Geocaching
It's like a secret network of people and hidden treasures all over.
Start here: https://www.geocaching.com/play they have an app that you can download for directions to finding the cache. There are a few apps out there, some have a monthly fee to get access to a larger number of locations. Most of them have a free version.
http://www.cach.ly/
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/geocaching-one/id1219803278
Download an app, maybe two. Also download or enable the compass feature on your phone.
Pick a cache near you, follow the directions using the compass to help. Take along a small notepad and pencil, most contain a slip of paper so you can leave your name and the date you found the cache.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Mice Twice, Joseph Low
https://archive.org/stream/micetwice00lowj#mode/2up
use this version to read and pause to ask questions during the story.
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/mice-twice/ this is the read aloud video,
Literature, making predictions, "Who do you think Mouse will invite?" pause and continue the predictions for each dinner. Ask them "Why did Mouse invite Dog?" Explain their thinking.
Writing and story sequencing & retelling. Write the animals on slips of paper or have kids draw the animal and you add the label. You can organize the animals in order and use these for retelling.
Vocabulary - toothy, gaping, twice, pleasant, fierce
Science, "What do these animals really eat?
Social Emotional, "Why did Mouse bring Dog? How do you think Dog felt when he saw Crocodile?" What are some of the ways they used polite manners to invite others to dinner?
Fine Motor - illustrate and color animals that came
Writing extension - Who would you like to invite to dinner and why? Write down their description of who they would invite, what would they feed them and why?
https://archive.org/stream/micetwice00lowj#mode/2up
use this version to read and pause to ask questions during the story.
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/mice-twice/ this is the read aloud video,
Literature, making predictions, "Who do you think Mouse will invite?" pause and continue the predictions for each dinner. Ask them "Why did Mouse invite Dog?" Explain their thinking.
Writing and story sequencing & retelling. Write the animals on slips of paper or have kids draw the animal and you add the label. You can organize the animals in order and use these for retelling.
Vocabulary - toothy, gaping, twice, pleasant, fierce
Science, "What do these animals really eat?
Social Emotional, "Why did Mouse bring Dog? How do you think Dog felt when he saw Crocodile?" What are some of the ways they used polite manners to invite others to dinner?
Fine Motor - illustrate and color animals that came
Writing extension - Who would you like to invite to dinner and why? Write down their description of who they would invite, what would they feed them and why?
Carla's Sandwich
Carla's Sandwich by Debbie Herman
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/carlas-sandwich/
Maybe you would like an adventure for lunch? Carla likes to make interesting sandwiches for her school lunch. Look through the fridge and discuss what options are for creating your own sandwich.
Lesson focus:
Language Arts: Concepts of Print, Writing for purpose. You will be doing the writing and modeling how spoken words can be written down and read later or shared with someone else. Check out the contents of your refrigerator and/or pantry, write a list of food you have available to make a sandwich. This could also be split into two columns, of liked or disliked foods as well. Add some drawings to illustrate the list. Write down the recipe the sandwich you created. Have them draw a sandwich and then as they tell you what's on it, Label their drawing with as much detail as you can get them tell you. Ask them WH questions, What is on it, Who will eat it? Where would like to eat this sandwich?
If you write the recipe include the measurements or amounts of each ingredient, (2 slices of bread, one spoonful of mustard)
Math - Set the table for lunch, number of plates, forks, napkins for each person. this is practice for counting and one to one, the concepts of groups and sets
Social emotional - How does Carla feel when her classmates make fun of her sandwich? What happened to Buster's sandwich, How does he feel? Why doesn't Buster want to try Carla's sandwich? Can you make a _____ face? (sad, happy, yucky, angry, surprised)
link to printable sandwich pieces. Yes, it is in spanish. :)
https://mirameyaprenderas.wordpress.com/actividades/hacemos-bocadillos/
https://www.storylineonline.net/books/carlas-sandwich/
Maybe you would like an adventure for lunch? Carla likes to make interesting sandwiches for her school lunch. Look through the fridge and discuss what options are for creating your own sandwich.
