Good morning boys and girls. Today is Monday April 6^th, 2020. I hope everyone is well. I miss you and all the fun times we had together! Hope you enjoy the activities I have prepared for you for this week.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at marsha.hamilton@nbed.nb.ca and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Don’t forget to do the calendar every day!

      -  https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?sn=main

      -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twH5fXRZ9RE

 PART 1: Reading! (30 minutes a day)

1. Breakfast time reading: “You Can Even Read a Cereal Box”

      - I have attached a PDF file with various activities

2. “Read to Self”: Choose a favorite book, find a comfy spot and enjoy!

      Remember, there are 3 ways to read a book:

• Read the words
• Look at the pictures and make up your own story
• Retell the story from memory

3. “Read to Someone”: Collect your favorite books and read to your family. You can even pretend you are the teacher by setting up your favorite toys or stuffed animals and read to them.

4. “Listening to Stories”: You can have a family member read to you, or you can find a variety of stories online.

            -  https://www.starfall.com/h/ltr-classic/

             - https://www.storylineonline.net/

PART 2: Writing! (10-15 minutes a day)

 1. “Work on Writing”: Keeping a journal of the things you do each day is a fun way to work on your writing. Choose an activity you have done with your family and illustrate a detailed picture. Try to write 1 to 3 sentences for your story.

     Remember:

• Always begin with a capital letter
• Leave spaces between words
• End with punctuation- it never takes a vacation!

         -  If you want to color your picture go right ahead! Maybe your family would like to color too!

2. “Sticker Play”: If you have any stickers at home, use them to create a picture and write about it!

PART 3: Sight Words! (5-10 minutes a day)

1. “Sight Word Practice”: Here are the links to the words we have been practicing in class.

                -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIxhNe5_S0

                -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5aHNnQLgE

                -   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBKwChlunQ

 2. “Zoophonics”: This is a link to our Zoo Pals letters and sounds.

              -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP85wRv3M40

PART 4: 

1. S.T.E.A.M: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

 During the last 3 weeks of school, we were working on “Coding” activities. Have your child tell you about “Colby the Mouse” and how they programmed him to follow different paths.

 Here are a couple of games to practice coding skills at home, have fun!

        -   https://www.mathplayground.com/code_builder.html

        -   https://www.mathplayground.com/follow_the_code.html

2. “Numbers 1-10”

         - Recite numbers forward from 1.

         - Recite numbers backward from 10.

         - Recite numbers forward from any number ( i.e. start at 6- count on to 10 )

         - Recite numbers backward from any number .(i.e. start at 5- count back to 1)

         - Name the numbers after 1-10 (i.e.  What comes after 7? 5?)

         - Name the numbers before 1-10. (i.e. What comes before 9? 3? )

    Links:

      Songs:

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmB0GoEKkA

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP4O5-U5I2M

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2W0I06Nq5s

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srPktd4k_O8

     Counting Games:

         -   https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/show-numbers-on-ten-frames-up-to-10

         -   https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/count-one-more-up-to-10

         -   https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/count-one-less-up-to-10

         -   https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/number-lines-up-to-10

         -   https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/count-forward-and-backward-up-to-10

 3. “Subitizing”: name a familiar arrangement of 1-5 objects.     

          -  FOCUS- Encourage your child to think in groups rather than count by 1’s.

          -   QUESTIONS to ELICIT THINKING:

            How many do you see?        How did you know it so quickly?        Did you need to count?

        Links:

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlehRSZysNY

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wsUN72l04

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AvepcGVUbg

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfCj9AxdFB0

         -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySLuUCA5mw8

- Mrs. Hamilton :)