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)

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)

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)