3/4 Class Schedule: Things that GO!

Feb 2-6
Monday
Transportation: What things go?
Literature: Alphabeep by Debora Pearson
Art: Tube cars
Movement: Race car Tag

Tuesday:
Things that use tracks
Literature: Freight Train by Donald Crews
Art: Name Train
Movement: Musical Squares

Wednesday
Things that swim
Literature: I'm Mighty! by Kate & Jim McMullan
Art: Cork Boats
Movement: Ship & Shore

Thursday 
Things that fly
Literature:  I Love Planes by Philemon Sturges
Art: Clothpin planes
Movement: Parachute

Friday
Things that drive
Literature: The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
Art: School Bus

Movement:  Relay Race

Writing Skill: Letter Ss
Songs/ Finger Play:
The Wheels on the Bus
Transportation Song (Sung to: Old MacDonald)

Dan the driver has car: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep

And on that car he has a horn: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
With a beep, beep here and a beep, beep there, here a beep everywhere a beep, beep

Dan the driver has car: beep, beep, beep, beep, beep

Pete the Pilot has a plane: zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.
And on that plane there are some wings: zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.
With a zoom, zoom, here, and a zoom there, here a zoom everywhere a zoom, zoom

Pete the Pilot has a plane: zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom.

The engineer has a train: chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.
And on that train he has a smokestack: chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.
With a chug, chug here and a chug, chug there, here a chug everywhere a chug, chug

The engineer has a train: chug, chug, chug, chug, chug.

The captain has a boat: toot, toot, toot, toot, toot.
And on that boat he has a horn: toot, toot, toot, toot, toot.
With a toot, toot here and a toot, toot there, here a toot everywhere a toot, toot.

The captain has a boat: toot, toot, toot, toot, toot

Pre-k/k class Antarctica

Jan. 26-30. Antarctica

Monday
Literacy:  I like to race..
Math: roll and count mountain building
Art: penguin water bottles
Science: quick ice
Music: do the penguin

Tuesday
Literacy: I relax by....
Math: roll the penguin to safety
Art: antarctica painting
Science: reading thermometers
Music: draw to the music

Wednesday
Literacy:   I like to _____in the rain.
Math:  huddling penguins
Art: antarctica oil pastel
Science: light ice heavy water
Music: Marching to music

Thursday
Literacy: I like to read
Math: bundles of fish
Art: leopard seal craft
Science: ice on a string
Music: waddling to music

Friday
Literacy: I would like a _______ring.
Math: how many spots on the leopard seal
Art:  leopard seal craft
Science: how the sea freezes
Music: Freeze dance, Molasses

2/3 Class Schedule: Penguins

Monday
What is a penguin?
Literature: Emperor Penguins up Close 
Art: Paper Plate Penguins
Movement: Parachute

Tuesday:
Baby Penguins 
Literature: Penguin Chicks by Ruth Owen 
Art: Shape Penguins
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: The Little Penguin by A.J Wood
Art: Iceberg Picture
Movement: Freeze Tag

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Art: Painting Penguins
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough
Art: Peguin chicks
Movement: Duck, duck, goose

Fine Motor Skills: Gluing, Cutting, Pre-writing Strokes

Songs/ Finger Play:
Little Penguin (Sung to: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Little penguins black and white
on the ice, what a sight!
See them waddle, see them glide
watch them as they slip and slide. 
Little penguins black and white
on the ice, what a sight!

I'm a little penguin (Sung to: I'm a little teapot)
I'm a little penguin short and stout
Flap my wings and waddle about
I wear a coat that's black as night
but my tummy is soft and white.
I'm a little penguin short and stout
I like to waddle across the ice.
When I reach the water, I dive right in.
Hunt for fish as I swim, swim, swim.

3/4 Class Schedule: Penguins

Jan 26-30
Monday
What is a penguin?
Literature: Emperor Penguins up Close 
Art: Bottle Penguins
Movement: Parachute

Tuesday:
Baby Penguins 
Literature: Penguin Chicks by Ruth Owen 
Art: Potato Penguins
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: The Little Penguin by A.J Wood
Art: Iceberg Picture
Movement: Freeze Tag

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Art: Penguin puzzle
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Cuddly Dudley by Jez Alborough
Art: Peguin chicks

Movement: Duck, duck, goose

Writing Skill: Letter Rr
Songs/ Finger Play:
Little Penguin (Sung to: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star)
Little penguins black and white
on the ice, what a sight!
See them waddle, see them glide
watch them as they slip and slide. 
Little penguins black and white
on the ice, what a sight!

I'm a little penguin (Sung to: I'm a little teapot)
I'm a little penguin short and stout
Flap my wings and waddle about
I wear a coat that's black as night
but my tummy is soft and white.
I'm a little penguin short and stout
I like to waddle across the ice.
When I reach the water, I dive right in.
Hunt for fish as I swim, swim, swim.

