Mrs. Sgroi's Class Assignments

Good morning, Families!  We made it to the end of the year and the end of this crazy e-learning!  I truly appreciate your support through all of this!  Although I have missed seeing the children in person, seeing their smiling faces in the pictures of their work and on our zoom calls has made it a bit more bearable.  Please keep in touch and if there is anything I can help with over the summer, feel free to reach out.  

-Prayer-Here is a prayer for the children for June and throughout the summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O78UfDkGhRs 

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Ask what month we are in.  
• Sing and dance along to this Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Name the pictures on each day of the calendar, to see if your child can guess what the next picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, June 3rd. 

-Zoom at 10:00 - For our last zoom call, weather permitting, find a place outside and bring some bubbles!  I want to make our last call fun, so hopefully it will work!  We will start with our regular song, a story, and then just kind of see where the call takes us.   

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*I will be emailing an end of the year slideshow shortly after the zoom call.  I hope you enjoy it!

*I will be at the drive through parade, so if you come by, please be sure to say hi!  This is, of course, completely optional!

*I will also be delivering some end of the year goodie bags today.  It will probably be a little bit later as I’m hoping my husband can drive me around again, as it makes for easier deliveries!  I will, again, text you after I put the goodie bags on your porch.  :)

Good morning, Families!  I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weather this weekend!  I know my family and I spent a lot of time outside!  So, this is our official last day of instruction.  I cannot believe how hard it is for me to accept this as our end of the year.  I will be sending an email on Wednesday with a short video of our year together.  Words truly cannot express how much I have enjoyed having your children in our class this year.  

-Prayer - Here is a prayer for the children for June and throughout the summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O78UfDkGhRs 

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this is a new month!  Now we are in June.
• Sing and dance along to this Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Name the pictures on each day of the calendar, to see if your child can guess what the next picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Monday, June 1st. 

-Letter Review - Sing along with Dr. Jean’s Kickbox ABC’s!  See how many letters and sounds you can remember!  Dr. Jean Kickbox ABC Send me a short video of you singing and dancing along.

-Zoom at 10:00 - Bring a snack. We'll sing a few songs, read our Guess Who? book again, maybe do a scavenger hunt, and just have fun!

-Name practice - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Write your name in sidewalk chalk on your driveway
• Fingerpaint your name with bright colors
• Make a sunshine name with the pattern attached.  (Or create your own similar name)

-Math - When I went to pack up the children’s belongings, I took a quick picture of our growth chart.  I measured each student at the beginning of the year.  Measure your child now and compare the heights.  Take a picture and send it to me.  I’m attaching a picture from the beginning of the year.  (I don’t guarantee the accuracy of our chart.  It gets moved each year, and the kids do not always stand still for it!)

-Listen to this story.  I Wish You More

-STEM video - try these bubble fun activities!  https://youtu.be/gC0dzc-JZV8 send Mrs. Lisa a picture of your bubbles!

-Extras:

-Here is a fun summer activity!  I know you may not have all the ingredients on hand now, so that’s why I put it as an “extra” so you can try it anytime.  Kids usually love this activity!  Ice Cream in a Bag

Good morning, Families!  I hope you are ready for a fun day!  Today we are focusing on the Pigeon from the Mo Willems books!  He is a great character!  I hope you have fun!

-Prayer

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this month is May, but this will be our last calendar for May.  What comes next?  Listen to this song to find out.  Months of the Year
• Sing and dance along to this new Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Name the pictures on each day of the calendar, to see if your child can guess what the next picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Friday, May 29th. 

-Zoom at 10:00 - Bring something that makes you think of summer and a cookie for a snack to go with our story.

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-Name activity - Choose one and send Mrs. Lisa a picture.

• Color the Pigeon coloring page (labeled Pigeon Count) and write your name on the top
• Trace your name on the name card I gave you.
• Use chocolate chips, or other small objects, to spell out your name

-Math activity - Choose one and send a picture to me.

• Gather some small counters (pebbles, pom poms, legos, etc.) and an animal picture (you can use the attached Pigeon picture -the same as the one above, or another animal picture).  Hold the counters up and drop them.  Count how many landed on the animal and how many were not on the animal.  Drop the items a few times or take turns dropping the items.
• Spot the differences in the Pigeon picture.  You can print it, or just look at it online.  Can you find all the differences?
• Hide Pigeon!  Pigeon always likes to hide in the Elephant and Piggie books.  Use the Pigeon picture or a stuffed animal and take turns hiding it.  See who can find it the fastest!

-Draw a pigeon with Mo Willems!  (He starts drawing the Pigeon around the 16:20 mark.) Pigeon drawing  I’m also attaching a direction page if you’d rather follow that.  Send me a picture.

-Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus!  Go outside and ride your bike or run around so the pigeon can’t drive!  :)

-It’s a music day!  Go to Mr. Cole’s page to see what he has for you.  Mr. Cole's Music Class

Good morning, Families!  I hope you enjoyed your beautiful long weekend!  I know sometimes right now the days feel like they run together, but my family really took the time to connect this weekend and spend time together.  These last few days will be a combination of several different topics for the children to explore.  I hope the children enjoy them!  Have a great day!

