May 11, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  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 or summer activities. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Also, 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. Zoom lessons May 12th at 11:30 AM, May 13th 11:00 AM, May 14th, at 11:30 AM, 15th at 11:30 AM. I will called parents according  to the group for the Zoom Lessons. 

Lessons for May 11, 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 Monday  May 11, 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"

Lessons for May 11, 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,  May 11th 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:

Wonderful Me

Aim:The children will recall ways we take care of ourselves

Vocabulary Words: wonderful, moveable, growing, changing, caring, brushing, bathing, healthy foods

Strategies:

• Tell your child how wonderfully made  by God he/she is.
• Then  discuss things we need to do to take care of ourselves.
• Then ask your child to listen carefully to the things they need to do to take care of themselves. 
• Then have them listen to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_jm0DcNQk
• Then ask the children the following question based on video: How can we take care of ourselves? Can you model ways we can take care ourselves? What would happen if you do not take care of yourself?
• Finally summarize what we learned. 

Reading:

Recalling Details

Aim: The children will listen to recall details.

Vocabulary Words: fell, wall, together, egg

Strategies:

• First,  tell your child how important it is to listen carefully as they are being read.
• Then tell them that you are going to read a called rhyme "Humpty Dumpty.
• Then have your child listen to the rhyme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIIj0mBX1jU&vl=en
• Then ask: Where was Humpty sitting? What happened to him? Who tried to put him together again?
• Then point out that they could not have answered  the questions if they have not listed carefully, and that we learn many things by listening.
• Then tell your child that your are going to play a describing game. Describe something in the room.
• Then encourage the child to listen carefully to all of the little pieces of information I give.
• Then give location, color, and its shape.
• Then let your child guess what I am describing.
• Then continue with the game with other objects.

Homework: Write the letters W w and X x in Notebook # X each.

Math:

Explore Capacity

Aim: Explore and compare capacity by filling and measuring containers: determine which container holds more and which holds less.

Vocabulary Words: more, least, capacity

Strategies:

• First, explain to your child that he/she is going to learn about capacity, and explain that capacity is how much a container hold inside.
• Then display two containers one tall and one short.
• Then  pour water on the containers.
• Ask: Which container I am able to put more water? Which one holds less?
• Then explain that the amount water you  put in the containers is called capacity.
• Then pour rice or any seeds or liquids in the tall container , or glass, then have another volunteer pour the same  in low  bowl or glass.
• Then ask your child to determine which one holds more.

• Summarize what we learned.

Science:

Insects

Aim: The children will learn to identify insects.

Vocabulary Words: catch, ant, bee, caterpillar, butterfly, dragonfly, fly, grasshopper

Strategies

• First, tell your child that insects have three body parts, six legs, and two antennas.
• Then tell your child that there good insects and bad insects.
• Have your child name a good ins
• Then have your child watch Bugs:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQlEHbhoTps
• Then ask: What bugs are mentioned in the story? Which bugs can fly? Which bugs do not fly? What were the children doing with the bugs?

Song: Mariposita

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRa9On5_grA

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 8, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  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 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. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Also, 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. Zoom lesson on May 8 at 11:00 AM. The children were divide into four groups. I will let you know your child's group, and when to log into Zoom.

Lessons for May 8, 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 Friday , May 8, 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"

Lessons for May 8, 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: Mary, mother, Monday, mouse, motorcycle, mosquito, monkey, moon, mask, move 

• 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 Thursday,  May 7 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:

Mother's Day

Vocabulary Words: care, love, special

Strategies:

• First ask your child what special things they do for their mom.
• Then I will ask: How does your mommy show you how much she loves you? How do you feel when she shows you how much  she loves you and cares for you? What should you do to show you love her too?
• Then I will explain that Mother's Day is celebrated in May because we show appreciation to Mary our mother too, just like yours.
• Then have your child Sing hug and Kisses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frYfZYeBO4k

Phonological Awareness:

Letters X x

Aim:The children will recognize the sound /x/ in words.

Vocabulary Words: excellent, X-ray, fox, box, six, xylophone,

Strategies:

• Firs, introduce the letters X x with Hello Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7j9LfQ4V-dnTXxqp9GLqA
• Then ask: What letters are these?(uppercase X and lowercase x) What kind lines do we use to write them? What sound does the letters X and x make? What words in the video have the the X x in? Can you use a words with X x in a sentence?
• Then ask your child to use words with X x  in sentences.
• Explain that we slant right from top bottom, and slant left from top to bottom.
• Then model writing X and x. 
• Then have your child write uppercase X and lowercase x.
• Then have your child practice forming X x in the Notebook 3 X each.

