Friday, May 1^st!

Updates

·      Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!

   

·      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:

·      Can you be a gardener? Why or why not?

·      If you were going to grow a garden, what would you need? What would you do?

  

Learn at Home activity for today:

Scavenger Hunt

Invite your child to look around the place you live for objects you and your child use to take care of yourselves. For example, you might use specific items to care for your hair, soap to wash your hands, etc. After creating a small collection of objects, count them with your child. If desired, use pictures or words to create a numbered list of items.

Open ended questions:

·      I notice that you ____. 

·      What do you notice? 

·      If I want to ____, what should I do? 

·      Tell me about ____. 

·      How do you know? 

·      Tell me why ___.

  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:

Shake Break

Can You Plant a Bean?

Herman the Worm

Move With Me

Shake Your Sillies Out

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:

 Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Miss Megan's Camp Kindergarten (facebook)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (facebook)

FunBrain
StarFall
Time For Kids

Penelope and mom shared a fun slime activity. 😃

Click Here for Slime Activity and More!!!

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

Earth Day Slime Activity

  

Animated Story About Social Distancing

Brain Pop Jr. - Math Games

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 located, HERE!