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Kindergarten Learning Activities May Dear Students, Parents, and Families: Thank you for your continued efforts in helping your child learn and grow. We appreciate you now more than ever as you are becoming your child’s primary teacher. We are providing you with more resources to continue your education at home. Please remember that we recommend that your elementary child only spends up to one hour daily on the assigned activities. Lots of additional learning will take place in non-traditional activities. Most importantly, take time to play, explore, cook, and spend quality time with family. Please plan times for the following activities for your child. READING: ● Read for 20 minutes per day. ○ Read to your child or have your child read to you. You may choose to do each for 10 minutes. ○ Choose a reading response activity to do verbally or written. LIT ERACY: Mondays and Wednesdays will be literacy focused days. ● Watch and participate with the letter sounds lesson video. ● Use the Tongue Twister pages to read to your child and have them recite back. ● Practice word wall words in a variety of ways. ○ See the enclosed “menu” for ideas. ○ More ideas can be found here: http://www.thehappyteacher.co/2017/09/sight-word-activities-for-parents.html ● Have your child complete a writing activity. Use the paper provided if you’d like. MATH: Tuesdays and Thursdays will be math focused days. ● Complete one of the daily math routines. ● Complete one of the daily math activities or games. Keep in mind that there are more activities than you may get to. You can use these for extra practice if you would like or for some summer work. THEME DAYS: See the Friday Theme Days pages for themed activities to explore each week. MAPL (Music, Art, PE, LMC): ● Choose at least one of these activities each day. Each day, check off the items on the calendar as they are completed. Initial each day when your student has completed the work. Parents, please take a picture of your child's completed daily log and e-mail the photo to your homeroom teacher on May 29. If you or your child become frustrated or overwhelmed with any of these activities, or if you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher so we can be of assistance to you through this process. For your convenience, all of the information included in this packet is also available at wsalem.k12.wi.us > Schools > Elementary School > Families > Learning Activities > Kindergarten > May Learning Activities
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Kindergarten Learning ActivitiesMay
Dear Students, Parents, and Families:
Thank you for your continued efforts in helping your child learn and grow. We appreciate you now more than ever as you are becoming your child’s primary teacher. We are providing you with more resources to continue your education at home. Please remember that we recommend that your elementary child only spends up to one hour daily on the assigned activities. Lots of additional learning will take place in non-traditional activities. Most importantly, take time to play, explore, cook, and spend quality time with family.
Please plan times for the following activities for your child.READING:
● Read for 20 minutes per day.○ Read to your child or have your child read to you. You may choose to do
each for 10 minutes.○ Choose a reading response activity to do verbally or written.
LITERACY: Mondays and Wednesdays will be literacy focused days.● Watch and participate with the letter sounds lesson video.● Use the Tongue Twister pages to read to your child and have them recite back.● Practice word wall words in a variety of ways.
○ See the enclosed “menu” for ideas.○ More ideas can be found here:
http://www.thehappyteacher.co/2017/09/sight-word-activities-for-parents.html● Have your child complete a writing activity. Use the paper provided if you’d like.
MATH: Tuesdays and Thursdays will be math focused days.● Complete one of the daily math routines.● Complete one of the daily math activities or games. Keep in mind that there are
more activities than you may get to. You can use these for extra practice if you would like or for some summer work.
THEME DAYS: See the Friday Theme Days pages for themed activities to explore each week.
MAPL (Music, Art, PE, LMC):● Choose at least one of these activities each day.
Each day, check off the items on the calendar as they are completed. Initial each day when your student has completed the work. Parents, please take a picture of your child's completed daily log and e-mail the photo to your homeroom teacher on May 29.
If you or your child become frustrated or overwhelmed with any of these activities, or if you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher so we can be of assistance to you through this process.
