tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25971795576348819372024-03-14T08:43:36.418-07:00Preschool MommyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-33284451535168328792012-06-27T08:59:00.002-07:002012-06-27T08:59:43.143-07:00Summer Schedule<h2>
<span style="color: orange;">Summer!</span> </h2>
<span style="color: black;">It's Summer! You have planned to make <em>this</em> summer the best summer ever. Not like last summer where three weeks in the house was a mess, the kids were whining, and you were begging for school. No this summer you wrote a schedule, you color coded, you are prepared!</span><br />
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I have three children; a nine-year-old, a four-year-old, and a one-year-old. Last summer, for me, was survival mode with a newborn baby. So this year I, too, have shceduled and prepared for a fabulous summer. Here are my ideas, and I hope they can help you, too.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Summer Schedule</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Miserable Mondays</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I have Miserable Mondays all year long. Contrary to its pathetic name, I love Miserable Mondays. Miserable Mondays I clean my house top to bottom, stem to stern. I scrub, dust, vaccuum, and have a gorgeous house at the end of a long, exhausting day. It's worth it, because the rest of the week only requires a short amount of light cleaning. Miserable Monday means Terrific Tuesday, Woo-hoo Wednesday, Fabulous Thursday and Friday and a Wonderful Weekend.</span><br />
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Why Monday? Because it starts the week off right. Weekends my husband is home and I would rather spend every minute as a family, instead of cleaning the house.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Tuesday-Friday</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Breakfast eaten by 7:30, the kitchen is CLOSED at 7:30</span><br />
Chores done by 8:30<br />
Then we head out for a lovely morning walk before the temperature rises.<br />
9:00 am - School Starts!<br />
11:30 LUNCH!<br />
12pm - Read!<br />
Then the afternoon is free for family fun!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Afternoon Schedule</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Monday - Finish cleaning the house & Grocery shopping</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Tuesday - Pool Day</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Wednesday - Library</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Thursday - Friend Day</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Friday - Adventure Day - We explore museums, and points of interest near our home</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Saturday - Surfing- my husband is teaching the two oldest children</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Party Days</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">Every month we have party days </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">June - Camp Day</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">July - Art Day</span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">August - Water Day</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Drama Week - Last week of Summer Vacation - Every afternoon friends are coming over to practice and put on a play for parents.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;">This is my Summer Schedule. What does yours look like? I'll be going into detail on each part of my schedule each day, but right now I'm late going on that morning walk...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-25436241594225078282012-03-16T16:26:00.000-07:002012-03-16T16:26:21.185-07:00Anansi - Day 1<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Key Ideas & Details 3</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Divide paper into three columns, with three sections in each column.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>Anansi Does the Impossible</em> by Verna Aardema</span><br />
Markers<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read <em>Anansi Does the Impossible</em> by Verna Aardema.<br />
2. Ask your child what the three things were that the Sky God asked Anansi to bring to him.<br />
3. Write each one at the top of each column.<br />
4. Ask your child "How did Anansi capture the python?" In the second section of the column draw, or have your child draw how Anansi captured the python. In the final section of the column write what your child says.<br />
5. Repeat for the fairy and the hornets.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Phonological Awareness 2.a.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write "Snake" at the top of two pages. Divide the sheet into eight sections writing "__ake" in each section</span><br />
Cut a piece of paperinto small squares writing each consonant on a square, also add "st," "sh"<br />
Put squares in a baggie<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Baggie with letters</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">2 sheets of paper with "Snake' written at top and "__ake" in the eight sections</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
This is a game!! <br />
1. First person pulls a letter from the bag and puts in front of "ake."<br />
2. If this makes a word, they keep the letter in front of "ake."<br />
3. Second person pulls a letter, puts it in front of word. If it doesn't from a word they put it in the cast off pile (we called it the "eh-eh pile")<br />
4. The first person to create eight words wins.<br />
5.After you are done creating words, use a marker and write the letters you pulled in front of "___ake" to make the words.<br />
**To watch me teach this go to <br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Pour colored sugar or jell-o in a thin layer on a plate</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">jell-o/sugar</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Show your child how to form the letter "A," and "a."<br />
2. Let them write the letters, one at a time, in the sugar.<br />
3.The fun is being able to lick your fingers as you write the letter!<br />
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**This sis great for tactile learning!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Counting & Cardinality 4.a.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Make a mini book writing the numbers 1-20 with one number on each page</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Mini book</span><br />
Stamps or stickers<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child stamp the number of animals that are written on the page (stamp one bunny for the number one, 2 cats for 2, etc).<br />
2. Do this for each number up to 20.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get a paper pla</span>te or large paper bag<br />
markers or crayons<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Get a paper pla</span>te or large paper bag<br />
markers or crayons<br />
scissors</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child create an Anansi mask.<br />
**My son really doesn't like art, so his mask was as simple as he could make it. A circle cut out of bag, circles cut out for eyes and he was Anansi. He thought for sure he was going to scare his older sister when she came home from school.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">none</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><em>How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?</em> by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. On the cover of the book point out the author and illustrator.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Explain the job of the author (to write the words) and the illustrator (to draw pictures to show what the words are saying).</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. After reading each page, ask your child, "How does the illustrator show this?"</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is how I teach it (YouTube video).</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black;">Phonics 3.c.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">In highlighter or marker write the following words on a piece of paper:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;">the</span>, <span style="color: lime;">to</span> <span style="color: blue;">and</span>, <span style="color: #bf9000;">is</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZymRQ6Z1z4r_DycJGlq03YcgvXn529WBUQ6y6BeQGnJ6NXYnDsmwF1_IvsNq_0CK18dpXESZsBakafWUyqrH1YEvoMEoo6jRD_1NVd-dn2SdCDjzEGUDpK2bCgmwvBg7Q_zVia3P0xoh/s1600/Valentine+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZymRQ6Z1z4r_DycJGlq03YcgvXn529WBUQ6y6BeQGnJ6NXYnDsmwF1_IvsNq_0CK18dpXESZsBakafWUyqrH1YEvoMEoo6jRD_1NVd-dn2SdCDjzEGUDpK2bCgmwvBg7Q_zVia3P0xoh/s200/Valentine+005.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Newspaper article</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Highlighters or Light Markers in various colors</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have your child take the marker in the corresponding color and highlight each "the" in the article. (In other words, you have written the word "the" in pink, so your child takes a pink marker and finds all "the"'s in the text and highlights them in the pink marker.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Repeat for the other words.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. As your child looks for the words they may find others they missed, so keep all the markers handy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SdkxrSMRKYqOoqy54K2uMeP5cgXckJjbiSPKToCNlauKKsmzQVqioReQO7kWm6jaR55HqXaXGSltq4YrgDVr9W98PZB6IGPdHYv65juOLq02dKns8YbJtng4HA2fCXqFLBbnXW622rq6/s1600/Valentine+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SdkxrSMRKYqOoqy54K2uMeP5cgXckJjbiSPKToCNlauKKsmzQVqioReQO7kWm6jaR55HqXaXGSltq4YrgDVr9W98PZB6IGPdHYv65juOLq02dKns8YbJtng4HA2fCXqFLBbnXW622rq6/s320/Valentine+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Conventions of English 1.a.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Create a race track in the form of the letter "V" on a piece of paper Write "Go" at beginning of letter and "stop" at the end</span></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></span></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">"V" track</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Small toy car</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have your child push the toy car along the "V" track, starting at go, and ending at "Stop." </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUTWlM8UWYI1MKT0mHoj0Wn6MdhXo5yPLV09IMxsg9oeKGUlIMnD9bImN9Q6P_4its_OaQn2YnSUPdizFouCR5e4MTEJr-QPLAsBp3jU_wL9oOt8rvDTiUvqt6o5r3iZ_51Sa2x8-qEnX/s1600/Valentine+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUTWlM8UWYI1MKT0mHoj0Wn6MdhXo5yPLV09IMxsg9oeKGUlIMnD9bImN9Q6P_4its_OaQn2YnSUPdizFouCR5e4MTEJr-QPLAsBp3jU_wL9oOt8rvDTiUvqt6o5r3iZ_51Sa2x8-qEnX/s320/Valentine+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />
2. Do not let your child go backward. This is about practicing the letter formation of "V."<br />
3. Let your child race different cars, different speeds, along the track.</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Comparing Numbers 6</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Create a chart with the different color hearts from a box of conversation hearts with a column for each color</span></span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Chart</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35WDKsbUAC7qdgKsPmJpS1ptz7wbOMIZSb_UDxre6HjOKJXaJSdLusoVcvYUqdB9KMb7JGZLmShsCWL1OmjDoY-LtyG_2hK5oO2rxwKC_iRe840uo9XbAVghjb53_ci0wZPqM7zmoCaOx/s1600/Valentine+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh35WDKsbUAC7qdgKsPmJpS1ptz7wbOMIZSb_UDxre6HjOKJXaJSdLusoVcvYUqdB9KMb7JGZLmShsCWL1OmjDoY-LtyG_2hK5oO2rxwKC_iRe840uo9XbAVghjb53_ci0wZPqM7zmoCaOx/s320/Valentine+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Box of conversation hearts</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have child open box of hearts and arrange hearts in their columns.<br />
2. Ask which column has more or less than the other columns. Ask which column has the most, which has the least.<br />
3. Ask, "How many hearts from this column would you have to eat to have equal hearts with that column?"<br />
4. Eat some hearts<br />
Watch me teach this<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuKmHl2biZA"> here</a></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Paper</span></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Scissors</span></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Glue</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Markers</span></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Stickers</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Teach your child how to cut hearts from paper.<br />
2. Have your child create a Valentine for someone they love.<br />
3. Have them decorate it. You can have them write "I Love You" because seeing "I love you" in child writing is the best Valentine present<em> ever</em>. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2rDNCpH7-vpWSa6sNdb3MUXcR5ZMfuTBO-mUX1g46cAGbloZoVDK0u4_3cJy8tsymVdxsWqF9w0gN1q0X4wiRIemAyibaFy97LqKuIMuJ2q9o5SkB9qJ8kqrHTXCzsxcFZU5ZIBT0HOC/s1600/Valentine+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2rDNCpH7-vpWSa6sNdb3MUXcR5ZMfuTBO-mUX1g46cAGbloZoVDK0u4_3cJy8tsymVdxsWqF9w0gN1q0X4wiRIemAyibaFy97LqKuIMuJ2q9o5SkB9qJ8kqrHTXCzsxcFZU5ZIBT0HOC/s200/Valentine+002.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xHPaR-uoQD6zgpmPTZNYsEWHYs2lV_JsDWfPzJZN02a_5jYrXIEDSF7zjcT4UcTjyJN5of_NRO0z0JNBeJtK57YgGa519Bds_TTmrB04dicJtEWlLYhSr82O3xVKqD_X_ppR5U4QSgD6/s1600/Valentine+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9xHPaR-uoQD6zgpmPTZNYsEWHYs2lV_JsDWfPzJZN02a_5jYrXIEDSF7zjcT4UcTjyJN5of_NRO0z0JNBeJtK57YgGa519Bds_TTmrB04dicJtEWlLYhSr82O3xVKqD_X_ppR5U4QSgD6/s200/Valentine+007.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><br />
4. Your child can create as many Valentines as he would like. For my son that was one Valentine. For my daughter who joined us that was several.</span></span></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-13084266741976778622012-02-10T13:56:00.000-08:002012-02-10T13:56:00.639-08:00WritingI have been diligent in having my son follow the writing criteria for the core standards, and he manages to form the letters in his own way to complete the task. But there's a problem. He's forming the letters in his own way. This makes writing more laborious, and more like art, which he hates. Misery for me. Misery for him. I don't believe that misery and education should be simpatico, so until we've learned proper formation of all the letters Writing will be learning proper letter formation. And so that this won't be boring to him we'll be learning letter formation several ways. We'll explore the letter formation for 1-2 days, then actually write the letter the third day. This, I hope, will help get technique down better, and make him a better writer. Knowing proper letter formation makes for cleaner, neater <em>faster</em> writing.<br />
Teaching for me has always been a work in progress, so while Writing may change, I hope it's a change for the better. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-84611401752037502792012-02-07T20:41:00.000-08:002012-02-07T20:41:36.259-08:00Space - Day 3<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Range of Reading 7</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>Cat in the Hat: There's No Place Like Space </em>by Tish Rabe</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Before reading each page to your child have them be a detective and look for clues in the illustration to guess what the words say.<br />
