Why fit in when you were born to stand out? – Dr. Seuss
Below is a fairy tale your child may enjoy listening to this week. Please see the guidelines/instructions in the post dated May 7.
You can find them by clicking on English Language Learning in the categories section on the right hand side of this page to read those instructions.
The picture prompts for before and after viewing ‘Three Billy Goats Gruff’ are attached. click here: Three Billy Goat Gruff pictures
I hope you enjoy this language activity!
Hello Division 9 and 10!
Here are your activities for Week 7!
Movement Activity: Freeze Dance
Song Activity: In class you are learning about plants. Here is a song that reviews the needs of a plant. See if you can remember the things plants need to stay alive.
Story Yoga: Fernando the Silver Fox
Below is a fairy tale your child may enjoy listening to this week. Please see the guidelines in last week’s post.
Click on English Language Learning in the categories section on the right hand side of this page to read the instructions in the first Fairy Tale post from May 7.
The picture prompts for before and after viewing ‘Cinderella’ are attached click here: Cinderella pictures
I hope you enjoy this language activity!
Hello Division 9 and 10!
Here are your activities for Week 6!
Movement Activity: I’m a Gummy Bear!
Song Activity: I don’t know about you, but over the past couple months I have been feeling many different feelings all in one day. Being stuck at home and not being able to see my family and friends has not been easy for me. Let sing this song together and learn more about the different feelings we may feeling. Remember, you might feel many different feelings, and they’re all okay!
Story Yoga: As you all know, I have a daughter named Ciara. She is now 20 months old and getting so big! Her favourite thing to watch is Moana. I watch Moana (or parts of it) EVERY day… I think I have almost all the songs memorized now. So today, our yoga is going to be Moana inspired!
If we were still physically going to school, I would continue to read to my kindergarten ELL students a story every lesson. We would continue to be learning about the features of a story such as the characters, setting, plot, and the problem and solution. Before reading, we would look at the title and picture walk through the book and make our predictions about what will happen. After reading we would check our predictions and then do an activity. Children would be practicing their listening and speaking skills while developing more vocabulary. In Term 3, my plan was to read some fairy tales and fables.
Your classroom teacher has prepared lots of amazing learning opportunities for child. If there is time after doing their assigned work, your child may like to listen to a fairy tale or fable and do an activity that helps with the sequencing of events and the retelling of a story. I have attached a page with 6 pictures.
click here – The Lion and the Mouse
If your child likes to colour, they could colour in the pictures as a pre-reading activity. You could talk about:
Instead of a read aloud, the child can watch this video.
After watching the video, cut the page into the 6 sections. Ask your child to put them in order. Send me a picture if you can. I would love to see it! You can send it to nicole.quin@burnabyschools.ca
Invite them to retell the story. If they are reluctant to respond you can prompt with questions and words. Here are some examples:
I hope you and your child enjoy this activity!
Movement Activity: Pop See Ko Marathon!
Let’s get moving! Here are your favourite Pop See Ko Videos. Which one is your favourite?
Song Activity: Down By The Station
Have you ever been on a train before? If you have, share in the comments where you were!
Story Yoga: Let’s help the trolls bring happiness to the world!
Hello Families!
I hope you had a wonderful long weekend! As you all know, I am your child’s Music teacher here at Parkcrest. I am also one of the ELL teachers (English Language Learning Support). I wanted to let you know that I have added 2 new categories to the sidebar of this blog (if you are on a mobile device, you will find these at the very bottom of the page). One category is ELL – Sites/Games to Assist with Literacy Skills, these sites are great to support the learning of all learners in Kindergarten and Grade One.
The other category is Vocabulary Flashcards. In Kindergarten we want to increase the vocabulary the children have so they are better able to communicate their needs and wants with their teachers and friends at school. If your child was seeing me for ELL support when we were at school, I encourage you to take a look at these flashcards with your child if you have time. You do not need to print them off, but it would help if you could read the words to your child (while pointing to the pictures) to continue to help build their English language vocabulary.
I know that your teacher has signed each child up with a Raz-Kids reading account. I encourage you to try and have your child read at least one book a day (if you can), to assist with their language. There is an option for the story to be read to them, and for them to read the story. If you do not have your login and password, email your teacher and she will resend it to you.
Have a wonderful week!
Love Ms. Quin
Movement Activity:
Let’s review the days of the week while we get our body moving!
What is your favourite day of the week?
Song Activity: Do you like pizza? What is your favourite kind? I love pepperoni and mushroom!
Zen Den: This week we are going to focus on Mindfulness. Sometimes we find ourselves getting frustrated or upset. Watch this video to find some strategies to help you feel better and calm your body and mind.
After you take a moment to breath and calm your body down, how do you feel?
Story Yoga: I decided to add a story yoga as well. Enjoy the story of Popcorn the Dolphin. I hope you get some good stretches today!
Have a wonderful week!
P.S. Parents: If you search for Zen Den in Google or YouTube, there are a lot of other short mindfulness videos that are great!
Happy Week 3!
Movement Activity: Speaking of Can’t Stop the Feeling, How are you feeling?
Let’s get moving!
Can you feel your heart beat? Is to beating faster than before you danced? Why do you think it is?
Song Activity: Before Spring Break we were making different rhythms with our friends Beet and Cherry. Follow along with the video and practice your rhythms!
Can you make your own rhythm using at least one cherry and one beet? Share it with your family.
Story Yoga: Let’s listen and stretch to the story about Tiny the T-Rex!
What was your favourite part?
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter long weekend. I heard the Easter Bunny was declared an essential worker. I hope you were able to find some yummy treats!
Movement Activity: Let’s get moving!
Can you challenge your family to a dance off?
Song Activity:
Spring makes me think of rainbows. Do you know how a rainbow is made? What is your favourite colour?
Story Yoga:
What was your favourite part of the story? What was your favourite yoga pose? How did you rescue the eggs from the Tickly Monkeys? Share the answers with your family.
