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`Reporting Period 1 (August 14th - September 7th)

Week 1 (August 14th) All About Me

Your first week will include a packet of “All About Me” activities.

● All About Me

These are optional activities to be completed with your child to get him/her excited about starting the

school year!

Reminders for starting the year:

● It is important for your young child to have a set routine for school time. This should

include when school will happen and where schooling will take place.

● TK should include hands-on activities including expressive/oral language skills and motor

development skills.

● In TK, learning occurs through play and exploration as well as reading, writing, and math

activities.

● Have fun!


Reporting Period 1 (August 14th - September 7th)

Week 2 (August 20th) Title: Humpty Dumpty

Reading/Writing Activities:

Journal Writing prompt booklet

(complete one per week all year)

● Sequencing (handout)

● “an” rhyming words (handout)

Literature Resources:

Poem: Humpty Dumpty (handout)

Read alouds:

● Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again by

Molly Coxe

● Big Egg by Dave Horowitz

Informational Text Resources:

Colors:

● Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Animals that hatch:

● Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones

by Ruth Heller

Extra ELA Ideas:

● “ a ____ sat on a wall” & illustrate

● change first sound in HD’s name –

(lumpty, bumpty, etc.)

● puzzles to “put together again”

● optional domino rhyming game

Expressive/oral language skills:

● Speak audibly in complete sentences

● Ask for needs/wants

● Answer simple questions about text

● Complete sentence frames

● Begin number talks

Math:

● My Word Book of Shapes

(handout)

● Sorting By Shape (handout)

● Sorting colors and shapes (include

oval)

SS/Science:

● What Hatches From An Egg?

(handout)

● What hatches from an Egg?

(flipbook)

Motor/Developmental Skills:

● Dot-to-dot pre-traced

● Tracing lines

● Control & grip of pencil & crayons

● Scissor cutting with accuracy &

proper grasp

Art/Music:

● Hatched Egg w/Baby Chick

(coloring page)

● HD art: egg shape w/ accordion

legs & pasta bow tie

● Nursery rhyme rap – YouTube

search



Week 3 (August 27th) Title: Baa, Baa Black Sheep




● “at” rhyming words (handout)

● “Baa Baa Black Sheep” (handout)

● Story Sequencing (handout)


Poems: Baa Baa Black Sheep

Mary Had a Little Lamb (handouts)

Read alouds:

● Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

● Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw


Books about sheep:

● Sheep by Michelle Hasselius

Extra ELA Ideas:

● change first sound in baa

● student copy to highlight

letters/words

● sequencing pictures and vocabulary

● dictated writing about sheep

● finger puppets for retell



● Speak audibly in complete

sentences


● Answer simple questions


● Recite poems and songs


Math:

● Numeral 3, All About “3”

● Sheep shearing ~ Sheep outline;

roll dice and put that number of

cotton balls on the sheep. Use

clothespins or large tweezers for

fine motor development

SS/Science:

Sheep:

● Pictorial: Sheep body (cut/paste)

● Complete a T-chart (what do you

know and/or wonder about sheep?)



● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy

and proper grasp

● Glue skills

● Dot to dot

Art/Music:

● Sheep Craft (pattern handout)

● Sheep art: paper plate, cotton

balls



Week 4 (September 3rd - No School 9/3) Title: Little Bo Peep




● Find Little Bo Peep’s Lost Sheep

(handout)

● Accordion Book (handout)

● “ack” rhyming words (handout)

● Rhyming word match (cut/paste)


Poem: Little Bo Peep

Read aloud:

● No Sleep for the Sheep by Karen

Beaumont


Books about sheep:

● Sheep by Michelle Hasselius

Extra ELA Ideas:

● Change first sound in Bo Peep’s

name

● Student copy or pocket poem

● Sequencing pictures and

vocabulary

● Optional domino rhyming game



sentences






Math:

● Finish the Pattern (handout)

● Sorting by Kind (handout)

SS/Science:

Sheep:

● Lamb - facts about sheep

(handout)


● Dot to dot

● Tracing lines

● Scissors/cutting skills

Art/Music:

Sheep Craft – Little Sheep

Wags its Tail


Reporting Period 2 (September 10th - October 5th)

