Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (3/6)

Thursday, Math: Fractions

·         What is a Fraction?

·         Play-Doh Fractions

·         Fair Share Game

·         Craft: Paper Plate Pizza Pie

·         Literature: Fractions By Sara Pistoia & The Doorbell Rang By Pat Hutchins

3/4 Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss & Story Telling

March 3-7

Letter of the Week:  Yy

Monday:

Circle Time: ‘Today you are You, that is truer than true.’ Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! (March 2)

Literature:  The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew up to Become Dr. Seuss By Kathleen Krull & Happy Birthday to You! By Dr. Seuss

Art:  Paper Cupcake
Math: Candles on a cake
Letter work:  Yeti footprint

Sensory: Shaving Cream, Play-Doh

Movement/Game: Musical Birthday Candle

Tuesday:
Circle Time: ‘Try them, try them, and you may! Try them and you may, I say.’ Story Elements

Literature:  Green Eggs and Ham By Dr. Seuss

Art: Egg Carton Ladybug
Math: Sorting Eggs
Letter work: Yarn Y

Sensory: Pin the Eggs on the Plate 

Movement/Game: Balancing Eggs/ Pass the Egg

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: “I can read in red. I can read in blue. I can read in pickle color too.’ Reading/Sight Words

Literature: I Can Read with My Eyes Shut  by Dr. Seuss

Art:  Decorate Reading Glasses
Math: Sorting & count Yellow objects

Letter work: Y for Yellow

Sensory: Sight Words

Movement/Game: One Word Stories, Bean Bag Toss as a Sight Word Game

Thursday:
Circle Time: ‘Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.’ Rhyme Time

Literature: One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Art: Handprint Fish

Math: Patterns

Letter work:  Yoyo Trace

Sensory: Old Fish, New Fish Opposites

Movement/Game: Shark & Minnows

Friday:
Circle Time: ‘Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!’ Imagination
Literature:  Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! By Dr. Seuss
Art:  Creating Our Own Words

Math: Count the Birds

Letter work: a picture of You

Sensory: Sight Words

Movement/Game: One Word Stories, Bean Bag Toss as a Sight Word Game

Music for the Week: 

Green Eggs & Ham

Green eggs and ham. Green eggs and ham.

I like mine fried nice and brown.
(Movement: everyone who likes their eggs fried nice and brown, stand up and then sit down
I like mine turned upside down.
(Movement: everyone who likes their eggs turned upside down, stand and lean to the right and quickly sit back down.)
Green eggs and ham. Green eggs and ham.

Flip em, flop em, don't drop them.
(Movement: one group of children stands and then quickly sits when we sing "flip 'em" and the other group does the same for "flop 'em".)

5 Little Cats

One little cat on a sunny day
Put on his hat and went out to play
Two little cats when it started getting dark
Put on their hats and went to the park.
Three little cats when the sky was blue
Put on their hats and went to the zoo.
Four little cats by the kitchen door
Put on their hats and went to the store.
Five little cats on a sunny day
Put on their hats and they all ran away 

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Dr. Seuss

Week of March 3-7
Theme: Dr. Seuss

Monday:
The Cat in the Hat
Centers: Literacy (Rhymes -at family) Math (count the stripes) Science (explore spatial sense)
Art: Cat & the Hat
Game: Candyland, Monopoly Jr., The Cat in the Hat

Tuesday:
Pets

Literacy: I wish for a pet...

Math: Pet graph

Art: Open-art pet animal

Game: Snap Circuits, Pengoloo

Wednesday:
Hortan Hatches an Egg
Centers: Literacy (-eg family) Math (time) Science (incubation period)
Art: Egg craft
Game: Dr. Seuss Puzzle, The Cat in the Hat

Thursday:
Green Eggs & Ham
Centers: Literacy (I will not eat...) Math (egg counting) Science (egg cycle)
Art: Green eggs & ham play-doh
Game: Candyland, Snap Circuit, Monopoly Jr.

Friday:
The Lorax

Literacy: I would protect and take care of...

Math: Number recognition truffula tree

Art: Truffula feather painting 

Game: Candyland, Monopoly, Dr. Seuss puzzle

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Games and Literacy (3/4, 3/5)

Tuesday, Sports & Games: Bowling

• History
• Safety
• Art: Decorate Bowling Pins
• Skill Building Exercises: Holding & rolling the ball 

Wednesday, Literacy: Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss

•  Happy Birthday Card
• Birthday Cake
• Birthday Hats
• Decorate Birthday Balloons
• Birthday Walk (game)

2/3 Class Schedule (3/3-3/7): Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Theme: Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Monday:

• Circle Time: Who is Dr. Seuss?
• Literature: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
• Art: Red Fish, Blue Fish Hand-prints
• Math: Counting Goldfish

Tuesday:

• Circle Time: Would you let a stranger into your home?
• Literature: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• Art: Thing 1 & Thing 2 Hand-prints/Cat in the Hat Craft
• Math: Sorting Hats

Wednesday:

• Circle Time: Why are trees so important?
• Literature: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
• Art: Making Truffula Trees/Lorax Mustache
• Math: Counting Truffula Trees

