Week 2 of Online Learning

Welcome to our next week in online learning adventure.

Thank you so much for meeting me with last week.  I am so encouraged by the perseverance and courage that is being shown during this unique adventure.  

This week we will be using 2 new programs/applications.  

Please become familiar with:

1.  EPIC books 

2.  SeeSaw 

I will host a daily crew meeting at 9:30 am each day. 

Thank you for your flexibility, patience, grace and partnership in our online learning adventure!  Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns or comments.

Online Learning Plan

Online Learning

Ready, Set, Let's Go!  We begin the adventure of online learning for kindergarten.  

Daily Rhythm

Morning Meeting                                               
Eat Breakfast
Talk about the daily plan
Discuss the Habits of Character

Academic Time                                                 
(Reader's Workshop)
 iReady

 Listen to a book

Read books

Outside Time
Free Play in the yard or family walk

Academic Time
(Math Workshop)

iReady

Practice addition/subtraction strategies

Creative Time                                                 
Art, music, puzzles, cooking, legos, imagination play, crafts

Lunch and Outside                                       
Free play in the yard, visit a park, sidewalk chalk

Rest Time                                                       
Quiet Music, Peace Out

Academic Time
(Writer’s Workshop)

1. Journal Writing

2. Reflection using Checklist

  3. Handwriting

Exercise
YouTube Exercise

 Go Noodle

 Yoga

1. Young Heart Yogis

 2. Cosmic Kids Yoga

Academic Time
(Expedition Workshop)

1. Read Expert Tree Book 
2. Complete a page in Tree Note Catcher

Watch a Tree Video

 Tree Facts Websites

Snack and Story 
Listen to a book HERE                                             

Outside Time
Tree Walk, Visit park

Dinner

High/Low, Good News, Favorite Part of Today, Gratitude

                                                                       

I am so excited to embark on this challenge and adventure with you all!  I know my crew will persevere and have courage to try a new kind of learning.  

Here are also some ideas of chores that your child can be a helper with!

Chores -We highly recommend that your child be a “helper” at home by doing chores each day.

This fits in perfectly with our Habit of Character of contribution.

Some ideas

• Make bed
• Put toys away
• Match socks
• Put away his/her laundry
• Dust
• Fill pets water dish
• Sweep the floor
• Empty trash cans in bedrooms/bathrooms
• Get snack
• Set/clear the table

Trees Are Alive!

Kindergarteners are doing the work of dendrologist through our spring learning expedition, TREES ARE ALIVE!

 We started off with a case study all about living and non-living.  We determined what all living things need using observation and researching using mentor text.  We then determined trees were living things.

As a crew, we traveled outside for some field work to closely observe trees, discuss our thoughts and ideas and record our findings.

We did the work of dendrologist by reflecting on how trees get water, food, air and grow and move.  What a great day to be outside and be in nature with trees.

We shared all this learning with each other by making a tree word wall to include our important vocabulary.

leaves, stomata, branches, roots, trunks, air, water, food, grow, move and soil