-Prayer 

-Calendar 

-Zoom at 10:00 - Let’s do another scavenger hunt and a story.  

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-Name activity - Choose one and send a picture to me

• Write your name as neatly as you can and then decorate the paper around it.
• Draw a thank you card for someone in your community (police officer, firefighter, doctor, mail carrier, etc.) at the bottom of your card, write your name.
• Trace the lines on the attached frog tracing page.

-Math activity - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Print the Math Puzzles.  Cut them apart and see if you can find the matches.  Do as many or as few as you’d like.  (PoP wk 5/6)
• Count how many pillows are in the bedrooms at your house.  Write the number on a piece of paper.  Then, count how many chairs are at your kitchen table and write that number.  Finally, count how many tables are in your house and write that number.  You can use one piece of paper for all the numbers.  You may want to draw a picture of what you’re counting so we know which number is which.  
• Play Roll and Build.  Roll a dice and then build a tower with that many blocks.  Roll the dice again, and then add that many to the tower.  See how tall you can build the tower!

-Craft activity - Create an angel.  Our school theme this year has been “Angels among us”.  So, to end the year, create an angel to share with us.  You can use any materials you’d like and be as creative as you like.  (Mrs. Bev Breen, our school art teacher, has some ideas on her website if you’d like to see them.  Her website is geared for grades Kindergarten and up.  Mrs. Breen's Art Page)  Send a picture to me.

-Movement activity - Use a deck of cards.  Flip a card and move that many times.  You can hop, stretch, jump, spin, stomp, or skip.  Send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

Good morning, Families!  I hope you’re ready for another great day of e-learning!  We are continuing our week with more All About Me and Changes in Me ideas.  Have a great day!

All About Me

-Prayer

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this month is May.
• Sing and dance along to this new Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Name the pictures on each day of the calendar, to see if your child can guess what the next picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, May 20th. 

-Name activities - Choose one and send a picture to me.

• Trace your name card that was in your gift bag
• Dot name - Parents write child’s name in large letters and child uses a Dot Marker or another stamp to cover the letters 
• Letter Hunt - Hunt for the letters of your name in your house.  Take a picture of the letters to show you found them all!

-Zoom - 10:00 - Today we’ll do a scavenger hunt.  Be ready to find a few things at your house!  You will have to walk to find them, because I need to make sure you are safe!

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-Listen to Chrysanthemum, one of my favorite stories!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLAJt2zmaU

-Math activities - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

• Count the letters in your name.  Do you have more or less than Chrysanthemum?
• Use items at home to measure your hands and feet.  Then measure someone else’s hands and feet.  Whose are bigger?
• Using a string, measure a body part (arm, leg, hand, foot, etc.) and cut the string so it’s the same size as the body part.  Walk around your house and find things that are the same size as that body part.  (IE: My arm is the same size as the chair!)

-All About Me Flower -(see picture attached) Think of all the things you are good at.  Make a flower.  In the center of your flower, write “I am good at…”.  Then, add a petal for each thing you’re good at.  In each petal write/draw what you are good at.  Add a stem and some leaves and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

-When you grow up, you can be anything!  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Here is a fun video to get some ideas!  Choose one of the following activities and send me a picture:

• Search for a picture of the job you want to do when you grow up.  You can use books, magazines, computer, etc.  Hold up the picture next to you and take a picture pointing to the picture of what you want to be.
• Draw a picture of you doing the job you want to do.  Be sure to use different colors.
• Dress up and act out you doing the job you want to have in the future.  Take a short video to share with me.

Extras:

-happynumbers.com

-boomlearning.com

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KdJfqH4po

Good morning, Families and Happy Monday!  I hope you all were able to enjoy the weekend a bit.  It was fun getting out to make some special deliveries to your child on Friday!  Here are the activities for today.  I hope you have a great day!

-Prayer

-Calendar

-Name activity - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Trace your name card that was in your gift bag
• Dot name - Parents write child’s name in large letters and child uses a Dot Marker or another stamp to cover the letters 
• Letter Hunt - Hunt for the letters of your name in your house.  Take a picture of the letters to show you found them all!

-Zoom 10:00 - Bring a baby picture of yourself.  Let’s look at how much we’ve all grown and changed!  Be ready to tell us two ways you have changed since you were a baby.

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-Listen to the story I’m Growing story  Point to the parts of your body that are growing as they name them in the story.

-Measure yourself with something you have at home (not a measuring tape) and send a picture to me.  Use blocks, toys, string, etc.  Then measure someone else at your house and see who is bigger and by how much. (ex. My mom is two trucks longer than I am.)

