Week 1: Shadows and Reflections

Books: 
Play With Me
Raccoon on His Own
Clap Your Hands
Caps for Sale

Small Group:
Matching upper and lowercase letters

Choice Time:
Art Table: Bears and Mirrors and watercolors with animals from the books
Rug: IPADS
Block Area: Knex and Zoobs
Dramatic Play: Airport
Writing Center: stickers, markers, scissors
Books: Theme related and classroom favorites
Puzzles and Manipulatives, Playdough

With the snow storm predicted for tomorrow, we have rescheduled our school picture day to Thursday, March 21. There will be no school pictures on Tuesday, March 19.

Unit 5 Shadows and Reflections

Theme: Shadows and Reflections

In Unit 5, children explore shadows and reflections, using observations, experiments, and books to learn what makes a shadow and reflection. Through Story Time books, children hear about a girl playing by a still pond, a puppy who thinks he's a kitten, a crocodile collecting reflections in a pail, a sleepy boy who sees a shadow save a cat, and a raccoon who has an adventure with only his reflection for company. Children continue to learn about letters and sounds, and counting concrete objects. They participate in many other mathematics, science, music,poetry and art activities.


Theme Concepts: 
Reflections are images thrown back from a shiny surface.
There must be light or there is no reflection
Mirrors and still water reflect light well;dull surfaces do not
If water is moving,its reflections are blurry or crooked
Objects are opaque,translucent,or transparent
Shadows are dark areas made when an object blocks light.
The size of shadows vary,depending on how close an object is to it.

Story Time Books:
Play With Me
The Puddle Pail
Kitten for a Day
Dreams
Raccoon on His Own

Predictable and Informational Books:
Clap Your Hands
Night Shift Daddy
Fun With Shadows


SLWP: 

If You're Happy and You Know It
Down By the Bay
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Eensty, Weentsy Spider
Old McDonald Had a Farm
The Wheels on the Bus
I'm a Little Teapot
Open Them, Shut Them
Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Clap Your Hands
Looby Loo
What are You Wearing

Week 4 of Color

Next week we will be finishing Unit 4.

Story:
Dear Juno
Dog's colorful Day
Cat's Colors
Elmer
Mouse Paint

Small Group:
Draw a person (mid-year assessment)
Rainbow Art Project - crunching tissue paper into small balls and placing them on the corresponding colored line. (two days)
Ice Cream Cones - Making 3 different ice creams so each one is different
Dog's Adventure - Giving dog a new spot and answering questions about the new spot.

SLWP:
Going to Kentucky
The Green Grass Grows All Around
Songs from Greg and Steve
Apples and Bananas
I'm A Little Teapot

Choice Time:
Art Table - curls and twirls and decorating ice cream cones
Rug - IPADS and Floor puzzles
Dramatic Play - housecorner
Writing Center - Writing letters to peers
Blocks - Straws and Connectors and blocks and animals
Manipulative Table- making green playdough and playing with it.