May 29, 2020

Dear Parents;

I would like to thank the parents and children for all your prayers and support during my husband illness. I was very tough, however he is dong very well, and will be out of the hospital this week.

Tomorrow I will begin making phone calls to see how you and tour child are doing, also to help you with your concerns about your child. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Zoom Lessons will begin. Tuesday at 11:30 AM, Wednesday 11:30, Thursday 2:00 PM, and on Friday at 11:00.

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 do classwork at home. It would be a great idea to acquire the rest of the booklets so that your child can use them for classwork and their summer vacation. Please bring shopping bags for the booklets. As you may know school will en on June 24th, 2020.

Lessons for May 29, 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: mother, move, Mary, miracles, muffins, mittens, monkey, money, mouse

Strategies:

• First, have your child spell May.
• Then ask him for words with initial sound /m/.
• 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 Friday May 29, the year 2020.
• Have the children count forward from 1-10, and from 10 to 1.
• Count in ordinals from 1st- 5th.

Religion

Safe Environment

Aim:The children will be able to identify ways to stay safe when approached by stranger.

Vocabulary Words: safe, care, stranger, danger

Strategies:

• First, review story Little Red Ridding Hood with the children.
• Then ask  the following questions: What did Riding Hood’s mother told her? What happened to Riding when she stalked to the stranger? Do you think she will do next time a stranger talks to her? What should have Ridding hood done when the wolf came and ask her where she was going? What should you have done if you were Ridding Hood?
• I will discuss with the children ways to stay safe such as not speaking to stranger, listen to their parents, following class and school rules, what to do if a stranger approaches them, such as  taking candy, money,or toys from stranger, also what to do if they get lost.
• Summarize what we learned what they learned.

Reading

Questions and Statements

Aim: The children will learn to distinguish questions and statements.

Vocabulary words: statement, questions

Strategies:

• First, tell your child that they are going to listen to the story "The Little Red Hen."
• Then have your child the video "The little Red Hen": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E72TZy0LNo
• Then I will ask: What did the Little Red Hen ask the other animals to do? What did they tell the Little Red Hen?
• Then ask your child to continue retelling the story.
• Then explain questions and statement.
• Then I will give examples of questions. Example:Who will help me plant the grains?
• then Give examples of statements. Example:" Not I" said the mouse.
• Then remind your child that in the story The Little Red Hen ask the questions and the other characters tell.
• Then have your child to identify the Little Red Hen and the other story characters.
• Then I will tell the children that in the story the Little Red Hen Stands for asking and the other animals stand for telling.
• I will give your child practice on telling and asking.
• Then ask: What did the Little Hen ask the other animal? Is that a question or a statement?  Can you give me ans example of a question? What did the other animals say? Is that a question or a statement? Can you give me an example of a statement?
• Finally summarize what he/she learned.

Math:

Exploring Patterns

Aim: Identify, copy, and extend a simple color pattern.

Vocabulary Words: Rhythm, pattern, repeat

Strategies:

• First, give your child examples of patterns , such as circle/square, circle/square, or big/small, big/small.
• Then cut small and big circles. Set each size in a separate stack on a table.
• Then give your child a big circle and a small circle to start to create a simple pattern and complete the patterns, such as big/small, big/small.
• Then have your child  say the pattern, and add  to the pattern, and ask: What size comes next? What size completes the pattern? What other ways can you make  a pattern using the same same shape with different sizes.
• Then have your child create by selecting his different size shapes to create his pattern.
• Then have your child say the pattern.

Homework: Write the letters Child's name on the notebook 3 X.

Story Time

James and the Rain

by Karla Kuskin

Strategies:

Aim: The children will learn about what activities they are able to do during a rainy day.

Vocabulary words: rainy, earth, rubber boots, puddle mud, stroll, splash, glunk, poured

Strategies:

• First, discuss  the different types of weather. (sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy)
• Then  talk about how we must dress according to weather.
• Then tell your child to listen carefully so that they can tell all the things that  James and the animals did on a rainy day.
• then have your child listen to the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pywn-KfxP34
• Then go over book parts, print concept, and story elements.
• Then ask the children to retell the story.
• Then I will ask: Who are the characters in the story? What did James ask the animals? What did the _____ answer? What kid of games do you like to play on a rainy day?

Song: The Little Red Hen

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEuRUdjzUT0

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.
• 10 Easy Science Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHn9Q5NtdY
• Rachael and the Treeschooler

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora

May 28, 2020

Dear Parents;

I would like to thank the parents and children for all your prayers and support during my husband illness. I was very tough, however he is dong very well, and will be out of the hospital this week.

