Tt-Turtle Unit Recap

Unit- Turtle

Letter- Tt

Number- 6

Words To Remember- "I don't quit; I persevere" 

Turtles! Slow moving, snapping, God created, persevering creatures. We have successfully completed another unit! Not on time but all completed and we will persevere on! ;) Who knew you could learn such valuable life lessons from turtles?! :) 

Day 1, was basic introduction, picture cards and we made play dough for the first time! I was even impressed by that! It turned out great, super soft and good smelling! :)

Day 2, we had little sister home with us so we all made baby egg carton turtles after we finished the calendar worksheets! And I added in a turtle packet from another Kindergarten blog, that he really enjoyed!

Day 3, we had our first experience with the blend ladder! I wasn't completely sure what to do with this, but after reading and researching it, I gave it my best try! He seemed to get it pretty quickly and this will be a part of our weekly lessons from now on! We also completed a couple worksheets and pretended to be turtles! He had to get in his shell when there was a predator and eat when there was food! Pretty fun! :)

Day 4, we continued to work on the turtle  book and made paper plate turtles in addition to the everyday stuff! :) We also chanted our words to remember as we cleaned our room..."I don't quit; I persevere"!! Ada was thrilled to be cleaning and chanting, Grayson....not so much, but he persevered to the finish! ;)

 

Day 5, we worked on a few words and ran races! The first race was just running and then each race after that was a little more difficult, each having more obstacles! The obstacles represented sin, and taught him how sin makes our life "race" more and more difficult. He really enjoyed this! He is a thinker and anything that gives him something to think about, he is all for it!

Day 6, completed the turtle unit and is always fun! The best part is, we made puppets to go with our book, so Daddy read it while Grayson and I acted it out with our puppets! We finished up our turtle book, danced to classical music, and moved like turtles and rabbits!

Tomorrow, we move on the a unit all about us! And we have a few special things happening for the 50the day of school! :) I discovered a website called Teachers Pay Teachers, wow! It's wonderful! Tons of printables! Some free, some you pay for...I used only free last night, but if your teaching, or planning to teach, it's definitely something to check out!!