Shark Tales

The children loved the stories that we read about sharks.  The first was titled The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark.  We made a text-to-text connection when we compared this story to the story The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf.  Instead of huffing and puffing the houses down, like the wolf, the shark munched and crunched the houses down.  In both stories the characters used three different types of materials to construct their houses.  At the end of both stories the characters were safe from the wolf and shark.

Our second story was titled Sharks.  This book is part of a series of nonfiction books called Pebble Books.  You can find these books in the Meeme Library or the Kiel Public Library.  They are a well written nonfiction series.

For centers the children read the paper book titled Watch Out Fish.  On each page the children tracked the words from left to right with their pointer finger.  They then listened for the number in each sentence.  Lastly, they drew the corresponding number of fish on the page for the illustration.  At closing circle the children reread their story to a friend.  Rereading books helps with memorizing words and fluency.

At one of our independent centers the children took a boat that had a number programed on it.  They then counted the corresponding number of whale counters on the boat.  When they were done practicing one-to-one correspondence they put together ocean animal number puzzles.