Reading
Last Week of School - Read Alouds - June 15 - 19th, 2020
Monday - "Lizzy and the Last Day of School"
Parents:
Please listen to the video together with your child one time through without pausing.
Next, have a discussion with your child about the various memories Lizzie is thinking about in the story. Talk about your child' feelings to help them feel a sense of closure.
Remind them that their teachers will always love them and miss them too, but that SOMEDAY we will all see each other again and be able to give one another hugs.
Remind them that as one door closes, another door opens.
Remind them that they get to "Make new friends and keep the old!"
Remind them they can "play school" all summer!
Tuesday - "I Wish You More"
Parents:
Please listen to the video together with your child one time through without pausing.
Next, pause and talk about what these words mean at each page to help your child understand what WE as your child's teachers, are wishing them as they go to First Grade!
Wednesday - "A Letter to my Teacher"
and "I Knew You Could"
Parents: Listen to each story all the way through without pausing, then listen again.
Help your child write a letter to their teacher. In the letter have your child describe the following:
How does a positive attitude - a growth mindset - thinking they CAN vs CAN'T do something challenging make a difference?
How have you, their parents helped them as "teachers" since the COVID school closure?
What are some things they couldn't do before Kindergarten that they CAN do now?
Think of a time they didn't think they could do something and their teacher or family helped them - write about it.
What are some things they wish they will able to do in First Grade but they are a bit worried about?
What CAN they do to solve the problem?
Please send your letters to your teachers via email or Seesaw. You can read them and record them as well! We love hearing your voices!
Thursday - "Only One You"
Parents - Listen to the story all the way through without pausing, then listen again, pausing and have a discussion:
What is a friend? What qualities do friends have?
What friends have students made since being in school?
What are some things friends do together?
How can we be friends to other people?
What does it mean to follow the crowd? •
When might it not be a good idea to follow the crowd? (When the crowd is making bad choices or misbehaving, etc.) Ask your child to share instances of when they’ve made their own choices, without following the crowd.
Choose from some of the lesson activities below to create your own "Only One You" fish.
Only One You.pdfFriday - "The Day You Begin"
"Ms. Linda reads a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone. Sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway."
Parents:
Please listen to the video together with your child one time through without pausing.
Discuss how we remember our first day of kindergarten and we may have been nervous or felt shy, we may have felt different or alone.
Discuss why it is important to feel good about ourselves even when and ESPECIALLY if we are different.
Discuss how we may not all get to go on fancy vacations this summer, but we can still make our own beauty, our own voice, and our own joy.
Discuss how even if we feel this way again at the beginning of next year in first grade, "There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you until the day you begin to share your stories."
Help your child recognize their stories are part of who they are and how they will find someone who recognizes their stories if they find their voice to share them wherever they go - even in first grade!
Weekly Archives can be found below:
Week of June 8, 2020- June 12, 2020 Reading Archives (click here) --->
Monday
The first thing you need to know is that tidepools are places where sea animals have to be tough! Sometimes the ocean is covering them, but when the tide goes out, they have to be able to live out of the water! Watch this video to find out what kinds of creatures can do that:
Tide Pool in Olympic National Park
Talk about it!
What kinds of animals live in tidepools?
What do you already know about them?
Were there some new creatures you’d never heard of?
What did you learn?
What are you wondering about? (Parents, this video features mussels, barnacles, anemone, sea star, chitons, tubeworms, hermit crabs)
Tuesday
Today we’ll explore the many kinds of creatures who have shells to protect them from predators and keep them safe and moist when the tide goes out.
Listen to the read-aloud: What Lives in a Shell?
Do you think it would be boring to be a barnacle? Here’s a fiction read-aloud just for fun: Barnacle is Bored:
Wednesday
Today we’ll look at two favorite shell-wearing creatures that are everywhere at Seahurst Park: hermit crabs and moonsnails. These are amazing creatures—we think you will love watching these videos!
Here is a fictional story about a hermit crab and all the creatures he meets in the ocean: A Shell for Hermit Crab:
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle || Undersea Adventure!
