American Journeys

Week of: April 30- May 4
Theme: American Journeys
Social Learning Goal: Self control and independent problem solving
Spanish Learning Goal: Clothing
Academic Learning Goal: Review letters A-E, observing/recording info

Books:
Our Colonial Year 
D is For Drum 
Animalia 
All The Way To America 
One Nation 
You Can't Do That Amelia! 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Mingle, mingle game
A-E Cups
I can dress myself (spanish activity)
Bug in a Rug
Telephone A-E words
Hangman
Ball bounce (cooperative game)

Ariann's Project: The Amazing Air Balloon and hot air balloons (M, T), Word family: ight (W), Gold Fever (F)

Justine's Project: Wee and the Wright Brothers and airplanes (M, T, W), How We Crossed the West and Lewis and Clark project (Th, F)
Karen's Project: Trains (M, T, W)

Our Earth

Week of: April 23-April 27
Theme: Our Earth
Social Learning Goal: Self Control
Spanish Learning Goal: Classroom objects
Academic Learning Goal: Letter D/d, sequencing

Books:
Curious George Plants a Tree 
10 Ways to Help My World 
How to Make a Night 
And Then It's Spring! 


Activities:
Weekend talk
Things that make me feel out of control... (discussion)
I take care of the Earth by... (whiteboard)
D mystery bag
D movements
D words and syllabes
Earth Day songs
Dinosaurs art project
Memory

Ariann's Project: Trees (M, T), Reading Group; EST family (W), Paper mache Earth (Th)

Justine's Project: Litter bugs (M, T, W)
Amelia's Project: Handprint worlds (M, T, W)

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

 Week of: April 16-20 

Theme: Reduce-reuse-recycle 

Social Learning Goal: Self control 

Spanish Learning Goal: Classroom objects 

Academic Learning Goal: Phoneme substitution, letter X/x 

Books:
The Great Trash Bash 
Michael Recycle 
Respecting our World 
The Dumpster Diver 
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World 
The Twelve Days of Springtime 


Activities:
What are the three R's (discussion)
Earth songs
X mystery bag
X words and hangman
X craft: Xylophones
Duck-duck-goose

Ariann's Project: Cork board (M), Word Family: EEP (W), Cardboard cottages (F)

Justine's Project: Recycled binoculars (M, T, W)
Amelia's Project: Recycled kites (M, T, W), Recycled piggybanks (F)

Spring/Gardening

We had a short week here at school, and I was on vacation until Wednesday! Our blog will be back next week!

Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Pictures of us planing our garden today. My sister, Kaly, runs Harlequin Produce, a farm in Arlee just about 25 miles from Missoula. She came in today to talk about farming, planing and growing vegetables, and helped us plant some seeds! The kids had a great time, and it was fun to see their enthusiasm and teach them about local agriculture, and healthy eating. What a great morning!

Shadows and Light

Week of: April 2-5
Theme: Shadows and Light
Social Learning Goal: Phone numbers
Spanish Learning Goal: Classroom objects
Academic Learning Goal: Letter B/b, Letter A/a, rhyme

Books:
Moonbears Shadow 
Science Around Us: Dark and Light
My B Sound Box 
The Dark 
Moose on the Loose
Scare a Bear 


Activities:
Weekend talk
B mystery bag
Star of the week
B word hangman
Family trees
Rhyming cards

Ariann's Project: Silhouettes (M, T), "BR" words (W)

Justine's Project: Shadow puppets (M, T), Shadow images (W)