Unit Book: The Gingerbread Cowboy
(lizard, cowboy, herd, spider, sniff, burrow)
Meet our Letterlander of the Week:
Annie Apple
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: A and a
Fine motor activity to reinforce letter this week: cornstarch and water to form A and a
We will be reinforcing "alligator fingers" and "always start your letters at the top.
Small Groups
Beginning Sounds in the Desert- We will look at 3 different pictures and say the words. We will identify the words that share the same sounds and put them on the same cactus The one picture that has a different beginning sound we will put in the sand.
Desert Math "addition"- We will be creating a desert scene by placing two different types of desert animals. We will count the animals that are the same and trace the numbers. Then we will count all of the desert animals in the scene. Then we will trace the "whole number" below the scene. This is exposing them to the concept of part/part/whole.
Desert Syllable Sorting- We will label desert vocabulary. Then we will clap the syllables of each of the vocabulary words. We will then sort the pictures into a chart based on the number of syllables each word has.
QR Codes- Using an Ipad, we will scan qr codes. A picture will appear on the Ipad which we will label and then identify the sound we hear in the beginning of the word. We will then trace, rainbow write and draw a picture of the word we said.
Desert Math "addition"- We will be creating a desert scene by placing two different types of desert animals. We will count the animals that are the same and trace the numbers. Then we will count all of the desert animals in the scene. Then we will trace the "whole number" below the scene. This is exposing them to the concept of part/part/whole.
Desert Syllable Sorting- We will label desert vocabulary. Then we will clap the syllables of each of the vocabulary words. We will then sort the pictures into a chart based on the number of syllables each word has.
QR Codes- Using an Ipad, we will scan qr codes. A picture will appear on the Ipad which we will label and then identify the sound we hear in the beginning of the word. We will then trace, rainbow write and draw a picture of the word we said.
Whole Group Science Activity- Using different materials, we will try to build a bridge for the gingerbread cowboy to get across the river to avoid the fox. We will predict then experiment with materials such as pipe cleaners, straws, popsicle sticks, blocks, etc. We will try to think of whey some materials worked better than others.
Centers
Art Table- Playdough
Block Area- Animals and blocks
Book Area- Exploring Books about jungle and desert
Dramatic Play-Camping
Science - Sponges and water to explore how water absorbs
Rug- Building shelter from the sun in the desert
Science/Social Studies/Math Circle Concepts
-Absorbing water (how do cactus store water??)
-Desert Animals Video
-Compare and contrast desert animals to jungle animals
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