TRANSPORTATION:
TRAVELING BY TRAIN--Day3
Objectives:
1. Teach
children the words to the song called "Down
by the Station". (Optional
sound clip here).
2. Listen to Trains, read orally by the teacher.
3. Recall the different kinds of trains from the story to contribute to the group story mapping on the flannel board.
4. Learn the words to "Clickety Clack", a Hap Palmer record, to recognize different train cars carry different items. (From the album "Witche's Brew").
5. Watch a multimedia film clip about how trains work and the role of the conductor.
6. Trace numbers on dotted lines on each train car (ditto).
7. Color, cut and glue train cars in sequential order.
Materials:
Trains by Gail Gibbons,
train whistle, conductor's hat, large chart paper, magazine pictures, train
sections cards, ditto of train cars with numbers, manila drawing paper,
glue, scissors and crayons.
Procedures:
Set:
Act out and sing "Down by
the Station". Discuss today's topic: Trains. Use pictures on the flannel
board as you discuss.
Development:
Closure:
*At the work tables, children
will count the sections of the train (10) and look at the ditto "Trains
Help Us Travel". They will trace the numbers with a pencil on each train
car. They will draw themselves as the train conductor and color.
*Each train car needs to be
cut on the straight black lines and numerically sequenced onto a long strip
of paper. Glue each car into place from #1 to #10.
Assessment:
Completed papers in correct
numerical order.
Supplemental
Activities:
*Play Ways to Go activity
puzzles, individually or small group.
*Play a train file folder
game: Tootle Trail Game, small group.