HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROSE!! Born June 12th.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LELAND born June 14th and HAPPY BIRTHDAY SABINA born July 7th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LEVI born in August!  Wishing you all fun filled birthdays full of popcorn, cake, ice cream, and joy!

HAPPY LAST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!!! Please know that we love you all and cannot wait to see each other again in person when you return to the school as FIRST GRADERS! Keep up your creativity and explorations!  You have many summer adventures ahead and we look forward to hearing all about them in the fall!

1. Writing/ Creativity/ Drawing/ Fun:  Please consider keeping a summer journal! These are great for reflecting on the positive, recording your adventures, and exploring your feelings. Fun writing and drawing practice, and also a great keepsake and conversation starter when we all return in the fall.

2. Movement: Play, play, and more play!! Never underestimate the power and value of PLAY! For Children, ALL play is learning!! 

3. Lexia and Symphony Math:  You can keep up on these programs all summer long!

Happy Thursday K-class.  Fathers’ Day will be here soon, on Sunday June 21st. Fathers’ Day is a holiday often observed as a day to celebrate all of the wonderful adult Males in your life, to say thank you, and let them know how important they are to you!  People you might choose to celebrate on Fathers’ Day include Dads, Step-Dads, Grandpas, Great-grandpas, Uncles, Cousins, and other important adult males in your child and family’s life!

                               

1. Reading: Today we have some great Fathers’ Day themed books for you to choose from! Don’t have access to one of these titles? That’s OK! Choose your favorite book (or Dad, Grandpa or an Uncle’s Favorite book) and cozy up to share a book with them! You can even share a book virtually together if you are apart! Here are some book recommendations: “The Daddy Book” by Todd Parr, 

2. Writing: It’s getting towards the end of our school year. So that gets my mind thinking on what I would like to do for the summer. Maybe you’re like me and want to go camping, maybe some of you want to spend your days by the lake, or the ocean. So I would like to know what it is that you would like to do during your summer vacation. Write down a few sentences to share.Make sure you start your sentence off with a capital/uppercase letter. Stretch those words out to get the sounds.Draw a picture to go with your sentences. Don’t forget to add action lines, speech bubbles, and details.When you are done, don’t forget to read it to a parent or sibling.

3. Social Studies/ Father’s Day:  32 Great ideas you can easily make at home! Check out the following link, I have also added some pics of my favorites here too! https://www.womansday.com/home/crafts-projects/g2461/fathers-day-craft-ideas/

4. Symphony Math: (20 min)   http://content.symphonylearning.com/assets/student/start.html?v=7.2

5. PE/ Movement: Be sure to go to Coach Sadie’s blog space to see what she has planned for you this week! 

6. Science: Today you need to go outside and EXPLORE. The trees are blooming! The flowers are up and blooming! Lots of baby birds have hatched and are just learning to fly. What can you discover in your yard? You might have baby chicks, puppies, baby goats, tadpoles. I don’t know what you will  find, but I am sure you will love it. Happy exploring. 

 

Hello K-Class, today is our final dance party Wednesday! We are half way through our last full week of school. I don’t know about you, but I am going to miss our dance parties.  Flag Day is Sunday June 14th.  Today I have some activities to help you learn more about The American Flag and why it is an important American Symbol. We will also look at different state flags as well as Flags that symbolize other countries as well.

                  

1. Social Studies/ History: Do you know what the American Flag looks like? What colors do you see? How many white stripes? How many red stripes? How many stars? Do you know why there are a certain number of stripes and stars? Why is the American Flag an important symbol? Do you know there are rules around handling the American Flag appropriately and respectfully? Do you know why these rules exist? 

A video all about American Symbols:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZwlTsiKScU

A great positive video you can dance and sing along to, by one of my favorite children’s musicians, Jack Hartman that celebrates what it means to be American! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oex3j_9AhGA

2. Reading: There are so many great titles for teaching your child about the American Flag, other important American symbols, and American Pride. Learning about American Symbols, learning the words to the Pledge of Allegiance, and learning the words of our National Anthem are all K standards we typically teach in the Spring.   Titles I recommend: “What Does it Mean to be American” by Rana DiOrio, “Oh Say Can You See” by Sheila Keenan, “F is for Flag (Reading Railroad)” by Wendy Lewison, “The Flag Book” Lonley Planet kids, “Is a Bald Eagle Really Bald?” and 50 Trailblazers of the 50 States: Celebrating the Lives of Inspiring People who Paved the Way from Every State in America” by Howard Megdal.  

3. Math: Scavenger Hunt! For this math assignment you are going to have to walk around your house and do some counting. How many shoes are there in your house? How many boots…, snow boots…., sandals….,sneakers….? What do you have the most of? What do you have the least of? How many have buckles….,shoelaces….,snaps….,?

4. Dance Party: It’s our last Wednesday to dance together. So crank up the music and get those dancing feet moving. Take a video to share! Let’s all dance together at our last Google Meet! 

5. Writing: Kindergarten, I would like to know what your favorite part of school was this year? I know what mine was… getting to be with all of you! Maybe it was the Pushes and Pulls unit we learned about. Maybe it was all the puzzles, or Chinese New Year. How about our Chinese Parade? What about our “plane ride” we took? Maybe you liked Choice time where you could choose from the choice board.. Maybe you liked the pretend center, the gingerbread house, the post office, or doing our Human Bodies and hanging them in the hallway. There were so many fun things that we accomplished. Can you write 2-3 sentences and draw a picture? Don’t forget to color the picture in. I would love to see what you choose to write about!

6. Lexia: (20 min) https://www.lexiacore5.com/

7. PE Be sure to go to Coach Sadie’s blog space to see what she has planned for you this week!

 

Happy Tuesday K-Class. As we are now in June, I am looking forward to going swimming and visiting the beaches, many of which are starting to open back up! Today we will go on a virtual field trip to explore the coral reefs. I hope you will be as amazed as I was by all of the colors and all the different types of fish. Let’s see what wonderful things are under the ocean. Enjoy your trip!

           

1. Reading:  Find any good book or two (or three), a favorite sit spot, and set the timer for at least 20 minutes. You might even bring a stuffie or pet with you to share your stories! Look through all of the pages and see if you can tell the story using your own words. What do you notice about the pictures in the books you chose? What do you notice about the words? Do you spot any words you can read? Trick words or popcorn words? Count how many pages are in the book you just read.  Do you have a favorite place to cuddle up and read? 

2. Art: Tuesdays are art days in Kindergarten! Make sure you visit the art teacher’s blog space to see what she has planned for you for our LAST week!! 

3. Science: Virtual Field Trip:  Let’s see what’s in the ocean.

https://youtu.be/J2BKd5e15Jc

4. Writing/ Creativity/ Drawing:  Today’s writing prompt question: If we all lived in a yellow submarine, what do you think we would see? What types of sea creatures would be swimming in the ocean?  See if you can work on your story for at least 30 minutes. Draw a picture and write 2-3 sentences answering the questions above. Stretch out the words you want to spell to see how many sounds you can hear to write down. Remember to use lower case letters and add spaces between your words. Please send along your finished work for me to see! I love seeing what you are working on! If it is a piece you would like me to post to the blog, or if you want to bring it with you to Google Meet tomorrow, please share!

5. Movement/ Science: Water Play! Use buckets, bins, a pool or splash pad, or even just the hose! Make a river in your sandbox, in the mud, or in the driveway. Can you make a dam? A bridge? A boat to float in the water? Can you make a rainbow with the hose? What sinks? Floats? Grab a net and some objects! Create your own water game!

6. Symphony Math:   http://content.symphonylearning.com/assets/student/start.html?v=7.2

 

Happy Monday K-Class. This will be our last full week of  Kindergarten! It has been an unexpected year in many ways, but also a year of tremendous strength and refocus on working together as a family and community.  This week we will be celebrating our Summer Birthdays! Happy Birthday to our June Babies Rose and Leland, our July birthday girl Sabina, and an August birthday for Levi! This week we will also complete some activities pertaining to Flag Day (June 14th),  Fathers’ Day (June 21st), and end of year celebrations. Stay Tuned!

Our last Monday share! What is one thing that you did over the weekend? Ms. Martha spent the weekend with her family and spending time taking care of the plants she has planted.  Ms. Bigwood planted her green bean plant in the garden outdoors and had fun playing with the baby!

              

1. Math: For our last week, choose your favorite math game to play with a family member or friend. Monster Squeeze, Top-It, Yahtzee, Number Go Fish, Bears in a Cave, or Symphony Math. Any game that uses two dice is also great math facts practice.

2.  Art/ Writing: Make your own chalk! Did you know you can make chalk at home- use equal parts (review what equal means) cornstarch and water (add food dye for color), let dry in a mold of your choice for 12 hours (toilet paper tubes work well! or silicone molds or cookie cutters on wax paper). Once you have made your chalk creations, see if you can write the alphabet, or the numbers 1-20, or 10 sight words.  Now make it a game by grabbing a squirt gun and having a partner call out a letter, number, or word and see if you can find it and squirt it.

