Letter a Apples (read books about apples, make apple patterns,

bring apples to school, graph the apples brought to school, taste apples) my favorite apple books are The

seasons of arnold’s apple tree by gail gibbons, How to

make an apple pie and see the world by Marjorie priceman, and Albert’s field trip by Leslie Tyron

Johnny Appleseed day (everyone dresses like Johnny Appleseed, make applesauce in a crockpot) Read Johnny

Appleseed by Steven Kellpgg

bring an animal to school (everyone brings a stuffed

animal, make a class book about what happened when the animal came to school)

Read ask my bear by Marjorie flack, act out the story using props

Astronaut activities (Babbling abby has a great unit on

TPT)

Letter b We bring a different item each day that starts with B.

Bubbles day- everyone brings a bottle of bubbles, we

read the bubble factory by Tomie de paola, we do bubble experiments, make a class book, chew bubble

gum, have a bubble gum blowing bubble contest, read

bubble gum, bubble gum by Lisa wheeler or the bubble gum kid by stu smith

book day- bring your favorite book, students read with a buddy during the day or I read everyone’s book over

the course of the day

boots day- wear boots to school, students brainstorm

different kinds of boots and what they are made for doing and make a class book, sort the boots everyone

wore by type and then make a graph (then analyze

your graph)

blue day- everyone wears blue, read the book

Blueberries for sal, blueberry math, brainstorm a list of

things that are blue and make a blue class

band-aid day- everyone brings a box of fun bandaids to

school, we do a bandaid exchange, then everyone put bandaids all over their bodies, make the boo boo class

book

bear day- everyone brings a teddy bear to school, we

measure our bears and make comparisons, sort our bears, have a teddy bear picnic, read bear stories, my

favorites are Little bear’s trousers and little bear lost by

Jane Hissey

Letter c Clifford day (everyone wears red, make Clifford head

bands, read Clifford books, Clifford art)

clowns (years ago, we made a clown day and brought in

a clown who did a show and we all dressed like clowns)

cupcakes- Read if you give a cat a cupcake, decorate

cupcakes, write a how-to paper

Letter d Donuts for dad (invite dads to come to school for donuts) read books about dads, make a craft for dads,

write about dads, a few of my favorite dad books are just me and my dad by mercer mayer, What dad’s

can’t do by douglas wood, and daddies are for catching

fireflies harriet ziefert

Dinosaurs (read dinosaur books and do dinosaur activities)

a few of my favorite dinosaur books are Dinosaur roar by Paul Strickland, Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs

by Ian Whybrow, How Do dinosaurs say goodnight by

Jane yolen (all of the books in this series are great) and Patrick’s dinosaurs by Carol and Donald Carrick

Dirt day- read books about soil, plant, investigate dirt

(soil)

Read ARnie the doughnut by arnie keller, make donut

craft, eat donuts, writing response

Letter e I make e week a week of egg activities- we do egg

things all week long

Egg drop science experiment- this is an optional activity I

do with my students, they package an egg at home with their parents and we do the drop at school

Read egg books, do egg art, and do egg experiments.

Poem of the week- humpty dumpty- make the TLC humpty dumpty.

Learn about oviparous animals- a few of my favorite books for this are Chickens aren’t the only ones by ruth

heller, The chick and the duckling by mirra ginsburg and

the emperor’s egg by martin Jenkins and jane chapman

Letter f Fruit loops- students sort fruit loops and graph,

everyone student takes one fruit loop, then create a

class graph for the color of fruit loop everyone got, make letters and numbers using fruit loops, eat fruit

loops- you can read the Kellogg’s froot loops! Counting fun book

Feet- read books about feet, measure your feet with cubes, my favorite foot books are How many feet in

the bed by Diane Johnston hamm (make a class book

with this book), I wish I had duck feet by theo le sieg and B. tobey (make a class book with this book), and

the foot book by dr. Seuss

Flashlights- everyone brings a flashlight, have a time

where you turn the lights off and everyone reads with their flash lights

fruit patterns- bring cut up fruit and wooden skewers in, have students create pattern fruit kabobs, have

them tell you their pattern before eating- I like to read

the book food patterns by Nathan Olson

Read books about friendship, make friendship fruit salad

(this is just fruit salad you make together and eat with

friends) a few of my favorite friend books are Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard waber, best friends by steven