Tomorrow I will begin making phone calls to see how you and tour child are doing, also to help you with your concerns about your child. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Zoom Lessons will begin. Tuesday at 11:30 AM, Wednesday 11:30, Thursday 2:00 PM, and on Friday at 11:00.

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 do classwork at home. It would be a great idea to acquire the rest of the booklets so that your child can use them for classwork and their summer vacation. Please bring shopping bags for the booklets. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Lessons for May 28, 2020, 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: mother, move, Mary, miracles, muffins, mittens, monkey, money, mouse

Strategies:

• First, have your child spell May.
• Then ask him for words with initial sound /m/.
• 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 Thursday May 28, the year 2020.
• Have the children count forward from 1-10, and from 10 to 1.
• Count in ordinals from 1st- 5th.

Religion

Story of Mary

Vocabulary Words: mother, angel,  appeared

Strategies: 

• First I will tell the children that tomorrow we celebrate The May Procession.
• Then I will explain that this is the reason we also celebrate Mother's Day in May.
• Then I will tell your child that he/she is going to watch a video about Mary.
• Then I will tell your child to listen carefully because he/she are going to answer some questions.
• I will begin the video "The story About Mary": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQlVt6dn11w
• Then I will ask: Who was Marry? What kind of girl was Mary?  Who did Marry married? What did Joseph work as? What did the angel Gabriel told Marry? What did the angel told her to name Him? What kind of person you think Marry was?
• Summarize what we learned.

Reading

Aim: The children will listen and talk about The Cake That Mack Ate.

Vocabulary Words: seed, egg, hen, corn, farmer, cake

Strategies:

• I will discuss books and stories that are fun to read, such as Humpty Dumpty.
• Then describe the story they will hear.
• Then I will display and read aloud  The Cake That Mack Ate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B6nU_-pE7k
• Then ask your child: What do you think the story will be about?
• Then have your child listen to the story aloud.
• Then  discuss story with your child.
• Ask: What kind of cake is this?  What are they going to celebrate in the story? What happened to the cake? What lesson did Mack learned?
• Then we will review rhyming words. (cake-ate)
• Then the children will identify rhyming words in the story.

Math

Exploring Patterns

Aim:The children will learn to copy and extend a size pattern.

Vocabulary Words: extend, size, pattern, small, big

Strategies:

• First display two sizes of an item, such as large and small book.
• Hold one book in each hand.
• Have your child  say large or small as I lift one book at a time.
• Then repeat activity repeat with other objects.
• Then I will model a size pattern on the chalkboard by taping up sheets of paper as follow: large/small, large/small, large/small.
• Then I will say the pattern aloud and have  children repeat after me.
• I will have the children answer the following questions: What comes next? How can you describe a size pattern? How would you explain the pattern?
• Then distribute a print out or have your child predict what comes next in the pattern in the monitor: https://mathskills4kids.com/pre-k/worksheets/6.patterns/2.size-patterns_66399c8-03.pdf
• Finally, check for comprehension, and help your child if he/she is  not able to comprehend the pattern.

Story Time: 

Nightingale

Aim: The children will learn:

• Participate in discussion
• Listen and respond to stories read aloud
• Understand story vocabulary
• Listen for a purpose
• Use pictures and prior knowledge
• Understand characters
• Determine important ideas

Vocabulary Words: nightingale, forest, emperor, palace, bird, sing

Strategies:

• First talk to your child about birds s, such as they fly, they have wings, they most live on trees, and they hatch from eggs.
• Then tell your child that they are going to listen to a story a bird who sings beautiful.
• Then have your child listen to “The Nightingale."
• Then I will help the children set a purpose for listening by telling the children to listen to find out what happens between the emperor and a nightingale.
• Then I will ask: What they see in the picture? What do you think he does?
• Tell the children the man is an emperor and he is like a king.
• Then I will ask: What do you think a nightingale is? (a bird)  What did he do so well? (sing) Where did Nightingale lived? (forest) Who put her in a cage? How did Nightingale feel living in a cage?  How can you tell?  How did the emperor feel when nightingale left?  What did Nightingale do to help the emperor? how would you feel if you were in a place that you did not like? 
• Finally, review the story with your child.

Homework: Write lowercase y in Handwriting Book

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.
• 10 Easy Science Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHn9Q5NtdY
• Rachael and the Treeschooler

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora

May 26, 2020

Dear Parents;

I would like to thank the parents and children for all your prayers and support during my husband illness. I was very tough, however he is dong very well, and will be out of the hospital this week.

