2/3 Class Schedule (3/31-4/4): Plants (cont'd)

Theme: Plants

Monday:

• Circle Time: How do Plants Grow Overview
• Literature: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
• Art: Fingerprinting Trees
• Math: Carrot Picking Number Activity

Tuesday:

• Circle Time: Reviewing the Different Types of Seeds
• Literature: This Is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer
• Art: Making Sunflowers
• Math: Carrot Picking Number Activity

Wednesday:

• Circle Time: What Kind of Plants do You See?
• Literature: What Lives in the Garden? by John Woodward
• Art: Stamping Flowers
• Math: Rolling Dice and Collecting Seeds

Thursday:

• Circle Time: How do Plants Grow Overview
• Literature: Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
• Art: Picket Fence Art
• Math: Rolling Dice and Collecting Seeds

Friday:

• Circle Time: How do Plants Grow Overview
• Literature: Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
• Art: Vegetable Garden Art
• Math: How Many Petals Dropped? Math Game

This Week:

•  Letter: Going Over the Alphabet
• Fine Motor: Pinching Seeds
• Game/Movement: Dancing Flowers Game

Music:

• Plants

Sung to: "The Farmer In The Dell"

The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me

• Parts of the Plant

Sung to: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow and grow and grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots store food and water too.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem brings water to the leaves.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The sun helps the plant to grow and grow and grow.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
Inside the fruit are little, tiny seeds.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.