Week 5 (September 10th) Title: Itsy Bitsy Spider




● “ock” rhyming words (handout)

● Letter Aa (packet)

● Sequencing Events (cut and

paste)


Poem: Itsy Bitsy Spider (handout)

Read aloud:

● The Very Busy Spider by Eric

Carle


● National Geographic, Spiders by

Laura March

OR

● Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger

Extra ELA Ideas:

● Itsy Bitsy Spider (folded book)

● Sequencing With Story Strips

(handout)




sentences






Math:

● Color a Pattern (handout)

● What’s Missing (cut and paste)

SS/Science:

● Spider Facts (handout)

● Spiders are… (dictation)


● Cutting and gluing skills

● Correct pencil and crayon grasp

● Correct letter formation

*Use playdough/shaving cream to create

Art/Music:

● The Very Busy Spider (craft)

● Alphafriends (YouTube)



Week 6 (September 17th) Title: Little Miss Muffet




● “ot” rhyming words (handout)

● Letter Bb (handout)

● Little Miss Muffet Sequencing

(copy, color, cut, & paste)


Poem: Little Miss Muffet (handout)

Read aloud:

● Diary of a Spider by Doreen

Cronin


● Spiders by Gail Gibbons

● Little Miss Muffet (booklet to

color)

Extra ELA Ideas:

● Use dialogue handout to talk about

the story and unknown words

● Have your child create letters A and

B using household items (buttons,

beans, etc.)


● Speak audibly in complete sentences






Math:

● All About Eight! (handouts)

Spot It and Dot It!

Cut and Sort!

Spin an Eight!

Make an 8 Crown

Rainbow Writing (8)

Ways to Show 8

SS/Science:

Spiders

● Label It! (handout)

● K-W-L (handout)


● Dot to dot

● Tracing lines


Art/Music:

● Act Out the Rhyme Little Miss

Muffet (handout)

● Spider headbands w/ 8 eyes & legs



Week 7 (September 24th) Title: Hickory, Dickory Dock




● Hickory Dickory Dock

○ Sequencing (cut & paste)

○ Copy the Sentence (cut &

paste)

● “op” rhyming words (handout)

● Letter Cc (handouts)


Poem: Hickory, Dickory, Dock

(handouts)

Read aloud:

● Alexander and the Wind Up

Mouse by Leo Lionni


● Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stohl

Walsh

● Fantastic Facts About Mice by

Miles Merchant

Extra ELA Ideas:

● verses 2-12, available online

● student copy highlight

letters/words

● sequencing pictures and vocabulary

● dictated sentence with art


Speak audibly in complete sentences

Ask for needs/wants

Answer simple questions about text

Complete sentence frames

Recite poems and songs

Continue number talks

Math:

● Sorting by Kind (handouts)

● Count, Tally, & Graph (handouts)

SS/Science:

● Fun Facts About Mice! (handout)

● Cheese Tasting (handout)


● Mouse dot-to-dot (trace)

● Tracing lines


Art/Music:

● Shape Mouse (craft)

● Three Blind Mice (song)



Week 8 (October 1st) Title: Brown Bear




● Brown Bear Sequencing Story

Hat (handout)

● “ap” rhyming words (handout)

● Letter Dd (handouts)


Tradebook:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin

Read aloud:

Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin


● Bears by National Geographic Kids

Extra ELA Ideas:

● Brown Bear, Brown Bear (color

words coloring sheet)

● “I see a ___” (cut & paste)


● Speak in complete sentences




● Continue number talks

Math:

● My Color Book (handout)

● I know my colors! (handout)

● Sorting by Size (handouts)

SS/Science:

● Bear Facts (handout)

● Parts of a Polar Bear (cut & paste)



● Scissors/Cutting with accuracy and

● proper grasp

● Glue skills

● Tracing lines

Art/Music:

● Brown Bear Slime (recipe)

● Easel painting bear


Reporting Period 3 (October 8th - November 2nd)

Week 9 (October 8th) Title: The Three Little Pigs




● The Three Little Pigs (story

sequencing/retell) (handout)

● 3 Little Pigs Puppet Story Retelling

(handout)

● Letter “Ee” (handout)

● Trace, Cut, & Match (handout)


Tradebook:

The Three Little Pigs by Patricia Seibert

Supporting literature: (can be found on

YouTube or library)

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

by Eugene Trivizas

If You Give a Pig a Party by Laura Numeroff

Informational Text Resources: (tradebook)

Pigs by Gail Gibbons

Extra ELA Ideas:

● Draw picture of beginning, middle end

● Using chart paper divided into 3

sections, help students recognize

beginning, middle, and end.

