Yes!! We are party animals in kindergarten (especially at the end of the year)! I am so excited for our Star Word Beach Party tomorrow. The day when we celebrate all the words we have learned over the year! (details and pictures to come soon) To prepare for our party, we become marine biologists and study the ocean. One project we complete is the research of an ocean animal. The students pick an animal and with their 4th Grade Friend. Together, they create an oil pastel drawing and research facts about that animal. On beach day, we video tape a movie with them dressed in their beach attire reading their facts about the animal they researched. It is adorable and I usually show it during our kindergarten graduation ceremony! Here are some other ocean activities we have done.
I used Carson-Dellosa Fish and Waves Border and DJ Inkers Sea Life Bulletin Board Accents. I cut out 5 fish from the border and used velcro to attach the swimming fish to each page and the eaten fish to the back of the shark. I attached the plain ocean border to each page so the shark puppet could slide through. As you read the story, one could practice addition of subtraction, as the shark eats fish or gains fish in his belly. Print the story here on blue paper or cardstock.
I used the other accents in the book Guess Who Lives in the Ocean, a book of ocean riddles. Start printing here on blue paper or cardstock. (I apologize for the extra neck exercises)
We also reviewed time with this whale clock activity. It could also be done as a shark to go along with the book Tick Tock Sharks by Elizabeth Mills.
Enjoy!!
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