2/3 Class Schedule: Welcome Summer!

Theme: Welcome Summer!
 
Monday:
Literature: Let It Shine
Art: Fork Art Sunshine
Math: Counting Buttons
 
Tuesday:
Literature: If You’re Happy and You Know It
Art: Sunny Rainbow
Math: Watermelon Math
 
Wednesday:
Literature: What will the Weather Be Like Today?
Art: Sun Visor
Math: Pattern Block Animals
 
Thursday:
Literature: And Here’s to You!
Art: Ice Cream Cone
Math: Pattern Block Animals
 
Friday:
Literature: The Watermelon Seed
Art: Watermelon
Math: Watermelon Math
 
All Week
Science/Sensory:
Melting Ice in the Water Table
Color Mixing
 
Fine Motor:
Dot and Cut
Sticker Shapes
Don’t Cut the Sunshine 
 
Song:
Mr. Sun
Oh Mister Sun, Sun
Mister Golden Sun, 
Please shine down on me
 
Oh Mister Sun, Sun
Mister Golden Sun, 
Hiding behind a tree
These little children 
Are asking you 
To please come out 
So we can play with you 

2/3 Schedule: African Safari

Literature: Giraffes Can't Dance
Snakes, Snakes, Snakes
How Loud is a Lion?
Hidden Hippo
Walking in the Jungle
Animal Boogie
You Put Your Left Paw In

Art:
Juggle Vines
Yawning Hippos
Paper Tube Snake
Corkscrew Pasta Lion
Hand and Footprint Parrot

Dramatic Play:
African Animal Hunt

Sensory:
Water Table
Snakes Bin
African Safari Hunt

Fine Motor:
Rolling Snakes with Play dough
Cutting Snakes

Movement:
Predator Vs. Prey Game
Sack Snake Races
Snakes in the Grass

Going On an Animal Hunt (Chant)
We're going on an animal hunt, (your turn)
Searching for our friends. (say as I say)
Got my map in my hands,
And my binoculars too.

I see an animal in the distance.
It's got a long, wavy mane
Big, huge eyes
And a swishy swashy tail.

Shhhhhh! Tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe, tip-toe
It’s a lion!

I see an animal in the distance
It’s got a very, long neck
Straight, boney legs
And spots all over it’s body

It’s a giraffe!

I see an animal in the distance
It’s got a big, long trunk
Two sharp tusks
And some huge, flapping ears

It’s an elephant!

I see an animal in the distance
It’s got very big mouth
Some tough gray skin
And floats in muddy water

It’s a hippo!

I see an animal in the distance
It’s got long, bendy arms
A very strong tail
And swings through the trees

It’s a monkey!

2/3 Class Schedule: Shells

Theme: Shells         

Literature:

There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Shell
I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean
Commotion in the Ocean
A House for a Hermit Crab
Jump Fish Jump

Art:

Shell Water Coloring

Clay Shells

Rock Magnets

Glitter Hermit Crab

Hermit Crab in a Shell

 

Fine motor/Sensory:

Shell Cutting
Fishing Poles and Fish
“Don’t Cut the Fish” (cutting practice)
Pinching Fish
Play Dough Sea Urchins

Math:

Shell Number Matching
Sorting Colored Shells
How Many Shells in the Pail?

Movement:

Ocean Movement Game
Octopus Tag
Jump Fish Jump

Music:

Five Cranky Crabs (Rhyme)
Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.
One swam into a net and then there were four.
Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.
One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.
Three Cranky crabs were wondering what to do.
One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.
Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.
One got scooped up in a cup. Then there was one.
One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.
He hid between the jagged rocks.
That's how the story ends.

Swim, Fish, Swim

Tune: Jingle Bells

Swim, fish, swim,
Swim, fish, swim.
Swim fast—do not stay!
Look! –There’s a great big (child names a sea animal).
And you must get away.