● Comprehension story map & vocab:

straw, sticks, bricks, “huff and puff”

Expressive/Oral language skills:

● Answer and begin to ask simple

questions about text

● Participate in conversations

● Retell a story, including elements of

setting, character, and events

Math:

● Counting Clip Cards (handout)

● Three Little Pigs Roll and Cover

Addition Game (handout)

● Compare & Order Story Objects

(handout)

● Building Ten (handout)

SS/Science:

● Draw and label a pig

● Students build a house out of

different materials, then test to see

if it falls with “huff”


● Cutting/scissor skills

● Tracing/printing letters & numerals

Art/Music:

● Craft: Paper Plate Pig



Week 10 (October 15th) Title: Goldilocks and the Three Bears


● Emergent Reader (handout)

● Five Finger Retell (handout)

● Letter “Ff” (handout)


Tradebook: Goldilocks and the Three

Bears by Jan Brett (or various versions)

Read aloud: (can be found on YouTube or

library)

Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn

Tolhurst

~Other stories with 3 characters

Informative Text Resources:

Informational texts about bears

Polar Bears by National Geographic Kids

Extra ELA Activities :

● Story Map (handout)

● The Three Bears Characters

(handout)

● Venn diagram - compare stories

● Initial sounds matching







● Number talks

Math:

● Count & write numerals 1-10

(handout)

● Sorting By Size (handouts)

● Order by Size (cut & paste)

SS/Science:

● Pictorial of a bear

● Read about hibernation




Art/Music:

● Printable Bear Mask (craft)



Week 11 (October 22nd) Title:Three Billy Goats Gruff


● Three Billy Goats Gruff: Story Map

(handout)

● Three Billy Goats Gruff Characters,

Setting, Events (handout)

● Letter “Gg” (handout)


Tradebook: The 3 Billy Goats Gruff by Paul

Gadone (or various versions)

Extra Reading: (Can be found on YouTube or

library)

3 Billy Goats Fluff by Rachel Mortimer

Beatrice’s Goats by Page McBrier

G is For Goats by Patricia Polacco

Goats in the Rug by Charles Blood


Nannies, Billies, and Kids by Robin Nelson

Other informational texts about goats

Extra ELA Activities:

● Three Billy Goats Gruff (emergent

reader for retell)

● Three Billy Goats Gruff Unit

(handout)

● Writing: design a troll, color &

dictate







Math:

● Comparing by Size “smaller or

larger than me” with pictures

(handout)

● Comparing Size (handout)

● Color by number fish (handout)

SS/Science:

● Parts of a Goat (cut & paste)

● Science: taste goat milk, goat cheese

and/or yogurt




Art/Music:

Paper-plate Goat Face (craft)


Reporting Period 3 (October 8th- November 2nd)

Week 12 (October 29th) Holidays and Traditions: Pumpkins and Scarecrows

Reading & Writing:

● During/After reading

comprehension checks (handouts)

● Story Sequence: The Biggest

Pumpkin Ever (handouts)

● letter “Hh”


Tradebook: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

by Steven Kroll

Extra Reading: (Can be found on YouTube

or Library)

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid

of Anything by Linda Williams


Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie by Jill Esbaum

ELA Activities:

● Pumpkin Faces (emergent reader)

● Puppets for retell

● Venn-Diagram to compare

characters

● Practice sight words

Expressive/Oral Language Skills:

● Begin to retell a story using the

beginning, middle, and end

● Answer simple questions about

text



Math Centers:

Pumpkin Patch Match (handout)

Count and Color (handout)

I See a Pumpkin (number writing/small

book)

SS/Science:

● Pumpkin Lifecycle Sequencing (cut

& paste)

● Pumpkin Investigation (handout)


● Control and grip of pencil &

crayons.

● Cutting with accuracy and proper

grasp.

