First Grade - Week 14 - Bee Unit

Here is what we did FUN this week!

 Art project for our Monet Study (more to come on this later)

November LEGO CLUB!  (Read more about it HERE)

Bee Lapbook (we don't usually do lapbooks, but we gave it a shot this week, and it was fairly successfly, minimal grumbling   I did a lot of the cutting out and prep work, leaving him with minimal....I did some writing, while he did some as well.  We got most of the materials from CurrClick - Honey Bee Mini Books, I also used Bee Parts from 2TeachingMommies and bee info hexagon from Enchanted Learning.

For Writing/Spelling -

Correct Spelling Insects

Bee Anatomy and Life Cycle

Animal Groups Book - Insect Page

We made an Egyptian Sailboat from Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide one of the reference books used with Pandia Press Ancient History

We Watched

Episode:  In a Beehive

C Read


We Read -
Aesop's Fables - The Bear and The Bees, The Bees and Wasps, and The Hornet.
We also read the poem, Bee! I'm expecting you and Every Insect from
 

And a fun bee app for only 99cents

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Preschool Wrap-Up (week 14)

    

Art project:  Beehives using a lid (we used applesauce and juice lids), then we used a stamp for the bee, and put it on with a pop dot so it sticks out a little bit.  I got the idea from here 

Counting Cards

magnet page

 Open and Close boxes  they LOVED this one!

    

yellow pom poms (bees) and tees (flowers) - they really liked this one too!


 Maze

Putting bees into the hive - Another favorite

 Spelling with magnet tiles

 File folder game - color matching

We also downloaded the Busy Bee Preschool Bug Games app

It was a really fun week!
Check out the original workbox post with links to printable used, other activities we had set up and my pinterest board!!  HERE

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Weekly Workboxes - Week 14

We are continuing with insects - this week it's bees!  Unless otherwise noted the printables posted are from 2 Teaching Mommies BEE UNIT.

Books to Read

Open and Close with a bee eraser hidden in one.

Golf tees and yellow pompoms (put golf tee in holes, put pompom on tee)

Bb Tray

Putting the bees/honey into the hives - I fashioned this from a cut up toilet paper tube, glued them together and glued them to a meat tray.  Using the spoon they will transfer the yellow pompoms, one in each circle.

Bee Maze

Bee Magnet Dot Page

Bee counting clip cards

Bee Spelling

Bee Color Match using Color Box 2

Bee do-a-dot page, bee stamp and other art projects

File Folder Game

Don't forget to check back Saturday for our WEEKLY WRAP-UP and/or check out other great ideas I have on the Preschool Pinterest Page

You can find this years outline of topics HERE 

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