Intervention Lesson Plan Template

Put aBehavior Intervention Lesson Plan Template in the take-home folder of students that struggle with behavior. Simply mark whether they've had a

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Lesson PlanKindergartenOpposites Lesson Plan

Materials available in this Opposites Lesson Plan include Opposites Flash Cards, and Opposites Worksheets. You will also find Antonyms Worksheets,

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Lesson PlanKindergartenShort Vowel A Lesson Plan

This Short Vowel A Lesson Plan includes an entire lesson that teaches all about the short vowel a. This lesson plan will make your job easy!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenPatterns Lesson Plan

This Patterns Lesson Plan contains various materials for you to successfully teach patterns while cutting your planning time down so that you can enjoy more

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Lesson PlanKindergartenPlace Value Lesson Plan

This Place Value Lesson Plan contains various materials for you to successfully teach Place Value while cutting your planning time down so that you can

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Unit Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Unit Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your monthly lessons across a specific unit. First, you will pick the theme of your unit.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenSingle Lesson Plan Template

Using this Single Lesson Plan Template, you will be able to plan lessons that best meet your students and have all of the information you need in one place!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Standards Lesson Plan Template

Using this Common Core Standards Lesson Plan Template, teachers will be able to keep track of your lesson plans and the state standards that you are using.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenHuman Body Lesson Plan

This Human Body Lesson Plan contains various materials for you to successfully teach the human body while cutting your planning time down.

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Lesson PlanKindergarten5 Subject Lesson Plan Template

Using this 5 Subject Lesson Plan Template, teachers will be able to keep track of your lesson plans for five subjects that they prepare to teach.

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Lesson PlanKindergartenESOL Strategies Lesson Plan Template

Using this ESOL Strategies Lesson Plan Template, you will be able to plan lessons that best meet your ESL students and have all of the information you need in one place!

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Daily Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Daily Lesson Plan Template, you will develop an Objective based on a Common Core Standard. Next, you will use the subject column

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your weekly lessons across multiple subjects. First, you will date your Lesson Plan and label

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Lesson PlanKindergartenCommon Core Monthly Lesson Plan Template

With our Common Core Monthly Lesson Plan Template, you can develop your monthly lessons across multiple subjects. First, you will date your Lesson Plan and

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Lesson PlanKindergartenSilent Vowel E Lesson Plan

This Silent Vowel E Lesson Plan includes an entire lesson that teaches all about the short vowel a. This lesson plan will make your job easy!

From our teachers' playbook

Letters, numbers and a whole lot of wonder

What do kids learn in kindergarten?

Kindergarten builds the foundation for everything that follows. Kids learn every letter name and sound, hear rhymes and syllables, and blend sounds into short words like m-o-p → mop. They read their first sight words, retell stories and start writing labels and simple sentences. In math they count to 100 by ones and tens, count groups of objects, write numbers to 20, see that 14 is 10 + 4, add and subtract within 10, and name flat and solid shapes. Science and social studies bring weather, pushes and pulls, plants and animals, families and community helpers. The click is when a kindergartner sounds out a word on a sign and reads it all by themselves.

Our favorite ways to teach kindergarten

Kindergartners learn by singing, moving and doing. These moves hit all three.

Sing your ABCs and 123s

Start the day with an alphabet song and end it with a counting song. Songs give kids letter names, sounds and number order without any pressure. You'll hear them singing in the hallway, and that's the point.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Hands on, every day

Give kids letters to sort, counters to group and blocks to build with. Matching uppercase to lowercase letters with real cards beats a page of tracing. Little hands help little brains remember.

Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.

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The daily routine

A short calendar routine every morning covers counting, numbers, days of the week and weather in just a few minutes. Doing it every day, all year, makes those skills rock solid.

Why it works: short practice spread over several days beats one long session, according to a large review of learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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What's on this page

Teacher favorites right now: Blank Lesson Plan, Monthly Lesson Plan Template and Temperature Lesson Plan.

Kindergarten: your questions

What should a child know by the end of kindergarten?

Most kindergartners know all letter names and sounds, read simple words and some sight words, write their name and simple sentences, count to 100, and add and subtract within 10. Every child grows at their own pace.

How can I help my child get ready for kindergarten?

Read together every day, sing the alphabet, count things around the house and practice writing their name. Building independence, like zipping a coat and opening a lunch box, helps too.

How many sight words should a kindergartner know?

Many programs aim for roughly 25 to 50 sight words by the end of kindergarten. Practicing a few at a time and reading them in books works best.

Is kindergarten all play?

Kindergarten mixes play with real learning. Centers, songs and games are how young kids build reading, writing and math skills.