2. Praise your child when they correctly guess the text using illustration clues.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Rhyming words</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Say a space word and have your child come up with a word that rhymes with it. Let your child give you a space word to rhyme. Laugh at your silly rhymes.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1.a. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Computer</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<span style="color: black;"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. As you read books this week keep an ABC book of words that you learned about space.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Help your child type words into computer to form an ABC book.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Have your child find pictures on Internet, or print out pages and have your child draw pictures for each letter.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">**You'll be working on this book a little each day, don't try to finish in one day, in fact it may take other sessions through out the day to complete the book.**</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Our ABC List:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">A- Astronomer</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">B - Bright</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">C- Constellation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">D - Distance</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">E- Earth</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">F - Far </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">G- Galaxy, gravity, Ganymede</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">H - Hot, huge</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I - Io, iron</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">J - Jupiter</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">K - Kirkwood Gap (we needed help on this one!)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">L - Light, life</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">M - Milky way, Mars, Mercury, Moon</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">N - Neptune</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">O - Orbit</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">P - Planet</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Q - Quick</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">R - Rotate, rings</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">S - Solar System, sun, stars, Saturn</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">T - Titon, telescope</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">U - Universe, Uranus</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">V - Venus</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">W - Water</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">X - X Marks the spot (I know , we had to stretch it for X! What did you use?)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Y - Years</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Z - Zero, Zenith</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Operations and Algebraic Thinking 3</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I have boxes of small items that I use for teaching this: stamps, beads, fake leaves, fake flowers, colored blocks, etc.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: x-small;">Small items</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Tell your child to make the number 5 (or chose a smaller number if 5 is too large) with the items.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2.Ask them to explain each time they create the number 5. For example, "I made three bunny stamps and two giraffe stamps." or "I have five blue beads" or "I have one circle and four rectangles."</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Write their creation as an equation. Example:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"I made three bunny stamps and two giraffe stamps." Write 3+2=</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> 5</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Say, "Just like words say a story. These numbers tell us what you made." Go through step by step how you created the equation. ("You stamped three bunnies, so I wrote this three. This '+' means you added more. This two says you added the two giraffes."</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Large sheet of paper</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Water colors</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Paintbrushes</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Black tempera paint</span></span></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvKBAQscscn4XlqkilompMgfX-ciNIHVxyKLFrKSIy31ZCdg0b0yo-rjXhnL3w1_Vw6gzHBEYyJx44oqKJUrEv_vrg2b-Sj39PfcU0spsnVH-9FdY0G0zQuTTkQLVWZNBPm8WDcfbJKGS/s1600/Space+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEvKBAQscscn4XlqkilompMgfX-ciNIHVxyKLFrKSIy31ZCdg0b0yo-rjXhnL3w1_Vw6gzHBEYyJx44oqKJUrEv_vrg2b-Sj39PfcU0spsnVH-9FdY0G0zQuTTkQLVWZNBPm8WDcfbJKGS/s320/Space+018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have your child paint their own planet using the water colors.<br />
2.Have your child create the space around the planet using the black tempera paint.<br />
** My son wanted half his planet to be in daylight, half at night so he only painted half of his paper black</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-25358145982261464722012-02-07T20:32:00.000-08:002012-02-07T20:46:10.825-08:00Space - Day 2<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Sad News - I can <em>not</em> find any of the pictures I took from this day. I'm so sorry! I have the video from our Math, though.</span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Reading 8</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Create a solar system on a large piece of paper labeling the sun and each of the 8 planets. Leave room on or next to each planet to record information learned.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Solar system paper</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Pen</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>The Planets</em> by Gail Gibbons</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read the book <em>The Planets</em> by Gail Gibbons.<br />
2.After reading return to the book and look at each page. Have your child tell you one or more things he learned about that planet. Record what he learned on or in the planet.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Phonemic Awareness 2.d.,e.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write the word "Planet" on a piece of paper. Cut into individual letters.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Cut up word</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child use the letters from the word "Planets" to create the following words in order.<br />
2. at, pat, sat, set, pet, let, net, ten, pen, pan, tan, tap, lap, sap, nap<br />
3. When you teach this say, "Make the word "at." <br />
4. "Add a letter to make "Pat."<br />
5."Change a letter to make "sat." Etc.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1.a. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Computer</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. As you read books this week keep an ABC book of words that you learned about space.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Help your child type words into computer to form an ABC book.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Have your child find pictures on internet, or print out pages and have your child draw pictures for each letter.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">**You'll be working on this book a little each day, don't try to finish in one day, in fact it may take other sessions through out the day to complete the book.**<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span>Our ABC List:</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">B - Bright</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">C- COnstellation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">D - Distance</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">E- Earth</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">F - Far </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">G- Galaxy, gravity, Ganymede</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">H - Hot, huge</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I - Io, iron</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">J - Jupiter</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">K - Kirkwood Gap (we needed help on this one!)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">L - Light, life</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">M - Milky way, Mars, Mercury, Moon</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">N - Neptune</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">O - Orbit</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">P - Planet</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Q - QUick</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">R - Rotate, rings</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">S - Solar System, sun, stars, Saturn</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">T - Titon, telescope</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">U - Universe, Uranus</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">V - Venus</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">W - Water</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">X - X Marks the spot (I know , we had to stretch it for X! What did you use?)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Y - Years</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Z - Zero, Zenith</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Operations and Algebraic Thinking 4</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Deck of cards, jacks, quenns, and kings removed</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Shuffle cards and deal 5 cards to each player.</span></span></span><br />
2. Players go through their cards to see if they can put two cards together to make ten (4+6, 5+5, etc)<br />
3. Players ask each other for cards to make ten (Example: If a player has a seven they ask the other player for a three)<br />
4. If other player doesn't have card asked for then player will "go fish" for another card.<br />
5. When player has two cards that equal ten they have a match and get to keep it.<br />
6. Player with most matches wins.<br />
Watch how we play <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePyLgwb9X_c">here</a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Black paper</span></span></span><br />
Glue stick<br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Glitter</span></span></span><br />
Circles cut out of colored paper<br />
Ellipses cut out of colored paper, with center cut out (these become rings for the plantets)<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have child rub glue stick all over paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Have child sprinkle glitter all over paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Have child arrange plantes all over paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Voila! A solar system!</span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-54022212602202923932012-02-07T20:08:00.000-08:002012-02-07T20:09:19.364-08:00Space -Day 1<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Reading # 4, 5, 6 </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write the following words on 3x5 cards or strips of paper: </span><br />
<em>Galaxy, milky way, planet, constellations, Solar System, universe, orbit, rotate, Earth</em><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>Stars, Stars, Stars </em>by Bob Barner</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>Me and My Place in Space</em> by Joan Sweeney</span><br />
Words<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read the books, point to the words that you have written on the paper strips. <br />
2. After reading ask your child what each of the words means.<br />
3. Define the words together. You can review what the book said about the words if you need to.<br />
4. Hold up each word, and have your child define it.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Phonics 2b</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Use same word strips from last activity</span><br />
Divide a piece of paper into 4 sections. Number each section 1-4.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Strips used in Reading activity</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Segment each word into their syllables ("ga-la-xy").<br />
2. Count the syllables in the word ("ga-la-xy" - three syllables)<br />
3. Place the word in the corresponding column on your segmented paper (galaxy goes under 3 because it has 3 syllables)<br />
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5. Repeat for other syllables.("la," "ksy")<br />
6. Blend syllables together (Galaxy)<br />
7. Repeat for remaining words.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1.a. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Computer</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. As you read books this week keep an ABC book of words that you learned about space.<br />
2. Help your child type words into computer to form an ABC book.<br />
3. Have your child find pictures on Internet, or print out pages and have your child draw pictures for each letter.<br />
**You'll be working on this book a little each day, don't try to finish in one day, in fact it may take other sessions through out the day to complete the book.**<br />
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Our ABC List:<br />
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A- Astronomer<br />
B - Bright<br />
C- Constellation<br />
D - Distance<br />
E- Earth<br />
F - Far <br />
G- Galaxy, gravity, Ganymede<br />
H - Hot, huge<br />
I - Io, iron<br />
J - Jupiter<br />
K - Kirkwood Gap (we needed help on this one!)<br />
L - Light, life<br />
M - Milky way, Mars, Mercury, Moon<br />
N - Neptune<br />
O - Orbit<br />
P - Planet<br />
Q - Quick<br />
R - Rotate, rings<br />
S - Solar System, sun, stars, Saturn<br />
T - Titon, telescope<br />
U - Universe, Uranus<br />
V - Venus<br />
W - Water<br />
X - X Marks the spot (I know , we had to stretch it for X! What did you use?)<br />
Y - Years<br />
Z - Zero, Zenith<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Operations and Algebraic Thinking 1, 3,5</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Cut out two sets of 8 circles out of paper and label them with the name of each planet and the number distance from the sun (Mercury - 1, Venus -2 , Earth -3, Mars - 4, etc)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Paper Planets</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2 Dice</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Place one set of planets in front of each player (probably you and your child).</span></span><br />
2. Have someone roll the dice. They use the roll to take a planet out of their solar system. So, if they get a six and a five. They can take planet six and five out of their solar system. If they roll a one and a four they can take planets one and four out of their solar system or planet five out of their solar system.<br />
<span style="color: black;">3. Take turns.</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">4. If a player roll a number that they cannot use, it is the other player's turn.</span><br />
5. If all numbers are rolled except one, that player can roll both dice, one at a time to try to get the number one.<br />
You can watch how we play <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBATweWZopw">here</a><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Make a black mark on the ball</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Small ball (size of a baseball)</span></span></span><br />
Flashlight<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Shine the flashlight on the ball.<br />
2. Point out the flashlight is the sun, the ball is earth.<br />
3. Point the flashlight at the ball.<br />
4. Half the ball will be in the light of the flashlight, half in dark. This is like the day and the night. Rotate the ball.<br />
5. Show your child the spot going from the light (day) to the dark (night).</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-78185340405021021202012-01-23T20:03:00.000-08:002012-01-23T20:03:10.361-08:00Three Little Pigs - Day 3<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 9</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs </em>by Jon Scieszka</span><br />
<em>Three Little Pigs</em><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Show your child the book <em>Three Little Pigs</em>. Ask, "Is the wolf a good guy or bad guy?"<br />
2. Show your child the book <em>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs</em> and say, "The wolf wrote his own story about what happened. This is what the wolf said."<br />
3. Read <em>The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.</em><br />
4. Ask, "Does this story make the wolf seem nicer? What do you think of the wolf in this story? Did he still eat the pigs? What happened to him at the end of the three pigs? What happened to him at the end of this story? Who do you believe? Do you believe the wolf's story about getting sugar, or do you think he wanted to just eat the pigs? Is the wolf a good guy or bad guy?"<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Phonological Awareness 2.c.,d.,e</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
Make a small flip book with 27 sheets of paper (see my video here of how I did it)<br />
Cut book in half from bottom to fold at top<br />
Write one of each of the following letters on each page of the first half of the book: b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m,n,p,qu,r,s,t,v,w,x,y,z, bl, st, sp, tr, gl, sn<br />
Write one of each of the following rimes on each page of the second half of the book:<br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;">ack, ad, ag, am, an, ap, at, ed, ell, en, et, ick, id, ig, ill, in, ip, it, ock, og, op, ot, ub, ug, um, un, ut</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">book</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Using the book flip to any beginning sound (first half of book) and any rime (second half of book) have your child sound it out to create a word. <br />
2. Keep this with other books and continue practicing sounding out the new words.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> - Text Types and Purposes 1.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write on a piece of paper "The wolf is..."</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Markers</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1.Ask your child whether they think the wolf is good or bad and why.<br />
2. Write, or help your child to write, their opinion on the piece of paper. <br />
3. Have your child illustrate their opinion.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Operations and Algebraic Thinking 3</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">I have boxes of small items that I use for teaching this: stamps, beads, fake leaves, fake flowers, colored blocks, etc.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Small items</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Tell your child to make the number 7 (or chose a smaller number if 7 is too large) with the items.<br />
