Monday
Work at Home Ideas
Listen and practice our new good morning song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsyYeWVYDdM
Make up their own handshake with someone in your family.
Good morning!
Today is Monday, May 18th, 2020. We hope you had a great weekend! What was your favorite thing you did this weekend? We will learn about community helpers this week. Can you think of different jobs we have in our community? Today we will focus on a police officer and firefighter. We are excited to learn new things about these very important jobs.
Love,
The Kindergarten Teachers
Picture of the Day:
What is happening in this picture? Tell a family member your ideas. Try to use words that tell how objects look, how they move, where they are or what could happen before/after the picture was taken. Challenge yourself to ask your family member a question and allow them to ask you one too! There are no right or wrong ideas, just an opportunity to build vocabulary and encourage conversation!
Read Aloud and Writing
Listen to the book No Dragons for Tea by Jean Pendziwol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycBUMCIPYQE
After listening to the story, look at the next slide and make a plan with an adult in your home to share with your family in case there is a fire at your home.
Writing prompt: “If I see fire, I will _______________!”
Talk about why your child would use an exclamation point after this sentence. An exclamation point tells the reader that you have a strong feeling like anger, surprise or joy!
Additional Ideas: Make this easy snack!→https://www.theprintableprincess.com/fire-safety-week-snack-and-freebie/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_ter
Review these fire safety rules
Writing with Mrs. Kobza
Letter and Sound Review
Review the letters and sounds below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gZwpyynaERXa1wGlwmMxwlsIcUTiHpSX
Set a timer. Write the lowercase letters in order for 1 minute from memory. Check your work and correct any backwards letters. If this was difficult, use the letter chart and try again for 2 minutes!
Challenge: Have an adult call out the following words slowly. Try to spell the words by writing the beginning, middle and ending sound.
fig job mad rug
Word Work Fun
Practice making the following sight words!
pull say for ran full are
**new sight words for the week are bolded, please practice these separately until your child is able to read and write them independently**
Fun ways to “write” them include:
> Spread shaving cream on the counter or on a baking sheet
> Pour salt onto a plate or tray / finger trace to spell in the salt
> Roll out play-doh into the letters for each
> Spell out the words in cereal, string, jelly beans or pipe cleaners; use Scrabble tiles or magnet letters you already have at home!
Practice reading the words. Stretch and say the sounds slowly
bush bath bench lunch church
Read and listen to this story:
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/community/book?BookId=88
After you listen to the story try the following things:
-Point to and try to identify each word in the first sentence.
-Find 5 sight words in the story
-Tell someone in your family what this story is about
Math
Watch this silly video to review the math term, EQUAL! https://safeYouTube.net/w/KsKD Throughout the week, we will learn more about making a FAIR SHARE. We will practice taking a group of objects and dividing them into smaller groups, all with equal amounts.
New Concept of the week:
Part Part Whole (number 10)
Part part whole is the when you add two
parts to get the whole
Parents, ask your child to recall some ways they can make six. It helps for the child to say something along the lines of “5 and 5 make 10”
Let’s Practice:
Watch the video below to practice adding parts to make a whole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch7KzI3n2Zk
Collect 10 items from around your house and line them up. Practice exploring the different ways to make 10 by separating the items into 2 different groups. Try and write out all the ways you found to make the number 10.
Ex. 4 and 6 makes 10
Social Studies
This week we are learning all about community helpers! Community helpers are people who live and work in our communities. They do many different things to help us every day. They provide us with goods (products we use) and services (things they do for us)
A police officer keeps our community safe and makes sure everyone is following the laws.
A fire fighter keeps our community safe by putting out fires and rescuing people. Watch this video to learn more!
Complete the worksheet below. Then tell an adult what each community helper does.
Countdown to Summer!
Today’s theme : BUBBLE DAY!
If you don’t have bubbles at home, try making your own!
3/4 cup Dawn Liquid Dish Soap
3 cups of Water
6 tablespoons Corn Syrup
Mix ingredients together and pour into a flat dish. Store extra solution in a mason jar.