Homework: Have your child practice writing Uppercase x in Handwriting Book P. 63

Math:

Explore Nonstandard Measurement

Aim: The children will learn to measure and compare the length of classroom objects.

Vocabulary Words: longer, shorter, measure, length, unit

Strategies:

• First, will explain to your child that when we measure length we want to find how long or short an object is.
• Then show him/her an object. Then tell your child that you want o find out the length of the object.
• Then ask your child where should I start measuring the object  from. (From the beginning of the object on the left side to the end of the object on the right side.
• Then ask your child to model measuring the object length using any small objects you have available .
• Then emphasize that the edge of the first object  should line up with the edge of the object and should touch.
• Then explain  that we can use many things to measure objects, such as paper clip, snap cubes, feet, hands, or whole body.
• Then have your child measure other object using different units of measurements> Example: paper clip, beans, or crayons.
• then have your child compare the length of the two objects they measured.
• Then ask: Which object is the longest? Which object is the shortest? What unit of measurement you use?

Story Time: How to Raise a Mom by Jean Reagan

Aim: The children will demonstrate things we should do for our moms.

Vocabulary Words: help, awake, choices, cranky

Strategies:

• First, tell your child that in the month of May we celebrate a very special, and that day is Mother's Day.
• Then explain that in May we celebrate Mary our mother too.
• Then explain that in this day we celebrate all the mother even Jesus mother who is our mother too.
• Then have your child watch: How to Raise a Mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXsVgKPbJEo
• Then ask:Who are the characters? What did the children do to their mother? Why did they do all those things? What would you do to show your mom you love her? 

Song: I Love My Mommy- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A014gTIAeng

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

April 7, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  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 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. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Also, 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. Zoom lesson on 7th, at 11:00 AM, and May 8 at 11:00 AM. I will called a group of parents for tomorrow's conference. The children were divide into four groups. I will let you know your child's group, and when to log into Zoom.

Lessons for May 7, 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 Thursday , May 7, 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"

Lessons for May 7, 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: Mary, mother, Monday, mouse, motorcycle, mosquito, monkey, moon, mask, move 

• 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 Thursday,  May 7 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:

Families

Aim: The children will learn:

• To be aware that each of us has a family to whom we belong.
• There are all kinds of families.

Vocabulary Words: family, brother, sister, mother, father

Strategies:

• First talk about the role your family members. Example: They take care of you; they clothe you; feed you; take you to the doctor when you are sick.
• Then show  photographs of your family members, such as mother, father, grandparents, uncles and aunts.
• Then explain that these are your family members , and that your child belongs to that family.
• Then talk about the size of your family and include various generations.
• Then I will distribute Activity Page 11.
• Then have your child draw your family.
• Then ask: How many family members are in our family? What are their job? What job do you have?
• Summarize what we learned.

Phonological Awareness:

Letters X x

Aim:The children will recognize the sound /x/ in words.

Vocabulary Words: excellent, X-ray, fox, box, six, xylophone,

Strategies:

• Firs, introduce the letters X x with Hello Carrie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7j9LfQ4V-dnTXxqp9GLqA
• Then ask: What letters are these?(uppercase X and lowercase x) What kind lines do we use to write them? What sound does the letters X and x make? What words in the video have the the X x in? Can you use a words with X x in a sentence?
• Then ask your child to use words with X x  in sentences.
• Then model forming X x with sticks.
• Then have your child practice forming X x with the sticks.

Homework: Have your child practice writing Uppercase X in Handwriting Book P. 62.

Math:

Explore Nonstandard Measurement

Aim: The children will learn to measure and compare the length of classroom objects.

Vocabulary Words: longer, shorter, measure, length, unit

Strategies:

• First, will explain to your child that when we measure length we want to find how long or short an object is.
• Then show him/her an object. Then tell your child that you want o find out the length of the object.
• Then ask your child where should I start measuring the object  from. (From the beginning of the object on the left side to the end of the object on the right side.
• Then ask your child to model measuring the object length using any small objects you have available .
• Then emphasize that the edge of the first object  should line up with the edge of the object and should touch.
• Then explain  that we can use many things to measure objects, such as paper clip, snap cubes, feet, hands, or whole body.
• Then have your child measure other object using different units of measurements> Example: paper clip, beans, or crayons.
• then have your child compare the length of the two objects they measured.
• Then ask: Which object is the longest? Which object is the shortest? What unit of measurement you use?