2.Ask them to explain each time they create the number 7. For example, "I made three bunny stamps and four giraffe stamps." or "I have five blue beads and two red beads" or "I have one circle and six rectangles."<br />
3. Write their creation as an equation. Examples:<br />
"I made three bunny stamps and four giraffe stamps." Write 3+4=7<br />
or "I have five blue beads and two red beads" Write 5+2=7<br />
or "I have one circle and six rectangles." Write 1+6=7<br />
4. Say, "Just like words say a story. These numbers tell us what you made." Go through step by step how you created the equation. ("You stamped five bunnies, so I wrote this five. This '+' means you added more. This two says you added the two giraffes."<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get some Legos or other interlocking blocks</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Legos</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child create a house made out of bricks with you. Have fun making the sides and roof of the pig's house. Talk about the colors you are using, the size of the house, how many bricks. Make it a great learning and doing together experience.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
Art Supplies (your choice of paint, crayon, marker, colored pencil, etc)<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child draw (paint, etc) a picture of his house.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-26327999251399016422012-01-23T19:59:00.000-08:002012-01-23T19:59:42.304-08:00Three Little Pigs - Day 2<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-size: x-large;">**We're starting with Art because we need the puppets for Reading**</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Cut 6 elongated ovals out of pink paper</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Cut 2 elongated oval out of gray or brown paper</span></div><span style="color: black;">Cut six triangles out of pink paper</span><br />
Cut two triangles out of gray or brown paper<br />
Put two ovals together, tape around the edges to create a finger puppet. Repeat with remaining ovals until you have 3 pig finger puppets and 1 wolf finger puppet <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut out small triangles</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Finger puppets</span></span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Markers</span><br />
Glue<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have your child glue ears on each puppet.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Have your child draw a face on each puppet. They can also draw other details such as clothes, etc depending on their interest. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading</span><br />
Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Key Ideas and Details 2</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Get puppets together</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>Three Little Pigs </em>book (James Marshall has a good book)</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Puppets</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Read <em>The Three Little Pigs</em> to your child.<br />
2. Have your child retell the story using the puppets to retell the story.</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Phonological Awareness 2.e.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">on separate, small pieces of paper write the following "p," "i," "g," "r," "a," "s" "t," "h"</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Papers with letters</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Place the letters "p" "i" "g" in front of your child. Have your child sound out the word.<br />
2.Say, "We are going to turn a pig into a hat!"</span><br />
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3. Have child sound our "pig" again. Say, "Change a letter to make "rig."<br />
4. Change a letter to make "rag."<br />
5. Change a letter to make "sag."<br />
6. Change a letter to make "sat."<br />
7. Change a letter to make "hat."</span><br />
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</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> Text Types and Purposes 1</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Markers</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Have child draw their favorite pig house.<br />
2.Have child write why this is their favorite pig house.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Counting & Cardinality: Count to tell the number of objects 4.a.,b.,5Compare Numbers 6</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Draw a line down the middle of a piece of paper</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Small items (chocolate chips, we used puffed corn)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Have your child take two handfuls of the treat and place each handful on one side of the sheet of paper.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Have your child count and write the number of items on each side of the paper.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. Ask, "Which side has more?" Which side has less?"</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. Do this a few times with your child to practice counting and comparing numbers.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Craft Sticks</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Glue</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Build a stick house together with your child. Talk with them about how to make walls and a roof.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Use the glue and craft sticks to build the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqB4umz0pMla3APhGkZD3bYjeaHvHrVdjGETH0JIp4QRv2fyMH_c7A20c5hxSLH0HqCYScijOVw88ZzTUz6bXWu597NovZRFPuMRQjNgvtVaBom491t_GNFuqXHJbWzUtrt4nGg9beXgT/s1600/Three+Little+Pigs+023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqB4umz0pMla3APhGkZD3bYjeaHvHrVdjGETH0JIp4QRv2fyMH_c7A20c5hxSLH0HqCYScijOVw88ZzTUz6bXWu597NovZRFPuMRQjNgvtVaBom491t_GNFuqXHJbWzUtrt4nGg9beXgT/s320/Three+Little+Pigs+023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-71459395243326545162012-01-23T19:36:00.000-08:002012-01-23T19:36:43.372-08:00Three Little Pigs - Day One<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Key Ideas & Details 3 - Characters, setting, Major events; Craft & Structure 5 - Recognize common types of text & 6 - Author and illustrator and role of each</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Divide four pieces of paper into five sections each</span><br />
On Top of first section write: Who, second section: Where/When third section: What, Fifth section: Why.<br />
On first piece of paper write Pig One with a picture of Pig One<br />
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Third piece of paper write Pig 3, with picture of Pig 3<br />
Fourth Piece of Paper write Wolf with picture of wolf<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book: Three Little Pigs, I used the books by James Marchall and Margot Zemach, but there are dozens to choose from</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Divided sheets</span><br />
Markers<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read <em>The Three Little Pigs</em>. Before opening the book, point out the title, author and illustrator. Tell your child this is a storybook.<br />
Here is how I pointed out author, title, etc:<br />
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3. Tell your child who the character is. Make sure to use proper terms (character)<br />
4. Ask where the pig was (city, forest, etc). Have your child draw a picture or write a word describing where the story takes place<br />
5. Ask when the story happened (night, spring, look at details in pictures for clues). Have your child draw or write in the column to summarize when the story takes place.Say, "This is the setting; when and where the story happens is the setting."<br />
6. Ask What pig 1 did. Have child draw or write in the "What" column what Pig 1 did.<br />
7. Ask why Pig 1 did what he did. Have child draw or write in last column why Pig one did what he did.<br />
8. Repeat for remaining characters. <br />
**Learning takes place on a spectrum from teacher directed (you telling, doing, child listening) to teacher-child (doing project together) to independent (Child doing learning all on his own). You can do this project, and any lesson, for that matter, along this spectrum. If you need to direct more, then you fill out the papers. I set up this lesson as a teacher/child to be done together, but gauge your child's abilities and teach accordingly**<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Print Concepts, Common High Frequency words</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">On computer write your own, very simple, short Three Little Pigs story, or use mine (email me <a href="mailto:amyiswrite@gmail.com">amyiswrite@gmail.com</a>) </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book</span><br />
Highlighters ( I use light colored markers)<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<ol><li>Starting on page one, word one, say, "This is the first letter of the first word we are going to read. We <em>always </em>start here,on the left side of the page when we read or write. This letter makes a sound. We put it together with the other letters next to it and it tells us a word! </li>
<li>Have your child tell you the sound of each letter. Put the sounds together to form the word. Underline the word in green. Read the word.</li>
<li>Say, "This space next to the word tells us the word is done." Color the space red.</li>
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<li>Say, "We read a sentence!" Underline the sentence in green.</li>
<li>For the word "the" tell them "This is the word 'the.' We use this word often, but it doesn't look the way it sounds, so we just memorize t-h-e is the." Highlight "the" in blue.</li>
<li>Repeat this for each sentence.</li>
</ol><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Text Types & Purposes 3</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write dotted lines on the bottom of a blank sheet of paper. Write "My favorite part is..." followed by enough space for child to answer question.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
Markers, crayons, etc<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Talk about story. Share your favorite parts with each other.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Counting and cardinality 2, 4.a., Operations and Algebraic Thinking 1&2</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">stacking (not interlocking) blocks</span><br />
Die (one dice)<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Person 1 rolls die, then stacks that number of blocks up on top of each other.<br />
2. Person 2 rolls die, then stacks their blocks on top of blocks person one made. Have person 2 count on to person one's blocks to find out how many blocks there are altogether.<br />
3. Person 1 rolls die again. This number indicates how many "puffs" this person has to blow the "piggie blocks" down.<br />
4. Restack blocks (if necessary). Have person 2 roll die and "puff."<br />
5. The person who can blow down stack in allotted puffs win (which means both people can win).<br />
**I had no trouble blowing down the stacks, but my son did, so we ended up throwing a small block at the stacks**<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzC7TfQGyJMQ5bmON2apzC4mGk8r8smEcOHAvZX9ePHgqwOuLs276HnCE5vGyv8C03lyQGNSxtRZTYkgSDIQA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">pipe cleaners</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1.Not having straw readily available, we used pipe cleanersto create our straw house. Talk with your child about how you might put the house together, how to walls, the roof, etc. <br />
2. This doesn't have to be perfect. It's an exercise in building and problem solving.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Circle cut out of pink paper for pig nose</span><br />
two triangles cut out of pink paper for ears<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Pink paint</span><br />
paper plate <br />
circle, triangles<br />
glue<br />
black marker<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have child paint paper plate.<br />
2. Have child glue nose and ears of plate.<br />
3.Have child draw mouth.<br />
4. Have child draw eyes for pig.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-75931938711052274542012-01-07T12:42:00.000-08:002012-01-07T12:42:24.833-08:00Frogs - Day 3<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading<span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> - Reading Standards for Informational Text1</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">This will be asking and answering questions about the text. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials.</span><br />
book - I used Gail Gibbons <em>Frogs</em> again<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read book <em>Frogs</em> by Gail Gibbons. Ask your child questions about the book. Ask if they have questions.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> - Phonological Awareness 2.b.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Write the following words on a piece of paper:</span><br />
hibernation, camouflage, webbed, amphibians, vegetarian, algae, frog, tadpole, egg, gills, tail, legs, insects, water<br />
Divide a piece of paper into five sections and number 1-5<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">word strips</span><br />
divided paper<br />
glue stick<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Sound out each word for your child. Count together the number of syllables in each word. <br />
2. Have child glue the word under the number corresponding to the amount of syllables in the word.<br />
3. Go through each word again.<br />
4.Sound out the single syllable words together</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf"><span style="font-size: small;">Core Standard</span></a> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Text Types and Purposes 2</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Create a mini Book. Write "Frogs can" on Title page and each page in the book (your choice if you want one idea per two page spread, or 2 ideas per two sheet spread)</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Mini book</span><br />
Markers<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Ask your child some things that frogs can do that they learned from teh book.<br />
2.Write, or have your child write, what frogs can do. For example: "Frogs can jump." The child will write "jump."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpyuJi5hN8k1RY97S2G72INscOBn9rwXBLx-w9xqE2PPKmYYBp-911AFRBB6MncuSKf5NwfyGCQDAouGIwIpcTgZkCgxEg5bICbA4VYRtQs4DT76C2t7W7kptCrzPy2GjLbOv09lqcZno/s1600/frogs+day+3+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpyuJi5hN8k1RY97S2G72INscOBn9rwXBLx-w9xqE2PPKmYYBp-911AFRBB6MncuSKf5NwfyGCQDAouGIwIpcTgZkCgxEg5bICbA4VYRtQs4DT76C2t7W7kptCrzPy2GjLbOv09lqcZno/s320/frogs+day+3+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
3.Have child illustrate the book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqPgS5W9W2y2mUrCtCOQ4tiE2SEkLdqzpqP8GOTF5bBx3coO0uGybMw1lb-R-fHajF_o15hTIQB_TgyB5Ub7q6P7Gzcnw9eeHxRKy3_8LxbhGa3E7GnkzjVjFvLXNkeiv-JTvIAtphwaA/s1600/frogs+day+3+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqPgS5W9W2y2mUrCtCOQ4tiE2SEkLdqzpqP8GOTF5bBx3coO0uGybMw1lb-R-fHajF_o15hTIQB_TgyB5Ub7q6P7Gzcnw9eeHxRKy3_8LxbhGa3E7GnkzjVjFvLXNkeiv-JTvIAtphwaA/s320/frogs+day+3+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
4.Have child read the book to you.</div><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard </a>- Geometry - Identify and Describe Shapes 2</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Prepare a piece of paper with a circle, square, rectangle, triangle, and hexagon for you and ond one for your child</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Shape Paper</span><br />
Crayon<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Go on a shape scavenger hunt. Walk your house, and/or neighborhood to find real-life shapes.<br />
2.When you or your child finds a shape, they color it in on the paper.<br />
3 The first person to find all shapes on their sheet is the winner.<br />
Shapes We Found:<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Find the page in Gail Gibbon's <em>Frogs</em> that shows a frog's body parts.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Picture</span><br />
Playdough<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child create a frog with the playdough, making sure they show all the parts of the frog (eyes, mouth, front and back legs, ridges on back).<br />
2. The easiest way to do this is to make each part seperately (body with ridges, add head, add eyes, add front legs, add back legs, add tongue). </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsk3vJAB6gtVSpgzUPCqjvXYRcHzxE47Wa1TYUUwnXnV533DwhPmRf_Pg73nV1NdjhgyXtS39UxEMGpPKDXf_Qd_Nbh0RPF-PgQCAdnga0xJewFSi0SAOWwbG3KZdhiexKvNKNO6AnAr_/s1600/frogs+day+3+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="112" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsk3vJAB6gtVSpgzUPCqjvXYRcHzxE47Wa1TYUUwnXnV533DwhPmRf_Pg73nV1NdjhgyXtS39UxEMGpPKDXf_Qd_Nbh0RPF-PgQCAdnga0xJewFSi0SAOWwbG3KZdhiexKvNKNO6AnAr_/s200/frogs+day+3+014.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Frog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William's Frog</td></tr>