You can also make your own bubble wand out of pipe cleaners or floral wire! Stretch out the material and make a loop at the end. Twist the end to secure the loop. Add beads to your wand for extra fun! A straw or cookie cutter can be fun to try in your bubble solution as well!
Ongoing Review / Technology
Log in to your child’s “backpack” to access DreamBox and MyOn
Bon Air Page for Work by grade level as well as teacher read alouds!
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/indoor-recess-you-pick-number-2?s=Search&t=indoor%20recess
Tuesday
Work at Home Ideas
Listen and practice our new good morning song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsyYeWVYDdM
Make up their own handshake with someone in your family.
Good morning!
Today is Tuesday, May 19th, 2020. You will learn about doctors and nurses today. Have you been to the doctor? What do you remember about how they helped you? Doctors and nurses help us feel better when we are sick. They work in hospitals and in doctors offices.
Can you name all the ways to make the number 10? If I have 8, how many more do you need? If I have 4, how many more do you need?
Love, Your Kindergarten Teachers
Picture of the Day:
What is happening in this picture? Tell a family member your ideas. Try to use words that tell how objects look, how they move, where they are or what could happen before/after the picture was taken. Challenge yourself to ask your family member a question and allow them to ask you one too! There are no right or wrong ideas, just an opportunity to build vocabulary and encourage conversation!
Read Aloud and Writing
Listen to Splat the Cat goes to the Doctor by Rob Scotton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26CvFtURgUM
After listening to the story, try to retell the story in order talking about what happened in the beginning, middle and end, and who the main character is and where the setting of the story is.
Writing prompt: Use the chart to pretend you are a patient at the doctor’s office. Write 2 sentences about doctors or nurses and how they help our community. (Ex: “Nurses take my temperature when I feel bad.”)
Letter and Sound Review
Review the letters and sounds below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gZwpyynaERXa1wGlwmMxwlsIcUTiHpSX
Set a timer. Write the lowercase letters in order for 1 minute from memory. Check your work and correct any backwards letters. If this was difficult, use the letter chart and try again for 2 minutes!
Challenge: Have an adult call out the following words slowly. Try to spell the words by writing the beginning, middle and ending sound.
van pen tip hut
Word Work Fun
Practice making the following sight words!
pull say of up on
**new sight words for the week are bolded, please practice these separately until your child is able to read and write them independently**
APPLY: Have your child choose 2 words to write in a sentence.
Fun ways to “write” them include:
> Spread shaving cream on the counter or on a baking sheet
> Pour salt onto a plate or tray / finger trace to spell in the salt
> Roll out play-doh into the letters for each
> Spell out the words in cereal, string, jelly beans or pipe cleaners; use Scrabble tiles or magnet letters you already have at home!
Practice reading the words. Stretch and say the sounds slowly
lamp hand bank milk tent
Read and listen to this story:
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/community/book?BookId=88
After you listen to the story try the following things:
-Listen to the story again and tell a family member 3 facts that you learned
-Tell someone in your family what this story is about
Math
Let’s learn more about dividing groups of objects to make a FAIR SHARE! A fair share means that every person or group has an equal amount. Have you ever needed to share your toys at home with a sibling or a friend? Watch this short video and then have fun making a fair share below! https://safeYouTube.net/w/IQKD
Discuss this fair share problem and solve to divide into equal sets. Two children are playing with 8 Lego blocks. How can you divide the Lego blocks so that both children have an equal amount? Describe the fair share you made - There are 8 Legos. A fair share would be 4 Legos for each child!!
Let’s Practice:
Watch this video and review ways to make the number 9!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoOrRWYtv9c
We will use the number this week to continue learning parts of a whole. Use these domino pictures to show your child that 2 numbers (parts) can be added to make a whole. Yesterday you found objects around the house to make 9 in different ways. Using small objects like legos or beans, try grouping them in ways to make 10 like the domino examples on this slide. Say the parts of a number aloud. Example: 9 and 1, 5 and 5, 7 and 3, 1 and 9
Social Studies
Watch this funny video to learn more about all the different community helpers around us!
