April 24, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  also like to inform you that I will be contacting  parents this week. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Also,   you could  pick up your child's package at the school office from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. These are activities will be for your child to work at home. The addition booklets will be use for homework.

I would like to inform the parents that I have been making phone call again to find out how the family is doing, and to help you with your concerns about your child's work. I'm going to have a Zoom conference today April 24th at 11:30 AM. I have called a group of parents for tomorrow's conference the ID# is 764-301-9104.

Lessons for April, 24, 2020

Pray:  Our Father

Pledge of Allegiance:

• Ask your child what the colors of the flag means : red means courage; white means peace and purity; blue means justice.
• How many stars are in the american flag (50).

Calendar:

Vocabulary Words: apple, alligator, acrobat, ant, astronaut, ax, again, alphabet, acorn 

• First, have your child spell April
• Then ask him for words with initial sound /a/.
• Then ask: How many days we have in a week?   What day are we in? What is the date? (Say day, month, number, year) Example: Today is Monday,  April 24, the year 2020.
• Have the children count forward from 1-10, and from 10 to 1.
• Count in ordinals from 1st- 5th.
• Have your child sing  "There are Seven Days"

Religion:

Review Caring for God's World

Aim: The children will learn ways they can help care for God's creation.

Vocabulary Words: help, care, creation

Strategies:

• First, ask the children what are some of the things God created for us.

• Ask your child look at God's creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teu7BCZTgDs

• The ask your child: What did God created for us? How long did it take to create the earth? 

• Have your child give suggestions on how we can take care of them.

• Then explain that God gave us these gifts because he loves us.
• Finally, ask: Why do we need water, air, sun, land, trees, animals, day, night, and people?

Phonological Awareness:

Aim: The children will listen and discuss the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle".

Vocabulary Words: cat, fiddle, cow, dog, moon, spoon, dish

Strategies:

• First, tell your child that they are going to listen a rhyme called "Hey Diddle, Diddle".
• Have your child listen to the rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJiw-edttDY
• Then ask your child to say the rhyme.
• Then tell your child that nursery rhymes are fun to listen.
• Remind your child that some words are not real words: Example" diddle".
• Then point in the video the word that is not real. (diddle)
• The ask your child: Who is your favorite character? Why? What silly things happened in the rhyme? 

Math:

 Exploring Subtraction

Aim: The children will learn to identify the minus sign sign, and how to use in subtraction.
 

Vocabulary Words: minus, are left

 Strategies:

• First, review numbers 0 to 10 with the children.

• Then l ask what do we do when we subtract. (take away)

• Then have your child act out subtraction story problem: There were six sheep behind a fence. Two sheep went under the fence and left. How many sheep are still behind the fence?

• Then ask your child the numbers from the story 6 and 2, then I will write  6 - 2 on the board.

• Then explain that the minus number comes between the two numbers to show that you subtract the second number from the first number.

• Then I will have the children act out another subtraction story problem. There were six sheep behind a fence. Three sheep went went under the fence and left. How many sheep are still behind the fence? What does the minus sign tell you? What do you do to solve a subtraction problem? (remind your child to take away the objects out from right to left.
• Finally, have your child write the subtraction sentence and solve it.

Science:

Conserve Resources

Aim: The children will learn to reuse and taker of our natural resources.

Vocabulary Words: natural resources, conserve, reuse, reduce, air, water, forest, trees, soil, food

Strategies:

• First, ask the children why we need to take care of our river, oceans, air, and forest.

• Then have your child watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7qPJT6V6uM

• Then ask your child to tell ways we can conserve our resources. (By reusing, reducing , recycling.) 

• Then ask: What did the squirrel did wrong when he took a shower? What do living things need? What do we need soil, water, air, and forest for? What does conserve means? (Protect something not waist.)

Story Time:

•  It is Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUkwzgTk1E

Aim: The children will learn to identify rhyming words.

Vocabulary Words: sing, spring; feet, sweet; bunny, sunny; quack, back; moooo, grew; lane, rain; crow, snow; peep, cheep

• First, explain to your child that rhyming words have the same sound at the end of the word.
• Then give examples like: hat-cat, house-mouse.
• Then have your child listen to "It's Spring" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNUkwzgTk1E
• Then have your child identify the rhyming words in the story. (sing - spring; feet- sweet; bunny-sunny; quack - back; mooo - grew; lane - rain; crow - snow; peep - cheep.
• Then ask your child: What is the story about? 

Music: Mother Earth: It's Spring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_A3FMf3_Qw

Suggestions:

• Have your child draw or color.
• Have your child pray every morning.
• Read to your child every day and ask questions.
• Help in the daily chores.
• Play games on ABCya!
• Play Alphabet or Number Bingo, I Spy, legos, puzzles, exercise, or meditate.
• Starfall. com
• Exercise every day.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora