Ms. Lindsay's Class: Ocean

Monday: Shark

·         Letter: Y

·         Book: I’m a Shark! By Bob Shea

·         Art: shark

·         Math: goldfish math (sorting, counting, patterns)

·         Literacy: fishing for letters

Tuesday: Whale

·         Letter Z

·         Book: The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

·         Art: whale art project with glitter and raffi

·         Math: counting spots on a whale

·         Science: listening to sounds of whales, ocean sensory tub

Wednesday: Shark

·         Number: 1

·         Book: Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway

·         Art: shark from envelope

·         Math: sorting fish by colors

·         Fine Motor: pinchers

Thursday: clam

·         Number 2

·         Book: Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck

·         Art: clam with a pearl

·         Math: counting pearls on a shell

·         Fine Motor: sea urchin

Friday: crabs

·         Number 3

·         Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout

·         Art: finish crab from last week

·         Math: fishing for numbers

·         Fine Motor: Cutting practice

Ms. Jenn's Class: Ocean

Hello,

We kicked off week two of our ocean theme today. Lina and I have a lot more fun in store for the rest of the week! 

Just a general reminder... I teach at Discovery Garden on Mondays and Fridays. You may also see me on an occasional Wednesday, when my schedule allows. I am very excited to be teaching full-time starting this fall. Lina is at Discovery Garden Monday through Friday and currently teaches the class Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Here is the schedule for the week.

Monday: jelly fish

· Fine Motor: Sea Aquarium

· Literature: Secret Seahorse

· Art: Jellyfish

· Math: counting jellyfish tentacles

Tuesday: fish

· Fine Motor: finger pinchers to catch fish

· Literature: Hooray for Fish

· Art: rainbow fish paper plate

· Math: counting “fish scales”

· Science: observing seashells and seashell sort

Wednesday: fish

· Fine Motor: stringing shells

· Literature: Beach Day

· Art: swimmy fish

· Math: counting fish/sorting fish by colors

· Literacy: fishing for letters

Thursday: fish

· Fine Motor: sea urchin

· Literature: Fish Eyes

· Art: finger painting water and fish art project

· Math/Science: sorting seashells based on sized

Friday: crab

· Fine Motor: sea creature play dough

· Literature: Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea

· Art: bowl crab

· Math: number recognition

Thanks for sharing all of your kids with us!

-Jenn

Mrs. Salouma's class May 14-18

Monday

Numbers of the week 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Letter U- up   If I could fly, I would fly up to ____________.

-up word family

math:  adding tentacles    

art: Jellyfish                 

science:  jellyfish, squid, cuttlefish

music:  exploring music with bottles

Book:  Discovering jellyfish / Lorijo Metz.

 

Tuesday

Letter U- Umbrella  I use my umbrella for the  _______________?

Math:  Goldfish Math  (count, sort and graph)

Science: Fish anatomy and how fish breathe

Art:  Creating a fish with clay

Music:  A Sailor Went to Sea  various instruments

Book:  Fish is Fish

Wednesday

Letter V- vegetable  My favorite vegetable is ___________.  My least favorite vegetable is____________.

Math:  How many in a school of fish?

Art: rainbow fish using CD

Science:  fish camouflage, tropical fish

Music:  dancing to different beats

Book:  Rainbow Fish

Thursday

W-water  I like to ____________in the water.

Math:  How many in a school of fish?

Art:  Designing and naming a fish

Science:  cold water fish

Music:  music and emotion

Book:  Swimmy by Leo Leoni

Friday:

Z-zipper  I use a zipper to zip my ________________.

playing with zippers

Math:  Fishing for numbers and adding

Art:  Food chain art

Science:  Food chain

Music:  music with literature

Book: Big Al

Ms Lindsay's Class: Ocean Continued

We will be continuing more fun ocean activities this week!  At the end of this post are the lyrics to one of the songs that we learned last week. The kids know the movements that go along with the lyrics too!

Monday: jelly fish

·         Letter U

·         Book: Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck 

·         Art: Jellyfish

·         Math: counting jellyfish tentacles

·         Science: observing seashells and seashell sort

Tuesday: fish

·         Letter V

·         Book: The Rainbow Fish

·         Art: rainbow fish paper plate

·         Math: counting “fish scales”

·         Fine Motor: finger pinchers to catch fish

Wednesday: fish

·         Letter W

·         Book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni

·         Art: swimmy fish

·         Math: counting fish/sorting fish by colors

·         Literacy: fishing for letters

Thursday: fish

·         Letter X

·         Book: Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

·         Art: finger painting water and fish art project

·         Math/science: sorting seashells based on sized

·         Fine motor: sea urchin

Friday: crab

·         Letter Y

·         Book: Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway

·         Art: bowl crab

·         Math: number recognition

·         Fine motor: fishing

Waves at the Beach
Sung To: " Wheels on the bus"

The waves at the beach go up and down, up and down, up and down,
the waves at the beach go up and down, all day long.

The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, all day long.

The lobsters at the beach go, snap, snap, snap; snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap
The lobsters at the beach go snap snap snap, all day long

The clams at the beach will open and shut, open and shut, open and shut,
The clams at the beach will open and shut, all day long.

The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble; wibble, wobble, wibble, wibble, wobble, wibble,
The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble, all day long

Pictures!

I finally am posting up some pictures! Yay! These pictures are from April and the beginning part of May.

                                    A project to introduce Spring (Ms. Kristin's/ Mrs. Salouma's class)

Flower art project

                                                   Gluing sunflower seeds to their sunflowers

How a seed travels from the book The Tiny Seed  

Shaving cream and bugs  

 They got to eat the Jell-O j’s after the made one out of their Jell-O squares  

Noodle painting  

Some projects from our bug theme  

Posing (for the most part:) for a picture on the slide

Ms. Jenn's Class: Ocean

-Ms. Lina and I have lots of fun activities planned this week!

Monday: Ocean

· Fine Motor: pinching fish

· Art: salt water painting

· Literature: I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean

· Science: salt water evaporation

Tuesday: Ocean

· Fine Motor: puzzles

· Art: bubble wrap painting/painting waves

· Literature: Rainbow Fish

· Science: making sand

Wednesday: Shells

· Fine Motor: lacing seashells

· Art: seashell painting/sand dollar

· Literature: Commotion in the Ocean

· Science: seashell sort

Thursday: Shells

· Fine Motor: stringing beads

· Art: glue shells and paint

· Literature: Clumsy Crab

· Science: seashell compare/contrast

Friday: Jellyfish

· Fine Motor: play dough sea urchins

· Art: jellyfish

· Literature: Swim Fish Swim Storyboard

· Science: making sand

Ms Lindsay's Class: Ocean

This week we begin our ocean theme! This will last for the month of May.

Monday: Ocean

·         Letter Q

·         Art: Ocean scenery

·         Math:  ocean patterns

·         Science: salt water evaporation

Tuesday: Ocean

·         Letter R

·         Art: bubble wrap painting/ painting waves

·         Math: pattern blocks

·         Science: making sand

Wednesday: shells

·         Letter S

·         Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell

·         Art: seashell painting/sand dollar

·         Math: seashell number recognition

·         Science: seashell sort

Thursday: shells

·         Letter T

·         Art: glue shells and paint

·         Math: ocean animal sort

·         Science: seashell compare/contrast

Friday: Jellyfish

·         Letter U

·         Art: Jellyfish

·         Math: counting jellyfish tentacles

·         Science: making sand