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ABC Countdown to Summer: NEIGHBOR Day!* Do something nice for your neighbor today! *Make them a beautiful "hello!" card! *Bake them something delicious! *Do a social-distance GoNoodle with them outside! |
Class Meet-Up Schedule
TODAY at 12:30PM: Whole Class Lunch Break: Activity TBD
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: Free choice Friday... Tell each other whatever you want! (I want to share that I made delicious tacos for dinner last night!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Boom Chicka Boom
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Zap It!
Reading:
1. Watch the video lesson about word family -en!
2. Do the -en word family boom cards.
3. Read for 20 minutes! If you use Epic today, I added a HUGE collection of books on MAGIC and MAGIC CREATURES!
PARENTS: There's a good mix of "read together" books (too hard to do alone) and read-to-me books (independent for any child because they're read to them).
4. Practice your new sight words (them, look, these): Wizard write your words! Find something in your house to use as a magic wand and spell your words in the air with your wand while spelling out loud!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Harry Potter
Lesson for this video: "In the story of good against evil, love always wins in the end."
Writing:
1. Make a Wizard Selfie!
You'll Need: pencil, paper, black sharpie marker, crayons, markers, paintbrush, cup of water
2. Create a video for Seesaw with you holding up your wizard selfie drawing. In the video:
1. Tell me your character name now that you are a wizard!
2. Use your imagination to come up with 3 things you would put into a magic wizard potion! Tell me what the magic potion does when people drink it?
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Blazer Fresh - Wizard of Words
Library:
1. Click on Mrs. Wilson's class on Seesaw and do her assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Jaime's Brain Breaks - Focus Potion
Math:
1. Do a warm up: The Mystery of the Chocolate Donuts!
2. Watch the video lesson to learn about how to be super careful during our fun math task today!
3. Pretend a wizard keeps casting a spell on you and do the animal pose boom cards for subtraction AND addition!
4. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
1. Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
2. Write a journal page about something you did today and how it made you feel! This is your private writing: It's just for you! Remember:
1. Write (what happened/how you felt)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (if you want)
HINT: If you need a reminder on journal writing, here's the video lesson.
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
them
look
these
Science: (do one time this week)
1. With a grown-up, read the Mystery Science link: How do animals make their homes in the forest?
2. Discuss the questions posed in the video and follow along with the activities.
3. Optional: Complete the optional activity in the mystery.
4. Activity: Look at this slideshow and then complete the last three pages of the slide show (or write your answers on another sheet of paper.
HINT: If you need to, you can watch the first mystery of this unit again: Click here to see how raccoons, woodpeckers, and quails changed their environment.
Mindfulness:
1. Check out these partner yoga poses to try with a sibling or grown-up.
2. Make a Mindful breathing wand to help focus on your breathing.
More:
1. Candlewick Press has released a free downloadable book for kids about coronavirus. There are also lots of activities from the different books they publish if you scroll down. One of my favorite series is the Mercy Watson series. It's one of the first early chapter books I used to give to my struggling readers when I taught 3rd grade.
2. Crayola has tons and tons and tons of resources (look under "coloring and crafts" including craft project ideas with step-by-step instructions and free printable coloring pages. They are also doing tons of weekly Facebook LIVE events for kids AND grown-ups.
ABC Countdown to Summer: MOVIE Day!* Watch your all-time favorite movie today! *If you feel like watching a different movie, check out this list of the best G-rated movies on Netflix! *Find a way to set up a movie outside on an iPad or laptop and have a movie night! |
Class Meet-Up Schedule
Friday at 12:30PM: Whole Class Lunch Break: Activity TBD
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: Make up a fake mythical creature and give it an amazing/magical power! (I am inventing a snooklesnorf. It has 10 heads and is bright blue and furry. It can jump 100 feet into the air!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Hello Joe
Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Unicorns R Real
Reading:
1. Watch the video lesson about word family -an!
2. Do the -an word family boom cards.
3. Read for 20 minutes! If you use Epic today, I added a HUGE collection of books about UNICORNS! (I even included a book that teaches you how to draw unicorns!)
PARENTS: Most of these books are too hard for Kindergarteners and unfortunately don't have the read-to-me option, so they'll be more appropriate as "read together" books.
4. Practice your new sight words (them, look, these): Since it's imagination week, use your incredible imagination to invent a game or activity that you can use to practice your 3 words!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Twilight the Unicorn of Dreams
Lesson for this video: "We sleep well and enjoy our dreams."