-Math Activities - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Use cereal or pasta and make a pattern.  See if you can make different patterns (ABAB, AAB, ABB, etc)
• Use blocks to make towers for each number.  For example, make a tower with one block, then a tower with two blocks, then with three blocks.  See if you can get up to a tower of 10 blocks.  If you can, write a number to go with each tower.
• Use a paper plate, or draw a circle on a piece of paper.  Divide the plate into 8 pieces, like a pizza.  Write one number in each “slice” (put the numbers in random order) and then have your child put the corresponding number of markers (markers can be anything from cotton balls, cereal, beads, etc.)

Happy Friday, Families!  Today we are heading into the ocean!  Some of my favorite animals live in the ocean!  What is your favorite ocean animal - dolphin, starfish, octopus, jellyfish, whale?  So many choices!  Have a great day!  Remember our Fridays are now only half days, so there aren’t as many activities.  However, I’ve included a few extras at the bottom of the page.  Have a great weekend!

Ocean animals

-Prayer

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this month is May.
• Sing and dance along to this new Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• By looking at the pictures on top of the calendar, see if your child can guess what the first picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Friday, May 15th. 

-Name activity - Choose one activity and send a picture to me.

• Write your name with a white crayon.  Then, use blue paint to make it look like your name is underwater.
• Use colorful paint to fingerpaint your name.  Then use blue paint all around it to look like your name is swimming in the water.
• Write your name on a piece of paper and decorate around it to look like the ocean and some fish.

-Zoom - Bring an ocean animal if you have one!

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-Craft - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

(See the octopus and jellyfish video)

• Octopus craft with a paper tube
• Jellyfish craft with a paper bag

-Let’s get moving!  Sing and dance along with The Goldfish Song

-Today is a music day.  See what Mr. Cole has planned for us Mr. Cole's Music Class

Extras:

-happynumbers.com is still available

-I’ve also added new decks to the boomlearning.com

-The animals at the zoo have been fun for us to watch all week.  https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams

Good morning, Families!  I hope you are ready for a fun day in the Jungle!  Today we will be learning about animals that live in the jungle.  Some animals we will work with today are monkeys, snakes, birds, and sloths!

-Prayer

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this month is May.
• Sing and dance along to this new Days of the Week song!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTl-_csSCwI
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• By looking at the pictures on top of the calendar, see if your child can guess what the first picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, May 13th. 

-Name practice - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Use playdough to roll out the letters in your name like long snakes
• Say the letters of your name while acting like a monkey
• Write each letter of your name on a paper plate or piece of paper.  Spread them around the room and fly like a bird to each letter, in order.  

-Zoom - 10:00 - If you have a jungle animal, bring it to our meeting.  We’ll also be reading an animal story!

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-Build a rainforest habitat using blocks and animals.  Be sure to add in some green leaves (either real or paper) to the tops of your trees.  Send Mrs. Lisa a picture.

-Jungle Yoga - Try these jungle poses and send me a picture of you doing your favorite one.

-After you’re loosened up from yoga, get dancing to the Animal Dance and Freeze!

-Flip Grid - Go to flipgrid https://flipgrid.com/4c73f017 and show us your best animal move!  Remember, to use your student’s first name to sign in.  Also, go back at the end of the day to see what your friends said! 

• Creep slowly like a sloth
• Slither like a snake
• Leap high like a leopard
• Act silly like a monkey
• Tweet like a bird

-Jungle craft - Choose one and send a picture to me.

• Paper chain snake - Cut paper into strips.  Roll one strip into a circle and tape closed.  Roll another strip to alternate with the first one and tape it closed around the other.  (see the attached picture - I’m not explaining this very well!)
• Accordion Monkey - Cut one medium sized brown circle (if you don’t have brown paper, you can use a paper bag, color regular paper brown, or just outline the circle in brown) for a monkey body.  Then, cut a smaller brown circle for the monkey head.  For the arms and legs, cut long thin rectangles.  Have the student accordion fold the arms and legs (fold forward, then back, then forward, then back).  Draw a face on the smaller circle.  See the attached picture.
• Handprint Parrot - Use the attached template (or draw one yourself) and color in the body of the parrot.  Then, trace your hand 4-5 times.  Color your hands in different colors.  Cut out the hands, and glue them to make the tail of the parrot.  See attached picture.

-Today is a gym day, so be sure to check out Coach Red’s page here  Coach Red's gym class

Happy Monday, Families!  I hope you had a great weekend and a great Mother’s Day!  Today’s activities look a little long, but that’s just because I put in some lengthy explanations!  As always, please don’t feel pressure to get it all finished.  I’m just trying to keep the activities fun, engaging, and educational.  So, today we are learning about savanna animals.  The savanna is where lots of large animals live, like elephants, giraffes, zebras, lions, and rhinos! Also, don't forget to send us any pictures of our flat teacher adventures! :)

-Prayer

-Calendar

-Zoom - 10:00 - Bring an animal to the meeting.  If you have a savanna animal, that’s even better!

