Letter A week- Apples, Ants, Alligators, and Astronauts! (Overview)

I planned WAY too much for this week and didn't get to all of the activities that I had planned on my lesson plan.  Here are the ones that we got to through!  

(Green are activities that need materials and yellow are printable activities.   Each activity activity is linked back it it's original source)

Monday (apples)	Tuesday (apples)	Wednesday (ant, apple cont.)	Thursday (astronaut, alligator)
-Apple books -Lower case apple a	-Apple rolls	-Letter A for ants Ant books	A for alligator and Alligator books
Painting- apple prints on a tree	-Apple lacing -Torn paper Apple tree	-Color by number ant -Capital lower case sorting	-Alligator color words -Color page (pg 80)
-Apple measuring (source) -Apple cutting practice	Short vowel apples (reading cvc words)	- prewriting practice - ant size sorting - ant parts page	Alligator clothes pin
-Matching apples to numbers -Basket of apples	File folder apple counting	Spoon ant craft	Astronaut Lower case a craft Find and color the a's (pg 19)
Color word  (pg 8-9)	Apple fractions book	Apple parts	Read on the moon (book) Toilet paper roll astronaut craft
Apple spinner graphing game	Which is different?	Apple tasting	Letter a video
Make apple scented playdough and play with animal crackers in them	Make apple muffins	Apple rice crispy	Apple cookies and bag for teachers

Click below for descriptions, pictures, and links of our activities this week! 

Day 1

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Day 3

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Letter A Week - Lesson plan

We were sticking with the short /a/ sounds this week.  That is the beginning sound in the word "apple".  We stayed away from the long /a/ sound like in "acorn".   It is way to confusing to introduce all those sounds at once to little ones.

How to decode our weekly plan- 

(2)- Things I have planned for my two year old

(4)- Things I have planned for my four year old

Yellow- Things to print out (some black and white that students will either cut or color, and some color printed items that I have laminated and ready to use year after year)

Green- Activities that will need some prep time or prep materials.  

My Aa Pinterest Board

Our Aa Lesson Plan (complete with project pictures and links)

All of our Letter A activities 

Our Weekly Plan- Letter Aa (apple, ant, astronaut, alligator)

Monday (apples)	Tuesday (apples)	Wednesday (ant, apple cont.)	Thursday (astronaut, alligator)
-Apple books -Lower case apple a	-Apple rolls	-Letter A for ants Ant books	A for alligator and Alligator books
Painting- apple prints on a tree	-Apple lacing -Torn paper Apple tree	-Color by number ant -Capital lower case sorting	-Alligator color words -Color page (pg 80)
-Apple measuring (source) -Apple cutting practice	Short vowel apples (reading cvc words)	- prewriting practice - ant size sorting - ant parts page	Alligator clothes pin
-Matching apples to numbers -Basket of apples	File folder apple counting	Spoon ant craft	Astronaut Lower case a craft Find and color the a's (pg 19)
Color word  (pg 8-9)	Apple fractions book	Apple parts	Read on the moon (book) Toilet paper roll astronaut craft
Apple spinner graphing game	Which is different?	Apple tasting	Letter a video
Make apple scented playdough and play with animal crackers in them	Make apple muffins	Apple rice crispy	Apple cookies and bag for teachers

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