San Francisco Adventist School

Our Classroom Activities

October 22-26, 2007

Dear Families,

We are continuing our month long unit about nighttime. This week we will be learning about owls. This week we will focus on the following concepts:

Owls have the world’s best night vision; they can hear better than other birds.
Owl eyes don’t move. Owls have very flexible necks that allow their heads to turn most of the way around.
Ear tufts have nothing to do with the owl’s hearing. Owls have ears that you don’t usually see. Large ear holes are hidden by their facial disks.
Unlike most birds, the feathers of an owl’s wings have soft edges. This helps an owl fly almost silently, so as not to be heard by its prey.

Worship

Story: Moses and the

Burning Bush

Project: A Big Bush

Role Playing

Shimmery Shakers

Map Skills/Geoagraphy

Bible Words: Exodus 3:10

Songs:

Baby Moses

Fingerplay:

Moses’ Adventures

Group Time

Stories—

See How They Grow: Owls

Owl Babies

Owl Moon

Good Night, Owl

Dictation: Why Stars

Twinkle

Describing Words: Night

Songs –

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Little Hoot Owl

Lyin’ in My Sleeping Bag

Art

Paper Bag Owls

-Creativity

-Fine Motor Skills

Owl Masks

-Fine Motor Skills

-Cutting

Crayon Resist Owls

-Fine Motor Skills

-Cutting

Math

Daily Calendar

Copy, Identify, Extend, and

Create Patterns

Pattern Trains

Paper Pattern Chains

Musical Patterns

Using Left and Right

Paths and Patterns Minibook

Problem Solving: Find the

Pattern

Book: Lots and Lots of

Zebra Stripes

Dramatic Play

Prepare a forest habitat with

plants, nocturnal animals,

stars, and camping

equipment

Construction

Building Owl Nests

Language

Fingerplay: Who Are You?

Predictable Chart: Owls…

Role-playing: Owl Babies

Game: I Spy!

Rhyming Words

Manipulatives

Camping Sets

Forest Animals and Habitats

Star Beads

Forest Floor Puzzles

Phonics/Writing

Owl Facts Book

PowerPoint Presentation:

Owls

Discovery/Science
How Do Pumpkins Grow?

Gross Motor

Catching Balls

Hopping/Jumping/Skipping

Cooking

Hot On Your Trail Mix

Measuring Tablespoons

Who Are You?
Way up high in the old oak tree,	Point up.
One little owl looked at me.	Hold up one finger.
So I said, “Who-who? Oh, who are you?”	Make circles with fingers. Peer through them.
“Who-who,” he said, and away he flew!	Flap arms.