3/4 Class Schedule: Pond Life

Apr 4 - 8
Monday
What is a pond?
Literature: Down by the Cool of the Pond by Tony Mitton 
Art: Water Color Pond

Movement: Back-to-Back

Tuesday
What lives in ponds? 
Literature: Splash! By Ann Jonas
STEM: Fossils
Movement: Red Rover

Wednesday
What do pond animals eat?
Literature: In the Small, Small Pond By Denise Fleming

Art: Cat Tail prints

Movement:  Freeze Tag

Thursday 
Pond water Observation
Literature: An Extraordinary Egg By Leo Lionni
Art: Story writing
Movement: Red Light, Green Light

Friday
What pond life hatches from eggs?
Literature: Splash! By Ann Jonas
Art: Salt Dough Turtles
Movement: Soccer

Writing Skill: Number writing 

Songs/ Finger Play:

Old McDonald

Old McDonald Had a Pond E-I-E-I-O

And in that pond he had a FROG E-I-E-I-O

With a Ribbit, Ribbit here

And a Ribbit, Ribbit there

Here a Ribbit

There a Ribbit

Everywhere a Ribbit, Ribbit

Old McDonald had a pond E-I-E-I-O

Geese honk

Dragonflys quiver

Turtles are silent

Swallows swoop

Herons lunge

Ducks quack

Pre-k week of March 28- April 1st Gardening (Planting Seeds)

Gardening (Planting Seeds)

Monday
Literacy: Letter Z  I can zip __________________.
Math:  subtraction reaping vegetables
Art:   Flower parts
Music:

Flowers grow from the seeds below

In every color of the rainbow

Red and yellow, green and blue

Pink and purple and orange too

I will pick the flowers I grow

In every color of the rainbow

Pink and purple and orange and blue

To make a pretty bouquet for you

Science:  Seed sprout predictions

Tuesday
Literacy:  One day a little bird......
Math: Seed Sort
Science/Art:  Terrariums and the water cycle
Music; Flowers grow From Seeds

Wednesday
Literacy:  I like to see __________at the zoo!
Math: Seeds on a stick groups of ten
Science:  Planting seeds in baseball card inserts watch seeds sprout over time
Art: handprint sunflower
music: Let it Grow

Thursday
Literacy: One day a little seed.....
Math/Art:  Flowers with seed numbers
Science: Observing seeds and seed match
Music:  Let it Grow

Friday
Literacy: I can zoom on or in a ________________.
Math/Art:  Seeds in a Watermelon  adding with dice
Science: fruits and their seeds
Music: Plants can grow high

I came to the farm to see how things grow
And I learned some things I didn't know
Plants can grow high
Plants can grow low
Some grow above the ground
Some grow below

For instance a tomato doesn't grow like a potato

Tomato: Tomatoes push and shove to get up above

Ernie: Meanwhile a potato doesn't grow like a tomato

Potato: Potatoes never show, we stay down below

Plants can grow high
Plants can grow low
Some grow above the ground
Some grow below

Now if you want a lettuce

Lettuce: I'd tell you where to get us
We always can be found right above the ground

Ernie: Look high for a zucchini 'cause they're never very teeny

Beet: But if you want a beet, look under your feet

Plants can grow high
Plants can grow low
Some grow above the ground
Some grow below

Ernie: Maybe next time you'll see something you'll know

Tomato etc: If it grew above the ground

Potato etc: Or it grows below!

3/4 Class Schedule: Plants

Mar 28 - Apr 1
Monday
What are plants?
Literature: From the Garden: A Counting Book about Growing Food by Michael Dahl
Art: Flower poster

Movement: Hop Scotch

Tuesday
Planting a seed
Literature: Jo MacDonald Had a Garden By Mary Quattlebaum
STEM: Dinosaur unit

Movement: Jump rope

Wednesday
Seed Cycle
Literature: I'm a Seed by Jean Marzollo
Art: Planting seeds

Movement: Back to Back

Thursday 
Seed Cycle
Literature: Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson

Art: Create paper plants in egg cartoon planters

Movement:  Back-to-Back

Friday
Why are plants important? They help us grow!
Literature: Vegetable Soup by Jeanne Modesitt
Art: Vegetable soup

Movement: Soccer

Writing Skill: Alphabet Review
Songs/ Finger Play:
Parts of Plants (Sung to: Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes)
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow, grow, grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?

The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place,
The stem move water up the plant, up the plant.
The roots store food and the stem feed the leaves.
Roots and steam give food to the plant.

The leaves soak up the sun, soak up sun.
The flower grows into fruit, into fruit.
The sun helps the plant and the fruit has tiny seeds.
The sun helps the plant to grow, grow, grow.

3/4 Class Schedule: Spring Weather

Mar 14-18
Monday
Happy 1st day of Spring
Literature: And Then it's Spring by Julie Fogliano
Art: Paper Umbrellas
Movement: Stop & Go

Tuesday
How do we know it's Spring?
Literature: Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee
STEM: State of Matter Wrap up
Movement: Parachute

Wednesday
What's the weather in Spring?
Literature: Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Art: Cloud Pictures

Movement: Jump rope

Thursday
Rain
Literature: Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Art: Paper Cut Flowers
Movement: Back-to-Back

Friday
Field Trip to Crossroads

Beginning Phonics 

Music for the Week: 

Spring Song (Sung to London Bridge)

Leaves are growing on the trees, on the trees, on the trees

Leaves are growing on the trees, It is springtime.

