Thursday, April 30th!!

 Updates

•   The second Learn at Home Packet is still available for pick up at the school from 9am-1pm every day this week.

•  Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE !

•  Please check below or check your emails for Zoom Meetings date and time. 

Blue Group Zoom Meeting : Wednesday, April 29th at 11:00 A.M. Amelia Espejo, Jelanni, Jordan, Isabella, Jean Luis and Melanie. Join URL:  https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7931180987?pwd=Yi9WaU9KcEtVcHJ1MzI5MHNic2VQdz09 Meeting ID: 793 118 0987 Password: Blue

Green Group Zoom Meeting: Friday, May 1st at 11:00 A.M.  Penelope, Zoey Canela, Matthiew, Denise, Anaya and Gabriel.  Join URL: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7931180987?pwd=Yi9WaU9KcEtVcHJ1MzI5MHNic2VQdz09 Meeting ID: 793 118 0987 Password: Green

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:

• Do you think the people in the city felt different after there were many gardens and plants growing in the city? Why or why not?
•       How do plants and gardens make you feel?

  

Learn at Home activity for today:

Thursday: 

 Patterns

Clap a simple pattern, and invite your child to clap it back to you (e.g. two slow claps followed by 3 faster claps). Take turns creating the pattern.

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, parts of the plants, how it smells, the way it feels etc. After observing the plant children can write or draw about it. Please email the writing / drawings to MrsGonzalezCOVID19@gmail.com 

 Music / Movement Activity:

Can You Plant a Bean?

Farmers Plants the Seeeds

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 

•  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

•   BrainPOPJr.

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

Penelope and mom shared a fun slime activity. 😃

Click Here for Slime Activity and More!!!

                                                                  

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 MrsGonzalezCOVID19@gmail.com

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located, HERE!