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Gator Lessons Unit 4Essential QuestionsWhy do people and animals need food?
Why do I need to learn about food?
Week of 11/16-11/20
Review of all letters and sounds learned. Introduction of "th" sound and writing. Review of all high frequency words learned. Review shapes, color words, numbers 0-8, and number words zero - eight. Make "My First Thanksgiving" art and writing book for take home. Special activities for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 19.
ELA CENTERS:
Make a take home book, "Where's That Turkey?", and read it along with others in your book box
Practice "Where's That Sound?" with letters learned (Beginning/middle/end of word)
Sequence a story
Rainbow writing, and playdough to make letters and words
Use letters we've learned to make real and nonsense words and read/write them.
MATH CENTERS:
Make fall and thanksgiving patterns and do other fall patterning games
Counting 0-8 paper, and counting games
Color animals and decide whether they are "daytime" or "night-time animals" for hall picture
writing numbers 0-8 and beyond
Taking class polls, and graphing results
Week of 11/9-11/13
Review of all letters and sounds learned (M/m, S/s, P/p, T/t, A/a, I/i, N/n, C/c). Review of all hight frequency words learned. Review shapes, color words, numbers 0-8 and number words zero-eight. Complete unit on Food, with "My Food Journal", and class food pyramid.
Science: Nocturnal animals
Social Studies: Veterans' Day activities, begin "My First Thanksgiving" student made books
Week of 11/2-11/6
Review of all letters and sounds learned (M/m, S/s, P/p, T/t, A/a, I/i, N/n). Review of all high frequency words learned. Review shapes, color words, numbers 0-7 and number words zero--seven.
Introduce letter and letter sound C/c. Introduce sight word "have". Introduce number and number word 8/eight. Learn about different categories of food, how we get food, and how we preserve it.
ELA CENTERS: Make a take home C/c book, and read it along with others in your book box
Make "Food Pyramid Words Book" easy reader and take home.
Practice "Where's That Sound?" with letters learned (Beginning/middle/end of word)
Practice reading color words by making "Scarecrow Colors" book
Sequence a story
Rainbow writing, and playdough to make letters and words
Use letters we've learned to make real and nonsense words and read/write them.
MATH CENTERS: Make fall patterns and do other fall patterning games
Counting 0-8 paper, and counting games
"foods I Like" collage
writing numbers 0-8 and beyond
Taking class polls, and graphing results
SCIENCE/Social Studies: Preserving things by drying them in different ways. Ancient Egypt, and food sources. Results of Apple mummy experiments.
· Week of 10/26-10/30:
Review of all letters and sounds learned (M/m, S/s, P/p, T/t, A/a, I/i). Review of all high frequencey words learned. Review shapes, color words, numbers 0-6 and number words zero-six.
Introduce letter and letter sound N/n. Introduce sight word "to". Introduce number and number word 7. Learn about different categories of food, how we get food, and how we preserve it.
ELA CENTERS: Make a take home N/n book, and read it along with others in your book box
Make "What Do I See On Halloween" easy reader and take home.
Practice "Where's That Sound?" with letters learned (Beginning/middle/end of word)
Practice reading color words by making "Scarecrow Colors" book
Sequence a story
Rainbow writing, and playdough to make letters and words
Use letters we've learned to make real and nonsense words and read/write them.
MATH CENTERS: Make Halloween stamp patterns and do other fall patterning games
Counting 0-7 paper, and counting games
sort and classify foods mural
writing numbers 0-7 and beyond
Taking class polls, and graphing results
SCIENCE/Social Studies: Preserving things by drying them in different ways. Ancient Egypt, and food sources
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