Transportation Thematic Unit
Transportation Thematic Unit
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Product Description
This thematic unit on transportation is a favorite of all children! Contents are systematically linked to academic core objectives and are clearly stated. All curriculum contents are linked to the study of transportation.
Contents include:
Songs/Fingerplays
My Car
Down By The Station
Engine Engine Number Nine
Art Projects
Paint a Plane
Shape Train: Using Shapes to Create a Larger Shape
Construct Vehicles: Developing Spacial Reasoning
Vehicle Wheel Paintings:Using Nontraditional Tools
Transportation Mural: Cooperative Art
Make a Map: Use the Mural to Make Maps
Science
Ramp It Up: Exploring Properties of Physics
Paper Airplanes
Guided Reading Books
Take a Ride
Class-Made Books
My Vehicle
Writing
Transportation Word Wall
Writing Prompts: Take a Ride, To Town
Writing Center Activities:
How To (Level 1 & 2) , Label It, Make a List
Math Activities
Derby Race Car: Identifying Numerals 0-100
One Up Tune Up: Adding One to Make a Sum
Transportation Graph: Graphing Parking Lot Subtraction: Subtraction
Parking Cars: Connecting Numbers to Quantity
On The Plane: Solving Addition Problems 0-5
Counting Cars: Observing and Recording Data
Literacy Activities
Road Racer: Reading Sight Words
Flying High: Reading and Sorting Real and Pretend Words
Vacation Destination: Alphabet Letter and Sound Fluency
Breakdown: Using Letter Sounds to Read Words
Road Trip: Writing Upper and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
Planes Trains and Everything Else: Rhyming Words
The Missing Letters: Writing Letters and Sounds
Contents include:
Songs/Fingerplays:
My Car
Down By The Station
Engine Engine Number Nine
Art Projects:
Paint a Plane
Shape Train: Using Shapes to Create a Larger Shape
Construct Vehicles: Developing Spacial Reasoning
Vehicle Wheel Paintings:Using Nontraditional Tools
Transportation Mural: Cooperative Art
Make a Map: Use the Mural to Make Maps
Science:
Ramp It Up: Exploring Properties of Physics
Paper Airplanes
Guided Reading Book:
Take a Ride
Class-Made Book:
My Vehicle
Writing:
Transportation Word Wall
Writing Prompts: Take a Ride, To Town
Writing Center Activities:
How To (Level 1 & 2) , Label It, Make a List
Math Activities:
Derby Race Car: Identifying Numerals 0-100
One Up Tune Up: Adding One to Make a Sum Transportation Graph: Graphing Parking Lot Subtraction: Subtraction
Parking Cars: Connecting Numbers to Quantity
On The Plane: Solving Addition Problems 0-5
Counting Cars: Observing and Recording Data
Literacy Activities:
Road Racer: Reading Sight Words
Flying High: Reading and Sorting Real and Pretend Words
Vacation Destination: Alphabet Letter and Sound Fluency
Breakdown: Using Letter Sounds to Read Words
Road Trip: Writing Upper and Lowercase Alphabet Letters
Planes Trains and Everything Else: Rhyming Words
The Missing Letters: Writing Letters and Sounds
Total Pages: 170
“Touches on so many common core objectives!”
“Great idea! Can’t wait to use it.”
“I really appreciate the games you have created int his unit which support the lessons I do int he classroom. I feel comfortable allowing my students work independently on the games and know they are still meeting some common core standards.”
“My students loved the song!”
