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Monday -- Reading May 11
Sight Words -Pick your favorite game and play it or just read your words!
Question of the Week - What are the different ways thins move?
We will be learning about how things move in different directions and at different speeds. I can take a toy car and push it down a ramp. It will move fast. Questions? - Why would something move fast or slow? Does going up or down affect how things move? How do you stop things from moving? How do you start them?
Book - Oscar and the Cricket- first listen to the story then do the following activity -- Have your child act out how Oscar makes objects move.
Drops in the Bucket--Reading #32
Directions :Have them circle which one is different, which one rhymes with the first picture, which one begins with the same sound as the letter, find the matching capital letter to the lowercase letter, trace over letter in the box then repeat it 3 times.
Do Worksheet - Beginning Sound Zz --Color the pictures that begin like zoo.
Math - Comparing Long and Short steps
Tell your child that when you say go to take long steps. Then have them do the same thing with small steps, Then ask them which took them longer to get to the end, Long steps or short steps??
Do Work sheet - Hen trace and color it!
Science -
In our story Oscar's ball does not use electricity to move. What made it start to roll?
Explain that toys that need batteries use electricity. Use a flashlight with its batteries out to demonstrate that some things do not work without batteries.
Have your child tell you what toys they have that do and do not use electricity.
Tuesday --May 12
Reading
Sight Words - Pick your favorite game and play it or just read your words!
Question of the Week - What are the different ways thins move?
Ask your child this question: Will a moving thing slow down or go faster if it goes up a ramp? When you kick a ball , will it start or stop moving? Is it harder to pull a wagon up a hill or down a hill?
Book -Oscar and the Cricket- listen to it again and answer the following questions
When your child listens to the story pause it when the following words come up and have them demonstrate them. push, roll, pull, sway, jump, and run
Worksheet - Beginning Sound Kk --Color the pictures that begin like kite.
Drops in the Bucket--Math #30
Read the question in the first box, have them circle the number of objects in this box then trace the number 3 times. Then circle the number of items of the number that is showing. then draw a line to the box on the right that matches the box on the left. Then have them cut and sort the items at the bottom.
Math -Comparing Longer and Shorter
Have your child walk around the house or outside and pick two objects to compare which one is longer and which one is shorter.
Do Worksheet - writing numbers
Science
Show your child how we can measure things using our footsteps. Then tell them things they can measure using their footsteps. Then talk about others ways to measure something.
Wednesday - May 13
Reading
Sight Words - Pick your favorite game and play it or just read your words!
Book -Oscar and the Cricket - listen to it again and do the following activity
Have your child act out the story after they have listen to it again.
Do worksheet --Beginning Sound Ww -- Color the pictures that begin like weasel.
Drops in the Bucket--Reading #33 -
Math - Comparing Lengths of paper chains
Have your child compare the length of any two chains.
Do worksheet - Color by number.
Social Studies
Roll a ball across the floor. - How did I make the ball move? That's right! I pushed the all, and that caused the ball to roll.
Bounce the ball off the wall. What happened? (ball bounced and came back) The effect is that the ball bounces when it hits the wall.
Thursday - May 14
Reading
Sight Words - Pick your favorite game and play it or just read your words!
Book -Oscar and the Cricket-- listen to the story again, do the following activity
Have them tell you what happened , First_______, Next_______, Last_______
Worksheet - Beginning Sound Vv --Color the pictures that begin like violin.
Drops in the Bucket--Math #33
Math - Build It!!
If you have different shapes of blocks build something using all of the different shapes. If not draw something use different shapes.
Do Worksheet --handwriting numbers
Science
Have your child find 3 different objects with one of them being a ball. Once they have their objects tell them to move it by pushing it, rolling it, and bouncing it. Then ask them Which way do you think is fastest?
Friday May 15
Reading
Sight Words - Pick your favorite game and play it or just read your words!
Book -Oscar and the Cricket - listen to it again and answer the following questions:
What is something that can bounce?
In what direction do you try to kick a soccer ball?
Show me a straight line.
Show me how you would lift a heavy box using your muscles.
Does still mean that something is moving or that it has stopped moving?
Show me how you can move in a zigzag direction.
Math-Comparing Lengths of Our Feet
Today we are going to compare the length of our feet. Compare your feet to everyone in your house. First, tell whether you think your feet is longer or shorter than theirs and then measure...
Social Studies - Simon Says to Exercise
Play Simon Says doing exercises with your child.
I am sending home extra worksheet for you if you want some for the summer time. It is up to you.
Monday -- Reading May 4
Sight Words -Play Sight Word Concentration - cut a piece of paper into squares that are the same size. Write your sight words on two piece of that paper you cut up. Continue doing that with the rest of your words. Then mix them up and turn them over. When you find the two that matches say that word out loud.
Question of the Week - Why can't we hold on to shadows or reflections?
Let's think about what shadows and reflections look like. I can see my reflections in a puddle of water. It looks like a picture of me. Questions? - Have you seen a reflection in a puddle? Have you tried to hold on to a refection? Where can we search for shadows and reflections?