Writing:
1. Draw and color a unicorn! Pick ONE of these resources to help you draw:
1. The Epic book called I Can Draw Unicorns (in the collection I assigned)
2. Art for Kids Hub Unicorn
3. Draw So Cute Beanie Boos Unicorn
4. Art for Kids Hub Mermicorn
You'll Need: white paper, a pencil, coloring tools
2. Create a video with you holding up your unicorn drawing. In the video:
1. Tell me the NAME of your unicorn.
2. Use your imagination to tell me a PROBLEM your unicorn has and what SOLUTION the unicorn might come up with (how he or she might solve the problem).
((My unicorn's name is_______________. One day he/she _________________________! It was a big problem! He/she solved the problem by _________________________________.)))
Brain Break:
Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Awesome Rainbows
Gym:
1. Click on Mr. Edwards' class on Seesaw and do his assigned activity.
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - The Best Tees - Unicorn Noodles
Math:
1. Do a warm up: My Dog Subtraction!
2. Watch the video lesson to learn how to use a number line for subtraction.
3. Do the unicorn subtraction on a number line boom cards!
4. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
1. Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
2. Write a journal page about something you did today and how it made you feel! This is your private writing: It's just for you! Remember:
1. Write (what happened/how you felt)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (if you want)
HINT: If you need a reminder on journal writing, here's the video lesson.
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
them
look
these
Science: (do one time this week)
1. With a grown-up, read the Mystery Science link: How do animals make their homes in the forest?
2. Discuss the questions posed in the video and follow along with the activities.
3. Optional: Complete the optional activity in the mystery.
4. Activity: Look at this slideshow and then complete the last three pages of the slide show (or write your answers on another sheet of paper.
HINT: If you need to, you can watch the first mystery of this unit again: Click here to see how raccoons, woodpeckers, and quails changed their environment.
Mindfulness:
1. Check out these partner yoga poses to try with a sibling or grown-up.
2. Make a Mindful breathing wand to help focus on your breathing.
More:
1. Candlewick Press has released a free downloadable book for kids about coronavirus. There are also lots of activities from the different books they publish if you scroll down. One of my favorite series is the Mercy Watson series. It's one of the first early chapter books I used to give to my struggling readers when I taught 3rd grade.
2. Crayola has tons and tons and tons of resources (look under "coloring and crafts" including craft project ideas with step-by-step instructions and free printable coloring pages. They are also doing tons of weekly Facebook LIVE events for kids AND grown-ups.
ABC Countdown to Summer: LETTER Day!*Write a letter to send someone today! *Watch this video to learn how to write a friendly letter! *Here is some friendly writing paper (the theme has hearts for Valentine's Day, but we use it year-round)! |
You'll notice that our format is a little different.
That's because today is a very special day...
It is Orchard CHILL Wednesday.
It is also the historic SPACEX launch day!
1. Your first priority for today should be make-up work from last week and yesterday.
2. After that, please feel free to choose activities from my Orchard CHILL document OR the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch slide that one of my colleagues made for us!
3. Don't forget about the small group meet-up you signed up for!
4. I will be watching the SpaceX launch and will have Seesaw nearby if any of you want to chat about it after! (If it get's postponed for weather, I'll keep you updated too!)
2. After that, please feel free to choose activities from my Orchard CHILL document OR the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch slide that one of my colleagues made for us!
3. Don't forget about the small group meet-up you signed up for!
4. I will be watching the SpaceX launch and will have Seesaw nearby if any of you want to chat about it after! (If it get's postponed for weather, I'll keep you updated too!)
Click the pictures for links to today's activities:
ABC Countdown to Summer: KIND Day!*Do something kind for someone else in your house today! *Here is a chore chart to help you pick ways you can help your family around the house! *Do an Art for Kids Hub drawing to surprise someone in your home! |
Class Meet-Up Schedule
CLICK HERE to sign up for ONE small group Meet-Up on Wednesday
Friday at 12:30PM: Whole Class Lunch Break: Activity TBD
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: What was the best thing you did yesterday on Memorial Day? (I took a social distance walk with my mom and got to show her where there is a house that has tons of cow statues out front in my neighborhood!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Little Green Froggy
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Dinosaur Stomp
Reading:
1. Watch the video lesson about word family -at!
2. Do the -at word family boom cards.
3. Read for 20 minutes! If you use Epic today, I added a HUGE collection of books about DINOSAURS! (There are even some fractured fairy tales about dinosaurs!)
