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. |
Jan. 27, 2006
Valentine's Day Unit Study
Posted in February Unit Studies
Objectives• Understand the concept of addition• Complete patterns. • Identify, sort and classify objects by attribute • Develop ability to print letters and copy words. Math• Make red Jello jigglers, cut out with heart cookie cutter. Talk about measurements while making it.• Do worksheets more worksheets using valentine's candy as counters. (if you refresh the page, you'll get new worksheets) • Make patterns with various valentine's candy. • Cut out several paper hearts of various colors (red, pink, purple). Have her sort the hearts, count the number of each color, and record this info on a simple graph. Use a basic square grid, and add the heading, pictures, numbers, etc. as needed. This activity could be repeated with heart sizes as well. Science• Buy a couple white carnations and mix together red food coloring and water. Then cut the stem to fit in your vase and cut a vertical X in the base of the stem. Place the flowers in the red water. Over the next couple of days they will start changing colors.• Cut a strip of paper towel 4x1.5 inches. Put a spot of red ink near one end. Make a hole near the top of the other end and put a pencil through it. Hang the strip of paper in a glass. Put just enough water in the glass to reach the bottom of the strip - don't let the water touch the ink. Wait about 15 min and see what happens. Reading• Get a box of conversation hearts. Have her write down the words that are on the hearts. After she practices writing each one, she can eat the heart.• Make valentines to mail to family and friends. Have her write out a short message inside. Art• Look at Jim Dine heart prints Take 4 6x9 papers and fold them in half. Draw half a heart along the edge. Have her cut out the heart, careful not to cut along the fold. Open it up and you have 4 heart shapes. Using a variety of art mediums, create 4 different hearts. Mount individually onto black paper, or all together on one large piece of paper.• Valentine's Day Coloring Pages
• Tissue paper hearts - Paint an entire piece of paper with vinegar and
then cover it with hearts cut out of tissue paper.. After the vinegar
has dried, peel off the hearts to reveal hearts stamps on their paper. Books• Arthur's Valentine• Clifford, We Love You • The story of Valentine's Day / by Clyde Robert Bulla J 394.2618 BUL • A valentine for you / Wendy Watson E W • Clifford's valentines / Norman Bridwell • Be my valentine LinksLots of Valentine's LinksHistory of Valentine's Day Lots of Valentine's crafts Activity Idea Place Misc.• Fold a small square of construction paper in half. Trace their thumb at an angle, along the folded edge, to make half a heart. Have them cut out the shape, being careful not to cut on the fold. Open it up and it's a small heart.• Color and put together Arthur Valentine's Puzzles • Talk about emotions. Write down different types of emotions on index cards. Have her find images from magazines that depict those emotions, cut out and glue onto card. Have her write each word. • Read bible verses about love. Resource BooksTeaching with Favorite Clifford BooksTeaching with Favorite Marc Brown Books |