Kindergarten Theme by Theme Resources for HMR

Kindergarten Theme By Theme Resources for HMR

Theme 1: Look At Us!

Week 1: Now I’m Big, Mice Squeak, We Speak, Let’s Play!

United Streaming:  Going to School Is Your Job (clip on Everybody Has a Job, A Tour of the School: Office’s Job, Principal’s Job, Custodial Engineer’s Job, Librarian’s Job, School Nurse’s Job, Computer Teacher’s Job, Teacher’s Job, etc.)

Week 2: The Gingerbread Man, Here Are My Hands, How Do You Feel?

United Streaming:  Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Growing Up (clips on Learning About Growing Up, Caterpillar to Butterfly, Taking Care of Baby Tiny, My Family Tree, A Little Elephant Gets Big, Tadpoles Grow Into Frogs, A Little Elephant Gets Even Bigger, What Plants Need To Grow, Babies, Toddlers, Children, and Adults)

From Small to Tall: QuickTime movie of a girl growing up (her mom took a picture of her outside the front door on the first day of school every year; the software morphs these images into a time lapse movie of her growth) http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/small/growth.shtml

Week 3: The City Mouse and the Country Mouse, Mice Squeak, We Speak, Here Are My Hands, Let’s Play!, How Do You Feel?

Animals Two By Two: Interactive activity where students select the right picture of the grown up animal after seeing the picture of the baby animal http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AnimalsTwobyTwo/index.html

Theme 2: Colors All Around

Week 1: I Need a Lunch Box, I Went Walking, What’s My Favorite Color?

United Streaming:  Animal Colors and Shapes (clip on Show Off Colors)

Five Hungry Crocodiles: Narrated short poem where students may be called to the teacher’s computer to choose the correct color fish for the crocodile to eat; also available in Spanish (see below) http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/5hungrycrocs.asp

Cinco Cocodrilos Hambrientos: Above site, but in Spanish. http://www.storyplace.org/sp/preschool/activities/5hungrycrocs.asp Color Mixing: Website from Harcourt School Publishers could be shared with the class. It is narrated and provides an opportunity to mix colors on the screen. It also includes easy-to-understand information about the color wheel and mixing colors. http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/color/color.html

Sesame Street: Color Me Hungry: Interactive activity in which students must match the color of the food to the color of the tray. This activity could be done either by individuals or pairs of students at the Computer Center or by the whole class with the teacher calling up individual students to make a move on the computer while others watched. http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/colormehungry.html

Literacy Center Education Network: Choose Colors from the menu of activities. There are three activities to help students learn colors and the words for colors. This could be a Computer Center activity. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

Literacy Center Education Network: Above activity, but in Spanish. Choose Colores from the menu of activities. There are three activities to help students learn colors and the words in Spanish for colors. This could be a Computer Center activity. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_es.htm

Week 2: Caps of Many Colors, In the Big Blue Sea, What Do You Do, Norbert Wu?

United Streaming:  Seahouse: Colors and Patterns (clips on Fish Stay Safe, How Colors and Patterns Help Protect Fish)

Color the Rainbow: Frog narrates a rhyming poem about guessing the colors of the rainbow. The teacher could show the site to students as a whole class activity and have them guess the correct colors or this website could be used by individuals or pairs of students at the Computer Center if the class has sufficient access to technology. http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/colorstory.asp

BBC Education – Snapdragon; What Colour?: Students must count the number of objects of a certain color and choose the correct number. The number is then said aloud in English (and Gaelic?). http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/snapdragon/yesflash/how-many-plus-1.htm

Week 3: How the Birds Got Their Colors, I Went Walking, In the Big Blue Sea, What’s My Favorite Color, What Do You Do, Norbert Wu?

