We dove into our Chicka Chicka Boom Boom unit and the children enjoyed hearing this story and doing a variety of corresponding activities.  Here is a look at the week:

We had the opportunity to meet our 5^th grade reading buddies.  The kiddos were great leaders showing the big kids around the classroom and were great listeners during the stories.  They will meet with their reading buddies twice a month.

  

Centers

In language arts the children used the foam letters to spell their names for their chicka boom boom tree.  Also, they completed a letter matching activity.

Art-The kiddos were handworkers constructing their chicka boom boom tree out of construction paper.  They cut out 4 leaves by themselves and folded the paper to make the tree branches.  The final touches were the coconuts to match the picture in the story.  These pictures are displayed on the outside bulletin board. 

Reading- The children completed a letter hunt by listening to the letter and finding it on their tree.  They used dot stampers to cover up the letter identified. 

Fine motor- The children demonstrated counting with one to one correspondence by stringing coconuts (beads) on their trees (pipe cleaners) based on the corresponding number.   They were focused and enjoyed working with beads.

Math-Monster dice roll. The children counted the number of dots on the dice and matched it to the corresponding number on their monster mat. 

Circle time- Practiced gross motor activities and challenged our balance and coordination with go noodle yoga.  Also, we met two new zoo phonics friends Dee Dee Dear and Ellie Elephant.

Fun on the playgroundJ

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