Showing posts with label Weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weather. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2014

3/4 Class Schedule: Weather & Earth Day

April 14- 18
Monday:
Circle Time: April Weather, what do we wear?
Literature: Weather, True or False? by Daniel Nunn
Art: Windsocks
Math: Weather chart
Sensory: Weather dress up
Movement/Game: Scarf Dance

Tuesday: 
Circle Time: Water Cycle
Literature: All the water in the world by George Ella Lyon
Art:  Cloud art
Math: Water dropper transfer
Sensory: Cloud jar
Movement/Game: Rain dance

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: Spring Flowers
Literature: The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Art: Ping-pong chick
Math: Rain drop counting
Sensory: Word play umbrella
Movement/Game: Wheelbarrows & Rain Dance

Thursday:
Circle Time: What is Earth day?
Literature: Earth Day (Robin Hill School) by Margaret McNamara 
Art: Bottle cap critters
Math: Sorting & recycling
Sensory: Compost/ Pond pollution game
Movement/Game: Garbage sorting game

Friday:
Circle Time: How can we take care of the Earth?
Literature: Earth Day, Birthday by Maureen Wright
Art: Recycle Crayon
Math: Reusable or not
Sensory: Play-doh Earth/ Pond pollution game
Movement/Game: Around the World

Literacy work of the week: Review of letters A- E & continuation of alphabet review/written skills

Music of the Week:
What’s the Weather? (Sung To: ”Where is thumbkin?”)
What's the weather, what's the weather? Like today, like today? 
Look outside the window, look outside the window.
Can you say, can you say? 
It’s a sunny, it’s a sunny, sunny day, sunny day.
Go out in the sunshine, go out in the sunshine. Play all day.
It’s a cloudy, it’s a cloudy, cloudy day, cloudy day.
Better get a sweater, better get a sweater. If it’s cold.
It’s a windy, it’s a windy, windy day, windy day.
We’ll go fly a kite now, we’ll go fly a kite now. Fly it high.
It’s a rainy, it’s a rainy, rainy day, rainy day.
Better get a raincoat, better get a raincoat. It’s all wet.
It’s a snowy, it’s a snowy, snowy day, snowy day.
Get your coat & mittens, Get your coat & mittens. Brr.

Pick up Litter (Sung To: "If Your Happy And You Know It")
If you see a piece of litter pick it up
If you see a piece of litter pick it up
You will make the world look better
If you pick up all the litter.
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up


Sunday, June 16, 2013

3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle (Little Cloud Week)

Theme: Eric Carle (Little Cloud Week)      
 
Literature:
Little Cloud
Cloudette
It Looked Like Spilled Milk
Rain!
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
 
Alphabet:
Alphabet Dot Art
Push Pin Names
White Board Writing (Practicing Names)
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Raindrop” (cutting practice)
Playdough with Straws
 
Art:
Little Cloud Emergent Reader
It Looked Like…Cloud Art
Shaving Cream Clouds
Eye Dropper Cloud Books
 
Math:
How Many Lightning Bolts?
Pack Peanut Cloud Addition
 
Science:
Rain Jars
Shaving Cream Clouds
 
Music:
What’s the Weather?
Tune: Jungle Bells
 
Sunny day,
Cloudy day,
Or rainy day so gray?
Look outside and tell us now:
Can we go out and play?

Out Pop the Raindrops!
Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
 
All around the sky today,
The clouds are full of raindrops.
The push and shove until the burst.
Out pop the raindrops.


 

 

 

 

Monday, April 22, 2013

Earth day and more Weather/letter d



Earth Day and more about Weather/letter d
Monday
Literacy: My favorite word book  (a,b,c,d)  -ight
Math: How many helping hands around the Earth
Art: Earth tie dye print
Music: Alligators all Around
Science: Reuse and recycle
Book:Mossy
Tuesday
Literacy: My favorite word book (e,f,g, h) –ook family
Math: umbrella raindrop addition match
Art: Different cloud paintings
Music: Alligators All Around
Science: cloud in a jar
Book: Weather Words
Wednesday
Literacy: My favorite word book (I, j,k,l)-oot family
Math/Art: Sundial
Music: Pete the Cat (Rocking in my School Shoes)
Science: The importance of the sun.
Book: Sun
Thursday
Literacy: My favorite word book (m,n,o,p)  -it famly
Math: How many lightning bolts?
Music: Pete the Cat ( Rocking in my School Shoes)
Art: Stormy day
Science: Different kinds of storms / Tornado in a bottle  bring in a clear, plastic jar or water bottle
Book: The Storm Book
Friday
Literacy: My favorite word book (q,r,s,t) –ing family
Math: weather patterning
Music: Alligators All Around
Science/Art: Weather book   (review water cycle)
Book:The Best Book of Weather







Sunday, April 14, 2013

Weather/Lowercase d



Week of April 15-19
Weather/Lowercase d/adding numbers

Monday
Literacy:  -un
Math:  cotton ball cloud counting
Art: animal cloud pictures
Science:  clouds activity with shaving cream
Music: Cloud dancing
Book: Little Cloud

Tuesday
Literacy: -ip  (tr) sound
Math: How many clouds?
Art: water cycle craft
Science: what is the water cycle/ condensation experiment
Music: water cycle dance
Book:The Cloud Book

Wednesday
Literacy: -up
Math: adding raindrops in the clouds
Art: umbrella and raindrops
Science: measuring rain/ condensation
Music: Rain Rain go Away/April Showers
Book:The Rain Came Down
Thursday
Literacy: -ick  (ck) sound
Math: adding raindrops with water droppers
Art: Rain watercoloring
Science: measuring rain/condensation
Music: Rain, rain go away/ April Showers
Book: What is Rain?

