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Read Together: Building a House #1
Read Building a House by Byron Barton with children. Have children talk about the sequence of steps builders follow to construct a house.
Read Together: Building a House #2
Read Building a House. Focus on the different steps the builders took to build a house and compare it to the steps the children took in building their houses.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 6, Week 2
Read aloud The Three Little Javelinas, another version of The Three Little Pigs, or a new book about building.
Read Together: Houses and Homes
Read Houses and Homes by Ann Morris. Focus on the materials used to build houses and how the materials vary because of where people live in the world.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #1
Have children compare the tools in the book to the tools in Building a House.
Read Together: Tap Tap Bang Bang #2
Read the story again and focus on the tools and the sequence they have in building the kart.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #1
Read another story about the three little pigs. Explain that this book tells the big bad wolf’s side to the story.
Read Together: Tell the Truth, B. B. Wolf #2
Reread the story and have children identify the tools in the book.
Read Together: The Three Little Javelinas #1
Read another version of the folktale The Three Little Pigs. Compare this story to other versions.
Read Together: The Three Little Javelinas #2
Reread The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell. Help children make connections between the pigs’ houses and structures they have built.
Read Together: The Three Little Pigs #1
Read aloud The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone. Prompt children to think about the materials the pigs used to build the houses.
Read Together: The Three Little Pigs #2
Read the folktale and discuss what makes it a make-believe story.
Read Together: The Three Little Pigs #3
Reread The Three Little Pigs. Have children focus on the order of events in the story.
Recite Together: “Ten Little Nails”
Recite the chant and have children act out the movements with you to the counting rhyme.
Recite Together: “Three Javelinas”
Recite the chant with finger motions that represent the three javelinas.
Review the Week Together: Unit 6, Week 1
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review building houses, tools, and shapes, “Bb,” /b/, and build.
Review the Week Together: Unit 6, Week 2
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review towers and building strong structures, “Tt,” /t/, and tool.
Review the Week Together: Unit 6, Week 3
Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. Review measuring tools, size, and bridges, “Xx,” /x/, /ks/, and x-ray.
Sandy Desert Paintings
Invite children to paint desert pictures. Allow them to shake sand onto their artwork.
Sing Together: “A-Hunting We Will Go”
Sing the song. Emphasize the /ks/ sound at the end of box and fox.