Lesson focus:
Language Arts: Concepts of Print, Writing for purpose. You will be doing the writing and modeling how spoken words can be written down and read later or shared with someone else. Check out the contents of your refrigerator and/or pantry, write a list of food you have available to make a sandwich. This could also be split into two columns, of liked or disliked foods as well. Add some drawings to illustrate the list. Write down the recipe the sandwich you created. Have them draw a sandwich and then as they tell you what's on it, Label their drawing with as much detail as you can get them tell you. Ask them WH questions, What is on it, Who will eat it? Where would like to eat this sandwich?
If you write the recipe include the measurements or amounts of each ingredient, (2 slices of bread, one spoonful of mustard)
Math - Set the table for lunch, number of plates, forks, napkins for each person. this is practice for counting and one to one, the concepts of groups and sets
Social emotional - How does Carla feel when her classmates make fun of her sandwich? What happened to Buster's sandwich, How does he feel? Why doesn't Buster want to try Carla's sandwich? Can you make a _____ face? (sad, happy, yucky, angry, surprised)
link to printable sandwich pieces. Yes, it is in spanish. :)
https://mirameyaprenderas.wordpress.com/actividades/hacemos-bocadillos/
The Doorbell Rang
The Doorbell Rang, Pat Hutchins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXawJH7ZYzM youtube read aloud, Ms. Becky and Bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZ2r7uXVac youtube read aloud, Mr. 7
Open Library, just the book on the screen, page by page. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18803W/The_Doorbell_Rang
This book is about a batch of cookies that gets shared to their friends and family. The concepts of this activity will be:
Math - counting practice and using the concept and vocabulary words EQUAL, SAME and DIFFERENT. If you have older students this book can also be used for multiplication and division.
Social Emotional - Talk about sharing, how does it make you feel when you get to share with a friend? How does it make you feel when a friend shares with you?
Language Arts - Listening for information, Using the illustrations to gain information, Story retelling How many cookies do we have? How many people?
Fine Motor Skills: Students can draw circles, color to look like cookies and cut the cookies out. Give as much independence and you can, you might need to help them draw and cut out the cookies.
Lesson Suggestion: Read the book and discuss the social/emotional aspects of sharing the cookies as you read. During reading or after, turn back to the pages and count the number of cookies on each plate, discuss concept of SAME and EQUAL number of cookies. If you have older students joining you, you could add the multiplication and division, writing out and solving the problems.
After reading draw, color and cut out cookies, turn pages in the book, count and divide the cookies to match the book. Have them retell the story to you. Divide the cookies among your listeners and yourself.
You could make cookies. Snickerdoodles or sugar cookies would be an easy recipe with very few ingredients.
optional links
Easy Snickerdoodle
https://www.livecrafteat.com/eat/easy-snickerdoodles-cookie-recipe/
Book activity with printables
https://www.pre-kpages.com/preschool-math-exploration-the-doorbell-rang/
Letter C writing page printable
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/alphabet/trace-cut-paste/worksheets/trace-cut-paste-letter-c-worksheet.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXawJH7ZYzM youtube read aloud, Ms. Becky and Bear
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFZ2r7uXVac youtube read aloud, Mr. 7
Open Library, just the book on the screen, page by page. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18803W/The_Doorbell_Rang
This book is about a batch of cookies that gets shared to their friends and family. The concepts of this activity will be:
Math - counting practice and using the concept and vocabulary words EQUAL, SAME and DIFFERENT. If you have older students this book can also be used for multiplication and division.
Social Emotional - Talk about sharing, how does it make you feel when you get to share with a friend? How does it make you feel when a friend shares with you?
Language Arts - Listening for information, Using the illustrations to gain information, Story retelling How many cookies do we have? How many people?