3. Bonus Science Experiment: In the spring Kindergarten typically learns about solids and liquids. After making chalk, you can make another fun experiment with cornstarch- oobleck- a non-Newtonian fluid (has the properties of both a solid and a liquid). Simply mix 1 part water to 2 parts cornstarch (and food dye if u wish!)

4. Music: Monday’s are music days in Kindergarten! Be sure to visit the Music teacher’s bog space to see what she has planned for our last week!

5. Puzzles: problem solving, spacial relationships, visual discrimination, patience, persistence, teamwork, fine motor practice…. so many skills in one activity!!

6. Lexia: (20 min) https://www.lexiacore5.com/

Happy Fun Friday K-Kids !!!!

Today you are going to be scientists, and do a fun experiment with water. You kids are always up for a challenge so I gave you one. Have fun with it.

 

1. Science: For this activity you will need a pail of water. Today you will collect objects to drop in the pail. Can you find objects that you think will float on the water? Can you find items that will sink to the bottom? 

Bonus Challenge: If you have a can of diet soda, and a can of regular soda, then you drop both of the cans in the pail of water. Which can, do you think is going to sink? Which can, do you think will float?

2. Writing: If you could be a baker, and make any kind of food that you wanted, what would you bake? Cupcakes, muffins, breads, bear claws, cinnamon buns…..? Tell me with 2-3 sentences. Add a picture if you choose to. Can’t wait to see what you would bake.

3. Movement: It’s that time again to get that body moving outside. Jump, run, hop….. Get the heart muscle beating. 

4. PATHS: Click on the Following link to watch a reading of the PATHS story “The Secret Toy” a story about two friends who have an argument and then make up. Sometimes we all have disagreements, even friends, but we can learn together what to do when that happens! Great springboard for conversation with your child. Encourage them to talk about a time when the had an argument with a friend/ sibling. How did they feel? What happened? What did they do? What could you do differently next time? How did you make it better?    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6caclb3hlY&feature=youtu.be&utm_campaign=Support%20Materials&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=87899073&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9yJgHe-L3Q3dz4dg3_g7CSSjEG9mlHGXwlIWJziTbzs5d2bzZViwKRc30wQbgY2tPiSibPOwaHA2Xf2mu5rCCOKI_OjA&_hsmi=87899073

5. Lexia: (20 min) https://www.lexiacore5.com/

Good Morning K-class. Today we are going to go on a virtual field trip to a train museum. Choo Choo!!! Enjoy learning all about the different cars that the engine pulls.

1. Science: Virtual Field Trip: Today you’re going to learn all about trains…..

https://youtu.be/YmdzUiTOztM

2. Writing/ Creativity/ Drawing:  Today’s writing prompt question: If you were on a train where would you be going? Would you be the conductor? What would you see if you were a passenger on one? See if you can work on your story for at least 30 minutes. Draw a picture and write 2-3 sentences answering the questions above. Stretch out the words you want to spell to see how many sounds you can hear to write down. Remember to use lower case letters and add spaces between your words. Please send along your finished work for me to see! I love seeing what you are working on! 

3. Reading: Hey diddle diddle,

                The cat in the fiddle.

Do you have a rhyming book? Have someone read the book to you and see if you can say the rhyming word that is coming up next in the book. No rhyming books? Then how many words can you come up with that rhyme? (cat, bat, big, dig, ball, fall, hill, spill…..)

4. Science: Today we will finish our Bean Science journals. Take your final measurements before finding a spot outside to plant your bean plant. Don’t forget to put a tall stick or dowel in the ground near your plant to offer it support as it gets even taller. I hope it grows you a delicious bean to eat!

5. Math: Train Theme!  Using Fruit loops (or other snack or manipulative with different colors, like fruit snacks) to make a fruit loop train! Make a train with 4 red fruit loops and two green ones. How many “train cars” in all?  Practice writing the number sentence! Mix the colors up to make a “train.”  First count how many red? How many blue? How many yellow? How many all together? How do you write that as a number sentence? Great practice counting math facts and using math symbols!

5. Symphony Math: (20 min)   http://content.symphonylearning.com/assets/student/start.html?v=7.2

or http://happynumbers.com

or Khan Academy https://learn.khanacademy.org/khan-academy-kids/

 

Happy Wednesday. We are half way through the week. Today we are going on a virtual field trip to learn a new dance for dance party Wednesday. Looks like we are going to Hawaii and learning how to HULA. Have fun trying to learn the dance.  If you can, capture a video of your best hula dance to share with the group!

1. Math: Play Top-It! For this math game you can use a deck of cards, with Jacks being 11, queens 12 and kings 13. Split the deck equally among players. Each player turns over their top card at the same time. The player with the highest card gets to take all cards layed down and put them at the bottom of their deck. First person to win all the cards wins the game! 