Tomorrow I will begin making phone calls to see how you and tour child are doing, also to help you with your concerns about your child. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Zoom Lessons will begin. Tuesday at 11:30 AM, Wednesday 11:30, Thursday 11:30, and on Friday at 11:00.

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 do classwork at home. It would be a great idea to acquire the rest of the booklets so that your child can use them for classwork and their summer vacation. Please bring shopping bags for the booklets. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Lessons for May 26, 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: mother, move, Mary, miracles, muffins, mittens, monkey, money, mouse

• First, have your child spell May.
• Then ask him for words with initial sound /m/.
• 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 Wednesday May 26, the year 2020.
• Have the children count forward from 1-10, and from 10 to 1.
• Count in ordinals from 1st- 5th.

Religion:

The Good Shepherd

Aim: The children will learn to appreciate that people who loves us and take care us want good things for us. 

Vocabulary Words: care, safe, love

Strategies:

Aim:The children will learn to appreciate that people who loves us and take care us want good things for us.

Vocabulary Words: safe, care, love, help

Strategies:

• I will talk about how families take care of each others and keeps us safe..
• Then I will have the children watch in the The Good Shepherd": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGPQX3vQtU8
• Then we will review the song.
• Then tell your child how God keeps us safe; call each one of us by our name He  knows each intimately even if there are many sheep; He patient, and never gets tired of calling and reaching us even we are far away; and never gets tired of guiding us and keeping us safe.
• Then I will ask your child to answer the following questions: What do The Good Shepherd do to his sheep? How does The Good Shepherd keeps you safe? How would you show The Good Shepherd you you are one of his sheep? What the The Good Shepherd teach us? (Take care of one another.)
• Then explain that no matter how or where they decide to go, God will be there for them, because he cares and he cares for us no matter what we do. 
• Summarize what he/she learned.

Language:

 

Aim: Associate the letters Y y with the sound /y/ and name and write Y y.

Vocabulary Words: yard, yellow, yak, yawn, yarn, yolk, yardstick, yo-yo

Strategies:

• I will introduce the lesson with Have Fun Teaching:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVULdcSsuZg
• Then we will review identification of uppercase Y and lowercase y.
• Introduce associating the sound  Y y with /y/.
• Have your child identify words with initial Y y as in yarn.
• Then ask: What words begin with /y/? Can you use the word in a sentence?
• Then distribute a paper, a crayon , or a pencil to your child.
• Then have your child write uppercase Y by slant down left to the middle, then right down to the middle, then straight down in the middle.
• Then write lowercase y short slant from left down to the middle, then right slant from top to the bottom.

Homework: Write Uppercase Y in Handwriting Book.

Math:

Exploring Patterns

Aim: Identify, copy, and extend a simple color pattern.

Vocabulary Words: Rhythm, pattern, repeat

Strategies:

• First, give your child examples of patterns , such as clap, snap, clap, snap, or red, blue, red, blue.
• Then cut circles of two  color. Set each color circles in a separate stack on a table.
• Then give your child a circle of a color at a time to create a simple repeating pattern, such as blue/yellow, blue/yellow.
• Then then you say the pattern, and then have your child repeat the pattern, and ask: What color comes next? What color completes the pattern? What other ways can you make  a pattern using the same colors?
• Then have your child create by selecting his colors to create his pattern.

Read Aloud: Animal Habitat/ Animal Homes

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1ASC-TlsI

Song: Animal Home

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTp_YFZcvoU

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.
• 10 Easy Science Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHn9Q5NtdY

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora

May 25, 2020

Dear Parents;

I would like to thank the parents and children for all your prayers and support during my husband illness. I was very tough, however he is dong very well, and will be out of the hospital this week.

Tomorrow I will begin making phone calls to see how you and tour child are doing, also to help you with your concerns about your child. If you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Zoom Lessons will begin. Tuesday at 11:30 AM, Wednesday 11:30, Thursday 11:30, and on Friday at 11:00.

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 do classwork at home. It would be a great idea to acquire the rest of the booklets so that your child can use them for classwork and their summer vacation. Please bring shopping bags for the booklets. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Lessons for May 25, 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: mother, move, Mary, miracles, muffins, mittens, monkey, money, mouse

• First, have your child spell May.
• Then ask him for words with initial sound /m/.
• 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 Tuesday May 25, the year 2020.
• Have the children count forward from 1-10, and from 10 to 1.
• Count in ordinals from 1st- 5th.

