4/5 class Apples

Week of Sept. 29-3
Theme: Apples


Monday
Literacy: Lowercase d,  The Most Important thing...
Music & Movement: Apples & Bananas
Math: Sequences of leaves & apples
Science/Art: Parts of an apple
Book: Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Wallace

Tuesday
Literacy: letter d    A dog can..
Music & Movement: Yummy apples (Tune: b-i-n-g-o)
Math: Apple Centers (sequence, sorting, weighing, measurements, pattern, counting, etc.)
Science/Art: From seed to core
Book: Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum

Wednesday
Literacy: Lowercase d    I dreamed about a....
Music & Movement: Falling apples (Tune: London bridges falling down)
Math: Apple Centers (sequence, sorting, weighing, measurements, pattern, counting, etc.)
Science/Art: Apple Tree Seasons
Book: Apple Picking Time by Michele Benoit Slawson

Thursday
Literacy:  letter d   One day...
Music & Movement: Apples & Bananas
Math: Apple Centers (sequence, sorting, weighing, measurements, pattern, counting, etc.)
Science/Art: Apple Pie
Book: Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie by Herman Parish

Friday
Literacy:  letter d   I like to dig for....
Music & Movement: Yummy Apples (Tune: b-i-n-g-o)
Math: Apple Centers (sequence, sorting, weighing, measurements, pattern, counting, etc.)
Science: Apple Sauce
Art: Apple print painting
Book: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

Enrichment Schedule: 10/6-10/10

Science

4  Elements-Water-bilities!

Monday: Condensation & evaporation

• Review of last experiment. Discussion: what do we know about water?
• 3 forms of matter (gas, liquid & solid)
• Prediction/Observation: Water can be all three! How?
• Experiment: Making a cup sweat! What happens when we put ice into a cup?

Wednesday:

• Review of our water needs & knowledge
• 3 forms of matter (gas, liquid & solid) video
• Review condensation experiment: making a cup sweat!
• Water cycle Demo
• Evaporation experiment

Enrichment Schedule: 9/29-10/3

Science

4  Elements-Water-bilities!

Monday: Can Water move uphill? Erosion and Water Bonds

• Review of Sink or float & Buoyance.
• Dirt pit play, build out own city
• Prediction/Observation: What will happen if we pour water over our cities? Why does the water move down?
• Experiment: If we don’t want our city to be ruined by water, how can we channel the water? 

Wednesday: 

• Review of experiment
• We know water moves down, how can we make water move up? 
• Experiment: How can we make water move up with sugar cubes? Or a pipe-cleaner? Or paper towel?

3/4 Class Schedule: Autumn & Apples

Oct 6- 10

Monday:

Start of autumn

Fine Motor: Magnifying Leaves

Literacy: Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson

Art: Leave Rubbing

Movement: Parachute Song

Tuesday:

What is Fall?

Fine Motor: Magnifying Leaves

Literacy: Autumn Harvest by Alvin Tresselt  

Art: Leaf People

Movement: Parachute Song

Wednesday:

Apples

Fine Motor: Apple Puzzle

Literacy: Apples, Apples, Everywhere! By Robin Koontz

Art: Hand Apple Tree

Movement:  Partner Row, Row, Row your boat

Thursday:

Pumpkins

Fine Motor: Play-Doh animals

Literacy: It’s Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall

Art: Decorate Pumpkins

Movement: Partner Row, Row, Row your boat

Friday:

SCHOOL CLOSED

Field Trip to Dr. Maze’s Farm

Pre-Writing Skills: Paint Bag Writing, Letter Writing

Sensory: Outdoor observation of leaves

Math: Counting Fall Objects

Songs: 

The Leaves on the Tree (Tune: Wheels on the Bus)

The leaves on the tree come falling down,

Falling down, falling down.

The leaves on the tree come falling down,

We all fall down.