United Streaming:  Animal Colors and Shapes (clips on Warning Colors, Camouflage Colors, Changing Colors) What Color Is It?: Narrated interactive activity in which students must choose the correct color of various objects. This website could be used by individuals or pairs of students at the Computer Center, if the class has sufficient access to technology or it could be presented to the class as a whole with the teacher calling individuals up to the computer to make a choice http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/coloractivity.asp

Que Color Es?: Same as above, but in Spanish http://www.storyplace.org/sp/preschool/activities/colorstory.asp?themeid=3

Clifford The Big Red Dog: Coloring Book: If there is sufficient time and access to technology, students can learn to use the computer drawing tools on a paint program (choosing the paint bucket, different size brushes, colors, and pictures to color). http://pbskids.org/clifford/games/pup_coloring01.html

Carmine’s Introduction to Color: Site could be presented to the class because it includes many interactive color activities where students could be involved in decision-making. The site includes information about primary colors, the color wheel, warm, cool and neutral colors, tints and shades, and a color quiz (some of this might be a bit advanced for kindergarten, but could provide good background knowledge for teachers). http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/color1/color1.html

Theme 3: We’re A Family

Week 1: Jonathan and His Mommy, Tortillas and Lullabies, Families

United Streaming:  All About Families (clips on Many Kinds of Families, Things Families Do Together, Family Rules, The Joy of Families All Over the World, etc.)

Week 2: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Shoes for Grandpa, Which Would You Choose?

United Streaming:  Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Growing Up (clip on My Family Tree)

Family Tree: Printable family tree http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/books/backtoschool/Familytreepage.shtml

Week 3: The Amazing Little Porridge Pot, Tortillas and Lullabies, Shoes from Grandpa, Families, Which Would You Choose?:

United Streaming:  What is s Family? (clips on Families are Different, Weddings, Two Kinds of Families, Families Live in Different Places, Family Fun, Families Work, Families Change, Family Rules, Family Celebrations, etc.)

US Census Bureau: PhotoZone: Families: Photos of different types of families and some statistics that will provide background for teachers. These and other photos could be used in the class mural activity. http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/photos/families.html

Theme 4: Friends Together

Week 1: Friends at School, Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book, We Read Together:

United Streaming:  Let’s Get Along!: Making and Keeping Friends (clips on Meeting and Greeting, Including Your Friends, Find Good Things to Say, Taking Turns, Keys to Keeping Friends)

Week 2: The Lion and the Mouse, My Dad and I, Friends Help Friends:

United Streaming:  I Can Be Responsible! (clip on Being Responsible to Your Friends and Community)

Week 3: Stone Soup, Aaron and Gayla’s Alphabet Book, My Dad and I, We Read Together, Friends Help Friends:

United Streaming:  Introduction to Picture Books: Stories About Friends (clips on Wonderful Friends, Helping Each Other)

Enemy Pie: Click on the Watch Video link http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/heroes_and_hope/enemy_pie.html

Theme 5: Let’s Count

Week 1: Benny’s Pennies, Feast for 10, What’s on the Menu?:

United Streaming:

 Math Monsters: Counting and Symbolizing (clips on Math Monsters Song, Song: Everybody Counts, Taking Inventory at the Pet Store, Using Colors to Count to 7, Using Marks to Count to 10, Inventory at the Supermarket, etc.)

LiteracyCenter.net: Choose Numbers for several counting activities. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm

LiteracyCenter.net: Same as above, but in Spanish. Choose Numeros for several counting activities. http://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_es.htm

Week 2: Counting Noodles, Ten Little Puppies, Meet Scott Nash:

United Streaming:  Animals and Numbers (clips on Salmon in a River: Counting Forwards and Backwards, Adding and Subtracting by One, Counting, Adding, and Subtracting by Two, etc.)

Priory Woods: Bugz - Counting Spots: Count the spots on the ladybug and select the correct number using the mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/previews/bugz.htm

Priory Woods: Animated Counting Songs: Songs include 5 Little Snowmen, 10 Fat Sausages, 5 Little Ducks, 5 Naughty Monkeys, and 5 Speckled Frogs. http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/findout/counting/index.htm

Week 3: Peace and Quiet, Feast for 10, Ten Little Puppies, What’s on the Menu, Meet Scott Nash:

United Streaming:

 Math Investigations (clips on Sports: Addition and Subtraction, Music: Fractions, Animal Families: Counting by 10s, Bison: Place Value, Games: Addition and Subtraction, Trains: Addition and Subtraction)

Fishy Count: Click Start to begin. Then count the fish and choose the shell with the correct number. Give corrective feedback and shows how to count the fish if the incorrect number is chosen. http://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/start.htm

Theme 6: Sunshine and Raindrops

Week 1: Chicken Soup with Rice, What Will the Weather Be Like Today?, Checking the Weather:

