Wednesday, April 15, 2020Morning Greeting

Good Morning Kindergarten friends! Today is Wednesday, April 15th, 2020. Have a wonderful day!

Fun Fact for today: Sea Lions have rhythm. They are the only animal known to be able to clap in beat.

ReadingToday’s Reading: Thinking about and Reacting to Nonfiction Texts

Teaching point for today: Starting today, you won’t be avid readers of stories. Instead, you’ll be avid readers of ‘learn about the world books’ – nonfiction books! Inquiry question – What kinds of thinking and reacting do people do when watching a nonfiction movie? Could this be like what readers of nonfiction books think about and do?Please think about that question as you watch this non-fiction video clip.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dciLg3Zm1hI&feature=youtu.beTurn and talk to an adult about what you saw! Do you have any questions about the blue whale? Upload a video to Seesaw and share your Wow! thinking and questions

Read aloud: Beluga Whales by Elizabeth R. Johnsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG9iVNhZV4c

Independent Reading: Read one non-fiction book on Razkids and answer the comprehension questions. Did you have any Wow! Thinking or questions while reading?

Word Work: Sight words-Practice writing your sight words from your individual list. Today’s activity: “Rainbow Writing”. Write the words from your sight word list on paper. Make your words colorful with crayons, markers or pens!

Phonics- Log in to Seesaw to complete a phonics activity

WritingToday’s Writing focus point: An important skill in kindergarten is practicing sentence dictation. Please read the following three sentences to your child (one at a time). Have them try to write the sentences by themselves. Encourage them to spell sight words correctly. Encourage them to start with an uppercase and all other letters should be lowercase. Encourage them to use ending punctuation. They should do this as independently as possible!

Today’s Independent Writing assignment: Use the sentence dictation paper under printable resources to

write the three sentences listed below:1. I have a pet.2. The pan is black.3. The cab can go.

Share your work in Seesaw!

MathMath Strategy: Practice your math fact fluency with the addition AND subtraction facts below. You can print and write on the math paper or use paper from home to record your answers. Upload your math facts to Seesaw for your teacher to see.

Independent Practice: 1- math fact fluency paper2 – Practice math on Happy Numbers for 10 minutes

5 – 1 = 4 + 1 =3 + 1 = 4 – 3 =5 – 3 = 3 + 0 =3 + 2 = 5 – 4 =2 – 1 = 2 + 1 =5 + 0 = 3 – 1 =4 – 2 = 1 + 2 =

4 + 0 = 1 – 1 =2 + 0 = 1 + 3 =1 – 0 = 5 – 0 =

SciencePlants and animals: Go to pebblego.comUsername: highlandny Password: schoolIn the search put in ‘woodland animals’. Please go through each tab and listen to the different types of woodland animals.

Tell an adult 3 things you learned from the video.