For your convenience, all of the information included in this packet is also available at wsalem.k12.wi.us > Schools > Elementary School > Families > Learning Activities > Kindergarten > May Learning Activities
Daily Log
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
May 4Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 1❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 5Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Math routine &
activity❏ MAPL Activity
May 6Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 2❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 7Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math routine &
activity❏ National Field
Day activities (PE)
May 8Adult Initials ______
❏ Theme Day 1: Bees
May 11Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 3❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 12Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math routine &
activity❏ MAPL Activity
May 13Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 4❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 14Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math routine &
activity❏ MAPL Activity
May 15Adult Initials ______
❏ Theme Day 2: Sea Turtles
May 18Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 5❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 19Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math routine &
activity❏ MAPL Activity
May 20Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 6❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 21Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math routine &
activity❏ MAPL Activity
May 22Adult Initials ______
❏ Theme Day 3: Taking Care of Baby
May 25
NO SCHOOLEnjoy your time with your family
May 26Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math activity &
game❏ Word Work
Day 7❏ MAPL Activity
May 27Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min.❏ Word Work
Day 8❏ Writing❏ MAPL Activity
May 28Adult Initials ______
❏ Read 20 min. ❏ Math activity &
game❏ MAPL Activity
May 29Adult Initials ______
❏ Theme Day 4: Summer Safety
Email a picture of this page to your teacher
Student’s Name: ______________________ Grade: K Teacher: ___________________
*Each day, check off the items on the calendar as they are completed. Initial each day when your student has completed the work.
READINGPlease read for 20 minutes each day. This can be you reading to your child or your child reading a book alone or to you. This can be done at one time or divided into two sessions of 10 minutes each. You may choose to read a book that you have with you or use an online book using a resource below. After reading, see the list below for possible questions to talk about with your child. This can simply be a discussion or you can have your child write/draw a response on a piece of paper.
Non-FIction Books: ● Discuss or write/draw what you learned from this book● Did you notice any non-fiction text features in the book? (table of contents, labels,
captions, close-ups, glossary, diagram, maps, etc.) ● Learn about an animal or topic on Pebble Go. https://pebblego.com
Username: wsalem Password: panther
Fiction Books : ● Discuss or write/draw…
○ your favorite part of the story
○ a character in the story
○ the setting in the story
○ the problem & solution in the story
○ what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story
Things to do or talk about after reading
Online Resources
● Scholastic Learn at Home--www.scholastic.com/learnathome ○ Daily learning activities on one topic include several books to read, a related video,
and a writing activity.
● Book Flix--http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/bookflix/#/ (click login in top right)○ User: wsalem, Password: panther, Explore paired fiction and nonfiction texts.
● Storyline Online--storylineonline.net○ Stories read aloud by Hollywood actors
● Awnie’s House Read-Aloud Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbqmj1hzxuAXsjk08k-KP6w
○ This is a great Youtube Read Aloud Channel featuring lots of great books
● Jack Hartmann learning videos on YouTube○ Sight words○ Blending○ Digraphs○ Phonics
LITERACY
____ Word Work Day 1: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/WfnY4qVB_P8● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Practice the sight word said
____ Word Work Day 2: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/EfOwdzr2XCA● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Practice the sight word said
____ Word Work Day 3: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/vIPRo6uFZIk● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
____ Word Work Day 4: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/DYf7Ohj-jqY● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
____ Word Work Day 5: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/8qp7nL6gkBo● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
____ Word Work Day 6: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/xrOVTaGcS3o● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
____ Word Work Day 7: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/sOXI4SvyRAc● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
____ Word Work Day 8: Watch and participate with the letter sounds video https://youtu.be/BaDwUXkEl04● Recite a Tongue Twister with a grown-up.● Choose 5 sight words to practice.
Expected Math ActivitiesExpected Math ActivitiesExpected Math Activities
Word Work Activities
Writing Activities
PARENTS: Encourage your young writer to… (see checklist on included writing paper)● Sound words out. Kindergarteners should write the sounds they hear. Their spelling may not be perfect
and that’s ok!● Stretch words out and hear many sounds.● Spell sight words correctly.● Write neatly, with spaces between words.● Take their time and add details to their pictures. Pictures help to tell the story too!
Writing Prompts to get your writer started…● See list of Writing Prompts. Choose a few a week and send to another classmate or family you miss.● Make a Mother’s Day Card and include a letter telling your mom how special she is.● Write letters to Nursing Homes; see attached list of places.● Draw and write about your family’s favorite game and directions to play it.● Write about what you love most about each family member. “Dad is special because……”● Begin a journal and write one sentence for each day. “Today I………..”● Write and continue a story with a family member, each writing a sentence: “Once upon a time…..● Take a photograph of something outside and write a story about why you chose that.
Optional Literacy/Writing Activities
● Make a sign for your yard with a positive message.● Create a joke book, asking others for jokes to add.● Create your own Scavenger Hunt for inside or outside and write the clues.● Write your own tongue twisters using digraph word lists.● Go to http://bomomo.com for digital drawings with various tools.● Check out https://thereadingtub.org for many creative writing resources and activities.
