$5 - $10 Kindergarten English Language Arts Thematic Unit Plans (by date, oldest first)
Preschool Trains Thematic Unit
By Joyful Explorations
This packet contains activities designed to enrich any Preschool or Kindergarten study about railroads or trains. The activities will help to reach academic and social goals, and can be used with the themes of "Transportation", "Travel", "Trains" and more.
The activities in this packet include:
★ "Animals on a Train" printable book (in color and B/W)
★ Follow-up activity for the book... "Draw the animals on your train"
★ Poem: "The Big Train" (focusing on color words)
★ Pocket Chart Word Cards for the color words in "The Big Train" and coordinating color train pictures
★Journal page writing prompt
★ Train Math Matching Game
★Train Number Line
★ Printable Train Tickets
★ Printable Train Job Cards (use these to help students remember their role in dramatic play)
★ Signs and a printable banner to enhance dramatic play fun
Goldilocks and the Three (3) Bears Theme/Unit for Preschool
By Joyful Explorations
This Goldilocks thematic unit incorporates literacy learning, math skills and dramatic play.
Printable “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” story book Black/White so children can color the illustrations and take the book home
Pocket chart word cards from the story
Character development activities (focusing on the emotions of the characters)
Apology letter from Goldilocks to the bears
“Big and Small” easy reader book, focusing on size
Sorting bears by size and color
“Whose is it?” activity focusing on small, medium and large
Counting, number recognition and basic subtraction
Printable gameboard to reinforce counting skills
Memory game
“Bears” banner
Printable bear mask (in color or black/white)
Dramatic play placemats
Color Word Rhyming Poems/Songs - Gross and Fine Motor Activities for Colors
By Keeper of Kinders
Kids love songs! Use these original rhyming songs/poems to sing and move as you learn about color words. Students will learn to spell color words and focus on easy to read, decodable CVC words as they locate and circle the color word for the day.
Over two weeks of daily activities to use at the beginning of school t introduce your young learners to color words.
This activity is easy to pair with my Color Word Craft Book and Color Word Daily Sheets to round out your perfect intro to teaching color words to your kindergarten or first grade class.
Color Word Craft Book
Color Word Sheets
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