WEEK 1:OUT IN THE GARDEN
Our first theme to kick of the 2014 TD Summer
Reading Program was Out in the Garden! To start things off in the program we had
quick discussion about gardens at the beginning: about who has a garden and
what it takes for a garden to grow! We talked about how every plant needs
water, soil, sun and good attention to keep healthy. We talked about the
different things that we can find in a garden like flowers, tomatoes, lettuce,
strawberries and other fruit and vegetables. We then read our first story:
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
We then played a game to see if everyone knew their
fruit and vegetables, the children all decided that broccoli is the worst of
the vegetables J
I then challenged them even further in their
fruit/vegetable knowledge by giving them a riddle and getting them to guess
what I was talking about. Here are the riddles we figured out today in the
program!
I’m round
red and juicy, too
Chop me
up in a salad
Or dump
me in your stew,
What am
I?
Chop me
up and slice me,
But keep
a tissue near.
I
sometimes get a bit juicy
And can
bring on a few tears
What am
I?
Orange is
my colour,
I stand
long and lean.
In the
garden you will see
Just my
leaves of green.
What am
I?
I live in
a pod
With so
many others.
I think I
was born
With one
hundred brothers
What am
I?
I have
eyes for perfection
To give
you my very best.
Baked,
mashed, or French fried,
I’ll pass
any test.
What am
I?
My
friends call me trees,
Now that’s
a funny name,
Though I
am dark, dark, green
With stalks
just the same.
What
am I?
The second story we read was Seven Hungry Babies by
Candace Fleming:
Along with 5 special helpers we sang Five little
Flowers:
One
little flower growing just for you. [Hold up 1 finger.]
Up came another and then there were two. [Hold up 2 fingers.]
Two little flowers growing near a tree.
Up came another and then there were three. [Hold up 3 fingers.]
Three little flowers growing more and more. [Move hand up.]
Up came another and then there were four [Hold up 4 fingers.]
Four little flowers growing side by side.
Up came another and then there were five. [Hold up 5 fingers.]
Up came another and then there were two. [Hold up 2 fingers.]
Two little flowers growing near a tree.
Up came another and then there were three. [Hold up 3 fingers.]
Three little flowers growing more and more. [Move hand up.]
Up came another and then there were four [Hold up 4 fingers.]
Four little flowers growing side by side.
Up came another and then there were five. [Hold up 5 fingers.]
Five Little Flowers Standing in the sun
See their heads nodding, Bowing one by one [Bend fingers several times.]
Down, down, down Comes the gentle rain [Raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower hands.]
And the 5 little flowers Lift up their heads again [Hold up 5 fingers.]
See their heads nodding, Bowing one by one [Bend fingers several times.]
Down, down, down Comes the gentle rain [Raise hands, wiggle fingers and lower hands.]
And the 5 little flowers Lift up their heads again [Hold up 5 fingers.]
We read our third and final story, The Enormous
Potato by Aubrey Davis
We moved into our craft which was a paper flower and we glued
real leaves and poured grass seeds in the center of the flower!
If
you are looking for some other great gardening books to read, here are some
suggestions!
Next week we will be exploring the land of music! Our theme is March to the beat of your own drum.
Don’t
forget to bring in your reading notebook next time, with all your readings from
the past week so you can enter into the weekly prize. The prize will be drawn
Friday at 4:00!