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**You can also make the frog life cycle, creating a frog egg, tadpole, and morphing it into the frog**</div></span><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-60573937359063127092012-01-05T20:15:00.000-08:002012-01-06T11:30:18.856-08:00Frogs - Day 2<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1880467234">Core Standard - Craft & Structure 6, </a></span><span style="font-family: Gotham-Medium;"><span style="font-family: Gotham-Medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1880467234">Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10, </a></span><span style="font-family: Gotham-Medium;"><span style="font-family: Gotham-Medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
Marker<br />
Book: <em>Frogs</em> by Gail Saunders-Smith (or, if you can't find this at your local library, another good easy reader Frog book)<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Before reading ask, "How does a frog become a frog?"<br />
2. Your child might remember from yesterday's book, <em>Frogs</em> By Gail Gibbons, a few details. Tell child that you are going to find out how a frog becomes a frog in the book for today.<br />
3. Show child book. Point out title, see if child can read it. Point out picture of frog. Point out the author's name at the bottom. Open the book and begin reading.<br />
4. As you read document on the paper each part of life cycle of frog with a word and a very simple illustration.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CsVhr300_Jg/TwZyuN20taI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/s2EYciTMJ7A/s1600/frogs+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CsVhr300_Jg/TwZyuN20taI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/s2EYciTMJ7A/s320/frogs+001.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>5. Review chart with child. See if they can tell you the life cycle.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard - Phonological Awareness 2.d.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write "Og" on paper</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: black;">write on small pieces of paper each consonant of the alphabet. Also "st," "sl," "sp," "tr," "pr," "pl,"</span></span><br />
On a piece of paper write "Word" on one side, "Jail" on the other<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Papers with "og," etc.</span><br />
Word/Jail Paper<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Place a consonant or the "st," etc in front of "og."<br />
2. Sound out word with your child, or have them sound it out independently.<br />
3. If it creates a word, put it in the "word" section of the paper.<br />
4.If it doesn't create a word put it in "jail."<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YugoCb_ZL7E/TwZy_B0ZEUI/AAAAAAAAAac/n3dJ5JjgoxM/s1600/frogs+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YugoCb_ZL7E/TwZy_B0ZEUI/AAAAAAAAAac/n3dJ5JjgoxM/s320/frogs+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>5. After going through each letter, reread your real words.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard - Text Types and Purposes 2.</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Make a mini book. On Title Page write "Life Cycle of Frog"</span><br />
**Don't write anything in the book until lesson, this is just to let you know how book will be laid out**<br />
The book is made up of three double pages.<br />
On page one write: Eggs<br />
Page two (facing page 1) write:tadpole<br />
Page 3 write:Back legs<br />
Page 4:Front legs<br />
Page 5: Tail shrinks<br />
Page 6: Frog<br />
OR You can have child write the words, or write the first letter of each word. Depends on child's level, or attention span.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Mini Book</span><br />
Markers<br />
Chart from Reading<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Show child chart again. Explain you will be making a book about Life cycles to show to the family.<br />
2. Ask child what a frog looks like at first. Talk about the eggs, what they look like, feel like (Gail Gibbons said they were like "jelly." Maybe touch some jelly to get an idea?" Say, "It looks like frogs start out as eggs. Let's write "Eggs" on the first page. (This is when you write the word, you have child guess first letter and write first letter, or let child write the entire word.)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IFCbaaMA-Gk/TwZzLUBluPI/AAAAAAAAAao/SNZchdzCF4U/s1600/frogs+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IFCbaaMA-Gk/TwZzLUBluPI/AAAAAAAAAao/SNZchdzCF4U/s320/frogs+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>3. Ask, "What happens when the frogs hatch? Do they look like frogs?" Child will (hopefully) say "Tadpoles." Say, "Then we write "tadpoles." Write "tadpole" then have child illustrate.<br />
4. Repeat for remaining pages, having a guided discussion with your child to get back legs, front legs, tail shrinks, and frog.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core standard</a> <span style="color: black;">- Geometry - Analyze, Compare, and Compose Shapes</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Draw a circle, triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon on a piece of paper</span><br />
tape two craft sticks together to form a long stick, make two sets of this<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">chenille stick ("pipe cleaners" back in the day)</span><br />
craft sticks ("Popsicle sticks" back in the day)<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Give your child a chenille stick and ask her to make a circle with it. You can help by using your own chenille stick and talking through the process (smoothing it, explaining it can't have any angles, etc.)<br />
2. Give child three Popsicle sticks and tell her to make a triangle. Emphasize that a triangle has three sides that touch and make angles. Tri=three, three sides, three angles<br />
3. Give child four sticks. Have child put the Popsicle sticks on top of each other. Point out that all the sticks are the same length. Have child create a square. Point out the four equal sides, and the four angles.<br />
4. Give child the two long Popsicle sticks and two regular sticks. Have them create a rectangle. Talk about opposite sides being the same length, four sides, four angles.<br />
5. Give child 6 craft sticks. Have them create a hexagon. Talk about the six sides and six angles.<br />
** IMPORTANT**<br />
A. If your child has a hard time forming shapes, give as much necessary help as needed. You can do this activity again and again until your child has mastered ability to create shapes on their own.<br />
B. Notice I am using mathematical terms like angles, etc. lease use correct terminology when explaining Math. These words will not confuse your child if you explain them. When correct terminology is used it becomes a part of your child's vocabulary very easily.<br />
C. You can watch the video of how <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNOE7vK5z-E&list=UU5ceYnsKN8gjwZ_o-u8PHwA&index=1&feature=plcp">I taught this</a> on youtube.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
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Watch a Frog Video - these can be found at your local library (I love that place)<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Cut out 2 small and one large heart from green paper</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">google eyes</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">hearts</span><br />
glue<br />
<span style="color: black;">markers, crayons, etc</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1.Draw a green line down middle of large green heart to form a lily pad.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ahRHyVqcs04/TwZ07TFvdGI/AAAAAAAAAbY/Eq1wQdXitGg/s1600/frogs+012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ahRHyVqcs04/TwZ07TFvdGI/AAAAAAAAAbY/Eq1wQdXitGg/s320/frogs+012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>4. Using a marker draw frog details like mouth, spots, toes, etc.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Key Ideas and Details 2</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-37725489959329707212012-01-04T20:17:00.000-08:002012-01-04T20:17:49.184-08:00Frogs - Day 1<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core education standard for Kindergarten</a>-Reading Standard #4 under Craft & Structure)</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9vC9MjPHqE/TwUjHP_5njI/AAAAAAAAAY4/f4bxeBOlDFo/s1600/preschool+christmas+192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f9vC9MjPHqE/TwUjHP_5njI/AAAAAAAAAY4/f4bxeBOlDFo/s200/preschool+christmas+192.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: black;">Write the following words on pieces of paper: Hibernation, Camouflage, Webbed, Amphibians, Vegetarians, Algae (email me and I'll send you my word doc)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Paper</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Show your child the words. Read each word, ask if they know what the word means. Say, "These are mystery words about frogs and we will be like scientist solving the mystery of what the words mean.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Say, "We are going to read a book about frogs and the book will tell us wha<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF9O82gpM_k/TwUjKhu0VRI/AAAAAAAAAZA/t00Ho21hcTg/s1600/preschool+christmas+196.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YF9O82gpM_k/TwUjKhu0VRI/AAAAAAAAAZA/t00Ho21hcTg/s200/preschool+christmas+196.jpg" width="200" /></a>t the words mean."</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. Read the book, as you find the word in the text use the word strip with corresponding word as a bookmark. Talk about the meaning of the word.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. After reading the book, go to each bookmarked page and read the word. Ask, "What does this word mean?" "What does this word have to do with frogs?"</div><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">Core Standard</a> Foundational Skills Phonics and Word Recognition 3.c. "Read common high-frequency words.")</span></span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Buy a used children's book (I go to the library and pick them up for 50 cents)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Book</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Markers or highlighters in 3 different colors where text will show through</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Tell your child you are detectives looking for words that you read very often. </div>2. Show your child the word "the." Explain that the word the doesn't sound the way it looks, but we hear it all the time. Tell your child the word, "the." Have your child look for and highlight the word "the" in the book. (Now would be a good time to mention that this is a special book for writing in, and all other books should NOT be written in).<br />
3. Explain the word "are." Point out the letters, sound out the word. Find the word "are" in the book.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W31gY412R5Q/TwUj4CJaCPI/AAAAAAAAAZM/nSGsy7xgnpU/s1600/preschool+christmas+197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W31gY412R5Q/TwUj4CJaCPI/AAAAAAAAAZM/nSGsy7xgnpU/s320/preschool+christmas+197.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>4. Do the same for the word, "is."<br />
5. Have your child guess which word they saw the most when reading. GO through the text and count every "the," "are," and "is" they have highlighted. Declare that word the winner!<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">(Core Standard - Writing: Text Types and Purpose 1. "Compose opinion")</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Make a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av7DNlQy8c4">mini book</a>. On title page write "I like frogs." On each page write "I like _____________ about frogs."</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Mini book</span><br />
Pen<br />
marker, crayons, or colored pencils<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Ask your child what he liked learning about frogs in the book.<br />
2. Write down what he says.<br />
3. Have child fill out blanks on pages of book using a simplified version of your discussion.<br />
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5. Have child read book to stuffed animals, siblings, you, over the phone to grandma, etc.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math <span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_Math%20Standards.pdf">Core standard</a> - Geometry - Identify and describe shapes</span></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Cut out 3-4 varying sizes of shapes (square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, circle) on different colored pieces of paper.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Shapes</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hd0I9UQJmZU/TwUkXTopNbI/AAAAAAAAAZw/2UYNmMjhz4s/s1600/preschool+christmas+201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" rea="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hd0I9UQJmZU/TwUkXTopNbI/AAAAAAAAAZw/2UYNmMjhz4s/s320/preschool+christmas+201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>1. Have child sort (another core standard) shapes into things that look similar. Continue sorting until child has groups of circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and hexagons<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Pull out triangles. Ask, "What makes these shapes different?" Talk about color, and size. Ask, "What makes these shapes the same?" Make sure to point out 3 sides, 3 angles.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3.Say, these are all triangles. Even though they may be different sizes and colors, they are triangles because they have 3 sides and 3 angles.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. Repeat for squares, etc. Make sure to point out what makes a square a square, etc.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Visit some frogs at a local pet shop.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span></div><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Green paint</span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Paper Plate</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2-3" diameter White circles</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1" diameter black circles</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Black marker</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Glue</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Have child paint plate green.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2.Let dry.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. Glue black circles on to white circles.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. Glue white circles to top of plate.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">5. Add a smile near bottom of plate with black marker.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-41272920869619070212012-01-04T11:13:00.000-08:002012-01-04T11:13:47.318-08:00Core Education StandardsConfession: I am a former teacher. I was taught in college that everything a teacher does in the classroom should tie into an educational standard to help children meet benchmarks for their grade. Problem: There are no real benchmarks for preschool. Solution: I am using the <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/">Core standards</a> adopted by several states in the U.S.in order to drive my instruction. Though you may say that Kindergarten is not preschool, I argue that much of what is learned in Kindergarten is easily trasmitted to the preschool curriculum. <br />
So, from now on I am writing the core standards I am teaching for Reading, Phonics, Writing, and Math. This way you know that what your child is learning is based on national educational standards and not on some feel-good philosophy. While I firmly believe that learning should be fun, especially for young children, I also believe just as firmly in having proper foundations in learning. So, from here on out, look for hte learning standards for the subjects. I also encourage you to go to the website and <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CCSSI_ELA%20Standards.pdf">read the standards</a> for yourself. Thank you to everyone who has used my website. Please comment and let me know how the lessons are working for you.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-51510899623767299782011-12-20T21:08:00.000-08:002011-12-20T21:08:14.259-08:00Christmas Day Three - Olive the Other Reindeer<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get book <em>Olive, the Other Reindeer</em></span><br />
Get a wand. I use a craft stick with a star on the end.<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Wand</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read book to your child.<br />
2. Turn to a page in the book and use your wand to point out letters in the words, words in the sentence, spaces between words, punctuation at the end of the sentence.<br />
3.Hand over the wand and have your child point out letters, words, spaces, punctuation, etc.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book <em>Olive, the Other Reindeer</em></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book</span><br />
Marker or wand<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Show child page in the book.<br />
