Learning at Home: May 25-29
Learning at home for the week of May 25 – 29
Special announcements:
Happy Birthday to Roman on May 27!
Happy birthday to Damian on May 31!
Remember to send a photo of your child for a group collage to Ms. Capitanio by Friday, May 29. Please see last week’s blog for more information.
This week’s zoom meetings schedule will be a bit different. Ms. C will be at school arranging our classroom and meeting about preparations for the students that will be returning to class on June 1 so I will not be able host zoom lessons on Monday and Tuesday.
Instead of a whole group lesson on Monday we will meet on Wednesday at 1pm for a HAT party! Students are welcome to wear the hats that they created last week or wear any hat that you can find at home!
Ms. Mah will continue her Thursday and Friday zoom lessons as usual on Thursday and Friday. A new zoom schedule will be sent in a separate email.
For those students that will be returning to the classroom on June 1, you will receive more information from the school office about your schedule this week. I will try to keep you up to date when I receive any information.
Here are some activity suggestions to try this week. Families can choose how to best to fit these into your week. Do one or do some!
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DAILY “DO’S” (try to do these every day) |
1. Reading – We recommend signing up for a trial of EPIC at www.getepic.com. Epic offers a huge collection on stories and many options for levelled books. 2. Get active (see suggestions below “Get outside/get active”) |
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LITERACY
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–BEE LESSON – click here to listen to Ms.C. describe your bee work for this week. “Bee” prepared with your bee booklet and pencil. –WRITING: “Toy Story” – 1. Imagine your toys/stuffies have come to life. Position your toys/stuffies in a unique setting in your house or yard doing something silly. 2. Now create a comic strip about what your toys/stuffies could be talking about and doing. Use the comic strip handout (click here) or recreate your own using a blank piece of paper. 4. Add some details and color your comic strip. –FRACTURED FAIRY TALE: Can you remember when we got to see our big buddies from Ms. Chu’s class and they bought their fractured fairy tale books for us to see? Watch this fractured fairy tale of Red’s Riding Hoods (changed from Little Red Riding Hood) and then see if you can write your own fractured fairy tale. https://youtu.be/WoguunKEYc8 –MY REFLECTION JOURNAL: Write your answers and draw pictures for pages 7-9 in your journal package. –STORIES: Parents, please have a look at the following stories. You may want to share the appropriate stories with your child to compliment your family’s decision about continuing to stay at home or returning to school. 3)Why we stay home: A story about COVID https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu07djSvLNg
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NUMERACY
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–ADDITION/SUBTRACTION PRACTICE CARD GAME – click here to watch Ms. C. demonstrate how to play this game. We will review strategies for addition like doubles, doubles plus one, making a group of ten, and counting on. Grab a deck of cards!
–SANDCASTLE MATH GAME– use this handout or copy your own version to play the game with a partner. Click here
–3D SHAPES PACK: Complete the 4 pages of “Shape Sorting”
–SHAPES EXPERIMENT: Find one of each of the 3D shapes in your home (you could use some of the items you found during your scavenger hunt). You should have 7 items. Before you start, see if you can guess which 3D shapes will roll and which will slide. Create a chart like the one below and test your hypothesis (guess of which shapes will roll/slide).
Things to think about as you do the experiment: Does the way the shape move change if it is on a smooth surface or a bumpy surface? Are there any similarities for the shapes that roll vs. the ones that slide?
-MONEY BOOKLET / MATH PRACTICE – feel free to complete any pages in these booklets. |
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–BUTTERFLY LIFE CYCLE- our caterpillars have turned into chrysalids!
-click here to watch the butterfly lifecycle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVm5k99PnBk -click here for a directed drawing activity of “Butterflies” |
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GET OUTSIDE/GET ACTIVE
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–Cosmic Kids: The Listening Game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUIGKhG_Vq8
-P.E. with Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADg5Nunkmow |
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WELLNESS
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–SUN SALUTATION YOGA SEQUENCE: Try this sequence of yoga poses. It is great to give your brain a break and concentrate on your body. https://youtu.be/8oGR5xucItI |
