In The Treasur re Box: Our Favorite Authors Session n #1: October-December 2013 10/7 Mo Willems: Should I Share My Ice Cream? 10/21 Ellen Stoll Walsh: Mouse Paint 10/28 Ezra Jack Keats: Pet Show 11/4 FIELD TRIP***Denny s Pe et World Field Trip / Dog s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd 11/18 Julia Donaldson: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo s Child 11/25 James Dean/ Eric Litwin: PeteThe Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons 12/2 Chris Van Dusen: If I Built A House, If I Built A Car 12/9 Mem Fox: Where Is The Green Sheep? 12/16 Jan Brett: The Mitten
Welome! In The Treasure Box: Mo Willems We are excited to welcome your children to our book cl! Our goal is for your children to LOVE books and learning. Hopefully, they will eagerly anticipate the books we pull out of our treasure chest each week! We ll be having fun together while focusing on these skillss throughout the year: 6 Early Reading Skil lls: Print Motivation: Being interested in and enjoying books Print Awareness: Noticing print, how to follow words on a page Vocabulary: Knowing the names of things Letter Knowledge: Knowing letter names and sounds & how they are different from each other as well as how they work together Phonological Awareness: Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words Narrative Skills: Being able to tell stories and describe things and events At the end of each class, your child will bring home a book that we ve discussed and read. They can add it to their own treasure chest which they will be bringing home after the first class! Literacy 9:30 Community Circle: Welcome game/ Como Estas? song/ Name Song Literacy Skill: picture hunt & describe what s happening Shared Reading: Should I Share My Ice Cre eam? By Mo Willems -Interactively point out letters & words :( I, i) pictures and characters. Songs/Poems Bleezer s Ice Cream poem & flannel board participation. Small Groups 10:00 Making Ice Cream in a Bag: cream, sugar, vanilla, rock salt, ice, baggies Elephant & Piggie Puppets & Books For Home: Word/ letter hunt (I, i) Practice reading with our Piggy & Elephant puppets 10:45 Snack: Eating our handmade ice cream (w/assorted fruit)! Gross Motor Play/ Ice Cream Game: Catch the ice cream scoops (balls) in the cone (traffic cones). Small Group Project 11:15 Art/ Writing: Ice Cream Scoop Art & Writing: I Would Share My Ice Cream With. Ice Cream Play dough: Play dough ice cream scoops + bowls + colored rice for sprinkles + coffee grounds & glue for chocolate + red pom pom cherries = imagination, creativity, tactile, FUN! Word Work: Matching upper & lower case letter ice cream scoops Math: Ice cream scoop patterns Drama: Flannel board ice cream Writing/ Drawing Reading w/ puppets Story: Can Pigeon Drive the Bus? By Mo Willems Authors Chair/ /Goodbye Circle: reflect & song
First Class/ Treasures In The Treasure Box: Ellen Stoll Wals sh We had a fun week getting to know your children and introducing them to the magical books of Mo Willems! Hopefully your child has found a special place at home for their treasure chest. Inside, they had their first treasure: a book that they can read to you at home. This week they will bring another book that focuses on simple sight words, color words, follows a pattern and has picture clues. They can add this second treasure to their box when they bring it home on Monday! We also made a Piggie and/or Gerald puppet with whom they can Small Group Project 11:15 read their books or reenact the story. Making ice cream and eating it, Art/ Writing: Marble Mouse Painting creating ice cream art and writing about who they would share it with Dictate/write about what is happening in your (come in and see our art/writing wall!), and play dough sundaes were painting also highlights to last week! This week look forward to: Literacy 9:30 Community Circle: Welcome game/ meet Nibbles The Hamster!, Como Estas? song/ Willoughby Wallaby phonemic awareness song Literacy Skill: Recognizing words- I, see, a & color word exposure Shared Reading: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh -Interactively point out letters & words :( I,, see, a) & color words -Act Out Story Songs/Poems: If you are wearing (color), Color songs Spanish Color Song/ matching game (rojo, amarillo, azul, verde, café, morado, rosa, anaranjado, blanco, negro) Word Work: Put story in correct order Science: creating colors with color paddles, Color Mixing Math: making color equations, counting mice Drama: Retell story with flannel board Writing/ Drawing: Draw a picture for the Nibbles The Hamster Reading w/ puppets Small Groups 10:00 Making Mouse Pancakes: pancake mix, food coloring, electric skillet Practice Take Home Book: Mix up story and put in order. Act out with mice. 10:45 Snack: Mouse Pancakes- decorate with fruit Gross Motor Play/Cat & Mouse Game: The mouse tries to get out of the middle of the circle without gettingg eaten by the cat! Story: Hamster To The Rescue Phonemic Awareness Game: Guess My Word Stretching words and putting them back together. Authors Chair/ /Goodbye Circle: reflect & song
