K3 Extended Lesson Overview
(Downloadable PDF: K3ExpandedLessonOverviews)
AUGUST
Theme: Doorways to My World
Alphabet: review ........ Colors: review
Numeral: 1 ........ Shape: Circle
Week 1: Review alphabet & numerals
Week 2: Welcome and My School
Week 3: My School
Week 4: Safety – car & traffic
Week 5: Safety – fire & stranger
SEPTEMBER
Theme: Doorways to My World
Colors: green,
red, yellow
Numeral: 2 Shape: triangle
Week 1: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Week 2: Me- Myself
Week 3: Five Senses
Week 4: My Family
OCTOBER
Theme: Down Autumn Trails
Shape: rectangle Numeral: 3
Colors: green,
red, yellow
Week 1: “Hickory, Dickory, Dock”
Week 2: My Pets and “Tiny Little Mouse”
Week 3: Bucketsful of Leaves
Week 4: Harvest Adventures
NOVEMBER
Theme: From Long Ago
Color: brown
Numerals: 4 & 5 ........ Shape: square
Week 1: Animal tracks & “Goldilocks”
Week 2: Moccasin Footprints
Week 3: Mayflower Travelers
Week4: Thanksgiving
DECEMBER
Theme: Through Winter Wonderlands
Color: Yellow
Numeral: 5 ........ Shape: star
Week 1 & 2: White Christmas
Week 3: Christmas Manger
Week 4 & 5: Fun play
JANUARY
Theme: Whispers of Winter
Letters: A,B,C,D ........ Color: White
Numerals: 1&2 ........ Shape: Oval
Week 1: God’s Winter Season
Week 2: Winter clothes
Week 3: Wintertime and Animals
Week 4: Workers in our Community
FEBRUARY
Theme: Our Community
Letters: E,F,G,H ....... Color: Red
Numerals: 3&4 ........ Shape: Heart
1st week: Workers in our community
2nd week: Wheels in our community
3rd week: Wheels in our community
4th week: Our mail carrier
MARCH
Theme: Our Country & Gateways to Spring
Letters: I,J,K,L,M ....... Color: Yellow
Numerals: 5&6 Shape: Diamond
1st week: Our Country
2nd week: God’s Weather Makers
3rd & 4th week: Open Up for Spring
5th week: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
APRIL
Theme: Through the Barnyard Gate
Letters: N,O,P,Q ....... Color: Pink
Numerals: 7 & 8
Shapes: review all
1st week: Seeds
2nd week: The Little Red Hen
3rd week: Old MacDonald
4th week: The Three Little Pigs
MAY
Theme: Highways to Summer
Letters: R-Z ........ Color: Green
Numerals: 9&10
Shapes: review all
1st week: Baskets of fruit
2nd week: Spiders and such
3rd week: The Zoo
4th week: The Zoo
JUNE
Theme: Summer Fun
Letters, Numerals & Shapes: review
Color: Blue
1st week: Summer Fun
2nd & 3rdweek: The Beach
4th & 5th week: Ocean Life- Animals
JULY
Theme: Summer Fun
Review: Letters, Numerals, Shapes, and Colors
1st week: Desert life – Animals
2nd week: Desert life – Plants
3rd week: Pyramids
4th week: “Fun Play”