Sunday, February 28, 2016

2/3 Class Schedule: Firefighters

Monday:
  • Literature: Fire Fighter! By Angela Royston
  • Art: Paper Plate Fire Hat
  • Math: Firefighters: Biggest to smallest
 
Tuesday:

  • Literature:
    Fire Trucks in Action
  • Art: Decorate 911 Picture
  • Math: How many firefighters?
 

Wednesday:
  • Literature: Fire Fighter! By Angela Royston
  • Art:Shape Fire Trucks
  • Math: Counting Flames on the Fire?
 
Thursday:
  • Literature: Fly Guy Presents Firefighters
  • Art: Fierfighter Hats
  • Math: Firefighter Counting
 
Friday:
Literature: The Firefighers by Sue Whiting
Art: Paper Firefighter
Math: How many spots on the dog?

 
This Week
Letter: X
Dramatic Play: Firefighter Dress Up
Fine Motor: Firefighter line tracing, Letter Dot-Dot, Cutting practice
Movement: Find the Flames
Song: Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

3/4 Class Schedule: Community Helpers

Feb 29 - Mar 4
Monday
Community Helpers
Literature: Curious George Takes a Job by H.A Rey 
Art: Painter
Movement: Pretend play

Tuesday:
Firefighter keeps us safe in our community
Literature: What Can We Play Today by Jane Moncure
STEM: melted ice sculpture, rainbow bracelets, and colored rainstorm
Movement: Jump Rope 

Wednesday
Dr. Seuss's Birthday
Literature: One Fish, Two Fish
Art: Cupcakes
Movement: Back -to-Back 

Thursday 
Builders keeps us warm in our homes
LiteratureThe Construction Crew by Lynn Meltzer 
Art: Community helper puppets
Movement: Parachute

Friday
Doctors keeps us healthy
Literature: Digger and Daisy Go to the Doctor by Judy Young
Art: Doctor Bag
Movement: Back -to-Back 

Writing Skill: Letter Xx & numbers
Songs/ Finger Play:
The People in Our Town (The Wheels on the Bus)
The librarian in the town says "Read a book, Read a book, Read a book"
The librarian in the town says "read a book" all day long
Other verses:
The firefighter says stop drop roll.
The teacher says let's learn new things.
The carpenter builds lots of things.
The mail carrier brings the mail.
The doctor makes you well.
The dentist says open up. 

Monday, February 22, 2016

Pre-K Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

Monday
Literacy:  Letter U   _______is ugly.
Math:Goldfish count in a bowl
Art:Bowl of fish
Music:  Seussical Musical songs
Science:  How do fish breathe/

Tuesday
Literacy;  Letter u  An umbrella _______.
Art/Math;  Truffula math game
Music:  Seussical Musical songs
Science:  Trees give us oxygen

Wednesday
Literacy:  U  Under my bed is _______.
Math: Apples up on Top
Art:Stacked Apples
Music:  Seussical Musical songs
Science: Balancing and stacking

Thursday
Literacy:  U I would ride a unicycle to _______.
Math: How much is 100%?
Art:  What will Horton Hatch from the egg?
Music:  Seussical Musical songs
Science:  Egg life cycle

Friday
Literacy: letter u  My unicorn can________________.
Math: Cat in the Hat Dice Roll
Art:  Cat in the Hat (HAT)
Music: Seussical Musical songs
Science: Removing stains


Sunday, February 21, 2016

2/3 Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss

Monday:

  • Literature: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
  • Art/Fine Motor: Tissue Paper Fish
  • Math: Fish Counting
Tuesday:
  • Literature: Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog
  • Art: Pinch and Stick PomPom Hat
  • Math/Fine Motor: Cat in the hat dot
Wednesday:
  • Literature: The Cat in the Hat
  • Art: Thing One hand print
  • Fine Motor: Letter Dot-Dot
Thursday:
  • Literature: Hop on Pop
  • Art:  Color Socks
  • Math/Fine Motor: Counting Fish

Friday:
  • Literature: Green Eggs and Ham
  • Art: Green Eggs Puffy Paint
  • Fine Motor: Letter Dot-Dot
This Week:
  • Letter: W

Friday, February 19, 2016

3/4 Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss

Feb 22-26
Monday
Our Bodies
LiteratureThe Foot Book
Art: Rainbow Cookies
Movement: Tag

Tuesday:

Counting
Literature: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue
STEM: Rainbow play dough
Movement: Jump Rope 

Wednesday
Rhyme
Literature: Hop on Pop
Art: Free Musical Art
Movement: Back -to-Back 

Thursday 
Imagination
LiteratureOh, the Things you can Think! 
Art: Your own Dr. Seuss character
Movement: Jump Rope

Friday
The planet
Literature: The Lorax
Art: Planting a seed
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)

Monday, February 15, 2016

2/3 Class Schedule: Number Review

Monday:

No School

Tuesday:
  • Art: Finger Painting Numbers
  • Literature: Bear Counts
  • Math/Fine Motor: My Number Book 1
Wednesday:
  • Art: My Number Book 2
  • Literature: Mouse Count
  • Math/Fine Motor: Clothes Pin Number Matching
Thursday:
  • Art: Five Little Ducks Finger Prints
  • Literature: Five Little Ducks
  • Math/Fine Motor: My Number Book 3

Friday:
  • Art: Number Paper Craft
  • Literature: Five Silly Monkeys
  • Math/Fine Motor: My Number Book 4
This Week:
  • Letter: V
  • Song(s)/Rhyme(s):
Five little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But only one little duck came back.

