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Week |Theme Centers |Shared Reading Centers |Work Tasks | |
|1 |Hanukkah |Dan the Flying Man |Art: (see Holiday Crafts below) |
| |ABC Center: |Dan the Flying Man rhyming words: Children cut out the picture of Dan and glue to |ABC: Beginning sounds--letter tiles |
| |"Letter L" latkes: I give the students pretend frying pans |the top of a long strip of paper. Children then cut out pictures that rhyme with |Science: Going on a Motion Hunt (push/pull) from Science |
| |and forks to "cook" these. Students sort the pictures on |"Dan", glue to the strip, and write the words. |Experiments for Young Learners |
| |the latkes to find the ones that begin with "L". Then |Dan the Flying Man book: Children fill in the missing words ("-an" family, "over").| |
| |students match the words to the pictures. | | |
| |Math: Dreidel game | | |
| |Writing: Hanukkah Gifts | | |
| |Art: | | |
| |# Sequence Menorah: Students glue numbers (or number words)| | |
| |in correct order. Then they color the candles and menorah. | | |
| |Last, they can put gold glitter on the menorah. | | |
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|2 |Christmas |Quiet in the Library |Art: (see Holiday Crafts below) |
| |ABC Center: |"-op" words accordion book: Print page (2 books per page). Fold on dotted lines |ABC: |
| |Beginning sound trees: Students match the pictures on the |(accordion style). Cut on solid line. Children glue "op" pictures onto pages and |Vowel Sort: Students sort the pictures according to the |
| |small trees to the letters on the tree mat. |write the words. |middle vowels. |
| | |Quiet in the Library strip book: Children cut out the pages and glue in order |Math: Christmas Tree Numbers (see math center activities) |
| |ABC Center: |(vertically) to retell the story. Children fill in the missing words ("in", |Science: Marshmallow Launch (simple machines) from Science |
| |Santa CVC book: Students read the simple sight word/cvc |"came"). |Experiments for Young Learners |
| |word sentences and match the pictures. I used Velcro to | | |
| |attach the pictures to the book. | | |
| |Math: Pattern block trees, presents, candles | | |
| |Writing: Wish List: Children cut pictures out of store ads | | |
| |or draw pictures. | | |
| |Art: | | |
| |Craft Stick Rudolph Directions | | |
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|3 |Christmas |Birthdays |Art: (see Holiday Crafts below) |
| |ABC Center: |Months of the Year Sequence: Children cut out the months and glue them in order on |Writing: Holiday Cards (free choice) |
| |CVC Spelling ornaments: Students use crayons to spell the |a sentence strip. Optional: staple the sentence strip into a headband. |ABC: Beginning Sounds Presents (use with objects from ABC |
| |CVC words on the ornaments. When they are finished, they |Birthday Crowns: Children trace and cut a out a crown shape. They glue their own |tubs) |
| |can wipe off the words with a tissue. |birthday in the middle and then decorate the crown. Glue to a sentence strip. Save |Math: Christmas Tree Numbers (see math center activities) |
| |Math: |for shared reading activities during the week. |Science: Weighing Presents (see science center activities) |
| |# Sequence lights (light pattern): Students place light |Birthday Presents: For each child, take a large (12x18) sheet of construction | |
| |bulbs in the correct order to decorate the house. I provide|paper. Cut off a 2" strip from the shorter end. Use a brad fastener to reattach the| |
| |three sets of numbers (1-10, 11-20, 21-30). |strip so that it resembles a box top opening. Children decorate their boxes and | |
| |Writing: Under the Tree |complete the sentence telling what they got. Then they draw a picture of their | |
| |Art: |present and glue it "inside" of the box (at top). | |
| |Paper plate Santa: Student cut and glue pieces to a paper |Balloon Words: Children trace and cut a out a balloon shape. Then they stamp 3 to 5| |
| |plate. |sight words on it. When finished, tie a piece of string or yarn at the bottom. | |
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| |Special Section: Holiday Bonuses |
|Special Section: Holiday Crafts |1. Christmas Tree Bingo: This template can be used for any type of Bingo. Fill the ornaments with letters, sight|
|1. Snow Globes |words, numbers, etc. |
|2. Froot Loop candy canes |2. Candy Cane Bingo: Have children write one word or letter in each space. |
|3. Rudolph card |3. Christmas Counting Book...use seasonal confetti, foam shapes, and/or the sticky shapes from OTC to complete |
|4. Lifesaver Menorah (use pipe cleaner pieces for candles; you can also use Froot Loops instead of |the pages in this book. Children write the numeral in the box at the top and the number word on the line at the |
|Lifesavers) |bottom. |
|5. Directions for OTC picture frame | |
|6. Gift tags | |
|7. Handprint Ornaments (idea from ) | |
|* Also see Paulie's Christmas Crafts page! | |
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