● Coloring skills – slow and controlled

Art/Music:

● Build a scarecrow (template)

● Five Little Pumpkins (poem)


Reporting Period 4 (November 5th - November 30th)

Week 13 (November 5th) Holidays and Traditions: Veterans Day

Reading and Writing:

● Happy Veterans Day: I am thankful

for my freedom to__. (handout)

● Ask students questions to check for

understanding while reading.

● Letter “Ii”


Emergent Reader:

Veterans Day by Jessica Hawkins

Supporting texts:

H is for Honor by Devin Scillian

The Poppy Lady by Moina Belle Michael

Check out either of the following books from

the library


Find Veteran’s Day Activities online

ELA Activities:

● American Symbols: Find 6 words

related to Veterans Day. Discuss

the words and their meaning with

your child. (handout/song)

● Draw a picture that they feel

symbolizes Veterans Day.


● Retell a story using the beginning,

middle, and end


books read

● Recite poem

Math:

● Fall Patterns (cut & paste)

● My Fall Counting Book (handout)

● Counting Soldiers/Squirrels

(handouts)

● Acorn Number Order (cut & paste)

SS/Science:

● The Pledge of Allegiance (handout)

● The Pledge of Allegiance (cut &

paste/color)

● Attend the local Veterans Day Parade




grasp

● Glue skills

Art/Music:

● Create and color your own flag.

Dictate to parent or write.

(handout)



Week 14 (November 12th- No School 11/12) Holidays and Traditions: Thanksgiving


● Retell story using turkey props

(handout of 10 turkeys)

● Letter “Jj”

● Tell what happens in the beginning,

middle, and end of the story.

● Continue to express ideas in complete

sentences


Tradebook: 10 Fat Turkeys by Tony

Johnson

Supporting texts:

The Night Before Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Mice

A Turkey For Thanksgiving


All About Turkeys by Jim Arnosky

Other informational texts about

Thanksgiving history/traditions


Turkey Clothespin Activity (handout)

“I am thankful for…”

Recite Poem and look for rhyming words:

The turkey is a funny bird,

It’s head goes bobble – bobble;

And all he knows is just one word…

Gobble, gobble, gobble!


● Retell a story using the beginning,

middle, and end


books read

● Recite poems

Math Centers:

Fall Math (handouts)

● Fall Number Tracing

● Draw Apples in Trees

● Counting sets to 10

● Scarecrow dot to dot

SS/Science:

The Pilgrims and Native Americans

(emergent reader)

Compare holiday traditions now & long ago




grasp

Art/Music:

Turkey Handprint (craft)

Holiday poems and songs



Week 15 (November 26th): Winter Weather NO SCHOOL 11/19-11/23 THANKSGIVING BREAK


● “What do you Hear?” (booklet)

● Letter “Kk” (handout)


Tradebook: Animals in Winter by Henrietta

Bancroft

Supporting literature (found in library):

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Snow, Snow by Lee Harper


Sleep Bear by National Geographic Kids

Other informational texts about winter

animals


● Follow Directions with Positional

Words (handout)

● Practice writing letters, names and

words in shaving cream “snow”


● Practice poems/songs for Holiday

Program

● Retell focus texts using complete

sentences

● Answer simple questions about books

● Number talks

Math:

All About the Number 5 (handouts)

● All About Five! (cubes/ten frames)

● Counting Mittens (handout)

● Spot It and Dot It! (coloring page)

● Cut and Sort!

● Number 5 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

SS/Science:

● Polar Bear (handout)

● Arctic Fox (handout)

● Who Lives in the Arctic (emergent

reader)




grasp

● Use white playdough or shaving cream

and make animal prints in the snow

Art/Music:

● Winter Tree (finger painting)


Reporting Period 5 (December 3rd - December 21st)

Week 16 (December 3rd): Winter


● Retelling cards and activities for

The First Day of Winter

● Draw a snowman (draw,

write/dictate, color)

● Letter “Ll” (handout)


Tradebook: The First Day of Winter by

Denise Fleming

Supporting literature:

The Mitten by Jan Brett


Other informational texts from the local

library


● The Mitten Sequence

(cards/handout)

● Sequencing & concepts of print using

focus text


● Chubby Snowman (handout/poem)

● Retell poems/songs

● Retell tradebook stories using

complete

● sentences

Math:


● All About Six! (cubes/ten frames)


● Cut and Sort!