Talk with an adult about what your favorite community helper is and why.
Nurses and doctors are people who practice medicine. Nurses and doctors are trained to keep people healthy and to heal people who are sick.
Using the picture to the right, have an adult read you the words and try to write these words without looking. It is ok if the spelling is not the same; do your best to stretch out every sound you hear!
Using the worksheet below, talk about which tool each community helper needs to do their job.
Countdown to Summer!
Today’s theme: Ice Pop Day!
Enjoy a cool treat in the yard after a day of hard work! Choose your favorite icy treat from the freezer or make your own to enjoy later today! You can use a popsicle mold & stick or a plastic cup and scoop with a spoon to eat. Here are a few recipes to try:
> Freeze your child’s favorite yogurt! Add in pieces of fruit if you want!
> Use your family’s favorite fruit juice, lemonade, Kool-Aid, sparkling water or sport drink, like Gatorade! Freeze and enjoy!
> Try making strawberry or chocolate milk and freeze into a treat!
> Using juice or soda, freeze in a candy surprise such as gummy bears or Swedish fish!
> Blend together 2-3 of your favorite fruits with a bit of water. Pour each fruit type carefully into seperate layers and freeze for a colorful, tasty treat!
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Ongoing Review / Technology
Log in to your child’s “backpack” to access DreamBox and MyOn
Bon Air Page for Work by grade level as well as teacher read alouds!
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/indoor-recess-you-pick-number-2?s=Search&t=indoor%20recess
Wednesday
Work at Home Ideas
Listen and practice our new good morning song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsyYeWVYDdM
Make up their own handshake with someone in your family.
Good morning!
Today is Wednesday, May 20th, 2020. We will learn about teachers. What do you think a teacher does? A teacher helps students learn new things like reading and writing.
If I have 4 crayons, how many can I share with you so we will both have the same amount? If I have 8 crayons, how many can I share with you so we will both have the same amount? That is called fair share. Have fun learning today!
Love,
Your Kindergarten Teachers
Picture of the Day:
What is happening in this picture? Tell a family member your ideas. Try to use words that tell how objects look, how they move, where they are or what could happen before/after the picture was taken. Challenge yourself to ask your family member a question and allow them to ask you one too! There are no right or wrong ideas, just an opportunity to build vocabulary and encourage conversation!
Read Aloud and Writing
Listen to the story How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_xrOYZYkIY
After listening to the story, tell
someone at home how your
Kindergarten teacher was like the little yellow bird.
Writing prompt: Ms. ____________ was like the little yellow
bird because she __________ (was nice, cheery, happy, etc.)
or extend the sentence with something else “because she helped me learn, made me feel good about myself”
*Remember that spelling in kindergarten is expected to be phonetic and not perfect. For example, “Mrs. Golsn hlpt me feel gud abowt myslf.”
Fill in the missing word
Read aloud the summary of
Rocket Learns to Read.
Ask your child which word makes
the most sense to fill in the blanks
then have them copy the best
word on a piece of paper.
*look for proper pencil grip and
formation of letters from top to bottom and left to right.
Letter and Sound Review
Review the letters and sounds below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gZwpyynaERXa1wGlwmMxwlsIcUTiHpSX
Set a timer. Write the lowercase letters in order for 1 minute from memory. Check your work and correct any backwards letters. If this was difficult, use the letter chart and try again for 2 minutes!
Challenge: Have an adult call out the following words slowly. Try to spell the words by writing the beginning, middle and ending sound.
sod cap wig cub
Word Work Fun
Practice making the following sight words!
may tell let good big
**new sight words for the week are bolded, please practice these separately until your child is able to read and write them independently**
APPLY: Have your child choose 2 words to write in a sentence.
