African Bush

Week of: February 20-24
Theme: African Bush
Social Learning Goal: Inviting friends to play
Spanish Learning Goal: Months of the year
Academic Learning Goal: Ordering, graphing, measurement

Books:
Snip, Snap, Croc! 
Brave Lion, Scared Lion 
African Animals ABC
National Geographic: African Animals 
Honey...Honey...Lion! 


Activities:
Weekend talk
African animals memory
Animal skin graph
Months of the year (spanish lesson)
Lion, Lion where's your bone?
Alphabet ordering (A-Z)
My favorite african animals is... (graph)
Pattern blocks
Paperclip measurements

Ariann's Project: AB Pattern giraffes (M, T, F), "BL" sounds (W)

Justine's Project: Lion hunt song, macaroni lion craft, "I went on safari" (T, W), zebra craft (TH, F)
Amelia's Project: African bush landscape w/ handprint animals (M, T, W)

Habitats/Ecosystems (week 2)

Week of: January 9-13
Theme: Habitats/Ecosystems
Social Learning Goal: Independently solving problems
Spanish Learning Goal: Our bodies (tus cuerpos)
Academic Learning Goal: Letter 'N/n', recognize cause/effect

Books:
Habitat Spy 
Follow the Line Around the World 
Grasslands 
Home for a Tiger, Home for a Bear 
Gorillas: Gentle Giants of the Forest 
Lakes and Ponds
Rivers and Strems 
If You Give a Moose a Muffin 
Mountains 
Wetlands 


Activities:
N Detectives
Cause/effect lesson
Habitat whiteboard

Ariann's Project: Animal homes

Amelia's Project: If I could be any animal I would be a ______ that lives in the ________ (M, T, W), Desert landscapes (F)
Kashya's Project: Igloos (M,T,W)

Habitats/Ecosystems (week 1)

We spent the morning having fun with patterns!

Week of: January 3- 6

Theme: Habitats/Ecosystems
Social Learning Goal: Independently solving problems
Spanish Learning Goal: Our bodies
Academic Learning Goal: ABC/ABCD/AABBCC Patterns, letter I/i

Books: 

The Croaky Pokey! 

Ecomazes: Twelve Earth Adventures 

When Night Comes 

I See a Kookabura! 

Activities: 

I mystery bag 

I Poem

Habitat Q&A 

Where do I live? (game) 

Habitat memory 

Ariann's Project: Habitats 

Julie's Project: Yellowstone National Park geyser art (T, W) 

Amelia's Project: Make beaver dams, Bever Lodges (T, W), Land or Water venn diagrams (F)