Remote Learning for
Reading Classes
All K-5 Assignments are now on Seesaw
Please click on the links below for Seesaw directions. The link says 3-5, but the directions are the same for every grade level, so you can follow these steps if you are a K-2 student. Log in steps are the same K-5.
English: https://sites.google.com/hicksvillepublicschools.org/seesaw-login-specials-eng/home
Spanish: https://sites.google.com/hicksvillepublicschools.org/seesawlogin-specials-esp/home
When on seesaw click your child's name in the top left corner.
Find and click on our reading class for your assignments. Your assignments will always be on your journal page.
You will need to click on the activities tab , located next to the journal tab, to find your assigned activity for the week.
My email address if needed is kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Mrs. Borra's Past Due Assignments
May 4th-May 8th
Kindergarten Assignments
Monday (Day 1)
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/IyxA to watch a video on color words.
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Listen to Bird Colors
Log on to Seesaw and go to activities. Find the activity Color Word Writing and write your color words using the writing tools
Wednesday (Day 2)
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Read aloud Bird Colors while recording yourself. Be sure to point to each word as you read it.
Locate the sight word "this" on each page for continued review.
Friday (Day 3)
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Complete the quiz for Bird Colors
Draw a picture of a bird in your favorite color.
Then log on to seesaw, click the green plus button, take a picture of your drawing and click the green check mark circle to add it to your seesaw journal.
1st Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1)
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/ysHA to watch a video on sight word can
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Listen to your assigned book At the Library While you are listening locate the sight word can on each page and try to find our previous sight words –at, the.
Wednesday (Day 2)
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Read aloud At the Library while recording yourself. Try to take away your finger and use your eyes to follow the words.
Friday (Day 3)
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Complete the quiz for At the Library
Log on to Seesaw, click on activities and complete the activity called Sight Word Can.
**In this activity follow the directions that are written and recorded for you. You will be using the drawing tools to write the sight word can 3 times and then writing a sentence using the word can. **You can challenge yourself and write your one sentence using all 3 sight words (can, at, the) in the sentence.
2nd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1)
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/oCIA to watch a video about the seasons.
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Listen to your assigned book Changing Seasons
Wednesday (Day 2)
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Read aloud Changing Seasons while recording yourself. **Remember to stop at periods and give yourself time to think about what you’re reading.
Friday (Day 3)
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Complete the quiz for Changing Seasons
Log on to Seesaw click on the activities tab to complete the activity titled Favorite Season for sentence writing.
3rd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Eiffel Tower
Imagine you visited the Eiffel Tower. Write a postcard home describing your experience.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Eiffel Tower while recording yourself. Do your best to read noticing punctuation and using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Eiffel Tower
Your reading conference will take place on Wednesday.
4th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Blackbeard the Pirate
Write a response to this question: Who was Blackbeard? Include at least 2 facts about him Take a picture of your response and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Blackbeard the Pirate while recording yourself. Do your best to read in proper phrases, using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Blackbeard the Pirate
Your reading conference will take place on Thursday.
5th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to your assigned text Why We Sleep
Write a paragraph telling how sleep is important to good health. Would you change your habits? Use details to support your response Take a picture of your paragraph and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Why We Sleep while recording yourself. Do your best to read while noticing punctuation, using voice and expression and proper phrasing.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Why We Sleep
Your reading conference will take place on Friday.
April 27th-May 1st
Kindergarten Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/ItA8 to watch a video on sight word –big
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Listen to The Big Cat
Find sight word big on each page while listening.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud The Big Cat while recording yourself. Be sure to point to each word as you read it.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for The Big Cat
Write the sight word big 3 times and then write a sentence about one thing the cat does in the story using the word big. Take a picture of your writing and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
1st Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/dkB8 to familiarize yourself with some Q and U words before listening to the book.