Fun ways to “write” them include:
> Spread shaving cream on the counter or on a baking sheet
> Pour salt onto a plate or tray / finger trace to spell in the salt
> Roll out play-doh into the letters for each
> Spell out the words in cereal, string, jelly beans or pipe cleaners; use Scrabble tiles or magnet letters you already have at home!
Practice reading the words. Stretch and say the sounds slowly
ditch catch pack nest gift
Read and listen to this story:
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/animalsandpeople/book?BookId=235
After you listen to the story try the following things:
-Read and point to each word on the first page.
-Find 5 sight words in the story
Math
Yesterday you practiced making a fair share with Lego blocks. Watch this video before trying today’s activity! https://safeYouTube.net/w/8RMD In the video, the birds shared crackers equally. Let’s explore sharing equal amounts with another fun treat.... candy!
You can use real candy, small objects or even paper circles. Start with 10 pieces of candy. Move the candy into 2 groups that have equal amounts. You should have 5 pieces of candy in each group for a fair share. You can keep practicing with larger numbers. Count out 16 pieces of candy. Make a fair share for two people (8 and 8). Next, use the 16 pieces to make fair shares for four friends! Did you give each friend 4 pieces of candy? Good job!
Math
Let’s play a game called Bears in a Cave to review parts of number 10. You need a partner, 10 small items and a bowl or cup as the “cave”. Count out the 10 items and then close your eyes. Have your partner hide some of the items “in the cave” while your eyes stay closed. When you open your eyes, tell your partner how many items are outside of the cave and how many are hiding inside the cave. See the examples in the pictures on this slide: There are 3 bears outside and 7 bears inside. 3 and 7 makes 10. There are 8 bears outside of the cave and 2 bears inside. 8 and 2 makes 10. You can extend this by having them write the number combinations for each.
Social Studies
A teacher is a person who helps people to learn. A teacher often works in a classroom. There are many different kinds of teachers. Some teachers teach young children in elementary schools and some teachers teach older children in high school and college.
A librarian works in a library. A library has books, newspapers, magazines, films, audio recordings, and computer software. Librarians keep the resources in order and show people how to find and use them.
Using the worksheet to the right, match each tool to the correct community helper.
Countdown to Summer!
Today’s theme : Out of This World!
> Make flying saucers in different ways! You can use a frisbee or paper airplane to see how far your “saucer” will fly! Try gluing or stapling 2 paper plates together to make a spacecraft. Feeling extra creative? Try making this saucer! > Step 1: Turn a paper plate upside down and draw a circle around the base of the plate. Inside the circle, draw lines dividing the circle into 12 equal pieces. Step 2: Cut along the straight lines to the edge of the circle (see below) Step 3: Fold every other triangle up and down. Step 4: Decorate with stickers or markers! You can create an alien to add to any of these flying saucer designs!!
Ongoing Review / Technology
Log in to your child’s “backpack” to access DreamBox and MyOn
Bon Air Page for Work by grade level as well as teacher read alouds!
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/indoor-recess-you-pick-number-2?s=Search&t=indoor%20recess
Thursday
Work at Home Ideas
Sing along to our new good morning song!
Make up their own handshake with someone in your family.
Good morning!
Today is Thursday, May 21st, 2020. The next community helper we will learn about is a mailman. Look in your mailbox. What do you see? Write a letter to someone in your family, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt or Uncle. Make sure you put a stamp on your envelope.
If I have 10 stickers, how many can I share with you so we will have the same amount?
Love,
The Kindergarten Teachers
Read the morning message out loud with your family and point across as you read. Identify the yellow words. Try to say 3 more words you know!
Picture of the Day:
What is happening in this picture? Tell a family member your ideas. Try to use words that tell how objects look, how they move, where they are or what could happen before/after the picture was taken. Challenge yourself to ask your family member a question and allow them to ask you one too! There are no right or wrong ideas, just an opportunity to build vocabulary and encourage conversation!
Read Aloud and Writing
Listen to the story It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz0KD4feq8A
After listening to the story, tell someone at home
What you would mail to a friend or family member.