Talk about it!
What did you learn about hermit crabs and moonsnails today?
What are the things they do that make them special?
Can you explain how hermit crabs exchange shells in order (use the words first, next, then, last)?
What are some clues that tell you that a moonsnail lives nearby?
Thursday
Today we’ll learn about Sea Stars, which we almost always see on our field trip to the tidepools. First, watch this read-aloud: Starfish
Starfish - Read Aloud Science Book
Talk about it!
Tell someone what you learned about Sea Stars today.
What was something new you learned?
What are you still wondering about?
Friday
Today we will wrap up our week by learning about some animals that are special, interesting, and rare—sometimes we do actually get to see jellyfish or octopus when we visit the beach, if we’re really lucky! First, watch these videos:
WILL IT INK?! - Catching an Octopus
Anemone Killer Fish Traps | World's Weirdest
Talk about it!
Tell someone what you learned about these creatures today.
What was something new you learned?
What surprised you?
What are you still wondering about?
Week of Reading Lessons June 1, 2020- June 5, 2020 Archives (click here) --->
Reading Comprehension Lessons Week of June 1 - 5, 2020
This week for Literacy, we will focus on Kindergarten standards that work on understanding Kindergarten nonfiction topics through media, asking/answering questions about details, and having conversations! This will all be integrated with our science topic for the week! Your child will have a choice of videos or books, whichever they choose please have a thorough discussion using the talking points below. While we typically have videos that show someone reading a book aloud, this week the videos don't include text in order to show additional design work in process. A point to remember is that as children start reading non-fiction books they are taught to look for all the information that is included in the pictures (in this case the videos). So much learning happens through careful observation.
Monday
Build Your Very Own Rube Goldberg Machine
This video talks about building a Rube Goldberg Machine. You may build a machine or a toy but watching this will give you ideas on how to organize your writing of your "How to Book."
Materials/supplies
Drawings
Building steps
Testing and making changes
After watching discuss what you saw, then start to brainstorm the moving toy you would like to build this week.
OK Go Kids! Build Your Very Own Rube Goldberg Machine
3 min 11 sec
OK Go Kids! Build Your Very Own Rube Goldberg Machine
Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday
Engineering Design Ideas for Toys
Each day you will select a new video from the list of videos at the bottom under or a non-fiction book from RazKids.
*When logging into RazKids
click on Reading Room
click on Topics
click on How to?
then Select a book.
Read or watch and then talk about the following:
Supplies needed?
Steps in order?
What force is happening?
How is this story the same and how is it different from yesterday's reading/viewing?
How can I use this to help me build my toy?
Choose 1 or 2 ideas to design your own toys!
Parents: Please note – most ideas will need parent support. Videos show hot glue guns and craft-knives, please make substitutions as needed.
Friday
Re-read your How- To Story that you wrote this week to see if you have all the steps needed, and illustrations drawn, so that someone else could build the same toy.
