Pre-k/k class. Snowman

Snowmen

Letter of the week is N

Monday

Literacy:  nice. What I do that's nice

Math:  pattern block snowman

Art: Shape snowman

Music:  Frosty the Snowmen

Science:  What is Snow?

Book:  The Biggest Snowman Ever

Tuesday:

Literacy:  I want a new_____.

Math: Pattern Block Snowman and counting cotton ball snowman

Art: Snowglobe snowman

Music: Frosty the Snowman

Science: What is snow?

Book: Snow Music

Wednesday:

Literacy: my favorite number is_________.

Math: building snowflakes with marshmallows

Art: melting snowman

Science: What are Snowflakes

Music:  I’m a Little Snowman

Book: Snowflake Bentley

Thursday:

Literacy:  I will never ever ________.

Math: roll to win snowmen

Art: Glue snowmen

Music: I’m a Little Snowman

Science:  Making fake snow

Book: I Will Never Ever Not Eat Tomatoes

Friday:

Literacy:  Inside my nest is_____.

Math: Math Center

Art:  shaving cream snowman

Music: I’m a Little Snowman and Frosty the Snowman

Science: Making fake snow

Book: Snowballs

2/3 Class Schedule: Welcome Winter

Monday: 

Literature: When Winter Comes

Art: Snowflake Handprint

Math: How many snowflakes?

Science: How do animals adapt in winter?

 

Tuesday:

Literature: The Big Snow

Art: Crayon Resist Snowflake

Math: How many snowflakes?

Science: How do animals adapt in winter?

 

Wednesday

Literature: Animals in the Winter

Art: Snowy Owls

Math: How many snowflakes?

Science: How do animals adapt in winter?

 

 

Thursday

Literature: When Winter Comes

Art: Q-tip snowflakes

Math: How many snowflakes?

Science: How do animals adapt in winter?

 

 

Friday

Literature: Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit

Art: Macaroni Snowflakes

Math: How many snowflakes?

Science: How do animals adapt in winter?

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Celebrations around the World

Dec 15-19
Monday
What is a holiday?
Literature: Kids around the world celebrate by Lynda, Jones
Art: Making Cards
Movement: Musical Squares

Tuesday:
What holidays are celebrated around the world?
Literature: Kids around the world celebrate by Lynda, Jones
Art: Jingle bracelets
Movement: Parachute Games

Wednesday
Who do we celebrate holidays with?
Literature: The Family Book by Todd Parr
Art: Mini Reindeers
Movement: Parachute Games

Thursday 
What do holidays really mean?
Literature: The Thankful Book by Todd Parr
Art: Snowflakes
Movement: Ship & Shore

Friday
Why do we celebrate holidays?
Literature: The Peace Book by Todd Parr
Art: Making Cookies
Movement: Musical Squares

Writing Skill: Letter Nn, Names
Songs:

Snowflake Song (Sung to Twinkle, Twinkle)

Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around,

Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground.

Snowflakes, snowflakes in the air,

Snowflakes, snowflakes everywhere.

Snowflakes, snowflakes dance around,

Snowflakes, snowflakes touch the ground.

Ring the bells

Ring the bells and turn around

Ring the bells and turn around.

Ring the bells and turn around.

For holiday cheer.

(repeat and change the words to any action)

-stomp your feet.

-reach up high

-touch the ground

(Then we ended with…)

Ring those bells quietly.

Ring those bells quietly.

Ring those bells quietly.

For holiday cheer.

PreK/K class gingerbread stories

Gingerbread stories. Letter m

Monday
Literacy: letter M    _______is my favorite month.
Math:  gingerbread roll a number
Art: gingerbread cookie decorating with frosting and fondant
Music: Do Are Mi


Tuesday
Literacy:  letter m. My favorite movie is_______.
Math: writing numbers 1-20
Art:  gingerbread paper house
Music:  jingle bells with rhythm sticks and bells
Science:  exploring heat

Wednesday
Literacy:   __________is magical.
Math:  writing numbers 1-20
Art: gingerbread dough
Music: jingle bells with rhythm sticks
Science: exploring heat

Thursday
Literacy:  My monster has_________.
Math:  gingerbread count
Art:
Music: do re mi
Science:exploring heat

Friday
Literacy:   _______makes me mad.
Math: candy sort and weigh
Art:  large gingerbread house
Music: jingle bells with rhythm sticks and bells
Science:  exploring heat