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Listen to Best Friends Q and U
Find words with Qu on each page as you are reading.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Best Friends Q and U while recording yourself. Try to take away your finger and use your eyes to follow the words.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Best Friends Q and U
Write a list of at least 5 QU words. Take a picture of your list and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
2nd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Bake Sale
Tell someone in your family about Billy’s problem and how he solved it.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Bake Sale while recording yourself. Remember to stop at periods and notice quotation marks. Give yourself time to think about what you’re reading and how the character would sound.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Bake Sale
Write a paragraph about a problem you had and how you solved your problem. Take a picture of your paragraph and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
3rd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Rainbows
Follow the steps on page 14 to make your own rainbow.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Rainbows while recording yourself. Do your best to read noticing punctuation and using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Rainbows
Your reading conference will take place on Wednesday.
4th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Sammy Stuffit
Write a response to this question: If you could collect something, what would it be and why? Take a picture of your response and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Sammy Stuffit while recording yourself. Do your best to read in proper phrases.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Sammy Stuffit
Your reading conference will take place on Thursday.
5th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to your assigned text Before the Internet
Write a paragraph telling how people researched and communicated before the internet. Use details from the text to support your response. Take a picture of your paragraph and send it to kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Before the Internet while recording yourself. Do your best to read while noticing punctuation, using voice and expression and proper phrasing.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Before the Internet
Your reading conference will take place on Friday.
April 20th-24th
Kindergarten Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://safeYouTube.net/w/VT56 to watch a video on sight word – this
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Listen to Baby Animals
Find sight word this on each page while listening.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Baby Animals while recording yourself. Be sure to point to each word as you read it.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Baby Animals
Write the sight word this 3 times. Then draw a picture of your favorite baby animal.
1st Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://Safeyoutube.net/w/BPV4to watch a video about animals with horns. Find the sight word our from last week in the video to review.
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Listen to Animal Horns
Find the new sight word, has on each page as you are listening.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Animal Horns while recording yourself. Try to take away your finger and use your eyes to follow the words.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Animal Horns
Write the sight word has 3 times and then use has in a sentence.
2nd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Animal Dads
Choose 1 animal dad from the book and tell someone in your family what you learned about that animal.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Animal Dads while recording yourself. Remember to stop at periods and give yourself time to think about what you’re reading.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Animal Dads
Choose 1 animal dad from the book and write 2 sentences about how they take care of their young.
3rd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to The Animal Bridge
Write a response to this question: How do the animals’ feelings change during the story? Include at least 2 details in your response
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud The Animal Bridge while recording yourself. Do your best to read noticing punctuation and using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for The Animal Bridge
Your reading conference will take place on Wednesday.
4th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Beyond the Five Senses
Choose 1 animal sense and write a paragraph explaining how it is unique to the animal’s needs.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Beyond the Five Senses while recording yourself. Do your best to read in proper phrases.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Beyond the Five Senses
Your reading conference will take place on Thursday.
5th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to your assigned text Camouflage
Write a paragraph telling why and how animals use camouflage. Use details from the text to support your response
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Camouflage while recording yourself. Do your best to read while noticing punctuation, using voice and expression and proper phrasing.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Camouflage
Your reading conference will take place on Friday.
April 13th-17th
Kindergarten Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lcKwuKv8sI to watch a video on sight word – the
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Listen to The Backyard.
Find sight word the on each page while listening.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud The Backyard while recording yourself. Be sure to point to each word as you read it.
Friday (Day 3):
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Read The Backyard
Write the sight word the 3 times. Then draw a picture of something you would see in your backyard.
1st Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Click on this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4-AUODkkOA to watch a video on the sight word - our
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Listen to Backyard Camping
Find the new sight word, our on each page as you are listening.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Backyard Camping while recording yourself. Try to take away your finger and use your eyes to follow the words.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Backyard Camping.
Write the sight word our 3 times and then use our in a sentence.
2nd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Are You From Brazil?
Tell someone in your family at least 1 fact you learned about each animal from Brazil.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Are You From Brazil? while recording yourself. Remember to stop at periods and give yourself time to think about what you’re reading.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Are You From Brazil?
Choose 2 animals from the book and tell how they are alike and how they are different.
3rd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Animal Defenses.
What are some ways that animals defend themselves?
Choose 1 animal from the book and write a paragraph about how it defends itself.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Animal Defenses while recording yourself. Do your best to read noticing punctuation and using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Animal Defenses
Your reading conference will take place on Wednesday.
