Monday, April 27, 2020

Monday, April 27th!

Updates

   Mrs. Serbones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Prek 5 Zoom Meeting 
Time: Apr 28, 2020 11:00 AM
Meeting details were texted to parents. If you have any questions, Please email or text.

·      The Learn at Home Packet is still available for pick up at the school from 9am-1pm every day this week.
·      Online Learning will continue until May 22th.

Instructional Theme:
Plants

Question for the Week:
What do plants need and where do we find them? 


Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located: HERE

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:
·      Where did the garden start growing?
·      Where did the garden spread?
Learn at Home activity for today:

Cook and Count 

Invite your child to prepare food with you. As you work together, count the number of items you use.

Open ended questions:
·      Why do you think we are adding ____? 
·      What would happen if ____? 
·      What do you notice as we do this? 
·      How does it smell? 
·      How does it feel? 
·      What does it look like? 
·      How does it taste? 
·      What does this remind you of?
Continued Weekly Activity

Parents and children can find and observe a plant together. They can talk about what the plant looks like, how it smells, the way it feels etc. After observing the plant children can draw about it. Please email or text drawings to:msserbonescovid19@gmail.com  

 Movement Activity:




For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE!


I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:
     Apps:
                  MarcoPolo
                  Khan Academy Kids
                  ABC Mouse
                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)

Websites:

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas


  

Scholastic Learn at Home The website offers multiple days of content including read-alouds, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc.  

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at
 msserbonescovid19@gmail.com



As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information locatedHERE!

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