Fun recycled toys 🦄 diy moving paper crafts walking robot Spielzeug basteln
Recycled Toy
Paper motion crafts - assorted
9 minutes 32 sec
Moving paper TOYS - How To Make Paper Windmill
Pinwheels
Moving paper TOYS - How To Make Paper Windmill
Windmill
4 min 7 sec
How to Make a mini Rubber band Car - (Homemade Toy) - Tutorial
Car Idea #1-
How to Make a mini Rubber band Car - (Homemade Toy) - Tutorial
Wooden rubber band Car
3 min 15 sec
How To Make a Car - Powered Car - Very Simple
Car Idea #2 -
How To Make a Car - Powered Car - Very Simple
Bottle rubber band powered car
3 min 54 sec
How to Make Amazing Balloon Powered Car - Air Car
Car Idea #3 -
How to Make Amazing Balloon Powered Car - Air Car
Balloon car
3 min 4 sec
How to Make a Toy Boat for Kids at Home - Elastic Band Paddle Boat
Boat - Idea #1
How to Make a Toy Boat for Kids at Home - Elastic Band Paddle Boat
Bottle boat
3 min 34 sec
How To Make A Toy Boat For Kids DIY Simple at Home
Boat - Idea #2
How To Make A Toy Boat For Kids DIY Simple at Home
Popsicle boat
2 min 11 sec
How to Make Sailboat Using Paper for Kids
Boat - Idea #3
How to Make Sailboat Using Paper for Kids
Paper sailboat
3 min 55 sec
How To Make a Rubber Band Powered Paper Raft - DIY Elastic Band Paddle Paper Boat (Paper Toy Boat)
Boat - Idea #4
How To Make a Rubber Band Powered Paper Raft - DIY Elastic Band Paddle Paper Boat (Paper Toy Boat)
Rubber band boat
6 min
How to Make a simple Rocket Launcher - Easy paper Rocket launcher Tutorials
Rocket - Idea
How to Make a simple Rocket Launcher - Easy paper Rocket launcher Tutorials
Rocket ship
4 min 34 sec
How to make a cardboard paper plane that can fly high||easy rubber band power airplane||paper toy
Plane - Idea
How to make a cardboard paper plane that can fly high||easy rubber band power airplane||paper toy
Cardboard airplane
3 min 37 sec
How to make a Moving paper caterpillar
Caterpillar - Idea #12
How to make a Moving paper caterpillar
Caterpillar
2 min 21 sec
Toilet Paper Roll Crafts - How To Make a Cat Marionette Puppet
Cat Puppet - Idea #14
Toilet Paper Roll Crafts - How To Make a Cat Marionette Puppet
Dancing cat
3 min 9 sec
DIY Easy Stuffed Animal Marionette for Kids!
Stuffed Animal Puppet - Idea #15
DIY Easy Stuffed Animal Marionette for Kids!
Dancing stuffed animal
1 min 3 sec
How to Make a Dog Marionette Puppet
Dog Puppet - Idea #13
How to Make a Dog Marionette Puppet
Dancing dog
5 min 38 sec
Week of Reading Lessons May 25, 2020 - May 29, 2020 Archives (click here) --->
Talk about it:
What is Memorial Day about?
Who do we honor on Memorial Day?
Talk about the book:
Notice all the facts you learn about each insect!
How does the author describe and tell about each one?
Talk about it with someone:
What would you say if you were talking to an ant?
Do you think the boy should squish the ant?
Why or why not?
Thursday - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a “realistic fiction” story. It shows the true lifecycle of a butterfly but he eats lots of things that kids like to eat!
After reading, retell the story in the correct sequence.
What happened first, next, last? Or even better—use the days of the week to tell what happened on each day in the story. Using lots of details shows you really understand what you read!
Thursday - Waiting for Wings
Waiting for Wings is a book with more facts about the butterfly life cycle, but uses fun rhyming words to bring it to life.
A fable is a story that teaches a lesson.
After listening to the story of the grasshopper and the ants, talk with someone about the lesson, or moral, of the story.
What did the author of this story want readers to learn?
Make a text-to-self connection: What are some examples of something you might need to do today that would help you be more prepared for something that will happen in the future?
**bonus! Parents, if you watch this video together, you may want to pause at the vocabulary words to discuss their meaning!
Week of May 18, 2020 - May 22, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
Monday - The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Parents, ask your student to retell/sequence the story and include details from the beginning, middle and end of the story using the transition words "First", "Next" and "Last".
Complete the CVC Words Flowerpot activity to create a Word Garden.
Monday - Friday CVC Words - Flowerpot Activity
Parents: You might choose to "plant a word family per day" this week instead of completing all of these on Monday! Let your child work at their own pace.
Note: CVC words are words that start with a consonant, have a vowel in the middle and end with a consonant. [examples: cat, tub, mix, etc.]
In this lesson your students are practicing decoding words - segmenting - breaking them apart into 2 parts - 1. their beginning sound /b/ and 2. their "rhyme" - the last two sounds blended /ig/ - then finally blending them into one whole word, /big/ .
