Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about consumers, producers, goods & services

Computer with Internet access

Pencils/ Crayons/ Markers

Paper

Online Needs and Wants Introduction
 

Products and Partners Game
 

Business Buddy Online Lesson
 

Good Poster
 

Producers and Consumers Online Slide Show & Quiz
 

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

 Social Studies

Needs/ Wants Introduction; then, Kids can make own chart of needs and wants

Products/ Producers Online Game; Producers/ Consumers Slide Show/ Quiz

Business Buddy Online Lesson

Goods Poster: Review and then complete with own pictures; Talk about services and then make another poster related to services

Make a 2-column list of things in your room that are needs and wants

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s/ Literature

 Reading

GR – Fairy Tale Books

Writing Paper

Pencils/ markers/ crayons

Popsicle sticks

Construction paper

glue

Computer with Internet

The Virtual Vine Fairy Tales Unit
 

Free Fairy Tale Resources
 

 Other Online Fairy Tale Resources

Fairy Tales and Phonics (Teacher’s Resource Book for K-2 from “The Monkey Sisters” Copyright 1984)

Cinderella; Hansel and Gretel; Jack and the Beanstalk; Little red Riding Hood; Rumpelstiltskin; Snow White; The Gingerbread Man; The Little Red Hen; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; The Three Little Pigs; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Ugly Duckling; Sleeping Beauty; Pinocchio; Henny Penny; The Elves and the Shoemaker

Chicken Little

Rapunzel

The Lion and the Mouse

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Pea

The Tortoise and the Hare

Compare and Contrast: After reading these 3 books, look for similarities and differences (Goldilocks and the Three Bears; The Three Little Pigs; The Three Billy Goats Gruff)

Retelling: Model retelling stories using the pictures and let kids practice doing the same

Read, discuss, and retell each of the stories

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

My Book of One-Page Fairy Tales (Copied from Fairy Tales Resource Book)

Phonics WS to Accompany all stories highlighted in yellow

Journal: Have kids write about favorite parts of each story

 Other

Art: Make popsicle stick puppets for the stories and let the kids use them during retellings

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s/ Literature

Reading

GR – Books about farm animals

Book of farm poems/ songs from Virtual Vine Lesson Plan

Books about farms

Paper

Pencils/ Markers/ Crayons

Writing Journals

Computer with Clip Art and Printer

Construction Paper

Scissors

Glue

Staples/ Stapler

Math Manipulatives

Popcorn

Popsicle Sticks

The Virtual Vine Farm Unit

The Cow That Went Oink (Most)

Farm babies (Campbell)

Farmer Duck (Waddell)

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Cronin)

Farm Poems/ Songs

Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Brainstorm a list of farm related vocabulary words for journal and other activities (Try this format: A is for… for each letter of the alphabet)

Farm Shape Book (Virtual Vine)

Farm Families Book (Virtual Vine)

Journal Prompts: I think cows are cool because…; Milk is good for me because…; What makes a (choose an animal) happy?; The (name a farm animal) said, “…; What if a cow gave chocolate milk?; If I were a pig…; You can tell a chicken is happy when…; Mud is…; My Favorite Farm Animal

Spelling: Farm word families: ig, en, og, at, uck, eep

Farm Riddles

Math

Farm animal patterning

Size Order: Print out three pictures of the same animal, but in 3 different sizes and have kids order from largest to smallest or smallest to largest (try it with different animals)

Classification: Sort pictures into groups such as: farm/ not farm; farm/zoo; animals/food; fruits/vegetables; living/ non-living

Farm Animal Counting Book (Addition Book for 1^st Grade and Multiplication Book for 2^nd Grade)

Farm Word Problems

Science/ Health

Mother Baby Match

What we know about the farm brainstorm chart (End of Unit Activity)

 Other

Art: Construction Paper Pig and Cow (Virtual Vine); Popcorn Sheep; Farm Mural; Barn Cutting Activity

Music: Old Mac Donald (Animal Sounds) (try making stick puppets of the animals)

Field Trip: Go to a farm for the day; record animals and number of animals seen to later make a bar graph; after trip, write about it in the writing journal

