Language Arts: WILD about Turkeys!

Readng: Characters and Parts of a Book

Science: Using our 5 Senses with APPLES!

Sight, smell, taste, sound and touch...

Children rely on what they learn through their five senses. Therefore it's essential for them to understand which sense they are using as well as how to use other senses to have a better understanding of the world around them. To promote this skill we focused on using our five senses with an apple. To begin we watched a video discussing the five senses. Then we used our five senses to understand apples. I encouraged students to use very descriptive words. Children had a really great time smelling, tasting, listening, touching and looking at the apples. 

Beautiful apple and pumpkin farm!

Social Studies: American Flag

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

The American flag is a very important symbol to the United States.  We discussed that the the 50 stars represent every state in the United States and that the 13 stripes represent the original 13 colonies. The American flag is a statement of freedom and it symbolizes American values. We watched a video on the significance of the flag and then recited the Pledge of Allegiance. We discussed how to stand and show respect to the flag. When saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we are making a promise to our country that we will be respectful to it. My lovely students also learned how to use American Sign Language (ASL) to recite the Pledge of Allegiance! GO IVY KIDS!!!

Math: Turkey Patterns

We are wild about turkey patterns... 

Out of all mental skills, recognizing patterns is said to have the highest correlation with general intelligence. Recognizing patterns allows children to recognize order in chaos. Patterns can be found in ideas, symbols, numbers, words and images. They can also be found in routines, nature and behavior. 

Choo-Choo!

Story Retelling

Story Retelling+Ordinal Numbers...

Retelling stories leads to improvement in story comprehension, making inferences and understanding a stories structure. It also can greatly improve children's vocabulary as well as help them become more engaged in the reading process. 

To start I read them a very familiar book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. I then printed, laminated and cut story retelling cards. Along with the retelling cards I printed ordinal numbers to match. As we retold the story as a class I asked them, "What happened first in the story... What happened second in the story..." until we reached the twelfth event that happened.