Make it a game to find the following words: "the, of, is, and" (these are called high frequency words so we want to teach our children to memorize them)<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Using large dotted line paper (you can have a word doc copy of my paper I print out by emailing me at <a href="mailto:amyiswrite@gmail.com">amyiswrite@gmail.com</a>) write a capital "O" on the first line and a lower case "o" on the second line.</span><br />
On the following lines write: l_ck, r_ck, d_g, f_g, h_g, h_p, m_p, d_t, h_t, p_t<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOY77FCFUCZmo4Pl_eXEnTtNeGh5LfkSTu4216-LzUDElkE77KXfCqaPkJUbqqjL2M0kMLdLf6NdFks140XZHK5p_MXc1dNy0J3y8ZnSjxAFbTipWCcLq072BY1xZWvkLmJ7aGbnBlddS/s1600/preschool+christmas+036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOY77FCFUCZmo4Pl_eXEnTtNeGh5LfkSTu4216-LzUDElkE77KXfCqaPkJUbqqjL2M0kMLdLf6NdFks140XZHK5p_MXc1dNy0J3y8ZnSjxAFbTipWCcLq072BY1xZWvkLmJ7aGbnBlddS/s320/preschool+christmas+036.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Teach child correct formation of letter "O" both upper-and lower case.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Have child write the letter "O" in the open space of each unfinished word to create a new word.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3.Read the new word created.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">4. On a separate piece of paper write "I would help Santa by" and let child complete the sentence verbally.</div>5. Write what child said on paper, then have child illustrate the sentence.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Cut out 5 Christmas trees out of green paper. Using Christmas stickers place 1-4 stickers on each tree. Write the number 5 on each tree.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Trees</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Stickers</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Tell your child these trees don't have enough ornaments on them. They each need 5 ornaments. <br />
2. Have your child add the remaining number of stickers to each tree to make 5 ornaments on the tree.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">For exploration this week we are doing kind things for others. We visited and sang in a nursing home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Prep materials</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Brown piece of paper</span><br />
white piece of paper<br />
child safety scissors <br />
markers<br />
glue stick<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuXkIqJ6Hs_1VYSaRPhS3agYCWoizxo8NQ29nzwWG1EAOFOblxXuMgkDXnIftTgRjO8zGU7GSZFvYLAzGEOBZSKo5hcSEz8qlAUEd4xPV1JjmRO0sujS8SP3NgzTZq8vSPYnlmdv3_Wsg/s1600/preschool+christmas+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwuXkIqJ6Hs_1VYSaRPhS3agYCWoizxo8NQ29nzwWG1EAOFOblxXuMgkDXnIftTgRjO8zGU7GSZFvYLAzGEOBZSKo5hcSEz8qlAUEd4xPV1JjmRO0sujS8SP3NgzTZq8vSPYnlmdv3_Wsg/s200/preschool+christmas+016.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>1. Trace, or have your child trace their foot on to the brown piece of paper.<br />
2. Have your child trace their hands on to the white piece of paper.<br />
3. Have your child cut out hand and foot prints.<br />
4. Have your child glue hand prints to footprints to create a reindeer head and antlers.<br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get book <em>The Night Before Christmas</em></span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Book</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1.Read book to child.<br />
2.Read book again, only this time, have your child act out the poem as you read it.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">Write the poem, The Night Before Christmas." If you don't want to write it out, email me <a href="mailto:amyiswrite@gmail.com">amyiswrite@gmail.com</a> and I will send you a word doc of the one I wrote out, so you can skip this long step in prep</span><br />
write the rhyming words on pieces of paper, and cut them into individual words<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Poem</span><br />
Marker<br />
Paper divided into two sections, "twins" and "jail"<br />
rhyming words<br />
glue stick<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read poem to your child and circle the rhyming words in the poem (you can circle, or your child can circle, your choice).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IwQtnTORyFJ6IxSkxaYRrXnxGiWtGO-53Jv_TIQ9UBswUFyql96IUPbnZ9E8K63b47zpiq3oLvxBipkhxEisB3AIGhOYbH_9KPGfgOGsvlSj5hhj4pUURIvvof7GHRw2BgPG7IQT2Yt7/s1600/preschool+christmas+049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IwQtnTORyFJ6IxSkxaYRrXnxGiWtGO-53Jv_TIQ9UBswUFyql96IUPbnZ9E8K63b47zpiq3oLvxBipkhxEisB3AIGhOYbH_9KPGfgOGsvlSj5hhj4pUURIvvof7GHRw2BgPG7IQT2Yt7/s320/preschool+christmas+049.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
2. You don't need to do the entire poem, gauge your child's interest. My son lasted about 1/2 way before he was done circling. That's fine. Stop before it becomes a chore.<br />
3. Show the rhyming words to your child. Line them up, one above the other so that the rimes align.<br />
4. Ask, "Are these rhymes spelled the same, or are they different?"<br />
5. If they are the same, your child glues them under "twins." If they are different your child glues them in "jail."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLQsPM62BEDVaX014jmvtgfAzC8npibL7TDsNIhgeUwgopiokAYT8_Z2-P_6ftyw34LzlxC1MI3aTvZjdSnfi-meIDma8XPL_sPrmiqrAmo8hNoxjwtB0H1qj2ZvF46SCeRnDAIbUD6Tq/s1600/preschool+christmas+059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLQsPM62BEDVaX014jmvtgfAzC8npibL7TDsNIhgeUwgopiokAYT8_Z2-P_6ftyw34LzlxC1MI3aTvZjdSnfi-meIDma8XPL_sPrmiqrAmo8hNoxjwtB0H1qj2ZvF46SCeRnDAIbUD6Tq/s320/preschool+christmas+059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Using large dotted line paper, write a capital "N" on the first line and a lower case "n" on the second line. On other lines write the following rimes: ab, ag, ap, est, et, ib, ip, od, ot, ub, un, ut</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">paper</span><br />
pen<br />
markers, etc<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Teach your child proper formation of the letter "N" both upper-and lower case.<br />
2. Have your child add the letter 'N" to each rime to create a new word, word the word with your child.<br />
3. On a separate piece of paper write, "If I met Santa I would"<br />
4. Have your child tell you what they would do if they met Santa. finish the sentence, writing what your child told you.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHL27oF6xsqPQGNYtdckgV1JYOTYNCVj0vB4CcRUc-9AFLQjLOANL3BRU1FM5rGZ7ogu3_x8HKGWh7oIJlCdeMQrnEa_BfTkdWEMN787zeYINNUD3svHBar53Tt9e2nAoK80RjIQHUGoG/s1600/preschool+christmas+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHL27oF6xsqPQGNYtdckgV1JYOTYNCVj0vB4CcRUc-9AFLQjLOANL3BRU1FM5rGZ7ogu3_x8HKGWh7oIJlCdeMQrnEa_BfTkdWEMN787zeYINNUD3svHBar53Tt9e2nAoK80RjIQHUGoG/s320/preschool+christmas+030.jpg" width="180" /></a><br />
5. Have your child illustrate the sentence.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Draw a stocking on a piece of paper with sharp corners. Placing another piece of paper behind your paper with the stocking. Cut out stocking, so you have two exact copies. Cut the second stocking into about 5-7 shapes of triangles, rectangles, and squares.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Stocking</span><br />
Pieces<br />
glue stick.<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Tell your child that this is an empty stocking that Santa needs to fill.<br />
2.Show the shapes to your child, have your child name the shapes.<br />
3.Tell your child the shapes are presents for the stocking, and they need to help Santa fit all the presents into the stocking.<br />
4. Have child rearrange shapes in stocking until they all fit, then have child glue pieces into the stocking.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">For Christmas, all our Explorations are about doing kids things for other people. Find a way to give gifts of kindness and services with your child. Our church was buying presents for a homeless shelter so we signed up and I let my son help pick out a gift for the shelter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Draw a picture, or print out a simple picture of Santa.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Santa picture</span><br />
Crayons or markers<br />
Cotton balls<br />
Glue<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have child color Santa's face and hat<br />
2.Have child glue cotton balls on to beard and hat rim.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-81073980343291627852011-12-20T20:58:00.000-08:002011-12-20T20:58:21.225-08:00Christmas Day One - Nativity<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Choose a simple children's book, or a few, that are about the First Christmas. See <a href="http://preschoolmommy.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-books-christmas-hannukah.html">my list of Christmas books</a> for my favorites. You can also read from the Bible Luke chapter 2 verses 1-20. and Matthew chapter 2 verses 1 through 12. Here is a link to the King James Version online for <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/2?lang=eng">Luke (shepherds</a>) and <a href="http://lds.org/scriptures/nt/matt/2?lang=eng">Matthew (wisemen).</a> Draw or print out small pictures of the naativity. Tape these to popsicle sticks to form puppets.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Bble, and/or natvity books</span><br />
Nativity pictures (mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus, wise men, shepherds, angel, king herod)<br />
Markers, etc.<br />
Popsicle sticks<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read the stories. I like to read and explain the Bible verses, and then read the Nativity books and explain as we go, how they relate to the Bible story.<br />
2. Child can color pictures.<br />
3. Have your child retell the story of Jesus' birth using the puppets. You can help encourage by holding up a puppet, asking (or telling if they forgot) who it is, and how they belong in the story.<br />
4. Have your child put on the puppet show for relatives at Christmas, siblings, etc. <br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write the word "Christmas" then cut into individual letters.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Letters, cut up</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Tell your child that all these letters together make a word that is special at this time of year.<br />
Say the following:<br />
1. Make the word "as."<br />
2. Add a letter and make the word "has."<br />
3. Change the last letter to make the word "hat."<br />
4. CHange the first letter to make the word "cat."<br />
5. CHange the first letter to make the =word "rat."<br />
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7. Change the first letter to make the word "mat."<br />
8. Change the last letter to make "mas," the end of our special word.<br />
9. The rest of the letters make the word that Christmas is all about. (slowly spell out "Christ" and sound it out for your child). <br />
10. This is the word "Christ" because our special word (put "Christ" and "mas" together) form the word CHristmas, and CHristmas is all about that Jesus Chrust was born!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Using large dotted line paper, write a capital "C" on first line, lower case "c" on second line</span><br />
write the following rimes on the lines below: ab, an, ap, at, op, ot, up<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n4HTVssdMOpU5u0YiQ_1jsXf5Bds5lf6eMjjSQs8lNGeEdh9gDhNpc9Pnq2CvxJ0ZQ6HHwmB_AobDUeN0ZwVD85VSo26nSHTopAJwC-3THRRzLx7XJg6nIOTUltU6Z0131fD-JdAe3uo/s1600/preschool+christmas+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7n4HTVssdMOpU5u0YiQ_1jsXf5Bds5lf6eMjjSQs8lNGeEdh9gDhNpc9Pnq2CvxJ0ZQ6HHwmB_AobDUeN0ZwVD85VSo26nSHTopAJwC-3THRRzLx7XJg6nIOTUltU6Z0131fD-JdAe3uo/s320/preschool+christmas+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>1.Teach your child proper formation of the letter "C" both upper and lower case.<br />
2. Have your child practice writing the letter C in front of each rime, creating a new word.<br />
3. On a separate paper write "If I was at the First Christmas"<br />
4. Have your child complete the sentence verbally, while you write down what they say.<br />
5. Have child illustrate the sentence.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Draw or print 20-30 sheep.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Sheep</span><br />
Die (one dice)<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Put sheep in a pile.<br />
2. First person rolls, die, and takes that amount of sheep.<br />
3.Second person rolls die and takes the amount of sheep shoen on die.<br />
4. Players continue playing until sheep are gone.<br />
5. Players count their sheep to see who has the biggest flock, and wins. You can watch a video of my kids playing it here.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Our entire Christmas exploration will be about serving others. Find ways to help your child serve others. We made treats for our cousins, one in the military, one on a mission, and sent them to them for Christmas. You can make a treat and send or give it to someone.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Prep Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Paper</span><br />
Markers, crayons, etc<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have your child draw a picture of baby Jesus.<br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading</span> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><span style="color: black;"><em>Gingerbread Baby </em>by Jan Brett. </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Go to Jan Brett website and size, print out and tape the following animals to craft sticks: <a href="http://www.janbrett.com/gingerbread_baby_masks_main.htm">dog, pig, goat, cat, gingerbread baby</a>,(These are printable as big masks, so I copy, size in a word document to smaller, then print) <a href="http://www.janbrett.com/mural_gf/gingerbread_house.htm">gingerbread house</a>. Draw a mom and dad and tape them to craft sticks</div><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read book to child <br />
2. Using puppets (characters on craft sticks) have child retell the story of the gingerbread a baby.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9JBkp5hEpKAIPX2OTC3qzB2KwTxZtJ37fGBDIKHXrd7eB8v5M58eprxb7YKU95dZ4IdaKphX4a22z0J2blpKCSgagvtbuHV2vbVIQc0IQPnz3vhJ4XwjP2DmPHj78T_Olqda0rp_7JX9/s1600/jan+brett+4+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9JBkp5hEpKAIPX2OTC3qzB2KwTxZtJ37fGBDIKHXrd7eB8v5M58eprxb7YKU95dZ4IdaKphX4a22z0J2blpKCSgagvtbuHV2vbVIQc0IQPnz3vhJ4XwjP2DmPHj78T_Olqda0rp_7JX9/s200/jan+brett+4+002.jpg" width="112" /></a><span style="color: black;">On large dotted paper write capital "G" on first line, lower case "g" on second line. On subsequent lines write: ag, et, ig, ill, ot, um, ut</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Paper</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Pen or pencil</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1.Teach child proper formation of capital- and lower case "G."</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Have child add "g" to each rime ("ag," "et," etc)</div> to create new word.<br />
3.Have child read each new word as they create it.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Write the following: cat, dog, goat, pig, fox, milk, cheese, baby, mother, father, Martha, cookbook, Matti, candy, gingerbread, Madeline, peppermint. Cut out each word</span><br />
Divide a piece of paper into thirds. At top of first column write "1," second column :2,: third column "3"<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">words</span><br />
Columned paper<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">glue stick</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">1. Clap out the syllables in each word with your child.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Have child glue the word in the column with number representing the syllables in word (cat, dog, etc go under column labeled one, and so on)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfNx-Myyw8HYDbJx7fWoe7NbKsifSoLHo-GSzc3yFdG58M5ogYgCI_HWe-BYzkGaqfyZDP7nd6a5PkoeiTYTFY-4CuCHa_ExcII_AvyN8WP4VPn71c4Y28JAe_e40ABjfJjfD269cK1ps/s1600/jan+brett+4+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfNx-Myyw8HYDbJx7fWoe7NbKsifSoLHo-GSzc3yFdG58M5ogYgCI_HWe-BYzkGaqfyZDP7nd6a5PkoeiTYTFY-4CuCHa_ExcII_AvyN8WP4VPn71c4Y28JAe_e40ABjfJjfD269cK1ps/s320/jan+brett+4+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">3. See if your child can clap out syllables on their own.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Get materials together</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">60 plastic bricks (Lego's, etc)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Die (one dice)</div><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Each person rolls the die and takes that many plastic blocks, linking them together.<br />
2. When you have a stick of 10 blocks, start creating a new stick.<br />
3.The winner is the person who has three sticks of ten, or 30 blocks.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get ingredients to make a gingerbread cookie</span><br />
Write steps to making cookie on pieces of paper with a picture (see example below)<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Ingredients to make a gingerbread cookie</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. With your child make a gingerbread man. (We made an extra large gingerbread baby)<br />