United Streaming:  The Four Seasons (clips on Year, Weather, Fall, Winter, Spring)

What is Weather?: Select the About Weather link for interactive activities about Wind Direction, Wind Force, Precipitation, Temperature, Sunshine, Visibility, and Clouds. Select the Weather and People link for interactive activities about Housing, Clothing and Sports. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/

Week 2: The Sun and the Wind, All to Build a Snowman, What Can We Do?:

United Streaming:  Investigating Weather (clips on The Earth’s Tilt on Its Axis and the Seasons, Air Masses and Fronts, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones, Forecasting the Weather); also available in Spanish

The Snowman Game: Interactive activity from FEMA where students can drag and drop clothes to dress the snowman. http://www.fema.gov/kids/games/snowman/

Week 3: The Woodcutter’s Cap, What Will the Weather Be Like Today?, All to Build a Snowman, Checking the Weather, What Can We Do?:

United Streaming:  Weather: Changes and Measurement (clips on Temperature, How Temperature Works, Wind, Water)

 Weather: A First Look (clips on The Weather is Different From Day to Day and From Place to Place, How the Sun Affects Weather, How Water Affects Weather, How Wind Affects Weather)

What’s the Weather: Read a thermometer and dress the bear appropriately to go outside. This could be a whole class activity with students deciding how to dress the bear by choosing Hot, Warm, Cool, Cold or Freezing once they have read the thermometer. http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK-2/AirandWeather/activities/whatstheweather.html

Theme 7: Wheels Go Around

Week 1: Wheels Around, The Wheels on the Bus, Look for Wheels:

United Streaming: Show one of the following clips about the wheel and axle  Simple Machines (clip on Wheel and Axle)

 Simple Machines: A First Look (clip on The Wheel and Axle)

 Discovering Simple Machines: Lever, Wheel and Axle, Pulley (clip on The Wheel and Axle)

Transportation/Vehicles at Enchanted Learning: The site contains pictures, diagrams, and information that can be used to support instruction throughout the theme. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/transportation.shtml

Week 2: The Little Engine that Could, Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom, Cool Wheels:

United Streaming:  Away We Go: All About Transportation (clips on The Wheel, Cars, Trucks, Trains)

Fun Video Special About Construction Equipment from Kikki’s Workshop: Select Low Res or High Res clips for Mac or Windows and watch very short clips about construction equipment. http://www.kenkenkikki.jp/special/no06/e_index.html

Week 3: Mr. Grumpy’s Motor Car, The Wheels on the Bus, Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom, Look for Wheels, Cool Wheels:

United Streaming:  Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Getting Around (clip on You Can’t Get Far Without Round Wheels)

Theme 8: Down On The Farm

Week 1: The Story of Half-Chicken, Cows in the Kitchen, Ice Cream: From Cows to Kids:

United Streaming:  Let’s Explore: Around the Farm (clips on What is a Farm?, What Does a Farmer Do?, Small Farms, Dairy Farms, Special Farms, Seasons on the Farm)

CowCam: Take a look at whatever is going on at the dairy or view archived pictures. Teachers can leave the CowCam site on a computer and students can take a look at different times during the day. http://www.lancasterfarming.com/cowcam.html

The Farm and Farm Animals at Enchanted Learning: Site from Enchanted Learning with poems and songs, craft suggestions, and information about farm animals. It includes printouts for students to label and diagrams that teachers can print and add to the Focus Wall. The site can be used throughout the unit. http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/coloring/farm.shtml

Kids Korner: Site for children from the Michigan Department of Agriculture. Select the Country Fair link to learn about animals and crops. Select the Stories link for information about life on a farm or pets. Site provides background about farm life for teachers. http://www.mda.state.mi.us/kids/main.html Week 2: The Enormous Turnip, Mouse’s Birthday, Who Lives on the Farm?:

United Streaming:  Farm Animals: A First Look (clips on Horses, Chickens, Cattle, Sheep, Goat, Pigs, Dogs)

Welcome to CyberSpace Farm: Learn about farm animals and crops on farms in Kansas. Site provides background for teachers. Pictures from many of the pages may be shared with the class. http://www.cyberspaceag.com/

Kbears Farm: The site has information about farm animals, animal sounds and pictures of farm animals. http://kbears.com/farm/

