Week 3

Welcome to Week 3!

This week's learning goals;

To celebrate Earth day
- To explore different ways we can care for the environment and our earth
- To explore why it is important to take care of the environment
To review the letters of the alphabet and their corresponding sounds
- To take part in activities that continue to build and practice this knowledge
To explore data collection and take part in a survey
- Collecting and recording data
- Answering questions about the data collected using math terms such as most, least and same
To log into Raz-Kids and read the assigned book

Picture a Tree

You did a fantastic job drawing and sharing your trees with us. Check out the trees your classmates observed and explored!

Levi's Tree

Max's Tree

Mia's tree is in her back field and she said it is in the way! Why would it be in the way?

Annie's tree has a Mother raccoon and two baby raccoons living in it!

Adrienne's tree holds a nest!

Annalee's Tree

Check out the huge nest in Connor's tree!

Vienna's Tree

Robyn's tree holds a swing. Do you use your tree for anything?

Hadley's tree has a blue jay in it!

Megan's tree had buds growing at the very top!

Saathiya's tree has pine-combs!

Ellie's tree had green buds growing on it!

Don't forget about your tree! We will revisit them in a few weeks and see if they have changed!

Earth Day

This Wednesday is Earth Day! We celebrate Earth Day each to year to bring awareness to protecting and taking care of our planet. All of the world people take part in activities such as planting tree and cleaning up garbage. Together we can make the earth a happier and healthier place to live.

Here are a few Earth Day Books to Explore

With so many of you starting gardens and planting seeds, I thought this was a wonderful book to share with you. How does the community changes after a garden is planted?

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Go to Earth and Sky

Go To Curious Garden. Read both Curious Garden and Our Earth Helping Out

Emily Arrow even has a song that goes with Curious Garden!

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Mrs. McCaig is a retired kindergarten teacher who volunteers in our classroom every Thursday morning.

She misses our Thursdays together and asked to share this video with you all! Check out the things she would share with us if she was visiting this week.

Enjoy!

Why do we need to take care of the earth?

Ask someone in your family to help you read these phrases.

Can you match these phrases to complete the sentence?

We need to take care of the trees so

the polar bears have a place to live.

We need to use less water because

the owls have a place to live.

We need to make less pollution so

we don't have to use as much of the Earth for landfills.

We need to save energy by turning off things we aren't using so

we want the ocean to stay blue.

We need to recycle so

the air stays clean and we can see the stars at night.

Assignment

Draw a picture or take a photo of 2 different things you can do at home to take care of the earth.

Write or have your family record why these activities help to take care of the earth.

Here is a guided drawing practice for the week. Can you draw three spring flowers? Please post your finished drawing under Ways to Play Week 3!

Let's Review the Letters of the Alphabet!

Parents: If your child is building their knowledge of letters and their corresponding sounds; Check out Leap Frog's: Letter Factory on Netflix. It's a great program!

Choose a Literacy Challenge

Go on a letter hunt. Can you find two things in your home that start with each of these letters; S, A, T, I, P and N?

Write them down, draw the objects or take a picture of what you find.

Practice matching letters using sticky notes and paper. Choose 10 letters and practice matching them.

For an extra challenge try matching lower case to upper case letters.

Hide and Seek Sight Words!

Ask your family to print and hide these sight words around the house. When they are done, grab a pencil and a paper. Write down each word as you find them.

For this challenge you need a water spray bottle and a bit of sidewalk chalk. Print letters outside on your driveway or anywhere else your family allows. When you're done, erase them using your water spray bottle. Don't forget to practice their names and their sounds while you spray them away!

Sight Words You Can Use: the, be, to, of, and, a, in, that, have, I, he, she, said

Let's Talk About Surveys!

Despite singing just a few weeks ago that the "Snow has gone away!" it returned last week! This is a great chance for us to do a survey. Call your friends and family and ask them if they would like to take part in your survey! Ask them the following question;

Do you think we will get any more snow this season?

Record your results either using a T-Chart or using Tally marks.

Can you answer these questions about your survey?

Which answer had the most amount of votes?

Which answer had the least amount of votes?

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Here's an example of a T-Chart we did when we were together in January. You can check off each vote by printing the person's name or use a check mark!

Optional Assignment

I have signed our class up for access to award-winning digital resources through Kids A-Z. I have signed up for two programs; Raz Rids Plus and Headsprout. I'm hoping this resource can compliment the reading program we were using at school.

Kids A-Z Login Instructions Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, KinderScott101

Your child's username is their name. Their password is the rabbit icon.

This week I assigned a book for each student under Raz-Kids Plus. You can also explore the Headsprout program which has some great literacy activities.

After your child logs in, each website your child's teacher has subscribed to is shown. *Access resources on mobile devices by downloading the Kids A-Z app from the app store. Data rates may apply.

Click on the image below to take you to the login screen.

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