Enrichment Classes Schedule: (12/2-12/6)

ENRICHMENT         MONTH: November

YEAR: 2013

  

monday, Discovery Science CLASS (12/2/13)

TOPIC: All About Electricity

·          What Makes Electricity?

·          Creating Electricity Experiment

·          Review of Positive and Negative Energy

·          Light-bulb Experiment

·          Light-bulb Watercolors Art

tuesday, sports & Games (12/3/13)

TOPIC: Basketball

·          History

·          Safety

·          Art: Basketball Ornament

·          Skill Building Exercises: Dribbling

wednesday, literacy (12/4/13)

TOPIC: The Mitten by Jan Brett

·          Put the Animals in the Mitten

·          The Mitten Sight Words Activity

·          The Mitten Booklet

·          Mitten Probability Game

·          Mitten Card

thursday, discovery math (12/5/13)

TOPIC: Money/Change

·          How Much Do You Have?

·          Dollar Value

·          Money Counting

·          Spend a Dollar

·          Equal Value

friday, cooking around the world (12/6/13)

TOPIC: South America

·          History of Chile Review

·          Chile History Art

·          Chile Culture Craft

·          Cooking Project: Chilean-Style Sopaipillas

2/3 Class Schedule (12/2-12/6): Hibernation

Theme: Hibernation

Monday:

• Art: Bear in Winter Craft
• Literature: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
• Math: How Many Acorns Do You See?
• Fine Motor: Cutting Zig-Zag Lines

Tuesday:

• Art: M is for Mouse Craft
• Literature: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
• Math: How Many Acorns Do You See?
• Fine Motor: Cutting Zig-Zag Lines

Wednesday:

• Art: Fluffy Paint Bear Caves
• Literature: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
• Math: Counting with Sticks
• Fine Motor: Glue Control Activities

Thursday:

• Art: Hand-Print Busy Bees
• Literature: Nuts to You! by Lois Elhert
• Math: Counting with Sticks
• Fine Motor: Cutting/Glue Control Activities

Friday:

• Art: Hedgehog with Toothpicks/Play-Dough
• Literature: One Snowy Night by M. Christina Butler
• Math: Counting Our Quills
• Fine Motor: Cutting Practice/Hand-Writing Practice

This Week:

• Letter: Mm
• Sensory: Leaves/Winter Sensory Bin
• Song(s)/Rhyme(s):

1. Hibernation Song (to tune of wheels on the bus) 
   The weather's getting cold so bundle up, bundle up, bundle up
   The weather's getting cold so bundle up, winter's coming soon.
   The bears in the cave sleep all the time............
   The squirrels in the trees get lots of nuts...............
   The frogs and toads go deep in mud.......
   The ducks and the geese go flying south........
   The people in the town wear hats and gloves..........

Exploring Author Jan Brett

Exploring the Author Jan Brett

We will have centers three days a week.  Each of us teachers will lead the centers that focus on specific skills in Literacy, math and games (bingo, literacy and math games, board games and more).  We will rotate the children through each center in the morning.

Monday: 

The Mitten

Centers: Literacy (rhyming) Math (making pairs) Game( to be determined)

Art: What can fit into my mitten?

science:  Exploring the thermometer with mittens

Tuesday:

The Hat

Centers: Literacy (exploring books) Math (Which number is next?) Games

Art: Snow hat (What can fit in my hat?)

Science: Exploring the thermometer and recording temp. with hats on and off

Wednesday

Annie and the Wild Animals

Art:  Wild animal snow scene free art

Math: How many animals in the mitten?  rolling dice game

Science:  Measuring temperature in different areas of the school.

Thursday

Cinders a Chicken Cinderella

Literacy:  Journals

Math: mitten match

Art:Candy cane sleighs

Science Measuring temperature different kinds of thermometers Digital, vs non-digital

Friday

Three Snow Bears

Literacy: Journals 

Math: exploring size  (big, bigger, biggest) etc.

Art: Snow bears

Science:  water temperature

3/4 Class Schedule: Hibernation

Monday

Literature: Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Art: Sleeping Bear

Math: Forest Animal Patterns

Tuesday

Literature: Nuts to You! by Lois Elhert

Art: Squirrel

Math: Forest Animal Number Match

Wednesday

Literature: Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Art: Bee and Hive

Math: Forest Animal Measurement

Thursday

Literature: Animals in Fall: Preparing for Winter by Martha E. H. Rustad

Art: Slinky Bead Snake

Math: Forest Animal Find the Missing Number

Friday

Literature: Discovering My World: Animals in Fall by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Art: Paper Plate Snail

Math: Forest Animal Addition

All Week:

Alphabet: 

Nn (Nest)

Woodland Creature ABC

Science: 

Hibernation

 

Sensory:

Play Dough Bears in Caves

Dramatic Play:

Bear Hunt

Fine Motor:

Woodland Creature Cutting, Tracing and Glue Practice