PARENTS: There are a ton of Read to Me books and the rest kids can read on their own, so let this reading be mostly independent this week.
4. Practice your new sight words (them, look, these) by watching the videos for the week (scroll down to "this week").
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Tiny the T-Rex
Lesson for this video: "We look after our teeth."
Writing:
1. Do the art lesson to create a pop-up dino egg!
You'll Need: construction paper (you can use white and color it), white paper, crayons, markers, scissors, glue, small cut strip of cardboard
2. Watch the video lesson to understand how to do the writing activity.
3. Use your dino egg and your IMAGINATION to do the Seesaw writing activity: How to give your dino a character name and setting!
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Zumba Kids - All Star
Tuesday:
1. Click on Mrs. Brayall's class on Seesaw and do her assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Pink Fong - Baby Shark Rex
Math:
1. Do a warm up: When you subtract with a pirate!
2. Watch the video lesson to learn how to play Dinosaur Subtraction Stomp.
3. Play Dinosaur Subtraction Stomp!
You'll Need: index cards with 0-10, a full deck of cards
PARENTS: You can play inside or outside! It might be fun to play it by writing the numbers on the driveway/sidewalk with chalk. This introduces the use of a number line for subtraction: The kids will use number lines ALL THE TIME for the rest of their academic math lives!
4. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
1. Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
2. Write a journal page about something you did today and how it made you feel! This is your private writing: It's just for you! Remember:
1. Write (what happened/how you felt)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (if you want)
HINT: If you need a reminder on journal writing, here's the video lesson.
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
them
look
these
Science: (do one time this week)
1. With a grown-up, read the Mystery Science link: How do animals make their homes in the forest?
2. Discuss the questions posed in the video and follow along with the activities.
3. Optional: Complete the optional activity in the mystery.
4. Activity: Look at this slideshow and then complete the last three pages of the slide show (or write your answers on another sheet of paper.
HINT: If you need to, you can watch the first mystery of this unit again: Click here to see how raccoons, woodpeckers, and quails changed their environment.
Mindfulness:
1. Check out these partner yoga poses to try with a sibling or grown-up.
2. Make a Mindful breathing wand to help focus on your breathing.
More:
1. Candlewick Press has released a free downloadable book for kids about coronavirus. There are also lots of activities from the different books they publish if you scroll down. One of my favorite series is the Mercy Watson series. It's one of the first early chapter books I used to give to my struggling readers when I taught 3rd grade.
2. Crayola has tons and tons and tons of resources (look under "coloring and crafts" including craft project ideas with step-by-step instructions and free printable coloring pages. They are also doing tons of weekly Facebook LIVE events for kids AND grown-ups.
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Optional Activities for Memorial Day
Learning and Remembering:
Video: Learn about why we celebrate Memorial Day.
Activity: Send a virtual postcard to thank a veteran or frontline hero.
Activity: Learn how to draw a soldier.
Activity: Decorate one of these coloring pages.
Activity: Send a virtual postcard to thank a veteran or frontline hero.
Activity: Learn how to draw a soldier.
Activity: Decorate one of these coloring pages.
Celebrating:
Craft: Decorate with a red, white, and blue hand wreath.
Games: Have a picnic with your family and play some games.
Craft/Activity: Make a confetti launcher.
Activity: Try this Memorial Day scavenger hunt.
Food: Make ice cream or a smoothie for a sweet treat.
Games: Have a picnic with your family and play some games.
Craft/Activity: Make a confetti launcher.
Activity: Try this Memorial Day scavenger hunt.
Food: Make ice cream or a smoothie for a sweet treat.
ABC Countdown to Summer: ICE Day!*Enjoy ice pops or ice cream today! *If you have time to wait for it to freeze, you can make ice cream in a jar like in this video! *Watch Cookin' With Miss M to learn how to make ice cream in a bag! |
Class Meet-Up Schedule
TODAY 12:30PM Lunch Break: Eat lunch and listen to a read aloud!
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: What would you like to do at your house this weekend if you could pick anything? (I would like to start a puzzle of a light house that I borrowed from my parents and I'd also like to go for a long walk or hike in the sun!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - DISCO
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Hopscotch
Reading:
1. Do a warm-up: Consonant Blends Chant!
2. Watch Miss M's directions for the Seesaw Activity.
3. Use the directions to help you do the Seesaw Activity: Make Yourself into a Community Helper!
4. Read for 15 minutes! If you use Epic this week, I added TONS of community helpers books.
PARENTS: Have your kids focus on the Read To Me books if you can't be there helping them read... the ones that don't have this option are too tricky and should be read with them ("read together books"/"shared reading")! :)
5. Practice ANY of your sight words today: Type as many as you can into a journal entry on Seesaw and post it!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Dodgson the Dodo (It will get stuck in your head!)