 

2/3 Class Schedule: Ocean Week 2

Theme: Ocean Week 2    

Literature:
I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean
From Pup to Shark
One Tiny Turtle
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Pirate” (cutting practice)
Pinching Fish Water Play

Art:
Sand Paper/Oil Pastel Starfish
Rubber Glove Squid
Tissue Paper Fish
Liquid Water Color Jellyfish

Sensory:
Colored Sand
Pinching Fish Water Play
 
Math:
Measuring Sea Animals with Links
Sea Animal Patterns
Counting Sea Animals

Movement:
Pirate Planks
Follow the Leader

Science:
Sink or Float
 
Dramatic Play:
Pirate Treasure Hunt

Music: 

Five Cranky Crabs (Rhyme) 

Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.
One swam into a net and then there were four.
Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.
One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.
Three Cranky crabs were wondering what to do.
One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.
Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.
One got scooped up in a cup. Then there was one.
One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.
He hid between the jagged rocks.
That's how the story ends.
 

Swim, Fish, Swim

Tune: Jingle Bells

Swim, fish, swim,
Swim, fish, swim.
Swim fast—do not stay!
Look! –There’s a great big (child names a sea animal).
And you must get away.

 

2/3 Class Schedule: Ocean

Theme: Ocean         

Literature:
I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean
Commotion in the Ocean
Clumsy Crab
Jump Fish Jump

Secret Seahorse

Art:

Octopus with tentacles
Shell Threading Craft
Paper bag Jellyfish
Liquid Watercolor Ocean Scene
Handprint Crab

Fine motor/Sensory:
Fishing Poles and Fish
“Don’t Cut the Fish” (cutting practice)

Pinching Fish
Play Dough Sea Urchins

 

Math:

How Many Fish Bubbles?
Sorting Colored Fish
How Many Shells in the Pail?

Movement:

Ocean Movement Game
Octopus Tag
Jump Fish Jump

Music:

Five Cranky Crabs (Rhyme)
Five cranky crabs were digging on the shore.
One swam into a net and then there were four.
Four cranky crabs were floating in the sea.
One got tangled up in seaweed then there were three.
Three Cranky crabs were wondering what to do.
One dug a deep, deep hole. Then there were two.
Two cranky crabs were warming in the sun.
One got scooped up in a cup. Then there was one.
One cranky crab was smarter than his friends.
He hid between the jagged rocks.
That's how the story ends.

Swim, Fish, Swim

Tune: Jingle Bells

Swim, fish, swim,
Swim, fish, swim.
Swim fast—do not stay!
Look! –There’s a great big (child names a sea animal).
And you must get away.

Shape on the Move

I have a (pick a shape or object) in front of me.
I think I’ll put it on my knee.
Then I’ll hide it under my chair.
Can you see it under there?

I’ll take it out so I can put
That pretty (shape) on my foot.
Off of my foot and into my hair.
My, it looks so nice up there.

Out to the side. Up in the air.
Is that my (shape) way up there?
Down to the ground my (shape) lands.
I pick it up with my two hands.

Behind my back my (shape) goes.
Where is it now? Nobody knows.
Here it is for all to see.
It’s right back here in front of me.

 

2/3 Class Schedule: Farm

Theme: Farm

Literature:
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddel
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Driving My Tractor by Jan Dobbins
Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
           
Retelling Story:
The Three Little Pigs
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Chicken” (cutting practice)

Farm Animal Cutting

Art:
Pig Mask
Fork Painting Chickens
Three Little Pigs Puppets
Paper Plate Cow
Sticker Sheep

Sensory:
Hay and Corn Sensory Bin

Math:
How Many Farm Animals?
Big Button Game (Sorting, Counting, Identifying Numbers)

Movement:
Old MacDonald Says…
The Pigs Go Skipping

Music:

In and Out of the Barn Game
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell

The (farm animal)’s out of the barn.
The _______’s out of the barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s out of the barn.

The (farm animal)’s is in the barn.
The _______’s is in barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s is in the barn.

2/3 Class Schedule: Mother's Day and Babies

Theme: Mother’s and Babies
 
Monday:
Literature: How Pig is a Pig?
Art: Pig in the Mud
Math: Farm Animal Matching (Mother’s and Babies)
 
Tuesday:
Literature: Where is Green Sheep?
Art: Sticky Sheep
Math: Sheep Counting Graph
 
Wednesday:
Literature: One Duck Stuck
Art: Handprint Duck Craft
Math: Duck Counting Graph
 
Thursday:
Literature: What Mommies Do Best
Art: Mother’s Day Craft
Math: Farm Animal Matching (Mother’s and Babies)
 
Friday:
Literature: What Mommies Do Best
Art: Mother’s Day Craft
Math: How Many Egg’s Did the Farmer Find?
 
