Welcome to Week Nine (our last week!) of Mrs. Favaro’s Kindergarten ELL Class!

Hello Parents and Students!

During the last two weeks of school year the ELL teachers prepare documents and files for this year and next year.  As a result, this will be my last blog of the year.  I have enjoyed doing this blog and all the feedback from the students!

It was good to see those students who attended school last week.  For those of you who came, I did the yearly ELL assessment with you.  Parents, I will give you their ELL levels in late June.

This Monday (the 8th) and Thursday (the 11th), I will be testing many students, as well.  Thank you for signing up for your time.

This year in ELL class, we have learned about the seasons of fall, winter and spring.  This week we will be learning about the last of the four seasons, summer.

First, I will go over summer vocabulary.

Then, I will read you the book It’s  Summer! by Linda Glaser.

Lastly, your homework this week is to complete this sheet about the four seasons:

In the SPRING see (3)

Please write and draw what you see in the four seasons.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

I see example

Have fun and stay healthy!

Welcome to Week Eight of Mrs. Favaro’s Kindergarten ELL Class!

Hello Parents and Students!

I hope you are all happy and healthy.

The schools are open and teachers are at school teaching.

But, if you choose to not come to school this week, I will still be providing this opportunity for learning online.

This week we will continue learning about bugs. I will read you the book In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming.  This story is not just about bugs.  It is also about other creatures that we may see in the grass.

Your activity this week is to classify different creatures into Bugs or Not Bugs categories.

Here is a sheet called Bug or Not?   It has Bug on one side of the sheet and Not a Bug on the other side of the sheet:

Bug or Not

On the sheet below there are different creatures.  I would like you to cut out all the creatures and glue them in the right column on the Bug or Not? sheet.

Bug or Not (1)

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

Mrs. Favaro’s example

If you don’t have a printer, just take a piece of paper and write Bug on one side and Not a Bug on the other side of the paper.  Then draw and print the different creatures that go in each column.

Have fun! Stay healthy!

 

Welcome to Week Seven of Mrs. Favaro’s Kindergarten ELL Class!

Hello Parents and Students,

Parents, thank you for all the videos and pictures of your child’s work.  It is wonderful to see their work and smiling faces!

Students, keep up the good work!  I miss you!

This week we will be continuing the unit on bugs.

First, I will go over some of the vocabulary you will hear in this week’s story.

Then, I will read you the story The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle.  In this story, the click beetle tries over and over to click, flip through the air and land on his feet.  Here is the story:

Finally, after I read the story, I would like you to think about something you had to practice over and over to get good at.  (For example:  skating, riding a bike, playing piano, swimming…)

Please complete this sheet:

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

The Very Clumsy Click Beetle (1)

Stay healthy, everyone!

 

Welcome to Week Six of Mrs. Favaro’s Kindergarten ELL Class

Hello Students and Parents,

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

Thank you to all the parents that sent videos and/or pictures of their child’s work.  I greatly appreciate it.

This week we are continuing to learn about bugs.  Today we will learn about a bug called a cricket.  A cricket is like a grasshopper but it has longer antennae.

First, I will go over some vocabulary and then I will read the book, The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle.

For your homework,  I would like you to find a bug.  Sometimes you can find a bug in your home (like a spider or a fly) or you could go into a park or your yard and look for bugs.  Then I would like you to investigate it.  Investigate means look at very carefully and notice things.  I would like you to find out how many legs it has, how many body parts it has and how many antennae is has (it might not have any!).  Please try not to hurt the insect.  Just look at it.  Insects are important creatures on Earth.

Here is the Insect Investigation sheet that you have to fill out:

insect investigation

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s Insect Investigation example of a crane fly.  (A crane fly is like a really big fly with long legs.)

Insect investigation Mrs. Favaro

If you don’t have a printer, just make your own Insect Investigation sheet.

Please send me a picture and/or video of your homework.

Take care and stay healthy, everyone!

