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Invention Week with the Otters
Invention Week with the Otters
Please send photos and videos of your child’s learning activities to Ms. Aja via email or via this Dropbox link. Files will be shared on our Otter blog.
Monday March 30
Monday March 30
Project Time: The Most Magnificent Thing read aloud by Ms. Aja.
Gather materials for a makeshift invention studio. Begin thinking about what you might invent with these materials. Inventioneers iPad app (Free or $4.99 extended version)
Morning Letter: Morning letter
Meditation or Movement:Dance Party - Here Comes the Sun The Beatles
Outdoor Choice:
Numeracy: Review coin counting by giving your child a pile of coins to count. *If your child is fluent in coin counting and telling time, please see challenge math multiplication plan for the week
Watch this Introduction to telling Time Video
Create your own analog clock or use this digital version to show different times.
View the “overview” section of this website for tips on teaching children to tell time.
Writer’s Workshop: Start an invention idea journal. Decorate the cover of your journal. Take a walk around your home. Jot down a list of some of your favorite inventions that you notice around you.
Lunch/Outdoor Choice:
Read Aloud/Doodling: Listen to free Audible audio book or Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Content Explorations: What is an inventor? Pick some inventors to learn more about. Feel free to record interesting facts in your invention journal.
Treasured Reading: Read from book bag or from your group’s reading folder below**.
Tuesday March 31
Tuesday March 31
Project Time: Read and decorate our poem for the week: Invention by Shel Silverstein.
What can you build with dominos? Check out this amazing domino spiral just for fun!
Morning Letter: Morning letter
Meditation or Movement: Cosmic Kids Yoga
Outdoor Choice:
Numeracy: Review coin counting by giving your child a pile of coins to count.
Download Set the Clock app for iPad. ($0.99) or Interactive Telling Time app (free).
Practice telling time to the hour. View Tick Tock video.
Use digital toy clock if needed.
Writer’s Workshop: Listen to If I Built a House By Chris Van Dusen.
In your invention journal draw plans for your own dream house. Be sure to include labels and legible writing.
Lunch/Outdoor Choice:
Read Aloud/Doodling: Listen to free Audible audio book or Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Content Explorations: Watch Brainpop Video about Engineering Design Process.
Print Engineering Design Process poster for reference.
Invention Challenge 1: Invent a device to launch a big cloud of paper confetti. Draw a plan for your invention in your invention journal, then begin creating.
Treasured Reading: Stories from space: Rosie Revere Engineer
Read from book bag or from your group’s reading folder below.
Wednesday April 1
Wednesday April 1
Project Time: Read DK Eye Wonder Invention Book
Build with Legos, Snap Circuits, or other materials.
Morning Letter: Morning letter Popsicle passage
Meditation or Movement: Dance with scarves to Tingstad and Rumbel on Spotify.
Outdoor Choice:
Numeracy: Review coin counting by giving your child a pile of coins to count.
Play Set the Clock app or Interactive Telling Time app.
Review telling time to the hour. Then practice telling time to the half hour. Watch this telling time to the half hour video.
Use digital toy clock if needed.
Writer’s Workshop: Listen to If I Built a Car By Chris Van Dusen.
In your invention journal draw plans for your own amazing car. Include labels and legible writing.
Lunch/Outdoor Choice:
Read Aloud/Doodling: Listen to free Audible audio book or Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Content Explorations: Invention Challenge 2: Invent a game that gets people up and moving. Draw a plan for your game invention in your invention journal, then begin creating.
Treasured Reading: Iggy Peck, Architect Read aloud by Ms. Aja
Read from book bag or from your group’s reading folder below.
Thursday April 2
Thursday April 2
Project Time: Silly Inventor Mad Libs
Take apart an old appliance to figure out what made it work. What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Morning Letter: Morning letter
Meditation or Movement: Cosmic Kids Yoga
Outdoor Choice:
Numeracy: Review coin counting by giving your child a pile of coins to count.
Play Set the Clock app or Interactive Telling Time app.
Review telling time to the hour and half hour. Then practice telling time to the quarter hour
Use digital toy clock if needed.
Writer’s Workshop: Listen to If I Built a School By Chris Van Dusen. In your invention journal draw plans for your own school. Include labels and legible writing.
Lunch/Outdoor Choice:
Read Aloud/Doodling: Listen to free Audible audio book or Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Content Explorations: Invention Challenge 3: Invent an interesting display case or storage container for your rock collection or other special collection. Draw a plan in your invention journal then begin creating with any materials you would like.
Treasured Reading: Ara, The Star Engineer Read aloud by Ms. Aja
Read from book bag or from your group’s reading folder below.
Friday April 3
Friday April 3
Project Time: Game Day! Play a favorite board game with a family member. Or Facetime a friend to play Yahtzee, Twenty Questions, Guess Who, Bingo, or Battleship.
Check out these 8 weird but true invention facts.
Enjoy Peter, Paul, and Mary’s The Marvelous Toy song
Morning Letter: Morning letter
Meditation or Movement: Read Aloud Revival Podcast with Jim Weiss (45 min podcast. Jim reads Stone Stoup, interview, part of Sherlock Holmes story).
Outdoor Choice:
Numeracy: Review telling time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour.
Print and play Roll and Read the Time game.
Play Set the Clock app or Interactive Telling Time app.
Writer’s Workshop: Writing prompt for your invention journal: What new toy would you like to invent?
Draw a diagram of your invention with labels and an explanation. Include a list of materials that you will need to invent your toy. Save these plans for next week…
Lunch/Outdoor Choice:
Read Aloud/Doodling: Listen to free Audible audio book or Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Content Explorations: Otter Synchronous Sharing at 12:30. Plan to share an interesting invention, drawing, or journal entry with the class via Zoom.
Treasured Reading: Buddy Reading- Practice reading a picture book fluently. Ask a parent or sibling to record you reading and email it to Ms. Aja. We will share with the Dolphin/Shark class.
Notes
Notes
READING GROUP FOLDERS
READING GROUP FOLDERS
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