Week 2

This week's Learning Goals

To continue to explore the seasonal changes that come this time of year
- We will examine trees a little more closely and observe the changes that are taking place
Continue to practice vowel sounds and explore the word family -ing with the poem There is a -ING in Spring
Practice sorting objects, explore sorting rules and experiment with different ways you can sort the same group of objects
Explore the website RAZ kids/Headsprout and the levelled readers available on this game or Teach Your Monster to Read

Let's Get Moving!

Here's another favourite from our classroom. Stand up and get ready to move with Usher as we sing the alphabet!

Signs of Spring

Well done boys and girls! You found some great signs that spring is here! Check out some of the signs of spring your classmates found around their homes!

Kam found these beautiful daffodils growing in her garden!

Hadley also had some beautiful purple flowers popping up in her garden.

She also found some buds growing on a tree in her yard.

Saathiya started some of the plants that will grow in her garden this summer.

Mia found some plants growing in her garden too!

She said, “ The flowers starting to come up in the garden is definitely a sign of spring. Just like we has a garden at my school “.

I wonder if the flowers in our garden at school are growing this much!

Picture a Tree

Here is a great book that shows many different trees as well as how they change throughout the year. Enjoy!

Here are two more of my favourite read alouds about trees! Have a watch!

A Tree Named Steve

Because of an acorn

Guided Drawing of a tree

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Assignment: Picture a Tree

Find a tree in your yard. Take a picture of it!

Spend a few minutes observing your tree. Do you notice any animals in your tree? What do the branches look like? Is anything growing?

Draw a picture of your tree and label the branches, trunk and anything else that is important about your tree. Upload your picture and drawing to the Google Classroom.

PARENTS: Can you record your child's description of the tree? Quote your child directly, recording JUST what they say and add it to the description on the assignment when you submit it.

e.g. "This one because it's big. A squirrel up there."

"I picked this tree. It has a nest up there."

The Vowel Game

Did you have fun playing the vowel game at home? Watch this video to review the sounds vowels make and let's play again!

Get your letters ready! I have new words to try this week!

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Let's Talk about the Word Family - ing

Check out this video. Can you guess the word before they show the entire picture?

There's an Ing in Spring

Press play to read this poem together.

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Choose a challenge assignment

Play tic tac toe using 2 sight words! Sight words you can use are; the, be, to, of, and, a, in, that, have, I

Trace the hands of everyone in your family to create this artwork. Don't forget to practice those cutting skills!

Draw something your are thankful for this week. Copy, then finish this sentence; I am thankful for...

Make a poster thanking the helpers in your neighbourhood that are working on the frontlines.

Upload a picture of the challenge you completed and post it in the classroom.

Calm Classroom

Do you miss calm classroom? Find a comfy spot on the floor where you can lie down and stretch out. Here's our favourite Peace Out to practice this week! WIGGLEFLOP!

EXTRA: Can you show your family how we do the stick and stone stretches?

Let's Talk About Sorting

When we sort objects, we put things into group by following a rule.

We sort at school when we are putting toys away! In our block centre, we sort the big blocks into one shelf and the small ones into the other shelf. Then we put the rock blocks in the basket and the long planks in the container. We put the blocks that are the same size or type together! It is a great way to sort objects!