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Welcome Kindergarten Friends!
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
activities for june 15-18:
June 18 is the last day of school!
Dear families,
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
activities for june 8-12:
ACTION!
Announcement:
Remote Learning Guidance for Families of English Learners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmHsqGIq6vyOe4C3Qs9yHyx9girtaqvewQbbAOrK1lo/edit?usp=sharing
All About Me
Answer the questions to make a poster that is all about you.
Action Words memory game
activities for june 1-5:
Day By Day
Announcement:
Remote Learning Guidance for Families of English Learners
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fmHsqGIq6vyOe4C3Qs9yHyx9girtaqvewQbbAOrK1lo/edit?usp=sharing
Today is monday by Eric Carle
Listen to this book about the days of the week.
activities for May 26-29: More Numbers
Announcement: No School on Monday. Pick up your free books at the lunch sites this Wednesday!
One Family by
George Shannon
Listen to the story, One Family. How many people are in your family? Many things can be grouped together to be one of something. One pack of gum might have 7 pieces in it. One set of stairs might have 12 steps. What is something in your house that is made up of a bunch of things?
skip Counting and Jumping
Watch the video and practice skip counting and jumping with the students
activities for May 18-22: Numbers
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.
Speaking: Counting by 2
Count along with this video as they count by 2's. How high can you count by 2's? Use the above chart to count to 100!
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sesame-counting-by-twos/counting-by-twos-sesame-street/
activities for May 11-15: More shapes are Everywhere
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.
Circle Dogs
Listen to the story. Which shapes did you see in Circle Dogs? What did the circle dogs do in the book? Would you like to live with circle dogs?
Which shape is the strongest
Which shape was the strongest? Did you think any of them would work? What did they make the shapes out of? Can you try this at home?
Shapes Vocabulary Matching Game
activities for May 4-8: shapes are Everywhere
Round is a Mooncake
This video reads the book, Round Is A Mooncake by Rosemary Thong. What shapes did you find in the book? Do you have some of the same things in your home? What things are the same and what things are different?
everyday Shapes
This video tells us about the shapes around us. What shapes do you see in your house? Draw some of shapes you see at home and label them.
activities for April 27-May 1: More Colors
Make your own Color Poem
What colors are in your house? Choose something for each color and make up your own poem like the Color Poem on this page.
Play I-Spy with colors
"I spy" means I see. Choose something in the room- Describe the thing using color and shape words but do NOT say what it is. You can say, "I spy something round and red" if you see an apple. The other person has to guess what you spy (see).
activities for April 20-24: Colors
No School on Monday, April 19
Color Mixing
Do you remember which colors you can mix together to get other colors? Watch this video and then you can do some color mixing of your own. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/sesame-ok-go-primary-colors/ok-go-primary-colors-song-sesame-street/#.Xpm8mtJokxo.email
Do you need art supplies at home? There are art supplies available with lunch pick up. Or if you need supplies, please e-mail me at mdyer@shschools.com.
IMG_2018.MOVwhat a Wonderful World
This is one of my favorite books, but most people know it as a song by Louis Armstrong. You can listen to me read the book above and then listen to Louis Armstrong sing it here;
Activities for April 13-17: WEATHER
Play a quick memory game with Weather words
https://www.eslgamesplus.com/weather-vocabulary-esl-memory-game-for-beginners/
IMG_1997.MOVSpring Weather Song
Do you remember of weather song? I changed the words for spring and recorded myself singing it with my daughter. Listen to our song and then play it again and sing it with me.
Types of Weather
Watch the video about different types of weather. What is your favorite type of weather? Talk to someone in your house about the weather or draw a picture about the weather today.