Language Arts

The sound this week is the soft sound of g /j/ as in giant.
Emphasize the soft g /j/ 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:  Giant

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Boy Soup or When Giant Caught Cold by Loris Lesynski
Giant Tales From Around the World retold by Fiona Waters
The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola
Jack and the Beanstalk by E. Nesbit
The Giant Hug by Sandra Horning
The Giant and the Beanstalk by Diane Stanley
The Book of Giant Stories by David L. Harrison
David and the Giant by Emily Little

Poems & Songs that support the theme:

Once I met a Giant
by Katrina Lybbert

Once I met a giant,
While playing at the park,
I had to look up very high,
His hair was long and dark.

He picked me up with his little finger,
And to my surprise,
This giant was so very gentle,
His smile like the sunrise.

We traveled all around the world,
We played on land and shore,
We made it back in just an hour,
But I wanted to play more.

The giant had to go he said,
But if I came back tomorrow,
He would take me to his home,
Away above the rainbow.
 

Handwriting Assignments:

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

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

Day 3:  Practice writing both capital and small letter "Gg" on one line of handwriting paper.

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

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

Activities and/or Art Projects

Giants in the Land

Giant Gingerbread House

Lay down on a long sheet of paper and trace the outline of your body.  Then turn this drawing into a picture of a giant.  Be creative!
 
 

Other Theme Words and Ideas

Other theme words - gentle, gem, geography, germ, gymnastics, gelatin, general, gypsy, genius, gingerbread and so on...

Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the soft sound of g /j/:

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
Gorillas: Gentle Giants of the Forest by Joyce Milton
Madeline and the Gypsies by Ludwig Bemelmans
Germs Make Me Sick by Melvin Berger
I Love Gymnastics by Naia Bray-Moffatt
Curious George books by H. A. Rey

Poems & Songs that support the other theme words or the soft sound of g /j/:

Gingerbread Poems, Songs and more...