3/4 Class Schedule: Gingerbread Stories

Dec 8-12
Monday
Who is the Gingerbread Man?
Literature: The Gingerbread Man
Art: Gingerbread play-doh
Movement: Act out story/ Gingerbread man tag

Tuesday:
What can we learn from the Gingerbread Man?
Literature: The Gingerbread Man
Art: Gingerbread Cookies
Movement: Act out story / Gingerbread man tag

Wednesday
Gingerbread Baby
Literature: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Art: Write our own Gingerbread story
Movement: Musical Squares

Thursday 
The Gingerbread Girl
Literature: The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Ernst 
Art: Gingerbread Houses
Movement: Musical Squares

Friday
The Gingerbread Friends
Literature: The Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
Art: Gingerbread Houses with Friends
Movement: Beanbag catch

Writing Skill: Letter Mm, Names
Songs:

Five Gingerbread Men 

Five little gingerbread men in a row (Hold up five fingers, waving back & forth)

Not gonna' eat one no, no, no. (shake finger and head side to side)
But they look so sweet from head to toe (hand binoculars at eyes touch head then toes)
Crunch, munch...uh oh! (slap thighs on crunch, clap hands on munch, then put hands over mouth on uh oh)
Continue until...
No little gingerbread men in a row
Wasn't gonna' eat one, no, no, no
But they looked so sweet that it's sad to tell (binoculars on sweet, then
index fingers run down cheeks to represent tears on sad)
Crunch.. munch... oh well! (slap thighs once, clap once, then throw hands up
and shrug shoulders)

2/3 Class Schedule:Gingerbread

Theme: Gingerbread

Monday:

• Art: Gingerbread Puffy Paint
• Literature: Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
• Math: Counting Gingerbread Man's Buttons
• Fine Motor: Stringing Gingerbread

Tuesday:

• Art: Stuffed Gingerbread People
• Literature:  Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
• Math: Counting Gingerbread Man's Buttons
• Fine Motor: Stringing Gingerbread

Wednesday:

• Art: Foam Gingerbread People
• Literature: Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
• Math: How Many Gingerbread Houses Do You See?
• Fine Motor: Gluing on Candy to Our Gingerbread Houses

Thursday:

• Art: Gingerbread Decorations (People)
• Literature: Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
• Math: How Many Gingerbread Houses Do You See?
• Fine Motor: Gluing on Candy to Our Gingerbread Houses 

Friday:

• Art: Gingerbread Decorations (Houses)
• Literature: Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmot
• Math: Gingerbread Cinnamon Dough with Measurements
• Fine Motor: Cool Swirl Experiment

Gingerbread Man
Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread Man!

Gingerbread Baking
Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy brown.
Roll it with a rolling pin,
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter,
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven
Till half past ten!

Gingerkids (Tune: Ten Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little Gingerkids,
Four little, five little, six little Gingerkids,
Seven little, eight little, nine little Gingerkids,
Ten little Gingerbread Kids.

Prek, K class Jan Brett, ice and the letter l.

Jan Brett stories and the letter l


Literacy:  love. I love ______.
Math: centers with geoboards and counting activities
Art:  What can fit in my hat?
Science: exploring ice with salt
The Snow Queen

Literacy: little  When I was little I________.
Math: winter math stations. (Adding and number recognition)
Art:  snow hats
Science: exploring ice with salt, sugar and baking soda
Music:  jingle bell rock with instruments
The Hat

Literacy: lost I lost my______.
Math:  winter math stations
Art: mitten craft
Science: animal adaptations when the weather gets cold
Music: Jingle bells with instruments
The Mitten

Literacy:  laugh   _____makes me laugh.
Math: bingo
Art: potato trolls
Science: hibernation
Music:  Frosty the a Snowman
Trouble with Trolls

Literacy: loud      ______is loud.
Math:  addition bingo
Art: reindeer craft
Science:  migration
Music: do re mi
Annie and the Wild Ones

2/3 Class Schedule: The Mitten by Jan Brett

Monday

Literature: The Mitten by Jan Brett

            Meet the Characters/Story Sequence

Art: Decorating our mitten

Math: Mitten Math (Estimating & Counting)

Tuesday

Literature: The Mitten by Jan Brett

            Meet the Characters/Story Sequence

Art: Decorating and Lacing our Mitten

Math: Mitten Math (Estimating & Counting)

Wednesday

Literature: The Mitten by Jan Brett

            Story Sequence

Art: Hedgehogs

Math: Mitten Math (Patterns)

Thursday

Literature: The Mitten by Jan Brett

            Acting out the story with puppets

Art: 

Math: Mitten Math (Patterns)

Friday

Literature: The Mitten by Jan Brett

            Acting out the story with puppets

Art: Mitten and puppet craft

Math: Mitten Math (Sorting and Patterns)

 

Song:

Have You Seen My Missing Mitten?