● Number 6 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

● Ways to Show 6

SS/Science:

● My Book About Hibernating Animals

(handout)




grasp

● Glue skills

Art/Music:

● Tissue Paper Mitten (craft)

● Frosty Fluff “snow” (handout)



Week 17 (December 10th) Holidays and Traditions: Winter Snow

Reading and Writing Activities

● “If I was a Snowman at night…”

(handout)

● Snowmen at Night Story Map

(handout)


Tradebook: Snowmen at Night by Caralyn

Buehner

various winter poems

Supporting literature: The Snowy Day by

Ezra Jack Keats


Other informational texts about

winter/snow


● Retell tradebooks

● identify rhyming words in text

● identify -en words from text

● Discuss concepts of print using focus

text and other books: (Front Cover,

Back Cover, Spine)


● Practice Holiday songs


sentences

Math:


● All About Seven! (cubes/ten frames)


● Cut and Sort!

● Number 7 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

● Color-by-Number Reindeer

SS/Science:

● What should you wear in the snow?

(pocket chart sorting)



● Practice Cutting

● Glue skills

Art/Music:

● Sing A Song Of Winter (handout)



Week 18 (December 17th) Holidays and Traditions: Christmas


● Cut, Paste and match the letter

(handout)

● Letter “Nn”

● Teacher-Write: Have student list

what they want for Christmas

● Write a letter to Santa


“Twelve Days of Christmas” (handout)

Supporting literature:

“What Can Reindeer Do?” (emergent

reader)

various winter poems


● Did You Know? A Book About

Reindeer. by Kaylynn Spencer

(handout)

Other informational texts about winter

holidays and traditions from the local library


Retell focus text

● Sequencing Activity - The Twelve

Days of Christmas


● Holiday poems/songs


sentences

Math:


● All About Eight! (cubes/ten frames)


● Cut and Sort!

● Number 8 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

● Color-by-Number Santa Dog

SS/Science:

● Parts of a Reindeer (Caribou)

(handout)




grasp

● Glue skills

Art/Music:

● Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

(song and craft)


Reporting Period 6 ( January 7th - February 1st)

Week 19 (January 7th): Study of Authors: Laura Numeroff

Reading and Writing Activities:

● Letter “Mm” (handout)

● Sequencing - If You Give A Mouse

A Cookie (handout)

● Illustrate It!! If You Give A Mouse

A Cookie Cause and Effect

(handout)

● Writing: Student dictates a friendly

letter

● Create a comprehension story map

for selected tradebooks


Tradebooks:

If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura

Numeroff

If You Give A Moose A Muffin

by Laura Numeroff

Both books can be found on YouTube, or

library


Online resources for author biography


● Compare/Contrast Laura Numeroff

Books

● Dictate Cause/Effect Statements &

illustrate

Expressive and Oral Language skills:






● Identify differences between texts

Math:


● All About Nine! (cubes/ten frames)


● Number 9 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

● Color-by-Number Mouse

● How Many Chips? Give child a cookie

and ask them to estimate the number

of chips in it.

SS/Science:

● My Plate (handout) ● Talk about making healthy food choices




Art/Music:

● Draw your family (handout)


Reporting Period 6 (January 7th - February 1st)

Week 20 (January 14th): Study of Authors: Laura Numeroff Reading and Writing Activities:

● Letter “Nn” (handout)

● If You Give A Pig a Pancake -

Story Sequencing

● Writing response- If You Give a Pig

A Party

● Comprehension story map for

selected text


Tradebooks:

If You Give A Pig A Party by Laura Numeroff

If You Give A Pig a Pancake by Laura

Numeroff

*Both books can be found on YouTube, or

library




● Story Retell

● Ask student for other words that

begin with the letter “P”

● Characteristics of Characters


Books

● Dictate Cause/Effect Statements &

illustrate







Math:


● All About Ten! (cubes/ten frames)


● Cut and Sort!