Lesson for this video: "We are ourselves. Our uniqueness is what makes us special."
Writing: (You may want to wait until later in the day for this!)
1. Check out the video lesson to learn about how to do this week's journal writing!
2. Take out a good journal page and write about something that happened today! Remember to try to and do it by yourself--this is your private writing: It's just for you!
Remember:
1. Write (at least 2 sentences)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (fun!)
3. Optional: ONLY if you want, you can share your journal page with a grown-up or with me!
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Blazer Fresh - Banana Banana Meatball
Library:
1. Click on Mrs. Wilson's class on Seesaw and do her assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Go Noodle - NTV - Bye Bye Bye
Math:
1. Do a warm up: Scratch Garden Patterns!
2. Watch the mini lesson about our focus this week: Adding and Subtracting Fluency to 5.
3. Watch Miss M's directions about the new boom cards for today.
4. Do the addition and subtraction boom cards!
5. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
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Class Meet-Up Schedule
Wednesday 9:30AM Morning Meeting: Scavenger hunt!
Friday 12:30PM Lunch Break: Eat lunch and listen to a read aloud!
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here (WOW, super special guest today!) or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: Describe an adventure you'd like to take your favorite stuffed animal on! (I'd love to take my stuffed hermit crab to the beach to see if I could create a sandcastle for him to hang out in!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Great Big Moose
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - No Crust
Reading:
1. Do a warm-up: L Blends!
2. Watch the video for a big list of Community Helpers!
3. Watch Miss M's directions for the Seesaw Activity.
3. Use the mini lesson to help you do the Seesaw Activity: Community Helpers Sort.
4. Read for 15 minutes! If you use Epic this week, I added TONS of community helpers books.
PARENTS: Have your kids focus on the Read To Me books if you can't be there helping them read... the ones that don't have this option are too tricky and should be read with them ("read together books"/"shared reading")! :)
5. Practice your Sight Words (her, want, come): Sight Word Puzzles! Write your 3 sight words for the week on index cards nice and big. Then, cut each letter apart to make puzzles! See if you can put the words back together and spell them correctly. Here is a fun example to help you!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Stella The Stick Insect
Lesson for this video: "We let our light shine!" (How beautiful is that!?)
Writing: (You may want to wait until later in the day for this!)
1. Check out the video lesson to learn about how to do this week's journal writing!
2. Take out a good journal page and write about something that happened today! Remember to try to and do it by yourself--this is your private writing: It's just for you!
Remember:
1. Write (at least 2 sentences)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (fun!)
3. Optional: ONLY if you want, you can share your journal page with a grown-up or with me!
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Fresh Start Fitness - Electricity
Gym:
1. Click on Mr. Edwards' class on Seesaw and do his assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Go Noodle - Flow - On and Off
Math:
1. Do a warm up: Subtraction Song!
2. Watch the mini lesson about our focus this week: Adding and Subtracting Fluency to 5.
3. Watch Miss M's directions about playing Bubble Fun.
4. Play Bubble Fun! (10 minutes addition/10 minutes subtraction)
5. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
Wednesday 9:30AM Morning Meeting: Scavenger hunt!
Friday 12:30PM Lunch Break: Eat lunch and listen to a read aloud!
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here (WOW, super special guest today!) or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: Describe an adventure you'd like to take your favorite stuffed animal on! (I'd love to take my stuffed hermit crab to the beach to see if I could create a sandcastle for him to hang out in!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Great Big Moose
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - No Crust
Reading:
1. Do a warm-up: L Blends!
2. Watch the video for a big list of Community Helpers!
3. Watch Miss M's directions for the Seesaw Activity.
3. Use the mini lesson to help you do the Seesaw Activity: Community Helpers Sort.
4. Read for 15 minutes! If you use Epic this week, I added TONS of community helpers books.
PARENTS: Have your kids focus on the Read To Me books if you can't be there helping them read... the ones that don't have this option are too tricky and should be read with them ("read together books"/"shared reading")! :)
5. Practice your Sight Words (her, want, come): Sight Word Puzzles! Write your 3 sight words for the week on index cards nice and big. Then, cut each letter apart to make puzzles! See if you can put the words back together and spell them correctly. Here is a fun example to help you!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Stella The Stick Insect
Lesson for this video: "We let our light shine!" (How beautiful is that!?)
