Week of March 23rd 

             During this time of social distancing we are preparing you and your child for home based learning.  Last week your Kindergartner was sent home with 3 text books, Journeys Reader , Sadlier Math and From Phonics to Reading . Sadlier connect.com, our math, religion and phonics series, is online for you and your child to have guidance.  You can go on line and set up an account .  

I will be available from 8 a.m. to 2 pm each day.  Please email me with any concerns. 

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all well and listening to your parents. I have listed more activities for you to do this week. I miss you all and I can’t wait to see you. I would love to see some pictures of you so have mom or dad email me a picture.

Below  are your assignments for this week. 

Religion :
During this season of Lent please continue to pray each night with your child and perform good deeds for others.  If you have a children's Bible read a story a day. Please use Catholic Icing.com and Formed.com for activities about Lent. 

Reading/ELA : Lesson 17 the week of March 23
This week the children will be completing Lesson 17 in the reading series.
Monday:Please go to youtube to find read aloud videos for” It Is The Wind” by Ferida Wolff and “From Caterpillar to Butterfly” by Deborah Heiligman. Please have the children answer the essential question for this week: How do living things change as they grow?- They can answer this verbally for you or they can write what they think.
This week children should discuss the sequence of the life cycle of a butterfly.  Please discuss what nouns,verbs and proper nouns are in the readings.
Audible Books are now offering free children's books.
Tuesday : Read the decodable story” Pam PIg” and the story “Can You Find It?” Write words to know in your notebook 2 times each 
Wednesday:  Write each word to know in a sentence in your notebook. 
Read the decodable story” Pam Pig?” and the story “Can You Find It?”   
Thursday:  Read the decodable story” Pam PIg” and  the story“Can You Find It?”
Have the children write what game they think Nan and Cam are playing and draw a picture to go with their writing. 
Friday: Go on youtube and find a read aloud for the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Compare this story with From Caterpillar to Butterfly. Make a beautiful butterfly picture.
Review High Frequency Words and Word Families for Short and long A and I . 
Also please keep adding new high frequency words and word family words to your list.  
Review Letters and sounds everyday.  
Study high frequency words every day .
Students need to be reminded to blend letter sounds and listen for beginning middle and ending sounds.  

Math : Please follow along with the textbook .  There is an instructional lesson along with the homework lesson.  Do both . Start with lesson 7.6 and move along from that point. You should finish chapter 7 and move on to chapter 8.  Please talk to your child about the concepts you are teaching. Directions are found at the bottom of each page. You can go online and find songs by Jack Hartman which focus on math skills for children. This is a fun way to review concepts. Examples would be counting to 100 by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s or adding or shapes etc.

Phonics :  Please complete a lesson a week . 
This week if you have completed lesson 8, please move on and complete lesson 9. Remember to remove the short story pages and read them.

Science- This week we are learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly. Please watch the video below about a butterfly.

https://youtu.be/3jl8P0w6X0g

Now that you have seen the lifecycle of a butterfly, tell your mom or dad all about what you saw. Remember to talk about the sequence of the events that occur in the life cycle. Draw each part and write about them.  

Scholastic Classroom Magazines are free on -line along with their learn at home projects. Please go to Scholastic magazines where you will find some great free materials.                                                                                               

 

Supplemental Activities :

Our great online accounts are available for you for free at this time .

Please use them Starfall.com   

 RAZ Kids                                                                                            

ABCMOUSE

Studies Weekly                                                                                    

Brainpop jr  

Jack Hartmann songs 

ABCYA  

       During this time , I continue to pray for you and your children.  Please stay healthy and remember to check the website for updates and changes.
                                                                      





                                                                                             Week of March 16th
During this time of social distancing we are preparing you and your child for home based learning.  Last week your Kindergartner was sent home with 3 text books, Journeys Reader , Sadlier Math and From Phonics to Reading . Sadlier our math, religion and phonics series, is online for you and your child to have guidance.  You can go on line and set up an account .  

I will be available from 8 a.m. to 2 pm each day.  Please email me with any concerns. 

Below is an example of what your days ahead will look like. (Please rememeber to check the special area class pages for addititional assignments.)

Religion :

During this season of Lent please continue to pray each night with your child and perform good deeds for others.  If you have a children's Bible read a story a day.  

Reading/ELA :

When doing the reading lesson:  Please do a reading lesson a week. 

 Lesson 16 is this week, the week of March 16 : Lesson 17, the week of March 23

Monday : Read and discuss the lesson .  You can find the title of the big book in your childs’ reader and find the  story on youtube as a read aloud “What is Science ?”

Read the decodable story” What is it ?” and the story “Fit in my Cab”  

Tuesday : Write the "Words to Know" in your notebook 2 times each 

Read the decodable story” What is it ?” and the story “Fit in my Cab” 

Wednesday:  Write each "Word to Know" in a sentence in your notebook. 

Read the decodable story" What is it ?” and the story “Fit in my Cab”   

Thursday:  Read the decodable story” What is it ?” and the story“Fit in my Cab”

Write a sentence about your favorite part and draw a picture .  

Friday: Review High Frequency Words and Word Families for Short and long A and I . 

Also, please keep adding new high frequency words and word family words to your list.  

Review Letters and sounds everyday.  

Study high frequency words every day .

Students need to be reminded to blend letter sounds and listen for beginning middle and ending sounds.  

Math Lessons :

Please follow along with the textbook .  There is an instructional lesson along with the homework lesson, please do both each day. Start with lesson 7.6 and move along from that point. You should finish chapter 7 and move on to chapter 8.  Please talk to your child about the concepts you are teaching. Directions are found at the bottom of each page.  

Start at lesson 8 on page 103. Do 2 pages a day. 

Supplemental Activities :

Our great online accounts are available for you for free at this time ,

Please use them .   

Starfall.com  

RAZ Kids 

ABCYA

ABCMOUSE

Studies Weekly 

Brainpop jr  

Jack Hartmann songs 

During this time , I continue to pray for you and your children.  Please stay healthy and remember to check the website for updates and changes.