Pre-Kindergarten

* Retelling the fairy tales with flannel board characters.

*Acting out "The Three Little Pigs," "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," and "Three Billy Goats Gruff."

* Writing and illustrating our own fairy tale as a class.

* Comparing and contrasting the fairy tales.

* Reading different versions of Cinderella. 

Fairy Tales

The Rainforest

* Acting out "The Umbrella" by Jan Brett

* Learning a song about the different layers of the rainforest.

* Decorating our classroom with homemade plants and animals that live in the rainforest. 

* Reading stories about rainforest animals. 

* Acting like penguins (i.e. waddling races, balancing an egg on our feet, sliding on our bellies)

* Discussing the North and South poles on a magnet.

* Experimenting with magnets.

* Learning about opposites. 

* Reading books about the different types of animals found in the North and South Poles.

North and South Pole

Insects

* Searching for insects on our playground with magnifying glasses.

* Learning an insect song to help us remember the characteristics of an insect.

* Making our own insects out of things found in the classroom using our knowledge about the characteristics of an insect.

* Reading books about different types of insects.

* Making insect collages.

This was an ongoing theme throughout the year.  I had many students who had different cultural backgrounds.  We had guests visit our classroom to discuss different holidays throughout the year.  Some of the holidays we discussed were:

Holidays