It can be anything! Think back in the story of all the
crazy things that came in Liam’s mailbox:
Pickles! Pigs! A whale with wings!
Writing prompt: Use any piece of paper
around your house to make a card for
someone and draw a picture of what
you would mail them and their
name on the front, and on the inside write: I would mail a __________ to ___________. (see picture→) Pick at least 2 people.
Letter and Sound Review
Review the letters and sounds below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gZwpyynaERXa1wGlwmMxwlsIcUTiHpSX
Set a timer. Write the lowercase letters in order for 1 minute from memory. Check your work and correct any backwards letters. If this was difficult, use the letter chart and try again for 2 minutes!
Challenge: Have an adult call out the following words slowly. Try to spell the words by writing the beginning, middle and ending sound.
nap set rip rub
Word Work Fun
Practice making the following sight words!
may tell say here let
**new sight words for the week are bolded, please practice these separately until your child is able to read and write them independently**
APPLY: Have your child choose 2 words to write in a sentence.
Fun ways to “write” them include:
> Spread shaving cream on the counter or on a baking sheet
> Pour salt onto a plate or tray / finger trace to spell in the salt
> Roll out play-doh into the letters for each
> Spell out the words in cereal, string, jelly beans or pipe cleaners; use Scrabble tiles or magnet letters you already have at home!
Practice reading the words. Stretch and say the sounds slowly
bath belt much clock dash
Read and listen to this story:
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/animalsandpeople/book?BookId=235
After you listen to the story try the following things:
-What was a new word you learned?
-Was this story fiction or non-fiction?
-Read 5 words from the story independently.
Math
Let’s continue to practice making a fair share with objects. Listen to the story The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins. https://safeYouTube.net/w/5OLD
In the story, the children needed to make fair shares with cookies. As more people arrived, they changed the amount of cookies for each child so they would stay equal. Let’s try it! You can use cookies you already have on hand or cut out paper circles. Start with 12 “cookies” and 2 plates. Have your child make equal amounts on each plate for a fair share (6 and 6) Next, using the same 12 “cookies”, ask your child to make fair shares on 4 plates. (3 and 3 and 3 and 3) If you shared on to 6 plates, how many cookies would each person get? Have fun!
Math
Let’s Practice Parts of 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Have an adult recreate this chart
on a blank piece of paper (or use anything around
the house) and write all the ways to
make 9. Remember that you can reverse the
order.
For example, 9+1 is the same as 1+9.
10
10
10
10
10
10
Social Studies
Mail carriers are people who deliver mail to your mailbox. They also make sure mail that you send gets to the post office.
�Watch this video to learn more about what it would be like to be a mail carrier!
Using the picture to the right, and on a separate piece of paper, write the names of the community helpers. Then pick one community helper and write a story about their job!
Countdown to Summer!
Today’s theme: Hat Day
Wear your favorite hat today! To make a community helper hat, here are a few ideas:
> Firefighter: Color or paint a paper plate red. Add a yellow badge. Cut the center of the plate out in a circle and fold up (see below) Can be adapted to yellow for construction hat*
> Baker/Chef: Make a headband out of white paper. Glue or staple a white paper lunch bag inside for the topper & puff open. You can also use a white plastic grocery bag or criss cross paper strips to make the top. Add your child’s name on the headband for fun!
> Police Officer: Make a paper headband. Cut out blue & black paper to attach (see below) Add a badge for an extra detail! You can also use the firefighter hat design directions **
> Nurse/Doctor/Vet: Fold a paper plate in half and attach to a paper headband or tie with string around child’s head to fit. Add a red cross to the front. (see below)
Ongoing Review / Technology
Log in to your child’s “backpack” to access DreamBox and MyOn
Bon Air Page for Work by grade level as well as teacher read alouds!
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/indoor-recess-you-pick-number-2?s=Search&t=indoor%20recess
Friday
Work at Home Ideas
Listen and practice our new good morning song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsyYeWVYDdM
Make up their own handshake with someone in your family.
