Please check back to this page often as thematic units will be updated and may change in order to meet curriculum goals and objectives.
July:
Getting to know each other
Ready, Set, Go: Welcome to Kindergarten
Introduction to Media and it's functions
~Kindergarten Rocks; Riddles, Giggles, Wiggles and More
~This is My House
~Mary Wore a Red Dress Unit
~First Day Jitters
~Guest musician: Trumpet player
Music: The World is a Rainbow, It's A Beautiful Day
August:
~Brown Bear, Brown Bear
~Harold and the Purple Crayon
~Harold's Trip to the Sky
~Harold and the Fairy Tale
Music and Movement
John Lithgow books:
~I Got Two Dogs...Doodle a Dog with a "D"
~Marsupial Sue......Play-doh model of a kangaroo, Theme: Be Happy with Who You Are
Letter Mosaic ART
~Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/video
Media: We're Going on A Book Hunt, Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book
September:
~A Frog Thing...Tear Art with texture, Theme: Be Happy with Who You Are
~Marsupial Sue and the Runaway Pancake....Gingerbread Man
Pete the Cat books
~with songs and a focus on illustrations (sky meets ground)
Media: Stella Ella's Runaway Book, Diary of a Fly
October:
Leaf Rubbings...lesson on TEXTURE
Go Away Big Green Monster
5 Little Pumpkins
Rooster's Off to See the World Rooster ART with colored tissue
DRES Art Gallery Project: Rainbow Fish
Music: Everyone Has Music Inside, Those Bones
Media: The Little Red Hen, Chicken Little
November:
DRES Art Gallery Project: Rainbow Fish
Thanksgiving poetry and songs
Pumpkin Patch art
Smartboard: Enemy Pie
"Turkey" on a stick with texture
Owl Moon~paper bag puppet OWL
December:
Build an "ELF" poster with paint
~All you Need for A Snowman
The Snowman- video
Smartboard: Martin McGregor's Snowman
Instrument exploration
Media: Prize in the Snow
January:
Doodle an umbrella with a U/Doodle a quarterback with a Q
Groupwork: Puppet posters
"My Snowman" art with snowflakes
~The Mitten Song
Tear art snowman face with triangle nose
"Winter Trees" water color painting
Exploring Ezra Jack Keats
~The Snowy Day
~Peter's Chair
~Whistle for Willie
Smartboard: The Paperbag Princess, Animal Camaflouge
February:
video: Music Notes...On the Day You Were Born
Exploring the Symphony Orchestra
~Carnival of the Animals
~What Instrument is this?
~Moses Goes to a Concert-sign language
~Peter and the Wolf (book/video)
Smartboard: NY Philharmonic Orchestra, The Mariachi Band, Philtulga.com
"ART BY ME" project...A Color of His Own
March:
~Zin, Zin, the Violin (book/video)
Picasso Faces
Music and Movement
Smartboard: Drawingnow, ABCya
Doodle the Alphabet
April:
Spring scene with geometric shapes
Hanging paperplate "Sun"
"Spring Blossoms" tree art
How Do Dinosaurs say Goodnight? Scholastic DVD
EARTH DAY reflection art
May:
Planting a Rainbow: still life vases
July:
Getting to know each other
Ready, Set, Go: Welcome to Kindergarten
Introduction to Media and it's functions
~Kindergarten Rocks; Riddles, Giggles, Wiggles and More
~This is My House
~Mary Wore a Red Dress Unit
~First Day Jitters
~Guest musician: Trumpet player
Music: The World is a Rainbow, It's A Beautiful Day
August:
~Brown Bear, Brown Bear
~Harold and the Purple Crayon
~Harold's Trip to the Sky
~Harold and the Fairy Tale
Music and Movement
John Lithgow books:
~I Got Two Dogs...Doodle a Dog with a "D"
~Marsupial Sue......Play-doh model of a kangaroo, Theme: Be Happy with Who You Are
Letter Mosaic ART
~Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/video
Media: We're Going on A Book Hunt, Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book
September:
~A Frog Thing...Tear Art with texture, Theme: Be Happy with Who You Are
~Marsupial Sue and the Runaway Pancake....Gingerbread Man
Pete the Cat books
~with songs and a focus on illustrations (sky meets ground)
Media: Stella Ella's Runaway Book, Diary of a Fly
October:
Leaf Rubbings...lesson on TEXTURE
Go Away Big Green Monster
5 Little Pumpkins
Rooster's Off to See the World Rooster ART with colored tissue
DRES Art Gallery Project: Rainbow Fish
Music: Everyone Has Music Inside, Those Bones
Media: The Little Red Hen, Chicken Little
November:
DRES Art Gallery Project: Rainbow Fish
Thanksgiving poetry and songs
Pumpkin Patch art
Smartboard: Enemy Pie
"Turkey" on a stick with texture
Owl Moon~paper bag puppet OWL
December:
Build an "ELF" poster with paint
~All you Need for A Snowman
The Snowman- video
Smartboard: Martin McGregor's Snowman
Instrument exploration
Media: Prize in the Snow
January:
Doodle an umbrella with a U/Doodle a quarterback with a Q
Groupwork: Puppet posters
"My Snowman" art with snowflakes
~The Mitten Song
Tear art snowman face with triangle nose
"Winter Trees" water color painting
Exploring Ezra Jack Keats
~The Snowy Day
~Peter's Chair
~Whistle for Willie
Smartboard: The Paperbag Princess, Animal Camaflouge
February:
video: Music Notes...On the Day You Were Born
Exploring the Symphony Orchestra
~Carnival of the Animals
~What Instrument is this?
~Moses Goes to a Concert-sign language
~Peter and the Wolf (book/video)
Smartboard: NY Philharmonic Orchestra, The Mariachi Band, Philtulga.com
"ART BY ME" project...A Color of His Own
March:
~Zin, Zin, the Violin (book/video)
Picasso Faces
Music and Movement
Smartboard: Drawingnow, ABCya
Doodle the Alphabet
April:
Spring scene with geometric shapes
Hanging paperplate "Sun"
"Spring Blossoms" tree art
How Do Dinosaurs say Goodnight? Scholastic DVD
EARTH DAY reflection art
May:
Planting a Rainbow: still life vases