Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Monday- Wednesday we will be finishing up our Gingerbread Unit

When we return to school, we will begin our next unit.

Unit 3 SNOW weeks 1 & 2

This week we will begin our unit on SNOW. We are so lucky to have such an abundance of it to explore in our yard. As soon as the temperatures warms up a bit, we will be able to play in it at school.

Here are the theme concepts for this unit:
  • When it is very cold, sometimes it snows instead of raining
  • Snow comes from the clouds
  • Every snowflake is different
  • Animals and people need protection from the cold and the snow
  • Some animals hibernate during the winter  months
  • Tools and machines keep us safe when it snows such as shovels and snowplows
  • There are many ways to enjoy the snow
  • When the temperature gets warmer, the snow melts

Questions for the unit:
  • What is snow?
  • When does it snow?
  • Where does the snow come from?
  • What do you wear when it snows?
  • Where does it snow?
  • What happens when it snows?
  • After the snow falls, what happens to it?
  • What can you do in the snow?



Week of January 4
Books for the week:
Goodnight Baby Bear by Frank Asch
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Small Groups:
1. Making Pairs - Students today used their language skills to describe a mitten. The other students selected the described mitten to make a pair.

2. Getting Dressed for winter - Students are coloring clothes needed for the winter. Attention is given to the details of this project as they need to make the mittens match each other. After coloring, the students will be cutting out and assembling the pieces to get themselves dressed for winter. This is a two day group.

3. Winter home habitats - Students will be creating bear caves and learning about hibernation.


Let's Find out About It - The states of water, hibernation, and winter clothing

We have a great choice time this week:  
Snowball Toss Target

Choice time:
Art Table: Making snowflakes from coffee filters
Easel: Snowflake pictures with stencils
Block Area: Snowball toss - students crumple pieces of paper and throw them at the snowflake
Library Area: Snow themed books
Sensory Table: snow with mittens
Writing Table: writing/tracing winter words and playing with winter stamps
Dramatic Play: Let's get dressed up for winter
Rug Toy: Legos

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