This week we are going to be learning about two more habitats - The Desert and the Savanna! Like last week's theme (Rainforest and Jungle), these habitats are unique in their climate (that means the weather), wildlife (that is the animals that live there), and terrain (that means how the land looks!). And you're in lucky, because we have a ton of super fun activities this week to teach us all about the Desert and the Savanna! Here is the link to all of our past book reading video! www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_wycvdbPXid21bzNjwCqj9Ta9hhhi3Ao Writing TimeWrite your nameWrite the date: 4-28-20Write the word of the day: DESERTWriting Time Reminders: -Names can be all uppercase, or start with uppercase and then use lower case. -Parents write the date first, then kids write or trace it. -”Word of the Day” words reinforce the weekly theme and provide practice writing letters that may not appear in their names. Parents can talk about the word and encourage a story or drawing -Parents, your children may need help with these tasks, so feel free to practice along with them. Circle TimeThe next habitats we are learning about are Desert and Savanna (also known as: Savannah or Grasslands). A Desert habitat is an area that gets very little rain each year. It generally gets only 10 inches or less rain in a year. Remember Oregon gets 43 inches a year. Not all deserts are made of just sand; many are rocky with scattered plants and shrubs. A Savanna habitat is mostly grassland also having trees and shrubs scattered across the land. A Savanna has two main seasons, wet and dry each lasting about 6 months. During the wet season, it will rain 10-30 inches. Both habitats have dry soil, and very little water. Sometimes they are so hot and dry that the rain from the clouds evaporates (dries up) before it can hit the ground! Last week we learned that snakes can live in many different habitats. Let's explore and see how many animals live in both a hot and wet environment and a hot and dry environment. Below is a fun graph, it’s called a Venn Diagram and it will help us sort data to compare the animals from different habitats. Today we are going to compare the Rainforest with Savanna to see what animals live where. The list of animals that live in both habitats is so long it doesn’t fit our diagram! You can learn about more animals at kids.nationalgeographic.com/ Have you seen any of these animals--from the lists above??? Which ones? Write their name or draw them in your journal. Daily Activity - Animal GameOur activity today is taught by Teacher Tayler M.! The Savanna is an amazing place to explore! As we said above (Circle Time),, Savannas are huge grasslands covered with a couple of trees and A LOT of animals like rhinos, giraffes, elephants, lions, and so many more. Did you know that lions are nocturnal animals so they sleep for 15-20 hours a day! South Africa is the one of the best places to go visit a Savannah habitat,, but since we can't convince mom & dad to take us to one yet come join our animal friends in a fun game of spin & graph! Steps for activity
(If you don't have a printer) Make a table (5x4) in your preschool journal and label the bottom row with animals (add stickers if you have them or drawings) 2. Give each kid a game board and a handful of cheerios or whatever you're using to mark the boxes. 3. Use the spinner provided wheelofnames.com/x87-dkk 4. Mark whatever animal the spinner lands on and continue spinning until all of the boxes are filled. This was a super fun activity! I spun the giraffe the most times. Which animal did you spin the most? What is your favorite animal that lives in the Savanna? Daily Book JournalThree times a week, help your preschooler to pick out a book and read it together. Then, help your preschooler to create a journal entry using any of these same options from our book bag job.
Extra Activity - lowercase letter practiceLowercase letters have some similar characteristics to our animals friends we have been studying. This activity will help with lowercase letter sorting and identification. Print the 2 page PDF (seen below), cut the letter tiles and 4 sorting panels. Start sorting! Parents help with identification of letter names and sounds.
Celebrating Birthdays!Happy Birthday to Blake and Ethan! We hope you both have a great birthday today! Fun Activities!
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