Wednesday, May 6th!!

Updates

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

·               Teachers are currently working on a new Learning packet that may be used for the remainder of the school year.

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

·               Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!

Zoom Meetings for this Week: 

Blue Group Tuesday, May 5th At 11:00 a.m.	Yellow Group Wednesday, May 6th At 11:00 a.m.	Green Group Thursday, May 7th At 11:00 a.m.
Zoe Suarez  Jean Luis Anaya  Richard  Amelia Espejo  Jelanni Meeting ID:  753 8499 8322 Password: Love	Matthiew Gabriel  Jordan Zoey Canela  Isabella Jaisabel  Meeting ID:  720 8004 1534 Password: Love	Penelope Mattias  Amelia Tavares Denise Elias Melanie Meeting ID:  742 0171 0138 Password: Love

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 boy get the orange?

·     The boy shared the orange.  Why do you think he did that? 

Learn at Home activity for today:

            Wednesday: 

  

Plant Encyclopedia

Create a plant encyclopedia with pictures and names of an assortment of plants that may be familiar as well as those that may be novel to your child. Children can draw and label pictures of plants that are near the places you live or make up the food you eat. Children can also focus on other plants they find interesting.

Open ended questions:

·               Tell me about your work. 

·               What did you notice about ____? 

·               I notice that you ____. How did you do that? 

·               What will you try next? Why? 

·               How could we find out?

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 the writing / drawings to MrsGonzalezcovid@gmail.com

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

Music / Movement Activity:

Body Boogie

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!