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

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

Unit 3 SNOW weeks 1 & 2

After vacation week we will begin our unit on SNOW. Whenever possible we will play in the snow.

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
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Questions for the unit:

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

Week of January 2 & 6

Books for the week:

Goodnight Baby Bear by Frank Asch

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Small Groups:

Thursday - Sorting by size

January 6-110
1. Making a pair of matching mittens

2. Color animals from the story the Mitten

3. Lace the mitten and use the animals from the story to retell the story

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

Choice Time

Art Table: Cutting Snowflakes

Work Table - Sorting by shapes and colors

Easel: Snowflake pictures with stencils and glitter paint

Block Area: Marble Mazes

Library Area: Snow themed books

Sensory Table: Sand

Writing Table: writing/tracing winter words and playing with winter stamps

Dramatic Play: Making pairs with mittens and shoes

Ipads - making a snowman

Family Party is December 18th at 10:15

We have started our Gingerbread Unit.

During this unit we will be reading a variety of stories by different authors that will tell the tale of the Gingerbread Man, boy and girl.  We will make comparisons between the books to look for similarities and differences.

Activities Include:

Cooperative Gingerbread Boy and Girl

Decorating individual gingerbread 

Decorating our classroom door

Making our names with gingerbread 

Playing memory (matching pictures or by matching rhyming pictures)

Gingerbread Mazes

Choice Time

Painting Gingerbread Houses at the easel

Sweet Shop - Making Gingerbread with playdough

Math - counting gingerbread and buttons on gingerbread

Sand table 

Building with blocks

Light Table with blocks, shapes and letters

Snow Gear

Please send in snow gear on Thursday 12/5/19.  Including boots, snow pants, hats and snow mittens.   With our newly fallen snow this is a great opportunity to explore and play.  As long as the ‘real feel’ is above 25 at our playground time we will be going outside. Occasionally, we change our playground time until the end of the day.  On those days, children will be sent home in their snow gear.