Friday, January 31, 2020

Jungle week 2

Unit Book: 
Chameleon's Colors
Weekly Question and Vocabulary Related to book:
What are jungle animals like?
(parrot, complain, splash, chase, collect, pattern )

We will also have a real parrot visiting our classroom next week.


Meet our Letterlander of the Week: 
Bouncy Ben
We will continue to have a special art project based on this Letterlander.   We are creating an alphabet book that will be completed by the end of the school year.

This week we will be doing the following letter activities in small groups: 
Sorting Uppercase and Lowercase:B and b
Fine motor activity to reinforce letter this week: Black salt strays

We will be reinforcing "alligator fingers" and "always start your letters at the top.

Literacy Small Groups

Patterns- We will use the story Chameleon’s colors to create our own patterned chameleons.  Using colored cubes we will make our own colorful chameleon by repeating an AB pattern.  We will then use colored tissue squares to craft our chameleons.


Roll and Paint Chameleons- We will roll a large number cube by taking turns. We will label the number on the cube then each child will show that many by counting objects. Then we will use watercolors to paint the matching chameleon with the same number.


Nature's Patterns- Patterns can be seen in our natural world.  We will explore patterns on familiar jungle animals by looking at & discussing photos of a zebra, tiger, tropical bird and snake.  We will then roll out putty into snakes. Then we will create patterns using paperclips, beads, buttons, etc.


Reptile Patterns- We will be creating patterns using different reptiles from our unit book

Beginning sounds in the jungle- We will be rainbow writing letters of Letterlanders we have learned. Then we will cut and sort the correct beginning letter onto the correct jungle animal.


Centers
Art Table-Animal prints to add to our mural
Block Area- Zoo animals with labels for children to create zoo cages (Welcome to the Zoo)
Sensory Table- Cornstarch and Water
Book Area- Exploring Books about jungle and desert
Easel-Markers and paper
Writing Table-Zookeeper Lists
Dramatic Play-Cub Cadet Zoo- Buying Tickets and visiting animals
Rug- Legos and jungle animals

Science/Social Studies/Math Circle Concepts
-What is a pattern?
-How jungle animals camouflage in different environments
-What living things need
-Canopy, understory, and forest floor review.

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