2. Movement/ Music/ Social Studies:  It’s a Wednesday Dance party, so let’s learn a new dance today. Our Virtual Field Trip is to Hawaii.  See if you can find Hawaii on a map of the United States of America. 

https://youtu.be/_-EFOlMqZFQ

Follow Up Activities: 

3.Reading: Interested in learning more about Volcanos? Read more through the Epic! website. Check out the titles I flagged under teacher recommendations when you log in. Science:  I even included a title all about volcano themed experiments you can try at home!

4. Cooking/ Following Directions: Interested in trying out a kid friendly tropical treat? Go to the following link for a great pineapple and coconut themed recipe! Cooking together promotes many different skills (measuring, reading, following directions, patience, and teamwork to name a few!)    Pineapple Coconut Slices (only 4 ingredients!) http://simpletoddlerrecipes.com/recipe/113/pineapple-coconut-slice/

5. PATHS: It’s time to review what we have learned this year in Paths. Can you remember? If you are having a feeling that is making you angry, upset, or frustrated, what do you do? Think back…..What did Twiggles always do? Show someone in your household how to do “Turtle”.  

(Stop, Go into your shell, Take a deep breath, Say the problem, and how it makes you feel.)

6. Lexia: (20 min) https://www.lexiacore5.com/

7. PE: Be sure to go to Coach Sadie’s blog space to see what she has planned for you this week, including a virtual Field Day!! 

 

Hello K-class. Today you are going to be explorers in your own yard. Begin by looking closely at what is right under your feet! Next, we have a writing prompt that has you thinking about places that might be farther away.

Ms. Bigwood is also back on-line! Baby Éloïse is settling in and looks forward to “meeting” you all at tomorrow (Wednesday’s) Google Meet!

           

1. Movement: Go outside and explore. How many different colored rocks can you find?. Are there any  that sparkle? Did you find one that was black? Maybe a white one, pink maybe? Round, square. How about the texture, how it feels. Did you find one that was smooth? Did you find one that is pointy, with sharp edges…..?

2. Writing/ Creativity/ Drawing:  Today’s writing prompt question: “If you could go anywhere, where would it be? Why would you want to go there? What would you do if you were there?” See if you can work on your story for at least 30 minutes. Draw a picture and write 2-3 sentences answering the questions above. Stretch out the words you want to spell to see how many sounds you can hear to write down. Remember to use lower case letters and add spaces between your words. Please send along your finished work for me to see! I love seeing what you are working on! If it is a piece you would like me to post to the blog, or if you want to bring it with you to Google Meet tomorrow, please share!

3. Science/ Reading: Let’s Find Out Magazine!  Log on to “Let’s Find Out” Magazine’s page. During the school year, students usually take home one a week in their orange Friday folder. You may now access these online, and virtually complete the activity at the end of the virtual magazine. Access the website here: https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/home-page-logged-in.html  The classroom code is Roadsize6105. Read and complete the activities for “High Five for Summer Safety.”

4. Reading: Read, Read, Read. Grab one of your favorite books and curl up with a stuffy, a sibling, or someone in your household. Look at all the words that you know. Try to sound out the words that you don’t know. 

5. Art: Tuesdays are art days in Kindergarten! Make sure you visit the art teacher’s blog space to see what she has planned for you this week!  

6. Math: Log into  one of the following great sites for 20 minutes that work on Math skills:

Symphony Math  http://content.symphonylearning.com/assets/student/start.html?v=7.2

or try out http://happynumbers.com

or Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/

 

Happy Monday K-class. I hope you had great weekend. Today is share one thing that you did over the weekend. Share with a friend or draw a picture and show me. This weekend I planted some of my vegetables in the garden. I can’t wait for them to grow big so I can eat them. Mmmmm

 

 

MONDAY 6/1

 

Math/Movement: Get outside and count how many times you can hop from one point to another?  Maybe it is from your front door to a tree….maybe it’s from your bike to the house….How many times can you spin, (be careful), How many GIANT steps, how many baby steps, side steps…..?

 

Reading: Today’s reading assignment is to find an old magazine. Make sure that no one wants that magazine anymore. Next you need to get a yellow crayon or marker. Find a nice cozy spot to sit. You need to “butter” all the popcorn /sight words that you can find (is, was, the, they, my…..)

 

Music: Monday’s are music days in Kindergarten! Be sure to visit the Music teacher’s bog space to see what she has planned for you this week! 

 

Lexia: (20 min) https://www.lexiacore5.com/