Week 06

1st: Survival
How are living things connected? What happens if one of the pieces is missing?
Video Clip for Intro: http://activities.macmillanmh.com/reading/treasures/stories/olteachres/2204091.html Click slideshow.

Animal Adaptations for Survival by Elizabeth Rose
Animals at Night by Sharon Peters


2nd Grade: Life Cycle (Worms)
Worm Facts: http://www.worm-farming.com/worm-facts.html
An Earthworm's Life by John Himmelman
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/index.html

Life Cycle: http://www.worm-farming.com/worm-life-cycle.html (after reading)

3-5th Grade: Media/Constitution Scavenger Hunt

Pre-K/K:  E is for Exercise
Introducing E http://www.sesamestreet.org/play#media/video_2884592e-154d-11dd-8ea8-a3d2ac25b65b

Oscar singing "Stretch, Wiggle, HEY!" to begin http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af

Stretch by Doreen Cronin http://daybydaysc.org/September/7

Exercise with Grover http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af
"Do you like to Exercise?" http://www.sesamestreet.org/playlists#media/playlist_d045fc7e-27c1-4cee-8b92-b17aceb850af

Hokey Pokey
This is traditional but helps your preschoolers learn about their body while learning to stay fit! You can change this up to focus on discussions you've had in class. For example, instead of "you put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, you put your right foot in and shake it all about" say "you could put your right foot in and lift it up and down!"

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Body parts and preschool fitness all in one! After singing this once, try singing it very, very slow and then very very fast! Each year, our children LOVE to do this "super, duper, fast". We tell them that when we do it this fast, it is SO fast we can't even say the words so we replace all the words with "Blah, blah blah blah blah blah" while we do it "super duper fast"!


Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes with Elmo http://www.sesamestreet.org/games#media/game_218b7bc6-486c-11dd-bf7b-df62be721a24