● Number 10 Crown

● Rainbow Writing

● Ways to Show 10

● Count the Pancake Circles

SS/Science:

● Five Senses




Art/Music:

● Pancakes! (poem)



Week 21 (January 21st- No school 1/21): Study of Authors:Eric Litwin


● Letter “Oo” (handout)

● Pete the Cat: Scrambled Sentences

● Pete Loves Shoes (emergent reader)


Tradebooks:

Pete the Cat: Train Trip by Eric Litwin

Pete the Cat: Snow Daze by Eric Litwin




● Pete the Cat Rhyming (handout)

● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting


● Visit the link for more activities:

http://www.petethecatbooks.com/activities/








Math:

● Number Tracing Train (handout)

● Train Patterns (handout)

● Build a Shape Train

SS/Science:

● All About Trains: History and Fun

Facts (handout)




Art/Music:

● Learn the “Cool Cat Boogie”

(handout/dance)

● Down By the Station (poem)

● Pete the Cat songs (YouTube)




Week 22 (January 28th): Study of Authors:Eric Litwin


Teacher-Write:

Model sentence writing

● Letter “Pp” (handout)

● Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat - Story

Review (handout)


Words (trace/write)


Questions (handout)


Tradebooks:

Pete the Cat: Scuba Cat by Eric Litwin

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by

Eric Litwin

Pete Loves Shoes (emergent reader)




● Color and cross out page for the

animals Pete saw

● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting











Math:

● Ocean Hidden Pictures (handout)

● Numbers Practice, 11-20

(handouts)

SS/Science:

● Pete’s Ocean Animals (handout)




Art/Music:

● Paper Plate Scuba Mask (craft)

● Pete the Cat songs (YouTube)



Reporting Period 7 (February 4th - March 1st)

Week 23 (February 4th): Study of Authors:Eric Carle


● Letter “Qq” (handout)

● I am very quiet like the little

cricket (writing)

● Popsicle Puppets (color, cut, use for

retell of story)


Tradebooks:

● The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric

Carle

● The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle




● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting



Books

● Dictate Cause/Effect









Math:

● I see shapes (book)

● Color the shapes (handout)

● Shapes Vocabulary (handout)

SS/Science:

● Label a Cricket (color, cut, paste)




Art/Music:

● The Very Quiet Cricket (puzzle)



Week 24 (February 11th - No school 2/11): Study of Authors:Eric Carle


● Letter “Rr” (handout)

● Create your own “Today is..”

(handout)

● “Today is Monday” by Jessica

Jaramillo (emergent reader)


Tradebooks:

● Today is Monday by Eric Carle

● The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric

Carle

*can be found in library or on YouTube




● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting



Books









Math:

● The Hungry Caterpillar (number

book)

● Caterpillar count to 20 (handout)

SS/Science:

● Days of the Week Wheel Printable

(handout)




Art/Music:

● Egg carton caterpillar (craft)



Week 25 (February 18th - No school 2/18): Study of Authors:Leo Lionni


● Letter “Ss” (handout)

● What Supplies did Fredrick need

(comprehension worksheet)

● I Can Read Simple Sentences

(handouts)


Tradebooks:

● Fredrick by Leo Lionni

● Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse

by Leo Lionni

● Inch By Inch by Leo Liooni




● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting



Books










Math:

● Counting to 20 (worksheets)

SS/Science:

● All About America! (emergent

reader)




Art/Music:

● Paper Plate Mouse (craft)



Week 26 (February 25th): Study of Authors:Leo Leonni


● Letter “Tt” (handout)

● My Story Flow Map (use Fish is

Fish to write/draw beginning, middle

end)


Tradebooks:

● Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni

● It’s Mine by Leo Lionni

● A Color of his Own by Leo Lionni




● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting



Books

● Visit the links for more activities: http://mermaidtheatre.ca/PDF/swimmy/Swimmy

-ResourceGuide.pdf

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-

resources/lesson-plans/building-matrix-lionni-

books-263.html?tab=4#tabs








Math:

● Numbers to 30 (handout)

SS/Science:

● Life Cycle of a Frog (booklet)




Art/Music:

● Life Cycle of a Frog (craft

headband)

http://mermaidtheatre.ca/PDF/swimmy/Swimmy-ResourceGuide.pdf

http://mermaidtheatre.ca/PDF/swimmy/Swimmy-ResourceGuide.pdf

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/building-matrix-lionni-books-263.html?tab=4#tabs




Reporting Period 8 (March 4th - March 29th)

Week 27 (March 4th): Study of Authors: Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)


● Letter “Uu” (handouts)

● hat “at” words (handout)

● Cat in the Hat Rhyming Match

(handout)


Tradebooks:

● One Fish, Two Fish by Dr. Seuss

● Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss


● Author biography


● link to PBS activities:

http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/

● Make a list of rhyming words from

the Focus Texts

● Read other Dr. Seuss books


● Answer questions about the focus

texts (Share favorite color fish)

● Retell a short rhyme from the story

● Participate in conversations - ask and

tally “who likes green eggs and ham?”

