I don't know how it happened, but we are now closing in on the end of the year! This year just flew by so fast filled with fun and laughter. This week we begin our last theme of the year, our two week zoo unit. We will talk about all different types of animals from the rainforest, savanna, and desert habitats. We will learn about what you can do when you go to a zoo. We will also learn about zookeepers and how they take care of the animals.
Zoo Vocabulary:
Letter of the Week:
We finished ALL of our letters! We are going to review our letters, the letter sounds, and work on letter formation. We are also going to learn the song, "Where do you start your letters?" It is part of the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum that we use for letter formation and handwriting. (Mat Man is also part of this curriculum!) This curriculum utilizes common language for capitol letter formation utilizing little line, big line, little curve, and big curve in order to make all letters of the alphabet.
Shape Song of the Week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFRerpnAaGY
Zoo Books:
Zoo Songs:
Green Anaconda
Out in the Desert
Tiger in the Jungle
The Elephant Song
Dance with the Elephant
Monkey Banana
The Animal Boogie
Finger Family
Walking Through the Jungle
Jungle Boogie
We're Going on a Lion Hunt
Walking in the Jungle
Let's Go to the Zoo
Zoo Vocabulary:
- Zoo animals
- Habitat
- Savanna
- Rainforest
- Desert
- Zookeeper
Letter of the Week:
We finished ALL of our letters! We are going to review our letters, the letter sounds, and work on letter formation. We are also going to learn the song, "Where do you start your letters?" It is part of the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum that we use for letter formation and handwriting. (Mat Man is also part of this curriculum!) This curriculum utilizes common language for capitol letter formation utilizing little line, big line, little curve, and big curve in order to make all letters of the alphabet.
Shape Song of the Week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFRerpnAaGY
Zoo Books:
- Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
- Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
- My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
- 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
- From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
- Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
- Old MacDonald had a...Zoo? by Iza Trapani
- Z is for Zoo by Greg Paprocki
- Cautious Chameleon by Michael Buxton
Zoo Songs:
Green Anaconda
Out in the Desert
Tiger in the Jungle
The Elephant Song
Dance with the Elephant
Monkey Banana
The Animal Boogie
Finger Family
Walking Through the Jungle
Jungle Boogie
We're Going on a Lion Hunt
Walking in the Jungle
Let's Go to the Zoo