May 20 to May 24

Unit Topic:  Trees

Essential Question:  Who takes care of trees?

Books for the Week:

Questions of the Day:

Monday:  Let’s investigate and draw conclusions based on who we think of these people take care of trees?  How do they take care of trees?

Tuesday:  Let’s gather, organize, create, a chart based on what do you think we can make from trees?  What can we make?  How can we make those items?

Wednesday:  Let’s evaluate what we have previously learned about who takes care of trees?  Let’s now gather, organize and create a chart based on how we can help / ways people can hurt trees?  How can we take care of trees?

Thursday:  Let’s investigate and draw conclusions based on all of our prior knowledge, which food makes us healthy and strong?

Friday:  NO SCHOOL

Crafts for the Week:

The students will make their own corn craft.  They will be able to trace a corn template and then they would place corn kernels inside the corn they traced and they will be able to trace the leaves for the bottom of the corn.  The students will then explain how can we get seeds from a corn?
 
The students will make their own tree like The Giving Tree.  The students will trace a tree crown and then glue it to a brown paper bag.  They will then write on the bag their name and either their mom or dad.  The students will then have to explain what they can make from a tree.
 
After reading the book, Seed Secrets, the students will use dirt, beans, yarn, paint, painted cotton balls, and toothpicks to create the life cycle of a seed?
 
After reading the book, Little Cloud, the students will be able to make their own cloud using cotton balls and glue.  The class will be able to complete the reading and the craft outside in the schoolyard if weather permits.
 
After reading the book, The Best Nest, the students will be able to make their own next using a paper plate, brown paper, and some hay.