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August
.
. Back
to School
What's
In
a Name?
All
About Me
Me and My Family
Friends
B Is
For Birthday!
Nursery
Rhymes for Joyful Times
Mind Your Manners
xoxo
Author Study --
P.K. Hallinan
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September
.
.
I
Love My ABC's
Bears Everywhere
Apples
A
Rainbow
of Colors
Shapes
Patterns
Down
on the
Farm
Mud,
Mud, We Love Mud! ~ a unit on piggies
Crazy
About Cows ~ a mini unit on cows
Going
To Bed Mini Unit
xoxo
Author Study --
Joy Cowley farm
theme stories
xoxo
Author
Study -- Bernard Most
.xoxo
Fantastic
Fall Too! Workshop Resource Book --
featured themes are Down
On The Farm, The Leaves
Are
Falling Down, and Scarecrows Don't Scare
Me
xoxo
Click
here to see the KinderKorner Book Club
recommendations
for September 1999
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October
.
.
Welcome
To The Pumpkin Patch
Seasons
Along Came
a Spider
Going
Batty
Halloween
Monsters
Bones
Fire
Safety
Columbus
Animal Report
(first
of two --
spiders or bats)
Just Say No to
Drugs
xoxo
Author Study --
Eve Bunting
xoxo
Fantastic
Fall Too! Workshop Resource Book --
featured themes are Down
On The Farm, The Leaves
Are
Falling Down, and Scarecrows Don't Scare
Me
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November
xoxo
.
.
Fall
Harvest
Scarecrow,
Scarecrow
We Are Thankful
The Leaves
Are Falling Down
Native Americans
Food Groups
&
Nutrition
Popcorn
Sharing and
Helping
Others
xoxo
Author Study --
Clifford stories,
Little Critter stories
xoxo
Fantastic
Fall Too! Workshop Resource Book -- featured themes are Down
On The Farm, The Leaves Are Falling Down,
and Scarecrows Don't Scare Me
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December
xoxo
.
.
G
Is For Gingerbread
Cookies &
Cookie
Jars
It's
Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas -- thematic unit
The Polar Express
/ Trains
Christmas
Theme Book List
Reindeer
Hanukkah
Winter
Celebrations
Around the
World
Winter
Themes Book List
xoxo
Author
Study -- Jan Brett (continues through January)
xoxo
Winter
Wonderland Too! Workshop Resource Book -- featured themes are Winter
Wonderland, Let It Snow, P
Is For Penguin, and G Is For Gingerbread
xoxo
It's
Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ~ A Thematic Approach To Growing
In Language & Literacy -- teacher resource book
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January
. Snowmen
and Mittens
It's a Brand New
Year!
P
Is For Penguin
Martin Luther
King,
Jr.
Winter
Let It Snow!
Take Care of
Your
Teeth
Dragons and
Castles
Chinese New Year
xoxo
Author
Study -- Jan Brett
xoxo
Author
Study -- Lois Ehlert
xoxo
Winter
Wonderland Too! Workshop Resource Book-- featured themes are Winter
Wonderland, Let It Snow, P Is For Penguin, and G Is For Gingerbread
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February
xoxo
.
. Groundhog Day
Lincoln and
Washington
Chinese New Year
Black
History Month Activities & Stories
Valentines Day
Post Office
The 100th Day of
School (mine
is usually the same day as Valentine's Day -- I cheat :)
Space, Stars,
and
Astronauts
xoxo
Author Study --
Marc Brown &
Arthur Books
Author Study --
Donald Crews
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March
xoxo
.
.
Rainbows
What Goes
Up?
(kites and
things that fly)
Wind, Rain, and
Weather
St. Patrick's
Day
and Leprechauns
Going
Buggy! (a huge unit that goes through the end of April)
Caterpillars
& Butterflies
Creepy
Crawly
Bugs
The
Ants Came
Marching
Ladybug,
Ladybug
Buzzing
Bees
Along Came
A Spider (if I didn't do it in October)
Oviparous
Animals
(includes birds,
insects, reptiles and amphibians, pond life and Frog & Toad)
xoxo
Author Study --
Eric Carle and
Jonathan London (Froggy stories)
xoxo
Celebrate
Spring Workshop Packet -- featured themes are Come Into The Garden,
Going Buggy, and It's Picnic Time
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April
..
Spring Has Sprung
Growing Beans
and
Seeds
Food Groups
Flowers
Come Into the
Garden
Butterflies
and Caterpillars (continued from April)
Earth
Day/Ecology/Recycling
Fairy Tales
&
Fables
Second Animal
Report
April is also
testing month for
us, so we sneak in lots of short, fun activities
.xoxo
Illustrator Study
-- Monet
.xoxo
Celebrate
Spring Workshop Resource Book-- featured themes are Come Into The
Garden,
Going Buggy, and It's Picnic Time
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May
. Flowers and Garden
themes continue
Under
The Sea
Rain
Forest
Trees
Jungle Animals /
Africa
Cinco de Mayo
Pets
xoxo
Author Study --
Jane Yolen
xoxo
Celebrate
Spring Workshop Resource Book -- featured themes are Come Into The
Garden, Going Buggy, and It's Picnic Time
xoxo
Under
The Sea Workshop Resource Book
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June
xoxo
.
. Under
The Sea
Sinking &
Floating
xoxo
Author Study --
Dr. Seuss
xoxo
Under
The Sea Workshop Resource Book
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July
.
..
A Camping
We Will Go
It's Picnic Time!
The
Ants Came
Marching (revisited)
Wonderful
Watermelons
Food Groups
Proud To Be An
American
Patriotic Symbols
xoxo
Celebrate
Spring Workshop Resource Book-- featured themes are Come Into The
Garden,
Going Buggy, and It's Picnic Time
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NOTES:
All underlined items on this page
are links.
If a unit is not underlined, it simply means that the unit and
activities
are not on my website.
I vary my themes a bit from year
to
year, and
I don't usually teach them all every year.
xoxo
Because I often teach a multi-age
K-1 class
or loop from kindergarten to first grade then back again, I sometimes
have
the same children two years in a row. They enjoy revisiting
familiar
themes and stories, and there are always new activities, stories, and
poems
being added, which makes it extra fun. The students who stay with
me for two years do the work on a much higher level than they did the
year
before, and get more from the experience.
xoxo
I usually work on two to four --
or more --
themes at the same time, and there's a lot of overlap in some
areas.
This allows each student to find a theme or topic they're interested in
exploring more deeply. If the kids are very interested in a
particular
area or theme, we spend more time on it and I eliminate or shorten
something
else.
xoxo
Most of my themes stretch last
four to six weeks,
though you may choose to spend less time, depending on the amount of
materials
you already own for each theme.
xoxo
Many of the basic themes -- like
colors and
patterns -- are woven throughout the year, and most themes carry over
from
one month to the next.
xoxo
In addition to our many themes, we
also focus
on one or two authors, illustrators, and/or story characters each month.
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