Language Arts

The sound this week is the blend - /nd/ at the end of band.
Emphasize the /nd/ sound often throughout the day.  Have your child repeat the sound with you.

Put up your sound wall poster.

The main theme for the week is:  Band  (marching bands)

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Animal Music by Harriet Ziefert
Our Marching Band by Lloyd Moss
The Happy Hedgehog Band by Martin Waddell
Snake Alley Band by Elizabeth Nygaard
Froggy Plays in the Band by Jonathan London
The Little Band by James Sage
Saxophone Sam and His Snazzy Jazz Band by Christine M. Schneider
Thump, Thump, Rat-A-Tat-Tat by Gene Baer
Meet the Marching Smithereens by Ann Hayes

Poems that support the theme:

"The Boy in a Band"
by Brett Lybbert

There once was a boy in a band,
Who travelled all over the land,
His trumpet did blare,
The people did stare,
And cheer for that boy in a band.

"Marching Band" by Grace Hays  (Search by the title at www.poemhunter.com)

Songs that support the theme:

"When the Band Begins to Play"
"Seventy-Six Trombones"

Handwriting Assignments:

Day 1:  Practice writing the letter "n" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 2:  Practice writing the letter "d" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 3:  Practice writing the blend "nd" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 4:  Practice writing the word "band" one or two times.

Day 5:  Practice writing any of the other theme words one or two times.
 

Activities and/or Art Projects

Listen to Marching Band music by John Philip Sousa.  Liberty Bell March

While listening to the music by Sousa, draw on paper anything your mind imagines.

Use rhythm band instruments (sticks, bells, maracas, tamborines, toy drum, etc.) and march around the house.

Make some musical instruments to use in your rhythm band!
 

Other Theme Words and Ideas

Other theme words - land, and, sand, hand, pond, fond, bond, end, bend, send, lend, mend, find, wind, stand, grand, sound

Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the blend /nd/:

Footprints in the Sand by Cynthia Benjamin
The Pig in the Pond by Martin Waddell
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets

Poems that support the other theme words or the blend /nd/:

"The Land of Nod" By Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Wind" and "Stand Still and Watch" by Maud Keary (from Enchanted Tulips and Other Verses for Children)

Songs that support the other theme words or the blend /nd/:

"My Hands"
"You're a Grand Old Flag"
"This Land is Your Land"
"Sound of Music"
"Whistle Down the Wind"