SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
This Week’s Motivational Video: How to Change the World (a work in progress) by Kid President
Morning Positive Affirmations Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud_eeFkzH4w
Word of the Week: Entrepreneur
Listen to: What Does it Mean to be an Entrepreneur? by Rana DiOrio and Emma D. Dryden Illustrated by Ken Min (Click here to hear the story.) In your own words, what does it means to be an entrepreneur?
MATH
Numbers of the Week: 6, 7, 67
PreK-K:
Review the value of numerals 6 and 7. Click the numerals for number of the day video 6 and 7.
Write the numerals of the week (6 and 7). Draw a picture to show HOW MUCH each numeral is worth. (Example: 2** 7 $$$$$$$)
K-1st:
Click here for and addition and here for subtraction worksheet. (Use homemade counters, like cereal or toys to help add and subtract. Start with simple addition worksheets and move on to the more complex worksheets. It’s okay if you don’t finish them all this week!!)
2nd - 3rd:
Find as many ways as possible to make the number 67. (Example 67: 10 x 6 +7 or 70-3 or 60 + 7).
Review multiplication facts. Click the number for multiplication fact review: 6’s and 7’s. Click here for skip counting by 7.
Write out multiplication facts for 6’s and 7’s
Math bingo (multiplication): https://www.abcya.com/games/math_bingo
LANGUAGE & READING
Letters of the Week: Hh, Pp, Yy (Click each letter for a video.)
PreK-K: Find items around your home, in a book, or outside that begin or end with one of the letters of the week.
1st: Find three items that begin with each of the letters of the week. Use them in a sentence. (Example: H is for hand. My hand has five fingers.)
2nd - 3rd: Find three items that begin with each letter of the week. List three adjectives (describing words) for each item. Use one pair of words in a sentence. (Example: H is for hand. My three adjectives are brown hand, ashy hand, smooth hand; My sentences is: She put lotion on her hand because it was ashy.
Vowel of the Week: “Short u”
PreK-1st: “Short u” (Click here for short vowel song.) (Click here for blending “short u” video). Draw and label a picture of 3 things that begin with the short u sound.
Syllables: Review the syllable videos.
Identifying Syllables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7DY2lgJlU;
Months of the Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSl-SbVz2oA
Reading Focus: Problem & Solution (Click here for problem and solution mini-lesson.)
Book of the Week: Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It by Cary Armstrong-Ellis
Draw and label the Main CHARACTER in the story. (Who was the story mostly about?)
What was her PROBLEM? (Draw a picture/Write about the PROBLEM.)
What was the SOLUTION to Prudy’s problem?
More Practice: Listen/Read the following stories. Identify the problem(s) and solution(s) in each story. (Click on the title for the video.)
Not Quite Snow White by Ashley Franklin
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
This Week’s Writing Focus: Capitalization and Punctuation
K: Watch the Sentence video. Write three sentences about yourself. Be sure to begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. Don’t worry about spelling! Try your best to sound out the words.
1st - 3rd: Watch the following three videos: Punctuation, Capitalization, and Quotation Marks. Fix the sentences below:
yesterday was sunday
what day will it be tomorrow
don’t forget to clean your room, said dad.
i just won four MILLION dollars
who is that
Writing Assignments:
Problem Solving (Choose a scenario below. Draw a picture and write about how you could help solve the problem.)
PreK-K Scenarios:
During snack time, you notice a friend does not have anything to eat.
You notice a friend crying on the playground.
Your mother can’t find her keys.
1st - 3rd Scenarios:
Your brother or sister is crying in his/her room.
You notice a lot of trash on the ground around your neighborhood.
There are only two cookies left, but four kids want a cookie.
Free Choice (Pick a problem you notice in the world and write a solution for it.)
BREAK ACTIVITIES
Brain Break: Check out these Hidden Picture Activities
Movement Break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea4TVg0_8Dk
ART
This Week’s Art Project: PERSPECTIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFNRxfaCKLw (3rd grade)
EASY Cityscape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v239Q_Ljn7c
SHARE YOUR WORK WITH THE CLASS!
Parents: I’d love to celebrate your child’s hard work! Feel free to share pictures of their hard work. Tag me @piecesofajm #communityclassroomw/ZoraBea I’ll pick one or two to post and celebrate!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Online Preschool by the Atlanta Speech School: https://www.coxcampus.org/onlinepreschool/
Atlanta Speech School Resources for children (birth to 5 years of age): www.coxcampus.org/talkreadplay
Free AUDIBLE books while schools are out: stories.audible.com
TeachersPayTeachers: (Downloadable/Printable resources) This is a great source for worksheets, lesson plans, center ideas, and more. Some items are free.
Common Core Standards (41 of the 50 states use these) The standards are a good baseline for what your child should learn in each subject and in each grade.
Reading A to Z - not free, but 14 day free trial (This allows you to access books on your child’s reading level as well as have access to corresponding comprehension/recall questions for each story.) https://www.readinga-z.com/
Reading Response Worksheets (Click the links and download FREE reading response forms):
SLAM - Reading response: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SLAM-Response-Guided-Reading-Response-163519
Fiction Reading Response Sheets: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Responses-153661
PreK/K Reading Response Sheets: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Response-Worksheet-Free-2266573
Reading Response Choice Boards: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Response-Choice-Boards-3216841
Sight word worksheets, games, and videos: https://www.education.com/resources/first-grade/sight-words/
Sample Weekly Reading Plan Below