Chinese New Year and Valentines Letter of the week is U/ Focusing on teen numbers

Chinese New Year and Valentines

Letter of the week is U/ Focusing on teen numbers

Monday

Literacy:  I like to hide under a _____________.

Math:  Counting pom poms with chopsticks

Art: Fire breathing dragon cup

Music: Gung Hay Fat Choy song

Science:  Exploring fire

Book:  This Next New Year

Tuesday

Literacy:  Look at my umbrella!

Math:  Measuring noodles with chopsticks and unifex blocks

Music/Art: Chinese Drum, Snake/Decorate Valentine box

Science:  Snakes

Book: Daisy Comes Home

Wednesday

Literacy:   _____is ugly.

Math:  Pattern block snake and dragon

Art: Paper Lanterns

Music: Gung Hay Fat Choy

Science: Exploring electricity

Book:  Ruby’s Wish

Thursday

Literacy: I like to use a ___________.

Math: Candy Heart Graphing

Art: Candy Heart Names/Decorate Valentine Boxes

Music: Roses are Red

Science:  The Human Heart

Book: The Valentine Bears

Friday

Literacy: My unicorn.

Math: Roll and Cover

Art: Decorate Valentine Boxes/ Heart print cards

Music: Roses are Red

Science: The Human Heart

Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Rose

3/4 Class Schedule:Valentine and Mail

Theme: Valentine and Mail Week
 

Literature:

The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond
My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
The Biggest Valentine Ever by Steven Kroll
Valentine’s Day is… by Gail Gibbons
My Somebody Special by Sarah Weeks

Alphabet:

V is for Valentine
V is for Vehicle
Writing Names
Postcard Beginning Sound Stamp Book
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Heart” (cutting practice)
Big Lines (handwriting practice) 

Art:

Raining Hearts
Valentine Boxes
Thumbprint Heart Valentine Cards
Valentine Heart Kissing Fish
Symmetry Art Hearts
Mail Carrier Costumes
 
Math:
Valentine Patterns
Heart Counting Puzzles
 
Movement:
Hersey Kiss Hunt (Letter Identification)
Cupid’s Arrows
 
Dramatic Play:
Mail Delivery

Music:

The Mail Carrier's Song –
Sung to "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Write, write, write your cards,
And lots of letters, too.
I will bring them to your friends,
And they will write back soon.

I'm a Letter Carrier –

Sung to "I'm a Little Teapot"

I'm a letter carrier, on my way. (walk in place)
Here is my suit, it's blue and grey. (point to clothes and head)
When I come to your house, every day, (point with index finger)
I leave the mail, but I can't stay. (point to self)

 

PM Enrichment Classes

Monday, Math/Science Class: Our Bodies

• Five Senses Review
• Five Senses Matching Cards Activity
• Smells Like... Tastes Like... Experiment
• Understanding the Functions of the Internal Organs
• Where Does This Organ Go? Activity
• Beating Hearts Experiment

Wednesday, Literacy Class: The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss

• Cat in the Hat with Pasta
• Designing Our Own Hats
• Thing 1, Thing 2 Hand-Paint Art
• Edible Cat in the Hats
• Dr. Seuss Pom-Pom Straw Trees

Friday, Cooking Around the World: South Korea

• South Korean Traditions
• Making Bulgogi (Korean BBQ)
• Learning How to Eat Korean BBQ
• Practice with Chopsticks
• Bulgogi Ingredients Worksheet
• Writing in Our Cook Books

2/3 Class Schedule: Valentine

Theme: Valentine

Literature:

Amelia Bedelia’s First Valentine by Herman Parish

Where is Baby’s Valentine by Karen Katz

Valentines are for Saying I Love You by Margaret Sutherland

Snow Valentines by Karen Gray Ruelle

The Day it Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond

Alphabet:

V is for Valentine

V is for Vase

My Little V Book

Fine Motor:         

Practice Cutting Out Hearts

Hearts Shape Glue Control

Art:

Valentine Mailbox

Valentine Cards

Candy Melt Treats

Valentine Photo Frames

Sensory:

Pink Beans

Felt Hearts

Movement:

Beating Hearts

Song:

Valentines

I made this little valentine

Of red and white and blue.

I made this little valentine

Especially for you (point to a friend).

H-E-A-R-T

(Sung to: 'Bingo')

There is a shape and it means love, and heart is its name-o.

H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T, H-E-A-R-T,

And Heart is its name-o!

PM Preschool Class Schedule: Valentine

Theme: Valentine

Literature:

The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever by Brenda Ferber

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane de Groat

Letter:

V is for Valentine

V is for Vase

Art:

Valentine Mailbox

Valentine Cards

Heart Snack Treats

Valentine Heart Garland

Math:

How many kisses?

Hearts Game

Fine Motor:

Valentine Lacing Cards

Tree of Hearts Collage

Music:

Oh Valentine, Oh Valentine

(Sung To: 'Oh Christmas Tree')

Oh Valentine, oh valentine

I think you'll like my valentine

It's big and pink and lacey too

Three special words say I love you

Oh valentine, oh valentine

I think you'll like my valentine

2/3 Class Schedule: Construction

Theme: Construction

Literature:

• Roadwork by Sally Sutton
• Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
• Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman
• The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

Alphabet:

• U is For Umbrella
• U is For Unicorns
• Alphabet Raindrops 

 Fine Motor:

• Cutting Shapes
• Gluing On Shapes

Art:

• Bulldozer with Shapes
• Movable Excavators
• Building Roads
• Traffic Light Tear Ar
• Construction Machines 

Sensory:

• Bulldozers in Rocks
• London Logs

Movement:

• Red Light, Green Light
• Construction Play

Song:

• Construction Worker Song:

This is the way we pound our nails,
pound our nails, pound our nails,
This is the way we pound our nails, so early in the morning.
This is the way we saw our wood,
Saw our wood, saw our wood.
This is the way we saw our wood, so early in the morning.
This is the way we use a screwdriver,
use a screwdriver, use a screwdriver,
This is the way we use a screwdriver, so early in the morning.
This is the way we drill a hole,
drill a hole, drill a hole,
This is the way we drill a hole, so early in the morning.   
 

Construction

Construction  February 4-8

Letter of the week is T

Music all week will be from Truckery Rhymes

Monday

Literacy:  I am ______inches tall.  Talk about word family –all

Math:  Building with city blocks and grouping into 10’s

Science/Art:  building structures with straws and marshmallows

Book: Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

Tuesday

Literacy:  I want to take a trip to __________.  Word family –ip

Math:  Lego math

Art: Building houses with wooden sticks

Science: Exploring force and motion (using ramps)

Book: Henry Builds a House

Wednesday

Literacy:  My favorite toy is___________.

Math: How many bricks to build the house?  (using legos)

Art: Shape digger

Science: exploring wheels using KNEX

Book: The Diggers and Take it Apart Digger

Thursday

Literacy: I have a tiny ___________.

Math: toolbox math Sorting/ counting nuts, bolts and screws

Science/Art: building a town with boxes and paper towel tubes

Book: The Diggers

Friday

Literacy: I tiptoe when______________.

Math/Science  Building Ramps and roads with blocks

Art: Bulldozer painting

Book:  Katy and the Big Snow