Letter "E" and CONSTRUCTION

9:30 Gathering: Blocks (constructing towers)

9:40 Circle Time: Do As I’m Doing, home/school poster

9:50 Literacy activity

Letter E, Eggs Eggs Everywhere http://education.byu.edu/seel/database

10:15 Math: How many eggs are there? How many eggs are there with letter E pictures inside?

10:20 Break/Snack - constructing things with pretzels, peanut butter, and marshmallows

10:40 Science - Social Studies – (Used Robyn’s idea)

Show the Kids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS2tXwn4BlE&feature=related
Talk about Hot Air Balloons, and how they are constructed, What types of supplies and tools people might need to make them, and how they operate. Make Hot Air balloons, with a balloon, string, and toilet paper roll. “Ask them to go Home, and Hang them up High in their room”

For the following day:

Construct a puzzle out of craft sticks http://www.ehow.com/how_2265279_make-popsicle-stick-puzzle.html

Then construct a raft out of craft sticks http://www.ehow.com/how_6063996_make-raft-out-popsicle-sticks.html

11:05- Choosing time – set up blocks on the table, build a castle or tower. Construct a tower out of BC builders and destroy them. Talk about the difference between construction and destruction. Construct a train track and talk about people who build tracks.

11:25 read a construction story and Dr. Seuss book (it is his birthday this week)/ clean up