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-Name practice - Choose one and send a picture to me:

• Have an adult write or print your name in bubble letters.  Decorate the letters with stripes like a zebra or spots like a giraffe.
• Write each letter of your name on a piece of paper or paper plate.  (Save these as we will use these again this week!).  Spread them out a little bit on the floor and then as you step on each letter, say the letter and roar like a lion!
• Print out the attached page and practice tracing the lines.  Jungle animal tracing

-Craft activity - Choose one and send me a picture:

• Fork painting lion - Using a piece of white or yellow paper, use a soup can and trace a circle in the middle.  Then, use a fork and some yellow or orange paint to create a mane.  Dip the fork in the paint, and start at the circle and drag the paint out with the tines of the fork.  See the attached picture.
• Paper towel tube giraffe - Paint the tube yellow. Allow the paint to dry.  While the paint is drying, tear apart some brown “spots” for your giraffe.  You can use brown construction paper or just color white paper with a brown crayon.  Glue the spots to the tube.  Next, use a cup to trace a circle for the head and add two ears.  Color the very bottom part of the head brown to make a snout.  Use a black to make eyes, nostrils, and a smile.  Glue the head to the top of the tube and enjoy your giraffe!  (picture attached)
• Elephant paper plate craft  - Using a white paper plate, paint it blue or grey. This would be a good project to sponge paint if you had an extra sponge around.   Cut out the top edge and the bottom edge, leaving the two sides as ears.  Save the pieces.  Draw on two eyes.  Then, use the extra piece of plate, cut it a little skinnier, and use it for the trunk.  Here is a link to the tutorial  https://www.craftymorning.com/paper-plate-elephant-kids-craft/
• Zebra marble painting - Print the attached zebra outline.  Using a tray or box top, gently tape the zebra to the tray.  Add a small amount of black paint to the tray and then add in a marble (or other small ball that you don’t mind getting painted).  Let your child roll the marble around back and forth so that lines form on the zebra.  After the paint dries, you can cut out the zebra or leave as is.  

-Check out some of these animals!  It’s like a trip to the zoo in your own house! My girls are really enjoying this! https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/live-cams  Draw a picture of your favorite animal and send it to Mrs. Lisa.

-Math activity - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa:

• Write numbers 1-10 on small pieces of paper (post-it size).  Mom or Dad hide the numbers around the house and the student tries to find the numbers.  When all numbers have been found, put them in order. 
• Print the attached counting page.  Color the animals, count how many there are,  and circle the correct number.
• Find some savannah animals at your house.  They can be stuffed animals, figures, pictures, etc.  Count how many you find and write that number on a piece of paper.  Send a video of your counting or a picture of your number.

-I thought it would be fun to try a flipgrid activity with the children.  Flipgrid allows the children to record brief videos and then all children in the class can watch them.  I’m sharing the link here.  Each child’s student ID is their first name with a capital first letter.  (ex. My student ID would be Kelley.)  This is my first try at this, so please reach out if it doesn’t work!  :)  https://flipgrid.com/sgroi1920  For our first one, I thought the kids could tell each other something special they did for their mom for Mother’s Day.  I believe my daughter did the first one for us!  :)

Good morning, Families!  Today for our school ABC countdown we are on letter G for Game day.  Take the time to play a game as a family!  For our class, we’re going to focus on flowers and Mother’s Day!  I hope all of the moms have a very Happy Mother’s Day and get to enjoy the day! And please remember to let me know when you get your happy mail from me! Some people got it yesterday and let me know already, thank you!

-Prayer

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-Zoom 10:00 - We’ll read a book together and sing some songs.  No need to bring anything today.

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-Name practice - use a marker to write your name on a paper towel.  Put it on a tray or wax paper, and spray the letters with water.  Watch the letters grow, just like flowers grow! Send a picture to me.

-All About Mom Mother’s Day page - Mom’s, if you could let another adult fill this out for you, it will be more fun!  This is one of my favorite Mother’s Day activities to do each year, and I’m so sad I won’t be able to do it for you!  Just let the children answer honestly and write down what they say.  No guiding or leading answers! 

-Exploring flowers - Choose one and send Mrs. Lisa a picture

• Signs of spring hunt - I know it’s supposed to be a bit cooler today, so you can do this hunt even by peeking out your window!  
• Flower counting - Use the attached page, or make your own, and draw flowers in pots and write the number of flowers on the pot.  
• Draw a flower using your favorite color.  Flowers have three main parts: a stem, leaves, and petals.  

-Make a flower for Mom!  Choose one or more of these to create for mom.  Send me a picture.  Have an adult write on the top “If Mothers Were Flowers, I Would Pick You! 2020”  and then write your name at the bottom. 

• -Bubble Painting-Follow these simple directions to bubble paint.  Then, cut your paper into the shape of a flower!  https://www.broogly.com/project/popped-bubble-art?fbclid=IwAR1vIU4NpM2gywJ-qIPzbNbR1Z8VF2MBu-JUBRtin0P-3yMIynMVH8LmVnQ
• Egg Carton flower - Use four spaces of an empty egg carton to create a flower.  See the attached picture.
• Pop bottle painting - Use the bottom of a pop bottle and dip it in some paint.  Then stamp it on a piece of paper.  When it dries, add a stem, leaves, and center.  See the attached image.

