This week we will begin our final unit of the year which is about balls. We will be comparing balls, counting balls, making balls and playing with balls. We will also be reviewing the letters of the alphabet with the afternoon class and we will be doing a special letter project with the morning class. Here are our plans for the week:




Monday

Today the morning class will be making flowers, finger painting and do a counting and sorting activity. The afternoon class will also make flowers and do ABC stations. The story today is Raindrop Plop.



Tuesday

? of the day – Which is your favorite ball to play with?

Large group – talk about all the different types of balls there are

Small Group A.M. - letters A, B and C

Small Group P.M. - letter stations we will so an activity to practice identifying words with the same beginning sound, we will do our letter Z papers and we will practice printing letters on our write and wipe cards

Story – Have a Ball





Wednesday

? of the day – Is your ball bigger or smaller than this one?

Large group – morning - discuss concept of bigger and smaller afternoon – “Laughing Leo” we will be creating silly names using a word that starts with the same letter as each child’s name

Small Group – morning – letters D and E afternoon – stations same sound, letter sorting, magnet letters (the kids will use magnet letters to copy words related to balls and their names), and letters in play dough

Story – The Alphabet Book



Thursday

? of the day – How many times can you bounce this ball?

Small Group A.M. – letter F and G

Small Group P.M. – letter stations name writing, same sound paper, letter puzzles, abc bingo

Story – The Letters are Lost





Friday

The morning class will sort balls from other things that are round. The afternoon class will practice determining what would come next. We will also play with balls. Today’s story will be The Cat in The Hat.