We continued our exploration of plants this week. We started the week by exploring the different parts of a plant from the roots all the way to the flower. We found out that each part has an important job. (The roots hold the plant in the ground and then take in the water from the soil. The stem holds the plant upright and carries the food. The leaves make food for the entire plant. The flowers produce fruit and seeds. And the seeds make a new plant.). We wrote about the job of each of the plant parts and then we turned our writing into a flip chart with a flower on top. We also found out that when we eat fruits and vegetables, we are eating many different parts of the plant. One day for a snack we ate an entire plant. (carrot roots, celery stems, spinach leaves, cauliflower flowers, and sunflower seeds.) Finally, we explored the different ways seeds move from place to place.
Monday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Introduced to our new words, when, into, & play
Worked on our garden stories we started last week
Illustrated our writing
Reviewed needs of a plant
Watched a video about the parts of a plant
Listened to the story Parts of a Plant
Read through our emergent reader, Parts of a Plant
Mixin’ & Fixin’ short u worksheet
Completed a Boom Game (on the iPad) - Rhyming
Completed a scrambled sentence worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Reviewed our 3D shapes
Played solid shape match up game
Religion:
Father Tanner from the Dioceses of New Ulm visited. He talked with us about different vocations and hearing God’s call.
Tuesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Watched a video about the life cycle of a plant
Completed a life cycle of a plant worksheet
Listened to the story, Roots & Leaves
Wrote about the job of the roots, stem, and leaves
Completed a short u scrambled word worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Dice Subtraction Game
Religion:
Review the story of when Moses was born
Listened to the story of Moses and the Plagues
Wednesday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Completed a short a fill in the blank worksheet
Reviewed the parts of a plant and their job
Listened to the story, Flowers & Seeds
Wrote about the job of the flowers and seeds
Turned the writing project from the last couple of days into a flower flip chart
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Introduced to the clock and telling time to the hour
Religion:
Reviews the story of when Moses was born
Listened to the story of Moses
Thursday:
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story Tops and Bottoms
Reviewed the needs of a plant
Reviewed the parts of a plant and their job
Identified different parts of the plant that we eat
Ate a plant for snack
Completed a plant sorting worksheet
Completed a CVC short a identification worksheet
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Religion:
Watched a video of St Thomas the Apostle and colored his picture
Friday:
We celebrated our Grandparents with Mass, a small concert, and school tours.
Reading:
Reviewed our letters and letters sounds - Sang our Better Alphabet Song
Phonological Awareness Warmups
Listened to the story Flip, Flop, Fly Seeds on the Move
Discussed how seeds move
Listened to the story, Make Way for Butterfly
Discussed how butterflies and bees are pollinators
Math:
Calendar Binder
Number Talk
Worked on ordering nonconsecutive numbers
Played Caterpillar Ordering on the computers
Religion:
Mass