StoryStars is designed to help children take an interest in books and literature at an early age. With our enjoyable and fun themes each week, children see how exciting reading can be! Each week will focus on age-appropriate literary skills while incorporating art, science, math and cooperative learning into the lessons. We will add to our Word Wall each week and children can continue to practice these skills at home with the provided materials. Every child can learn to love stories, and our theme, as always, is Having Fun…One Book at a Time!

November 5th, 12th, 19th
9:30am – 12:00pm
Ages: 2-4

Children will learn what the word grateful means through group discussion and acting it out with puppets. All students will practice writing what they are grateful for in their StoryStars journals. After reading the book Bear Says Thanks, the class will create their own self portraits showing what they’re grateful for! During science noodle time we will learn how being grateful helps our little bodies.

ELA – All The World by Liz Garton
Writing – Sentence Start: What Are You Grateful For?
Art – Create A Grateful Self-Portrait
ELA – Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Science – Noodle Time: Gratitude Helps Our Body!

This week’s theme will have children vocalizing what makes them unique! We will read Spoon by Amy Rosenthal and then make our very own spoon mirrors to take home as a reminder of why we’re all unique! Children will practice math skills by adding up the spoons hidden throughout the classroom on our Tricky Treasure Hunt!

ELA – Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Writing – Sentence Start: What Makes Us Unique?
Art – Making Spoon Mirrors
Math – Addition Practice: Add Them Up!

This week students will get to interview some local volunteers with their very own Big Question. We will read Career Day by Anne Rockwell and create career hats to take home! Students will put on a career performance for our volunteers acting out the many jobs children take an interest in!

ELA – Career Day by Anne Rockwell
Art – Make a Career Day Hat
Theatre – When I Grow Up…
Social Studies – Presentations by Local Professionals

Nov. 26, 2015 -No Class. Happy Thanksgiving!