3/4 Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss

Mar 2-6
Monday
Learning: 'You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!'

Literature: Oh, the Places You'll go Art: Rainbow Cookies
Movement: Sharks & minnows

Tuesday:
Rhyme: 'All Tall, we all are tall!'
Literature: Hop on Pop
Art: Pup in Cup
Movement: Jump Rope 

Wednesday
Characters: 'Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.'
Literature: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue
Art: Aquariums 
Movement: Simon Says

Thursday 
Caring for Earth: 'Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.'
Literature: The Lorax
Art: Lorax Mustache 
Movement:  Back -to-Back 

Friday
Imagination: ‘Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

Literature: Oh, the Things you can Think! 
Art: Free Musical Art
Movement: Tag

Writing Skill: Letter Ww
Songs/ Finger Play:
Green Eggs & Ham (Movement Song)
Green Eggs & Ham, Green Eggs & Ham
I like mine fried nice and brown (Stand up and down)
Green Eggs & Ham, Green Eggs & Ham
Flip em, flop em, don't drop em! (Raising hands up and down)

5 Little Cats
One little cat on a sunny day
Put on his hat and went out to play.
Two little cats when it started getting dark
Put on their hats and went to the park.
Three little cats when the sky was blue
Put on  their hats and went to the zoo.
Four little cats by the kitchen door
Put on  their hats and went to the store.
Five little cats on a sunny day
Put on  their hats and they all ran away.

Feb. 23-27 transportation in the air/ letter u

Week of February 23-27. Things that go in the air    Letter u

Monday
Literacy: I like to hide under a__________.
Math:  measuring paper airplane distance with our feet
Science:  How do things lift and fly.
Art: Popsicle stick airplanes
Music: The Airplane Song

Tuesday
Literacy: I want to go up in a__________.
Math: exploring coins. (Pennies)
Science: exploring air and wind with fans and coffee filters
Art: paper airplanes
Music: The Airplane Song

Wednesday
Literacy: i would ride a unicycle to
Math: changing pennies to nickels
Science: hot air vs cold air using balloons and hair dryer
Art: hot air balloon
Music: Up, Up, Up

Thursday
Literacy: _______is ugly.
Math:  changing nickels to dimes
Science: rocket power
Art: building rockets
Music: Space Song Rocket Ride

Friday
Literacy: I use an umbrella to_______
Math:  counting by 10's with dimes
Science: How do helicopters lift and fly
Art: CD hovercraft
Music: Up, Up, Up

2/3 Class Schedule: Fire Fighters

Theme: Fire Fighters
 
Monday:
Literature: Fire Fighter! By Angela Royston
Art: Paper Plate Fire Hat
Math: Firefighters: Biggest to smallest
 
Tuesday:
Literature: Fire Fighter! By Angela Royston
Art: Shape Fire Trucks
Math: How many firefighters?
 

Wednesday:

Literature: Even Fire Fighters Hug Their Moms by Christine Kole MacLean
Art: Positive and Negative Paintings
Math: Counting Flames on the Fire?
 
Thursday:
Literature: The Firefighers by Sue Whiting
Art: Spots the Dog
Math: How many spots on the dog?
 
Friday:
Literature: The Firefighers by Sue Whiting
Art: Paper Firefighter
Math: How many spots on the dog?
 
All Week
 
Dramatic Play: Firefighter Dress Up
 
Fine Motor: Mazes
 
Movement: Find the Flames

Song: Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck

3/4 Class schedule: FireFighters

Feb 23-27
Monday
Who are Firefighters?
Literature: Firefighters! Speeding! Spraying! Saving! by Partricia Hubbell 
Art: Fire painting
Movement: Night at the Museum

Tuesday:
Fire stations
Literature: At the Firehouse by Anne Rockwell
Art: Firefighter hats
Movement: Firefighter May I? 

Wednesday
Tools Firefighters use
Literature: Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons
Art: Fire Hose
Movement: Firefighter Says (Simon Says)

Thursday 
Fire-engines
Literature: Fire-engines by Anne Rockwell
Art: Egg Cart Firetruck
Movement: Tag

Friday
Fire Safety
Literature: Margret & H.A. Rey's Curios George and the Firefighters
Art: Stop, Drop & Roll Magnets
Movement:  Back -to-Back 

Writing Skill: Letter Vv
Songs/ Finger Play:
Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck (Sung to: One little, Two Little Indians)
Hurry, hurry, drive the firetruck
Hurry, hurry, drive the firetruck
Hurry, hurry, drive the firetruck
Ding, ding, ding, ding ding!

Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
Hurry, hurry, climb the ladder
Ding, ding, ding, ding ding!

Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
Hurry, hurry, squirt the water
Ding, ding, ding, ding ding!

Pre-/k trains and Chinese New Year February. 16-20

Week of February 16-20  Trains and Chinese New Year

Tuesday
Letter T. A train can______.
Math:  Train sequence
Art: Train with tracks using a variety of materials
Science:  Steam
Music: Little Red Caboose
Book:  Two Little Trains

Wednesday
Letter T  My train travels to_________.
Math: How many boxcars?
Art: shape train free art
Science: how trains go
Music: I've been working on the railroad
Book:  The Little a engine that could

Thursday
Letter T. This train can take _________.
Math: building train tracks using dice and toothpicks
Art:  Train scene
Science: Engines
Music:  I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Book:  Trains

Friday.  Chinese New Year
Letter T My best trick is_____,
Math: how many sheep in each herd
Art: dragon puppet
Science: fireworks. (Snap it pop) how they work
Music: Gung Hay Fat Choy. Lion dance
Book:  Chinese New Year

2/3 Schedule: Planes, Boats and Automobiles

Monday:

No School (President’s Day)

Tuesday:

Literature: Journey Home from Grandpa's by Jemima Lumley
Art: Coffee Filter Boat
Math: Sorting Vehicles (land, water or sky?)

Wednesday:

Literature: Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone
Art: Painting Car Tracks
Math: Sorting Vehicles (land, water or sky?)

Thursday:

Literature: I Wish I Were a Pilot by Stella Blackstone
Art: Popsicle Stick Airplanes
Math: Counting Cars

Friday:

Literature: Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site
Art: Toothpick and packing peanut structures
Math: Color/Shape Trains

All Week

Sensory:
Construction Site
Boats in Water

Dramatic Play:

Car Town
Airport

Fine Motor:
Stop Light Cutting/Gluing Practice
"Don’t Cut the Car!”

Games:

Elefun
Red Light, Green Light

Song:
Hurry, Hurry Drive the Fire Truck
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck,
Hurry, hurry drive the fire truck,
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding

Hurry, hurry climb the ladder,
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder,
Hurry, hurry climb the ladder,
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding

Hurry, hurry spray the water,
Hurry, hurry spray the water,
Hurry, hurry spray the water,
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding

Slowly, slowly back to the station
Slowly, slowly back to the station
Slowly, slowly back to the station
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Chinese New Year

Feb 17-20
Monday
No School: President's Day

Tuesday:
What is Chinese New Year?
Literature: The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Dawn Casey
Art: Red Lanterns
Movement: Night at the Museum

Wednesday
Chinese New Year of the Ram
Literature: My First Chinese New Year by Karen Katz
Art: Bubble Wrap Ram

Movement: Tug-of-War

Thursday 
How do we celebrate Chinese New Year
Literature: Lin Yi's Lantern by Brenda Williams
Art: Red Lanterns
Movement: Duck, Duck, Goose

Friday
Why we celebrate Chinese New Year
Literature: Max & Kate Chinese New Year by Mick Manning 
Art: Chinese Drums
Movement: Ribbon Dancing

Writing Skill: LetterUu
Songs/ Finger Play:
Lantern Parade (Sung to: When Johnny come marching home)
The children are marching into town, hooray, hooray
They all have lanterns as they come, our way.
Some are big with lots fo light,
Some are small but just as bright
Oh we're glad the children could come today, hooray
The children are marching into town, hooray, hooray
To celebrate the New Year hooray, hooray
Spring has come, with all that's new
Oh we're glad the children could come today, hooray

Pre-k/k class 100 days of school, candy and Valentine's Day

Week of February 9-13. 100 days of school and Valentines's Day

Monday and Tuesday we will be spending our morning in stations doing these activities

Math and Art
100 Legos
100 solo cup stacking
100 q-tip
100 piece puzzle
Roll and count to 100
Hide 100 candies
Abc in 100 seconds
Numbers in 100 sec
100 stickers fit in 100
100 stamp book
Can you stack 100 blocks
100 drops of water
Valentine boxes