Friday
Literacy: -ain , rainbow book
Math: Rainbow races
Art: Pasta rainbow
Science: What makes a rainbow?
Music: In the Rainbow
Book: What Makes a Rainbow

Thursday, April 11, 2013

PM Preschool Schedule: Weather

Week of April 15-19
Theme: Weather

Literature:
The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler

Letter:
Review Straight Uppercase Letters
Letter M
Letter X

Art/Science:
Umbrella Raindrops
Wind Art

Math:
Count the Raindrops
Sort Rainbow Colors/Weather Clouds

Fine Motor:
Pre-writing Weather Words
Cut out Weather Shapes (clouds, thunder, etc.)

Music:

Whistling Wind
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It

If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup up your ears.
If you hear it in the trees,
Making music with the leaves,
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you feel the Blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel it lift your hair,
Like a kite up in the air,
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.

2/3 Class Schedule (4/15-4/19): Weather

Theme: Weather

Literature:
  • The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
  • When the Earth Wakes by Ani Rucki
  • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
  • Rain by Robert Kalan
  • Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Alphabet: Bb
  • Bb is For Bats
  • Bb is For Baseball
  • Bb is For Bears
  • Bb is For Bears
Art:
  • Paper Plate Weather Cycle
  • 3-D Clouds
  • Rainbow in a Jar
  • Raindrops with Pipets
  • Lightning Paint Art
Math:
  • How Many Raindrops Do You See? Game 
  • Counting Umbrellas
  • Sorting Clouds and Rainbows
Sensory:
  • Cloud Sensory Bin
  • Weather Sensory Table
Fine Motor:
  • Cutting: Clouds
  • Pre-Writing Practice: Follow the Sunshine
Music:
  • 5 Little Raindrops (Rhyme): 
Five little raindrops plopping on the floor,
one plopped away, and then there were four.
Four little raindrops dripping on the trees,
one dripped away, and then there were three.
Three little raindrops splashing on my shoe,
one splashed away, and then there were two.
Two little raindrops starting to run,
one ran off, and then there was one.
One little raindrop drying in the sun,
it dried all up, and then there were none!

  • Weather Song (Tune: B-I-N-G-O):
      
    There was a time when we were wet and rainy was the weather r-a-i-n-y-, r-a-i-n-y, r-a-i-n-y and rainy was the weather. 
    There was a time when we were hot and sunny was the weather, S-u-n-n-y, s-u-n-n-y, s-u-n-n-y and sunny was the weather. 
    There was a time when we were cool and windy was the weather, w-i-n-d-y, w-i-n-d-y, w-i-n-d-y and windy was the weather. 
    There was a time when we were cold and snowy was the weather, s-n-o-w-y, s-n-o-w-y, s-n-o-w-y and snowy was the weather! 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

3/4 Class Schedule (4/15-4/19): Weather

Theme: Weather

Literature:
Weather Words by Gail Gibbons
Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbonso
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Rain by Manya Stojic
Splish! Splash! A Book About Rain by Josepha Sherman
Rain by Robert Kalan
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Alphabet:
Letters with Curves (C, O, Q, G)
I Have, Who Has Alphabet Game
C is for Clouds
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Raindrop” (cutting practice)
Glue Dots
Disappearing Clouds
 
Art:
Weather Words Book (Rain, Cloud, Sun, Rainbow)
Rainbow Sunshine Craft
Coffee Filter Umbrella
Fork Painting Sunshine
Q-tip painting Sunshine
 
Science:
Rain Jars
Shaving Cream Clouds
 
Math:
Graphing Weather Patterns
I Have, Who Has Number Game

Music:
What’s the Weather?
Tune: Jungle Bells
 
Sunny day,
Cloudy day,
Or rainy day so gray?
Look outside and tell us now:
Can we go out and play?
 
Out Pop the Raindrops!
Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
 
All around the sky today,
The clouds are full of raindrops.
The push and shove until the burst.
Out pop the raindrops.

 

 

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Weather


Our theme for the week is weather!
Also, school pictures are this week Monday November 7 and Thursday November 10.
Monday: Rain & Snow
·         Art: Raindrop painting
·         Letter W: Weather
·         Science: Making rain
·         Math: Snowflake/raindrop Math

Tuesday: Clouds
·         Art:  Cotton ball clouds
·         Letter W: Water
·         Science: Types of clouds
·         Math: cloud counting

Wednesday: Wind
·         Art: Wind Sock
·         Letter W: White
·         Science: Wind Experiment- Predictions

Thursday: Sun
·         Art: Sun Masks
·         Letter W: Wiggle/ Wear
·         Science: The Effects of Sun
·         Math: Sun Math

Friday: No School! Veteran’s Day

Have a wonderful week!