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about flags/ fathers

Words to Patriotic Songs

Words to Father’s Day Songs/ Poems

Construction Paper

Glue

RWB Craft Materials

Ziploc Bags

Aluminum Foil

Towel

 Iron

Strawberries

Blueberries

Whipped Cream

 The Virtual Vine

SR – Patriotic Songs; Father’s Day Songs

Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Father’s Day Poetry Writing

 Math

RWB Patterning Activity

 Social Studies

Pledge of Allegiance

 Other

Art: Torn Paper Flags, Stars 7 Stripes Ziploc Craft, Father’s Day Cards

Kitchen: RWB Berry Snack

Subject

Activities

Materials

Literature

 Reading

GR – Books about 4^th of July or patriotic holidays

Scissors

Glue

Construction Paper

10 small items (such as toys, candies, paper stars, etc.)

Celebrating Patriotic Holidays: Honoring America (Joel Kupperstein)

Scholastic News: Patriotic Places

SR – Patriotic Holidays Book

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

 Math

Ordinal Numbers (1^st through 10^th) w/ manipulatives Click here for sheet of stars to use as manipulatives or patterning activities!

 Social Studies

Discuss why we celebrate the 4^th of July (Independence Day)

Scholastic News: Patriotic Places

Science/ Health

Fireworks Show Safety

 Other

Art: Construction Paper Fireworks

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about groundhogs and Groundhog’s Day

Computer with Internet and Printer

Pencils/ Crayons/ Markers

Construction Paper

Glue

Scissors

Felt

Wiggle Eyes

Popsicle Stick

Small Paper Cup

The Official Groundhog Day Website

 Peek a Boo Groundhog Craft

 Predictions WS
 

Map of Area
 

 Map WS
 

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

 Math

Predictions of the Past Graphing Activity

 Social Studies

Complete Groundhog Day Predictions WS (from Education World)

Review and Discuss Map of Gobbler’s Knob (Phil’s Home) and complete WS

 Other

Art: Peek a Boo Groundhogs

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about ice cream

Computer with Internet and Printer

Paper

Pencils/ Crayons/ Markers

Scissors

Glue

Materials for Making Ice Cream (varies depending on method used)

Materials for ice cream experiment: various containers, worksheet, ice cream

Plastic Bag Ice Cream Recipe
 

Coffee Can Ice Cream Recipe
 

Cone & Scoop Patterns
 

Ice Cream Analogies WS
 

Ice Cream Experiment
 

Ice Cream Word Search
 

 Pre-K Ice Cream Printable Games
 

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Write a 5 Scoop Story Using Cone and Scoop Patterns

Ice Cream Analogies

Ice Cream Word Search

 Math

Ice Cream Printable Games

 Science/ Health

Make ice cream

Ice Cream Melting Experiment

 Other

Field Trip: Go out for ice cream sundaes

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s/ Literature

 Reading

GR – Books about immigrants

World Map

Diversity Lesson Plan

Biographies of famous immigrants to the United States

A Very Important Day (Marissa Moss)

Molly’s Pilgrim (Barbara Cohen)

The Keeping Quilt (Patricia Polacco)

Biographies of Immigrants

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Social Studies

Identify Ethnic Origins and locate on map

Count in Spanish and French

Holiday and Foods Origins

Significance of the Statue of Liberty

 Other

Art: Statue of Liberty Coloring Sheet

Kitchen: RWB Berry Snack

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL's/ Literature

 Reading

GR – Books about animals

Poetry book compiled from web resources

Gummy Bears

Graph WS

Mixed Nuts

Peanuts in Shells

Construction Paper

Paint

Cotton Balls

Glue

Scissors

Yarn Pencils

Drawing/ Writing Paper

The Virtual Vine

All About Animal Homes (Entwistle)

The Three Bears (Hillert)

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse (Benjamin)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Osbourne)

Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane

Peter Rabbit (any tale)

First Words: Family (Illus.: Beaton)

Animals A to Z (McPhail)

Bears (Krauss)

Bear’s Hiccups (Bauer)

The Life Cycle of a Raccoon (May)

SR – Land Animals Poetry/ Songs

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Make own Brown Bear Books called “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear” Click here to go to the booklet printable!

