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Morning Message
Morning Message
4-29-2020
Good morning, Kindergarten!
The month of April is almost over! Do you know what month comes next? Sing your months of the year song and days of the week song to review.
Our Zoom class meeting will include a Spanish activity with Senora Raven and 20 questions. Hope to see you there!
Today makes 146 days of Kindergarten!
Love,
Mrs. Bradley
Math - Important
Math - Important
Estimate: 20 minutes
Math Warm-Up: Listen to "Hey Honey Bunny" and sing along!
Today's Lesson: Today we will learn about the NICKEL! Get your pile of coins back out. If they are still sorted from yesterday, mix them all back together! It's important to practice quickly finding coins in a group.
The nickel is silver and has smooth edges. How many nickels do you have? Sort them into their own pile.
How much did the song say a nickel is worth? (5) Yes, a nickel is worth 5! But we will always use the unit of cents or dollars to describe money, so we will say that a nickel is worth five cents.
Who is on the heads side of the nickel? That is a former President, Mr. Thomas Jefferson. He was actually the 3rd President of the USA in the year 1801! The tails side shows a building called the Monticello, which is a fancy house that Thomas Jefferson designed and built for himself. You can see pictures of Mr. Jefferson and the Monticello to the left. You might notice that some nickels have the President Jefferson's face looking out, and some have him looking to the side. They are still both nickels and worth 5 cents!
Now, I want you to find a gray crayon if you can. Place a nickel underneath the paper and rub the crayon on top of the paper. You should be able to see some of the details of the nickel! Flip the nickel over and do the same thing again. Now get a new piece of paper, and I want you to look very closely at the nickel and draw what you see on the tails side and on the heads side. Label your paper with the word Nickel and 5 ¢. The cents symbol is drawn like a c with a line through it. What are the words that you see? Did you notice is says "Five Cents"? That is how much the nickel is worth! It takes 100 cents to make 1 dollar, so we would need 20 nickels to equal a dollar. An easy way to count nickels is to skip-count by 5 because each nickel is equal to 5 pennies, or 5 cents.
For fun: Listen to this catchy song about the nickel.
Practice: Use the slideshow deck below to practice counting combinations of pennies and nickels. You can use real coins to match what you see and then count, or count straight from the screen!
Challenge (not required): Do You Have Enough Money Game
Phonemic 429.m4aPhonics - Important
Phonics - Important
Estimate: 15 minutes
ABC Warm-Up: Sing the alphabet, but instead of saying letter names- only say letter sounds!!
Phonemic Awareness: Listen along with Mrs. Bradley to continue manipulating medial vowel sounds!
Phonics: Watch the video to continue practicing with Silent E!
Literacy Centers - Important
Literacy Centers - Important
Read-to-Self: Read books that are "just right" for you... not too hard and not too easy. You may use the books Mrs. Bradley sent home with you, other books at your house, or Kids A-Z (Raz Kids) books by logging in on the iPad or computer. Read for at least 15 minutes.
Estimate: At least 15 minutes
Handwriting: Practice forming every letter in the alphabet, lowercase and uppercase, but do it in the bathtub! Make sure it's okay with your grown-up, then grab a blanket and pillow, throw it in the tub, and get your pencil and paper ready! Have fun writing!
Estimate: 10 minutes
Writing - Important
Writing - Important
Estimate: 10 minutes
On Monday, we talked about how Fairy Tales all have the same basic 6 elements:
good characters
bad characters
a fantastical setting
a problem
a solution
a bit of magic
Get a piece of paper and draw your own boxes, one for each element. Today you are going to focus on the SETTING. That is where the story takes place. Discuss several settings where you might like to have your very own fairy tale take place. Underwater? At a castle? Outer space? In the jungle? At school? In a rural community or urban community? (and so many more options!) Then, narrow it down to your favorite. Write this down in the SETTING box on your story element paper. You can start drawing a picture of what this setting may look like if you wish.
Science - Important
Science - Important
Estimate: 15 minutes
Insects are oviparous. Do you remember what oviparous means?? (They are born from an egg!) I know you've enjoyed this story in Spanish, but I want you to take another listen today. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Did you notice how the story started out with an egg? What happened next?
We are going to create a class collaborative reading of the book. Each student is responsible for reading 2 lines of the story. I will compile the videos in order to create our class reading the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
When you're ready, record a video of yourself saying your lines. It can be 2 different videos. Upload these to your Digital Portfolio!
You can also complete this coloring sheet if you'd like! (not required)
Mindful Moment - Supplemental
Mindful Moment - Supplemental
Estimate: 6 minutes
"In this guided practice, kids (and adults) listen to the rain and notice whether the sound stays the same or if it changes. When you relax and listen carefully, see if your body and mind change too!"
Specials Classes - Important
Specials Classes - Important
Supplemental Activities for this Week:
Supplemental Activities for this Week:
Add to your Weather Chart each day.
Writer's Contest Opportunity (through Ozarks Public Television) - deadline to enter is May 15 (Be sure to check the rules and entry form)
Character Education: Treasure Jar (Remember to think of 3 new gratitudes each day!)
STEM
Kodable.com (Class code: summitk)
Free App: LightBot
Sight Words
Author Study: Doreen Cronin, Click, Clack, Peep (Read Aloud), Activity Set (Printables)
Share a Picture - Supplemental
Share a Picture - Supplemental
See what others are up to! Click on our class Padlet and add a picture of you or comment on your friends' pictures!
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