Last Week/ Upcoming: Literacy (Literacy Skill: Rhyming) 9:30 In The Treasure Box: Ezra Jack Keats Community Circle/Songs: Welcome game: : Doggie Sound Switch/ Como Estas?/ Willoughby Wallaby phonemic awareness song Shared Reading: Pet Show by Ezra Jack k Keats Practice Take Home Books: (sight words: I, will, bring, my/identify pattern, picture clues) Rearrange & put in order on pocket chart Whole Group Project 10:15 Pet Show: The children will have a chance to show off their stuffed Schenk de Regniers animal pet and give a description of it. We will brainstorm awards for Playdough Pets each animal and their pet will receive an award! Role Play: Pet Safety Discussion Snack/Gross Motor Game 10:45 Last week we had Ellen Stohl Walsh s Mouse Paint in our class treasure chest. Come in and see the marble art on our bulletin board! The kids pretended the marble was a mouse as it rolled through the red, yellow and blue paint, then they told a story about their mouse s adventures. Hopefully they have been reading their take home book at home and acting it out with their mice;0). *This Monday 10/28: Please bring a stuffe ed animal pet (dog, cat, fish, bird, lizard, etc.) for our Pet Show! Small Groups 11:15 Fish Sensory Bags/ Writing: Blue hair *Next Monday 11/4: Denny s Pet World Field Trip! gel, foam fish. Write/Dictate a story about Please meet us at the bus stop on the EAS ST side of 3 rd & 9 th at the fish. 9:30. We will be back at school by 11:35 for r more activities. If you Pet Show Drawings: My won a haven t already done so, please bring your permission slip this on blue ribbon for. Monday, 10/28. Fish Jello Cups Snack: Blue Jello and Swedish fish, bananas Dramatic Play: Pet Store/ Animal Adoption Agency/Veterinarian Office Reading: Ezra Jack Keats Pet Books Writing/ Drawing: Pet templates, write prescriptions for the vet office & draw or write whatever they choose Math: Sorting/ counting dog & cat counters - Creating a dog and cat pattern Listening: So Many Cats! by Beatrice Rhymes/ Pocket Chart: I have a: <insert rhyme> ( cat, dog, bunny, fish, mouse). Doggie, Doggie, Where s Your Bone? Game Story/Closing: A Whistle For Willie
Last Week: In The Treasure Box: Julia Donaldson n We hope everyone had a nice Veteran s Day! The previous week we went on our trip to Denny s Pet World and it was a complete success! The children saw a great variety of animals and were able to touch most of them (tortoises, bunnies and iguanas- oh my!). The metro bus ride also went smoothly. When we got back, we read Dog s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd and created our own colorful day take home readers. The students also created a giant snake out of paint and used stamps to add texture. We wrote about our highlight of the trip and thanked Denny s Pet World for the tour. I delivered it this week, so the next time you visit, look for it hanging on the walls in the back! Literacy 9:30 Community Circle/Songs: Welcome game: : Como Estas?/ Willoughby Wallaby phonemic awareness song Shared Reading: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Interactive Story Walk: We ll go searching for our woodland characters as we retell the story on our walk through the woods. Shared Reading on Pocket Chart - Buddy read The Gruffalo Story & retell story using Story Wheels Art/Reading: 10:15 Small Group Project 11:30 Gruffalo Recipes/ Shared writing: Owl Ice Cream, Scrambled Snake, Roasted Fox, Gruffalo Crumble Each group will create their own unique recipe! Word Work: Match the Gruffalo descriptions to the correct picture Math: Order the characters 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th according to how we meet them in the story Playdough: Make a Gruffalo. Who did the Gruffalo see? Gruffalo Descriptions- Create your own Gruffalo with : orange Listening: eyes, knobbly knees, turned out toes, poisonous wart at the end of his Drama: Flannel board retelling nose, terrible tusks, teeth, claws, jaws, black tongue and purple Writing/ Drawing prickles all over his back. The Gruffalo description will be attached Reading w/ puppets so you can read/recite it to your family at home! Snack/Movie 10:30 Snack: Gruffalo Feast Green Grapes (poisonous warts), orange eyes (orange slices), pirate booty (terrible teeth), fruit roll (black tongue) Gruffalo Movie: This is a short, very impressive animation of the book. Compare/ contrast movie & book. Story/Closing: The Gruffalo s Child by Julia Donaldson
