Free pre-K lesson plan · Unit 5: Animals
Pre-K 4, week 20: review and show me
This is a review week with no new letter. Your learner plays games that bring back the letters k, e and u, sorting, patterns, and where animals live. Use the parent notes page to see what to practice next.
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5-minute parent prep
- Write a big K, a big E and a big U on three sheets of paper.
- Gather toy animals or animal pictures, and 6 spoons and 6 cups.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, toy animals or animal pictures, 6 spoons, 6 cups. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Letters review | Letter match page, Letter hop card |
| Tuesday | Math review | Finish the pattern page, Pattern train card |
| Wednesday | Explore | Animal homes page, Animal sort card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Draw an animal home page, Animal parade card |
| Friday | Story and review | Song of the week, Parent notes page |
| Every day | Read, sing, play | Read a picture book together, sing the song of the week, play outside and check in on feelings with the free feelings cards. |
Printable pages
Letter match
Say: "Find the k pictures, the e pictures and the u picture." Your learner colors the k pictures in one color, the e pictures in another and the u picture in a third.
Finish the pattern
Say: "Sun, moon, moon. Sun, moon, moon. What comes next?" Your learner says each pattern out loud, then draws or tells what goes in each box with a question mark.
Animal homes
Say: "Where does each animal live? Draw a line to its home." Your learner draws a line from each animal in the top row to its home in the bottom row.
Draw an animal home
Say: "Draw an animal and its home. Who lives there?" Your learner draws an animal and where it lives in the frame, then tells you about it.
Activity cards
Letter hop
- Put the 3 sheets on the floor.
- Say a sound or a letter name.
- Your learner hops onto the matching sheet.
Easier: Use 2 sheets.
Next step: Say the sounds of a short word, like p, e, t. Your learner says the word.
Say this: "Hop to the letter that says u."
No supplies: Point to the letter in the air instead of hopping.
Literacy: print and alphabet knowledge
Pattern train
- Make a pattern train on the table: spoon, cup, spoon, cup.
- Your learner adds the next car to the train.
- Try a new pattern: spoon, cup, cup.
Easier: Use an AB pattern only.
Next step: Your learner makes a pattern for you to finish.
Say this: "Spoon, cup, cup. Spoon, cup, cup. What's next?"
No supplies: Make a pattern with claps and pats.
Math: patterns
Animal sort
- Spread out the animals.
- Your learner sorts them by where they live: farm, water, tree or ground.
- Sort them again a new way: big and small.
Easier: Sort into 2 groups: water and land.
Next step: Ask "Which group has the most?"
Say this: "The duck can go with water. Why?"
No supplies: Name animals and sort them by talking.
Science: where animals live
Animal parade
- Move like animals in a pattern: hop like a frog, stomp like an elephant.
- Keep the pattern going: hop, stomp, hop, stomp.
- Your learner leads a new animal pattern.
Easier: Do one animal at a time.
Next step: Try a three-step pattern: hop, stomp, stomp.
Say this: "Hop, stomp, hop, stomp. Who comes next?"
No supplies: Needs nothing but space.
Physical: gross motor
Song of the week: Animal homes
K and e and u I say,
Sort and pattern every day.
Fish in water, birds in trees,
Worms in the ground and gentle, please.
Actions: Swim, flap and wiggle as you name each animal. Try next: Add a line for a farm animal.
Parent notes for Friday
Not a test. Notice what your learner does this week, and practice the rest later. Nothing here is sent to UpOnly Learning.
- Matches k, e and u words to their letter
- Sorts things into groups and tells why
- Finishes an AB or ABB pattern
- Tells where 3 animals live
Want the bigger picture? Use the free kindergarten readiness checklist.
Safety for this week
- Use objects too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close during any counting with real objects.
- Child-size scissors only, with an adult watching. Hand scissors over handle first.
- Choose crayons, markers and paint labeled for young learners (look for the AP seal).
- Adults handle anything hot or sharp.
Questions parents ask
By the end of this unit many students can say the k, e and u sounds, sort things into groups and say why, and continue an AB pattern. Many can also tell where a few animals live. Use the parent notes page to see what to practice next.
An ABB pattern repeats one thing, then another thing twice: sun, moon, moon, sun, moon, moon. It is a step up from AB patterns. Say it out loud together, clap it, then build it with spoons and cups so your student can hear, move and see the pattern.
Repeat any week as many times as you like. There is no test and no deadline. Use the parent notes page to pick one or two things to practice, and move on when your student seems comfortable. Unit 6 brings plants, food and measuring.
Paper, crayons, toy animals or animal pictures, 6 spoons and 6 cups. Every activity also has a no-supplies swap, such as making patterns with claps and pats, so you can start this review week with what you already have at home.
Related pages
- Free Pre-K curriculum for 4 year olds, week by week
- Child development guide: preschoolers, 3 to 5
- Free kindergarten reading practice and kindergarten math practice for when your learner is ready for more
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