Math:

● Dr. Seuss Let’s Order Numbers

(handout)

● Hat Matching Game (handout)

● Old Fish, New Fish - Match the

opposites (handout)

SS/Science:

● Cook Green Eggs and Ham at home

(on your own, no handout)


Cutting/scissor skills

Tracing/printing letters & numerals

Use tweezers to move fish

Clothespin activities

Art/Music:

● One Fish, Two Fish (art)

http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/



Week 28 (March 11th): Spring - Insects


● Letter “Vv” (handout)

● “Color Bugs” (emergent Reader)

● Beautiful Bugs (draw & write)

● My Animal - Choose an animal to

draw about. (handout)


Tradebook:

● Icky Bug Alphabet Book by

Read other texts about Insects


● Ants by National Geographic Kids


Draw a picture and write/dictate a sentence

about your favorite bug.

● Use a graphic organizer to show

what ants look like, what they eat,

and where they live.




● Participate in conversations about

bugs

● Talk about bugs you see everyday

Math:

● Butterfly (color by numbers)

● Count the bugs (color/count)

SS/Science:

● What Is An Insect? (booklet)

● Label The Insect (handout)



● Clothespin or tweezer work

Art/Music:

● Insect Body Part Song (handout)

● Buggy Body Parts song (handout)



Week 29 (March 18th): Spring - Insects


● Letter “Ww” (handout)

● Pre-primer sight words (bees

handouts)


Tradebook:

● Busy Buzzy Bee by

● The Best Bug Parade by


● Facts About Bees (handout)


● List words that rhyme with “bee”

● Make a list of bugs from the focus

text


● Answer and ask simple questions

about texts.

● Participate in conversations: Why are

bees important? What do we do when

we see a bee?

Math:

● Bugs and Insects - Count and Clip

(handout)

● Busy Bee Numbers (say it/stamp

it/write it/use dots)

● Counting Eggs 1-20 (handout)

SS/Science:

● Parts of a Bee (handout)

● Sink or Float with Peeps! (handout)


● Busy Bees Tracing (handout)


● Count/Clip Activities

Art/Music:

● Bees in a Beehive (craft)

● Honey Bee Song by Suzanne Hieke



Week 30 (March 25th): Spring


● Letter “Xx” (handout)

● I See Insects (emergent reader)

● My Flower Book (handout)


Tradebook:

● A Gardeners Alphabet by Mary

Azarian


● Parts of a Flower (emergent

reader)


● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting


● Dictate Cause/Effect: How do plants

grow?





● Retell a favorite story, including

elements of setting, character, and

events

Math:

● Color/Count/Match Raindrops

● Colors the Rainbow (handout)

● Spring Things Graphing (handout)

SS/Science:

● Label the Flower (handout)

● Lima Bean Observation - plant a

bean and draw/write to show its

growth. (handout)




Art/Music:

● “Little Plant Seed” (song)


Reporting Period 9 (April 1st - May 3rd )

Week 31 (April 1st- No school 4/1): Freshwater: Ponds, Lakes and Rivers


● Letter “Yy” (handout)

● Life in the Pond (handout)


Tradebook:

● “Where is the Rain” (emergent

reader)


● From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy

Pfeffer


● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting









Math:

● Frogs and Flies: More & Less

(handout)

● Rain, Rain, Go Away! (subtraction

handout)

● Rain, Rain, Go Away! (color and

graphing handout)

SS/Science:

● “The Life Cycle of a Frog”

(emergent reader)

● The Life Cycle of a Frog

(cut/paste)




Art/Music:

● Rain, Rain, Go Away!

