3/4 Class Schedule: Happy New Year!/Winter Celebration

Monday

Circle Time: When does a new year start?

Art: New Year Celebration Hat

Math: Counting Backwards (10-1)

Storytelling: The Lion and the Mouse 

            Meet the Characters

Tuesday

Circle Time: How do we celebrate a new year?

Art: Fireworks (Painting with Straws)

Math: Counting Backwards (10-1)

Storytelling: The Lion and the Mouse 

            Meet the Puppet Characters

            Story Sequence

Wednesday

Circle Time: How do we celebrate a new year?

Art: Noise Makers

Math: Counting Backwards (10-1)

Storytelling: The Lion and the Mouse 

            Puppet Show Practice

            Story Sequence

            Drawing nets over a lion

Thursday

Circle Time: What is winter?

Art: Snowflake Popsicle Sticks

Math: Counting Snowflakes

Storytelling: The Lion and the Mouse

            Making Storytelling Headbands 

            Acting out the story

Friday

Circle Time: What do animals do in winter?

Art: Snowflake Ornaments

Math: Counting Backwards (10-1)

Storytelling: The Lion and the Mouse             

           Making Storytelling Headbands

           Acting out the story

All Week:
Alphabet: Letter Qu (Alphabet Quilt)
Handwriting: Letters with lines

Songs:

HAPPY NEW YEAR
Tune:  “Happy Birthday”

Happy New Year to you.
May all your wishes come true.
Happy New Year my friend.
Happy New Year to you.
                   -Jean Warren

THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS
Tune:  “The Wheels On The Bus”

Oh, the people on the bus wear party hats,
Party hats, party hats.   (Children place hands together in a point over their heads)
Oh, the people on the bus wear party hats,
All through the town.

Oh, the people on the bus are blowing horns,
Blowing horns, blowing horns.  (Children place fist over their mouth)
Oh the people on the bus are blowing horns,
All through the town.

Oh, the people on the bus say, “Happy New Year”,
“Happy New Year”,  “Happy New Year”.
Oh, the people on the bus say, “Happy New Year”,
All through the town.
                      -Adapted Traditional