Story Time: The Story of the Ant Hill

Aim: The children will learn to work as a group to get things done.

Vocabulary Words: aunt hill, work, defend, insects

Strategies: 

• First, tell your child that all members of a family have jobs in order to help the family as a whole.
• Then ask your child what id their job as a family member.
• The tell them that the story they are going to listen to is about ants working together to help their colony.
• Then have your child watch "The Story of the Ant Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuZH7x1qDRU
• Then review the story with your child.
• Then Ask: Who is the story about? What do ants do together? Who was Hercules? What was Hercules job? Did he do his job? Why not? Who found out Hercules did not do his job? What did the ants do when they found out? How did Hercules feel when the ant discover he was not protecting the ant colony? What did he promised at the end of the story? What did the queen tell Hercules? What did you learned from the story?

Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY5ajMMFO28

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 5, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  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. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Also, 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. Zoom lessons May 5th at 11:30 AM, 6th 11:00 AM, 7th, at 11:30 AM, 7th at 11:30 AM, and May 8 at 11:00 AM. I will called a group of parents for tomorrow's conference. The ID# is 764-301-9104. The children have been divide into four groups. I will let you know your child's group, and when to log into Zoom.

Lessons for May 6, 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 Monday , May 6, 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"

Lessons for May 6, 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 Wednesday,  April  30, 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:

Belonging to God

Aim : The children will learn to appreciate the cross as a sign of God's love for us.

Vocabulary Words: belong, appreciate, special, love, cross happy

Strategies:

• First talk to how Jesus died in a cross.

• Then  explain to your child that the cross is a sign of God's love for us. He gave us Jesus who died for us in the cross as a sign of his love for us.

• Then ask the children: Who do you belong to? How would you show others that God loves them too? How do you feel belonging to God?

• Then use  distribute string, pop-sicle sticks, cereal, or what ever you can find.

• Then have the children form a cross, glue, and decorate the cross.

Reading

 Letters W w

Aim: The children will lean to write the letters W and w.

Vocabulary Words: wagon, watch, water, wand, wasp, web, well, wolf, worm

Strategies:

• First, ask your child to identify words with the letter/sound /w/.
• Then ask your to say a sentence with each word.
• Then distribute p. 60 from Handwriting Book.
• Then demonstrate how to form W.
• Explain that we slant right down , then left slant up, then slant right down, finally slant left up.
• Then I will ask the children to form W.
• Then I will ask: What letters are these? What sound they make? What  words with initial /w/? Do we use curve lines or straight lines when we write W and w?
• I will ask the children to practice writing w and w in activity P. 60.

Math: 

Explore Measurement

Aim: The children will learn to measure objects.

Vocabulary Words: longer, shorter, measure, length

Strategies:

• I will explain to your child that when we measure length we want to find how long or short an object is.
• I show a rectangular object. Then tell your child that you want to find out the length of the of object.
• Then I will model how to measure the object using string.
• Then emphasize that the edge of the  object should line up with the edge of the string and should touch.
• Then have your child do the same.
• Then  distribute snap cubes, pencil, and paper clip to your child.
• Have your child measure the pencil and a paper clip using strings.
• Then assist your child with measuring the pencil.
• Have the children answer the following questions: From where do we begin measuring the object? Which ones is longest? which one is shortest? What did you do to find out? (measure the object)
• Repeat Activity with different home objects.

Story Time:  A Bug Hunt by Tom Story

Aim: The children will learn about the different bugs you can find in a garden.

Vocabulary Word: worm, wiggly, catch, chat, catcher

Strategies:

• First ask your child about the different bugs the have learned about.
• Then tell your child that hey are going to listen to a story about a little girl who goes hunting for bugs.
• Then have your child listen to "A Bug Hunt":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL7On2gBkw
• Then review the story with the child'
• Then ask: Who are the characters? What was the little girl doing? What did the little girl hunting for? Why she wanted to hunt for bugs? Was she able to catch the bug? What was the only bug she was able to catch? Was the bug happy about it? What did the little girl explain to to the wasp? What did she do to the wasp at the end of the story? would you like to go hunting for bugs? Why?