Writing: (You may want to wait until later in the day for this!)
1. Check out the video lesson to learn about how to do this week's journal writing!
2. Take out a good journal page and write about something that happened today! Remember to try to and do it by yourself--this is your private writing: It's just for you!
Remember:
1. Write (at least 2 sentences)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (fun!)
3. Optional: ONLY if you want, you can share your journal page with a grown-up or with me!
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Fresh Start Fitness - Electricity
Gym:
1. Click on Mr. Edwards' class on Seesaw and do his assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Go Noodle - Flow - On and Off
Math:
1. Do a warm up: Subtraction Song!
2. Watch the mini lesson about our focus this week: Adding and Subtracting Fluency to 5.
3. Watch Miss M's directions about playing Bubble Fun.
4. Play Bubble Fun! (10 minutes addition/10 minutes subtraction)
5. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
Class Meet-Up TODAY 9:30AM - Scavenger Hunt!
ABC Countdown to Summer: GAME Day!*Play your all-time favorite game today! *Plan a family game night! *The games listed on this blog are great for most ages and you might already have a couple of them in your house! |
It's Orchard CHILL Wednesday!
Remember on Orchard CHILL Wednesdays:
1. As the directions state you must FIRST complete all of C (catch-up). That includes:
-Do Mrs. Graney’s STEM activity.
-Make sure you did all tasks from Monday.
-Make sure you did all tasks from Tuesday.
-Do any optional work if you’d like (down below).
-Send me missing work on Seesaw.
2. After that, use ANY activities from the Orchard CHILL Wednesday document for the rest of your day!** You can do all from one category, one of each, or just pick whichever your kiddo thinks would be fun! Please have your child share at least one activity with me on Seesaw through his or her kid Seesaw Class account.
1. As the directions state you must FIRST complete all of C (catch-up). That includes:
-Do Mrs. Graney’s STEM activity.
-Make sure you did all tasks from Monday.
-Make sure you did all tasks from Tuesday.
-Do any optional work if you’d like (down below).
-Send me missing work on Seesaw.
2. After that, use ANY activities from the Orchard CHILL Wednesday document for the rest of your day!** You can do all from one category, one of each, or just pick whichever your kiddo thinks would be fun! Please have your child share at least one activity with me on Seesaw through his or her kid Seesaw Class account.
Click the CHILL document to get started!
Here's how you might want to structure your day with bonus optional activities included:
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: What's your favorite part of Orchard CHILL Wednesdays? (I like seeing the extra fun things that you guys choose to do from my CHILL document or from your own awesome ideas!)
Calendar (OPTIONAL):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Baby Shark
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Weird Sounds
Block 1:
1. Optional: Try out the bonus Seesaw Activity: A Spring Word Search from Mrs. Bezzini!
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Twilight The Unicorn of Dreams
Lesson for this video: "We sleep well and enjoy our dreams." (Good one for right before bed!)
Block 2:
1. Optional: Read community helpers books on Epic for 20 minutes.
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Brain Break:
Scratch Garden - Go Bananas
STEM:
Click Mrs. Graney's classroom in Seesaw for your STEM assignment!
Brain Break:
Scratch Garden - The Dance Freeze Song
Block 3:
1. Optional: Play Dreambox for 20 minutes.
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: What's your favorite part of Orchard CHILL Wednesdays? (I like seeing the extra fun things that you guys choose to do from my CHILL document or from your own awesome ideas!)
Calendar (OPTIONAL):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Baby Shark
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Weird Sounds
Block 1:
1. Optional: Try out the bonus Seesaw Activity: A Spring Word Search from Mrs. Bezzini!
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Twilight The Unicorn of Dreams
Lesson for this video: "We sleep well and enjoy our dreams." (Good one for right before bed!)
Block 2:
1. Optional: Read community helpers books on Epic for 20 minutes.
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Brain Break:
Scratch Garden - Go Bananas
STEM:
Click Mrs. Graney's classroom in Seesaw for your STEM assignment!
