Week 7

Weekly Book List:

"The Giant Jam Sandwich" by John Vernon Lord


Monday-Language Arts
sign of the day: sandwich
Letter(s): j, w
Reading Vocab: jam, wasp -I don't know why this is a picture of a wasp, yet says "worm". oh well.
(to go along with book)
Literature: "The Giant Jam Sandwich" by John Vernon Lord
Activity: Real vs. Make believe: while reading the book, perhaps point out to your child the concept of fiction. Ask what things in the book could have really happened and what couldn't.
Sequencing words: Cut out all the parts of a sandwich out of colored paper or felt. (or use play food) Build a sandwich, vocalizing each step with the words "first, next, then, finally" etc. Ask things like "what do you do before/after you put on the jelly?"
Make bread. Use your favorite recipe. Make a jam sandwich out of it!
Write your own story: Help child come up with his own version of this story and write it down.  First, you will need to do a bit of brainstorming (answer the following questions):


1. What's the name of your town going to be?
2. Think of a pest (cockroaches, goats, mice, or even peacocks or kangaroos!)
3. What is the problem with the pest? (this can be realistic like it was with the wasps or ridiculous)
4. What is the solution going to be?
Tuesday- Science
sign of the day: animal
Topic: Animal Classification
Read: (after the lesson) Any book with a variety of animals. I chose Animal ABC's. Ask child which family each animal belongs in.
Learn: Discuss the five catergories of the animal kingdom: mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds.
Activity: Animal Classification Pockets: (click on the about 3rd link down "animal classification pockets") Assemble these pockets on some sort of board or paper. Find several animal pictures. If you get Nat. Geographics, that would be great to let child cut out animal pictures and sort them. Otherwise, print out pictures of several different types of animals to sort. classroomclipart.com is a good source. Cut them out, then help child put them in the right pockets. There are also some from homeschoolshare you can use. This will also be a good opportunity to discover new species.

Wednesday- Math
sign of the day: snail
Topic: numbers
Activity: we are just going to practice counting. I got out all our old counting games. Also got out the numbers and practiced simple math problems.


Thursday- Social Studies
sign of the day:  spider
Topic: Spiders
Read: Anansi the Spider 
Learn: All about spiders.
Activity: spider maze, Little Miss Muffet coloring page, Spider dot-to-dot, spider egg carton
hand print spider: make a spider using childs finger prints (minus the thumb) for the legs. put it on a web made out of string.