2/3 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Monday
No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday
What is different between polar bears and brown bears?
Literature: Polar Babies by Susan Ring
Art: Finger paint polar Bears
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Brave Little Hare by Hans De Beer
Art: Polar Bear Cave
Movement: Hibernation Freeze Dance

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Polar Bear Polar Bear, What do you hear ? by Bill Martin Jr.
Art: Fishing poles
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Submarine by Hans De Beer
Art: Puffy Paint Polar Bears 
Movement: Musical Squares

3/4 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Jan 19-23
Monday
No School: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tuesday:
What is different between polar bears and brown bears?
Literature: Polar Babies by Susan Ring
Art: Finger paint polar Bears
Movement: Sharks and Minnows 

Wednesday
Where do they live?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Brave Little Hare by Hans De Beer
Art: Polar Bear Cave
Movement: Hibernation Freeze Dance

Thursday 
What do they eat?
Literature:  Polar Bear Polar Bear, What do you hear ? by Bill Martin Jr.
Art: Fishing poles
Movement: Parachute

Friday
How can we take care of them?
Literature: Little Polar Bear and The Submarine by Hans De Beer
Art: Puffy Paint Polar Bears 
Movement: Musical Squares

Writing Skill: Letter Qq
Songs/ Finger Play:
Polar Bear (Sung to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)
The polar bear lives in Alaska,
He never gets cold in a storm,
He swims in cold icy water,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.

PM Preschool Class Schedule

PM Preschool

Week of Jan. 7-11

Polar Bears

Literature:

The Biggest Thing in the World by Kenneth Steven

Panda and Polar Bear by Mathew Baek

Letter:

Q is for Queen

Q is for Quack

Art:

Polar Bear Mask

Paper Plate Polar Bear w/puffy Paint

Pom Pom Polar Bear

Polar Bear Water Bottle

Math:

Polar Bear Hunting

Polar Bear Sorting

Fine Motor:

Puffy Polar Bear (Marshmallows)

Polar Bear Cut Out

Music:

Polar Bear Rhyme

Polar Bear, Polar Bear

2/3 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Theme: Polar Bears

Literature:

Polar Bear, Polar Bear Who Do You See?
Where Snowflakes Fall
When Will It Snow?
Artic Animals
Snow Bears

Alphabet:
Q is Queen
Q Bingo Markers Worksheet
Itsy Bitsy Q Books
Q Practice Worksheet

Fine Motor:

Penguin Matching
Cutting Practice
Writing Motor Control

Art:

Model Magic Penguins and Polar Bears
Sugarcube Igloos
Puffy Paint Polar Bear
Water Color Crayon Resist Snowflakes
Marshmallow Polar Bears

Sensory:
Styrofoam Ice Blocks with Arctic Animals
Arctic Water Play
Colored Rice Play

Math:

Penguin Fishing for Goldfish
Sugar Cube Tower Counting

Movement:

Freeze Dance

3/4 Class Schedule: Polar Bears

Theme: Polar Bears

Literature:

Polar Bear, Polar Bear Who Do You See?
Where Snowflakes Fall
When Will It Snow?
Artic Animals
Snow Bears

Alphabet:
Puppet Guest: Quail
Q is for Q-tips
Q is for quarter
Letter Q mini book

Fine Motor:

Mitten Vocabulary Tracing
“Don’t Cut the Polar Bear” (cutting practice)
Lines and Curves (handwriting practice)

Art:

Sugar Cube Igloos
Artic Animal Blizzard Art
Puffy Paint Polar Bear
Egg Carton Igloos
Water Color Crayon Resist Snowflakes

Sensory:
Artic Animals in Shaving Cream
Bird Beak Fishing in Water
Shivery Snow Slime

Math:

Bear Counting and Sorting
Sugar Cube Tower Counting

Movement:

Iceberg Jump

Polar Bears and Popcorn

Polar Bears, Popcorn and the Letter P

Monday

Literacy:  I want a ________for a pet.

Math: Popcorn estimation

Science: Where is the North Pole and who lives there?

Art: Paperplate polar bear face

Music:  Polar Bear(to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean")
The polar bear lives in Alaska,
He never gets cold in a storm,
He swims in cold icy water,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Book: Ahoy There Little Polar Bear
Tuesday
Literacy:  I like to push a__________.
Math/Art  Ice Caves/Igloo using foam blocks
Science: What is ice?
Music:Polar bear
Book:  Polar Bears

Wednesday
Literacy:  I like to play with___________.
Math:  How many popcorn seeds?
Art: Popcorn Seed Art
Science:  What is Popcorn?
Music:   I'm a Little Kernel (sung to I'm A Little Teapot)
I'm a little kernel in a pot
Turn on the heat and watch me hop.
When I get all warmed up then I'll pop.
Yummy-yum I taste good when hot!
Book:  The Popcorn Book
Thursday
Literacy:  I can pretend to be a___________.
Math: How many ice blocks in each square?
Art: Polar Bear tear art
Science: Ice experiments with salt
Music: Polar Bear song
The polar bear lives in Alaska,
He never gets cold in a storm,
He swims in cold icy water,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Book: Big Bear Little Bear
Friday
Literacy:  I want _____pennies to buy a ________.
Math: How many ice blocks in a rectangle?
Art: Polar Bear painting
Science:  What kind of plants grow in the Arctic?
Music: POLAR BEARS HAVE FIR THAT’S WHITE
Tune:  “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
Polar bears have fir that’s white,
Fur that’s white, fur that’s white.
Polar bears have fir that’s white
It lets them hide from sight.
Polar bears are big and strong,
Big and strong, big and strong.
Polar bears are big and strong,
They swim the whole day long.
Polar bears have lots of blubber,
Lots of blubber, lots of blubber.
Polar bears have lots of blubber,
To keep them nice and warm.k
Book:  Snow Bears