3/4 Class Schedule: Feelings

Sept 29- Oct 3

Monday:

Happy

Fine Motor: Paper Cutting & gluing

Literacy: The Happy Hippopotami by Bill Martin Jr

Art: Smile/ Silly Faces

Movement: Fast VS Slow music dance

Tuesday:

Excited

Fine Motor: Paper Cutting & gluing

Literacy: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Art: Color Self

Movement: Fast VS Slow music dance

Wednesday:

Sad

Fine Motor: Felt Board Faces

Literacy: Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book about Feelings by Ed Emberley and Anne Miranda

Art: Monster Puppets

Movement: I Spy with my Eye

Thursday:

Angry

Fine Motor: Felt Board Faces

Literacy: When Sophie get Angry by Molly Bang

Art: Shape expression

Movement: I Spy with my Eye

Friday:                                                          

Proud

Fine Motor: Yarn Weaving

Literacy: The Way I Feel by Jana Cain

Art: Proud Because Poster

Movement:  Parachute

Pre-Writing Skills: Paint Bag Writing, Letter Writing, Magazine faces cut & paste

Sensory: Play-doh faces, Shape faces

Math: 100 Days of School

Songs: 

If You’re Happy & You Know It
Variations:
Angry: Stomp your feet
Sad: Say boo boo
Tired: Start to sleep

All about my Body / letter C

All About Me  Our Bodies and the letter c


Monday
Literacy:  review b and introduce c.  Word of the day: can  I can..
Math: measurement   Measuring with our feet  and graphing
Art: body tracing and painting
Music: One Fine Face/ Freeze Dance
Science: Bones


Tuesday
Literacy: letter c word of the day is cat.  A fat cat.....
Math: measuring with our hands and comparing
Art: continue body tracing and painting
Music: Hokey Pokey
Science: brain, heart and lungs, skin

Wednesday
Literacy:  letter c. Word of the day is castle.  Inside my castle is a....
Math: measuring lines on paper with unifex cubes
Art: adding parts to our body tracings
Music: Breathe In Up goes the Castle
Science: brain, heart, lungs, skin

Thursday
Literacy: literacy connection to the book Someday...
Math: measuring lines with paper lips
Art: someday portrait
Music: Breathe In
Science: hygiene

Friday
Literacy: literacy connection with the Most Important Thing about...
Math: measuring  our feet and hands with rulers and graphing
Art: Parts of our Body
Music: Hokey Pokey and free choice dance
Science: hygiene

Enrichment Schedule: 9/22- 9/26

Science

4  Elements-Water-bilities!

Monday: Sink or Float?

• Review of diffusion
• Water Table play
• Prediction/Observation: What household items will sink or float? A key, rubber ball. alphabet letters, plastic shapes, lego
• Experiment: If object does not float, how can we change it?

Wednesday: 

• Review of experiment
• Will play-doh sink or float? 
• How can we make a play-doh boat to float?

Literacy & Cooking

Thursday: Tasting by Mary Mackill

• What do we taste? What does our tongue do?
• Story Time
• Using our tongue taste test- sweet (sugar water), salty, sour (lemon), bitter (onion)
• Make mini burger & onions

2/3 Schedule: Feelings

We had a wonderful week in the 2/3 class at Discovery Garden! The kids are becoming familiar with our daily routine. Our daily schedule is below.


9:00-9:15 Discovery Play
9:15-9:30: Classroom Meeting (Greeting/Calendar)
9:30-9:45: Fine Motor
 9:45-10:00: Centers (Sensory/Dramatic Play/Literacy)
10:00-10:15: Snack
10:15-10:30: Free Play/Bathrooms
10:30-11:00: Outdoor Play
11:00-11:30: Art
11:30-12:00: Lunch
12:00-12:15: Free Play/Bathrooms
12:15-12:30: Gym Time
12:30-12:45: Music
12:45-12:55: Small Groups/Closing  
1:00 Dismissal


This week we are exploring feelings. We will make play dough portraits, and mix-and-match feeling eggs. We will play "Guess my Feeling" and fish for feeling faces with magnet fishing poles. We will also continue to explore colors and shapes through water color paint, tempera paint, finger paint using a variety of painting instruments.