 

Welcome to Week Five of Mrs. Favaro’s Kindergarten ELL Class

Hello Parents and Students!

Thank you so much to those parents who have sent me pictures and/or videos of your child’s work.  It is very much appreciated!!

This week we will be continuing to learn about bugs.  Today we are focussing on caterpillars and butterflies.

This week’s book is Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  Before reading it, I will go over the lifecyle of the butterfly.  It will help you understand the story.

Your activity this week is to complete this sheet:

Lifecyle of a Butterfly

Please colour it and print the name of the stages.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example so you know the names of the stages:

Butterfly by Mrs. Favaro

Then, if you have time, please make your own Lifecyle of a Butterfly.  You can use a paper plate or just a piece of paper.  Then, using things from around the house, make the different stages of the life cycle.

For the eggs, I used rolled up pieces of white paper.  For the caterpillar I used buttons.  For the pupa I used a wrinkled leaf and a stick.  For the butterfly I used a piece of pink paper and an elastic band.  Here is my example:

Have fun and please send me your videos and pictures!  Take care!

Welcome to Week Four of Mrs. Favaro’s ELL Class!

Hello Parents and Students!

I hope you are all happy and healthy!

We are continuing with the Bugs unit and today we will be talking about spiders!

After going over some vocabulary from the book, I will read you  The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.  Eric Carle is a famous author who has written many beautiful books.  I love the art in his books.

This week’s activity is Parts of a Spider.  Here is the sheet that you can print off:

Parts of a Spider 1

If you don’t have a printer, you can simply draw a spider and label it.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example so you know where each spider part is:

Spider Parts Mrs. F

Take care of yourselves and please email me pictures or videos of your work!

Mrs. Favaro

Welcome to Week Three of Kindergarten ELL!

Hello Parents and Students,

This week we are starting a new unit.  The new unit is on BUGS.

I will be going over bug vocabulary, I will read the book Twig by Aura Parker and I will assign an activity.

This week’s assignment:  Make your own Heidi from the book Twig using a twig you find in your yard or in the park.  You don’t have to cut it off a tree.  Often there will be twigs lying on the ground.

Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

Welcome to Week Two of our Kindergarten ELL Class!

Hi everyone!

I hope you were able to see my video with the book and the flashcards last week.

This week we’re going to keep learning about the human body.  Here below, is a link to a YouTube video of a funny book, called Parts by Tedd Arnold.

After you watch the video, you are going to make a new Mini Dictionary.  We have done these Mini Dictionaries before; copy the words underneath with your best printing (make sure you are using proper letter formation!) and color the pictures.

Click below for the mini dictionary:

Body Mini Dictionary

Parents, please print the above PDF file for your child to work on.  The printing and colouring will take time.  There is no rush.  Your child can work on it for a few minutes each day.  (To make the pages into a mini book, cut on the solid line, fold on the dotted line and staple.)  After your child has finished the dictionary, please feel free to email me pictures of it (e13038@burnabyschools.ca).

Alternate Activity if you don’t have access to a printer:

Create a monster with three eyes, two noses, one mouth and at least 6 arms and/or legs.  Label the body parts.  Colour it.  Email me a picture of it.  Here is Mrs. Favaro’s example:

Mrs. Favaro’s Monster

Stay healthy everyone!

Welcome to our first Kindergarten ELL class!

Today we are starting our unit on The Parts of the Body.

I’m going to read a book by Karen Beaumont called I Like Myself!

Then we’re going to look at some flashcards of the human body. (Vocabulary from the flashcards: body, head, face, forehead, eyes, eyebrows, eyelashes, cheek, chin, nose, ear, mouth, teeth, lips, tongue, hair, neck, hand, fingers, thumb, palm, knuckles, arm, wrist, elbow, leg, foot, toes, ankle, heel, underarm, shoulders, back, stomach, bellybutton.)

Lastly, your homework… please tell an adult three new words that you learned today!