Sung to: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?

 

Have you seen my missing mitten?

My mitten, my mitten?

Have you seen my missing mitten?

I lost it somewhere.

It was in my pocket,

It’s white like the snow.

Have you seen my missing mitten?

I lost it somewhere.

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Jan Brett

Dec 1-5
Monday
Who is Jan Brett?
Literature: The Hat
Art: Play Doh Hedgehog
Movement: Act out story

Tuesday:
Literature: The Mitten
Art: Mitten Pairs
Movement: Act out story

Wednesday
Literature: The Three Snow Bears
Art: cotton ball bears
Movement: Freeze Tag

Thursday 
Literature: Gingerbread Baby
Art: Decorate Gingerbread baby
Movement: Freeze Tag

Friday
Literature: The Animals' Santa
Art: Santa Hat
Movement: Freeze Tag

2/3 Class Schedule: Celebrating Thanksgiving

Monday

Literature: Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

Cooking: Mash potatoes and butter

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Fingerprint Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

 

Tuesday

Literature: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Cooking: Mash potatoes and butter

Math: Counting Cookies

Fine Motor: Fingerprint Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

 

Wednesday

Literature: Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell

Cooking: Mash potatoes and butter

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Playdough Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

Thursday and Friday

No School

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Thanksgiving

Nov 24-26
Monday
What is Thanksgiving?
Literature: Clifford's Thanksgiving Visit by Norman Bridwell
Art: Bubble wrap corn
Movement: Turkey Tag

Tuesday:
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Literature: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Day Pilkey
Art: Pumpkin Pudding Tarts
Movement: Feather Toss Time

Wednesday
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Literature: Thanksgiving Day by Anne Rockwell
Art: Pigs in a blanket
Movement: Feather Toss Time

Thursday & Friday
NO SCHOOL

Writing Skill: Letters in names, Letter Kk
Song:

A Thanksgiving Song (Sung To: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

The Pilgrims sailed away, far across the sea.
They came to America, so they could be free.
The Native Americans, helped them plant the corn.
Then they shared a great big feast, Thanksgiving Day was born!

4/5 class week of Nov.17-21

Being Thankful, caring and helping others


Monday
Literacy:  letter k.  I am thankful for....
Math:  counting with goldfish
Art: we are thankful class tree
Music:  I am thankful song
Science: what is ice


Tuesday
Literacy: letter k  If I were king I would.....
Math: counting with popcorn kernels
Art: corn art
Science: The science of corn kernels and heat
Music: The Popcorn Song with rhythm sticks

Wednesday
Literacy: letter k. I keep _____close to me.
Math: counting with harvest counters
Art: turkey art
Science: what is a turkey
Music: Turkey in the Straw

Thursday
Literacy: letter k  This key is for_______.
Math: dice game using beans
Art: thankful tree
Science: sugar science.  Investigating different kinds of syrups
Music:  Molasses, molasses

Friday:
Literacy: The three most thankful things are:
Math: Top-it
Art: thankful watercolor
Science: dissolving
Music: I am Thankful

2/3 Class Schedule: Thanksgiving

Monday

Literature: Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

Art: Lego Stamped Corn

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Playdough Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

Tuesday

Literature: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Art: Coffee Filter Turkey

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Playdough Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

Wednesday

Literature: Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell

Art: Paper Bag Turkeys

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Playdough Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

Thursday

Literature: The Littlest Pilgrim by Brandi Dougherty

Art: Handprint Turkey

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Fine Motor: Playdough Turkeys

Writing: I am thankful for…

Friday

Literature: The Littlest Pilgrim by Brandi Dougherty

Art: Handprint Turkey

Math: Counting Turkey Feathers

Writing: I am thankful for…

 

 

 

3/4 Class Schedule: We are Thankful

Nov 7-21 
Monday
What does thankfulness mean? What makes us happy.
Literature: Bear says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Art: Happy to Have posters
Movement: Turkey Tag

