Thursday, May 21, 2020

Thursday, May 21st!!

Updates
  • School is Closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day.
  •    Starting this week, students will need a DOE account to access zoom. (You will need your child's OSIS number to access the account- I will text it to you once it becomes available to me.)To retrieve student account ID and password, visit: Student Account Self Service
  • https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form  

The Zoom meetings have been set up for this week.  I will let you know of the changes described above once your child’s OSIS number becomes available to me.  
  • 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.

  • Online learning will continue for the rest of this school year.

  • Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!



Zoom Meetings for this Week: 
Please go to the zoom website, https://zoom.us/join and enter the meeting ID.




Instructional Theme:
  • Babies


Question for the Week:
  • What do human babies need? 


Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
  • Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers

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

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:
·               Why do you think babies usually crawl before they walk? 
·               What do you think babies think about when they are learning to walk?

Learn at Home activity for today

                              Thursday: 

     Draw a Family Picture

Think of the people who are important to you and your child and draw each of them together in a picture. Consider adding people’s names to the picture as well and hanging the picture where you live. 


Continued Weekly Activity
Baby Portraits: 
Have your child look at a picture from when they were babies. Invite them to look at the pictures and draw or paint a picture of themselves as a baby. As children observe and consider their pictures, engage them in discussion about the details they notice in the pictures. What has changed about the way they look now compared to when they were babies? Why? What did their hair look like? Their eyes? Did they have chubby cheeks? Etc. Children who are ready can add words to their portraits. Please email a picture of any completed work to MrsGonzalezCOVID19@gmail.com!


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




















Music / 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



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!



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