All Week
Sensory:
Seeds and Corn Sensory Bin
 
Dramatic Play:
Farm Work
 
Fine Motor:
Clothes on the clothesline
“Don’t Cut the Chicken!” (Cutting Practice)

Movement:Old MacDonald Says…
The Pigs Go Skipping

Music:
In and Out of the Barn Game
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell

The (farm animal)’s out of the barn.
The _______’s out of the barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s out of the barn.

The (farm animal)’s is in the barn.
The _______’s is in barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s is in the barn.

2/3 Class Schedule: Caterpillars and Butterflies

Theme:  Caterpillars and Butterflies

Monday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Art: Butterfly Handprints
Math: Butterfly Matching

Tuesday:

Literature: From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Art: Life Cycle Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game

Wednesday:

Literature: Waiting for Wings
Art: Butterfly Symmetry (Painting)
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Thursday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Art: Very Hungry Caterpillar Book
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Friday:

Literature: Clara Caterpillar
Art: Clothespin Caterpillar/Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game
 

All Week

Science:
Caterpillar Life Cycle

Dramatic Play:

Very Hungry Caterpillar Dress Up

Fine Motor:

Bug Matching
What’s Hiding in the Grass?
“Don’t Cut the Caterpillar ” (cutting practice)
Playdough and Straws

Movement:
Butterfly Match
Bubble Bee Dance

Music:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: 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!
 

Caterpillar/Butterfly Scarf Dance

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The caterpillars are wriggling around,
wriggling around,
wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
all around the ground.

The caterpillars are building a cocoon,
building a cocoon,
building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon
all around the ground.

The butterflies are flying around,
flying around,
flying around.
The butterflies are flying around,
all around the ground.

 

2/3 Class Schedule: Bugs!

Theme: Bugs!

Monday:
Literature: Bugs
Art: Ladybug
Math: Counting Bugs
 
Tuesday:
Literature: Bug Safari
Art: Ladybug on a Leaf

Math: Pom Pom Caterpillar Counting

 

Wednesday:

Literature: Two Bad Ants
Art: Cheerio Worms
Math: How Many Segments on the Ant?
 
Thursday:
Literature: The Very Hungry Bumblebee
Art: Bee and Beehive Craft
Math: Insect Tangrams
 
Friday:
Literature: I Love Bugs!
Art: Pom Pom Caterpillars
Math: Dots on a Ladybug

Fine Motor/Sensory:
“Don’t Cut the Bubble Bee ” (cutting practice)
Bugs in the Grass (with pincers)

Music:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: 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!

Caterpillar/Butterfly Scarf Dance

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The caterpillars are wriggling around,
wriggling around,
wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
all around the ground.

The caterpillars are building a cocoon,
building a cocoon,
building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon
all around the ground.

The butterflies are flying around,
flying around,
flying around.
The butterflies are flying around,
all around the ground.

2/3 Class Schedule: Life Cycles

Theme: Life Cycles

Monday:

Literature: Over in the Meadow Sing Along
Art: Dragonfly Art
Math: Dragonfly Size Sorting

Tuesday:

Literature: Where Do Chicks Come From?
Art: Chick in an Egg
Math: How many chicks?

Wednesday:

Literature: Chick Life Cycle
Art: Chick Cracking out of Egg
Math: Count the eggs

Thursday:

Literature: Jump Frog Jump
Art: Frog Masks
Math: Hopping Along the Lilypad

Friday:

Literature: From Tadpole to Frog
Art: Painting Rock Frogs
Math: Hopping Along the Lilypad

All Week

Science: Life Cycles

Sensory: Frogs in the Pond

Dramatic Play: Five Green and Speckled Frogs

Fine Motor: Chick and Frog Cutting Activities

Movement: Jump Frog Jump

Song: Five Green and Speckled Frogs