Brain Break:
Scratch Garden - The Dance Freeze Song
Block 3:
1. Optional: Play Dreambox for 20 minutes.
2. Pick 1-2 activities from the CHILL document.
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
ABC Countdown to Summer: FRUIT Day!*Make and eat a healthy fruit salad today! *Don't have enough fresh fruit for fruit salad? Make a frozen fruit smoothie instead! *Watch my silly TV show: Cookin' with Miss M! *No fruit in your house today? Draw a Funny Frozen Fruit Smoothie! |
Class Meet-Up Schedule
Wednesday 9:30AM Morning Meeting: Scavenger hunt!
Friday 12:30PM Lunch Break: Eat lunch and listen to a read aloud!
Today
Morning Meeting:
1. Listen to the Morning Announcements here or from the morning e-mail.
2. Share with each other: How are you feeling today? (Today I am feeling thankful that it is Monday and I get to see all of your work again!)
Calendar (optional):
1. Sing the months of the year song.
2. Sing the days of the week song.
3. Figure out what today is, what yesterday was, and what tomorrow will be.
4. Say the whole date ("today is"…day of the week, month, number day, year).
Morning Wiggles:
GoNoodle - Moose Tube - Wishy Washy Washer Woman
GoNoodle - Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Dino Stomp
Reading:
1. Do a warm-up: R Blends!
2. Watch the mini-lesson: Community Helpers!
3. Use the mini lesson to help you do the Seesaw Activity: Community Helpers.
4. Read for 15 minutes! If you use Epic this week, I added TONS of community helpers books.
PARENTS: Have your kids focus on the Read To Me books if you can't be there helping them read... the ones that don't have this option are too tricky and should be read with them ("read together books"/"shared reading")! :)
5. Practice your Sight Words (her, want, come): BUILD your sight words with ANYTHING in or around your house! Be creative and have fun with this today!
Yoga:
Cosmic Kids Yoga - Mike the Cosmic Space Monkey
Lesson for this video: "We have empathy for everyone."
Writing: (You may want to wait until later in the day for this!)
1. Check out the video lesson to learn about how to do this week's journal writing!
2. Take out a good journal page and write about something that happened today! Remember to try to and do it by yourself--this is your private writing: It's just for you!
Remember:
1. Write (at least 2 sentences)
2. Illustrate (sketch and labels only)
3. Edit (uppercase/lowercase letters, finger spaces, punctuation)
4. Color (fun!)
3. Optional: ONLY if you want, you can share your journal page with a grown-up or with me!
Brain Break:
GoNoodle - Maximo - Around the Town
Music:
1. Click on Mrs. Brayall's class on Seesaw and do her assigned activity.
Brain Break:
Go Noodle - The Best Tees - Be Nice
Math:
1. Do a warm up: Subtraction Facts All Mixed Up!
2. Watch the mini lesson about our focus this week: Adding and Subtracting Fluency to 5.
3. Watch the directions for the Quick Cards Subtraction game.
5. Play Quick Cards Subtracting! (15 minutes)
6. Optional: Use Dreambox!
Dismissal:
GO PLAY! :)
Goodnight:
Watch Miss M’s bedtime story on Seesaw!
This Week
Sight Words: (practice throughout the week)
her
want
come
Science: (do one time this week)
1. Watch the Mystery Science video: How can you find animals in the woods?
2. Watch these videos to discover some animals that make their homes in holes in old trees. After each video, discuss, "Why do you think these animals live in the hole in the tree?"
· Video #1
· Video #2
· Video #3
· Video #4
3. Draw a picture of an animal staying safe. Make a video explaining your picture: Say what your animal is and what they are doing in the picture to stay safe. ((My animal is a _________. It stays safe by ______________________.))
Mindfulness:
1. Having some trouble understanding why you feel the way you do lately? That's okay! We all do sometimes. Watch and sing along to the Miss Molly song called The Feelings Song to understand yourself a little better this week.
2. Having gratitude (being thankful) is one of the most Mindful things you can do. Appreciating what and who you have in your life will make you happy each day. Do this Gratitude Scavenger Hunt throughout the week (a couple per day) for a little extra boost of happiness!
More:
1. If you have Netflix, they've got the kids' science show The Magic School Bus. It's wonderful and has been around forever--the books are amazing for little scientists! I think Ms. Frizzle is one of the reasons why I became a teacher!
2. My Plate Kids' Place has tons of nutrition education (videos, songs, games, and activities) for you and your kiddo to learn about and practice healthy eating!
Mule School Tools
Distance Learning assignments and extra learning suggestions for Miss M's class!
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