Kellogg, Frog and toad are friends by Arnold lobel,

froggy’s sleepover by jonathan london

Read Frederick by Leo Lionni, do a literature response

activity

Letter g Green day- everyone wears green, brainstorm a list of

green things, make a green class book, eat green foods

for snack

Read go away big green monster by ed emberley, make colored big monsters

Letter h Hat day- everyone wear a hat to school, make a hat

read harry the dirty dog by gene zion (make dirty dogs)

crazy hair day- everybody comes to school with crazy

hair, have a contest to see who has the craziest hair, read crazy hair day by barney saltzberg

Letter i Read insect books and do insect activities

A few of the books I use with I: I wanna iguana by

Karen Kaufman Orloff, It looks like spilt milk by Charles g.

shaw, It’s mine by Leo lionni, Is your mama a llama

Make ice cream in a bag

Letter j Jellybean math- sort jellybeans, count jellybeans, graph jellybeans- read Jellybeans for sale and make a class

book

Try different kinds of juice- make a class graph of

everyone’s favorite

Make jello, write a how-to paper, eat jello

Learn some Jump rope rhymes, students bring jump

ropes to school or purchase some from the dollar store,

jump rope to the rhymes, use as a counting activity and count how many times everyone can jump, see

who can jump the most

Letter k Read the book Koala lou by mem fox, make construction paper koalas, write some type of response to the story

or learn about koalas and do a non-fiction writing piece

Compare Koala lou with a non-fiction book about koalas- make a venn diagram

Read froggy’s first kiss by Arnold lobel

Read kiss kiss! by Margaret wild and Bridget strevens-

marzo, make a class book

Do a craft or activity using Hershey kisses

Read Curios George flies a kite by Margret and H.A. rey,

fly kites, make paper kites, write about flying kites or the story

Read let’s fly a kite by stuart j. Murphy- make kites with a symmetrical pattern

Letter l Lemons- students bring lemons to school, taste lemons,

make lemonade, write a how-to for making lemonade- I like to read The Lemonade babysitter by Karen Waggoner

Compare lemons and limes- make a venn diagram, taste

lemonade and limeade and make a graph of which one is

their favorite

Read the book little pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal- have

a pea flinging contest, fling peas off a spoon, measure the distance to where they landed, record on a chart

and see who can fling the pea the farthest, record on

a graph

Read lunchroom lizard by Daniel kirk- make a class book showing where the lizard might be hiding

Lollipop day- eat lollipops, read Too many lollipops by Robert m. quackenbush, make tlc lollipops, make a predictable

chart I like (color) lollipops then use the sentences for

cutting apart and gluing in order

Letter m Muffins for mom- invite moms to come to school for muffins

make muffins (read if you give a moose a muffin), graph what kind of muffin is your favorite

m&M math- sort m&m’s, pattern m&m’s, make a fair share with m&m’s, make class books with all of these

mismatched clothes- everyone wears mismatched clothes for the day

Letter h The napping house (act out the story), brainstorm a list of sleepytime words and chart them, students pretend

to nap all over the room, students write about their

favorite character or part of the story

noodle day (read strega nona by Tomie de paola, make

spaghetti in the crockpot), noodle art

Letter o Octopus stew – use hot dogs to make octopus stew

draw over your heads (tape bulletin board paper under the tables, have students get under the tables and

draw with markers over their heads),

do activities with opposites

living organism day- students bring in a living organism-

they can bring in magazine pics, drawings, photographs,

or the real thing, make a living organism circle map using the pictures brought in and pictures you take of

the real objects (we use this to learn about

characteristics of living things)

Letter p Pancakes- read pancake books, make pancakes, write a

how-to paper, graph if you like your pancakes with or

without syrup, a few of my favorite pancake books are pancakes, pancakes by eric carle, if you give a pig

a pancake, Curious George makes pancakes by margaret

and h.a. rey and Pancakes for breakfast by tomie de paola (this is a wordless picture book)

pajama day- wear pjs to school

pumpkins- read pumpkin books, do pumpkin experiments,

learn about the lifecycle of the pumpkin. The pumpkin circle by George Levenson is a wonderful book. You can

also find the reading rainbow video of this book

narrated by Danny glover.

