Amazing Water
Water is amazing! It covers over 70 percent of the earth and makes up over 70 percent of the human body. Beyond it’s importance in our lives, water is fun!
Water can be studied at almost any time of the year. Water lessons easily fit into ocean, winter, weather, and spring units. Learning about evaporation, the states of matter, water tension, water flow, sink or float, etc. gives students opportunities to experiment and use scientific process skills.
Water bottles are a favorite water activity for most kindergartners. Wave, pearl swirl, fountain, and tornado bottles help students learn about water currents, flow, and movement. Check out Steve Spangler for Pearl Swirl Concentrate and both tornado and fountain connectors. The bottle connectors can also be purchased from Amazon. Directions for the wave bottle can be found in our Ocean Thematic Unit.
There are also many great water experiments available to extend your student's learning on youtube. Here is one that I use in my classroom. It is so fun for the students to watch the videos and then try together as a class to replicate the experiments. Sometimes we are successful, other times not. Either way it is a great scientific learning experience.
Here are some books that I love to use to enhance my water thematic unit, with affiliate links.
Make sure that after your water unit, you add some additional science opportunities to your water table. These beads are SO much fun!
We believe in Cross-curricular Thematic learning! Check out some of our Thematic Units that would be a great companion for your water studies! All of our products can be found here at our store, or on Teachers Pay Teachers.
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This Ocean Thematic unit is clearly linked to common core standards.
The Ocean Unit, is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Table of Contents:
Literacy Activities
The Hungry Sharks: Decoding Words
Ocean Sounds: Blending and Segmenting Words
The Fishing Race: Naming Alphabet Letters Fluently
Diving For Digraphs: Matching Beginning Sounds to Digraphs
Fish Bowl: Reading Sight Words
It Sounds Like: Reading Like Words
Color the Ocean: Reading Color Words
Oceans of Letters: Tracing Upper and Lowercase Letters A-Z
Math Activities
The Diver: Counting Forward From a Given Number
Ocean Graphing: Graphing Objects
Sinking Ships: Counting and Matching Quantity
Fish Numbers: Writing Sequential Numbers
Number Trace: Tracing Numbers 1-50
Fishing For Numbers: Identify and Writing Numbers 0-20
Catch & Release: Identifying and Writing Teen Numbers
Songs/Fingerplays
My Bonnie
The Octopus
Five Little Fishes
Art Projects
A School of Fish
Rainbow Fish: Portfolio Sample
Jellyfish
Science
Wave Bottle: Mixing Ingredients
Guided Reading Books
At the Bottom of the Ocean
Writing
Ocean Word Wall
The Deep Blue Sea
If I Met a Shark
Ocean Independent Writing Activities
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At the Beach thematic unit, is strategically linked to Core Academic Standards.
This Beach Unit is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Table of Contents:
Literacy Lessons
Beach Blanket Bingo: Naming Alphabet Letters
Sight Word Suds: Writing Sight Words
Seaside Fun: Sound Substitution
Beach Bears: Decoding CVC and CVCe Words
Independent Activities
Sorting Shells: Identifying Digraphs
Math Lessons
Beach Ball Bonanza: Decomposing Teen Numbers
Castles In the Sand: Addition
Up The Boardwalk: Graphing Sums
Flip Flop Fun: Plus One
Independent Activities
Beach Ball Counting: Matching Number and Quantity
The Beach Shop: Counting Pennies
Guided Reading Books
To The Beach
Class Made Books
At The Beach
Science
Make a Beach: Water Erosion
Float The Boat: Buoyancy
Writing
Beach Word Wall
At The Beach
Water Sports
Art Projects
Paint a Shell
Design a Beach Towel
Shapley Sandcastle: Using Geometric Shapes
Songs/Fingerplays
At The Beach
The Castle
Going Over the Sea
Ocean Independent Writing Activities
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Make teaching this winter stress-free and enjoyable! This fun unit is great if you live in a snowy area or if you simply want to immerse your students in a winter-like atmosphere. This Winter Thematic Unit is packed with engaging activities!
It is easy to teach core standards, using methods of latest research, in fun and active ways by using this complete cross curricular 168 page thematic unit, White Wonderful Winter.
This Developmentally Appropriate Winter Themed Thematic Unit will thrill the students in your classroom or homeschool. Learning can be fun, playful, and engaging!
Table of Contents:
Literacy
Abominable Snow Monster: Fluent Reading Alphabet Letters or Sight Words
Snowball Sounds: Naming Alphabet Letter Sounds Fluently
Sound Blizzard: Connecting Sounds to Letters
Snowflake ABC: Putting Letters in Alphabetical Order
Snowflake Hunt: Writing Alphabet Letters
Cocoa Words: Writing CVC Words
Letter Whirl: Matching and Writing Alphabet Letters
Hat Colors: Tracing Color Words
Math
Bundle Up: Using a 10 Frame to Make Number Combinations
Blizzard: Plus 1
Skating Lessons: Counting Objects for Two Numbers in Succession
Snowball Fights at School: Counting by 10's
Snowflake Numbers: Composing 10 + a Given Number.
Snowballs: Representing Quantity using a 10 Frame
Snowstorm 10-Frame Write the Room: Writing Numerals Representing a Set
Science
Scripted Science Lessons
Snow Dough:Combining Ingredients to Make a New Substance
Crystal Creations: Growing Crystals
Writing Prompts/Word Wall
Winter Word Wall
Prompts:
Winter Sports
What I like About Winter
Independent Reading Books
Winter
Winter (Differentiated)
Kitchen Cafe
Make a Snowflake, Then Eat!
