3/4 Class Schedule: Deserts

May 12-16

Monday:

Circle Time: What is a desert & where are they located?

Literature: Desert by Sean Callery

Art: Sand Art

Math: Pattern bugs

Sensory:  Sand writing

Movement/Game: Camel Race

Tuesday: 

Circle Time: What is the weather like & what plants are in the desert?

Literature: Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson

Art: Spaghetti Cactus

Math: Number Coloring Page

Sensory: Hot & Cold dress up

Movement/Game: Hot & Cold game/ Camel Race

Wednesday: 

Circle Time: What animals live there?

Literature: Baby Animals of the Desert by Carmen Bredenson

Art:  Paper Snake

Math: Dot-to-dot Camel

Sensory: Animal match-up

Movement/Game: Snake Race/ Hot & Cold game

Thursday:

Circle Time: What would it be live if we lived in the desert?

Literature: Desert December by Dorian Haarhoff

Art: Adobe house

Math: Desert Survival chart (Twos thing you need to live) 

Sensory: Making Water

Movement/Game: Prickly Cactus/ Snake Race

Friday: 
Circle Time: Why is the desert important?
Literature: Armadillo Ray by John Beifuss

Art: Desert Jackrabbit ears

Math: Dot-to-dot Camel

Sensory: Play-doh Cactus

Movement/Game: Prickly Cactus (Hot Potato)

Writing Skills: Finishing the Alphabet/ “I have…”  Numbers writing

Music of the Week:

I'm a Cactus (Sung to: Clementine)
I'm a Cactus, I'm a Cactus 
In the desert, oh so dry. 
I am prickly 
So don't touch me 
As you come a-walking by.

The Animals In The Desert (Sung to: The Wheels On The Bus)

The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, hops like this, hops like this
The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, all night long

The coyote in the desert howls Awwww, Awww, Awww
The coyote in the desert howls Awww, all night long

The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, all night long

The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, fast like this, fast like this
The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, all night long!