Literacy:
If I could have 100 of anything
If I had $100 dollars

Music:
100 days of school song
100 second freeze dance

Wednesday
Literacy: letter t.  I am terrific at
Math: candy heart sort and graph
Science: marshmallow stickiness
 Dissolving chocolate
Art: valentine box decorating
Music: roses are red

Thursday
Literacy: train  I would take a train to....
Math: jelly bean math
Science: race to dissolve, dissolving gum
Art: candy art
Music: The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Valentine party

Friday
Literacy:  I want to take a trip to
Math: m&m sort
Science: red and yellow make orange....m&m dissolving
Hearts bobbing
Art: candy mosaic
Music: Big rock candy mountain

2/3 Class Schedule: Valentine's Week

Theme: Valentine's Week

Monday:

• Circle Time: What is Valentine's Day?
• Literature: Be My Valentine by Rosemary Wells
• Art: Water Color Hearts
• Math: Counting Hearts

Tuesday:

• Circle Time: How Do We Celebrate Valentine's Day?
• Literature: Be My Valentine by Rosemary Wells
• Art: Heart Trees
• Math: Counting Hearts

Wednesday:

• Circle Time: What is a Card? Mailbox?
• Literature: The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting
• Art: Valentine Crayon Resist
• Math: Sweethearts Math Pattern Game

Thursday:

• Circle Time: Where is Our Heart? What Does it Do?
• Literature: The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting
• Art: Heart Necklaces
• Math: Sweethearts Math Pattern Game

Friday:

• Circle Time: How Do We Show Love?
• Literature: Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
• Art: Dotting Hearts Craft
• Math: Sweethearts Math Pattern Game

Music:

Love, Love, Love

(Sung to: '3 Blind Mice')

Love, love, love, love, love, love
See how it grows, See how it grows.
I love my friends and they love me.
We love each other that's plain to see.
There's plenty for a big family.
Love, love, love, love, love, love.

 

3/4 Class Schedule: 100 Days & Valentine's Day Celebration

Feb 9-13
Monday
98 Days of School
Literature: 100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
Art: 100 poster
Movement: Red Light, Green Light

Tuesday:
99 Days of School
Literature: 100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
Art: 100 days smarter crowns
Movement: Basketball

Wednesday
100 DAYS OF SCHOOL
Literature: We Love Our School by Judy Sierra
Art: 100 gumballs
Movement: Parachute

Thursday 
Valentines Celebration
Literature:  Pete the Cat: Valentine's Day is Cool by Kimberly & James Dean
Art: Heart Sun-catchers
Movement: Back -to-Back 

Friday
Valentines Celebration
Literature: Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Art: Marble Hearts 
Movement:  Freeze Tag

Writing Skill: Letter Tt
Songs/ Finger Play:

Valentines

I made this little valentine
Of red and white and blue.
I made this little valentine
Especially for you (point to a friend).

Pass The Heart

Pass the heart around, pass the heart around.
Pass the heart along, pass the heart around.
Pass the heart around, as we sing this song.
It is Valentine's, it is Valentine's
It is Valentine's Day
It is Valentine's, it is Valentine's
And we pass the heart this way, when the music stops
When the music stops, and the heart is in your hand
When the music stops, when the music stops
Enter Valentine's Land

February 2-6 Transportation/ all about cars

Week of Feb. 2-6. Transportation/all about cars

Monday

Literacy:   I am silly when...
Math:  Race car math probability and number recognition
Science:  force and motion
Art: painting with race cars
Music:  Wheels on the race car

Tuesday
Literacy: ______makes me sad.
Math:  start to finish.  Roll and go
Science: force and motion
Art: car free art
Music: On the road again  (silly kid songs)


Wednesday
Literacy: I ______in the sun.
Math: car color sequence
Science: ramps
Art: building cars with wheels and sticks
Music: on the road again

Thursday
Literacy: _______is smooth.
Math: car color sequence patterns
Science: ramps
Art: paper roll cars
Music: Wheels on the race car

Friday
Literacy: I love to sing______.
Math/Science: measuring car distance
Art: Balloon car toy craft
Music: Let's go riding in an automobile