MATH
Math Routines: Every Tuesday & Thursday● Count to 100 by ones and tens OR practice + and - flashcards (0-10)● Write numbers 0 to 20 (on paper or with chalk, whiteboard & markers, etc.)
AND choose one of the following activities/games from the packet:
❏ Roll and Count to 100
❏ Jump on in Counting On
❏ Pop! Number writing 10-20
❏ Camp Compare
❏ Cool Compare
❏ Solve it!
❏ Decompose it!
❏ Make 10
❏ Addition War
❏ Addition and Subtraction practice pages (there are extras if you’d like to use them)
Expected Math Activities
Expected Math Activities
Optional Math Activities
● Cook TogetherPractice measuring by cooking a recipe together with a family member.
● Khan Academy Kids app (free)
● Moose Math by Duck Duck Moose (free)
● Coolmath4kids.com (free)
● Jack Hartmann learning videos on YouTube○ Subitizing (look at a pattern & know the number. Ex: dots on a dice)○ Count to 100 by ones, tens, fives
Check off each item as your child completes it. Please plan to complete all of the activities in the this section by May 28 and to do additional optional activities from the bottom section as your child has time.
FRIDAY THEME DAYS
Scholastic News Let’s Find Out: Busy, Buzzy Bees https://letsfindout.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/050220.html-Login as a student, use the class code: wearews-Read the magazine, and enjoy the additional activities that go along with this issue:
● Watch the video: “Busy, Busy Bees!”● Play the game: “”Build and Insect”● Hands-on activity: “Be a Honeybee!”
Watch stories read aloud on Youtube:● The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallmount https://youtu.be/q2N6wmqafu8 ● Please, Please, the Bees by Gerald Kelly https://youtu.be/-XFQNGJmLEk
Art Activity: Bee finger puppet https://iheartcraftythings.com/bee-finger-puppets-craft.html
Science Activity: Pollination experiment. Use the bee you just created from the art activity! https://jdaniel4smom.com/2015/04/fun-science-experiments-pollinatation.html
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Theme Day 1: Bees
Theme Day 2: Sea TurtlesScholastic News Let’s Find Out: Super Sea Turtleshttps://letsfindout.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/050320.html-Login as a student, use the class code: wearews-Read the magazine, and enjoy the additional activities that go along with the issue:
● Watch the video: “Ocean of Life” and take a dance break “Sea Turtles”● Play the game: “A Sea of Sight Words”● Hands-on activity: Paper Plate Sea Turtles
Watch stories read aloud on Youtube:● One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies https://youtu.be/7vOZJt6TmjI ● Truman by Jean Reidy https://youtu.be/ThBJCEcvNd4 ● Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss https://youtu.be/t9Fep1PQClA
STEM Activity: Yertle the Turtle building challenge. Use stones, cups, or whatever else you have on hand! http://preschoolpowolpackets.blogspot.com/2016/02/inspired-by-dr-seuss-turtle-science.html
FRIDAY THEME DAYS
Theme Day 3: Taking Care of Baby
Scholastic News Let’s Find Out: Taking Care of Babyhttps://letsfindout.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/050420.html-Login as a student, use the class code: wearews-Read the magazine, and enjoy the additional activities that go along with this issue:
● Watch the video: “Thanks for Taking Care of Me”● Play the game: “Caring Concentration”● Hands-on activity: “Who Takes Care of You?”
Watch stories read aloud on Youtube:● How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan https://youtu.be/zL399X60OK8 ● Just for You by Mercer Mayer https://youtu.be/KBx1scO1S80
Art Activity: Create an art project (drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.) and give it to someone who takes care of you!
Theme Day 4: Summer Safety
Scholastic News Let’s Find Out: High Five for Summer Safetyhttps://letsfindout.scholastic.com/issues/2019-20/050120.html-Login as a student, use the class code: wearews-Read the magazine, and enjoy the additional activities that go along with this issue:
● Watch the video: “High Five for Summer Safety”● Play the game: “Summer Find It”● Hands-on activity: “Summer Safety Flip-Up Sunglasses”
Watch stories read aloud on Youtube:● And Then Summer Comes by Tom Brenner https://youtu.be/O0ZlOkMQGi8 ● A Lullaby of Summer Things by Natalie Ziarink https://youtu.be/J1WLvrHSglI
Art Activity: Paint some rocks from outside, or decorate a driveway/sidewalk with chalk!