Religion

The Good Shepherd

Aim: The children will learn to appreciate that people who loves us and take care us want good things for us. 

Vocabulary Words: care, safe, love

Strategies:

Aim:The children will learn to appreciate that people who loves us and take care us want good things for us.

Vocabulary Words: safe, care, love, help

Strategies:

• First talk about how families take care of each others and keeps us safe.
• Then ask: What happened to Little Ridding Hood?
• Then I will tell your child that I will listen and watch The Parable of the Lost Sheep.
• Then  review the story with your child.
• Then I will tell your child how God keeps us safe; call each one of us by our name He  knows each intimately even if there are many sheep; He patient, and never gets tired of calling and reaching us even we are far away; and never gets tired of guiding us and keeping us safe.
• Then ask your child to answer the following questions: What do The Good Shepherd do to his sheep? How does The Good Shepherd keeps you safe? How would you show The Good Shepherd you you are one of his sheep? What the The Good Shepherd teach us? (Take care of one another.)
• I will explain to your child that no matter how or where they decide to go, God will be there for them, because he cares and he cares for us no matter what we do. 
• Summarize what he/she has learned.

Reading

Initial Y y

Aim: The children will learn to recognize the sound /y/ in initial position.

Vocabulary Words: yak, yellow, yarn, yogurt, year, yolk, yawn, yard

Strategies:

• First, display uppercase Y and lowercase y to your child.
• Then introduce the sound of /y/.
• Then have your child view  Hello Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYizomwzV8Y
• Then introduce initial /y/ as in yellow.
• Then I will ask:What words begins with initial /y/ in the song “Yellow”? What other words do you know that begin with /y/? Can you invent a word with initial /y/?
• Use concept cards to practice recognizing initial /y/.
• Then ask your child to use the words in a sentence.

Math

Reviewing Patterns

Aim: Copy and extend rhythm and movement patterns. 

Vocabulary Words: rhythm, movement, pattern

Strategies:

• First I recite your child’s name several times, clapping as as I say each syllables.
• Then have  your child join in as he/she become familiar with the rhythm.
• Then repeat with with other names.
• Then model  a simple sound pattern, such as clap/snap, clap/snap.
• Have your child join in when they’re familiar with the pattern.
• Then  repeat with other simple movement to form these patterns: AB, AB, AB, AB, AB, and AB.
• Have your child make a variety of sounds using classroom objects, such as hitting two blocks together or tapping a on the table with a pencil.
• Then form a rhythm band by you make one sound and your child another.
• Finally ask the following questions: Can you repeat the pattern? How would you make that pattern? Can you create your own pattern.

Science

Animal Homes

Aim:The children will:

• Identify animal habitats.
• Understand animals have different characteristics that enable them to live in different habitats.

Vocabulary Words: ocean, pond,  land, cold, habitat

Strategies:

• First ask your child: What kind of animals do you think you would see if you went for a walk in the park in your neighborhood? Where else would they see animals?
• Then talk about the ocean and I will ask: What animals live in this place? What other animals you know live in the ocean? Which place you think is very cold? Why? Where does the owl live, on land or in the ocean?
• Then  point out the ocean water is salty, and so different animals live in oceans than in fresh water found in lakes, ponds rivers, and streams.
• Then have your child view Sea Animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM5MpVGdaLo
• Then go over special adaptations that animals have to them live in different places (e.g., The polar bears have huge feet shaped like snowshoes  to help it walk over the snow, and  it has heavy coat and a thick layer of fat to keep it warm.)
• Then I will ask the children to use picture clues to answer questions.
• Then I will ask: What habitat the owl lives? (land) What would happen to the owl if you took it to a very cold place to live like the polar bear's home?
• Finally review forest and ocean.

Story Time

The Three Little Pigs

Aim: The children will listen to "The Three Little Pigs" and recognize the main idea.

Vocabulary Words: huff, puff, straw, bricks, wooden sticks

Strategies:

• First talk about the construction of a house, such as materials and style.
• The I then ask the children which one is they think is the strongest: https://in.pinterest.com/pin/364650901079613012/
• Then I will tell the children to listen carefully because they are going to compare house from the story "The Three Little Pigs": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdcgnSrUvU
• Then I will review the story with your child .
• Then I will ask the children: Who are the characters in the story? What was the problem the pigs had? How did they solve the problem? Which house was the weakest? Which house was the strongest? If you had to choose a house to live in, which house would you pick to live in? Why?
• Summarize what we learned.

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.
• 10 Easy Science Experiments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHn9Q5NtdY

Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora