We wouldn't be surprised if your hippo requests a pizza night this weekend because...
This week our classroom turned into a pizza restaurant!
We began by reading
Pizza by Frank Asch
. Our dramatic play area contained a pizza oven, pizza boxes, felt pizza crusts and toppings, menus, order forms, pot holders, pizza trays, salad, plates, aprons and chef hats made by the kids! The children had a wonderful time pretending and working together! The students made crazy pizzas based on the book and named their crazy pizzas. Our letters this week were P-I-Z-Z-A! We sang a bingo song with these letters! The students enjoyed watching a video of how a pizza is made at Papa Johns. Then we watched a video of the fastest pizza maker. He made a pizza in 43 seconds! We also played a clue game with the different ingredients and a whats missing game using the ingredients.
We read
Pete's a Pizza, in which a father cheers up his son on a rainy day by pretending to make him into a pizza. We had fun turning each other into pizzas by using a squirt bottle with water (pretending we were putting the oil on), brushing the oil on with a paint brush, kneading the dough, spreading the sauce, and putting all types of delicious toppings on our bodies. After we cooked the pizza, we then sliced it and ate it! (tickled them). There were lots of laughs and giggles. Other center activities included the sensory table which contained rice, letters and shakers, pizza puzzles, making chef hats, play-doh (rollers, red poker chips, cutting utensils, felt pizza ingredients), making salad by cutting and scrunching paper, and making roads on butcher paper for pizza deliveries.
We signed in by choosing our favorite type of pizza. Later, we read Hi, Pizza Man. It made us laugh with all the different animals that showed up at the door with a pizza. The hippos came up with different animals or things that would show up at their door delivering pizza and drew this in their journals. It was great hearing what their imaginations came up with. We also took a survey and went around the school and asked teachers which type of pizza they liked. During gym time we played CHEESE, CHEESE, PIZZA (the same as duck, duck goose).
Learning goals this week: fine and gross motor, sensory input, taking turns, using language, resolving conflicts, recognizing letters in the word PIZZA, comparing and counting numbers, confident behavior, voice volume, respectful behaviors, sequencing and answering questions, letters and recognizing and counting objects
Books read:
Pizza!
Pete's a Pizza
Hi, Pizza Man
YouTube Pizza song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O16-V_JtYs
Next Week: More Pizza!
Questions to ask your child:
How did it feel to be made into a pizza?
What animals delivered pizza in our book,
Hi Pizza Man? (cow, snake, dog, cat, duck, dinosaur)
What is your favorite kind of pizza?
What did you enjoy doing in our dramatic play pizza restaurant?
Reminders:Tie Dye shirts due this Monday the 6th. Please send them in a gallon ziplock bag with your name on the bag and the shirt.
May 30th Last Day of school -party at a park....more details to come
Things to do at home:
When baking, point out how you have to follow a certain sequence in the recipe to have it turn out right. Also, point out the pizza places you see as you drive in the car.
Enjoy the pictures!!
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| Our hippos turned into a pizza after reading, Pete's A Pizza. |
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| We rolled the dough! |
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| Here we made chef's hats! |
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Our sensory bin contained rice, pepperonis,
scoopers and spice containers. |
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| We put on the pizza toppings! |
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| We copied signs for our pizza restaurant! |
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| We counted pepperonis and clipped the correct number. |
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| After reading our story called, Pizza, we made our own crazy pizzas. |
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| We made pizza out of playdough and foam pieces. |
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| Velcro pizza and toppings! |
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We played a game in which we rolled a dice and
put that ingredient on top while balancing it on the pizza man
and trying not to let the ingredients fall off the pizza. |
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| We played with cars and houses! |
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| After cutting the pizza we then glued it together! |
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| The hippos loved dancing to the pizza videos! |
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| We were able to pet the chicks we saw last week before they went to the farm. |
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| Cheese, Cheese, Pizza! |
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| A picture with Brie! |
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| Here, we used real bread dough! |
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| The students made roads with the houses and environmental signs! |
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Bean bag pizza toss!! We went over the letters, sounds and words
on the bean bag before we tossed them. |
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| Putting the pizza together by counting the pepperonis. |
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| ABC, ABC sounds, and words that begin with the letters. |
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| They are making pizza restaurants. |
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We presented Brie with a book that we all made about
what we liked about Ms. Brie! Her last day is Monday. |
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| Hugs for Ms. Brie! |
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| We cut out salad leaves for the salad at the pizza restaurant. |
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What fun the kids had in our pizza restaurant.
Lots of opportunities to take turns and pretend! |
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| Our rainforest bulletin board! |
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We each made a page for Brie's book!
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| What kind of pizza do you want? |
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| Pizza order forms! |
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Everyone went on the pizza survey trip. We visited people
including the office staff, the nurse and people in the hallway!
We asked them which was their favorite kind of pizza! |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Show and Tell |
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| Which is your favorite pizza? |
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| Pizza Hut! |
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| Papa Johns |
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| Pizza ingredient puzzles |