STEM Activity: Sunscreen Science https://www.playdoughtoplato.com/kids-science-sunscreen-science/
MAPL Activities
Music Activities from Mrs. Jones & Mrs. Martin
Art Ideas from Ms. Lotspaih & Mrs. Finch
___ Have a grownup pick a song from this Carnival of the Animals playlist: Can you guess what animal the song is about? Can you move like that animal? https://youtu.be/rE4CATvZ188.
___ Sing along to a favorite song!___ Make up a dance to a favorite song!___ Watch the LaCrosse Symphony: https://www.lacrossesymphony.org/la-crosse-arts-online-symphony-online/___ Watch The Masked Singer or American Idol and talk about what you observe in the performances.___ Try the rhythm or songmaker game on: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments.
___ Choose one color. Find objects around the house that are this color and arrange them in a fun way. Don't forget to take a picture!
___ Decorate a rock with any materials of your choice. Gift it to a neighbor or friend the next time you see them!___ Create a word collage by using scrap paper, old mail, old receipts or anything with words. Cut or tear any letters
that you see to create your word and glue or tape it down to paper. Draw a picture to go along with the word youchose!
___ Draw your favorite knock knock joke!___ Trace objects found in your home and make them into something new. (Ex: pen can become the body of a butterfly)
Physical Education with Mrs. Meyers, Mr. Merrill & Ms. Tischler
*Click on this link for our MAY PE CHOICE BOARD, which offers a variety of ways to be active! Have Fun! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BAVH2mgqFjZiDX2xCHU8DPQXCjAxUwat/view?usp=sharing
*NATIONAL FIELD DAY, May 8th 2020! Watch for more information on this event or click on the links included on the Choice board!
*SHARE WITH US!! We would love to hear from you about the ways you are staying active at home! Click on this link to fill out a short form! https://forms.gle/7iEBr1LucRWByPFM9
LMC/Tech Activities from Mrs. Hundt & Mrs. Mead
*LMC - LMC Choice Board! Pick and choose from the links on the LMC Choice Board.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vFmZ3j_R4p_YW15A0bmdZ_nM0oW3xvun/view?usp=sharingIf you do not have internet connection, pick and choose from the Library Bingo Sheet included in this packet.
*Technology - Tech Choice Board! Pick and choose from the links on the K-2 Tech Choice Board:https://drive.google.com/file/d/11LZEDTGbQrf0EFWXMKd_nz8t34HPm8pI/view?usp=sharing
Choose one or more of these activities to complete as it fits into your schedule. Choose from a variety of different areas to get a variety of different experiences.
Tech Choice BoardHere are some fun technology choices to do
at home.
Check out these drawing websites:
● Scribbles and Ink
● Sand Art Spectacular
Check out this app!
ChatterPix Kids - an app that allows you to make anything
talk!
Check out this app!
Hello Crayons- an easy and fun
drawing app for kids using crayons &
markers
Check out the new coding sites bookmarked on “Mrs. Mead’s Technology
Links”
STEM Challenge #1:Using only
toothpicks or spaghetti and
marshmallows…
Build a structure that can support a book for 10 seconds
STEM Challenge #2:Using paper cups
(or playing cards)…
Challenge a family member to create the tallest tower!
Practice your keyboarding skills using “Mrs. Mead’s Technology
Links”
Dance Party:
Create a dance to your favorite song. Teach your dance
to a family member.
Using ABCya:
● Create a word
Cloud
● Create a word
search
● Create a Story
Word Work
Activities
Tongue TwistersGrown-ups: Please read the a tongue twister aloud for your kindergartener and have them repeat it. Can they identify the letter and sound the words begin with?
Literacy Word WallActivities
WritingActivities
Kindergarten Writing Prompts
*What is your favorite book? Why?
*What is your greatest talent?
*My best friend is _____ because _______.
*What do you miss about school?
*At recess, I like to _____.
*Write about the best day ever! What would you do?
*If I received 3 wishes, they would be _____.
*If I could be an animal, I would be _____ because _____.
*Would you rather have a pet cat or dog? Why?
*What do you like best about your classroom?
*My favorite thing to do with my parents is _____.
*What is your favorite color? Why?
*Write 3 sentences to describe your bedroom.
*What is your favorite toy? What do you like about it?
*Do you like to play inside or outside better? Why?
*Describe your favorite food.
MathActivities
