Friday, May 15th!!

Updates

·     A new Learning packet that may be used for the remainder of the school year is available for pick-up this week from 9am - 1pm.  Also, available for pick up is a backpack with fun learning materials inside! Please remember to bring a shopping bag with you to pick up the items.

·     Remote learning will continue for the rest of this school year.

·     Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!

Zoom Meetings for this Week:

Instructional Theme:

•Plants

Question for the Week:

•Why are plants important? 

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons

TheYouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located: HERE

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

·               Why is it important to take good care of your body? 

·               Vegetables can be different colors. Why do you think vegetables are different colors?

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Learn at Home activity for today:

Friday:

Lego fun

Using legos in a variety of colors and sizes, you can build a structure.  Structures can consist of one building such as a castle, high-rise, or house or more city-like structures such as playgrounds, swimming pools, or museums. 

Open ended questions:

·               I notice that you ____. 

·               Tell me about ____.

·               Tell me why.

·               What would happen if __?

·               How can we __?

Continued Weekly Activity

3-D Plants

Invite your child to use recycled materials such as cardboard boxes or tubes and empty, clean food containers, to create three-dimensional plants. If no recyclable materials are available, children can use play-doh.  Children can reference live plants, plastic or silk plants, or pictures of plants as they build their own plants. Encourage your child to name the plants and make their own labels for them. Please email a picture of any completed work to MrsGonzalez19@gmail.com!

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

Plant Life Cycle 

 

Music / Movement Activity:

·               Yoga Time - Pirate Adventure

·               Farmer Plants the Seeds

·               Sing a Song of Flowers  

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  MrsGonzalezCOVID19@gmail.com

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