All the grass is turning green

See the birdies build their nest

Watch the flowers start to grow

Pre-k Plants Week of March 21-25

Pre-k. Plants week of March 21-25

Monday

Literacy:  I like to _______in a yard.

Math:  How Much is 20/seed sort and count

Art: arm/hand sunflower

Science: What is a seed?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around

Book:  The Tiny Seed

Tuesday

Literacy: A ________is yellow.

Math: counting to 10 with seeds

Art: Carrot in a bag

Science: How does a seed grow?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around

Book: The Carrot Seed

Wednesday

Literacy: I yell when_________.

Math: How Many feet up the beanstalk?

Art: Beanstalk to cloud seed

Science: What happens after a seed sprouts?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around/  I’m a Little Seed

Book:  Jack and the Beanstalk

Thursday

Literacy: A ______is yummy!

Math: Root Vegetable survey/graphing

Art: Root vegetable free art/ Leprachaun traps  (please bring a shoe box)

Science:  When a plant blooms.

Music: I’m a little plant/ Green Grass Grows all Around

Book: Growing Vegetable Soup

Friday

Field trip to crossroads mall

pre-k Our Community March 16-18

Pre-K Our Community

Wednesday

Literacy: letter review with yarn

Math: number bingo

Art: My neighborhood

music: Pete the Cat

Thursday

Literacy: letter x x-ray

Math: block building with dice

Art: building with sticks and playdough

Science: building with straws

music: 100 exercises

Friday

Literacy: bakery menu

Math: fractional parts in a pie

Art: Pretend bakery treats

Music: We are the people in your neighborhood

3/4 Class Schedule: Spring/ St. Patrick's Day

Mar 14-18
Monday
What is Spring?
Literature: The Happy Day by Russ Krauss
Art: Cupcake flowers

Movement: Stop & Go

Tuesday
How do we know it's Spring?
Literature: Hooray For Spring! by Kazuo Iwamura 
STEM: State of Matter
Movement: Parachute

Wednesday
What is St. Patrick's Day
Literature: What is St. Patrick's Day? by Elaine Landau 

Art: Shamrock Necklace

Movement: Hopscotch

Thursday
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Literature: Clever Tom and the Leprechaun: An Old Irish Story by Linda Shute
Art: Glitter four leaf clover
Movement: Back-to-Back

Friday
Spring Time
Literature: Bunny Hopwell's First Spring by Jean Fritz
Art: Chromatography Flower
Movement: Jump rope

Letter Z
Music for the Week: 
Spring Song (Sung to London Bridge)
Leaves are growing on the trees, on the trees, on the trees
Leaves are growing on the trees, It is springtime.
All the grass is turning green
See the birdies build their nest
Watch the flowers start to grow

2/3 Class Schedule: Community Helpers

Monday

• Literature:Jobs People Do
• Art: Tool Belt
• Math: How Many Tools on the Shelf?

  Tuesday

• Literature: All Through My Town
• Art: Mail Bag
• Math: Number Matching

  Wednesday

• Literature: Show me your smile
• Fine motor skill: Dentist with play dough 
• Letter practice: brush letter teeth

  Thursday

• Literature: Pete’s a Pizza
• Art: Shape Pizzas
• Math: How many squares, rectangles or triangles do I see?

  Friday

• Literature: Animal Hospital
• Fine motor skill: pretend play Veterinarian
• Art: Origami Dog 

This Week:
Letter: Y 
Movement: Pretend to be animals, Red light Creen light
Rhyme:  1-2-3-4 Who’s knocking at my door? It’s a ________ (type of community helper)

pre-k community

Pre-k class March 7. People in our community


Literacy:  letter w  I won a _______ once.

Math: ten frames

Art: community helper puppets on stick

Music: people in the neighborhood

Science: snap circuit siren

Literacy: letter w A______is wet.

Math:  how many to ten

Art:firefighter in truck

Music: hurry hurry drive the fire truck

Stem science

Literacy: letter writing practice

Math: sorting numbers

Art: mail carrier

Music: freeze dance

Literacy:  I want to____.

Math: 10 bears 

Art: veterinarian medical bag

Music: draw to music

Science: vet tools

Literacy:  I was for a ________.

Math. Roll die how much to ten

Art: seed Art

Music: farmer in the dell

Science: plant seed

3/4 Class Schedule: Community Week 2

Mar 9-13

Monday
Police officers keeps us safe in our community
Literature: Officers Everywhere! by Charnan Simon
Art: Police Hats
Movement: Red Light, Green Light

Tuesday:
Veterinarians helps animals
Literature: Sally Goes to the Vet by Stephen Huneck
STEM: Evaporation
Movement:  Runaway Bus!

Wednesday
Librarians helps us read
Literature: Beverly Billingsly Borrows A Book by Alexander Stadler
Art: Library card & Bookmark
Movement: Tunnel Tag

Thursday 
Mailman

Literature: The Day the Crayons Came Home  by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
Art: Mail Carrier bags
Movement: Tag

Friday
Teachers

Literature: My teacher sleeps in school by Leatie Weiss
Art: Cards to other teachers 
Movement: Back-to-Back

Writing Skill: Letter Yy
Songs/ Finger Play:
What is My Job? (Sung to: Are you sleeping?)
What is my job?
What is my job?
Can you guess?
Can you guess?
[_________________]
Ex. I help people get well.
[_________________]
Ex. I help people get well.
Who am I?
Who am I?
*Other verses: I can fix the water pipes. I deliver letters. I make tasty meals for you. I keep your pets healthy. I can teach you new things. I can help if you get lost.