2. Make connections to the book as you measure, mix, pour and bake without peeking!<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Make icing, gather together small candies, etc.</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">gingerbread cookie</span><br />
icing<br />
candies, etc<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Decorate your gingerbread baby with your child!<br />
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My Allergy free Gingerbread Cookie recipe<br />
Sift together:<br />
1/2 cup rice flour<br />
1/2 cup single grain oatmeal (baby food oatmeal)<br />
1/2 cup single grain rice cereal (baby food)<br />
3/4 tsp xanthan gum<br />
2 TBSP Potato starch<br />
1tsp Ginger<br />
1/2 tsp cinnamon<br />
1/8 tsp nutmeg<br />
1/8 tsp salt<br />
In a separate bowl cream together:<br />
6 TBSP shortening<br />
6 TBSP brown sugar<br />
4 TBSP Molasses<br />
2 TBSP applesauce<br />
1 TBSP Water<br />
1 1/2 tsp Egg replacer<br />
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1. Mix dry ingredients into wet.<br />
2. Line cookie pan with tin foil. Put dough on baking sheet. <br />
3. Cover dough with wax paper and roll out.<br />
4. Carefully cut out cookies, pulling away excess dough. DO NOT TRY TO LIFT COOKIES!!<br />
5. Bake 350 for 10-12 minutes.<br />
6. Cool and decorate!<br />
1/2 tsp cinnamon<br />
1/2 tsp baking soda<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">**This week we are using books by the same author/illustrator, Jan Brett, and will begin each day with reading the book**</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Don't forget to do your Daily 4</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">1.Alphabet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">2. Numbers to 100</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">3. Child Reading</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">4. Read to your child at least 5 books (<em>Gingerbread Baby </em>counts as one!)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-90744489084106417032011-12-07T14:14:00.000-08:002011-12-07T14:14:13.647-08:00Jan Brett Day Two - The Hat<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading</span> <br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Get the book <em>The Hat</em> by Jan Brett</span><br />
Create a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePreschoolMommy?feature=mhee#p/u/17/av7DNlQy8c4">mini book</a> - make 2 mini books, gluing the covers together to create a longer mini book.<br />
On each page of the book write _______ has a hat.<br />
Print out animals from the <a href="http://www.janbrett.com/hat_animal_masks_main.htm">Jan Brett website</a>,size to fit mini book, print, and cut out<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Mini Book</span><br />
animals<br />
markers or crayons<br />
pen<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Read the book <em>The Hat</em> to child.<br />
2. Read mini book to child. Have them choose an animal, paste it to the page. Write animal in the blank.<br />
3. Have child draw a hat on animal.<br />
4. Have child read the book to you, to a sibling,to a stuffed animal, etc.<br />
5.Keep with other mini books, in an easily accessible place for your child.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Make a small poster with two boxes on it. Label the top box "Words" and the lower box "Jail"</span><br />
Draw bars on the "jail"<br />
on a sticky note write "at"<br />
On separate sticky notes write all consonants, and the following "fl," "st," "pl," "th," "tr," "ch," "cr," "dr," "br," "sp"<br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Poster</span><br />
sticky notes<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Put a consonant or onset ("st,"etc) in front of "at."<br />
2. Have your child sound out the word.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDr3trEEtBqxR6tSmgxkjm9b6FfX3ORbwbf5Y4-JDgsl-CySKoL3PnQFs84bLbhwY9AZO1L5JJnW0amS9UTJ5_rYHHLKtKqzYDkw6h1NlH2Muv_Y0OB9J6UkD4x_dsswc1qlCfqFs998dV/s1600/jan+brett+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDr3trEEtBqxR6tSmgxkjm9b6FfX3ORbwbf5Y4-JDgsl-CySKoL3PnQFs84bLbhwY9AZO1L5JJnW0amS9UTJ5_rYHHLKtKqzYDkw6h1NlH2Muv_Y0OB9J6UkD4x_dsswc1qlCfqFs998dV/s320/jan+brett+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>3.If it makes an actual word, put it in the word box. If it doesn't make a word put it in "jail." <br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Using large dotted line paper write a capital "H" on first line and a lower case "h" on second line. On other lines write the following rimes: ad, ag, am, at, en, id, ill, ip, op, ot, ub, ug, um, ut </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">paper</span><br />
pen or pencil<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Teach child how to properly form capital- and lower case H<br />
2. Have child add an "H" to each rime and sound out new word they created<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Remove face cards from a deck of cards</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">deck of cards</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Play War with child.<br />
2.Shuffle and divide deck between the two of you.<br />
3. Turn over top card at same time as child.<br />
4.Whoever has highest card wins both cards. If there is a tie go again, winner takes all four (or six, etc) cards.<br />
5.Winner of game is person with most cards.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Cut out hat shape from construction paper</span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Hat cut from paper</span><br />
markers, crayons, etc<br />
glue, glitter<br />
stickers, etc<br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
1. Have child decorate hat<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">**This week we are using books by the same author/illustrator, Jan Brett, and will begin each day with reading the book**</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Don't forget to do your Daily 4</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">1.Alphabet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">2. Numbers to 100</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">3. Child Reading</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">4. Read to your child at least 5 books (<em>The Mitten</em> counts as one!)</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-24300824032679610372011-12-06T21:46:00.000-08:002011-12-07T10:41:20.801-08:00Jan Brett - Day 1 The Mitten<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-size: large;">**This week we are using books by the same author/illustrator, Jan Brett, and will begin each day with reading the book**</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Don't forget to do your Daily 4</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">1.Alphabet</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">2. Numbers to 100</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">3. Child Reading</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: x-small;">4. Read to your child at least 5 books (<em>The Mitten</em> counts as one!)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><u>Reading</u></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Get Book <em>The Mitten</em> by Jan Brett</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><em>The Mitten</em> by Jan Brett</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. You are going to go on a "Picture Walk." A picture walk is when you look at the pictures in a book and make predictions about what is happening in the book, what may happen next, etc. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP9rzoAPpdI">Here is a video of how I took a picture walk with my son.</a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">2. Now read the book together.</div></div><div align="left"><br />
<u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span></u> <br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Pictures of the mitten and the animals in the mitten (mole, rabbit, hedgehog, owl, badger, fox, bear, mouse) - these can be found at <a href="http://janbrett.com/tell_your_own_mitten_story_animals.htm">Jan Brett's website</a>. </span><br />
Make two copies of mitten, tape together around the edges.<br />
Cut out animals</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">* Mitten</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">* Animals</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. You are going to give rhymes for the different animals. When you give the rhyme your child needs to find the animals that goes with that rhyme.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YaRhBppELj9FpztAdIkDBPYX_zMm1XXDzj6z8L1mMityPhPZ7qfsHZXrMgd5LgBHtLAy6b-tvACV9ltDeaNrQR1zShash84T-2709LhfY67Vs6GIE6BeWA9pdNaqXR-oSMnaDhBkmmPr/s1600/preschool+and+ebay+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YaRhBppELj9FpztAdIkDBPYX_zMm1XXDzj6z8L1mMityPhPZ7qfsHZXrMgd5LgBHtLAy6b-tvACV9ltDeaNrQR1zShash84T-2709LhfY67Vs6GIE6BeWA9pdNaqXR-oSMnaDhBkmmPr/s200/preschool+and+ebay+002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Say, "Look in the hole you might find a ______ (mole). Child finds mole in group of animal and puts it in the mitten.</div>3. Make it a habit to look for the ______ (rabbit). Child finds rabbit in group of animals and puts it in the mitten.<br />
4. Say, "Do you like tickles? Find the animal with _____ (prickles - hedgehog). Child finds hedgehog in group of animals and puts it in the mitten.<br />
5. Say, "A bird is a fowl, can you find the ____(owl). Child finds the owl and puts it in the mitten.<br />
6. Say, "It is dark and it is light, find the animal that's black and _____ (white - badger). Child finds badger and puts it in the mitten.<br />
7. Say, "Loon in a big brown box, you may find a little ___ (fox). Child finds fox and puts it in the mitten.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNr5TLkjL4xLUHwIj-x3ANNcbhasSZxaMH3HySdmlVEMTEZKOyZVbw8PZV8vOxaElAfpkQdCYAmyPPdv2cUcIKjUiOqbqU7EJP1doZAVWpRRsdD6XxRafeZbALf2SAscu4cWYiSYshLs1/s1600/preschool+and+ebay+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNr5TLkjL4xLUHwIj-x3ANNcbhasSZxaMH3HySdmlVEMTEZKOyZVbw8PZV8vOxaElAfpkQdCYAmyPPdv2cUcIKjUiOqbqU7EJP1doZAVWpRRsdD6XxRafeZbALf2SAscu4cWYiSYshLs1/s200/preschool+and+ebay+003.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>8. Say, "Use a brush to brush your hair, then you can find the ____ (bear)." Child finds bear and puts it in the mitten. <br />
9. Say, "Look outside or in the house, then you can find the ____ (mouse)." Child finds mouse and puts it in the mitten.</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Using dotted line paper (for a copy of dotted line paper I've made email me @ <a href="mailto:amyiswrite@gmail.com">amyiswrite@gmail.com</a>) write a capital "M" on the top line, a lower case 'm' on second line, then creating a space foe the letter "m" write the following on the remainder of page: -ad, -an, -ap, -at, -en, -et, -ill, -ink, -it, -ock, -op, -uck</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"M" page created above</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marker</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2. Have your child pull out one of the small pieces of paper.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PZSS-DkpkTxZIPrh5n6QeaAlVkdY-MIeMxzD9oa2Lb5fhHSYb0PDookB5DtiN3TRldNq2mAwQzzV1Z0Vd8sdmAawIuQrKVpeLckco0wEaoEiNvRBZLgTLiHfr1Jy5FmR4Am3YafvFefa/s1600/preschool+and+ebay+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PZSS-DkpkTxZIPrh5n6QeaAlVkdY-MIeMxzD9oa2Lb5fhHSYb0PDookB5DtiN3TRldNq2mAwQzzV1Z0Vd8sdmAawIuQrKVpeLckco0wEaoEiNvRBZLgTLiHfr1Jy5FmR4Am3YafvFefa/s200/preschool+and+ebay+011.jpg" width="200" /></a>3. Using the animals count on to the number. For example, if your number is "5" say "Five," then add the bear and say "Six," add the rabbit and say "seven." Continue with the rest of the animals.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">**Counting on to various numbers is an educational standard for kindergarten, so you may need to help your child at first.**</div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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Using a hole punch, punch holes around the mitten. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Tape the end of a piece of yarn. Tie the untaped piece of yarn to the mitten. </div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">Mitten cut out</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yarn</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Markers, glue, glitter, etc</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Yarn</div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div></div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">1. Have your child "sew" the two mittens together through the cut out holes using the taped yarn. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkmzdp9KCqrFYc8TRJKF8IbeSEXJCvuz1VoF3SRBuGdVf0BIlm3UxLo3sp-VSFSHRi1SlguQXXSYBQod0yETReKLWlbMswNa4DIEKLmgCqOpTZ72mWeauSeSYymI-R-yWor7QYPSJDRKi/s1600/preschool+and+ebay+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkmzdp9KCqrFYc8TRJKF8IbeSEXJCvuz1VoF3SRBuGdVf0BIlm3UxLo3sp-VSFSHRi1SlguQXXSYBQod0yETReKLWlbMswNa4DIEKLmgCqOpTZ72mWeauSeSYymI-R-yWor7QYPSJDRKi/s320/preschool+and+ebay+016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">2. When child is done, tie the yarn off and allow child to decorate the mitten..</span> </div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-72427940795114454152011-11-30T19:25:00.000-08:002011-12-06T12:06:20.660-08:00Holiday Books - Christmas & Hannukah<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Christmas Books</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">My Favorites:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Santa Mouse by Michael Brown</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">This is a favorite from my childhood. This book sat near the fireplace at my grandmother's house and every year I would read sit on her blue velvet couch and read this book. This book brings me back to some of my fondest memories.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I opened up my box of Christmas books this year, and this book was missing. I plan on a thorough search of all my boxes, and if I can't find it, I'll have to find a copy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9K_25Ae2NSM6riPgtla9g7DvbiGAfyhvfA_At3ybcKiYZA7Qe1CpdEkxxBItkq0AQi4yWt5HVOMgK6KpsQ7wrTbXDDE_v41J-mJtHzRN1eeGPeO5Nf-ooKoY8PTYEE4-Ll4q84Ppu1uR/s1600/Christmas+Books+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9K_25Ae2NSM6riPgtla9g7DvbiGAfyhvfA_At3ybcKiYZA7Qe1CpdEkxxBItkq0AQi4yWt5HVOMgK6KpsQ7wrTbXDDE_v41J-mJtHzRN1eeGPeO5Nf-ooKoY8PTYEE4-Ll4q84Ppu1uR/s320/Christmas+Books+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsberg</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">This is a great book. Every child would love to ride the Polar Express. I'm sure my children listen just as intently for this train's whistle as they do for Santa's sleigh bells.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hv33R2E-owQ1rNV3EykNb1k9o5WJ175_apt-LzoeJy-BkIeHMTPCNj45tfAEca1yWYvtCBR_6XjC4hNuNvp8EyzrBKtyBzjIlvfJgRcmvtH66MEDjpQJIFPH3gBB-Yi9j3zAC6J9WYk3/s1600/Christmas+Books+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6hv33R2E-owQ1rNV3EykNb1k9o5WJ175_apt-LzoeJy-BkIeHMTPCNj45tfAEca1yWYvtCBR_6XjC4hNuNvp8EyzrBKtyBzjIlvfJgRcmvtH66MEDjpQJIFPH3gBB-Yi9j3zAC6J9WYk3/s320/Christmas+Books+006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
