Earth and Sky Week 1 (March 10-13)

Reminder: NO SCHOOL MONDAY
Earth and Sky Unit Week 1

Unit Book: Night Shift Daddy

Weekly Question and Vocabulary Words:
What happens when day changes to night?
(cloud, awaken, day, star, snore, night)

Meet our Letterlander of the Week: 

Vicky Violet

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: V and v

Fine motor activity to reinforce letter this week: finger lights on black paper

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

Small Groups

Night Numbers- We will work to recognize, name and write numbers 1-10.  We will dim the lights and use flashlights to search our classroom for number stars in the “night sky.”  We will trace each number on our recording sheet after we found each one.  

Starry Night Math- We will practice recognizing and subitizing numbers 1 through 3. After rolling a number cube, children will recognize the number then find the set of stars to match the sum (subitizing) and put them in a cup. Finally, each child will add how many stars they added to their cup.  When the game is over, they will use those stars to fill up the night sky on their paper.

How Many Am I Hiding- We will have fun playing a guessing game that will help us learn to count on to get to a given number.  Using 5 cubes, we will hide some behind our backs and reveal the leftover cubes.  Players will have to count on to guess the hidden amount and record it on their sheet

Mystery Sounds Bingo- In a bag with be sets of three pictures. As a group, we will same the name of the pictures then try to think of the first sound we hear in all of the words. (ring, robot, rain) Then we will say the sound (/r/) and then identify the letter that makes that sound. We will color the box and play this version of bingo on our papers.

Segmenting Words Sounds- We will be exposing students to segmenting parts of a word.  For example /b/ /a/ /t/.  Using chips we will say each sound and slide a chip as we segment the word.  Then we will bingo dob our papers to make a 1:1 correspondence for the word. 

Centers

Art Table-Day and Night painting (multi-step activity)

Block Area- Building Rocket ships with blocks

Sensory Table- black beans with stars sorting
Book Area- Exploring Books about sky and earth
Easel-Markers and paper
Dramatic Play-Making Pancakes for Breakfast (related to our story)
Rug- Waffle Blocks

Science/Social Studies/Math Circle Concepts
-Energy from Electricity (lights)
-Going to Sleep Routines
-What Do I spy?
-Making and Breaking sets to count

Songs, Word Plays, and Language

-Season Song
-Space Man Song (counting song)