Pets- have a pet show, students can have their parent bring their pet, students introduce and tell about their

pet, read books about pets, learn about the needs of a

pet, discuss what kinds of animals make good pets, a few of my favorite pet books are the perfect pet by

Margie palatine, arthur’s pet business by marc brown,

arthur’s new puppy by marc brown, I wanna iguana by Karen Kaufman orloff, and pet show by Ezra jack

keats

Letter q(u) Have a Qu wedding,

Read quilt books, students bring in a quilt from home to share, make paper quilt pattern squares, reading rainbow

has a good video for the book the patchwork quilt by

Valerie flournoy and jerry pinkney, a few of my favorite quilt books are the quiltmaker’s gift by Jeff

brumbeau and gail de marcken, the quilt by ann jonas,

the name quilt by Phyllis root, sam Johnson and the blue ribbon quilt by Lisa Campbell ernst and the keeping quilt

by patricia polacco

Make a paper quilt where students illustrate squares

with qu words in them

Read the book quick as a cricket and make a class

book

Read quack books- giggle, giggle quack by Doreen Cronin

or Quack daisy, quack, quack! And do some quack writing

Read quack and count and do some duck math

Letter r Read the Rainbow fish, make rainbow fish, write about the moral of the story

Read the relatives came, discuss what the word relatives means, do a literature response about families

Have a red day, wear red, eat red snacks, make a red class book, Read the little mouse, the red ripe

strawberry, and the big hungry bear (do strawberry

activities)

Read rosie’s walk, make a large map of the places rosie went (students make using construction paper) or make

a class book (work on positional words for this lesson)

Letter s Read silly sally, make a class book

silly socks day (read fox in socks by Dr. Seuss, have

students color a sock cut out to match the socks they wore, graph whether you were silly socks or not)

slippers day, shades or sunglasses day (I sometimes do silly socks, slippers, and shades all in one day)

Read cook-a-doodle-doo by janet stevens and susan

stevens crummel, make strawberry shortcake, write a

how-to paper

Skittles math

Letter t Teeny tiny day (students bring in miniature objects that represent real objects, for example: hot wheels cars,

small toy animals, dollhouse furniture) read the book the

teeny-tiny woman by Paul Galdone and make a class book of things that are tiny

tie day- students wear a tie to school

twins day- students pair up with a partner and dress as twins for the day- read books and do math activities

centered around the number two

Read A tree is nice by Janice may udry, brainstorm things a tree is nice for, make who is hiding in the tree

response

Letter u We do a different u word each day

Upside down day- everyone wears things upside down,

Make upside down sundaes, write a how-to

big underwear day- read underwear books, dance to Joe

Scruggs’ song big underwear, color patterns on paper underwear

tape bulletin board paper under the tables and let

students use markers to draw under the table

umbrella day (students bring umbrellas and read with a

buddy underneath them, you can also sort umbrellas and

graph who brought an umbrella, umbrella reading writing response, you can also have an umbrella parade where

everyone opens their umbrella outside and walks in a line as in a parade

you can also do a usa day and everyone wears red, white, and blue and you learn about us symbols

Letter v Vultures (read Eli by Bill Pete), make construction paper

vultures, do a writing response to the story

Volcanoes- make clay volcanoes and make them erupt as

a science experiment, learn about volcanoes, do a non-fiction writing piece

Read Growing Vegetable soup by lois ehlert, make vegetable soup, make a large bowl out of paper, have

students draw and cut out a vegetable and glue it in the bowl, have students label the vegetables in the bowl

Vegetable prints using real vegetables and paint, taste test vegetables, graph which vegetable is your favorite

Letter w Makes Waffles and whipped cream,

Read wacky Wednesday by dr. Seuss, everyone dresses wacky

Read watermelon books, do watermelon activities, experiment with does a watermelon sink or float, taste

watermelon

Read a classic Winnie-the-pooh story, do a literature

response to the story

Letter x Exercise day- everyone wears warm-ups, eat a healthy snack, learn about nutrition, do some exercises, learn

about how to have a healthy body

Experiment day- do different science experiments all day,

read books to go with them, write about them, graph which one was their favorite

Read The adventures of taxi dog by debra barracca, My little yellow taxi by Stephen Johnson, or my taxi ride by

Jennifer swender- brainstorm and make a class book for where your taxi would take you

Read Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good very

bad day by Judith viorst, brainstorm and make a class book for things that happen to make you have a bad

day

Letter y When we were young (bring baby pictures to show of

when they were babies)

yellow day- wear yellow, brainstorm things that are

yellow, etc.

Letter z Zebra day (wear black and white, eat a black and white snack like oreos or Little Debbie zebra cakes) read Zella,

Zack, and Zodiac by Bill Pete (this is a story about

zebras) make construction paper zebra faces, do a writing response to the story

Read zoo books and zoo activities

Read Mrs. Toggle’s zipper by robin pulver, graph are you

wearing a zipper or not

Zig zag art