-Mother’s Day Scavenger Hunt - See if your child can find these items.  

Good morning, Families!  I hope you are ready for a great day!  Today in the schoolwide ABC countdown to summer it is the letter E for Exercise Day!  Do some jumping jacks for Coach Red’s jumping jack challenge!  For our school day, we’re going to be thinking about butterflies today!  They are some amazing creatures!  

-Prayer

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  Tell them this month is May.
• Sing the Days of the Week song, pointing to the days as they are sung. Ask your child what day today is.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• By looking at the pictures on top of the calendar, see if your child can guess what the first picture might be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, May 6th.

-Name practice - Choose one and send me a picture

• Magazine collage - Cut out letters from store ads or magazines to spell your name
• Torn Paper name - Tear up paper into tiny pieces and use those pieces to form the letters in your name
• Draw a butterfly, or use a template, and write the letters of your name in the wings.    

-Zoom - 10:00 - please bring a piece of fruit to show the class.  We will read the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar and sing our caterpillar song!

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-A butterfly’s wings are symmetrical.  We learned about symmetry in the science lab about snowflakes - remember symmetry means both sides are the same.  A butterfly’s wings are the same on both sides.  Choose one of the following to do and send me a picture:

• Draw a butterfly (or use the attached butterfly), and color its wings so they are symmetrical - the same.  Send me a picture of your butterfly.
• Cut out a large butterfly from a piece of paper.  (If you want to print a template, just Google “butterfly template” and there are a lot of different ones.)  Fold the butterfly in half.  Open it back up and put a few drops of paint on one side.  Fold the paper again and squish the paint around.  Open it up to see the symmetrical paintings!
• Make a butterfly suncatcher.  Butterfly sun catcher

-Pretend you are a butterfly!  Start as a caterpillar and crawl around on the floor.  Then, wrap yourself in a blanket like a chrysalis.  Finally, “hatch” out of the chrysalis and use the blanket for your new butterfly wings!  Send Mrs. Lisa a picture.

-Enjoy this video and song about a butterfly.  Butterfly song  And here is another song about different things in nature.  One of my favorites!  If I Were a Butterfly

-People change, too.  Look at a picture of you when you were a baby.  Then, look at you now!  How have you changed?  Ask an adult to help you make a list and send it to Mrs. Lisa.

-Prayer

-Calendar - It’s our last school day of the month!  So, tomorrow we will say goodbye to April!  What month comes next?  Listen to this song, move along, and see if you can find it  Months of the Year song

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  See if s/he can remember the name of our month.
• Sing the Days of the Week song, pointing to the days as they are sung. Ask your child what day today is.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Recite the pattern.  When you get to today’s date, stop and ask your child what the picture today will be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, April 29. 

-Zoom 

Small groups today. Bring two things that start with the same letter as your first name (for example, Billy could bring a book and a ball)

10:00 - Andrew, Jonathan, Mason, Colin, Audrey, Nora

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10:30 - Caleb, Patrick, Max, Tre, Nana, Peyton, Jeslyn

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-Name Activity - Choose one and send a picture to me

• Salt/Flour tray writing-pour some salt/flour/sugar on a tray.  Then your child can use his/her finger to write the letters of his/her name.  
• Write their name with sidewalk chalk outside  and let them use a wet paintbrush to trace it
• Write your child’s name with a yellow marker/highlighter and have your child trace it.  Encourage them to start their letters at the top.  Here is a song for them  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnZePnDo-U When singing the song, have them reach for the sky when they say, “at the top”.
• Build your name using items at your house.
• Rainbow write your name (see attached) Write your name with a black crayon or marker and then choose three other colors to trace it with.

-Math activities - Choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Count how many forks and spoons you have.  Which one has more?  Which one has less?
• Go on a shape walk (inside or outside).  Find a shape and say what shape it is.  Shapes we learned are: square, rectangle, circle, oval, triangle, diamond heart, star
• Line up your stuffed animals from shortest to tallest

-Self-Portrait - It’s the last school day of April, so let’s draw another self-portrait!  Remember to listen to the Mat Man song and then remember Mat Man when you are drawing yourself! And remember, nobody has blue hair or purple hair! :)  When you’re all finished, send me a picture!  Mat Man song

-Listen to this story about a rainbow.  How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow

-It’s a Gym day!  Check out what Coach Red has for you to do today.  https://www.holyfamilycatholicacademy.net/apps/classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=951503

-Last week we talked about recycling.  It is important to help protect our planet Earth.  Here is a video to show you more about recycling cans.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKpoCzt03B8&t=1s

After you watch the video, play this recycling game.  http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-content/richmedia/1/1143/project/dist/desktop.html

Extras:

-We have completed our introduction to all the letters.  Here are some pages to keep your child familiar with them.  Remember, these are completely optional!  (Dot Marker letter pages)

-happynumbers.com - If you need usernames or passwords, let me know.  

