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.

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

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.

3/4 Class Schedule: Bugs & Mother's Day

May 2-6

Monday:

Bees

Literature: The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman 
Art: Paper plate bees

Movement/Game: Bumble Bee Dance

Tuesday: 

Ants

Literature: Ant and Honey Bee, What a Pair! by Megan McDonald

STEM: Solar System

Movement/Game: Phonics Bingo

Wednesday: 

Spiders

Literature: Itsy Bitsy Spider by Dosh Archer

Art: Spiderweb Weaving

Movement/Game: Candyland

Thursday:

Mother's Day
Literature: Mother's Mother's Day by Lorna Balian
Art: Mother's day gift

Movement/Game: Butterfly Match!

Friday: 

Mother's Day
Literature: T.Rex and the Mother's Day Hug by Lois Grambling
Art: Mother's day gift

Movement/Game: Bumble Bee Dance!

Written/ Math Skill: Dice Numbers & Letters
Reading Skill: Phonics and Story telling 
Beginning Science Concepts: Predictions & Observations
Music:
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Ant go Marching On

3/4 Class Schedule: Butterflies

April 25- 29

Monday:

Where do we see butterflies? What do they eat?

Literature: The Crunching Munching Caterpillar by Sheridan Cain
Art: Caterpillar to Butterfly

Movement/Game: Phonics Bingo

Tuesday: 

Butterflies Body parts

Literature: Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison 

STEM: Intro to space

Movement/Game: Phonics Bingo

Wednesday: 

Life Cycle of a butterfly

Literature:  Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison 

Art: Coffee filter butterflies

Movement/Game: Matching game

Thursday:

Life Cycle of a butterfly
Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle 
Art: Butterfly life cycle mobile

Movement/Game: Butterfly Match!

Friday: 

Butterfly food
Literature: Butterfly Garden by Margaret McNamara
Art: Butterfly wings

Movement/Game: Tag

Written/ Math Skill: Dice Numbers & Letters
Reading Concepts: Predictions & Observations

Songs/ Finger Play:

Butterfly Cycle (Sung to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat")

Hatch, hatch little egg, I'm so very small.
Teeny tiny caterpillar, You can't see me at all.

Crawl, caterpillar, crawl, Munching on a leaf.
Crawling, munching, crawling, munching, Eat and eat and eat.

Form, form chrysalis, I'm a different shape;
Hanging by a silken thread Until I can escape.

Rest, rest, chrysalis While I change inside;
Now at last my time has come To be a butterfly.

Stretch, stretch, pretty wings, It's a special day;
Soon they will be strong enough For me to fly away.

Fly, fly, butterfly, Fly from flower to tree;
Find a place to lay my eggs So they can grow like me.

3/4 Class Schedule: Farm

April 18- 22

Monday:

What is a farm?

Literature: Farm by Elisha Cooper
Art: Barn poster

Movement/Game: Phonics Bingo

Tuesday: 

Who lives on a farm?

Literature: Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley

STEM: Final robot lesson-make 3-D model robots

Movement/Game: Jump rope

Wednesday: 

What do farmers do?

Literature: On a Farm by David Elliott

Art: Farmer Puppet

Movement/Game: Obstacle Course

Thursday:

Jozee Rooz Petting Zoo

Literature: On a Farm by Alexa Andrews 

Movement/Game: Number Bingo

Friday: 

Machines on the farm

Literature: Farm by Penelope Arion

Art: Marble Paint Farm Scene

Movement/Game: Hide & Seek

Written/ Math Skill: Dice Numbers & Letters
Beginning Science Concepts: Estimation

Songs/ Finger Play:
Old MacDonald

This is the way…
This is the way we plant the hay
plant the hay, plant the hay
This is the way we plant the hay so early in the morning

This is the way we feed the chickens
Feed the chickens, feed the chickens
This is the way we feed the chickens so early in the morning.

This is the way we chop the wood
chop the wood, chop the wood
This is the way we chop the wood so early in the morning

This is the way we milk the cows
Milk the cows, milk the cows

3/4 Class Schedule: Frogs and Amphibian

Apr 11-15
Monday
What's an amphibian? Life Cycle
Literature: Salamander, Frog and Polliwog: What is An Amphibian? By Brian Cleary
Art: Lily Pad Frog
Movement: Tunnel Tag

Tuesday
What's an amphibian?
Literature: Salamander, Frog and Polliwog: What is An Amphibian? By Brian Cleary
STEM: Intro to robots
Movement: Parachute

Wednesday
Frogs

Literature:Jump, Frog, Jump! By Robert Kalan  
Art: Frog Mask
Movement:  Freeze Tag

Thursday 
Polliwog
Literature: The Caterpillar and The Polliwog By Jack Kent 
Art: Story workshop with frog
Movement: Back to Back

Friday
Toad
Literature: Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
Art: Toad puppet
Movement: Basketball

Writing Skill: Phonics & Number writing

Songs/ Finger Play:

Five little speckled frogs

Five little speckled frogs

Sitting on a speckled log

Eating the most delicious bugs (yum, yum)

One jumped into the pool 

Where it was nice and cool

Then there were four speckled frogs on the log

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

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

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

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.

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
Literature: The 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. 

3/4 Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss

Feb 22-26
Monday
Our Bodies

Literature: The 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
Literature: Oh, 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)

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
Literature: We 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!

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

3/4 Class Schedule: Transportation

Feb 2-6
Monday
Transportation: What things go?
Literature: Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Art: Shape Bicycle
Movement: Race car Tag

Tuesday:
Things that swim
Literature: I'm Mighty! by Kate & Jim McMullan
STEM: Intro to boat unit-build model
Movement: Ship & Shore

Wednesday
Things that use tracks
Literature: Freight Train by Donald Crews
Art: Number Train

Movement: Musical Squares

Thursday 
Things that fly
Literature:  I Love Planes by Philemon Sturges
Art: Paper airplanes
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

3/4 Class Schedule: Arctic and Antarctica Water Animals

Jan 25-29
Monday
Penguins
Literature/ Video: March of the Penguins clip
Art: Emperor Penguin craft 
Movement: Fox Tag

Tuesday:
Seals
Literature: Sammy the Seal by Syd Hoff 
STEM: Final animal habitat lesson-creating imaginary animals able to live in 
Movement: Jump rope

Wednesday
Narwhals 
Literature' Video: Planet Earth: Narwhale clip
Art: Narwhal figures
Movement: Hula hoop basketball

Thursday 
Whales (Orca & Beluga)
Literature: Whales by Gail Gibbons
Art: Sponge paint whales
Movement: Parachute

Friday
Walrus
Literature/Video: Planet Earth: Walrus clip
Art: Walrus puppet

Movement: Parachute

Writing Skill: Letter Rr, Number writting
Songs/ Finger Play:
Baby Beluga

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.