The CVC words your child will be practicing in this activity belong to "Word Families". Word families are words that end in the same sounds - in this case in CVC words each flower pot will hold words in the " __ig", "__ot", "__en", "__at" and "__ut" Word Families.
Working one flower pot at a time, go through the alphabet with your child and have them think of each letter as the beginning sound in the "__ig" family - have them blend the word that the letter sound makes when combined with "__ig" - ask if it makes sense. Their first word that makes sense should be big. Keep going through the alphabet to create more words that make sense.
Repeat this process for each of the flower pots/word families.
READ the words on your flower pots.
Color your flowers and flower pots when finished to make a word garden.
Parents, ask your student to retell/sequence the story and include details from the beginning, middle and end of the story using the transition words "First", "Next" and "Last".
Wednesday - Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt By Kate Messner and Illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
Parents, ask your student to retell the things found up in the garden and down in the dirt as referenced in today’s text.
Thursday - The Surprise Garden by Zoe Hall and Illustrated by Shari Halpern
Parents, ask your student to tell you why this book is called The Surprise Garden.
Ask them what the surprise was and why (it was a surprise) for the children?
Ask your child to make a text to self-connection: Have you ever been surprised? How was that like our story?
Was this a good ending to the story? Why or why not?
Parents ask your student to answer the following questions - who, where, what.
Who was is the story?
Where does the story take place?
What happened at the beginning, middle, and end?
Week of May 11, 2020 - May 15, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
Monday - Hooray for Farmers
Parents, discuss with your student the difference between fiction and nonfiction text.
Ask your child if today’s reading is fiction or nonfiction?
How do they know?
What is an example of fiction text?
Name some of the important jobs the farmer does.
What machines does he/she use on the farm?
Tuesday - My Farm Friends
Parents ask your child to answer the questions: Who? Where? What?
Who was is the story?
Where does the story take place?
What happened at the beginning, middle, and end?
Wednesday - Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm
Mrs Wishy Washy's Farm By Joy Cowley | Children's Book Read Aloud
Parents:
Ask your student to identify the characters, and setting(s) of the story.
What are the animals like? [Describe their character traits.]
Also, what was the problem, and solution (what was the fix) in the story?
Thursday - Duck on a Tractor
Duck on a Tractor - children's story read by Mark
Parents:
Ask your student to talk about the most important parts of the story.
Friday - The Cow that Laid an Egg
Parents:
Ask your student to retell/sequence the story and include details from the beginning, middle and end of the story.
Week of May 4, 2020- May 8, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
Monday
Read this version of "The Little Red Hen"Watch and read: The Little Red Hen #ReadAlong StoryBook Video For Kids Ages 2-7- After you listen to this read aloud, activate BOOK TALK POWER!
- Find someone to talk about WHO is in the story.
- Who are the characters? Describe them. What are the characters like?
Tuesday
Read this version of "The Little Red Hen"Watch and read: The lIttle red hen by lucinda McQueen AR read aloud accerelerated reader channel
- After reading and watching, talk about what happened FIRST, NEXT, LAST.
- Ask yourself if you learned anything more about the characters. Did this book tell you more about their personalities?
- Go back to your T-Chart on Monday and add more characteristics to describe the characters.
LittleRedHenLittleRedHenSequencingCardCraft.pdf
Wednesday
Watch and read: The Little Red HenTalk about the setting of this story.- Where and when did the story happen?
- Draw out the different places in the story and color it!
Thursday
Watch and listen: The Little Red Hen- Talk about the problem in the story.
- Talk about the solution (how did the problem get fixed) in the story.
Friday
Watch and Read: The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza - Children's Books Read AloudAfter you read The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, talk about how this version is the same as the first version of "The Little Red Hen" that you read and saw. Talk about how this version is different.Week of April 27, 2020 - May 1, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
Let’s start off our week with some nonfiction, learning fun facts about frogs!
🐸 Read along with these online books, or find some books with frog facts at home.- As you read, notice what makes you say “Wow!”