-Boomlearning.com - I will be changing the learning cards at the end of this week.  If you need usernames or passwords, let me know.

-Prayer

-Calendar

-Zoom - 10:00 -bring something that reminds you of spring (flower, picture of rain, grass, rocks, etc.) to share

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-Name activity-choose one and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Salt/Flour tray writing-pour some salt/flour/sugar on a tray.  Then your child can use his/her finger to write the letters of his/her name.  
• Write their name with sidewalk chalk outside  and let them use a wet paintbrush to trace it
• Write your child’s name with a yellow marker/highlighter and have your child trace it.  Encourage them to start their letters at the top.  Here is a song for them  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnZePnDo-U When singing the song, have them reach for the sky when they say, “at the top”.
• Build your name using items at your house.

-Grow a Rainbow experiment - color both ends of a paper towel the colors of the rainbow, then put each end in water and let it sit.  Watch as the rainbow spreads across the paper towel.  Send a picture of your rainbow to me. https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/grow-a-rainbow-experiment/

-Scavenger Hunt - Today, find an umbrella, a bug in a book, and a toy that fits in your hand.  Send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

-Listen to a story!  (attached)  

-Math activities-choose one and send a picture to me

• Make shapes out of popsicle sticks, q-tips, pretzel sticks, or something you have at your house
• Make a pattern with objects you have at home (legos, cars, jewelry, etc.)
• Do a puzzle
• Write numbers on pieces of paper and have your child put them in order

Good morning, Families and happy Friday! I hope everyone has a great day and finds something to enjoy this weekend! Thank you to you all for helping your children with their learning activities this week! I really do appreciate all you're doing!

-Prayer

-Name activity - Try writing your name all by yourself today using your favorite color.  Decorate the paper around your name and send me a picture.  Be sure I can still see your name!

-Calendar

-Zoom - 10:00 am - No need to bring anything today, we’ll be doing a new name song. 
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-Earth activity-Using the recyclable materials you have gathered this week, build a new creation!  It could be an animal, a house, a vehicle, anything you can imagine!  Make a sign saying what you made and send me a picture of the sign and you with your creation.

-Scavenger Hunt - If the weather is nice (and I sure hope it is!) go on a nature walk and see how many of the items you can find.  If the weather is not so nice, look out your window and see how many you can find.  Good luck!  Let Mrs. Lisa know how many items you found - you can send some pictures, make a list, draw pictures, or print out the form and send a picture of the form.  Have fun!

-Story - Here is another Earth book.  Enjoy!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT8Tl7VBZ5Q

And enjoy this video about Earth Day around the world!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz1YnhCxaso

-Music - Today is music day.  Go to Mr. Cole’s website to see what he will be doing today.

-Gym - I forgot to include gym on Wednesday’s plans.  Please feel free to head over to Coach Red’s site to see what she has prepared for this week.  :)

Extras:

-If you are really looking for something real world that we would be doing in the classroom, and you don’t mind spending a bit of money, you can go to insectlore.com.  This is where you can order butterfly kits and watch caterpillars grow and turn into butterflies.  It truly is an amazing experience to watch!  You can also watch the ladybug life cycle, but I have never done that one, so I cannot speak to that one.  This is purely an option that I just wanted to let you know about.  

-Jack Hartmann on youtube has some great songs!  Find some that interest your child and enjoy!

-happynumbers.com

-boomlearning.com 

Good morning, families!  Here we go with another week of e-learning.  I’m trying to keep the activities engaging and hands on like I would do in the classroom.  I hope the children, and you, are having fun with them. Please reach out if you need anything!  Have a great day!

-Prayer

-Zoom meeting 10:00 - Please bring a piece of cardboard that you can recycle to show the class.

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-Name activity-choose one of the following activities and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa

• Shaving cream name - put some shaving cream on a cookie sheet/wax paper/window/etc and have your child write his/her name in the shaving cream
• Use playdough to form the letters of your name.  Roll the playdough out like a snake, and then form the letters.
• Use sidewalk chalk to write your name on your driveway
• Name Rubbing - (This one takes a little bit of prep, but it looks fun.  I have never tried it, so if you do, let me know how it goes! I also wonder if regular white glue would work?)  Using hot glue, write your child’s name. When it is dried, put another paper on top of the glue name and let your child rub/color over the top.  Their name should show through. Here’s where I found it - https://toddleratplay.com/2018/11/05/namerubbingsactivity/

-Listen to this Earth Day story and then send me a quick video telling me what you can do to help the earth.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEc5nHqO2c

-Calendar

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  See if s/he can remember the name of our month.
• Sing the Days of the Week song, pointing to the days as they are sung. Ask your child what day today is.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Recite the pattern.  When you get to today’s date, stop and ask your child what the picture today will be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Monday, April 20th. 