Kids Farm: Learn about farm animals, what grows on a farm, animal sounds, farm equipment, etc. http://www.kidsfarm.com/

Week 3: A Lion on the Path, Cows in the Kitchen, Mouse’s Birthday, Ice Cream: From Cows to Kids, Who Lives on the Farm?:

United Streaming:  Come to a Farm (clips on Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

Priory Woods: Find Out About the Farm: Site includes a story that is narrated and has sound effects called The Sleepy Farmer. Students click the arrows to turn the pages and hear the story read aloud. There is also a listening activity, a matching activity, and a counting activity. Note that some activities do not work with certain browsers. http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/kidsonly/findout/farm/main.htm

Theme 9: Spring Is Here

Week 1: Kevin and His Dad, Spring Is Here, What Season Is It?:

United Streaming:  Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Seasons (clips on The Seasons Game, Spring is Here!, The Joys of Spring, Why Do We Have Seasons?)

 Magical Mother Nature: The Four Seasons (clip on Spring)

Signs of Spring: Watch a KidPix slideshow about spring created by this first grade class or click on the link to watch a video of the class signing and reciting the poem ‘Spring is Here’. http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/showcase/dematteo/dematteo.htm

Week 2: The Tortoise and the Hare, Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, Spring Jobs: United Streaming:  Aesop’s Fables (clip on The Tortoise and the Hare)

 Through the Seasons with Birds: Spring (clips on Spring Begins, Spring is a Busy Time for Birds, Migration Ends, Birds Fill the Springtime Air with Songs, Other Springtime Courtship Behaviors, Nesting, Egg Laying, Incubating, and Hatching, Spring Ends)

Spring Lambs: Pictures and information about spring lambs. http://www.cyberspaceag.com/visitafarm/photoessays/springlambs/default.htm

Week 3: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Spring Is Here, Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, What Season Is It?, Spring Jobs:

United Streaming:  The Three Billy Goats Gruff

 The Four Seasons (clip on Spring)

Theme 10: A World Of Animals

Week 1: Run Away, Splash!, Baby Animals Play:

United Streaming:  Animal ABCs (separate clips for each letter of the alphabet; select clips each week of the unit that correspond to the letters that are covered in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics lessons or to help your students learn more about the animals mentioned in the reading selections)

 Animal Alphabet (separate clips for each letter of the alphabet; select clips each week of the unit that correspond to the letters that are covered in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics lessons or to help your students learn more about the animals mentioned in the reading selections)

I Spy Animal Guessing Game: Teachers might want to share this site with the whole class, calling up students to click on the correct animal once the teacher reads the clue. http://www.kidspsych.org/ispy.html

Build a Habitat: Site from Reading Rainbow where students can click and drag sea creatures into an ocean habitat picture. http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/seaya/build_a_habitat.html Enchanted Learning Animal Printouts: Site from Enchanted Learning with links to information and diagrams about all types of animals arranged by letter of the alphabet. Site includes pages that can be printed and labeled. Site can be a resource throughout the unit. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/

Week 2: The Tale of the Three Little Pigs, Feathers for Lunch, Which Pet?:

United Streaming:  The Three Little Pigs

 Animal ABCs (separate clips for each letter of the alphabet; select clips each week of the unit that correspond to the letters that are covered in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics lessons or to help your students learn more about the animals mentioned in the reading selections)

Animal Sounds Library: Listen to the sounds of many animals by clicking the Listen link under the name of the animal. http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/sound-library/index.htm

Week 3: Henny Penny, Splash!, Feathers for Lunch, Baby Animals Play, Which Pet?:

United Streaming:  Animal ABCs (separate clips for each letter of the alphabet; select clips each week of the unit that correspond to the letters that are covered in Phonemic Awareness and Phonics lessons or to help your students learn more about the animals mentioned in the reading selections)

SwitchZoo: Make your own animals by clicking on different heads, bodies and tails of real animals to combine them into imaginary animals. Teachers might want to do this at first as a whole class activity, calling up different children to make the choices and watch the animals morph before their eyes. http://www.switchzoo.com/zoo.htm Habitat Matching Game: Move slider to Slow on the Easy activity setting for Kindergarten and then press Start. Students must drag and drop animals in the correct habitat within the time allowed. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/lab/wheredo/index.shtml