Book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
**This week we are doing books by Robert McCloskey so we will always begin with Reading instead of Phonics/Writing**
Reading
Preparation:
Materials
Materials
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Teaching:
1. Read Blueberries for Sal.
2. Explain what characters are. Discuss which two characters are alike (mom and mother bear, Sal and little bear). How are they alike? How are they different?
2. Explain what characters are. Discuss which two characters are alike (mom and mother bear, Sal and little bear). How are they alike? How are they different?
Phonics/Writing
Preparation:
Make rhyming words cards with words from the book - print words with picture, cut out and glue on to 3X5 cards
Materials
Rhyming Cards
Teaching:
1. Play a matching game with your child matching the rhymes.
2. Separate the cards into piles of "Endings look alike," and "Endings that look different." We like to send the endings that are spelled differently to "jail."
3. Point to the words and talk about the different ways we spell the same sound (bear/chair, whale/pail)
2. Separate the cards into piles of "Endings look alike," and "Endings that look different." We like to send the endings that are spelled differently to "jail."
3. Point to the words and talk about the different ways we spell the same sound (bear/chair, whale/pail)
**Writing - have your child practice writing the letter "B", both capital and lower case.**
Math
Preparation:
Create 2 large pictures of pails. Draw 8 cirlces on each bucket.
Cut several circles out of blue paper that match the size of the circles on pails
Cut several circles out of blue paper that match the size of the circles on pails
Materials
Pails
Blue circles
Spinner
Blue circles
Spinner
Teaching:
1. You'll be playing the game "Sal's Blueberry Bucket."
2. Take turns spinning and adding blueberries to your bucket. WHoever fills in their 8 circles first, wins.
3. As you play ask questions such as, "How many more blueberries do you need to win?"
2. Take turns spinning and adding blueberries to your bucket. WHoever fills in their 8 circles first, wins.
3. As you play ask questions such as, "How many more blueberries do you need to win?"
Exploration
Preparation:
Materials
2 cups blueberries
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 TBSP corn starch
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 TBSP corn starch
1/4 cup water
Teaching:
1. Place blueberries (I used frozen) in a medium saucepan. Add sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch and toss blueberries. Add water. Let child help add ingredients.
2. Have adult cook blueberries. When cool, eat your "canned blueberries" like Sal and her mother.
2. Have adult cook blueberries. When cool, eat your "canned blueberries" like Sal and her mother.
Art
Preparation
Materials
paper
blue paint
white paint
black paint
paintbrush
blue paint
white paint
black paint
paintbrush
Teaching:
1. Show your child the Robert McCloskey books for hte week. POInt out that McCloskey uses only 1-2 colors to draw his pictures.
2. Have your child paint a picture using blue paint. He can mix black or white paint into the blue to vary the shades of blue.
2. Have your child paint a picture using blue paint. He can mix black or white paint into the blue to vary the shades of blue.
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