Robert McCloskey - Day Three Journey Cake, Ho

Reading
Preparation
Make 2 mini books and attach together on cover write "Journey Cake" and on each page write "Journey Cake went by_____."
Materials
Mini book
Journey Cake By Ruth Sawyer (Illustrated by Robert McCloskey)
Markers or Crayons
pictures of donkey, sheep, chicken, pig, goose, cow
pointer
Teaching
1.  Read Journey Cake, Ho!
2.  Read mini book Journey Cake to your child having them fill in blanks with animal, and gluing corresponding animal on page, then drawing a "journey cake."
3.  Have child read mini book to you, a stuffed animal, etc. Our video of reading this book is here.

Phonics
Preparation
Make a barnyard scene on a large piece of paper (I used 1/4 sheet of poster board)
pictures of donkey, sheep, chicken, pig, goose, cow cut out
Materials
barnyard scene
animals
Teaching

1. Say a rhyme for each animal, then have your child find the animal and have it chase "Journey Cake."
2. Examples:

"Journey cake doesn't wear a wig, what's chasing it?  It must be..." (Then your child finds the pig)
"Who is chasing journey cake now.  Look at that.  It must be _____. "(Then child finds cow, and puts it on board)
"Journey cake sings on key. Who's chasing it now?  It must be _______." (Donkey - hard one to rhyme!)
Journey cake will never sleep.  Who's chasing it now. It must be ______." (sheep)
Journey cake is on the loose.  Who's chasing it now? It must be ____."(goose)
Journey cake looks good for lickin'. Who's chasing it now?  It must be ____." (chicken, another tough rhyme).

To watch how we do it watch the video here.

Math
Preparation:
Use the same barn scene and animals from phonics lesson

Teaching
1.  Place 8 animals on barn scene.  Say, "Three animals ran away.  How many are left on the farm?
2.  Use different number combinations to create addition and subtraction problems. 
Examples:
"(5 animals on board) fox took away 5 animals.  How many are left?
"Journey cake brought back 2 geese and 2 cows.  How many animals are on the farm now?"
One cow ran away and two sheep followed journey cake back to the farm.  How many animals are there now?

Art
Preparation
Materials
Play dough or clay
Teaching
1.  Have child make animals from play dough.