Fine Motor Skills: Students can draw circles, color to look like cookies and cut the cookies out. Give as much independence and you can, you might need to help them draw and cut out the cookies.
Lesson Suggestion: Read the book and discuss the social/emotional aspects of sharing the cookies as you read. During reading or after, turn back to the pages and count the number of cookies on each plate, discuss concept of SAME and EQUAL number of cookies. If you have older students joining you, you could add the multiplication and division, writing out and solving the problems.
After reading draw, color and cut out cookies, turn pages in the book, count and divide the cookies to match the book. Have them retell the story to you. Divide the cookies among your listeners and yourself.
You could make cookies. Snickerdoodles or sugar cookies would be an easy recipe with very few ingredients.
optional links
Easy Snickerdoodle
https://www.livecrafteat.com/eat/easy-snickerdoodles-cookie-recipe/
Book activity with printables
https://www.pre-kpages.com/preschool-math-exploration-the-doorbell-rang/
Letter C writing page printable
https://www.allkidsnetwork.com/alphabet/trace-cut-paste/worksheets/trace-cut-paste-letter-c-worksheet.pdf
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Free Online books
Free Online Book resources.
I'm still working on this list, please use the comments if you have a great resource to share!
I'm still working on this list, please use the comments if you have a great resource to share!
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Storytime Online, from the Screen Actor's Guild. Good books read by actors.
https://openlibrary.org/
Open Library, you have to sign up. It shows you the book, page by page that you turn using the mouse or touch screen
Storytime Online, from the Screen Actor's Guild. Good books read by actors.
https://openlibrary.org/
Open Library, you have to sign up. It shows you the book, page by page that you turn using the mouse or touch screen
March 24th
Want detailed instructions for a read aloud?
I know this article is old, but good teaching strategies live on!
This is from the Department of Education's Compact for Reading. I believe it was added to the archives in 1999. This first link is for the homepage of the program. It offers links to the parent handouts with homework directions for different age groups and abilities.
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html
Want detailed instructions for a read aloud?
I know this article is old, but good teaching strategies live on!
This is from the Department of Education's Compact for Reading. I believe it was added to the archives in 1999. This first link is for the homepage of the program. It offers links to the parent handouts with homework directions for different age groups and abilities.
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/index.html
This is the link for kindergarten lessons, but are perfect for our age group
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html
Each page/link for the parent handout gives you a mini lesson for specific skills instead of trying to cover a lot of reading skills at one time. You can pick and choose which lesson works best for the books you have on hand or a skill you would like to focus on. I suggest starting with groups 1, 2 and 7 on the Kindergarten links, you will use these over and over again with each book you read.
https://www2.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html
Each page/link for the parent handout gives you a mini lesson for specific skills instead of trying to cover a lot of reading skills at one time. You can pick and choose which lesson works best for the books you have on hand or a skill you would like to focus on. I suggest starting with groups 1, 2 and 7 on the Kindergarten links, you will use these over and over again with each book you read.
why we read to our kids
I don't want to bog you down with a lot of links that tell you over and over again why to read books to the kids. But...here is some information if you're interested as to why.
Sharing some interesting articles related to reading books to children.
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/books/how-to-raise-a-reader
https://www.rif.org/sites/default/files/RIF_Read_Aloud_Tips_Guide_Final.pdf
I've also added some links to video's of good examples of strategies to engage them in the read aloud with lots of language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QVfbYvPaAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqMafxiRZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoaqX_-J-fs
I don't want to bog you down with a lot of links that tell you over and over again why to read books to the kids. But...here is some information if you're interested as to why.
Sharing some interesting articles related to reading books to children.
https://www.nytimes.com/guides/books/how-to-raise-a-reader
https://www.rif.org/sites/default/files/RIF_Read_Aloud_Tips_Guide_Final.pdf
I've also added some links to video's of good examples of strategies to engage them in the read aloud with lots of language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QVfbYvPaAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqMafxiRZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoaqX_-J-fs
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