-Earth Day activities.  Earth Day is celebrating 50 years!  So, let’s work on some fun Earth Day projects this week!  Choose one of the following for today and send a picture to me:

• Go on a walk and find a few good rocks.  Bring them home, wash them up, and let them dry.  When they are all dry, paint them with blue and green paint to look like the earth.
• Handprint Earth - Using a white paper plate or white paper, paint one of your child’s hands blue and let him/her stamp it on the paper.  Then paint one of your child’s hands green and put a few green handprints on the paper. If you’re really feeling courageous, you could include the whole family’s handprints.  If you used plain white paper, cut it into the shape of a circle. (see attached)
• Color or paint a circle with blue and green to look like the Earth.  Trace your hands and cut them out. Use your hands to form a heart in the middle of the earth.  (see attached)

-Earth Day Scavenger Hunt - Can you find a recycle symbol, a light switch that you can turn off, and a bottle to recycle.  Take pictures and send to Mrs. Lisa

*Don't’ forget to be saving some recyclable items that we will use for a project this week!

Extra Ideas:

-I’ve attached an Earth Day printable book if you’d like to use it.  This is purely optional. You could print it, read it with your child, and have him/her color it. They could practice reading it all week.

-Watch the video and learn this song.  One of my favorite songs. We might try to do it together at a future zoom meeting.  

Jesus Loves Me with Sign Language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJxrBmX8pGA

-Happynumbers.com

-Boomlearning.com

Good morning, Families! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter, even though it was probably different than in years past! I know my family tried to make the best of it! Here are the assignments for today. As always, please feel free to reach out to me if you need anything at all! Have a great day!

-Prayer

-Zoom 10:00.  No need to bring anything today.  I have a fun story to read with you all!

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-Calendar - Today I am giving you the calendar to do with the kiddos.  As the calendar gets longer, it is harder for me to listen to everyone on a Zoom call to make sure they are following along.  I am including all the steps and songs for you.  (The calendar can be found at the bottom of these assignments.)

• Ask your child what letter the month starts with.  See if s/he can remember the name of our month.
• Sing the Days of the Week song, pointing to the days as they are sung. Ask your child what day today is.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKqAblcwFOA
• Count to today’s date.  Have your child point to the numbers as s/he counts.
• Recite the pattern.  When you get to today’s date, stop and ask your child what the picture today will be.  When they have made a prediction, press the arrow (play) button and see if s/he is right.
• Recite the date - Today is Wednesday, April 15th.  

-Name - Choose one of the following activities and send a picture to me:

• Dot name - Parents write child’s name in large letters and child uses a Dot Marker or another stamp to cover the letters
• Name Art - Parents write the child’s name in large letters and child glues beans, cotton balls, pasta, etc. to the name
• Squishy name bag - This looks like a fun idea and the bag can be used for many different activities!  https://www.learning4kids.net/2015/06/30/how-to-make-squishy-sensory-bags/
• Cotton swab painting - Children paint their name with a cotton swab
• Letter Hunt - Hunt for the letters of your name in your house.  Take a picture of the letters to show you found them all!

-Story-Little Animals Lost - Listen to a story about the animals being thinkers to solve their problem.

-Paper towel art -Cut a small section of paper towel and fold it in half.  On the inside, draw an outline of a shape in Sharpie and then fold the paper towel over it and trace the shape with the Sharpie.  Then, color the inside picture in with regular markers. Then, fold the paper towel again. Put a small amount of water on a plate, drop the folded paper towel on the plate to see colors bleed through. (see video link) If you take a video, feel free to share it with me.  :) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-r1zF0DgwC/

-Build the letter Z.  Here is our Z song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiSDOn3vWMo

Zoo starts with “Z”. Can you find animals around your house that belong in a zoo?  Take a picture of your letter Z and some zoo animals and send it to Mrs. Lisa.

-It’s a gym day!  Go to Coach Red’s page to see what activities she has for you to do! https://www.holyfamilycatholicacademy.net/apps/classes/show_class.jsp?classREC_ID=951503

-Scavenger Hunt - Today find something soft, a book with numbers in it, and two socks that match.  Take a picture of them all together and send it to Mrs. Lisa.

*Parents, please start saving cardboard materials (cereal boxes, tissue boxes, toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, etc.).  We will work on a project with these next week.  

*Happynumbers.com seems to be going well for the students who have used it. If you need usernames or password, please let me know.  

*Here is another new website I’ve been working on for the kids to do some interactive learning.

www.boomlearning.com

When you get to the site, click on “sign in with boom” and enter your child’s username. 

The usernames are - firstname.hfca20 (for example, kelley.hfca20) and the passwords are picture passwords - butterfly and bug

There are several different activities for the children to do that practice letters and numbers.  I hope they enjoy it. Please let me know your thoughts on these activities as I can make more if people are enjoying them.  Thank you!

Good morning Families!

