Thursday, June 18th!

Updates

• Parent teacher conferences will be held via zoom or phone call on June 23rd, 24th, and 25th.  Please let me know which day and time works best for you!

• Please complete the Remote Learning Survey located HERE! 

• Daily remote learning resources will be added to the blog every day until June 25th!

Thank you for an amazing school year!

Instructional Theme:

Transformation

Question for the Week:

What changes around me?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

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

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

• How are you like a caterpillar?

• How are you like a butterfly?

Learn at Home activities for today:

Thursday: 

Body Letters:

Have your child use their bodies to create letters of the alphabet. Start with one letter then ask them to change their position to create a different letter. 

Popcorn:

If possible, make popcorn with your child. Show them the popcorn kernels in advance and talk about how the kernels change when heated.

Butterfly Metamorphosis:

Use a search engine to pull up images and information about butterfly metamorphosis and discuss. Also consider investigating insect and amphibian metamorphosis (i.e. ladybugs, toads) with your child in this manner.

Orange Juice Challenge: 

Supply fresh oranges and challenge your child to figure out how to turn the oranges into orange juice. Guide them through the experience with open-ended questions. This activity could be implemented over the course of two days. On the first day ask children to plan how they will turn the oranges into juice, including making a list of what they might need. On the second day supply some of the materials they will need in order to accomplish this challenge. When children are ready to drink their orange juice talk with them about making healthy food choices.

Continued Weekly Activity

Life Cycle of a Butterfly:

Have your child draw and label the life cycle of a butterfly.  Discuss each phase as they draw. 

Some facts about the lifecycle of a butterfly:

• Butterfly eggs are very small. The female butterfly lays her eggs on leaves or stems of plants that the young will feed on.
• The larva or caterpillar hatches from the eggs. Caterpillars have huge appetites and eat almost constantly.
• The caterpillar attaches itself to a twig and the exoskeleton splits to reveal the chrysalis. The chrysalis (or pupa) hangs down from the twig. Inside, the body of the caterpillar is transforming into the butterfly.
• The chrysalis casing splits and the adult butterfly emerges.
• The butterfly will go on to lay eggs so the cycle can begin again!

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:

The Butterfly Dance

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)

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!