Song: Flitter-Flutter Butterflies

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1B49em1vPU

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 4, 2020

Dear Parents;

I will  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. As you may know school will en on June 20th, 2020.

Also, 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. Zoom lessons May 5th at 11:30 AM, 6th 11:00 AM, 7th, at 11:30 AM, 7th at 11:30 AM, and May 8 at 11:00 AM. I will called a group of parents for tomorrow's conference. The ID# is 764-301-9104. The children have been divide into four groups. I will let you know your child's group, and when to log into Zoom.

Lessons for May 4, 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 Monday , May 4, 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"

Lessons for May 4, 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 Wednesday,  April  30, 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:

Belonging to God

Aim: To deepen your child's growing appreciation of belonging to God.

Vocabulary Words: belong, special, appreciate, love, cross, happy

Strategies:

• First comment on the ways your have grown since they first came to school in the fall.
• Have your child compare their baby pictures with them now.
• Invite your child to tell one thing they can do now that they were not able to do when he started school in the fall.
• Affirm their contribution by commenting, "How special you are ______. You are God's child.
• Then explain to your child that we belong to God because he created us, loves, cares for us, and gave us everything we need. Examples: our families; food, air, land, water, plants, animals. a place to live.

Reading:

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

Vocabulary Words: way, we, water, weeds, watch

Strategies:

• I will introduce the lesson with " Hello Carrie Letter W": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPtsw42E4gM.""
• Then ask your child to name the words with initial sound /w/ as in wagon.
• Then have your child use the words. Example: I have a wagon.
• Then I will display uppercase W and lowercase w, I will explain that its stands for the same initial sound as wagon.
• I will have the children identify words with initial sound /w/.
• Then print, or have your child point to the words with initial sound /w/ in Activity Sheet: http://prek-8.com/preschool/letterActivities_w6.html

Math:

Exploring Measurement

Aim: The children will explore the concept of length.

Vocabulary Words: longer, shorter, length, measure

Strategies:

• First display a variety of objects that have different length, such as a ribbon, and eraser, a piece of paper, crayons, and a book.

• Then  explain to your child that we are going learn about length (long and short).
• Have the children describe the shapes of these objects.
• Then explain to you child that when we can find the length of something by find out how long it is.
• Then discuss ways we can measure to find out how long it is. (using our hands, beans, paper clips, snap cubes, strings, or any other objects.)
• Then demonstrate measuring objects using a piece of string.
• Then  show that the beginning of the string  must be held at the edge of the object.
• Then demonstrate to your child how to extend the string in a straight line across the object.
• Then encourage the children to use string to measure various classroom objects and compare the different length.
• Then ask: What are you doing? Where do start measure measuring the object? Which object is the longest? Which object is the shortest? How do you know?
• Finally, repeat activity with different classroom object.

Social Studies:

 Aim:The children will learn to obtain information about a topic using a variety of visual source.

Vocabulary Words: recycle, resource, conserve

Strategies:

• First point to read aloud: http://muminbloom.blogspot.com/2010/03/poem-im-glad.html
• Then read the tittle of of the poem "I'm Glad the Sky is Painted Blue."
• Then tell your that the poem describes what the writer likes about Earth.
• then ask your child to look a the art and name things the writer might like.
• Then I will remind the children that poems often has rhyming words. Then I will explain that some poems also use words in special ways to help create pictures in a reader's mind.
• I will invite your child to listen as you read the poem. Have them listen for special ways  the writer uses the words to help readers picture Earth.
• Then I will ask the following questions: What does the writer means by saying "I am glad the sky is painted blue"?  What does the writer says is painted green? The writer compares the sky, Earth and air to a sandwich. Why?

Story Time: Red Wagon by Renata Liwska

Aim: The children will learn to help with chores at home. 

Vocabulary Words: chores, wagon, hill, market, vegetables

Strategies:

• First, tell your child that helping at home is part of families chore, and that when help with chores the family has more time to spend together.
• Then tell your child that they are going to listen to the Story "Red Wagon" :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOa8lYYlvS8
• Then ask your child: What did Lucy get? What Color was the wagon? What did her mom ask her to do? How did she feel about that? What happened on her way to the market? What did she do in the market? What happened when she was going back home? When she got home what did her mom say?  When she was allowed to play what happened to Lucy at the end of the story? Why?

Music: Bumping Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqe-l_QSsE

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