Thursday:

• Circle Time: What is something little that you could save?
• Literature: Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
• Art: Horton Craft
• Math: Counting Truffula Trees

Friday:

• Circle Time: Was there a time when you didn't like something, but tried it anyway?
• Literature: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Art: Making Green Eggs/Green Collage
• Math: Sorting Green Things

This Week:

• Letter: Xx
• Fine Motor: Cutting Practice
• Game/Movement: Clean Up the Thing 1 & Thing 2 Mess! Game

Music:

•   "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!" Song

We love you, Diffendoofer School, we definitely do.
There surely is no other school,That's anything like you.
You're gribbulous, you're grobbulous, each day we love you more.
You are the school we treasure, and unceasingly adore.
Oh, finest school in Dinkerville. The only one as well,
We love you, Diffendoofer School, much more than we can tell.
You are so diffendooferous, It gives us joy to say,
Three cheers for Diffendoofer School, Hip, Hip HOORAY!  
 
 

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Community Helpers

Week of Feb. 24-28
Theme: Community Helpers

Monday:
What Can We Play Today? (A book about community helpers)
Centers: Literacy (Write letters and envelopes) Math (counting stamps) Science (weighing letters and sorting)
Art: Mail Carrier Car
Game: Candyland, Monopoly Jr, Pengoloo

Tuesday:
Helpers in my Community and Library Lion

Literacy: writing books

Math: How many books do you see on the shelves?

Art: illustrating books

Game: Snap Circuits, The Cat in the Hat

Wednesday:
Bus Driver / Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Centers: Literacy (Bus drivers can...) Math (Transportation Graph) Science (building buses w/KNEX and legos)
Art: Open-ended art Citybus
Game: Puzzles

Thursday:
Field Trip to Crossroads Community weather permitting
We will visit the library, post office, bakery, pet store, police station, city hall and possibly the firestation.  Parents can drop children off at Crossroads or Salouma can give six a ride.

Friday:
Olivia Becomes a Vet

Literacy: When I grow up, I want to be....

Math: Bingo Friday

Art: Veterinarian's Bag

Game: Candyland, Monopoly, Pengoloo

3/4 Schedule: Black History Inventors Week

Week of February 24-28
Letter of the Week:  Xx

Monday:
Circle Time: Check the refrigerator and get the eggs.  What does it mean for everyone to be equal?  Fredrick Jones, inventor of the automatic refrigeration system & Willis Johnson, inventor of the improved mechanical egg beater.
Literature: What Color is My World? By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Art:  Paper Mache Pulp/ Paper
Math: Patterns
Letter work: Q-tip x-ray
Sensory: Light Box with shapes, scrambled paper water
Movement/Game: X Race

Tuesday:
Circle Time: Stop & GO! Garrett A. Morgan, inventor of the T traffic signal
Literature: Inspiring African-American Inventors: 9 Extraordinary Lives By Jeff C. Young
Art:  Stop light bookmark
Math: X out the different
Letter work: X Coloring Sheet
Sensory: Light Box with shapes
Movement/Game: Red Light, Green Light

Wednesday:
Circle Time: Hot Potatoes. George Washington Carver, inventor of uses for peanuts, soy beans & sweet potatoes.
Literature: Inspiring African-American Inventors: 9 Extraordinary Lives By Jeff C. Young
Art:  Potato stamps
Math: Potatoes in a sack
Letter work:  "X"ylophone
Sensory: Music time with Xylophone
Movement/Game: Hot Potato

Thursday:
Circle Time: Tee Time! Golf with Gearge Grant, inventor the golf tee.
Literature: What Color is My World? By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Art: Golf Ball Paint Tracks
Math: More or less, which bucket has more tees
Letter work:  Pirate X marks the spot
Sensory: Treasure map
Movement/Game: Golf ball balance

Friday: 
Circle Time: Yum, The Potato Chip! George “Speck”Crum, inventor of the chip!
Literature: My Mom Has X-ray Vision By Angela McAllister
Art: Potato Head
Math: X out the different
Letter work: Handprint X-Ray Fish
Sensory: Play-Doh chips
Movement/Game: Red Light, Green Light

Music of the Week:
X-ray Technician Song (Tune: Hokey Pokey)
I put the film in,
I take the film out, I put the film in
And I turn you all about.
I am a technician
And I take the X-rays out.
That's what it's all about.

I take an x-ray one,
I take an x-ray two,
I take an x-ray three
To show what's inside of you.
I am a technician
And I take the X-rays out.
That's what it's all about.

Peanut Butter

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

First you take the peanut and you crack 'em, you crack 'em (imitate cracking peanuts)

Then you take the peanut and you mash 'em, you mash 'em (imitate mashing peanuts)

Next you take the peanut and you spread it, you spread it. (imitate spreading peanut butter)

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")

Peanut, peanut butter (Whisper "and Jelly")
Then you take the grapes and you squish 'em, you squish 'em (imitate squishing)

And then you take the jelly and you spread it, you spread it. (imitate spreading)

Peanut, peanut butter,  (Whisper  "Jelly")
Then you put the bread together and you cut it, you cut it. (imitate cutting).