Monday, April 20th!

Updates

·      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 15th.

Instructional Theme:

Plants

Question for the Week:

What are plants?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located: HERE

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

·                What are some things that happen up in the garden?

·                What are somethings that happen down in the dirt?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Did you eat any roots/leaves/stems today (for example, potatoes, lettuce or celery)? Talk about the parts of a plant with your child and discuss what kinds of plants they eat.  Have your child draw a picture of their favorite plant that they eat.
I would love to see the drawings! Please feel free to text me or email a picture of your child's drawing msserbonescovid19@gmail.com  

Open ended questions:

·                What do you observe here/when ____? 

·                What does your sense of ____ tell you about ____? 

·                What will you try next? 

·                I wonder what would happen if ____? 

·                How do you know? 

·                How could we find out?
Movement Activity:

Who Let the Letters 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

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

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!