Last Week: The Gruffalo In The Treasure Box: Eric Litwin & James Dean We met the Gruffalo and went on a scavenger hunt looking for the characters and decriptive parts of the Gruffalo: with his terrible tusks, terrible claws, terrible teeth in his terrible jaws, knobbly knees and turned out toes, a poisonous wart at the end of his nose. His eyes are orange his tongue is black, and purple prickl es all over his back. Then we practiced retelling the story using our story wheels. We also did word work in our books and looked at the pictures to help us retell the story. We ate a tasty Gruffalo snack, created Gruffalos and watched the wonderful movie! Literacy: Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin &James Dean Community Circle: Guess My Rule Sorting Buttons Como Estas?, Willoughby Wallaby song, I Have A Cat finger play rhyme. *Read Aloud: Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons Kids take away their buttons as we read the story *Retell on Flannel Board *Shared Reading/ Pocket Chart: Pete The Cat Take Home Readers Art/Math: 10:15 Pete The Cat Art With Buttons Count how many buttons you put on his coat. How many buttons popped off his coat? Snack: 10:30 Pete The Cat Thick pretzel rods for his body, almond bark to dip, M&Ms(for buttons). Gross Motor Play Author s Chair Story- Who will read their Pete The Cat book to the class? Writing/Drawing/Creating: Free Choice Reading: Pete The Cat Books Math: Button Counting Math: Button Sorting/ The Button Box book Math: Sequencing #s of buttons Playdough: Rolling buttons, poking in buttons Flannel Board: Retell Pete The Cat Story/Closing Love My White Shoes g: Read Pete The Cat: I
Last Week: Pete The Cat And His F In The Treasure Box: Chris Van Dusen Four Groovy Buttons We had so much fun with the cool cat, Pete, and the moral of the story: It s All Good. The kiddos stracted buttons, sorted buttons, and played guess the rule for buttons (ask them to show you how to play at home!). We sang the song that goes with the book and then we created our own Pete The Cat art and put some buttons on his coat as well as some that popped off. They counted up how many buttons were all together, how many were off the coat and how many were left on and came up with straction sentences! Literacy: If I Built A House by Chris Van Dusen Community Circle: Building with marshmallows & toothpicks Como Estas?, I Have A Cat rhyme, Willoughby Wallaby song, Toolbox rhyme *Read Aloud: If I Built A House *Create Take Home Reader/Brainstorm Dream House: This is my building. It is a. It has windows. It has doors. It has a special. My building is. *Take Home Readers: Share with class Engineering/ Architecture: 10: :15 Cardboard, mild temp glue guns, scissors- what can you create? We ll take photos of their creations and ask them to describe their houses. Snack: 10:45 Graham Cracker Houses- Create houses you can eat! (graham crackers, dried fruit, cookie butters, cheez its, banana chips) Writing/Drawing/Creating: Free Choice/ draw house plans & buildings Art: Create houses from Paper Bags Reading: Chris Van Dusen Books Construction: *Marble maze *Blocks *Magna Tiles *Pipes & Connectors Hammering Golf Tees into Styrofoam Math: Measuring How many Ringa Majigs Are You? Design & Drill Explore The blanket fort Room Create class Story/Closing g: If I Built A Car
Last Week: If I Built A House In The Treasure Box: Mem Fox If I Built A House by Chri is Van Dusen We were architects, engineers, construction workers and dreamers last week! The kids drew up plans of their dream houses after being inspired by our book. They used a variety of materials to construct a model (these came home on Monday but we kept the plans and took photos). We were amazed by the focus and enthusiasm of the entire group during this project. During snack, they also constructed houses out of graham crackers. Literacy: Where Is the Green She eep? By Mem Fox Community Circle: Sorting sheep Como Estas?, I Have A Cat rhyme, Willoughby Wallaby song, Toolbox rhyme *Read Aloud: Where Is The Green Sh heep? Art/ Writing: 10:00 Toilet Paper Roll Texture Sheep with the sheep? It is at the. Gross Motor Literacy: *Opposite Game: Using concepts from the story, find a partner with your opposite. *Treasure Hunt: Using directional language, the kids hunt for the green sheep Snack: Green Sheep 10:30 Mandarin oranges (sheep head) and green veggie booty (green wool) the writing Where is Writing/Drawing/Creating: Free Choice Art: Colored cotton ball sheep puppets Reading: Mem Fox Books Math: Sorting farm animals by size, color & kind Imaginary Play: Barns & farm animals Explore The Room Story/Closing g: Time For Bed Take Home Readers
In The Treasure Box: Jan Brett/ Holidays Last Week: Where Is the Green Sheep? By Mem Fox We discussed the concept of opposites in our book and then went on a hunt to find opposites and pair them with each other. For art, we made sheep using the end of a toilet paper roll and paint of our choice. Also, we worked on our math skills by extended patterns of farm animals and sorting them according to size, shape and color. We created green sheep with mandarin oranges and veggie booty for snack! Literacy: 9:30 Welcome Activity: Snowman roll & cover Community Circle: Como Estas?, I Have A Cat rhyme, Willoughby Wallaby song *Read Aloud: The Mitten *Sequence/ role play The Mitten * The Animals In The Mitten Phonemic Awareness Song Holiday Stations: 10:00 *Mitten Yarn Collage *Snowman Ornament *Special Family Gift/ TO and FROM tags *Candy Cane Fruit O Patterns Snack: 10:45 Rice Krispy Ornaments Take Home Readers: The Mitten Story: If I Built A Sleigh n Interactive Books Writing/Drawing/Creating: Free Choice/ Holiday Cards Holiday Wrapping & Decorating Reading: Our favorite books Math: Snowman Roll & Cover Imaginary Play Lego Building Explore The Room Story/Closing g: Pete The Cat Saves Christmas by Eric Litwin