- What do you wonder about?
- What fancy topic words are new to you?
- What is the same?
- What is different?
Monday
Watch: Fabulous Frogs🐸 Here is a “bonus” nonfiction book with the same title! If you want to learn even more froggy-facts, check out this book full of different kinds of fabulous frogs!Watch: Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins
Tuesday
🐸 Today, let’s compare fiction and nonfiction as we learn a little more about how frogs change as they grow.Watch: The Caterpillar and the Polliwog
Watch: “A Tadpole Grows Up” by Pam Zollman
🐸After listening to both stories, do the “puzzler” activities to think about what you read:
- Which story is fiction?
- How do you know?
- Which story is nonfiction?
- How do you know?
- What are some facts you learned?
Wednesday
Watch: In the Small, Small Pond 🐸 Notice the words that make this book fun and interesting to read!- What are some of the words that sound like their meaning (for instance, “click” and “clack” sound like crab claws pinching)?
- What are some rhyming words you noticed?
- Could you add some of these fancy, interesting words to your frog writing?
- And--did you learn something new about what frogs do in winter?
Thursday
Watch: Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan & Pictures by Byron Barton | Read aloud story time for Kids🐸 Tell someone what happened first, next, after that….
- Can you remember each part?
- Did the ending surprise you?
Friday
Watch: Storytime! ~ I DON'T WANT TO BE A FROG Read Aloud ~ Story Time ~ Bedtime Story Read Along Books- Would you want to be a frog?
- Why or why not?
- Talk with someone about it: I [would/would not] want to be a frog because ______________.
- Give a few different reasons why or why not—use your knowledge about frogs to make your reasons convincing!
Week of April 20, 2020 - April 24, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
For lessons this week we want each student to really crank up their imagination! They can be as practical or as wild as they like when bringing life to each lesson. We hope that you have fun exploring this week’s theme and hope that you will share with us just how Imagine That! came to life in your home.
Each day you will find a lesson below. Have fun with your imagination this week!
Your Kindergarten Team
Monday -
"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak
Read or listen to this book (6 min 13 sec) then tell someone:- Characters - Who are they?
- Setting - Where does the story take place?
- Story line – What happens in the story (first-next-last)?
- Bonus – If you don’t know this story, stop every few pages and “Imagine” what will happen next. Be as serious or wild as you want – it doesn’t have to match the actual story.
Tuesday -
"My Garden" by Kevin Henkes
Read or listen to this book (9 min) then tell someone:- What things did she have in her garden?
- What would you put into a special garden?
- Or stretch your imagination and create your own place – a planet, house, forest, car, an island…
- What would you have at the place you imagined?
Wednesday -
"Inventors Who Changed the World" by Heidi Poelman
Read or listen to this book (8 min 30 sec) then tell someone:- As many inventions as you recall from the story.
- What is something that you would like to invent?
- Is there something that you use already that you can imagine how to make work even better? What would your improvements be?
Thursday -
Free choice reading for 15 minutes but….
Before you start to read you need to Imagine where you will be at when reading.- Will you be:
- In a tree, on a beach, on top of a mountain, in the attic?
- Describe your Imagine That! spot to someone before you start to read. You might even have fun creating that spot before you curl up with your book—spread a blanket, make a fort, etc.
Friday -
Imagine That! Day
Today you will imagine being a teacher doing a read aloud for 20 minutes.- Set up your classroom, add some students (stuffed animals, toys, siblings), then read using your best storyteller voice. Make the story come alive!
Week of April 13, 2020 - April 17, 2020 Reading Lesson Archives (click here) --->
Please find books about the sun in your home or online to read - or tell each other stories about things you like to do in the sun - or you can click on the links below to listen to fiction and non-fiction stories about the sun.
The Sun Our Nearest Star (Read Aloud)
To Be Like The Sun (Read Aloud)
Poetry
Choose a poem or two to read from the list of poems on the Rainy Day Poems link below. Click on the link below to find poems about the sun.