Sunday, November 27, 2011

Arctic/Polar Animals


This week we will begin our December themes, starting off with arctic and/or polar animals!


Monday: Polar Bear
·         Letter D
·         Math: polar bear tangram
·         Science: polar bear fact book
·         Art: cotton ball polar bear

Tuesday: reindeer
·         Letter D
·         Math: Antler Counting
·         Science: arctic habitat
·         Art: hand and footprint reindeer

Wednesday: Narwhal Dolphin
·         Letter D
·         Math: one-to-one correspondence/adding with blue pom-poms
·         Science: floating and sinking exploration
·         Art: narwhal dolphin art project

Thursday: Snowy Owl
·         Letter D
·         Math: shapes-counting sides and writing number
·         Science: nocturnal animal discussion
·         Art: textured snowy owl

Friday: Arctic Fox
·         Letter D
·         Math: fox pattern blocks
·         Science: where do arctic foxes sleep?
·         Art: bushy tail arctic fox project

Monday, November 21, 2011

Thanksgiving and Turkeys

This week, our activities will be focusing on Thanksgiving and turkeys.  We are also reviewing letters this week. Our Thanksgiving Luncheon is on Wednesday! Much of our time this week will be spent preparing for this, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Our Schedule:

Monday:
·         Letter L
·         Art: Table Topper Turkey/turkey place setting
·         Math: turkey counting- 10 frames
·         Science: labeling part of a turkey

Tuesday:
·         Letter W
·         Art: turkey place setting/ turkey art project
·         Math: feather counting/number ordering
·         Science: cooking

Wednesday: Thanksgiving Luncheon
·         Letter N
·         Science: cooking

Thursday: No School- Thanksgiving

Friday: No School

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition

Monday: Fruits
·         Literacy: Letter N- Nice
·         Art: Banana Hands
·         Math: 7 Fruits Activity
·         Science: Floating Raisins

Tuesday: Vegetables
·         Literacy: Letter N- Name
·         Art: Corn Art
·         Math: Favorite Vegetable Vertical Graph
·         Science: Food Pyramid Sort

Wednesday:  Grains
·         Literacy: Letter N- Noodles
·         Art: Noodle Necklace/ Noodle Gluing
·         Math: Popcorn Estimation and Counting
·         Science: Making Bread

Thursday: Dairy
·         Literacy: Letter N- Nine (9)
·         Art: Food Collage
·         Math: Favorite Cheese Horizontal Graph
·         Science: Cheese Tasting and Discussion (Observations)

Friday: Meat and Beans
·         Literacy: Letter N- Numbers
·         Art: Bean Turkeys
·         Math: Bean Counting- Ms. Lindsay’s Class (One to One Correspondence) Ms. Salouma’s Class (Counting, Addition, and Gluing)
·         Science: Dry verses Soaked Bean


Also, don’t forget to sign up for all the upcoming activities at school! Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Weather


Our theme for the week is weather!
Also, school pictures are this week Monday November 7 and Thursday November 10.
Monday: Rain & Snow
·         Art: Raindrop painting
·         Letter W: Weather
·         Science: Making rain
·         Math: Snowflake/raindrop Math

Tuesday: Clouds
·         Art:  Cotton ball clouds
·         Letter W: Water
·         Science: Types of clouds
·         Math: cloud counting

Wednesday: Wind
·         Art: Wind Sock
·         Letter W: White
·         Science: Wind Experiment- Predictions

Thursday: Sun
·         Art: Sun Masks
·         Letter W: Wiggle/ Wear
·         Science: The Effects of Sun
·         Math: Sun Math

Friday: No School! Veteran’s Day

Have a wonderful week!