Fun in the Sun! by Ashley Easley https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3 summer thematic unit en-us 2023-05-08 16:06:41 UTC 2023-05-09 05:18:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f31e.png aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582379345 Brenner, T., & Kim, J. (2021). And then comes summer. Candlewick Press. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582379345 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582382245 Sís, P. (2015). Ice cream summer. Scholastic Press. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582382245 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582385981 Murray, D., & Persico, Z. (2019). Summer color! Scholastic. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:53:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582385981 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582388180 Yee, W. H. (2014). Summer Days and nights. Scholastic Inc. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582388180 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582390253 Lonning, K. C., & Look, L. (2019). The wonders of summer. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582390253 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582392118 IWAMURA, K. (2023). Hooray for Summer! NORTH-SOUTH BOOKS. ]]> 2023-05-08 16:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582392118 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582396656 Ransom, C. (2020). Beach day! Random House Books for Young Readers. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582396656 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582399781 Rockwell, A. F., & Rockwell, H. (2016). At the beach. Aladdin. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582399781 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582403872 Crews, N. (2022). One hot Summer Day. Greenwillow Books. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582403872 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582413499 Pfeffer, R., & Austin, M. (2018). Summer supper. Random House. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582413499 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582417180 Wing, N., Pierce, M., & Moore, C. C. (2007). The night before summer camp. Scholastic. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582417180 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582425147 Peto, V. (2018). Is it warm enough for ice cream? DK Publishing. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582425147 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582428383 The night before summer vacation. (2012). Paw Prints. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582428383 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582434245 Smith, S. (2016). What can you see in summer? Raintree. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582434245 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582439463 Rey, H. A. (2014). Curious george goes to the beach. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publ. ]]> 2023-05-08 17:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582439463 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582446398 What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

I like to swim. I like to bike. I like to surf. I like to hike.  

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

I like to read. I like to camp. I like to play. I like to dance. 

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

Swim. Bike. Surf. Hike. Read. Camp. Play. Dance. 

What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer. What do you like to do in the summer? In the summer.

]]> 2023-05-08 17:35:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582446398 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582447703 I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime). 

I really like the beach; I really like the ocean. And all the creatures in the sea, I want to see in motion (don’t forget your lotion).

Beach (beach), ocean (ocean), palm trees (palm trees), in the sun (In the sun).  

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

I really like the woods. I really like the rivers. The sun is hot in the sky, but the water makes me shiver (don’t fall in the river). 

Forest (forest), River (river), Mountains (mountains), in the sun (in the sun). 

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime). 

I really like the city. I really like the streets. Everyone’s out day and night, eating lots of treats (don’t eat too many sweets). 

Streets (streets). Parties (parties). Ice cream (ice cream). In the sun (in the sun).  

I love summertime. I love summertime. I love (I love) summertime (summertime). I love (I love) summertime (summertime).

]]> 2023-05-08 17:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582447703 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582450966 Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! 

I go to the pool, I play in the water, it is very hot, the season is summer.

I go to the beach, I build a sandcastle, it is very hot, the season is summer.

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot!

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

I ride on a boat, I go swimming, it is very hot, the season is summer

It is Father’s Day, it is childrens day, it is graduation, the season is summer.

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot!

The season is summer and its hot, hot, hot, hot, hot!

Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot! Hot, hot, hot!

]]> 2023-05-08 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582450966 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582452336 Summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. Nights are short and days are long, time to holidays to sing a travel song. The sun shines so bright in the blue sky, keep sipping water as your throat is dry, bathing in the river or the city pool, eat watermelons to keep you cool, summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. 

Summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. Nights are short and days are long, time to holidays to sing a travel song. The sun shines so bright in the blue sky, keep sipping water as your throat is dry, bathing in the river or the city pool, eat watermelons to keep you cool, summer is the hottest of all seasons, you can have ice cream without any reason. 

]]> 2023-05-08 17:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582452336 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582478643 summer sun is shining down, shining down, shining down. Summer sun is shining down, down on me.

Time to put the sunscreen on, sunscreen on, sunscreen on, time to put the sunscreen on, all over me.

Now we can play in the pool, in the pool, in the pool. Now we can play in the pool, Splish, splash, splash.

]]> 2023-05-08 17:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582478643 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582480792 In summer, pour on lotion, rub it in, perfect for my summer skin. On my bike, or in the pool, a sip of water keeps me cool. Shades are on, flipflops too, in summer, there’s so much to do. ]]> 2023-05-08 18:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582480792 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582488566 Swimming

I can dive (move hands flattened together) 

I can swim (swimming motion) 

I can float (hands out to the sides with head thrown back)

I can fetch.

But dog paddle (paddle like a dog) is the stroke that I do best. 

]]> 2023-05-08 18:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582488566 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489000 Bright sun

(Sung to the tune of: “row, row, row your boat”)

Bright sun shining down (spread fingers and move slowly downwards) 

Shining on the ground.

What a lovely face you have (make a large circle in front of you face with arms) 

Yellow, big, and round

]]> 2023-05-08 18:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489000 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489110 You are my sunshine

you are my sunshine

my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You'll never know dear

How much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine away


]]> 2023-05-08 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489110 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489202 In my swimming pool

(sung to the tune of: "Row, row, row your boat")

pop, pop, popsicle

a yummy frozen treat 

Cherry, lemon, orange, grape 

cool and fun to eat]]> 2023-05-08 18:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582489202 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582516655 Summer is an important theme for preschool because every child loves summer. Summer reminds them of no school for two and a half months, hot weather for being outside and playing with their friends, going on a vacation with their family, and going to the pool. This unit is a way to make learning fun.


