Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Tuesday,May 5th!

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.



   
·      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:
·     How did the orange get from the tree to the grocery store?
·     The book says, “The petals fell away and the orange began to grow into what it was meant to be.” What was the orange meant to be?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Paint Flowers
Look at the following famous paintings with your child.  Ask your child questions such as, “What do you notice in this picture?” and “How does this picture make you feel?” After children reflect, they can paint their own pictures of flowers!

 
Sunflowers by Claude Monet
Flowers by Andy Warhol


Poppy by Georgia O'Keeffe


Open ended questions:

·     Tell me about your art. 
·     What did you notice about ____? 
·     I notice that you ____. How did you do that? 
·     What will you try next? Why? 
·     How does this painting make you feel?


  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  

Thank you to all the students and parents that have sent me pictures of the children's work!


 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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