Wednesday, April 29th!

Updates

• The second Learn at Home Packet is still available for pick up at the school from 9am-1pm every day this week.

• Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!

Zoom Meetings for this Week:

Today, April 29th @ 12:00 pm

Meeting ID: 846-7720-2151

• Lucia,
• Madison,
• Joenliz,
• Arianna,
• Matthew,
• Ian

Friday, May 1st @ 12:00 pm

Meeting ID: 811-6151-4180

• Alani,
• Lila,
• Tecla,
• Rosalind,
• Harper,
• Beatrix

Friday, May 1st @ 2:00 pm

Meeting ID: 833-9268-8814

• Chris,
• Julian, 
• Sebastian, 
• Enrique,
• Gabriella, 
• Jaxsen

Instructional Theme:

Plants

Question for the Week:

What do plants need and where do we find them?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

The Curious Garden by Peter Brown

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located: HERE

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

• The book says that Liam didn’t feel like a gardener at first but after a while he did. Why do you think that happened?
• Other people in the city decided to be gardeners too. Why do you think they wanted to be gardeners?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Wednesday: 

 Empty Box

If available, provide an empty cardboard box big enough for your child to sit in. Invite your child to use their imagination to turn the box into something else. If desired, they could also decorate the box. Celebrate all of their ideas and engage in imaginative play with them around their ideas.

Open ended questions:

• Who are you going to be today? 
• I wonder what would happen if ____? 
• What will you do next? 
• What do you think about ____? 
• What does that remind you of?

Continued Weekly Activity

Parents and children can find and observe a plant together. They can talk about what the plant looks like, how it smells, the way it feels etc. After observing the plant children can write or draw about it. Please email the writing / drawings to MsMcGarryCOVID19@gmail.com


Music / Movement Activity:

Herman the Worm

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE!

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:

     Apps:
                  MarcoPolo 
                  Khan Academy Kids

                  ABC Mouse

                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)

Websites: 
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Miss Megan's Camp Kindergarten (facebook)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (facebook)

FunBrain
StarFall
Time For Kids

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

Earth Day Slime Activity

Animated Story About Social Distancing

Brain Pop Jr. - Math Games

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-alouds, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc.  

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at MsMcGarryCOVID19@gmail.com

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located, HERE!