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Every year I start to become a little Grinch-like as I think of all the unimportant To-Do's that surround the holiday, so this is a good book to remind me that Christmas doesn't come in a box, but is felt in the love we share.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNXorPtQwxjwncLX8H3tBsmZwg48PZRNQQJ7FcFMK44SNe7PDQJlsz4wi4bTV1VLmqb-Nb4YP1sKQ8cw4GCnmU57-9E9Y1PyNs4lLyPImtLKAhIEcNRr9UrsTtV9kvy8Dne2JVmZkpl9i/s1600/Christmas+Books+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNXorPtQwxjwncLX8H3tBsmZwg48PZRNQQJ7FcFMK44SNe7PDQJlsz4wi4bTV1VLmqb-Nb4YP1sKQ8cw4GCnmU57-9E9Y1PyNs4lLyPImtLKAhIEcNRr9UrsTtV9kvy8Dne2JVmZkpl9i/s320/Christmas+Books+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Olive, the Other Reindeer by J. Otto Seibold</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">I love Olive. Please do not confuse this cute book with the awful Christmas special. Olive is a dog who believes in herself and makes things happen.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear by Stan & Jan Berenstain</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Berenstain Bears do a great job of explaining things, including a visit to Santa Bear.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTjHHQAENWUxLw_QrTZcxA3gjbNRZ_KMl0LXLD8S2oeyFdMXLeBdOl8NwfWvsO_YT6rdXuKb2nMSGAA0aMn8nFUL_Gxh8vBiYtUqDb3gmA-asyuGWSe6qAVrBN6acqT2RPiZ-S3GouOkX/s1600/Christmas+Books+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTjHHQAENWUxLw_QrTZcxA3gjbNRZ_KMl0LXLD8S2oeyFdMXLeBdOl8NwfWvsO_YT6rdXuKb2nMSGAA0aMn8nFUL_Gxh8vBiYtUqDb3gmA-asyuGWSe6qAVrBN6acqT2RPiZ-S3GouOkX/s320/Christmas+Books+007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">This is the Stable by Cynthia Cotten</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Beautiful poem that explains in simple language the role of each person that First Christmas.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Stable Where Jesus Was Born by Rhonda Gowler Greene</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana;">I love this book about the Nativity, too. A poem that builds on itself. Beautiful illustrations, beautiful poem, beautiful book.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHI_FjAdAPaqjZ2w0UpzCuRFdNnDd1hysuIVJWP-Cic6SWGTqyWhd7Dm4xGqrQYPe5HFsK5l_o74iw_OOo4HsW2vSjPa3aEzRpJDtidD4LDj-IoagdDFGMoE-XoAptoTmAW7ePyaY6pGmh/s1600/Christmas+Books+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHI_FjAdAPaqjZ2w0UpzCuRFdNnDd1hysuIVJWP-Cic6SWGTqyWhd7Dm4xGqrQYPe5HFsK5l_o74iw_OOo4HsW2vSjPa3aEzRpJDtidD4LDj-IoagdDFGMoE-XoAptoTmAW7ePyaY6pGmh/s320/Christmas+Books+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Who is Coming to Our House by Joseph Slate</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The animals in the stable prepare for Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Christmas in the Manger by Nola Buck</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Very simple, sweet explanation of the Nativity. I love Felicia Bond's sweet, simple drawings.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">More Christmas Books</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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Moore</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia Scarry</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4Kr-4ZQEXyG6UgP-42KeiC4SNgBLiENHaymNDJ1eNq_SrKQ699ig7BFjrP2aomQIv3x6Uuf1Eh5acX-_LmFm67JlXbGlrJ9Fw7sJFe5WmVWYy7GoicTwJe4M8kQqjch3YuIowjGJYHJx/s1600/Christmas+Books+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4Kr-4ZQEXyG6UgP-42KeiC4SNgBLiENHaymNDJ1eNq_SrKQ699ig7BFjrP2aomQIv3x6Uuf1Eh5acX-_LmFm67JlXbGlrJ9Fw7sJFe5WmVWYy7GoicTwJe4M8kQqjch3YuIowjGJYHJx/s200/Christmas+Books+015.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">If <span style="color: #660000;">You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Felicia Bond</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Gift of the Traveler by Wendy Matthews</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Snowmen at Christmas by Carolyn and Mark Buehner</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wQPYTdUqQct-H4D1pxlpqTMD8W-bbztgZZrLqKM7xj7y1nzJZFrrvG8q3pDK2w_xS7CVb_FvtZZoERERR_SgFlw8LkLTpfJgyheSoPDDq6-_SCInbxdRdYgBSBaxeNfkZlpSBAaXXNuD/s1600/Christmas+Books+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_wQPYTdUqQct-H4D1pxlpqTMD8W-bbztgZZrLqKM7xj7y1nzJZFrrvG8q3pDK2w_xS7CVb_FvtZZoERERR_SgFlw8LkLTpfJgyheSoPDDq6-_SCInbxdRdYgBSBaxeNfkZlpSBAaXXNuD/s200/Christmas+Books+016.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">That First Night by B.G. Hennessey</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Little Porcupine's Christmas by Joseph Slate</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">A Merry Little Christmas by Mary Engelbreit</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Come and See: A Christmas Story by Monica Mayper</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">When Jesus Was Born in Bethlehem by Joseph Brickey</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Christmas Miracle of Jonathon Toomey by</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Christmas Treasury Compiled by Dalmatian Press</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Mooseltoe! by Margie Palatini</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpAa_stc21PQFg2-dsecQzw-M8KYnvFzCXuTV8mCCspmKcjyVc0Q6RaFV5mhofbfy1e-P8-Erabb8wZUbSgsvM9ZRzmT21I_Kt_6Ctiy23lzW9gfvD3yciocgvfrsFI9XrzdH9jOEXigs/s1600/Christmas+Books+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpAa_stc21PQFg2-dsecQzw-M8KYnvFzCXuTV8mCCspmKcjyVc0Q6RaFV5mhofbfy1e-P8-Erabb8wZUbSgsvM9ZRzmT21I_Kt_6Ctiy23lzW9gfvD3yciocgvfrsFI9XrzdH9jOEXigs/s200/Christmas+Books+017.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Santa and the Three Bears by Dominic Catalano</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever by Steven Kroll</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Christmas Mice by Bethany Roberts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">Jingle Bell Mice Illustrated by Lisa McCue</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Verdana;">The Littlest Christmas Tree by Janie Jasin</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">My Favorite </span><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">Hanukkah Books</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Yes, I have a few Hanukkah books, too. I kept these after I"retired from teaching" (became a stay at home mom) because they are great books! My kids love them and they are as much a part of our "Christmas Books" as How the Grinch Stole Christmas</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0khsNncUiKg_oeM6MBzZtPUvZWK262GbvVGHqbK33Mschqr_dhISArVBr92LYndAMl9Seo8r1Pk2xqiSwUonS6uiRqRWABUhjvh3oc88oFW7FYdhGwvkf3Uyl6WOupJAHaJrXC0uiGYEH/s1600/Christmas+Books+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dda="true" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0khsNncUiKg_oeM6MBzZtPUvZWK262GbvVGHqbK33Mschqr_dhISArVBr92LYndAMl9Seo8r1Pk2xqiSwUonS6uiRqRWABUhjvh3oc88oFW7FYdhGwvkf3Uyl6WOupJAHaJrXC0uiGYEH/s320/Christmas+Books+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel My #1 favorite</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">The Chanukah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel I <em>really</em> love this book</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">The Magic Dreidels by Eric A. Kimmel</span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Verdana;">These are my favorite Chritmas books, what are yours? I'd love to hear about your favorite Christmas books, and Christmas memories.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-40998587932841579692011-11-28T13:09:00.000-08:002011-11-28T13:09:16.119-08:00Daily Four<span style="font-size: large;">I realized as I have written my blogs that I have written my specific lesson plans for preschool, but have omitted the very important things to do each day. I'll call them "The Daily Four." These are important to do <em>everyday</em> to help your child learn.They are:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">1. Review letters of alphabet, both upper and lower. This may include flashcards, or an Alphabet poster.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">2. Counting to 100 with a poster of numbers to 100. Point to each number as you say the number. Have child point to number, too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">3. Reading easy-reader books. I make a lot of these as part of my preschool teaching. Just hold on to them and have your child read them. I also <em>love</em> </span><a href="http://www.bobbooks.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">BOB books</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. I've seen BOB books at Costco for a great price.or you can go to </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=BOB+books"><span style="font-size: large;">amazon</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, eBay or your local teacher supply or bookstore.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4. You read to your child at least FIVE books a day. Read short books, poetry, holiday books (see my posts for favorite </span><a href="http://preschoolmommy.blogspot.com/2011/10/holiday-books.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Halloween</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, </span><a href="http://preschoolmommy.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-books-thanksgiving.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, and Christmas books)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So those are my Daily Four. Make sure you do these in addition to posted lesson plans. Good luck!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And remember, if you have any questions please leave a comment!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-53114564644227641112011-11-18T16:16:00.000-08:002011-11-18T16:16:38.124-08:00Thanksgiving - Day 3<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><u>Phonics</u></span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><u>Preparation</u></span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Write word indian and cut up into individual letters </span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"indian"</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><u>Teaching</u></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Tell your child you have a secret word of the day. Have them create the word in the following way:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">in, din, an, dan, and, ad, then tell them how to spell "indian" and sound it out for child.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Create on large dotted line paper:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Capital "I" on first line, with dotted out line of "I'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">lower case "i" with dotted outline "i"</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">On the paper space in front of each group of letters room for "i" write k_ck, d_d, w_g, h_ll, f_n, S-nk, t_p, k_t</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marker</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5KrA9rdet8tn7ykekQePlN7DFRnSA6Nc355n9VogXnIWGSNxz3rBff31J0g3HzhXebxrKcnzpqM1aoskNGe_Q9GKCsJjgFyBAN49uj_gjAWbkIhlNMQ6T6zxscvtKU1FY6x4BgvstXE_/s1600/2+November+Pictures+027.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5KrA9rdet8tn7ykekQePlN7DFRnSA6Nc355n9VogXnIWGSNxz3rBff31J0g3HzhXebxrKcnzpqM1aoskNGe_Q9GKCsJjgFyBAN49uj_gjAWbkIhlNMQ6T6zxscvtKU1FY6x4BgvstXE_/s320/2+November+Pictures+027.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Teach your child proper writing of letter "I" (See my video </span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">here</span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Teach your child proper handwriting of lower case "i" (my video for teaching is </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh7QSHlzm6k"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">here</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Read each set of letters to your child (for instance "k_ck") have your child write a "i" between the letters and sound out the new word.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">4. Repeat for new word.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Stamp various patterns on a piece of a paper</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">I did:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">ABAB, AABB, AAB, ABB (or in other words: Pumpkin turkey, pumpkin turkey ABAB; Pumpkin, pumpkin, turkey, turkey AABB; pumpkin, pumpkin, turkey AAB, and pumpking, turkey, turkey ABB)</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Leave extra lines for your child to create their own patterns</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Paper</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2 Thanksgiving Stamps (I did pumpkin and turkey)</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Read each pattern. Have your child complete pattern to end of line. It is important that your child doesn't just add the next stamp, but actually iterates the complete pattern. ** The blue squiggles on picture below indicate where my pattern stopped and my son's began**</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYGwa05Hj1HFboJvcR2Dm9SIqk8ppCk4_6f1MdLD3pclE_VWWyy04iVtL7Zae0-TK_Ni8CrvBfoVm_13LoUaDvLTyeQqhwzA6k7ESLBtr_WrqCjXs_IeIbgZHCZ2hBzVHuM6K5wWV44xQ/s1600/3+November+Pictures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRYGwa05Hj1HFboJvcR2Dm9SIqk8ppCk4_6f1MdLD3pclE_VWWyy04iVtL7Zae0-TK_Ni8CrvBfoVm_13LoUaDvLTyeQqhwzA6k7ESLBtr_WrqCjXs_IeIbgZHCZ2hBzVHuM6K5wWV44xQ/s320/3+November+Pictures.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Have your child create patterns for you to finish. </span></div><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading </span></u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;"><u>Preparation</u></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Get a copy of book on First Thanksgiving for young children. I couldn't find any that I liked, so I wrote my own. For a copy you can e-mail me<em>.</em> </span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Book</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Read the book to your child</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">none</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Brown, yellow, red, blackconstruction paper</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marker</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Scissors</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Glue or stapler </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><u>Teaching</u></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Using construction paper have your child cut out two thin rectangles to create a band for their head and decorate with markers. You staple bands together to form head piece. Draw feather shape on colored paper, have child cut out feathers.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Make a pilgrim hat using a large black rectangle stapled on to head band of construction paper.</span></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">Reading Thanksgiving book</span> </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Pilgrim and indian headbands made in art</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Act out the first Thanksgiving with your child. Make it <em><u><strong>VERY</strong></u></em> simple. </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Have child wear pilgrim hat. say something like, "The pilgrims left England because they wanted to worship God in their own way, not the king's way." Then have child say "We are going to a new land to worship." Say, "The pilgrims came to America" Have child say, "I see land!" Say, "The winter was hard and many pilgrims got sick." Have child act sick. Say, "Many died."</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Have child wear indian headband, and you put on pilgrim headband. Say, "In spring the Native Americans (or Indians) came to help the pilgrims plant. Have child say "PUt some fish with your seeds. It helps them grow." The seeds grew and grew and soon there was pleny of food. The pilgrims wanted to hold a feast and invited the Native Americans to join them. Thy feasted for three days. We celebrate Thanksgiving, just like the Pilgrims did, to Thank God for all He has given us."</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ggZZt47A5_gy-G2-fxVJUXeppbdZFkESLTuXYs6i64A5gBm1_XZpMbdK125-k5g43LfH-M89UknSgDB0crRmIvT6J_xN1hzhkgHyJkLU4-xigb_zkAHYNiKxlIV0ldfsl5AHBK85abaV/s1600/2+November+Pictures+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ggZZt47A5_gy-G2-fxVJUXeppbdZFkESLTuXYs6i64A5gBm1_XZpMbdK125-k5g43LfH-M89UknSgDB0crRmIvT6J_xN1hzhkgHyJkLU4-xigb_zkAHYNiKxlIV0ldfsl5AHBK85abaV/s200/2+November+Pictures+002.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: black;">Write word pilgrim and cut up into individual letters </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;">Materials</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">"pilgrim"</span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">1. Tell your child you have a secret word of the day. Have them create the word in the following way:</span><br />