2/3 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Monday
No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday
What is different between polar bears and brown bears?
Literature: Polar Babies by Susan Ring
Art: Finger paint polar Bears
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Brave Little Hare by Hans De Beer
Art: Polar Bear Cave
Movement: Hibernation Freeze Dance

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Polar Bear Polar Bear, What do you hear ? by Bill Martin Jr.
Art: Fishing poles
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Submarine by Hans De Beer
Art: Puffy Paint Polar Bears 
Movement: Musical Squares

3/4 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Jan 19-23
Monday
No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday:
What is different between polar bears and brown bears?
Literature: Polar Babies by Susan Ring
Art: Finger paint polar Bears
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Brave Little Hare by Hans De Beer
Art: Polar Bear Cave
Movement: Hibernation Freeze Dance

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Polar Bear Polar Bear, What do you hear ? by Bill Martin Jr.
Art: Fishing poles
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Submarine by Hans De Beer
Art: Puffy Paint Polar Bears 
Movement: Musical Squares

Writing Skill: Letter Qq
Songs/ Finger Play:
Polar Bear (Sung to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
The polar bear lives in Alaska,
He never gets cold in a storm,
He swims in cold icy water,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.

2/3 Class Schedule: Hibernation

Monday

Literature: Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Art: Sleeping Bear

Math: Forest Animal Patterns

Tuesday

Literature: Nuts to You! by Lois Elhert

Art: Squirrel

Math: Forest Animal Number Match

Wednesday

Literature: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Art: Bee and Hive

Math: Forest Animal Measurement

Thursday

Literature: Animals in Fall: Preparing for Winter by Martha E. H. Rustad

Art: Slinky Bead Snake

Math: Forest Animal Find the Missing Number           

Friday

Literature: Discovering My World: Animals in Fall by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Art: Paper Plate Snail

Math: Forest Animal Addition

 

All Week: 

Science:

Hibernation

Sensory:

Play Dough Bears in Caves

Dramatic Play:

Bear Hunt

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Hibernation or Migration

Jan 12-16
Monday
How do animals live in cold weather?
Literature: Bear Has A Story to Tell by Philip Stead
Art: Stuffed bears 
Movement/ Game: Dominoes

Tuesday:
What is hibernation?
Literature: Time for Sleep by Denise Fleming
Art: Animal Cupcake
Movement: Partner song

Wednesday
What animals hibernate?
Literature: Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear by Monica Carnesi
Art: Paper roll caves with animals
Movement: Musical Squares

Thursday 
 What and why do some animals migrate?
Literature: Two Little Birds by Mary DePalma
Art: Geese
Movement: Hibernation Freeze Dance

Friday
How do animals live in cold weather?
Literature: Gotta go Gotta go by Sam Swope
Art: Bird Feeder
Movement: Parachute

Writing Skill: Letter Pp
Songs/ Finger Play:

Feed the Birds  (Sung to: Row, row, row your boat)
Feed, feed, feed the birds
In the wintertime.
When the days are dark and cold,
Food is hard to find.

Feed, feed, feed the birds
Till the spring has come.
Scatter birdseed on the snow.
Feeding birds is fun!

Where is Bear? (Sung to: Where is Thumbkin)
Where is Bear?

Where is Bear?
Here I am.
Here I am.
How are you this winter?
Very tired, thank you.
Go to sleep.
Go to sleep. 
Repeat with other animals that hibernate or migrate

4/5 class The Arctic and Letter of the week O

Monday Where is the Arctic?

Literacy:  My __________is old.

Math:  Sorting lego brick size and color

Art:  Arctic scene using paper and playdoh

Science:  Exploring ice

Music: Musical Icebergs

Book:  The Arctic Lands

Tuesday Inuit People

Literacy: Open my box.

Math:  Adding with legos

Art: Igloo  (Inuit people)

Science:  Salt and Ice

Book:  Mama Do You Love Me

Wednesday  Walrus

Literacy: I can jump over _______.

Math: How many Legos can fit in each square and rectangle?

Science: Icebergs

Art:Free art Walrus 

Music: Artic song

Book:  Icebergs

Thursday  Arctic Fox

Literacy:  A ____________is odd.

Math:  Comparing legos

Art:  Arctic fox adaptations

Science:  Camouflage

Music:  Going on a Polar Bear Hunt

Book: Hello Red Fox

Friday  Polar Bear

Literacy:   I like to ____________outside.

Math:  Lego addition and patterns

Art: Polar bear using clay and straws

Science: Polar Bear fur

Music:  Musical icebergs

Book:  The Three Snow Bears

2/3 Class Schedule: Snowmen

Monday

Literature: Snowmen at Night

Art: Puff Paint Snowman

Math: Play Dough Snowball Counting

Science: Melting Ice with Salt

 

Tuesday

Literature: Biggest Snowman Ever

Art: Where does it go snowman?

Math: Snowman Name Graph

Science: Melting Ice with Salt

 

Wednesday

Literature: Penguin and Pinecone

Art: Marshmallow Snowman

Math: Snowman Dice Game

Science: Ice Cube Art

 

Thursday

Literature: Ten in a Sled

Art: Name Snowman

Math: Honeycomb Snowflake Counting

Science: Ice Rainbows

 

Friday

Literature: Snowy Day

Art: Paper Towel Roll Stamping Snowman

Math: Honeycomb Snowflake Counting

Science: Ice Rainbows