Songs this week include "If You're Happy and You Know it" and "Head Shoulders Knees and Toes".


-Jenn

3/4 Class Schedule: 5 Senses

Sept 22- 26

Monday:

Our Hands & Touch

Fine Motor: Various Texture writing

Literacy: Five for A Little One by Chris Raschka

Art: Texture Painting

Movement: Rhythm sticks

Tuesday:

Our Eyes & Sight

Fine Motor: Microscope

Literacy: Look at your Eyes by Paul Showers

Art: Colored Glasses

Movement: Flash Light Tag

Wednesday:

Our Ears & Sounds

Fine Motor: Q-tip painting

Literacy: Ears are for Hearing by Paul Showers

Art: Shakers/ Rattles

Movement: Whistle Hide & Seek/Rhythm sticks

Thursday:

Our Mouth & Taste

Fine Motor: Q-tip painting

Literacy: Tasting by Mary Mackill

Art: Pudding

Movement: Whistle Hide & Seek

Friday:

Circle Time: Our Nose & Smell

Fine Motor: Various Texture writing

Literacy: Smelling by Mary Mackill

Art: Tea Bag painting

Movement: Flash Light Tag

Pre-Writing Skills: Paint Bag Writing

Sensory: Wet spaghetti, mini smell jars, water table

Math: Felt Numbers, Foam Number puzzles
Songs:

 Five Senses (Tune: Where is Thumbkin)

 Five senses, five senses 
 We have them. We have them. 
 Seeing, hearing, touching, 
 Tasting and smelling. 
 There are five. There are five.

The Five Senses Song (Tune: Old Mac Donald Had a Farm)

On my face I have two eyes;
I use them every day.
They are used to help me see
They are used to help me see
I look and watch with my eyes;

I use them every day!

On my face I have a nose;
I use it all the time.

I use it to help me smell
I use it to help me smell
I sniff and smell with my nose;
I use it all the time!

In my mouth I have a tongue;
I use it when I eat.
I can taste all my foodI can taste all my food
I eat and taste with my tongue;
I use it when I eat!

On my head I have two ears;
I use them to listen.
So I can hear this song!
So I hear this song!

I use my ears to hear and
listen all day long!

On my body I have skin;
From atop my head to my feet.I can touch and feel,
I can touch and feel,
On my body I have skin;
To feeling cold and heat!

Enrichment Schedule: 9/15- 9/19

Science

4  Elements-Water-bilities!

Monday: What is Diffusion?

• Review our needs for water & water on a penny.
• What happens when we put food coloring into water?
• Prediction/ Observation:What is diffusion and how does this observation show diffusion
• What happens if we stir it?

Wednesday: 

• Review Monday experiment
• Changing the experiment
• Prediction/ Discussion: What happens if we drop color on the side or middle?
• Experiment: Food coloring + Water. Tea Leaves + Water.

Literacy & Cooking

Thursday: Round is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong

• What shapes do we see?
• Story Time
• Craft: Shape animals
• Make sugar cookies

All About Me 5 senses. Pre-k/k class week of Septembermber 15-19

Monday
Literacy letter b. word of the day is blue. (What is blue?)
Math shape book
Art/science  five senses book
Music song One Fine Face
PE  relay games all week

Tuesday
Literacy. letter b word of the day is baby. (A baby can?)
Math shapes around the room
Art/science. touch texture books
Music. Rhythm sticks
PE relay games

Wednesday
Literacy letter b word of the day bug (my favorite bug)
Math tangram and pattern blocks
Art/science smell book
Music rhythm sticks
PE relay games

Thursday
Literacy letter b word of the day big (name something that is big)
Math tangram and geo boards
Art/science taste book
Music singing/dance
PE relay games

