Fall and Thanksgiving

Science:
VI.D. Personal safety and Health skill
VI.1  Child practices good habits of personal safety

• Class will measure, thump, smell clean out pumpkins.
• They will observe and safely use tools to clean out the pumpkins.

Math:
Counting Skills
V.A.3 Child counts 1-10 items, with one count per item
V.A.4 Child demonstrates that the order of the counting sequence is always the same, regardless of what is counted

• Collect and count leaves.
• Count pumpkin seeds
• Autumn nut bag (almond, walnut, peanut, accorn, etc) count and sort.

 Geometry and Spatial Sense Skills
V.C.2 Child creates shapes

• make shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, rhombus) with pumpkin seeds.
• Use stencils to make shapes.

Classification and Pattern Skills
V.E.3 child recognizes and creates patterns

• Make patterns out of  beans (ab)
• Make patterns with nuts (almond, walnut, almond, walnut - ab)
• Indian headband - students make a head band and paint a pattern with stamp shapes and count up to five feathers.
• Necklace - students make a necklace with beads (counting and patterns)

Measurement Skills
V.D.3 Child informally recognizes and compares weights of objects or people

• Model using balance scale to compare pumpkins. 
• Provide children pumpkins of different weights to compare and ask, "Which weighs less?" Which weighs more?"

Geometry and Spatial Sense Skills
V.C.3 Child demonstrates use of location words (over, under, above, on, beside, next to, between, in front of, near, fat, etc)

• Use pupmkins to demonstrate  location.
• Where is Turkey?  Students make a book with position words and use little turkeys to represent the words.

Language Arts:

III.A.1 engages in pre-reading and reading-related behaviors

III.A.2 uses books and other written materials to engage in pre-reading behaviors

III.D.1  retells or reenacts a story after it is read aloud (teacher discusses characters with class)

III.C.1 names at least 20 upper and at least 20 lower case letters (2nd 9 Weeks - 10 letters)
Books:








Writing: 

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Aesop's Fable - The Oak and the Reeds

IV.A.2 intentionaly uses scribbles/writing to convey meaning (2nd 9 Weeks - draws pictures)

IV.B.2 writes own name (first name or frequenct nickname) not necessarily with full correct spelling or well formed letters (2nd 9 Weeks - first name)

IV.C.1 independently writes some letters on request (not necessarily well formed)

• After reading on of the books for Thanksgiving, students will finish the sentence with a picture or a word/scribles.  Sentence starter will be pre-written on a leaf (orange, yellow, brown, red) then used to make a fall tree.

                   I am thankful for __________________  .

• Turkey Hand Print - Students trace their hand and write what they are thankful for.  Teacher makes uses the hands as feathers for a  big classroom turkey.
• Students write their name "rainbow writing" using fall colors (orange, brown, yellow, red)
• Studens make a Cornocopia place mat and write their name.