pig, rig, rim, rip, lip, then tell them how to spell "pilgrim" and sound it out for child.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSJ-NTg7D-xF_vdUp42w9xQsTMrnAz_PXD2IZTmPws4LqoJPV2c8Z9YOEVaLAJD7VRajDeRFVwvHCvMnFmQQqp7PR7sn_8yImdgpJtfijXLKPBciRYlVJ-mtzokHs6pXuOvuAGGef1wfY/s1600/2+November+Pictures+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSJ-NTg7D-xF_vdUp42w9xQsTMrnAz_PXD2IZTmPws4LqoJPV2c8Z9YOEVaLAJD7VRajDeRFVwvHCvMnFmQQqp7PR7sn_8yImdgpJtfijXLKPBciRYlVJ-mtzokHs6pXuOvuAGGef1wfY/s200/2+November+Pictures+003.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Create on large dotted line paper:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Capital "P" on first line, with dotted out line of "P'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">lower case "p" with dotted outline "p"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the paper space in front of each group of letters room for "P"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">ack, ad, an, at, en, est, et,ick, ig, ill, in, ink, it, op, ot, ut</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">1. Teach your child proper writing of letter "P" (See my video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay8UBkEP9B4">here</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Teach your child proper handwriting of lower case "p" (my video for teaching is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY_h76pa45I">here</a>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Read each set of letters to your child (for instance "ack") have your child write a "p" before the letters and sound out the new word.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Repeat for each group of letters creating new words starting with letter "P."</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9suvaMIjQypkgMAkFsgkCzt39AZYDwRDN8_gS2y-MFGYPEpM4mqtSpaUp1evdQsdowRdiTMqYwJ5feiq9seUPm7uqy_VRibq7_36sBlpGw22PlNLTBgLNOAv9JORMX7ZQtnWBz6oIT4U8/s1600/2+November+Pictures+006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9suvaMIjQypkgMAkFsgkCzt39AZYDwRDN8_gS2y-MFGYPEpM4mqtSpaUp1evdQsdowRdiTMqYwJ5feiq9seUPm7uqy_VRibq7_36sBlpGw22PlNLTBgLNOAv9JORMX7ZQtnWBz6oIT4U8/s200/2+November+Pictures+006.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5gWwzeL8PxFxJmXMKyuxIWY4r-baL65KzRjXpbaGkCNaha8t03iw4ok_1MRM-W46ySEaEhfpIhnQi08RB0vlv74ycDLu6Ankke_8AigHi3BWnzDcEcnt-95TVsLxoSLZy1adRVhqfXWk/s1600/2+November+Pictures+007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5gWwzeL8PxFxJmXMKyuxIWY4r-baL65KzRjXpbaGkCNaha8t03iw4ok_1MRM-W46ySEaEhfpIhnQi08RB0vlv74ycDLu6Ankke_8AigHi3BWnzDcEcnt-95TVsLxoSLZy1adRVhqfXWk/s200/2+November+Pictures+007.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Reading </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Get a copy of book <em>I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie </em>by Alison Jackson</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Draw an old lady on a piece of cardboard</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Draw a pie, cider, roll, squash, salad,turkey, pot, cake, bread</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Old Lady and food</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">1. Read the book to your child</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Read again, but this time as the old lady eats each food have your child feed the old lady the food.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0PuCU3RFmxAo1P6VuLiqvHp3ItekqOx9H6vdGSrsutUKQMuxWTu_cYgIYG092-ugtUf_rIN32FWQbdESRWpYjpPYRnvqh0mHdvWJkjlN1r0KmEhZwH-_D8c3A8xglq3B2RFumf-nEWrs/s1600/2+November+Pictures+008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0PuCU3RFmxAo1P6VuLiqvHp3ItekqOx9H6vdGSrsutUKQMuxWTu_cYgIYG092-ugtUf_rIN32FWQbdESRWpYjpPYRnvqh0mHdvWJkjlN1r0KmEhZwH-_D8c3A8xglq3B2RFumf-nEWrs/s320/2+November+Pictures+008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">My son wants to play this game again and again! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"> **This activity comes from The Mailbox Preschool Edition Oct./Nov. 2006 p.56 and 58**</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Draw, cut out and label the following shapes: square, rectangle, triangle, oval, circle</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Shapes</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Tape</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">1. Go over what makes each shape unique with your child (square= 4 sides, all same length, 4 angles, all the same, etc)</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Have your child go around the house and find objects that are the same shape as each paper shape. Tape the shapes to the found shapes around the house.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">3. You can do this several times.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some of our examples:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Let your child help you make one of the Thanksgiving dishes. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">It depends on what you make!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">We made allergy free apple pie. Recipe:</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Allergy Free Apple Pie</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Streusal Topping</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1/2 cup oat flour</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1/2 cp Oats</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">3/4 tsp Cinnamon</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2 Tbsp Brown Sugar</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2 Tbsp Crisco</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2 TBSP Coconut Oil</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Apple Filling</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1-2 granny smith apples skinned, cored, sliced</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1/4-1/2 cp Brown Sugar (depending on how sweet you want it)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1 tsp lemon juice</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">3/4 tsp Cinnamon</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">For Pie:</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Pour apple filling into small dish (we used a 7x5 inch Pyrex)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Layer and pat down Streusal topping on to apple filling.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes, or until apples are soft and topping is browned</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_sU-S-WYiS7LYN6keKU3DRxO0dHNhS0sDU4SGvidcp7o_JOMhlgZYOpPJvk0t0vy-0uWtYD8J2mxqYtQL_m9bnjgjvV0zaG_EF79Yb1FbNAlZ4H4WtkoYf3kea4Mqt_ys4QUhc4GCrx1/s1600/2+November+Pictures+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_sU-S-WYiS7LYN6keKU3DRxO0dHNhS0sDU4SGvidcp7o_JOMhlgZYOpPJvk0t0vy-0uWtYD8J2mxqYtQL_m9bnjgjvV0zaG_EF79Yb1FbNAlZ4H4WtkoYf3kea4Mqt_ys4QUhc4GCrx1/s320/2+November+Pictures+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">none</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">Brown, yellow, red construction paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Marker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Scissors</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Glue</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq_D-TMX65-bjyh3ZUnQ8CxwbsWGfBYU2HcJhBhUjJ92v9wjxmatXB_7gcsUkjWw8pulcGH6qnPEWOGMaz2cC2OV11gb3IjjyjkJ81p5i1K-I-NMi8QeyoGRqmbN6EjQwzflPaDJnDs_J/s1600/2+November+Pictures+014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSq_D-TMX65-bjyh3ZUnQ8CxwbsWGfBYU2HcJhBhUjJ92v9wjxmatXB_7gcsUkjWw8pulcGH6qnPEWOGMaz2cC2OV11gb3IjjyjkJ81p5i1K-I-NMi8QeyoGRqmbN6EjQwzflPaDJnDs_J/s320/2+November+Pictures+014.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: black;">1. Trace your child's foot and two hands on to a piece of paper. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Have your child cut out their foot while you cut out their hands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Cut out a yellow beak and a red wattle. Have child glue them on to turkey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-941L-nTuDCWNNNTwFmyVEalU7Qiooj7dyzt8KMin9DOgwx9Q6rCYSGfsS_KOoUcYr_wnXuK7Y16nQGcR3oOPSSsNH5ZGc87ZjWwyjPWiBayjG17etFUcVTFcC-SEWUU8iDcsng29AL4/s1600/2+November+Pictures+015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-941L-nTuDCWNNNTwFmyVEalU7Qiooj7dyzt8KMin9DOgwx9Q6rCYSGfsS_KOoUcYr_wnXuK7Y16nQGcR3oOPSSsNH5ZGc87ZjWwyjPWiBayjG17etFUcVTFcC-SEWUU8iDcsng29AL4/s320/2+November+Pictures+015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Have child decorate fingers of hands with markers or crayons. Glue hands to back of turkey, fingers sticking out.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2597179557634881937.post-33215120348841364722011-11-18T14:58:00.000-08:002011-11-18T15:04:04.478-08:00Thanksgiving - Day 1<u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Phonics</span></u> <br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Write the word "Thanks," then cut word into the individual letters.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Word "Thanks" cut up into individual letters</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Set letters in front of child in random order.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH55wwx6PL5mb-kvqiq-kNHQzh1bIx_rMC9KmODlVIgSPYDdPksvR4Q7RwHw2kpO-j9c-xofIxdpQtYsemzxHnCmH9IovNhW_jN4Jl-pLCHuh8ibys-SOyvudTnlRLoShUk1lft4xF4x3/s1600/November+Pictures+009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNH55wwx6PL5mb-kvqiq-kNHQzh1bIx_rMC9KmODlVIgSPYDdPksvR4Q7RwHw2kpO-j9c-xofIxdpQtYsemzxHnCmH9IovNhW_jN4Jl-pLCHuh8ibys-SOyvudTnlRLoShUk1lft4xF4x3/s320/November+Pictures+009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Ask child to create words with letters in following order (see video of my teaching this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdK1C9ZeMqI">here</a>):</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Say:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"Make the word 'at.'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Add a letter to make the word 'sat'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Change a letter and make the word 'hat'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Take off a letter and make the word 'at'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Change a letter to make the word 'as' </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Add a letter to make the word 'has'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Change it to make the word 'an'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Add a letter to make 'ant'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Move the 't' and make the word 'tan'</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Write the word 't-h-a-n-k"</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">This is "thank" </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Add the 's' and you have thank...(let them add the 's' sound for thanks.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">When do we say 'thanks' to someone? This week we'll learn about Thanksgiving."</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Let your child struggle a little. Sound out the word slowly to help them find the correct letter. Use plenty of praise. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Writing</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Using dotted line paper (for a copy of dotted line paper I've made email me @ <a href="mailto:amyiswrite@gmail.com">amyiswrite@gmail.com</a>) write a capital "T" on the top line, a lower case 't' on second line, then creating a space foe the letter "t" write the following on the remainder of page: ack, ag, an, ap, ed, ell, en, est, ick, ill, in, ip, op, ot, ub, ug</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHS_NCn-YB9VZuU24vcnvur4CT-KlPraitDnIAmb14IutIkB_1IRaef2PzM1xgpww4nOxBFqrs19i-8KEQ5HsnKFmYL8ysO2SJ8PDXcnIJ-rptsIDOii3WaslKE9JUD48j5JcEDsg6sqK/s1600/November+Pictures+010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwHS_NCn-YB9VZuU24vcnvur4CT-KlPraitDnIAmb14IutIkB_1IRaef2PzM1xgpww4nOxBFqrs19i-8KEQ5HsnKFmYL8ysO2SJ8PDXcnIJ-rptsIDOii3WaslKE9JUD48j5JcEDsg6sqK/s320/November+Pictures+010.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">"T" page created above</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marker</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Teach your child how to form upper and lower case letter "T." For how I teach this watch video for upper case <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THRh4MavpZo&feature=feedu">"T" here </a>and lower case <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoqYNsVZfmE&feature=feedu">"t" here</a>.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">2. Read "ack." Have your child add the "t" and sound out the word "tack."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnjccDhH21mxpFjy6vhyphenhyphen868ngIp4f6Ad-bfyYoqEY0rdSFRa43saytd_ZRRv8q7d1P70iBAUNhxkQZDmw1WC2VNJCBljZTqQnLT1tabTzEDnpR-irVTfAoniz-tn0SGxdoRMFFz_Nqjh_/s1600/November+Pictures+011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnjccDhH21mxpFjy6vhyphenhyphen868ngIp4f6Ad-bfyYoqEY0rdSFRa43saytd_ZRRv8q7d1P70iBAUNhxkQZDmw1WC2VNJCBljZTqQnLT1tabTzEDnpR-irVTfAoniz-tn0SGxdoRMFFz_Nqjh_/s320/November+Pictures+011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">3. Repeat for each group of letters creating the words tag, tan, tap, etc.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><u>Reading</u></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Borrow or buy the book <em>Over the River and Through the Woods. </em>There are several versions as this is based on a poem over 100 years old. I used the book illustrated by Christopher Manson.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Write our a poster using at least the first verse of the poem.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUwAueAQFRea6G7efkGzutmiWOFxqZ28g69avh3Rce65W_lRqooa9HYKbn3_2Fb11AcQ9E0BtLT5crJPpQdo00uKAZelXLX1OR1jQO6UYBRGO2GfHBfqe5a7khNQE6AWe5Czuvfrq5XPy/s1600/November+Pictures+016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUwAueAQFRea6G7efkGzutmiWOFxqZ28g69avh3Rce65W_lRqooa9HYKbn3_2Fb11AcQ9E0BtLT5crJPpQdo00uKAZelXLX1OR1jQO6UYBRGO2GfHBfqe5a7khNQE6AWe5Czuvfrq5XPy/s320/November+Pictures+016.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Create a "jail" by drawing gray bars on a piece of paper and labeling it "Jail"</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Materials</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Poem</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Book</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Marker (or sparkly glitter glue which is what my child wanted to use)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Small stips of paper or 3x5 cards or sticky notes</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">1. Read the book to your child </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"></span>2. Read the poster to your child, using a pointer to point out the words.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT57ltjNphNvmmbt5AgmFGj1CZ4yLDV2NdBC0NVo-5LpTjRap8xRI70oVeq7CAbNSqg676zOCBQjD1Da7xAjRIHuyZgNrVy-N-wRHef2T1KNjJO3RQBnyfimlPYxn3fLzFKleYAj_xWG-u/s1600/November+Pictures+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT57ltjNphNvmmbt5AgmFGj1CZ4yLDV2NdBC0NVo-5LpTjRap8xRI70oVeq7CAbNSqg676zOCBQjD1Da7xAjRIHuyZgNrVy-N-wRHef2T1KNjJO3RQBnyfimlPYxn3fLzFKleYAj_xWG-u/s200/November+Pictures+017.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">4. Write the rhyming words on small strips of paper (or 3x5 cards, etc) </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6zt0zkP6q7DFFQ-CgjpJg4V2Tn-TcIhL-nqpKN9Ui_cXlHjLFWzAwXZ4kuDTdcnjuKQBZ6_WLMx39aRlthdiwWFPtCgeOaYZRF9U3Czd1Jnfo3WL-YJHwzRYWCyMyM6dIE9m62z3V23X/s1600/November+Pictures+018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6zt0zkP6q7DFFQ-CgjpJg4V2Tn-TcIhL-nqpKN9Ui_cXlHjLFWzAwXZ4kuDTdcnjuKQBZ6_WLMx39aRlthdiwWFPtCgeOaYZRF9U3Czd1Jnfo3WL-YJHwzRYWCyMyM6dIE9m62z3V23X/s200/November+Pictures+018.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxt1uUF2LQ96nrYPPfToqKNuhQiLHA3o34O_kb_fsNROjd_YMaEarFH_Bflggtp8D75CN4TGC_V7ov7237ZdrmlftYF13BthMaDWmXPihuE1akH_-0QX5yB4gsR-zxluUURRi6TaEd_Kl/s1600/November+Pictures+019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxt1uUF2LQ96nrYPPfToqKNuhQiLHA3o34O_kb_fsNROjd_YMaEarFH_Bflggtp8D75CN4TGC_V7ov7237ZdrmlftYF13BthMaDWmXPihuE1akH_-0QX5yB4gsR-zxluUURRi6TaEd_Kl/s200/November+Pictures+019.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">5. Have your child look at the endings of the words. If the endings do not have the same spelling ("match") they pair go to jail, or in the event of go-snow-blow, just go goes to jail.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShgLUOXd6XgrSr4EINZFqoio9tRnT3shSM7ZNPWNFOYDMRMhcsEEcG3-nbp73cqfWNI_qfVxYaeSLgpZTU5FzCJNfdTiFvwJP82OhxmIGAzQhVnuXahCklWX97yXkQRMtzp3YwWQaBl88/s1600/November+Pictures+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiShgLUOXd6XgrSr4EINZFqoio9tRnT3shSM7ZNPWNFOYDMRMhcsEEcG3-nbp73cqfWNI_qfVxYaeSLgpZTU5FzCJNfdTiFvwJP82OhxmIGAzQhVnuXahCklWX97yXkQRMtzp3YwWQaBl88/s200/November+Pictures+020.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Math</span></u></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Divide a piece of paper into 6 sections. Label the sections 10-15. Stamp, draw, or place ten turkeys in each section.</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Divided paper</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">turkey stamp & stamp pad (or stickers, or pictures)</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">1. Have your child count the turkeys in the section labeled "10." Show that there are ten turkeys in each section. </span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Have your child read the numbr in the next section (11). Have your child add the number of turkeys to the ten already in teh section to create 11. Ask, "How many turkeys are there now?" Your child will do one of two things a) say "11" without thinking or b) Start counting every turkey. </div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">3. Repeat for each number through 15.</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">To watch the video of me teaching this go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpdmt0nWYD0&feature=feedu">here</a>.</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Exploration</span></u></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Put together several pictures of your family celebrating Thanksgiving over the years</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Pictures</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">1. Show pictures of your family celebrating Thanksgiving over the years. Point out the people, talk about who they are and why you are Thankful for them. </span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">2. Share with your child some of your family's Thanksgiving traditions, and things you are grateful for.</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">My Family Thanksgiving:</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Art</span></u></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Preparation</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Make a book of the first verse of <em>Over the River and Through the Wood</em>. </span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Materials</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black;">Book</span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Markers or crayons</div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Teaching</span></div></div><div align="left" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: black;">1. Have your child illustrate the book.</span> </div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFMQ9MHZvjhnSVU0BBrqTil8wsVFFmQJdnPsWN83yqCKf9acmOJC6_k91R2TcnB6RXepU5ULlzrYGS6D5yGlukdMkriEMOSxIzsj8RDsgYsS9S33thBqn2P3-ERjhyphenhyphenquMVyDSRNJ5rUEd/s1600/2+November+Pictures+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hda="true" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmFMQ9MHZvjhnSVU0BBrqTil8wsVFFmQJdnPsWN83yqCKf9acmOJC6_k91R2TcnB6RXepU5ULlzrYGS6D5yGlukdMkriEMOSxIzsj8RDsgYsS9S33thBqn2P3-ERjhyphenhyphenquMVyDSRNJ5rUEd/s200/2+November+Pictures+004.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0