Fridays
Literacy Letter bag (what's in my bag)
Math shape bingo
Art/science sound make musical instrument from recycled art
Music freeze dance
PE fire in the forest

2/3 Class: Hello and "I Can" Curriculum

Hello 2/3 Families,


We are off to such a great start this school year. We started our school year with an "I Can" curriculum to learn about the daily routine and the types of things that we do at school. The types of activities introduced and their corresponding skills are below. We will continue to work on these skills for the rest of the year. It is such a pleasure to work with your kiddos!
-Ms. Jenn


Fine Motor Skills

• I Can Paint
• I Can String Beads
• I Can Cut
• I Can Glue
• I Can Draw

Self Help

• I Can Wash My Hands
• I Can Sit While I Eat
• I Can Help Put My Belongings Away
• I Can Use words to Ask for Help

Social Skills

• I Can Stand in a Line
• I Can Use Gentle Hands
• I Can Ask for a Turn 

3/4 Class Schedule: Colors & Shapes

Sept 8-12

Monday:

Circle Time: Purple/ Blue

Fine Motor: Paper Cutting

Literacy: Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh

Art: Shape Animals

Movement: Parachute dance

Tuesday:

Circle Time: Green

Fine Motor: Paper Cutting

Literacy: Cat's Color by Jane Cabrera

Art: Diamond Veggie Print

Movement: Lost Shape song/ game

Wednesday:

Circle Time: Yellow

Fine Motor: Bead Work

Literacy: Freight Train by Donald Crews
Art: Coffee Filter Color Mixer

Movement: Hopscotch Shapes

Thursday:

Circle Time: Orange

Fine Motor: Bead Work

Literacy: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin Jr.

Art: Color Mixer Triangle

Movement: Hopscotch Shapes

Friday:

Circle Time: Red

Fine Motor: Ribbon weaving

Literacy: Is it red? Is it yellow? Is it blue? by Tana Hoban

Art: Rainbow Suncatchers Shapes

Movement: Red Light Green Light

Pre-Writing Skills: Paint Bag Writing
Sensory: Shredding paper bin with hidden shapes, Shaving creme color mix
Math: Felt Numbers, Foam Number puzzles
Songs: 
Shape Song

Cynthia Circle, Cynthia Circle is nice and round
No corners on her are ever found. Samuel Square, Samuel square that's my name. I have four sides that are all the same. Tilly triangle, Tilly triangle is here to see you. She has three sides and three points too. Ricky Rectangle Ricky rectangle is a funny sort Two sides are long and two sides are short

Lost Shape

Lost my (shape) what do I do?
Lost my (shape). What so I do?
Lost my (shape). What do I do?
Skip to my Lou my darling

Enrichment Schedule: 9/8-9/12

Science

4  Elements-Water-bilities!

Monday: How much water can a penny hold?

• What can water do? Discuss our needs for water.
• What can hold Water?
• Prediction/ Discussion: How can we put water on a penny? How much water can a penny hold?
• Experiment: Water on a penny. 

Wednesday: 

• Review Monday experiment
• Changing the experiment
• Prediction/ Discussion: How can we put water on a penny? How much water can a penny hold?
• Experiment: Water on a penny with scientific change

Literacy & Cooking

Thursday:  I Can Be Anything by Jerry Spinelli

• What CAN we do?
• Story Time
• Craft: I am Me, I am Special Book
• I can be a CHEF! Caramel Apple Popcorn 

PreK/K Class Schedule: All About Me

Sept 8-12

Monday:

Literacy: Long A sounds/Journal writing ___________makes me sad

Math: Probability charts

Art: Self portraits

Movement: Singing and yoga

Tuesday:

Literacy: Letter B/Journal writing _________is so big

Math: Shape bingo

Art: Shape people

Movement: Singing and yoga

Wednesday:

Literacy: Letter B/Words that rhyme with Ball

Math:  Sorting shapes

Art: Family tree painting

Movement: Creating rhythm with instruments

Thursday:

Literacy: Word of the day is book/Journal writing my favorite book is ________

Math/Art: Making shape houses

Movement: “Follow the leader” game

Friday:

Literacy: Word of the day is bed/Journal writing I have a ____________bed

Math: Shape probability

Art: Making an “our world” collage with magazine pictures

Movement: Freeze dance

3/4 Class Schedule: All about Me & Things We CAN Do!

