Welcome May!                                                                                                   

Monday May 
    Friday May 29 

Math- Watch and complete our math mouse on describing shapes. Watch the video and complete 511-514
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Science-How can objects change its motion? Write the word motion and how it says we can make an object move. Watch the video on motion. If you would like to-complete the How do you roll experiment.https://www.pearsonrealize.com/community 

Make sure to create you BINGO cards for our noon zoom call

ELA/Readygen-seesaw compare and contrast 





 

Thursday May 14 

Religion- We continue to pray as Jesus did. Jesus prayed for others. Create Prayer hands. Trace your hands and cut them out. On each finger write people you are praying for. At some point today or before bed-say a prayer for each of the people you wrote down. 

Math- Complete the online personal math trainer. Print and complete the "squares worksheets" under documents 
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Readygen- Complete questions on The Snowy Day  
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Complete seesaw

Wednesday May 13 
Wishing Kiera a very Happy Birthday !! Enjoy your day!

Religion- Value Kindness. Say your daily prayers. Our month's value is kindness.  Complete one act of kindess towards each family member in your house today. 

Math- Watch the video on squares and complete pages 509-510 then complete the seesaw on squares.
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Science- Complete the change in movement questions 
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Phonics- Complete pages 117-118

 

Tuesday May 12

Religion- Value: Kindness Download and print the We pray as Jesus did under DOCUMENTS. Talk about how we pray for others. Draw a picture for each box. Write who the person is you are praying for. Upload the picture of your completed paper to seesaw and record yourself reading who you drew and if you would like-tell me if there is something specific you would pray for one of the people that you thought of. 

Math-Identify and name squares. Watch the math mouse, complete pages 506-508
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Science- Under DOCUMENTS- print the two quest checklists. You will be creating your own sail car to find out how it works when wind is added. Think about how you can create wind to make it move. What can you use? What is happening when you make it move? Ask questions before deciding what materials you can use around your house. Test your sail car. We will  share our designs and talk about what worked, what did not and what we could have done differently on Thursday May 21. Have fun! (You can google sail cars project to see different ideas)
FOR THE EVALUATE YOUR SOLUTION PAGE :
WHAT WORKED? 
Write what parts of the sail car worked well-ex: the way the sail attached 
WHAT DID NOT WORK?
Write what parts did not work ex: the sail fell off when I turned on the fan
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Based on your observations-write what you would do differently to improve your test 

Readygen-Compare and contrasting stories. When we read two stories we can identify how characters may be alike or different. We can compare and contrast events and details from the stories. Think about the stories. How is the weather different in each story? Write sentences beginning with In Come On Rain! the weather is _____________________. In The Snowy Day the weather is _________.
 
                                                                  Monday May 11

Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed your time together on Mother's Day! 

Religion- Talk about people that you pray for. People that you are thankful for. Read the booklet together pages 5-8
 https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhomereligion 

Math-pages 503-504
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Readygen-  find vocabulary words from our story bunched piled swollen and firm. Use context clues and illustrations to find their meanings. Complete the benchmark vocabulary 
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Friday May 8 

Have a wonderful weekend-TO ALL THE MOTHERS-Happy Mother's Day. To all my Kindergarteners-do something extra special on Sunday for Mommy. 

Please print the Mother's day 1 and Mother's Day 2 pages. Sign your child onto seesaw and have them listen to my recording (without Mom :) ) I will read what the paper says so they can complete the sentence for you the best they can. You do not need to upload this. 

ELA-SEESAW- Complete the CVC activity 

Math- watch video, listen to the math mouse and complete 499-502 
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do



 

Thursday May 7 

Religion- Page 4 Read and say the prayer together with your family
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhomereligion 

Readygen- Review The Snowy Day to find the vocabulary words squinting, slick, crunch and heaping. Complete the benchmark vocabulary page and download/print the decodable story Dad Will Fix It (I put it under documents as well in case you could not open it from Pearson. It is labeled reader 1 and reader 2.) Put your booklet together and go onto seesaw to read the booklet. https://www.pearsonrealize.com/community 

Science- Watch the video and complete the questions
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Math- complete 497-498 https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Wednesday May 6

Religion Monthly Value: kindness Read page 3 CH 23 Unit 4 and complete the WE PRAY 2 worksheet under documents 
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhomereligion 

Math- Watch video, complete interactive lesson and complete workbook pages in Lesson 1 ch 9 494-496 Circles- complete the seesaw
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Readygen/ELA- We have been discussing reactions. What is a reaction? How can writer's help us understand how a character feels or reacts to an event in a story? Complete the seesaw narrative writing/reaction activity
 

Tuesday May 5

Religion Monthly Value: kindness- Say your daily prayer. Thank God for someone or something you are thankful for. 