 Math

Gummy Bear Graphing

Mixed Nuts Sort

 Science/ Health

Peanut Thumbs Activity

Scholastic News: Pandas, Hibernation, and Frogs (3 separate issues)

Nature Walk and Collections

 Other

Art: Cotton Ball Painted Bears; Yarn-tailed squirrels Click here for a picture of the squirrel craft; Zig-zag Rabbit paintings; Raccoon Puppets Click here for a picture of the raccoon puppets; Construction Paper Binoculars

Music: Rabbit Ears Up and Down Volume Activity

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about laws and rules

Copy of School House Rocks “I’m just a bill”, with lyrics if possible

 Computer with Internet

Crayons/ Markers/ Pencils

Construction paper

I'm Just a Bill Lesson Plan
 

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Social Studies

Play the game without any rules (Have kids stand up and tell them we are going to play a game; then say, “okay play the game“; when they look bewildered, ask them “why is this difficult and what could we do to make it easier to do”… if they cannot think of rules, make sure that you say “What if we had rules?” to lead them to the point of this lesson; then, let explain the rules to a simple game like follow the leader or Simon says and let them play; at the end of the game, ask them if having rules made the game easier to play)

Discuss why we have rules and laws (to keep us safe); What would happen without rules?

I’m just a bill lesson plan; Make a flow map showing how a bill becomes a law

Subject

Activities

Materials

URL’s

 Reading

GR – Books about leaves and fall

Cut-outs of leaves

Scissors

Markers/ Crayons/ Pencils

Computer with Printer

Collection of fallen leaves

Blank Leaf Printable

Information about why leaves change color:
www.sciencemadesimple.com/
leaves.html
OR
www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/
misc/leaves/leaves.htm

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Leaves word search from ABC Teach

Journal: A letter from one tree inhabitant to another; brainstorm a list of “leafy” words to use during journal time

Sequencing: Use leaf cut-outs to make alphabet sequence activity

Matching Activities: Using leaf cut-out make rhyming words, upper/lowercase letters, opposites, contractions, abbreviations or root/prefix/suffix games

 Math

Sequencing: Use leaf cut-outs to make numbers, measurements, days of week, or months of year sequencing activities

Matching Activities: Use leaf cut-outs to make numeral/ dot array or equivalent fractions games

 Science/ Health

Discuss how leaves change color in the fall (Use Info from Science Made Simple Site)

Nature Walk to find different kinds of leaves (Use sheet entitled “Nature Walk” from www.crayola.com to record leaves, bugs, and animals you found on your walk

 Other

Art: Use blank Puzzle Pieces Sheet (from www.crayola.com) and draw and color leaves

Art: Shades of leaves with paper and crayon

Subject

Activities

Materials

 Reading

GR – Books about Winter to Spring Season Change

Handwriting Paper

Paper

Construction Paper

Paper Plate

Scissors

Glue

Yarn

Cotton Balls

 Markers/ Crayons/ Pencils

Weather Charting Journal

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

Phrase: In like a lion, out like a lamb (discuss meaning and write for handwriting practice)

 Science/ Health

After recording daily weather in March, also notate whether it was a lion or lamb day; at end of month, make a picture graph comparing lion to lamb days

Discuss seasonal changes from winter to spring

 Other

Art: Lion or Lamb Paper Plate Craft

Subject

Activities

Materials

 Reading

GR – Books about mayors, councils, sheriff’s departments, voting or services provided by the local government

Paper

Staples/ Stapler

Pens/ Pencils/ Markers/ Crayons

Construction Paper

Writing Paper

Digital Camera

Computer with Printer

 Language Arts

GR – Skills WS’s to go with books

“My Local Government” Books

 Social Studies

Discuss county council, mayor, sheriff’s office, voting and the importance of each in local government and providing services such as landfill, public works, buildings/grounds, roads/bridges, and airport

 Other

Art: Fictional Mayoral Campaign Posters