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrKYjrIDs8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrKYjrIDs8



Week 32 (April 8th ): Earth Day (NO SCHOOL 4/15 - 4/22 EASTER BREAK)


● Letter “Zz” (handout)

● We Can Help Our Planet Earth

(booklet)


Tradebook:

The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss

*This book can be found in the VOCS/local

library or on YouTube


● I Can Take Care of the Earth

(emergent reader)


● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting




about text

● Participate in conversations. Talk

about recycling, reusing and

conservation



Math:

● Color by Numbers (recycling

handout)

● Sort it Out (handout)

● The Lorax Pattern Blocks (handout)

SS/Science:

● Facts About Our Earth (handout)

● The 3 R’s (handout)




Art/Music:

● Earth Day Headband



Week 33 (April 22nd ): The Ocean


● Review the Vowels (coloring

handouts)

● -ap words (handout)


Tradebooks:

● Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

● Commotion in the Ocean by Giles

Andreae


● Magic School Bus: On the Ocean

Floor by Joanna Cole


● Cut and Paste Ocean Animals

● Dictate/write: My favorite ocean

animal is____.







Math:

● Crabby Crabs (counting handout)

● Connect the Dots (whale handout)

SS/Science:

● Commotion in the Ocean (science

investigation)




Art/Music:

● Rainbow Fish (craft)



Week 34 (April 29th ): The Ocean


● Review Letters ”A-Z” (handout)

● Sight words: I (handout)


Tradebook:

● Swimmy by Leo Lionni


● The Animals I See in the Ocean

(emergent reader)


● Dictate/write: My favorite animal

is____.







Math:

● Ocean Animal Thumbprint

Measurement (handout)

● Ocean Pattern Cards (handout)

SS/Science:

● Ocean Animals (booklet)




Art/Music:

● Octopus Craft (handout)


Reporting Period 10 (May 6th - May 30th)

Week 35 (May 6th ): Nature All Around Us - How do plants grow?



● Build A Sentence (handout)


Tradebook:

● How a Seed Grows by: Helene Jordan

*Can be found in VOCS library


● Bean and Plant By: Christine Back

*Can be found in VOCS library


● Have student dictate or write about

their favorite flower, tree, or plant.

● Review letters using magnets

● Create sight words previously learned

(I/see/me etc.)


● Talk about favorite animals in nature

● Have child explain how the bean

sprout grows

Math:

● Number Book (emergent reader)

SS/Science:

● Grow a Bean Sprout

● What Do Plants Need to Grow?




Art/Music:

● Leaf Rubbing: Put any nature

materials under a sheet of paper and

use the side of a crayon or a piece of

chalk to make a rubbing of the nature

shape.



Week 36 (May 13th ): Nature All Around Us


● Nature Letter Hunt (handout)

● Rainbow Writing (handout)


Tradebook:

● Planting a Rainbow by: Lois Ehlert



● Have your child dictate or practice

writing

● Begin a composition journal of

drawings and dictation/emergent

writing



about books

● Talk about favorite colors

● Talk about members of your family -

(mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma,

grandpa)

Math:

● Best Friends that Make Ten

(handout)

● Shape Hunt (handout)

● Number Hunt (handout)

SS/Science:

● Sink or Float with Natural and

Found Objects (handout)




Art/Music:

● Check YouTube for’ nature songs

● Review songs previously learned



Week 37 (May 20th): Nature All Around Us




Tradebook:

● My Book About Birds (emergent

reader)



● Story Retell

● Sound Sorting



about books




grandpa)

Math:

● Measurement Activities (handout)

● How Many Birds Do You See?

(handout)

SS/Science:

● All About Bird: Labeling (handout)




Art/Music:

● Draw a Bird (handout)

● Feed the Birds: Tie a string in a pine

cone as a hanger. Cover the pine cone

with smooth peanut butter and roll in

bird seed.



Week 38 (May 27th- No School 5/27): Ready for Summer



● Sight words: I, like, eat (handout)


Tradebook:

● I Like to Eat Ice Cream (emergent

reader)



● Dictate “What do I want to do this

Summer”



about books




grandpa)

Math:

● Hundreds Chart Mystery (handout)

● Summertime Counting (handout)

SS/Science:

● Memorial Day (emergent reader)




Art/Music:

● Paper Plate Sunflower (craft)

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