4th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
Listen to Extreme Animals
Write 2 fun facts you learned about an animal from the book
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Extreme Animals while recording yourself. Do your best to read in proper phrases.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Extreme Animals
Your reading conference will take place on Thursday.
5th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to your assigned text Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight
Tell someone in your family who Amelia Earhart is and why she is a legend.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight while recording yourself. Do your best to read while noticing punctuation, using voice and expression and proper phrasing.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Amelia Earhart: A Legend in Flight
Your reading conference will take place on Friday.
April 6th-10th
**Please know that this week is flexible due to religious observances. You may complete this week's assignments over Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday or however it works best for you and your family.**
Kindergarten Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Bedtime Counting
Draw and label a picture of something you do right before bed.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Bedtime Counting while recording yourself. Be sure to point to each word as you read it.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Bedtime Counting
Write one sentence stating your favorite part of the book and/or draw a picture of that part.
1st Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Animal Costumes
Draw a picture of yourself wearing a costume.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Animal Costumes while recording yourself. Try to take away your finger and use your eyes to follow the words.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Animal Costumes.
Watch the short i video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsaSRQrITN8.
Make a list of short i words you saw in the video or found in the book.
2nd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to At the Airport
What do people do at the airport? Tell someone in your family 2 facts you learned.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud At the Airport while recording yourself. Remember to stop at periods and give yourself time to think about what you’re reading.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for At the Airport
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Write 2 sentences answering this question.
3rd Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to April Fools’ Day
How is April Fools’ Day best celebrated? Tell someone in your family how you would celebrate.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud April Fools’ Day while recording yourself. Do your best to read noticing punctuation and using voice and expression.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for April Fools’ Day
Your reading conference will take place on Wednesday.
4th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to Art Around Us
Notice and think about how the photographs and captions support the text.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud Art Around Us while recording yourself. Do your best to read in proper phrases.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for Art Around US
Your reading conference will take place on Thursday.
5th Grade Assignments
Monday (Day 1):
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Listen to your assigned text March Madness.
What makes March Madness so popular in the United States? Tell someone in your family.
or
Listen to your assigned text Cheerleading
How and why has cheerleading changed over time? Tell someone in your family.
Wednesday (Day 2):
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Read aloud March Madness or Cheerleading while recording yourself. Do your best to read while noticing punctuation, using voice and expression and proper phrasing.
Friday (Day 3):
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Complete the quiz for March Madness or Cheerleading.
Your reading conference will take place on Friday.
Contact Schedule
Kindergarten and 1st Grade (Monday)
2nd Grade (Tuesday)
3rd Grade (Wednesday)
4th Grade (Thursday)
5th Grade (Friday)
**If you have a sibling, I will contact both of you on the same day :)
**I will be contacting you either by phone or email.**
If I am contacting you by phone and unable to reach you, I will leave a message, provided it allows me to do so.
**Remember my number will either appear as blocked, private or no caller ID, so please answer :)
If we are communicating through email, please respond :)
My email address if needed is kborra@hicksvillepublicschools.org
Just for Fun (If you are interested in continuing to journal)
You can use paper or post-its...your choice! Write down some of your thoughts that you'd like to share with me about the book you're reading. Use our "What Do You Think?" guide pictured below to help you. You can use the books you are reading on Raz-kids for this or a book of your choice that you can read independently for 15-20 minutes daily if you prefer to hold a book.
Here are some additional websites that might be helpful to check out as well:
- www.kennedy-center.org Every weekday at 1pm, Mo Willems, author and illustrator of Knuffle Bunny and the Elephant and Piggie series will be hosting a doodle and explore new ways of writing series straight from his home studio. It's really cool and my own children have been enjoying it. I thought you might too!
- www.abcya.com
- www.scholastic.com/learnathome There are exciting articles and stories, fun learning challenges, and videos you may enjoy.
- www.sightwords.com
- www.spellingcity.com
- www.pbskids.org
- www.starfall.com
- www.highlightskids.com
- www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
- www.readwritethink.org
- www.literacycenter.net