Jan. 27, 2006
North America Unit Study
Posted in February Unit Studies
Objectives• Develop ability to print letters and copy words.• Form upper and lower case letters. • Follow directions. • Compare length and weight of objects by comparing to reference objects, and use terms such as shorter, longer, taller, lighter, heavier. • Compare two or more objects by length, weight and capacity, e.g., which is shorter, longer, taller? • Recognize rhyming words. Math• Find measurements of animals, cut out pieces of string as tall as each animal. Compare their sizes to each other and to members of our family.• write down weights of the animals. See which is heavier, which is lighter. • Make patterns with animal paw prints Science• Prairie Dogs at the bottom of the page is a link to a video of them Coloring Page• Roadrunner Coloring Page • Duck Coloring Page • Coyote Coloring Page Nat'l Geographic Coyote • Bear Bear sounds Coloring Page Coloring Page2 • ice/heat demonstration • Water flows downhill. Use wooden blocks to raise one end of a plastic tub. Pour water into the tub at the high end. Observe how it flows. Have her try to figure out how to get the water to move uphill. Talk about:
• Sink or Float. Have various items and have her guess whether they will sink or float in water. Put in water and see what happens. • Print off images of animals, let them color. Match the animals to their environment. Reading• Do worksheet• write the names of each animal Geography• Desert - printables more printables• Mountains • Rivers • Great Lakes Make a map: blank map of north america Take a plastic tablecloth and spread it out. Draw an outline of the United States onto the cloth. Make some salt dough and use the dough to make the physical features onto the map. Use paint to draw in the main rivers and lakes. Art •Make a desert diorama OR just print off, color, and glue images onto background without the shoebox. |
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