I miss seeing you everyday. I hope you are all well. I would like to hear about you. You can write me or send me a picture of something you have been doing while we have been at home. You can send a text or a picture to mdyer@shschools.com
I have been spending time talking with teachers, playing with my pets, and spending time with my family. I have also been doing a lot of cooking!
I'll be posting updates here every week. I hope you can join me!
Miss you!
Ms. Dyer
Announcement:
See you at the Farewell Parade for 1st Grade students on June 17 at Plains School!
This is our final week of school. It has been a most unusual year and I really hope we do not have another like it. As we look at our last few days, I want to share a few thoughts with you about the summer and next year.
We do not yet know what next year will be like; we may be face to face, we may be learning remotely (using new platforms as well as the ones we have been using), or we may be doing some combination of both. Please know that I will continue to work with your children and their classroom teacher in any of these situations.
Many of you are worried about next year and how far behind your child may be. Please do not worry about this - every child in this state, country and around the world has had interrupted schooling during this time. We teachers know this and we know that we will be changing curriculum and practices for next year and upcoming years. You have enough to worry about please do not add this to your worries.
This summer the best thing you can do to support your child's schooling is to read to your child in the language you are most comfortable in. Talk with your child - tell stories, talk about things you are doing around the house, help your child feel safe and loved in these very unpredictable times. Physically distance, but keep social connections - use the technology so many of us have learned for work and school to visit with friends and family. Lastly, spend time outside in fresh air and play.
Taking a break this summer is important for your child and for you. We know that you have had to do a lot of work to keep your child connected to us during remote learning. Checking into the learning portal, assembling supplies, assisting with assignments, getting your child logged onto meetings with teachers. It has been A LOT! You have done a great job and you deserve a break.
If you do want to do more academic activities with your child, the learning activities posted here will remain up. You may also be interested in Family Fun at Home. https://www.wgbh.org/distance-learning-center/family-activities
Activities are available in English and Spanish and if you participate you are also eligible to earn prizes.
Please try to make some time relax and enjoy this summer. I look forward to seeing you all in a few months. Please stay well!
Ms. Dyer
Announcement:
Remote Learning Guidance for Families of English Learners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmHsqGIq6vyOe4C3Qs9yHyx9girtaqvewQbbAOrK1lo/edit?usp=sharing
Practice your knowledge of 10's using this game. Challenge yourself with 100's!
Listen to the story, The Door Bell Rang. How many cookies did the children have? Why didn't they want to answer the doorbell near the end of the story? Who makes the best cookies in the story? What cookies do you like best?
Choose one player to start. They write down a number between 1 and 100, hiding the number from the other players.
They then announce:
"I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100"
The next player guesses a number, and the first player replies, "higher" or "lower" as appropriate. The next player then guesses a number, and play continues round the table until somebody gets it right.
Announcement:
Remote Learning Guidance for Families of English Learners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmHsqGIq6vyOe4C3Qs9yHyx9girtaqvewQbbAOrK1lo/edit?usp=sharing
What are the missing numbers in this Hundreds Chart? Can you fill them in?
Play the 10's section of this game to make numbers with 10 sticks (snakes) and ones (snake heads). Challenge yourself and do the 100's section next.
Play this game to practice your addition facts up to 20
Deal each player five cards. Place the stack of remaining cards face down in the middle of the table. This is the “Go Fish” pile.
Before beginning game play look for pairs of cards in your hand with a sum of 10. Place all pairs with a sum of 10 face up on the table in front of you. Draw from the Go Fish pile to replace the cards so you still have five cards in your hand. For example if you have a hand with 2-2-3-8-7, place 2-8 and 3-7 on the table and draw four more cards.
To begin, as in traditional Go Fish, players take turns asking each other for their desired card. However, instead of seeking out pairs of the same card, players want pairs to make the sum of 10. For example, if I hold a 5, 3, 2, 4, 9, I might ask for a 5 so I can “make 10.”
Announcement: No School on Monday!
Pick up your free books at the lunch sites this Wednesday!
Using the information you saved from last week, write 5-8 sentences about how two animals are the same and different. Talk about body coverings (fur, feathers, scales), what the eat, where they live, what they look like. Do you think these animals would make good pets?
Listen to the story, Over and Under the Pond. What types of animals did the boy and his mother see? Are they mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects or amphibians? Would you like to visit a pond? Would you rather be in a canoe or on the shore?
Watch the video and learn about the different types of food that animals eat. Which animals hunt? Which animals eat plants? Some animals eat dead things. Some animals eat gross things. What type of animal would you like to be?
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.colt.traps/animals-making-a-living/
Some materials work better in certain environments. Test the body coverings in this game:
Announcement: Please look for an invitation in your e-mail regarding a special meeting for families of students in the ELL program on May 20th at 3 pm.
Choose 2 animals. Answer these questions about them: What do the look like? How do they move? What do they eat? Where can they live? How do they feel (soft, furry, rough) What type of animals are they? (mammal, reptile, insect, amphibian, fish,or bird). Save this information for next week. You can use the above organizer to help you remember your information.
What are some of the animals at the shelter? What did the veterinarian (animal doctor) do to check the puppy? What are some rules about meeting a new animal?
Announcement: Please look for an invitation in your e-mail regarding a special meeting for families of students in the ELL program on May 20th at 3 pm.
Today we are _____________. Yesterday we ____________. The action word will change in the sentence. Change the action words above to make them work in the Today and Yesterday sentences. Choose 3 and write a Today and Yesterday sentence for each one. Hint: you will need to use - ed and -ing.
This video shows people dancing but it also talks aout the SCIENCE behind dancing. What dance moves can you do? Think about how your body moves when you dance.
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/dance-whats-good-video/dance-whats-good/#.Wk_Pp_krKUk
Listen to this story about how our bodies work. Is this story fiction or non-fiction? What did you learn about your body?
Listen to me read this story by a famous poet, bell hooks (she does NOT capitalize her name). Do you think how you look can tell people who you are? How can you learn about other people? How can they learn about you?
Write 3-5 sentences about you. What do you like to do? What are some of your favorite things? Who do you like to play with?
This short video talks about our bodies inside and outside. Tell someone at home: What are some body parts talked about in the video? What do they help you do?
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ket-earlychild-health1/lets-look-inside-our-body/
Replace some of numbers on a hopscotch layout with vowels. You can use chalk outside or pieces of paper inside. Then practice the vowel sounds by saying: a-apple, a-ape; e-elephant, e-ear; i-igloo, i-ice cream, o-octopus, o-ocean, u-umbrella, u-unicorn.
Look at the handout (click on it and it will be bigger) and answer these questions with someone in your house: What is a fruit or vegetable that grows on trees? Where do carrots grow? What is a type of fruit or vegetable that grows on a bush? BONUS: What grows on a vine?
Watch the video below about growing vegetables. What were some of the fruits and vegetables mentioned in the video? What were the children doing in the video? What is something you would like to grow?
https://pbskids.org/arthur/health/nutrition/kids-action.html
No School on Monday, April 19
In the video, I show you how to make a puzzle using old boxes. You can also use this to practice spelling words or sight words.
Listen to me read Two Old Potatoes And Me by John Coy. Earlier this year we talked about where different types of vegetables grow. This book talks about how potatoes grow. Some of you have gardens at home. What are you going to grow in your garden? Will you try to grow potatoes?
Play a quick memory game with Weather words
https://www.eslgamesplus.com/weather-vocabulary-esl-memory-game-for-beginners/
This short video talks about the different types of weather. What is your favorite type of weather?
Do you want to sing the weather poem as a song? Sing along with me and my daughter, Nora. I wish we could all be together now.