This week we have been studying the great traditional tale, "The Three Bears."
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This developmentally appropriate thematic unit: The Family offers a variety of family themed activities that will connect all facets of the Kindergarten, Pre-K, or Homeschool curriculum.
Contents Include:
Literacy Games/Activities:
Family Vacation: Segmenting Words The Family Reunion: Producing and Generating Rhyming Words Family Camping: Identifying Upper and Lowercase Alphabet Letters Family Camping: Identifying Sight Words Animal Families: Fluently Naming Upper and Lowercase Alphabet Letters Animal Families: Fluently Naming Sight Words
Math Games/Activities:
Birth Order: Gathering, Sorting, and Interpreting Data Family Counting Tree: Addition and Subtraction Cookie Jar: Counting On The Family Tree: Matching Quantity and Numerals
Guided Reading Books
The Family
Songs/Fingerplays
With My Family Families My Family Tree
Writing
My Family Tree: Scaffolded Writing Lesson Family Word Wall My Family: Writing Prompt
Social Studies
Family Traditions: The Patchwork Quilt Birth Order: Family Combinations My Family: A Family Home-Connection Activity
This Thanksgiving unit is strategically linked to the Common Core Standards! It is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Literacy Activities: Hop To It: Identifying Letters and Sounds Turkey Lurkey: Producing and Generating Rhymes. Turkey Twist: Kinesthetic Practice With Letter Recognition Dinner Rush: Naming & Generating Beginning Sounds Thanksgiving Races: Developing Fluency Rhyming Worksheet
Math Activities: Turkey Guesses: Making Estimates A Feast For All: Counting Objects to Show Physical Representation of Numbers Thanksgiving Feast: Counting Forward From a Given Number in a Set of 10 The Turkey Dance: Identifying Numbers and Recording Results. Thanksgiving Parade: Ordering 1-10 Ten Frames The Turkey Bowl: Comparing Groups of Objects
Songs Gobble Gobble Gobble 5 Fat Turkeys I Like Turkey A Very Fine Turkey
Writing Prompts/Word Wall (Style Choices) Thanksgiving I am Thankful For Thanksgiving Word Wall
Art Projects Handprint Turkey Easy Construct Pilgrim Construct Indians Tangram Indian Draw a Turkey
Guided Reading Books Happy Thanksgiving
Social Studies Pilgrim Kids: Compare and Contrast Facts
When students are familiar with a few nursery rhymes, you can help them develop a greater awareness of rhymes by having them complete a well known line. For instance, start the first line of Jack and Jill, then pause to have the students name the missing rhyming word: Jack and Jill went up the _________. By highlighting the rhyming words of familiar rhymes, students will tune in more to the word play of rhymes.
As students continue to develop a better sense of rhymes, they need opportunities to match rhymes. Games can provide the practice needed to help students move from matching to producing rhymes. As students master the production stage of rhyming, they can then focus on reading rhymes within word families.
Rhymes help develop the foundation for reading. Capitalize on the “fun” of rhymes through books, songs, and games to help your students progress through the stages of rhyming. For games, activities, and supporting materials, check out these products.
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