Safe, Healthy, Helpful Me (4)

Our Wonderful Words of the Week IS :EXERCISE

Here are some important vocabulary words we will be learning this week : active, determination,persistence, challenge , fit

pattern, repeat

We will also discuss : setting and characters in stories

Opening discussion : What are ways we can stay ACTIVE to keep ourselves healthy?

What is a HABIT?

Discuss: What do we do that keeps our bodies strong?

VOCABULARY : active , challenge, change, exercise, fit, passive, persistence, determination

change, code, pattern, program, repeat

shared writing: "What are ways we exercise our bodies?"

list responses

Watch video or read-aloud about exercising our bodies.

Students will be divided into groups and assigned a COLOR for their center . They will have the remainder of the classtime to explore the stations in the centers below:

Green: Pet exploration, Dramatic play (home, grocery store)

Blue: fine motor manipulatives, sorting, letter knowledge, playdough letter match

Red: Fall Science table w/magnifying glasses, etc. , Fall sensory tub, ball flume

Yellow: Hatch interactive table, Hatch math games, writing station, puzzle, Shapes and light table construction

Today we will practice the healthy habit of exercise!

Finally, we will rotate through our 3 PE stations.

1. tumbling and hopscotch

2. puzzles, ball area, rug activity

3. trikes, climbing, rug game

Today we will be learning all about pumpkins ! We will explore what is inside a pumpkin as well as practice making a jack-o-lantern ! We will taste some foods made from PUMPKINS !

Let's explore,taste, and feel some real pumpkins !

Library time

SPOOKY STORY IN THE LIBRARY !

Let's have some Halloween Fun today. We will listen to a funny story about a ghost, then have a read aloud about Halloween !

Let's go to our reading stations for some quiet reading time and then checkout our library books for this week.