Ocean (week 1)

Some fun learning about the letter U with tissue paper umbrellas! 

Enjoying this beautiful sunny weather!

Some nice pictures from reading group this morning! The kiddos did a great job with some very advanced beginning sounds! I was impressed! 

Week of: March 5-9
Theme: Ocean
Social Learning Goal: Left/right
Spanish Learning Goal: Mi familia
Academic Learning Goal: Rhyme, beginning sounds, letter U/u

Books:
I'm The Biggest Thing in the Ocean 
A Home for Hermit 
Sheep in a Jeep 
Is Your Mama a Llama? 
Ballyhoo Bay 
Hotel Deep 


Activities:
Weekend talk
What we KNOW about oceans
U detectives
Beginning sound cards
Familia trees (Spanish lesson)
U poem and craft (tissue paper umbrellas)
Rhyming basket

Ariann's Project: Paper plate sharks and Surprising Sharks (M, T, F), "SH" words (W)

Justine's Project: Clumsy Crab and crab craft (M, T, W), An Octopus is Amazing and octopus craft (TH, F)
Amelia's Project: Jellyfish (M, T, W), Halibut (F)

Geology

This morning we had a special guest visit our school! She is a Geologist from The University of Montana and brought her rock collection in for us to explore. So much fun!

Week of: February 27- March 2
Theme: Geology
Social Learning Goal: Inviting friends to play
Spanish Learning Goal: Mi familia
Academic Learning Goal: Letter B/b, beginning sounds, rhyme

Books: 
Julie the Rockhound 
If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet 
Earthquakes 
Volcanoes 


Activities:
Find the rhyme
B mystery bag
B poem
List of B words and hangman
Rock hunt
Rhyming memory

Ariann's Project: Rocks and Minerals and examining rock collections (M, T, F), "CK" words (W), Glaciers (Th)

Justine's Project: Volcanoes (M,T,W), Pet rocks (F)
Amelia's Project: Layers of the Earth (M, T, W)

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)