3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle Books

June 6-10
Monday:
Who is Eric Carle? What does he do?
Literature: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Art: Eric Carle Style animals
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Tuesday:
Bugs
Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
STEM: Chemisty mixture
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Wednesday:
Rainbow
Literature: The Mixed up Chamelon 
Art: Mixed up chamelon
Movement/Game: Sharks & Minnows

Thursday:
Plant life
Literature: The Tiny Seed
Art: Animal Stamping
Movement/Game: Seed, Seed, Grow!

Friday:
Friendship
Literature: Pancake, Pancakes! & Friends by Eric Carle
Art: Making pancakes
Movement/Game: Back-to-Back

Music of the Week:
The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Sung to: Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping she dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up she was a butterfly!

3/4 Class Schedule: Tidepools & Oceans

May 30- June 3
Monday:

No School: Memorial Day

Tuesday:

What is a tide pool?

Literature: Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward

STEM: Making the constellation 

Movement/Game: Tennis

Wednesday:

What lives in a tide pool?

Literature: A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Art: Egg carton hermit crab

Movement/Game: Sink or Float

Thursday:

Stars in the Sea

Literature: Star of the Sea by Janet Halfmann

Art: Ocean Scene with fish 

Movement/Game: Octopus Tag

Friday:

Field Trip to Alki

Letter & Pattern work

Music:

Catch a Fish (Sung To: Row, Row, Row your boat)
Catch, catch, catch a fish,

Hook it on your line.
Reel it, reel it, reel it,
This one will be mine.

Pre-k Tidepools and reef animals

Pre-k Tide pool and reef animals   May 23-27

Monday
Literacy: A hermit crab can....
Math: Shell patterning
Art: Pasta hermit crab
Science:  Hermit crab habitat
Music:  Practice graduation songs

Tuesday
Literacy: A seastar can...
Math:  tide pool patterns and sequencing
Art: clay seastars with toothpicks
Science: ocean zones
Music: oceans of fun

Wednesday
Literacy: _____can hide in a sea anemone.
Math: How many tentacles on the anemone?  Adding with numbers
Art: clay anemones
Science: anemone habitat
Music: oceans of fun

Thursday
Literacy: A seahorse can....
Math: How many reeds of Grass?  Adding with 2 to 3 numbers.
Art: seahorse freeart
Science: camouflaging
Music:grad. songs


Friday
Literacy:  A squid....
Math:  patterns and sequence
Art:  squid art with straws and plastic wrap
Science: Squid ink
Music: grad songs

3/4 Class Schedule: Fairy Tales

May 23-27
Monday:

The Three Little Pigs

Literacy: The Three Little Pigs

Art: Pig Mask
Movement/Game: What Time is it Mr. Fox

Tuesday:

Jack & the Beanstalk

Literacy: Jack & the Beanstalk

STEM: Tissue paper sun
Movement/Game: Red light/ Green light

Wednesday:

Little Red Riding Hood

Literacy: Little Red Riding Hood

Art: Bottle cap character
Game: What Time is it Mr. Fox

Thursday:

Hansel and Gretel 

Literacy: Hansel and Gretel

Art: Popsicle stick characters
Movement/Game: Freeze Tag

Friday:

Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Literacy: Goldilocks & the Three Bears

Art: Paper Bears puppets
Game: Red light/ Green light

Letter & Pattern work

Music:

The Grand Old Duke Of York

The grand old duke of York
He had ten thousand men,
He marched them up the hill,
He marched them down again.
And when they're up, they're up, (stand up)
And when they're down, they're down, (sit down)
But when they're only half way up, (crouch)
They're neither up nor down

Prek/k May 16-20 Ocean, Shore and Tide Animals

Prek/k  May 16-20 Ocean, Shore and Tide Animals


Monday:
Literacy:  An ocean is a home for....
Math: counting and sorting  shells
Science: Why is the ocean salty
Art: ocean painting
Music: Oceans of Fun/ graduation songs
Book: Commotion in the Ocean

Tuesday:
Science/Literacy: What are Shells? My favorite shell is...   -ell word family
Math: Sorting Shells
Art: Shell art
Music: Bivalves/ graduation songs
Book: Shore Life

Wednesday:
Literacy: One day a fighting conch...     -ight word family
Math: adding with shells
Art: sand candles
Science: boiling down ocean water from the Atlantic to extract salt
Music: Scallops, oysters and Clams/graduation songs
Book: There was an old Lady who Swallowed a Shell

Thursday:
Literacy: One day a hermit crab....    -ab word family
Math: How Many Reeds of Seagrass?
Art: Hermit Crab in a Shell
Science: What is a Crab? Observing a real crab.
Music: The Crab walk/graduation
Book: Hermit Crab

Friday:
Literacy: These are things I can find on a beach...    -each word family
Math: How Long is one Minute? (using minute sand glasses)
Art: Beach Scene with Sand
Science: What is Sand? Observing Sand
Music: At the Beach/graduation
Book: The Sand Castle Contest

3/4 Class Schedule: Space Exploration

May 16- 20

Monday:

Astronaut Training Camp 

Literature:  Astronaut PiggyWiggy by Christyan Fox
Art: Astronaut Helmets

Movement/Game: Solar System Tag

Tuesday:

Field Trip to Pacific Science Center

Wednesday:

Blast off

Literacy: Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton

Art: Name Rockets
Movement/Game: Parachute

Thursday:

Exploring the Moon

Literacy: Papa, please get the moon for me by Eric Carle

Art: Outer Space Books
Movement/Game: Soccer

Friday:

Exploring the Planets 

Literacy: The Earth Book by Todd Parr

Activity: Galaxy Playdough 
Movement/Game: Airplane Tag

Written/ Math Skill: Shapes sorting, counting forward and back

Reading Skill: Picture walks

Music:

Going to the Moon

Climb aboard the spaceship, we're going to the moon.

Hurry and get ready we're going to blast off soon.

Put on your helmet and buckle up tight.

Cuz here comes the count down, let's count with all our might.

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1, BLAST OFF!

3/4 Class Schedule: Dinosaurs

May 9- 13

Monday:

What is a dinosaur?

Literature: Dancing Dinos goes to School by Sally Lucas
Art: Letter D Dinos

Movement/Game: Number Chart

Tuesday: 

Are they still alive?

Literature: Dancing Dinos goes to School by Sally Lucas

STEM: Saturn's Rings 

Movement/Game: Phonics Bingo

Wednesday: 

Paleontologist 

Literature: Digging for Dinosaur Fossil Video

Art: Dinosaur skeleton

Movement/Game: Shape pictures

Thursday:

What do Dinosaurs eat?
Literature: Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Shields
Art: Paper plate dinosaurs

Movement/Game: Shape pictures

Friday: 

Foot Prints
Literature:  A Wish for Dinosaur by Jane Moncure
Art: Foot print cookies

Movement/Game: Dinosaur Dance

Written/ Math Skill: Counting
Reading Skill: Picture walks
Music:
Stomp, Stomp, Stomp Around (Row Your Boat)
Stomp, Stomp, Stomp Around
On your great big feet.
Swish your tail,
turn around,
now go take your seat.