This is a blog for the parents and families of the students in my pre-K classroom at Honeybunch Kids Preschool. This blog provides family members with information about what is happening in our classroom and in their children's education.
Canoe Floating Chart – After making the foam canoes but before floating them we will make a chart to show how many students think that their canoes will sink, and how many think they will float.
Native American Addition Sheets
Science
Foam Canoe – Each student will make a canoe using foam and yarn. Once we have made our canoes we will see if they sink or float.
Language Arts
The Letter “N” – Our letter this week is “N”. We will be practicing writing this letter as well as recognizing and thinking of words that begin with the letter “N”.
Native American Vocabulary – Each student will his or her own Native American vocabulary sheet where they will write in the new Native American vocabulary words that we learn
Social Studies
Teepee – We will discuss the way Native Americans lived and build our own miniature teepees.
Music
10 Little Indians
Art
Dream Catcher – Students will make his or her very own dream catcher to take home with them.
Here are the kids shopping in our store with money. There were many items to purchase each costing either a quarter, dime, nickle, or penny. Students had to figure out what items they could buy with the money they had and go to Ms. Cindy for checkout. On Tuesday we did our penny cleaning experiment using water, soda, and vinegar to determine what agent will clean the pennies best.
United States Coins Sequencing Cards – Students will decorate and cut out their cards and then pair up with a partner and work together to put the cards in order of value.
Counting Coins Activity Book – Students will learn the value of the coins as well as how to tally up total values in order to get the sum of various coins.
Open Shop – We will have a shop set up in class with a cash register and all. Students will use real coins to purchase items in the shop by figuring out how to create the correct amount of money with they coins they have. When we are all finish students will get to keep the items that they bought.
Social Studies
Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin – Who is on the penny? That’s right, Abe Lincoln. We will be making a log cabin with a picture of Abe in the window via penny.
Language Arts
Carl Goes Shopping by Alexandra Day
Arthur's Pet Business by Marc Brown
A Quarter From The Tooth Fairy by Caren Holtzman
Science
Vinegar Pennies – There are so many old and ugly pennies, but we want to make them shinny like new. We will soak our pennies in vinegar, soda, and water to see which one is the best cleaning agent. Before we get started we will make a graph of predictions for the best cleaning agent.
Art
United States Coins Coloring Sheet – Students will color a page for each coin as we discuss the coins value.
We made Oobleck. Unfortunately I could not take pictures of the kids making the Oobleck because my hands were covered in green slime, but I got a picture of the end result after we were all cleaned up.
One of the best known names in a children's library is Dr. Seuss, so we dedicate this week to him.
Dr. Seuss
Math
Cat In The Hat connect the dots
Dr. Seuss Character addition sheet
Science
Oobleck – We will make Oobleck and students will get hands on experience with the elements of liquids and solids
Language Arts
“L” – our letter of the week is “L”. We will discuss the letter “L”, create a list of words that start with the letter “L”, and practice writing the letter “L”
We will read several Dr. Seuss books and complete a coordinating lesson
Cat in the Hat - Rhyming
Yurtle the Turtle – Social Studies
And to Think That I saw it on Mulberry Street
Bartholomew and the Oobleck – science
The Butter Battle Book – Social Studies
Social Studies
After reading the Butter Battle Book, we will talk about the social issues that occurred in the story and how they could have better been handled. We will think of real life examples that children experience to relate to the story.
After reading Yurtle the Turtle, a story about a king turtle, the class will discuss hierarchies and how they work, as well as how our democratic system works in the United States.
Music
Art
Cat in the Hat – Each student will make his or her very own Cat in the Hat hat.
Corn Addition Worksheet – Using corn shapes as manipulatives, students will add the corn and write the numbers.
Thanksgiving Icon Patterns – We will use thanksgiving icons to create and add on to patterns in our classroom.
Language Arts
I Am Thankful Book – We will make a class book full of things each student is thankful for. The book will be put together and placed in our library for students to read during reading time.
Books:
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
Over the River and Through the Woods illustrated by
John Gurney
Sometimes It’s Turkey---Sometimes It’s Feathers by
Lorna Balian
Arthur’s Thanksgiving by Marc Brown
Farmer Goff and His Turkey Sam by Brian Schattell
Best Thanksgiving Book by Patricia Whitehead
Oh, What A Thanksgiving by Steven Kroll
‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
Social Studies
Online Interactive First Thanksgiving – We will take a look into the journey the pilgrims took on the Mayflower as well as their daily life once they arrived to Plimoth Colony, and the first Thanksgiving Feast on the Scholastic website. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
Mayflower Voyage Map – We will make a large map to show the intended route and the actual rout the Mayflower took to get from England to Plimoth.
First Thanksgiving Reenactment – students dress up as pilgrims and Native Americans to sit down and eat the first Thanksgiving dinner together. Students will have on bonnets, pilgrim hats, and Native American headbands and vests.
Music
10 Little Indians
Art
Handprint Turkey – we will make turkeys out of our handprints, colors, papers, and glue.
Native American Girl Puzzle – Students will each get their own Native American girl to color and cut out to make a puzzle that will last them for days of fun during your holiday vacation.
Indian Headbands – Each student will make an Indian headband with feathers and construction paper.
I am Thankful Quilt – Each student will make a square that says why he or she are thankful with an illustration. We will then paste all the squares together to make a large class quilt to display on out bulletin board.
