Learning Activities for Thursday, April 23rd

Office Hours

My office hours will be 3-6pm Monday-Thursday. This is the time I will be answering emails, responding to Remind messages, making phone calls, etc. If you message me earlier in the day I will reply between 3-6pm. If you message me after 6pm I will reply the next day between 3-6pm.

Help with Translating Blog Posts

If you need help translating the blog posts into Arabic, click this link below for instructions. Our classroom neighbor Ms. Stafiej made this tutorial!

How to Translate Blog via Google Translate

Homeschool Heroes

I was so excited to see everyone during our first class video chat! Thank you for your patience as we all figure out this new technology.

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Letter of the Week

Remember the letter C? This is the letter we have been working on this week. Capital C and lowercase c look the same but are different sizes. C says “kah” like coconut, cantalope, and crazy!

Work Time

 Turn off those screens and play with some toys, color, paint, anything you can think of!

Planning Time (5 minutes): Build your child’s ability to organize their time by having them make a “plan” with you about what they would like to play with.  Children do this everyday with us at school. It helps children learn to organize their thoughts. Adults make plans all the time to organize their thoughts (shopping lists are made before going to the grocery store, to do lists are made to help plan your day etc..).  

Kids will tell you what they are planning to do/want to play with/how they will use toys at home. 

Work Time (45-60 minutes): During work time kids play WITHOUT ELECTRONICS.  Kids can use toys to pretend play, build, and create.

Clean Up (about 15 minutes):  Kids clean up the mess they have made while playing.

Recall Time (5 minutes): Build your child’s memory of events by having your child tell you what they did while they played (ask “tell me how you did that” or “what did you do next?”)

Assignment

1. How many letter c’s can you find in the sentence below? Count the letter c’s you see and write that number 5 x’s!

The crazy caterpillar went crawling along the crisp cool coconut.

2. We’re doing lots of things with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle this week. Let’s listen to the story one last time.

Now that we’ve listened to the story four times it’s time to see what we remember! For this activity you will need paper and crayons/markers.

Assignment	Challenge	Challenge Challenge!
Have your child draw any three things they can remember from the story WITHOUT LOOKING at the book or videos.	Have your child draw the beginning, middle and end of the story WITHOUT LOOKING at the book or videos.	Have your child draw 4 things they remember from the story in the order they happenend WITHOUT LOOKING at the book or videos.

3. Read together for 20 minutes, have your child describe what they are seeing in the pictures.

4. Put your coat on and play in the backyard or go for a walk! If you can’t, get your body moving with some Cosmic Kids yoga storytelling.

Have a great day!