Weekly Plans - Week 26 (Mar. 18-22)

We are back from our March Break trip to Mexico and I'm not going to lie...after a week away in the sun doing just about nothing but snorkeling and sun tanning, this week may be a little rough! HA! Good thing we planned some quick and easy centres before we left to help everyone (educators included!) with the transition back to school.

We will be welcoming spring on Tuesday this week so we set out a bunch of activities!
I'm going to be reading the students the story Mouse's First Spring on Monday (see my plans below) and then they can retell the story on the felt board. I made these cut out pieces from felt years ago (it's not that hard to do, just takes some time).

Can you tell a spring story?

We also set out spring cookie cutters at our Playdough Centre.

Here's a look at our centres this week:

Our sensory bin is filled with Easter grass, plastic eggs, loose parts and tongs (shaped like bunny ears).

We made our own teeter totters by using blocks and Popsicle sticks. 
Can you balance the objects? It's actually a little harder than it looks!

We will be exploring magnets at the Science and Discovery Centre for the next few weeks!

This is a game we found on Temu - roll and knock over the number.

At the Light Table we set out another game - Sneaky Snake!
Roll the die and build a snake - who has the longest snake?
You can find this in my "Fun with Dice" pack on TpT (I printed the pieces on transparency paper to use at the Light Table but you can print on regular paper and play at a table top too!)


Can you stamp the beginning, middle, or end of the word?

I saw this activity on Twitter (I can't remember who posted it!) and thought it was so much fun!
Use the turkey baster to blow a cotton ball into the box!
A great game to strengthen fine motor skills!

In math we will be starting our unit on 3D Figures.
We will be going on a "3D Figures Shape Hunt" around the classroom, down the hall and even outside!

This is the game "What's in my Bag?". We play this several times during the next two weeks to practice identifying and describing 3D figures.


Sorting 3D figures in a muffin tin!

Roll, slide or both?

You can find everything I will be doing this week (and next!) in my 3D Figures pack in my TpT store.

I store all of my math units in Ziploc bags in my closet. It's super quick to pull out the bag and everything I need is ready to go!

Here are my weekly plans if you'd like to download!


If you would like the editable version to modify this for your own class click HERE.  
The original blank PowerPoint file has been uploaded onto Google Slides but the formatting has changed.

Weekly Plans - Week 25 (Mar. 4-8)

This is the last week of school before we head into March Break for a week. 
We are also heading on a half day field trip so we decided to keep things a little simple!

We are heading to the Kortright Centre for their Maple Syrup Festival later this week and I couldn't be more excited...I LOVE maple syrup!
We set up a simple invitation for students to draw what they see/think/wonder about maple syrup at the Science and Discovery Centre.
We will be reading these books, as well as watching a fun video also! Check out my plans for more!

St. Patrick's Day falls during March Break so we decided to set up a few fun things this week.
This is Rainbow World at our Small World Play Centre. There are fun little gnomes scattered around!

This large Tuff Tray is filled with green tissue paper squares, gold ribbon, coins, and loose parts that students can try and get with the tweezers.

Can you build a trap for the leprechaun?

Can you create a rainbow using Fruit Loops, a pipe cleaner and marshmallows?
Thank you to E.C.'s parent for donating all of these materials! (Everything is peanut/nut-free!)

We filled our sensory bin with tinted green water and gold coins. We also added these small plastic cauldrons (from Halloween) which double as the "pots of gold".

Our poem this week is called I'm a Little Shamrock. I typed it out and cut out felt shamrocks for our Felt Board Centre.

Can you create a picture using the mosaic pieces?
These sets were ordered off of Temu - and they are amazing!

We set out some alphabet activities as well this week.
Can you sort the alphabet cards by beginning sounds on the pocket chart?

Students can also work on putting this alphabet puzzle together.

In math, we are keeping it simple by practicing number formation and printing numerals in our book.

You can find this in my Number Printing Book.

Here are my weekly plans if you'd like to download!


If you would like the editable version to modify this for your own class click HERE.  
The original blank PowerPoint file has been uploaded onto Google Slides but the formatting has changed.

Weekly Plans - Week 24 (Feb. 26-Mar. 1)

It's the last week of February (anyone else feel like this was the L-O-N-G-E-S-T month ever? LOL)!

Here's a recap of some activities/centres that we worked on last week...

After spending much time playing with tangrams, we created our own pictures!
Our students are so creative!








We also read Left, Right, Emma! and got a red dot on our right hand (similar to Emma in the story!) while we marched around the room practicing left and right.

You can find all of the above, along with 2-weeks of detailed lesson plans (and hands-on, follow-up activities/centres) in my Spatial Relationships in Kindergarten pack.

The students really loved the Plus Plus blocks (I found them on Amazon a few years back).

We started exploring how ramps work as we constructed various marble runs! We will be continuing with this activity this week at our Science and Discovery Centre.


I discovered the book Granny's Kitchen by Sade Smith last summer and loved it!
We read the story and then had a rich discussion about foods that our own families make.
Each student drew a picture and we added them to this large pot.
I love how we celebrate cultures and backgrounds - everyone is special!

We also learned about Viola Desmond and how she was treated unfairly. Because she stood up and fought for what was right and just, her picture now appears on the $10 bill!

We also learned about artist Joan Butterfield and created some amazing safari animal prints inspired by her art! I forgot to take a picture of the finished product but I will add here this week!

Students had fun singing along to the 5 Little Donuts song at the Felt Board.
It's posted as a FREE download in last week's blog post.

Our Sensory Bin is such a hit since we added this water spout (from Amazon)!

Here's a look at our centres this week:

Can you build a tower using these loose parts?

A student donated a huge lot of fabric so we left them out at the Blocks Centre to see what students come up with!

We learned how to write a letter last week so I left out blank letter writing paper at the Writing Centre for students to use.
This is from my "I Can Write! Pack 2" if you'd like to download.

At the Light Table, students can connect the pieces to build the letters of the alphabet.

Can you create a pattern using the pegs/peg boards?

We set up this game we learned a couple of week ago. Two students play against each other. One student begins by placing a coloured tile in one spot on the 3x3 grid using positional language ("Put the yellow square in the top, middle"). We showed the students how to use two positional words (left, right, middle - top, middle, bottom).
This game can be found in my Spatial Relationships in Kindergarten pack.

Our focus in math this week is on Ordinal Numbers.
We will be working on finding different positions (1st, 5th, etc.) and following instructions.




You can find all of these activities, along with 1-week lesson plans, in my Ordinal Numbers in Kindergarten math pack.

In our fine motor small group, we will be using eye droppers to transfer coloured water.
Here's a little tip...ask a pharmacist for plastic eye droppers! They usually give them to you for free or a very minimal cost if you say you are a teacher :)


Since we've been working on CVC words quite a bit these past couple of months, I created this activity for students to stamp the CVC words.


Here are my weekly plans if you'd like to download!


If you would like the editable version to modify this for your own class click HERE.  
The original blank PowerPoint file has been uploaded onto Google Slides but the formatting has changed.