L is for Library

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.

Dr. Seuss coloring

More on Thanksgiving

Sitting down for a Thanksgiving lunch. We are all wearing the Pilgrim and Native American outfits that we made earlier in the week.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Math

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.

More on Jungles

On Wednesday we painted this jungle scene in French class to help turn our classroom into a jungle.
And today we had a jungle safari! Students went around with their binoculars we made in class spotting as many jungle animals as they could.

J is for Jungle

IN THE JUNGLE

Math

Jungle Animals Addition – Students will count and add jungle animals and practice writing the numbers by tracing.

Language Arts

The Letter “J” – Students will practice writing the letter “J”

“One Day in the Jungle” by Colin West

Science

Jungle Safari – We will be going on a jungle safari in our own classroom. Each student will get a pair of binoculars (two toilet paper rolls) to help us search for the hidden animals in our jungle classroom. We will talk about the different animals that live in the jungle, where they live, and what their diet is.

Art

Rain Sticks – make the sounds of the jungle come alive with some homemade rain sticks. Students will help make and decorate their very own jungle rain stick out of a paper towel holder

Jungle animal coloring pages

Music

Do You Know the Jungle Animals (muffin man tune)

Do you know the slimy snake, the slimy snake, the slimy snake
Oh do you know the slimy snake that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee, the chimpanzee
Oh do you know the chimpanzee that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the wildebeest, the wildebeest, the wildebeest
Oh do you know the wildebeest that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the crocodile, the crocodile, the crocodile
Oh do you know the crocodile that lives deep in the jungle?
Do you know the mountain lion, the mountain lion, the mountain lion?
Oh do you know the mountain lion that lives deep in the jungle?

More on Insects

Students should have a better understand of left and right now after completing this fun insect left and right sheet today in class. Most students were able to do all on their own with a teacher reading the directions out loud.