April 27, 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 on April 28th at 11:30 AM, April 29th, and 30th at 11:30 AM. I will called a group of parents for tomorrow's conference the ID# is 764-301-9104. The children will be divide into three groups. I will let you know your child's group, and when to log into Zoom.

Lessons for April, 27, 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 27, 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

 God Is With Us

Aim: The children will learn to appreciate how much God loves each of us.

Vocabulary Words:sun, daytime, nighttime, summer

Strategies:

• First tell your child ways God loves them.
• Then ask the child to sing "Yes Jesus Loves Me": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owx3ao42kwI
• Then explain to your child that no matter where they are or what they are doing now, God will always love us and be with us. 
• Remind your child to say thank you to God while you are playing inside or outside, because God is always  with us.

Phonological Awareness

Aim: Recognize the sound /v/ in initial position.

Vocabulary Words:violin, violets, vest, van, vase, valentine, vegetables, vacuum

Strategies:

• First, display the letters V and v.
• Then have your child identify uppercase V and lowercase v.
• Then ask: what kind of kind of lines we use when writing V and v.
• Then introduce the lesson with :Hello Carrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEGT1BTCqwQ
• Then ask the to children echo-read.
• Then introduce initial /v/ as in violin.
• Have your child to identify words from Hello Carrie that begins with /v/, and use the words in a sentence. Example: I like to ride in the van.
• Then ask: What sound does the letters V v makes? What words begins with initial /v/? 
• Review  words with initial /v/.
• Finally ask: What sound does the letters V and v make? What words begin with initial sound /v/? 

Home work: Have your child circle the lowercase letter in in each row in Activity P. 21 in the Size Activity Booklet.

Math

Exploring Subtraction

Aim: The children will learn to identify the equal sign; solve subtraction sentences; subtract from.

Vocabulary Words: minus sign, equal sign, how many are left

Strategies:

• First, have your child identify number 1-10, count forwards from 1-10, then backwards from 10-1.
• Then ask your child children the following questions: What do we do in subtraction? What does the minus sign means? Where do we place the equal sign? Where do we write what is left?
• Then I distribute six seeds to your child.
• Then have your child  count them.
• Then  tell the children a subtraction story sentence: There were six seeds in a pan. A bird birds came down and ate 1. How many seeds are left? What did you do to solve the problem? What sign tells you to subtract?
• Have your child solve other subtraction subtraction story using seeds.

Homework: Have your child solve the following problem: 5-2=?

Science

Insects

Aim:  The children will learn about insects.

Vocabulary Words: insects, bugs, body parts, harmful, helpful, pollen, nectar

 Strategies:

• Firs, ask your child to name some of the bugs they know.
• Then explain to your child that insects grow and change just like them.
• Then tell your child that bugs have six legs, three body parts,  one exoskelleton, two antennas, and two wings.
• Then I have your child view: Life Cycle of a Butterfly :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1S8WzwLPlM
• Then review what he has learned.
• Then ask: What insect did you learned about? (6) How many legs it has? how many body parts (3) How many antennas? (2) How many wings? (2) 
• Then tell your child about the  many kinds of insects. 

Homework: Draw a butterfly

Story Time: The Very Hungry Caterpillar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

Music: Fly Fly the Butterfly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

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