PK4.I.C.7 Child interacts with peers and has preferred friends ]]> 2023-05-08 18:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582516655 Water day! aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582526896 I would have a water day with my students. Throughout the entire unit we have been going over the theme of summer and by giving the students an opportunity to have a water day and just relax and have fun will be something that they would love to do. I would carve out two-three hours of the school day towards the end of the day so they aren't going through the rest of the day with wet clothes. I would save this for a day when I know we are getting to the end of the school year when learning starts to slow down and the end-of-the-year parties are starting. ]]> 2023-05-08 18:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582526896 aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582549870 2023-05-08 18:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582549870 Terms: aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582557458
  • obstacle course: a course that a child will go through in a certain order 
  • counting: determining a certain number of objects within a certain area
    • ]]>     2023-05-08 18:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582557458     Topics: aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582560299
  • The type of weather you may feel in summer
  • The kind of activities you could do in the summertime 
  • What you would wear in the summertime
    • ]]>     2023-05-08 19:02:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582560299     Daily schedule aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582584935 7:50-8:30 - arrival and welcome
    8:30-9:00 - breakfast/snack time
    9:00-9:30 - circle time 
    9:30-10:00 - centers
    10:00-11:00 - outside 
    11:00-11:30 - bathroom break
    11:30-1:00 - nap time 
    1:00-1:30 - wake up and bathroom break
    1:30-2:00 - snack time
    2:00-2:30 - centers
    2:30-2:45 - read aloud
    2:45-3:05 - centers and dismissal ]]>     2023-05-08 19:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582584935     Ice Cream Math (counting) aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582621616 Students will pull a cone out of the bin with a number on it. Then the students will take the tongs, grab the correct amount of puff balls and stack them up to look like ice cream cones. This will help the students with recognizing a number and counting correctly. 
    https://www.pinterest.com/pin/169166529740263769/ 

    PK4.V.A.2 Child counts up to 10 objects with one-on-one correspondence.  ]]>     2023-05-08 19:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582621616     Hop Scotch game with chalk aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582628272 Students will draw a hopscotch/obstacle course out of chalk and then they will have to go through the course correctly. The students can draw whatever they want and challenge their classmates to go through their obstacle course. 

    https://napacenter.org/gross-motor-skills-summer/ 

    PK4.IX.A.2 Child coordinates a sequence of movements to perform tasks. 


    ]]>     2023-05-08 20:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582628272     aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582872024 Counting Center: There will be a blank watermelon paper slip with a number printed on the rind. The students will glue the correct amount of paper seeds onto the watermelon.
    Craft Center: students will get the opportunity to create their own sunshine and will write their names as well. They can color and design their sun however they want and incorporate their name.
    Sensory Center: students will be playing in a sandbox building sand castles
    Dramatic Play Center: Students will be given supplies to act as if they are selling ice cream or lemonade.
    Math Center: there will be paper ice cream scoops with numbers 1-10, two scoops with an addition and subtraction sign, and ice cream cones with numbers. Students will make their own math problems to the best of their ability


    https://pocketofpreschool.com/summer-activities-centers-for-little-learners/ 
    https://thekindergartenconnection.com/summer-centers-and-activities-for-pre-k-kindergarten/

    ]]>     2023-05-09 01:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582872024     ABC Center aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582950494 Alphabet Ice Cream

    Material: Ice cream cones and scoops with letters on them and Velcro

    Objective: Students will be able to match the uppercase letter with its correct lowercase letter. 

    Activity: Students will have a mix of uppercase letters on ice cream scoops with velcro on the back and then a mix of lowercase letters on ice cream cones with velcro on the back. The students will pair up the upper and lowercase letters on a mat with velcro. 

    Source: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Letter-Matching-Activity-for-Uppercase-and-Lowercase-Letters-Alphabet-Ice-Cream-5649428?st=f704b577aba03c82c18224880428a62a

    TEKS: PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters). ]]>     2023-05-09 01:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582950494     ABC Center aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582972131 Alphabet Sound Popsicle Match
    Material: popsicle stick, papers with upper and lower case letters, and a picture of something that starts with those letters, glue

    Objective: students will find the matching upper and lower case letters with the picture of the correct object/animal

    activity: Students will glue the correct picture, uppercase letter, and lowercase letter onto the popsicle stick. They will do this for the whole alphabet.

    Source:
    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literacy-Center-Alphabet-Sound-Popsicle-Match-5747320?st=f704b577aba03c82c18224880428a62a

    TEKS: PK4.III.C.1 Child recognizes and names at least 20 letters (upper- or lower-case letters). 

    ]]>     2023-05-09 02:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582972131     Math Center aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582993894 Ice Cream Stack

    Materials: Ice cream cones with numbers on them, ice cream scoops with different representations of numbers 

    objective: students will recognize the number and what representation of the number pairs with it. 

    Activity: The students will start out with a number on the cone. Then they will find the corresponding ice cream scoops that belong with the number. Once they have one number finished, they will move onto a different number and continue that same process.

    Source: https://turnertots.com/2022/06/02/summer-math-activities-for-preschoolers/

    TEKS: PK4.V.A.7 Child begins to understand that numbers 0-10 can be composed and decomposed in various ways to represent a quantity. ]]>     2023-05-09 02:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2582993894     aee1909 https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2583201698 2023-05-09 05:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aee1909/l0p6rxtzts01dmw3/wish/2583201698