Art Projects
Snowflake: Following Directions to Make a Snowflake
Snowy Day Kid: Constructing a Snow Kid Using Geometric Shapes
Music
Snowflakes Falling Down
Bundle Me Up
Winter Time
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This Spring Activities packet is filled with authentic active learning activities that will thrill your classroom or homeschool students as they learn important academic skills.
It's a Spring Thing is strategically linked to the common core standards, based on proven reading, math, and science research and best practices.
The activities are divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, differentiated, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. When laminated and filed, these become Ready to Go for your teaching years ahead!
Contents Include:
Literacy Games
Lambs & Lions: Naming Letters Quickly
Lambs & Lions: Sight Word Fluency
Let’s Go Fly a Kite: Alphabet Fluency
Let’s Go Fly a Kite: Sight Word Fluency
The Bird’s Nest: Building Familiarity With Punctuation Marks
Abracadabra: Decoding CVC Words (Or Nonsense Words)
Hens and Chicks: Reading Reading CVC Words
Spring Words Worksheet: Distinguishing Between Similar Words
Math Games:
April Showers Bring May Flowers: Decomposing Numbers
Fly Away Birdie: Solving Subtraction Problems
Spring Fling: Solving Addition Problems
Runaway Chicks: Solving Mathematical Problems Using 5-Frames
Bountiful Bunnies: Decomposing Numbers
Who Is Ready For Spring?: Connecting Numbers 1-43
Hippity Hop: Connecting Numbers 1-47
Songs and Fingerplays
It is Springtime
Springtime
March Wind
Put Up Your Umbrella
Science Projects
Jello Mixing: Mixing Colors Tactilely
Color Mixing: Making Secondary Colors
Paint Mixing: Recording Data From an Experiment
Art Projects
Lamb & Lion: Portfolio Sample
Under the Umbrella: Portfolio Sample
Vase of Flowers: Artist Study
Easter Bunny Hat
Writing
What I Like About Spring
The Easter Bunny
Guided Reading Books
Mix It Up
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Pond Independent Writing Center Activities
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This Weather Thematic Unit written with academic core standards in mind, is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.
Literacy Activities
Clouds: Using The Books, Little Cloud by Eric Carle and It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Rain, Rain Go Away: Sorting Short & Long Aa Vowel Sounds
Oh What Will I Wear: Word Substitution
Scripted Literacy Lessons:
Tomorrow's Weather: Decoding Words
Splashing Puddles: Sight Words
Blizzard: Differentiation of b and d
Raining Cats and Dogs Game: Final Phoneme Substitution
Writing Sight Words
Math Activities
Temperature Takeover: Identifying & Comparing Numbers The Windy Day Mix-up: Building Mental Math Skills Raindrop Recognition: Subitizing The Terrible Blizzard: Practice Relating Numbers One to Another. Weather Toss: Collecting & Interpreting Data
Science
Creating a Weather Science Center
Water Drops: Observing & Exploring Water Properties
Water Flows Down: Observing & Exploring Water Properties
Water Painting: Observing & Exploring Evaporation
Wonderful Water: Observing & Exploring Water Properties
Art Projects
Clouds: Extending Literature
My Weather Book: Creating a Guided Reader
Songs/Fingerplays
Little Drops of Rain
The Weather
Mr. Sun
Rain, Rain Go Away
What Will I Wear Today
Guided Reading Books
Water Changes
Writing
Weather Word Wall
My Favorite Kind of Weather
What I Know About Clouds
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Strategically Linked to the common core, this best-selling Thematic plant unit is divided into areas of literature, media, music, art, literacy activities, math activities, worksheets, science activities, creative writing, word wall words, and guided reading for cross-curricular learning.
The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The lessons are fun and engaging and will leave your classroom or homeschool students begging for more.
Math Center Activities
Flowering Math: Joining Sets
Watermelon War: Comparing Numerals
Garden Party: Demonstrating Subtraction
Counting Seeds: Count out items to match a given number.
Planting Seeds: Making Combinations to 10
Adding Flowers
Garden Takeaway
Plant a Garden Ways to Make 8
Reading Center Activities:
Flower Garden: Reading Sight Word & CVC Word Sentences (or alphabet recognition).
Tip Toe Through the Tulips: Alphabet letter sound fluency (or sight word fluency)
Run Rabbit Run: Alphabet Letter Fluency
In the Garden: Naming Sight Words
Greenhouse Words: Reading Sight Words
Blooming Words: Isolating Phonemes & Writing CVC Words From Dictation
The Garden Show: Writing Color Words
Science Activities
Building a Science Center
A Seed Grows: Planting a seed in a bag
Kitchen Science: Edible Dirt
Plant Parts: Observation of Plants
The Thirsty Stem: Capillary Action In Plants
Seed Sorting: Using the Scientific Process
Art Projects
Plant Parts: Portfolio Sample
Artful Flowers
Mother's Day Flower
Fingerprint Flowers
Songs
Watermelon Pie
Inch by Inch (adapted) by David Mallet
Plant A Seed
Guided Reading
The Little Seed
Writing
Plant Word Wall Words
Prompts: All About Seeds,What I Know About Plants
I Can Writing: Label it, list it card it
Pond Independent Writing Center Activities
Spring Themed Intervention Games
Lamb and Lion Spring Themed Activities
Each activity is clearly written, easy to use, and needs limited preparation. The lessons are fun and engaging and will leave your students begging for more!