One little duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack, quack."
But none of the five little ducks came back.

Sad mother duck
Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad mother duck said
"Quack, quack, quack."
And all of the five little ducks came back

Pre-k Class January 16-19 Presidents and 100 days of school week

January 16-19   Presidents and 100 days of school week


Please have your child bring in 100 of something. Examples:

beans, noodles, shells, marbles etc.


Tuesday

Literacy: letter u ______is ugly.

Math: penny math (weighing pennies, counting and penny facts)

Art: silhouette presidents

Science: Cleaning a dirty penny

Music: Yankee Doodle


Wednesday

Literacy: I can eat 100_________________.

Math: counting 100 pennies

Art: 100 penny art

Science: Disappearing penny

Music: 100th day song


Thursday

Literacy: When I am 100 years old, I________.

Math: counting 100 crayons into groups of 10

Art: 100 noodles necklace

Science: How much water in 100 ice cubes
Music: 100th day song


Friday

Literacy: I want 100_____________.

Math/Art: 100 Ants marching

Science: Ant communication


Music: The Ants Go Marching

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

3/4 Class Schedule: 100 days of School

Feb 15- 19
Monday
No School: President's Day

Tuesday:

99 Days of School
Literature: 100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
STEM: coffee filter butterfly
Movement: Musical Hoops

Wednesday
100 days of school celebration
Literature: Emily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
Art: 100 gumballs
Movement: Parachute

Thursday 
100 days of school celebration
Literature: One Hundred Days (plus one) by Margaret McNamara
Art: 100 thumbballs
Movement: Soccer

Friday
Number Review
LiteratureWe Love Our School by Judy Sierra
Art: Paint chip punches
Movement:  Freeze Tag

Writing Skill: Letter Vv. Numbers
Songs/ Finger Play:
100 Days (Tune of 10 Little Indians)
10, 20, 30 days of school,
40, 50, 60 days of school,
70, 80, 90 day of school,
100 days of school!

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Feb.8-12. Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day

Week of Feb. 8-12. 

Monday
Literacy: letter trip
Math: monkeys in the tree  
Science:  all kinds of monkeys
Music: 5 little monkeys
Art:  paper lanterns

Tuesday
Literacy: letter t  tap
Math: counting pennies
Science: monkeys
Music: 5 little monkeys
Art:  dragon puppet/valentine bags

Wednesday
Literacy: letter t tall
Math: jelly bean math
Science: m&m experiment
Music: drawing to music
Art: valentine bag decorating.

Thursday
Literacy:  train
Math: candy heart sort 
Science: human heart
Music:  musical squares
Valentine Party 

Friday
Literacy: trick
Math: top-it
Science: human heart
Music:  musical squares
Valentine party

2/3 Class Schedule: Hearts

Monday:
  • Art: Paper Heart Collage
  • Literature: Spot Loves His Mommy
  • Math: Heart Size Organizing
  • Fine Motor:Paper Taring
Tuesday:
  • Art: Heart Stamping
  • Literature: Valentine's Day Is Cool
  • Math: How Many Hearts Do You See?
  • Fine Motor: Cutting Practice
Wednesday:
  • Art: Heart Hand Painting
  • Literature: Counting Kisses
  • Math: Counting Hearts
  • Fine Motor: Letter Dot-Dot
Thursday:
  • Art: V-day Card
  • Literature: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Rose
  • Math: Rose Color Organizing
  • Fine Motor: Cutting Practice

Friday:
  • Art: Coffee Filter Water Painting
  • Literature: Counting Kisses
  • Math: Heart Counting
  • Fine Motor: Letter Dot-Dot
This Week:
  • Letter: U
  • Song(s)/Rhyme(s):
    •  Roses are Red
      Roses are Red
      Violets are Blue
      Carnations are Sweet
      And so are you.

      And so are they
      That send you this
      And when we meet
      We'll have a kiss.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

3/4 Class Schedule: Chinese New Year & Valentine's Day

Feb 8-12
Monday
Chinese New Year Celebration 
Literature: The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Dawn Casey
Art: Red lanterns
Movement: Parachute

Tuesday:
What is Chinese New Year?
Literature: The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by Dawn Casey
STEM: Boat model making
Movement: Tag

Wednesday
What is Valentine's day?
Literature: The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting
Art: Valentine's Cards
Movement: Jump rope

Thursday 
Valentine's Day Celebration
Literature: Arthur's Great Big Valentine by Lillian Hoban
Art: Heart magnets 
Movement: Parachute
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Friday
Valentine's Day Celebration
Literature: Arthur's Valentine by Marc Brown
Art: Valentine's day gift
Movement: Scarf Dancing

Writing Skill: LetterUu
Songs/ Finger Play:
The More We Get Together
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, together, together
The happier we'll be
Cuz your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together, together, together
The happier we'll be