This Week in Virtual Kindergarten 3.16.20
Hi Parents! Had we been in the classroom this week we would
have been working on the following skills: long a sound, positional words,
sorting and classifying and grouping animals by their observable features (birds
for example). Here are some strategies you might use to help with these skills.
Long A Sound (when a says its name): We try to
emphasize to children that vowels usually don’t change their sound
unless there is a reason. The two reasons we focus on bully-e who can jump back
over one letter to bully a vowel (ex. cape) or two vowels go walking so the
first one does the talking and says its own name usually (ex. rain or say.) I
have attached a sorting sheet to show you how we might have had the students
work through the concept and some videos you can watch to reinforce the skill.
Video about bully/silent e
Video about two vowels go walking
Positional Words: These are words to describe and
objects position (prepositions to us grown up.)
Some examples are:
on, above, below, under, next to, in, to the right of, outside of
A fun way to teach this through the hide and describe game.
One person hides an object in your house and describes where the object is
hidden to another. For example, “It is in something metal, on a shelf” or “It
is next to something orange, above a book.” If your child excels at this, you
can make the game a bit harder by telling them they have to hide it under
something and to the right of something else.
Sorting and Classifying: Provide your child a group
of things to sort like buttons, toys, or cooking utensils and ask them to sort
them into 2 or even 3 groups. The ask them to explain what the name of each
group would be and describe something that would not fit into that group.
Science: As we extend our sorting and classifying
skills, we pull that skill into our science unit. We will be looking for similarities
and differences in animal features that might help us connect a parent and
its offspring or group animals together into one name like “birds.”
Here are some videos that might help:
Remember, we are not asking them to learn all the vocabulary
from the video. We just want the children to begin thinking about what all
birds have in common.
Please note that these tasks are not required. Our
digital learning plan asks only that your child….
- Complete at least 10 minutes or a lesson on ReadingEggs or
read on Raz-Kids and complete quizzes
- Complete at least 10 minutes or a lesson on MathSeeds or
Dreambox
- Read a story with your family.
- Write a sentence or more about your favorite part of the story in a journal or on a piece of paper. (Please be sure to capitalize, punctuate and spell sight words correctly!
- Work on the homework for the week. It is posted below, but if your child was in school on Friday, we glued it into their homework journals already.
We still want to know how the kiddos are doing. Please
feel free to send pics of their activities, or accomplishments and ask us any
questions you have about their learning needs.
If you are looking for some ways to help others in need
while practicing writing skills with your child, consider becoming a pen pal
with an elder who may be needing a smile.
Go to Lovefortheelderly.org for
details.
