Printables for this week
Read Alouds
A Hat for Minerva Louise
Rabbits and Raindrops
Read by Ms Deborah
The Snowy Day
Time for Bed
Monday
Letter Writing AB.pdfLetter Writing AB
Finish: If you did not get to this last week, do today.
Mozart K1 AB Activities.pdfLetters Activities AB
Finish: If you did not get to this last week, do today.
LexiaCore5 & STMath
Get started on your LexiaCore5 & STMath minutes for this week!
Tuesday
Writing & Drawing
Winter Books
Watch the video for directions!
Write and Illustrate your story.
Take a photo and post it to SeeSaw
Things to think and talk with your family about:
How is your story setting similar to or different from The Snowy Day / A Hat For Minerva Louise?\
What was your inspiration for this story?
Do the fictional characters in your story do pretend things? Do your pretend characters in your story do non-fictional things
Letter Work
CD Letter Writing.pdfCD Letter Activities.pdfLetter Writing & Activities
Complete the Letter Writing and Letter Activities pages for CD and post photos to SeeSaw.
Wednesday
Science
Disappearing Ice!
Watch Corban's experiment and then try it at home! (It is ok if you don't have a test tube.)
Alternate (without salt) try putting ice cube in a glass in two places in your house such as a window and a place not near a window) See which one melts first.
Things to think and talk with your family about:
What happened in your experiment!
Think about the story The Snowy Day:
“How did Peter feel when he brought his snowball inside? How do you know?”
How is the experiment in the video similar to or different from Peter’s discovery in The Snowy Day?
Outside Time
Play Outside!
While you are playing, think about what you notice about the weather!
Thursday
Art
Cloud Project 2/3_0 (1).mp4Cloud Project
Today in Art, you can create clouds using materials from around your home.
Watch the video for directions for the cloud project and make your project along with Ms Kelly!
Look at these images of clouds for inspiration!
Things to think and talk with your family about:
What kind of precipitation does your cloud produce?
How are your clouds similar to or different from the clouds in The Snowy Day or Rabbits and Raindrops?
What was the inspiration for your cloud?
For an extra project, you can create clouds using materials from around your home like in these pictures.
Drama
Pretending to Animals
Directions: This week in Drama and Storytelling you can continue pretending to be animals. You may want to do some research in our animal books to learn more about the animal you are playing. What does it eat? How does it move? Where does it live? You could create a habitat using a blanket or beautiful stuff like in the pictures below!
Things to think and talk about
What kind of a habitat do you live in?
Do you live alone or with other animals who are like you and/or different from you?
How is the animal you are playing similar/different from the animals in the books we’ve been reading?
OPTIONAL: POST A PHOTO TO SEESAW
Friday
Building
Settings Inspired by ...
Families: please read the directions to your child and look at the pictures on the slides
In A Hat for Minerva Louise, the setting- where the story happens- is a farm. The setting for Gilberto And The Wind is also a farm. The setting in The Snowy Day is a city neighborhood.” In Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain the setting is a plain--a grassy area with only a few trees. How is the setting of Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain similar to or different from the setting of The Snowy Day?
This week in the Building Center, you can use Beautiful Stuff or building materials to create settings from A Hat for Minerva Louise, Gilberto And The Wind, The Snowy Day, or Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain.
When you are finished, take a picture of your work and put it on SeeSaw.
Then answer these questions
Which story inspired your setting?
Why did you choose these materials to create your setting?
How is your setting similar to or different from the illustrations of the setting in the book?
Learning Apps
ABC Mouse
BC Mouse is optional