Book - The Puddle Pail - first listen to the story then do the following activity -- click link at the bottom of Monday. Pause while your child is listening to the story and have your child suggest additional "I wonder" statements as they listen to the story,
Drops in the Bucket--Reading #30
Directions :Have them circle which one is different, which one rhymes with the first picture, which one begins with the same sound as the letter, find the matching capital letter to the lowercase letter, trace over letter in the box then repeat it 3 times.
Do Worksheet - Beginning Sound Cc --Color the pictures that begin like cat.
Math - Creating Shapes
If you have shapes use them. If not then have your parent cut out two triangles just a like. Tell your child these are triangles. Ask them, what will happen if I slide them together? Slide the triangles together to form a large triangle. What shape is this? What shape can I create if I turn the triangles and then slide them back together? I made a square rectangle. Let your child see if they can make any other shapes.
Do Work sheet -Jellybeans Jars - match
Science
Listen to the story The Puddle Pail again. Have your child answer the questions. Where does this story happen? (at the beach) What else do you see at the beach? (ocean, waves, sea shells, birds etc)
Next have your child look outside and tell you what they see.
Tuesday --May 5
Reading
Sight Words - continue playing concentration
Question of the Week - Why can't we hold on to shadows or reflections?
Ask your child this question: Do you need a light or dark place or make a shadow? Can you see the shadow of t tree on a wall or a sidewalk?
Book -The Puddle Pail- listen to it again and answer the following questions
Why does the size of a shadow change?
Why can't you hold a shadow?
Does your reflection stay in stay in a mirror like a picture, or does it disappear?
Do the Handwriting worksheet
Drops in the Bucket--Math #31
Read the question in the first box, have them circle the number of objects in this box then trace the number 3 times. Then circle the number of items of the number that is showing. then draw a line to the box on the right that matches the box on the left. Then have them cut and sort the items at the bottom.
Math -Breaking Apart Shapes
We learned how to put shapes together to make a new shape. Today we will break apart a shape in order to make other shapes. Display a rectangle made of 3 square. Your can use sticky notes, cut outs or shapes you already have.
Do Worksheet - Snack Time - match the shape
Science
Let's look at the pictures in The Puddle Pail. What happens to the reflections in the puddles when Ernst moves? (They Change) Have your child hold a mirror and move it away from them. What happens when I move the mirror away?(The reflection moves too) Now have them move the mirror close to their face. What happens to the size of the reflection?( it gets larger)
Wednesday - May 6
Reading
Sight Words - continue doing Concentration
Book - The Puddle Pail - listen to it again and do the following activity
Have your child draw a picture of themselves and hold it up. You can hold a picture, but you can't hold a reflection of a shadow. Talk to them how a reflection or shadow disappears.
Do worksheet --Beginning Sound Dd -- Color the pictures that begin like dog.
Drops in the Bucket--Reading #31 -
Math - Creating Rectangle Shape Quilts
Give your child a rectangle they can trace. On the back of one of the worksheet have them make a rectangle quilt. Turning the rectangle around to have it going different directions. Then have them color it different colors.
Do worksheet - Color by number.
Science
Remind your child how Ernst was collecting puddles and putting them in a pail. Then ask them: Have you ever stepped in a mud puddle? Have you ever touche a puddle? What did it feel like? Write their response down on a piece of paper. Have you ever touched something that was warm? How did it make you feel? What did you do? What about touching things that are cold?
Thursday - May 7
Reading
Sight Words - continue playing Concentration
Book -The Puddle Pail-- listen to the story again, do the following activity
Have them tell you what happened , First_______, Next_______, Last_______
Do Handwriting sheets
Drops in the Bucket--Math #32
Math - Make Shapes
We have learned how to make shapes using other things. Today take a piece of string (any kind yarn, shoe string, etc.) See how many different shapes you can make using string!
Do Worksheet -- Fruit Bowls matching
Science
Have them walk around outside to look up at the sky 3 different time of the day to see where the sun is at. Have them tell you what they see.
Friday May 8
Reading
Sight Words - continue playing Concentration
Book -The Puddle Pail - listen to it again and do the following activity:
Have your student retell the story and answer the following questions:
How is a sparkly reflection like a picture?
Name something that is not real.
What size is your shadow when you move close to a light?
Tell why you cannot hold a shadow or a reflection.
Why does a reflection in a puddle disappear if you touch the water?
Math-Naming and Tracing Circles and Rectangles
Have your child listen to the story again Whistle for Willie and as they show the pages have them see if they see anything that is in a shape of a triangle or rectangle.
Social Studies - I Want, I Need
What did Ernst collect in The Puddle Pail? (shadows, puddles) Did Ernst need the puddles, or did he just want them? That's right, he wanted to have some kind of collection, but he didn't really need them in order to live. Explain that sometimes we have wants, but we also need things in order to live.
Let's brainstorm some of the things that we need to have in order to live. Then we'll think about some of the things that we want, but don't really need. Make a chart of the things they tell you Need/ Wants
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