Friday, May 22nd!

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 once it becomes available to me.)
To retrieve student account ID and password, visit: Student Account Self Service https://idm.nycenet.edu/students/start.form  


• School is Closed on Monday, May 25th for Memorial Day.

• A new 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!

Instructional Theme:

Babies

Question for the Week:

What do human babies need?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers

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

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

• When babies first start to walk they fall a lot. How do you think that makes them feel?  
• Babies are growing. How are you growing?  
• In this book, babies make friends with puppies, kittens, young people and old people. How do you make friends?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Friday: 

Crawling Obstacle Course: 

Create an obstacle course for your child and encourage them to crawl through the course as a baby might. After crawling through the course, invite them to walk or run through the course then compare the experiences. Which was harder? Why? Which did they like better? Why? 

Continued Weekly Activity

Baby Portraits: 
Have your child look at a picture from when they were babies. Invite them to look at the pictures and draw or paint a picture of themselves as a baby. As children observe and consider their pictures, engage them in discussion about the details they notice in the pictures. What has changed about the way they look now compared to when they were babies? Why? What did their hair look like? Their eyes? Did they have chubby cheeks? Etc. Children who are ready can add words to their portraits. 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:

Exercise, Rhyme, and Freeze

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!