Friday, May 29, 2020

Friday, May 29th!

Updates
  • Starting this week, students will need a DOE account to access zoom. 
  • (You will need your child's OSIS number to access the account- I will text it to you this week.)
    To retrieve student account ID and password, visit: Student Account Self Service https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form  

  • The Learning packet that may be used for the remainder of the school year is available for pick-up this week from 9am - 1pm.  Also available for pick up is a backpack with fun learning materials inside! Please remember to bring a shopping bag with you to pick up the items.

  • Online learning will continue for the rest of this school year.

  • Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!



Zoom Meetings for this Week: 

The DOE Account is required for All Zoom Meetings.
Please go to the zoom website, sign in with your child's email (the email is their username @nycstudents.net) and the password you have chosen.  After you have signed in, you may click the link provided below.



Today, Friday, May 29th @ 12:00 pm 
Meeting ID: 971 5257 7017 
Password:123456 
Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/97152577017?pwd=SFhTK2tzeVcvaGlLMlBQb1Z5UlJwQT09
DOE Account Required!


    Instructional Theme:
    Babies

    Question for the Week:
    What can we learn about animal babies?

    Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
    Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

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

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



    • At the end of the story, Flitter wondered how the baby birds and Stellaluna can be so different but feel so much alike. What you do you think? How is that possible? 
    • Pip wondered how the birds and Stellaluna can feel so different and be so alike. What do you think? How is that possible? How are you different/similar to someone else?

    Learn at Home activity for today:

    Friday: 
    Are You My Mother?
    Have your child watch the read aloud of Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman HERE.  After they watch the video, ask your child to draw a picture of themselves with their mother!



    Continued Weekly Activity


    Animal Baby Book: 
    Ask your child to pick their favorite animal baby.  You can help your child create an animal book. Together as a family, you can do online research or read books or magazines about the animal together at home.  Families and children can write or draw pictures about the information they gather together. Children can write/draw what the baby animal is called, what it looks like, what it eats, where it lives, etc.  If ready, children can label their work.  For example, if a child is writing about bears, you can ask them what sound they hear at the beginning of the word, make connections to the written letter B, and encourage your child to write the letter.  Please email a picture of any completed work to MsMcGarryCOVID19@gmail.com !


    Thank you to all the students and parents that have sent me pictures of the children's work!  I will be adding more pictures as they come in!













    Music / Movement Activity:

    Count and Move to 50!


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




    I will be contacting 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)




    Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas


    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!

    Thursday, May 28, 2020

    Thursday, May 28th!

    Updates
    • Starting this week, students will need a DOE account to access zoom. 
    • (You will need your child's OSIS number to access the account- I will text it to you this week.)
      To retrieve student account ID and password, visit: Student Account Self Service https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form  

    • The Learning packet that may be used for the remainder of the school year is available for pick-up this week from 9am - 1pm.  Also available for pick up is a backpack with fun learning materials inside! Please remember to bring a shopping bag with you to pick up the items.

    • Online learning will continue for the rest of this school year.

    • Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!



    Zoom Meetings for this Week: 

    The DOE Account is required for All Zoom Meetings.
    Please go to the zoom website, sign in with your child's email (the email is their username @nycstudents.net) and the password you have chosen.  After you have signed in, you may click the link provided below.


    Please choose whichever day works best for you, as we will be going over the same material in both groups.

    Today, Thursday, May 28th @ 12:00 pm
    Meeting ID: 971 5257 7017 
    Password:123456 
    Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/97152577017?pwd=SFhTK2tzeVcvaGlLMlBQb1Z5UlJwQT09
    DOE Account Required!

      Friday, May 29th @ 12:00 pm 
      Meeting ID: 971 5257 7017 
      Password:123456 
      Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/97152577017?pwd=SFhTK2tzeVcvaGlLMlBQb1Z5UlJwQT09
      DOE Account Required!


        Instructional Theme:
        Babies

        Question for the Week:
        What can we learn about animal babies?

        Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
        Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

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

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

        • How do you think Stellaluna felt about being separated from her mother?
        • How do you think Stellaluna felt when mama bird told her she had to do the same things as the other birds?
        • How do you think Stellaluna felt when she found her own mother again?

        Learn at Home activity for today:

        Thursday: 
        Move Like Your Animal: 
        Invite your child to move like the animal babies they are studying.



        Continued Weekly Activity


        Animal Baby Book: 
        Ask your child to pick their favorite animal baby.  You can help your child create an animal book. Together as a family, you can do online research or read books or magazines about the animal together at home.  Families and children can write or draw pictures about the information they gather together. Children can write/draw what the baby animal is called, what it looks like, what it eats, where it lives, etc.  If ready, children can label their work.  For example, if a child is writing about bears, you can ask them what sound they hear at the beginning of the word, make connections to the written letter B, and encourage your child to write the letter.  Please email a picture of any completed work to MsMcGarryCOVID19@gmail.com !


        Thank you to all the students and parents that have sent me pictures of the children's work!  I will be adding more pictures as they come in!












        Music / Movement Activity:

        Workout to the Letter Sounds


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




        I will be contacting 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)




        Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas


        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!

        Wednesday, May 27, 2020

        Wednesday, May 27th!

        Updates
        • Starting soon, students will need a DOE account to access zoom. 
        • (You will need your child's OSIS number to access the account- I will text it to you this week.)
          To retrieve student account ID and password, visit: Student Account Self Service https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form  

        • The Learning packet that may be used for the remainder of the school year is available for pick-up this week from 9am - 1pm.  Also available for pick up is a backpack with fun learning materials inside! Please remember to bring a shopping bag with you to pick up the items.

        • Online learning will continue for the rest of this school year.

        • Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE!



        Zoom Meetings for this Week: 

        The DOE Account is required for All Zoom Meetings.
        Please go to the zoom website, sign in with your child's email (the email is their username @nycstudents.net) and the password you have chosen.  After you have signed in, you may click the link provided below.


        Please choose whichever day works best for you, as we will be going over the same material in both groups.

        Tomorrow, Thursday, May 28th @ 12:00 pm
        Meeting ID: 971 5257 7017 
        Password:123456 
        Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/97152577017?pwd=SFhTK2tzeVcvaGlLMlBQb1Z5UlJwQT09
        DOE Account Required!

          Friday, May 29th @ 12:00 pm 
          Meeting ID: 971 5257 7017 
          Password:123456 
          Join URL: https://zoom.us/j/97152577017?pwd=SFhTK2tzeVcvaGlLMlBQb1Z5UlJwQT09
          DOE Account Required!


            Instructional Theme:
            Babies

            Question for the Week:
            What can we learn about animal babies?

            Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
            Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

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

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


            • Why did Stellaluna feel embarrassed when she tried to fly with the baby birds?
            • Why did Stellaluna think she was clumsy?

            Learn at Home activity for today:

            Wednesday: 
             Animal Baby Play: 
            Invite children to pretend they are the animal babies they are investigating. They can determine where they would live and what they would eat. They can do the things their animal babies would do. 



            Continued Weekly Activity


            Animal Baby Book: 
            Ask your child to pick their favorite animal baby.  You can help your child create an animal book. Together as a family, you can do online research or read books or magazines about the animal together at home.  Families and children can write or draw pictures about the information they gather together. Children can write/draw what the baby animal is called, what it looks like, what it eats, where it lives, etc.  If ready, children can label their work.  For example, if a child is writing about bears, you can ask them what sound they hear at the beginning of the word, make connections to the written letter B, and encourage your child to write the letter.  Please email a picture of any completed work to MsMcGarryCOVID19@gmail.com !


            Thank you to all the students and parents that have sent me pictures of the children's work!  I will be adding more pictures as they come in!










            Music / Movement Activity:

            Days of The Week


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




            I will be contacting 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)




            Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas


            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!