September

= Thematic Topic: "All About Me" Math Focus: Sort and Classify Attributes =

[|Kinderkorner] Lots of book titles for the unit and poetry/ fingerplays for All About Me

[|Alphabet-Soup] An awesome collection of poems and fingerplays for All About Me

for book: __I Like Me__ (by Nancy Carlson)

Scholastic Lesson Plan and printable for use with __The Alphabet Tree__ by Leo Leonni

Make a class[| "It's OK Book" showing this sample on the webpage] based on __It's OK to be Different__ by Todd Parr

This is a [|huge list of ideas]on teachers.net to use with __Chrysanthemum__ by Kevin Henkes

Lesson [|Ideas at the VirtualVine] page for __Chicka-Chicka- Boom-Boom__ also the Chicka-Challenge Idea compilation on [|Teachers.net]

[|Printable Facial Expression Dice] from SENteacher.org to use with __I Feel Silly__

Math: Sorting and Classifying by Attributes [| How Many Letters are in Your Name?] This is a Scholastic lesson plan using Chrysanthemum to make a name graph by numbers of letters.

[|Sorting] with Primary Resources This is a wonderful online sorting activity. Use the mouse to drag and drop objects to sort them into groups.

Primary [|Sorting] Click Beans and Pulses at the top, then answer questions to sort by rules. (another online game)

[|Printable Sorting Cards] for attributes of size, color, shape (from Educational Synthesis)

[|SesameStreet.org] I searched for "sorting" and came up with a playlist of games and videos about collecting, classifying, and sorting. Play Oscar's Trash Collection