Lesson plans are presented using the EXCEL model
E - ENGAGE (Welcome to Class)
X - EXPLORE (Mini Lesson Over New or Previous Concepts)
C - COMMUNICATE (Goals/Objectives for New Learning)
E - EMPOWER (Guided/Group/Independent Practice)
L - LAUNCH (A Positive Send Off for the Day)
Week of January 13, 2020
Engage-Meet and welcome children at the door
Explore-Review previous day’s learning and/or last week’s lessons/tell me something good
Communicate – Language Arts-Recognizing, printing and learning the sound of the letter ‘Zz’, identifying letters/sounds (Ll, Oo, Gg, Hh, Tt, Pp, Aa, Nn, Mm, Ii, Ff, Rr, Kk, Bb, Uu, Zz), writing sentences, and sounding out CVC words Sight Words-I, like, see, can, a, the, we, me, my, go, to, have, is, play, are, for, you, this New Sight Words-do, and, what, little, said, here, was, he, she Math-Counting to 100 every day, calender routines, identifying and writing numbers 0-10, ordering numbers, and adding numbers Science-Weather Social Studies-Martin Luther King, Jr. Rotation-M-Music, T-PE, W-Music, TH-Art, F-PE
Empower-Work independently, with partners, and in small groups
Launch-Meet before dismissing, gather on the rug and review what we’ve learned today. Share something good that has happened throughout the day. End the day on a postitve note.
