Fungus, Bacteria, and Mold

We have had a fun morning! Apple A's during circle time and a very exciting science experiment during project time! 

Reading group word blend scavenger hunt! 

Week of: March 26- 30
Theme: Fungus, Bacteria and Mold
Social Learning Goal: Thinking before acting and controlling anger
Spanish Learning Goal: Mi Familia
Academic Learning Goal: Segmenting syllables, rhyme, letter A/a

Books:
Mushrooms in the Rain 
My A Sound Box 
Life Cycle of a Mushroom 
Slime, Molds and Fungi 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Rhyming memory
Hangman
Apple A's
Syllables
Fungi memory

Ariann's Project: Theodore and the Talking Mushroom, Amenidas mushrooms (M, T), Reading group (W), Mushroom spore prints (TH)

Justine's Project: Magic School Bus and finding bacteria experiments (M, T, W)
Amelia's Project: Food tasting (M, T, W)

Desert

Week of: March 19-23
Theme: Desert
Social Learning Goal: Thinking before acting
Spanish Learning Goal: Mi familia
Academic Learning Goal: Predicting outcomes, segmenting syllables, letter W/w

Books:
Meet the Meerkat 
Don't Call me Pig! 
Dig, Wait, Listen 
My W Sound Box 
It's Hard to be Five 
Coyote Raid in Cactus Canyon 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Syllable counting
W mystery bag
Family trees
Desert memory game
What we LEARNED about Deserts

Ariann's Project: Armadillos (T, F), Reading group (W)

Justine's Project: Magic School Bus and sand painting (T, W), Desert landscapes (TH, F)
Amelia's Project: Mojave Desert tortoise (T, W), Rattlesnakes (F)

Marble Jar Party III

We have filled up our marble jar once more and headed to The Downtown Dance Collective for an hour of dancing and movement! What fun! The kiddos really enjoyed themselves, and it was great to see them moving and having fun.

Ocean (wk 2)

Week of: March 12-16
Theme: Oceans
Social Learning Goal: Left/right
Spanish Learning Goal: Mi familia
Academic Learning Goal: Rhyme, beginning sounds, letter Q/q

Books:
Into the A,B, Sea 
Tumble Bumble 
What if There Were no Sea Otters? 
The Ocean is... 
Come to the Oceans Edge 
Ocean Babies 
Hooray for Fish! 
Peg and the Whale
Bored, bored, bored! 
I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean 
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Oceans rhyme
Q detectives
Q project
What we LEARNED about oceans

Ariann's Project: Food Chains (M, T, F), Reading group (W), Rainbow pots of gold (TH)

Justine's Project: Hermit crabs (M, T, W), Sea otters (F)
Amelia's Project: Ocean experiments and ocean coloring sheets (M, T, W), Whale Song and whale craft (F)