Monday, May 4^th!

Updates

Zoom meeting 

Mrs. Serbones is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Prek 5 Zoom Meeting 

Time: May 5, 2020 11:00 AM

Meeting details were texted to parents. If you have any questions, please email or text.

·      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.

Instructional Theme:

Plants

Question for the Week:

What are some different kinds of plants?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

An Orange in January by Dianna Hutts Aston

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

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

·      Where was the orange at the beginning of the book?

·      Where was the orange at the end of the book?

  

Learn at Home activity for today:

Take a Trip

Take a pretend trip with your child. Consider where you will go, how you will get there, and how you feel about going on this trip together. Work together to find or make the things you need for your trip. After preparing for your trip, pretend to go on the trip together.

Open ended questions:

·      Who are you going to be today? 

·      I wonder what would happen if ____? 

·      What will you do next? 

·      What do you think about ____? 

·      What does that remind you of?

  Continued Weekly Activity

Watch the video, Parts of a Plant and have your child draw a picture with the different parts of a plant.  They can also practice the plant movements mentioned in the song! Please email or text your drawing to: msserbonescovid19@gmail.com  

 Movement Activity:

Parts of a Plant

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

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!