Day 5 Pumpkin Theme

Our last day of our pumpkin theme, not sure what will happen next week.

But I have the weekend to come up with something. 

Today we did LOTS, including science, which was soooo much FUN!

He earned his first Book It Certificate!

Read 25 books for the month of October. 

Putting up the sight words he learned this week! 

Yay! He now knows 20 sight words.

Pumpkin Bubble Science

We used one of those foam carvable pumpkins

from the dollar store.  Cut off the top filled half way

with water and a squirt of dish soap.

Gave him a straw and had him make bubbles.

He was soooo excited about that,

since we don't let him do that with his drinks. hehe

Figured out that the top pops the bubbles.

But the straw doesn't pop them - why?

Will my hand?

Yes!!!

But when my straw is dry it pops bubbles!
So we learned that the following:

- bubbles are made of air
- bubbles have a protective soapy layer
- that protective layer bursts when non-soapy items touch it
- the protective layer does not burst when soapy items touch it

Sight Word Assessment #1

Circled his sight words in a particular color.

"CK" Worksheet Practice
This worksheet has a picture on it, then he has to
build the word, then write it.

Some of the pictures he had a hard time figuring what

the CK word was, but with a little building he got it!

He did a great job!

Finishing up the fruit of the Spirit basket!!!

All Done!!! :)

CVC Word Building
I printed out a bunch of pumpkins and wrote
a bunch of letters on them.  Then just laid them out
to see what words he could build.

He built the following:
CAT
DOG
BIG
DIG
FIG
FOG
LOG
SIT
PIT
HIT

Erupting Pumpkin Science
My little guy LOVES baking soda and vinegar experiments.
So, I had him mix yellow and red food coloring in some vinegar
to see what color he made, orange of course.  Placed some
baking soda in the pumpkin and had him pour the vinegar in.
Made a cool orange explosion!!!

What interesting pumpkin theme activities have you done?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah

Day 3 Pumpkin Theme

Our pumpkin theme is half over, hard to believe!

Our day 3 activities we did a little more only because

we are taking day 4 as a family day and to get

ready for trick or treaters to come by.

Here is an overview:

Coloring his fruit to cut and paste

into the basket.  Today we learned

about Joy and Peace.

All done!!! 

This is our word family game

with "ck" words!

He picked up pumpkins and then

lined them up on the correct word family line.

Reading his word!

I think this was a little too easy for him though.

I'm going to have to come up with something

more challenging for my learning bud!

Reading all the words!

Yay!!! I did them all!!!

Journal Time in the Writing Center

He draws a picture first of what he wants to

write about.  Then dictates to me what he wants to

say.  I write it on the writing center folder

and he copies it into his journal.

Working hard!

Yay!!! I know the picture doesn't show his journal

very good. :(  But he drew a picture of Mario, Luigi,

and the Toadstools and wrote the following:

"How do you beat the mushrooms? Mario, Luigi and the

toadstools jump on them."

Sight Word Search

Found a new use for our stampers!

He stamped the words he found.

Sight Word Writing Time

Working on the word "look".

He traced the word and then wrote 4 sentences

using the word "look".

Again he told me the sentences and he copied them.

Our number board from Lakeshore Learning.

Working on the number 7.

He had to find the following:

fraction

tally

tens frame

one to one correspondence

All done!

Yay!!!

Tens Frame Pumpkin Worksheets from COAH

Another great use four our stampers,

especially since he still doesn't like to color.

He made his own game with it.

He'd do bullet sounds every time

he stamped, pretending to kill spiders

that wanted to get the pumpkins. LOL

And of course little brother ALWAYS

curious and getting into everything!

 

But he never did get distracted (that's a first)!!!

Come back for Day 5, since Day 4 is Halloween

and we are taking a break! But Day 5 will be full

of science stuff!!! :)

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah

Tot Plan Tuesday: Week 2

Week 2 Tot School Plans

We will be using our poster board from Week 1, only because we are working on handwriting letters and numbers.  One more week of practice and he will be able to write letter I and number 1 all by himself in the correct format.

• Letter of the Week: I i
• Color of the Week: Black (Meaning = Sin)
• Shape of the Week: Circle
• Number of the Week: One, 1 (Meaning = Beginning)
• Vocab Word of the Week: Indian
• Verse of the Week: Philippians 4:13
• Sound of the Week: "-ig" word family

Circle Time Book of the Week

"It's Not Easy Being Big!"

Checked this out at our local library.

It has LOTS of "ig" words in it and it's great for guided reading.

Bible Story of the Week

We are reviewing Adam and Eve and that everyone NEEDS a super hero!

I printed out the story slide from Bible Story Printables for Adam and Eve.

These are hung on our wall for my son to retell the story.

I also printed out a smaller version, just by decreasing the size from the original

to have my son to do story sequencing order.

Songs of the Week

Printed out the Leaf Songs from 1+1+1=1.

Overview of Week 2 Tot School:

• Math Time
  - Ice Cream Scoops Number Ordering (forwards/backwards)
  - Insect Measuring Sort
  - Tens Frame Practice with Fine Motor Skills
  
• Writing Time
  - Daily Practice Journals
  - Paint Bag
  - Playdough Mat
  
• Phonics Time
  - Letter I Sort
  - Beginning Sound Worksheet
  - Letter I Collage
  
• Reading Time
  - Sight Word Practice (6 words)
  - Guided Reading Books
  - Self-Reading Time (10 min.)
  
• Bible Time (evening as a family)
  - Dot-to-Dot Coloring Page
  - Animal Collage
  - Adam's File Folder Game
  
• Science Time
  - Ice Melt Test
  - Icky Mud
  - Insect Investigation
  
• Art Time
  - Silhouette Shadow Project
  - Igloo Construction
  - Give Thanks Door Knob Hanger
  
• Color Time
  - Black Hunt
  - I Spy Game
  - Color Journal
  - Black Song
  
• Shape Time
  - Crayon Rubbing
  - Ice Cube Drawing
  - Pipe Cleaner Fun

Download a copy of my lesson plans.  You don't need my curriculum to utilize these lesson plans, this is all supplemental to our curriculum lesson plans to help reinforce and bring fun to school time.

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Have Fun and Be a Blessing!

~Bekah