Good morning!
Today is Friday, May 22nd, 2020. Can you guess what community helper works at a restaurant and cooks food or bakes cakes? A chef or a baker! What food would be your favorite to cook if you were a chef? You can be anything when you grow up. What kind of job do you want to have?
How can you share 6 cookies so that you and I both have a fair share? Draw a picture of my plate of cookies and yours.
Love,
The Kindergarten Teachers
Picture of the Day:
What is happening in this picture? Tell a family member your ideas. Try to use words that tell how objects look, how they move, where they are or what could happen before/after the picture was taken. Challenge yourself to ask your family member a question and allow them to ask you one too! There are no right or wrong ideas, just an opportunity to build vocabulary and encourage conversation!
Read Aloud and Writing
Listen to Froggy Bakes a Cake by Jonathan London:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ZSzq9BflA
After listening to the story, tell someone at your house what one food you’d like to learn how make.
Writing prompt: Make a list of your favorite foods on a piece of paper and then pick one to write about. We’ve learned that adjectives are describing words: (green, juicy, sweet, sour, soft, hot, etc) Write about your favorite food. ex: “I love to eat pastu with butr. It is hot and yumy!”
Additional idea:
Additional Activity: Rainbow Pasta!
Recipe found at:
https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/rainbow-pasta/d7cb2f45-dea6-43e7-893f-6708e2dc10ec
Letter and Sound Review
Review the letters and sounds below.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gZwpyynaERXa1wGlwmMxwlsIcUTiHpSX
Set a timer. Write the lowercase letters in order for 1 minute from memory. Check your work and correct any backwards letters. If this was difficult, use the letter chart and try again for 2 minutes!
Challenge: Have an adult call out the following words slowly. Try to spell the words by writing the beginning, middle and ending sound.
nod pan hen rim
Word Work Fun
Practice making the following sight words!
may tell pull him play
**new sight words for the week are bolded, please practice these separately until your child is able to read and write them independently**
APPLY: Have your child choose 2 words to write in a sentence.
Fun ways to “write” them include:
> Spread shaving cream on the counter or on a baking sheet
> Pour salt onto a plate or tray / finger trace to spell in the salt
> Roll out play-doh into the letters for each
> Spell out the words in cereal, string, jelly beans or pipe cleaners; use Scrabble tiles or magnet letters you already have at home!
Practice reading the words. Stretch and say the sounds slowly
cash path moth frog mesh
Math
You have worked hard this week dividing objects into equal amounts to make a fair share. Play the game in the link below to help Curious George give his dogs an equal amount of treats! https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/dogs/
Solve this fair share math problem. You have 3 dogs. You have 9 dog treats. How many treats can each dog have for a fair share? Draw a picture to solve. You can add a number sentence to tell more about your answer! (3 and 3 and 3 is 9)
Math
Challenge Friday Activity: Use a box and make it into a bakery, firestation, police station, hospital or school.
Make sure your location has a door and a sign. Don’t forget to create someone who can work there.
Have fun!!!!
Social Studies
A chef is a person who cooks professionally.The chef is responsible for everything about the food in a restaurant.
Listen to this story about a chef! If you were a chef, what would you cook?
Complete the following worksheet by matching the jobs to the pictures. Then go through each community helper and tell an adult what their responsibility is.
Countdown to Summer!
Today’s theme: P is for Party!
Happy Friday! How many activities can you do today that start with the letter P? Try at least 3 of these ideas!
> Pancake Breakfast > Parade
> Pajama day > Pillow fort > Play-doh time > Popcorn snack
> Party hats > Picnic lunch
> Puzzle fun > Pizza night
Ongoing Review / Technology
Log in to your child’s “backpack” to access DreamBox and MyOn
Bon Air Page for Work by grade level as well as teacher read alouds!
https://app.gonoodle.com/activities/indoor-recess-you-pick-number-2?s=Search&t=indoor%20recess