Miss Marybeth’s Class News
Weeks of: 1/19, 1/25, 2/1, 2016
Unit: Winter: weather, clothing, hibernation
AM Activities:
Little cloud activity. Use cotton balls and white paint to paint a picture
after reading “Little Cloud”.
“Under My Hat” after reading the story; decorate our winter hats.
Learn about hibernating bears. Add some bears to a cave. This activity has
lots of coloring, some cutting and gluing.
Fun Websites: AM/PM
http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/sky/sky6.html What’s in the Sky?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b-U1eQqBmk I’m a little Snowman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz2YX13Ek7w There was a Cold Lady.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwTinezUx-Y How’s the Weather?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOPOQpA6p-k The color Hat song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcJmDwLYfO4 The Mitten song
http://www.kizclub.com/storytime/winteranimals/winteranimals.html Animals in Winter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXoMY6EoBM Bear Yoga!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FonCq9YJJxw Hibernation
IMPORTANT DATES: Conference Nights: Feb. 17 and 25. Letter of the Week: “P”, “B”, “R”
Dramatic Play:
Crumple paper into snow balls, throw it at a snowman on the wall. Slide on
the rug with plastic bags on our feet. Skating inside!
Winter clothing; mittens, scarves, boots. Dress for the cold!
Key Vocabulary:
Winter animals, compare, sort, hibernation, migration, living things,
behavior, environment, melt, freeze, snow, ice, water, bare trees, adapt,
weather, environmental changes
PM Activities:
“Five Little Snowmen.” We will draw and add features to own snowmen in
our snowmen book.
Read: “The Snowy Day”. Color Peter and add him to a snowy scene with
puffy paint. Peter draws designs in the snow.
Clothing Book: trace words and color clothing items
Read: “The Hat” add “sock-hat” to the hedgehog from the story.
Hibernate/migrate/stay active activity.
Essential Question:
What are some characteristics and behaviors of a living thing?
How do living things change over time? (winter animals-physical changes: fur, more
clothes, birds, bears, migrating/hibernating/adapting)
What do living things need from their environment? (winter animals, people: food,
shelter, eating habits, sleeping)
What can we observe, explore, describe and compare about plants and animals in the
winter (fall, spring, summer)?
How does the environment change over time? (melting, freezing, snow, bare/dead
trees)
We are Learning that:
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make good guesses or explain something based on what I’ve seen or heard.
describe how some animals look and behave.
learn about and identify where animals live and how they live in their environments.
talk about how animals change over time.
tell about things in the environment and tell how they change over time.
group information in non-fiction books, with help.
talk about what is the same and different between two books, with help.
put syllables together to stay a word with help.