Math- Sorting shapes and vocabulary biulder. What does it mean to sort?  page 491. Review the vocabulary cards beginning on page 493
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Science-watch the video on motion. Download and print the How do Objects Move? paper. (I assigned it twice with two ways to download it-I know some had difficulties last time trying to print the paper.) Choose objects in your house that you have to do something to it in order for it to move. Did you move it fast or slow? Did you slide it or spin it? Take a picture or video of yourself with the objects. Use the record and tell me about what you observed on seesaw.  https://www.pearsonrealize.com/community  

Phonics- page 111-112. Complete the "at home activity" on page 112. After drawing a picture-write a sentence using that word. 

Readygen- complete the seesaw activity. When you record your response tell me what words you read that helped determine how you knew how the character was feeling. Also tell me in your response what you can see in the illustration to help you understand how the character was feeling. 

MAY 4
Happy Monday Kindergarten-I hope you all enjoyed your weekend

Religion Monthly Value: kindness- unit 4 ch 23 Read page 1 answer the questions. Discuss the pictures. Read page two complete the activity on paper. 
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhomereligion 

Math- We will begin chapter 9 (two dimensional shapes) complete the math model  and complete page 490 "show what you know"
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do

Science-review what push and pull mean. Complete the jumpstart discovery page- write the vocabulary words speed and direction. Discuss what these words mean. Act it out! Pretend to be a marble. 

Readygen-  Essential Question: How do readers identify characters emotions and reactions?
How does the writer use the characters reactions from events to tell a story  ?
review the vocabulary words from our story adventures and melted. Complete the BENCHMARK VOCABULARY Lesson 11 page 147. 
Some questions to ask as you re read our story 
Why does Peter think and think and think about his adventurres?
What happened to the snowball Peter put in his pocket?How do you know?
How does Peter react to his empty pocket? Why does he react that way?
https://www.pearsonrealize.com/community  

Complete the seesaw activity

May 1 
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW MILIN!!

Happy Friday-something to get your sillies out for a little! The kids loved dancing to this on Friday mornings. https://youtu.be/yXhyE2hxtUs 

Religion-  Download the document we pray 1 under DOCUMENTS ... How did you learn how to pray? Jesus showed us how to pray. He prayed with his family and friends, outdoors, at celebrations, and in holy places. Where do you pray? Pray the Sign of the Cross and then pray the following prayer: Jesus, thank you for showing us how to pray. Jesus prayed everywhere. Where do you think he is praying in the picture? Color the picture 
https://religion.sadlierconnect.com/@learnfromhomereligion

Math-  https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do  complete the chapter review pages 477-480 and compelte the personal math trainer post test

Seesaw- Free draw Friday  
 

Standards

ELA 
Print & Book Awareness
( RF.K1a,b )  Demonstrate understanding of the organization and basic features of print.Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page by page; recognize that spoken words are represented in written language by specific sequences of letters

Vocabulary

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
(RF.K.2,2c,2d,3,3a)  Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds, associate I i with /i/. Identify initial & medial /a/, write a letter or letters for most consonant and short-vowel sounds, associate picture names with initial & medial and final letters; Know & apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.  Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter sound correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for each consonant.

Listening & Speaking
(L.K.1,2,4,6,SL.K.1,1a,2,4,5,6) Determine/clarify meanings of unknown & multiple-meaning words, words & phrases, spell simple words phonetically; encode/blend words; listen to & discuss a read-aloud selection. Listen for details in a song, use words in a variety of contexts, listen & respond to oral presentations, discuss a read-aloud selection, follow oral directions

Comprehension
(RI.K.1,4,7,RL.K.1,7,10,4,3,SL.K) With prompting & support, ask & answer questions about key details in a text; Draw conclusions from pictures, answer questions about a nursery rhyme, recognize text structure, rhyme & rhythm, determine important ideas, associate pictures with words, use prior knowledge

Writing
(SL.K.1b,WK.3,) Handwriting
Expressive Writing-  (SL.K.1b,W.K.3)  Continue a conversation throuh multiple exchanges, Use a combination of drawing, dictating, & writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened (L.K.1d,f,W.K.7,8) Understand & use question words (interrogatives) eg, who, what, where,when, why, how, produce & expand complete sentences in shared language activities, Participate in shared research & writing, project (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author & express opinions about them), with guidance & support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather info from provided sources to answer a question (SL.K.6) write labels, captions & dictate sentences, (WK.1) Use a combination of drawing, dictating & writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or name of book they are writing about & state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (...my favorite book is...)

Math
(CC.K.NBT.1, CC,K,0A.3,4,1,5)  Work with numbers 11-19 to gain foundations for place value, understand addition as putting together and adding to and subtraction as taking apart & taking from
(CC.K.CC 1 2,3,4c,4b,5, 6)   Know number names & count sequence.  Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantify that is one larger. Count to tell the number of objects.(  K.G.2)  identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylilnders, and spheres).