Whales, May 25
🏹 Force and Motion 🚴🏽‍♀️
Monday May 25
Memorial Day Holiday:
If appropriate, find a way to remember and honor all of those who have given their lives in the service of our country.
Tuesday May 26
Classroom Choice: Begin work on Kindergarten Math Review and Assessment
Sight Words: Build a Sight Word Treasure Hunt for yourself! Write the words and hide them around your house. Say them out loud whenever you see them throughout the day. Tell your parents to do it too!
Snack Break: Ms. Ellie reads Charlotte’s Web
Writer's Workshop:Work on a new Persuasive Writing paper. Watch the video of Ms. Ellie
Outdoor Time: Watch how items move in the wind. Do you remember how air makes things move? What things move most easily in the wind? Why?
Lunch: Stories with Ms. Ellie – Rosie Revere, Engineer
Wiggle Time: Choose one of Ms. Andrea’s Force and Motion Games!
Meditation with Ms Julie: Seated Meditation
Silent Reading: Book Bag or new book from your child’s Leveled Book collection on *EPIC
Creative Expression: Make a pinwheel and see how the force of wind makes it move!
Bedtime: Complete one “Daily Problem” in Bedtime Math together!
Wednesday May 27
Classroom Choice: Continue work on Kindergarten Math Review and Assessment
Calendar: Fill out May calendar (4) and answer 5 questions
Literacy: Work on Shared Reading-Motion together
Snack Break: Ms. Ellie reads Charlotte’s Web
Writer's Workshop: Continue your work on the Persuasive Writing paper. Read it to your mom or dad. Do they have some editing suggestions?
Outdoor Time:
Lunch: Read a book on Force and Motion on EPIC
Wiggle Time: Choose one of Ms. Andrea’s Force and Motion Games!
Meditation with Ms Julie: The Square Breath
Silent Reading: Book Bag or new book from your child’s Leveled Book collection on *EPIC
Creative Expression: Create gravity art using paint and a spoon!
Bedtime: Complete one “Daily Problem” in Bedtime Math together!
Thursday May 28
Classroom Choice: Continue work on Kindergarten Math Review and Assessment
Sight Words: Use the new sight words you’ve hidden around your house and complete the Sight Word Treasure Hunt Writing for yourself. Are they easier to remember now?
Snack Break: Ms. Ellie reads Charlotte’s Web
Unit Study: Complete Force and Motion Science Inquiry 1
Lunch: Listen to Newton and Me
Meditation with Ms Julie:
Wiggle Time: Choose one of Ms. Andrea’s Force and Motion Games!
Zoom Birthday Celebration at 2:00: Make sure you have a special treat to eat with your Whale friends!
Bedtime: Complete one “Daily Problem” in Bedtime Math together!
Friday May 29
Classroom Choice:
Kindergarten Math Review and Assessment
Calendar: Answer 5 questions in May calendar (4)
Literacy: Complete Morning Letter
Snack Break: Ms. Ellie reads Charlotte’s Web
Meditation with Ms. Julie:
Unit Study: Complete Force and Motion Science Inquiry 2
Outdoor Time: Find some other items to push or pull using the force of your body. Can you use another force to make things move?
Lunch: Listen to Oscar and The Cricket read aloud
Wiggle Time: Put on your socks and slide across your floor. Now put on your sneakers. Can you side as fast or as far? Why or Why not?
Silent Reading: Book Bag or new book from your child’s Leveled Book collection on *EPIC
Creative Expression: Explore gravity and friction with a homemade marble run!
Bedtime: Complete one “Daily Problem” in Bedtime Math together!
Notes
Curriculum Objectives and As-You-Go Learning
*EPIC Instructions:
1. Click here: https://www.getepic.com/students (Please note that Epic may try to redirect you to their sign up page. You do NOT need to sign up. Check the url to make sure it is exact. Try refreshing the page or typing in manually getepic.com/students until you see a place to enter in the classroom code)
2. Enter the Classroom Code: uid5487
3. Click on your child’s name.
4. You will be taken to their homepage. Click on the Mailbox in the top right corner.