Tuesday:
Being thankful
Literature: Bear says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Art: Happy to Have posters
Movement: Feather Toss Time

Wednesday
Thankful for a home
Literature: The Smurfs: The thankful Smurf by Peyo
Art: Cut & paste images of homes
Movement: Feather Toss Time

Thursday
Thankful for food
Literature: Sylvester & the Magic Pebble by Willam Steig
Art: Grocery Baskets
Movement: Turkey Tag

Friday
Thankful for clothes
Literature: The Smurfs: The thankful Smurf by Peyo
Art: Paper doll puppet
Movement: Feather Toss Time

Writing Skills: First letter of our names, Letter Jj
Song:
Lets Be Thankful (Sung to: Twinkle, Twinkle)
Lets Be Thankful for this day
For our friends and for our play
Lets Be Thankful, lets be glad
For the food and things we have
Let's give thanks for you and me
For our home and family.

2/3 Class Schedule: Forest Animals Preparing for Winter

Monday

Literature: Who’s in the Forest? By Phillis Gershator

Art: Owl

Math: Brown Bear (Roll a Number)

Tuesday

No School-Veteran’s Day 

Wednesday

Literature: Where Does the Brown Bear Go? By Nicki Weiss

Art: Bear

Math: Brown Bear Shape/Drawing Practice

Thursday

Literature: Leaves by David Ezra Stein

Art: Raccoon

Math: Forest Animal Measurement

Friday

Literature: Nuts to You! by Lois Elhert

Art: Squirrel in a Tree

Math: Number Order

All Week:

Science: 

Forest Animal Habitats

Sensory:

Forest Animal Play

Dramatic Play:

Brown Bear Puppets

Fine Motor:

Brown Bear Cutting, Tracing and Glue Practice

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Safety

Nov 10-14
Monday
What is Safety? Who keeps us safe?
Literature: Officers Everywhere! by Charnan Simon/ Office Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Art: Police Hats
Movement: Red Light, Green Light

Tuesday:
Veteran's Day: NO SCHOOL 

Wednesday
Stranger Safety
Literature: Say No and Go by Jill Donahue
Art: Red Riding hood and Wolf puppets
Movement: Red Light, Green Light

Thursday
Fire Safety
Literature: No Dragons for Tea by Jean Pendziwol
Art: Five Little Firefighters
Movement: Firefighter Tag

Friday
Safety at School & at Home
Literature: Safety at School by Marylee Knowlton
Art: Stop light bookmark
Movement: Firefighter Tag

Writing Skills: First letter of our names, Letter Ii
Song:
We Are Safe ( Sung to: "mulberry bush")
This is the way that we are safe.
We are safe , we are safe,
This is the way we are safe,
Every day of the year.
This is the way we cross the street
Look left, then right, left then right.
Verse 1 again
Look left then right for safety
This is the way we ride in a car
Sit up straight, buckle your belt.
Verse 1
Buckle your belt for safety.
Do you know the police officer?
Oh do you know the police officer?
O do you know the police officer
who helps me cross the street?
(or who helps me when I'm lost)

More about Leaves Nov. 10-14 Prek and K class

Week of November 10-14

Letter of the week is j

Leaves

Monday:

Literacy:  letter h    I can jump __________feet!

Math:  recognize and practice numbers 1-10 or 11-19

Art:  Leaf collage

Science:  Why are leaves colorful?  leaf experiment

Music:  parachute with leaves

Book:  Falling Leaves

Tuesday:

Veteran’s Day no school

Wednesday:

Literacy:  I would juggle ________.

Math:  Counting and recognizing 1-10 or 11-19 using a dice activity

Art:  Pounding out leaf colors and Painting fall tree

Science:  Identifying Leaves/Sorting

Music:  All the Leaves are Falling Down

Book:    Fall Leaves Fall

Thursday:

Literacy:   My favorite jungle animal is____________.

Math:  Leaf pattern blocks

Art: Wax Paper leaves

Science:  Identifying and sorting leaves

Music: Parachute with leaves and music

Book:  Going on a Leaf Hunt

Friday:

Literacy:  I would fly on a jet to________.

Math:  Counting and writing numbers 1-10 or 11-19

Art:  Paper Bag fall tree

Science:  Why are leaves colorful?  leaf experiment

Music:  All the Leaves are Falling Down

Book: Why do Leaves Change Color