3/4 Schedule: Black History Inventors Week

Week of February 24-28
Letter of the Week:  Xx

Monday:
Circle Time: Check the refrigerator and get the eggs.  What does it mean for everyone to be equal?  Fredrick Jones, inventor of the automatic refrigeration system & Willis Johnson, inventor of the improved mechanical egg beater.
Literature: What Color is My World? By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Art:  Paper Mache Pulp/ Paper
Math: Patterns
Letter work: Q-tip x-ray
Sensory: Light Box with shapes, scrambled paper water
Movement/Game: X Race

Tuesday:
Circle Time: Stop & GO! Garrett A. Morgan, inventor of the T traffic signal
Literature: Inspiring African-American Inventors: 9 Extraordinary Lives By Jeff C. Young
Art:  Stop light bookmark
Math: X out the different
Letter work: X Coloring Sheet
Sensory: Light Box with shapes
Movement/Game: Red Light, Green Light

Wednesday:
Circle Time: Hot Potatoes. George Washington Carver, inventor of uses for peanuts, soy beans & sweet potatoes.
Literature: Inspiring African-American Inventors: 9 Extraordinary Lives By Jeff C. Young
Art:  Potato stamps
Math: Potatoes in a sack
Letter work:  "X"ylophone
Sensory: Music time with Xylophone
Movement/Game: Hot Potato

Thursday:
Circle Time: Tee Time! Golf with Gearge Grant, inventor the golf tee.
Literature: What Color is My World? By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Art: Golf Ball Paint Tracks
Math: More or less, which bucket has more tees
Letter work:  Pirate X marks the spot
Sensory: Treasure map
Movement/Game: Golf ball balance

Friday: 
Circle Time: Yum, The Potato Chip! George “Speck”Crum, inventor of the chip!
Literature: My Mom Has X-ray Vision By Angela McAllister
Art: Potato Head
Math: X out the different
Letter work: Handprint X-Ray Fish
Sensory: Play-Doh chips
Movement/Game: Red Light, Green Light

Music of the Week:
X-ray Technician Song (Tune: Hokey Pokey)
I put the film in,
I take the film out, I put the film in
And I turn you all about.
I am a technician
And I take the X-rays out.
That's what it's all about.

I take an x-ray one,
I take an x-ray two,
I take an x-ray three
To show what's inside of you.
I am a technician
And I take the X-rays out.
That's what it's all about.

Peanut Butter

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

First you take the peanut and you crack 'em, you crack 'em (imitate cracking peanuts)

Then you take the peanut and you mash 'em, you mash 'em (imitate mashing peanuts)

Next you take the peanut and you spread it, you spread it. (imitate spreading peanut butter)

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")
Then you take the grapes and you squish 'em, you squish 'em (imitate squishing)

And then you take the jelly and you spread it, you spread it. (imitate spreading)

Peanut, peanut butter,  (Whisper  "Jelly")
Then you put the bread together and you cut it, you cut it. (imitate cutting).