As our last class day before Easter, I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Easter. I know the celebration will most likely be different than previous years, but the meaning remains the same. Take time to enjoy this gift of time we've been given and relax with your family. Remember there is no class on Monday, April 13th, as it was a scheduled day off. As soon as I have received some hidden eggs, I will put together our virtual egg hunt and share it with you all. Have a great Easter and please reach out if you need anything!

-Prayer

-Zoom meetings: Bring something that reminds you of Easter

10:00 - Caleb, Colin, Patrick, Nora, Audrey, Andrew, Jonathan

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 11:00 - Mason, Max, Tre, Nana, Peyton, Jeslyn

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-Name activity - Choose one to do and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

• Salt, Glue, Watercolor name https://happyhooligans.ca/salt-glue-watercolour-art/
• Name Puzzle - Write your child’s name on a piece of paper, then cut each letter apart, mix them up and have your child put it back together.  (Save this to use again on another day!)
• Bottle Cap name - Using bottle caps (water bottles, juice bottles, etc.), write one letter of your child’s name on each cap and have your child arrange them in the correct order.
• Playdough writing - Have your child flatten playdough so there is enough space to write the letters of his/her name.  Allow them to write their name in the playdough using the point of a pencil, or the corner of a ruler.  
• Bunny Name-Use the attached form or create your own!  This is something that I have done in the past and the kids usually love it.  

-This week we are learning the letter Y.  Build the letter Y and look for the letter Y in your house.  Send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

-We are learning about Changes.  Our seasons change. We have been talking about Spring, however there are other seasons - Summer, Fall, and Winter.  Play the game to help the animal get ready for the season. https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/evscps.sci.ess.watcyc.dress/dress-for-the-weather/

-Find the differences in the I Spy pages.  You do not need to print them, the students can identify the changes to you on the screen.  Choose one or two pages and have your student identify the changes in the pictures.

-Easter is almost here!  Decorate an Easter egg (paper or real) however you want and send me a picture. 

-Make a pattern.  It can be ABABAB or ABBABB.  You can use one of the attached pages or create your own pattern with items at home.  Remember, a pattern is like what we do on our calendar.  Try to think of what comes next. Send me a picture of your pattern.

-Pathway to Easter - We are so close! The next time we have "school" will be after Easter!

-Egg Hunt picture-please send to me by Thursday. (I know we don’t have “school” on Friday, but since I won’t be going anywhere, I’ll compile the pictures for an egg hunt for Friday...you can do it anytime over Easter weekend if you’d like.  Purely optional and something fun - hopefully!) I’ve attached my “hidden” egg picture.  

-Happy Numbers - Remember that this is an option for the children to continue practicing their “math” skills.  I see a few friends have been on it, so hopefully they’ve enjoyed it! I'm including the username/password information again in case anyone needs it. Happynumbers.com

Good Morning, Families!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is doing well and ready for another week of learning! In today's activities, I tried to give a variety of choices so you can choose whichever activity you'd like based on what you have at home or what your child's interests are. I believe there is something for everyone, and some activities that require only the bare minimum supplies. I hope you have a great day...the sun is shining this morning and the birds are singing! As always, please reach out if you need anything!

-Prayer

-Name activity-choose one and send a picture to me

• Salt, Glue, Watercolor name https://happyhooligans.ca/salt-glue-watercolour-art/
• Name Puzzle - Write your child’s name on a piece of paper, then cut each letter apart, mix them up and have your child put it back together.  (Save this to use again on another day!)
• Bottle Cap name - Using bottle caps (water bottles, juice bottles, etc.), write one letter of your child’s name on each cap and have your child arrange them in the correct order.
• Playdough writing - Have your child flatten playdough so there is enough space to write the letters of his/her name.  Allow them to write their name in the playdough using the point of a pencil, or the corner of a ruler.  
• Name Racing - Draw the letters of your child’s name to look like a street.  Have your child use a car to “drive” over the letters while saying each letter.  (see picture attached)

-Listen to Little Blue Truck’s Springtime.  

-Zoom meeting - 10:00 Bring something that is green to share with your friends!

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-Calendar (during zoom meeting)

-Everything Grows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky5TNR_cGYY

*Walk around your house (inside or out) and find something that grows!  Send a picture to Mrs. Lisa.

-A lamb reminds us of the gentleness and patience of Jesus.  Make a lamb and send a picture to Mrs. Lisa. Here are three ideas (see pictures), but feel free to use your own!

• Use a cupcake liner to make a lamb
• Use cotton balls to make a lamb
• Use your fingerprints to make a lamb

-Scavenger Hunt - today let’s go outside!  Find something green, two sticks, and a rock.  Send a picture to me.

-Color your Pathway to Easter.  

-Egg Hunt picture-please send to me by Thursday. (I know we don’t have “school” on Friday, but since I won’t be going anywhere, I’ll compile the pictures for an egg hunt for Friday...you can do it anytime over Easter weekend if you’d like.  Purely optional and something fun - hopefully!)