Pond Thematic Unit
Pond Thematic Unit
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Product Description
Enjoy learning about animals and insects that live in a pond as your use this engaging "Developmentally Appropriate Thematic Unit" about Pond Animals.
Life in a Pond is filled with authentic play-based learning activities that your students in your classroom and/or homeschool setting will love. All activities are strategically linked to Common Core Standards.
Contents include:
Songs/Fingerplays
Five Little Ducks
Oh I Want to Be a Frog
The Little White Duck
Art Projects
Handprint Duck
Fingerpaint Ducks Portfolio Sample
Frog Construct
Science
A Frog’s Life: Sequencing Map
A Duck Grows Up: A Science Booklet: Duck’s Life Cycle
Kitchen
Frog in a Pond
Frogs on a Log
Guided Reading Books
The Pond
A Frog Grows
Writing
Pond Word Wall
Writing Prompts: The Frog, Ducks
Writing Center Activities:
How To, Write It, Label It
Math Activities
Hopping Frogs: Solving Equations
Where’s My Mommy: Matching Equations to Decompositions
Frog Subtraction: Subtracting Objects
Turtle Race: Adding and Subtracting Fluently
Teen Duck Lotto: Matching Teen Numbers to Quantity
Literacy Activities
Frogger: Decoding CVC Words
Pond Phrases: Reading & Matching Phrases
Turtle Snap: Decoding Nonsense Words
Punctuation Pond: Choosing End Punctuation Marks
Pond Hunt: Write the Room Sight Words
At the Pond: Writing 3 and 4 Sound Words
Pond Sort: Word Family Picture Sort
Contents include:
Songs/Fingerplays:
Five Little Ducks
Oh I Want to Be a Frog
The Little White Duck
Art Projects:
Handprint Duck
Fingerpaint Ducks Portfolio Sample
Frog Construct
Science:
A Frog’s Life: Sequencing Map
A Duck Grows Up: A Science Booklet: Duck’s Life Cycle
Kitchen:
Frog in a Pond
Frogs on a Log
Guided Reading Books:
The Pond
A Frog Grows
Writing:
Pond Word Wall
Writing Prompts: The Frog, Ducks
Writing Center Activities:
How To, Write It, Label It
Math Activities:
Hopping Frogs: Solving Equations
Where’s My Mommy: Matching Equations to Decompositions
Frog Subtraction: Subtracting Objects
Turtle Race: Adding and Subtracting Fluently
Teen Duck Lotto: Matching Teen Numbers to Quantity
Literacy Activities:
Frogger: Decoding CVC Words
Pond Phrases: Reading & Matching Phrases
Turtle Snap: Decoding Nonsense Words
Punctuation Pond: Choosing End Punctuation Marks
Pond Hunt: Write the Room Sight Words
At the Pond: Writing 3 and 4 Sound Words
Pond Sort: Word Family Picture Sort
Total Pages: 121
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“Perfect for my class! Thank you!”
“Well done! I love how you included all subjects! The activities are fun and easy to prep. Your books are wonderful and I like how you included snacks at the end of the packet.”
“The activities you created in this unit have helped reinforce the pond unit we do in my kindergarten classroom. It was nice to have games and independent stations that helped my students meet some of the common core standards. Thank you for the work”