Sept 8-12

Monday:

Circle Time: All about Me! My name is....

Fine Motor: we CAN...say hello!

Literacy: All by Myself by Aliki

Art: Water color Names

Movement: Can you...? game

Tuesday:

Circle Time: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes!

Fine Motor: we CAN...build & shape play doh

Literacy: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Art: Face Collage

Movement: Can you...? game

Wednesday:

Circle Time: Watch what I CAN do!

Fine Motor: we CAN...play at the water table

Literacy: I Can Be Anything! by Jerry Spinelli

Art: Blow in Hair

Movement: Bean Bag Balance game

Thursday:

Circle Time: My birthday is...

Fine Motor: we CAN...use magnets

Literacy: It's OK to Be Different by Todd Parr

Art: Hand Print People

Movement: Bean Bag Balance game

Friday:

Circle Time: I like me because...

Fine Motor: we CAN...play with friends

Literacy: All by Myself by Mercer Mayer

Art: Self Mirrors

Movement: Freeze Dance

Pre-Writing Skills: Finger Trace Shapes, Play-doh shapes 
Sensory: Rice Bin With Red Colored Objects, Silly Faces Props, Teddy Bear Dress-up
Math: Felt Numbers, Foam Number Mats
Songs:
Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

Do Your Ears Hang Low

All About Me

Ten little fingers, ten little toes,

Two little ears & one little nose.

Two bright eyes that shine so bright,

Two little lips to say Hello

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Welcome to class!

Sept 3-5

Wednesday:

My Name

Literacy: Long A sounds/Journal writing “My name is…”

Math: Name Letter Graph

Art: Name Painting

Movement: Yoga Pose

Thursday:

My Birthday

Literacy: Rhythm words –day/ Journal writing “My birthday is…”

Math: Birthday Chart

Art: Tape Name Painting

Movement: Yoga Pose

Friday:

Family

Literacy: Short A sounds / Journal writing “Family”

Math: Family Member Graph

Art: Family Drawing

Movement: Yoga Pose

3/4 Class Schedule: Rainbow Welcome Back to School!

Sept 3-5
Welcome to class, look who’s here!
Wednesday:
Circle Time: Name Game-who is in our class today?
Fine Motor: Play doh shapes
Literacy: Mouse’s First Day of School by Lauren Thompson
Art: Rainbow Name Necklace
Movement: Teacher Says

Thursday:
Circle Time: Name Game-who is in our class today?
Fine Motor: Play doh shapes
Literacy: Mouse’s First Day of School by Lauren Thompson
Art: Name Finger Paint our School
Movement: Follow the Leader

Friday:
Circle Time: Name Game-who is in our class today?
Fine Motor: Paper Cutting
Literacy: We love our School by Judy Sierra
Art: Rainbow Hand
Movement: Follow the Leader

Pre-Writing skills: Play-doh/ Bead work
Sensory: Rice bin with Colored objects/ Transfer Water & Sponge game
Songs:
Welcome Song
Let's clap our hands.
Oh everyone please clap your hands & sing along with me.
How do you do everyone, how do you do?
How you everyone, how do you do?
Let's clap our hands & stomp our feet.
How do you do everyone, how do you do?

Neat Feet Name Song
Flex your feet & point your toes,
Feet apart & together with a bow.
Oh I love my neat feet, Left & Right both the same.
Please open them wide when you tell us your name!