HOME LEARNING
Dear Families,
During our time away from school, it is important that we work together to aide in your child's academic growth. I tried to provide flexible options so that it can be done at your convenience. Your child does not need to complete everything, except to read everyday for at least 15 mins.
My ideal plan for them would be:
During our time away from school, it is important that we work together to aide in your child's academic growth. I tried to provide flexible options so that it can be done at your convenience. Your child does not need to complete everything, except to read everyday for at least 15 mins.
My ideal plan for them would be:
- read each day for at least 15 mins
- journal writing
- activities on Seesaw
- some workbook pages/Blizzard Bag
- some time on Clever educational apps
Home Learning Options
-
Reading
-Read at least 15 minutes with your child everyday
We have talked about the 3 Ways to Read a Book
1. Read the pictures
2. Read the words (or someone else)
3. Retell the story
-Please visit the YouTube link to my channel for daily read-alouds:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWB5xwEpETdRACYuetlq7Zw
Writing
Use any paper (preferably with lines).
1. Please have your child practice writing sentences using the sight words. Focus on a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between words, punctuation at the end.
2. Prompts/Write a story: Have your child write a story/free write! Possible prompts: Write about your favorite season, something you need, something you want, a birthday party, vacation, etc.They can write about anything they want! If you have an extra notebook/journal, let them make it their Home Learning Journal (or whatever they want to call it). Let them decorate the cover with markers, stickers, etc. Tell them they can bring it to school when we return and read to us what they wrote. They will LOVE it!
Seesaw
You are all very familiar with the Seesaw Family app that we use for messaging and viewing your child's work. In the classroom, we use the Seesaw Class app. In order to complete the activities at home, you must sign into the free Seesaw Class app. (I apologize, it is the only way, but it is worth it!) I will assign activities throughout our time off beginning Monday at 8am. Please check it out if you are able! I am assigning some fun stuff!:)
Click here to sign in (if not using the app).
I will send you your child's Home Learning code.
To set up your child in the Seesaw Class App:
Workbooks/Blizzard Bag
Eureka Math Workbook - I sent the first one home in the beginning of the year (Modules 1-3).
Blizzard Bags - These will be available for pickup at any of the CMSD meal locations. Here is a link to an electronic version. Click here
Electronic Apps
Clever
Clever is a place to login to where CMSD educational apps are housed. We only recently started using it, and you log in by scanning the QR code. Click here to sign in.
I will send you your child's Clever QR code.
ABCmouse
The students love it. I am sending along my personal account information so your child can sign in from home on a computer or ipad. Once on the homepage, please select "student log in." From there, they should know their picture password (if not, message me and I'll send along). Please make sure they are signing in, and not clicking around inside my account settings. For information on how to log in, please go to your Seesaw messages for my username and password.
RazKids
Kids A-Z Login Instructions
Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com
Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, kcomella2480
Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart
Step 4: Your child enters his or her password
Other
-Please utilize the homework calendar and have students complete the tasks for each day.
-Sight words for quarter 4 are listed on the back of the March HW Calendar. Please review them, read through them, make flashcards....lots of practice!
Schedule
Having a structured schedule for activities will help your child know what to expect and keep your day running smoothly! If you'd like to structure your day in a similar schedule to what we did in the classroom, here is our classroom schedule, adapted for home use:
8:10-8:20: Morning Exploration (free play with manipulatives - blocks, engineering toys, magnatiles, etc.)
8:20-9:00: Morning meeting (talk about the date, calendar, sing days of the week song, review 3 sight words a week, read a nursery rhyme or poem, number of the day - teen numbers would be good to review here!)
9:00-9:30: Centers - in the classroom students would go to a certain center in the room. You can make "centers" in your home and have them practice different skills at this time. Below are some ideas:
Writing center ideas:
-Make a list of sight words
-Write the room: let them explore the house and find different words in the environment they can write down on a piece of paper.
-Write sight word sentences
-Write a story
Technology center ideas:
-educational app time
-Seesaw, clever, Razkids, ABCmouse
Engineering center ideas:
-Give them different materials and just let them build!
9:30-10:00 Writing Workshop - See "writing" above
10:00-10:40 - Recess/Lunch - get outside if weather allows!
10:40-11:00 - Rest time
11:00 - 12:20 - Reading and Math workshops - see "reading/math" sections above.
12:20 - 2:00 - Essentials (music, art, PE, Think tank) - free play/craft time might be something you can add here.
2:00-2:15: Snack
2:15 - 2:45 - Discovery time (free play - blocks, imaginative play, building, etc.)
2:45-3:00: Closing circle/reflection - talk about your "rose and thorn" of your day. What was your favorite part of the day (rose)? What was something you would change about your day (thorn)?
Reading
-Read at least 15 minutes with your child everyday
We have talked about the 3 Ways to Read a Book
1. Read the pictures
2. Read the words (or someone else)
3. Retell the story
-Please visit the YouTube link to my channel for daily read-alouds:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWB5xwEpETdRACYuetlq7Zw
Writing
Use any paper (preferably with lines).
1. Please have your child practice writing sentences using the sight words. Focus on a capital letter at the beginning of a sentence, spaces between words, punctuation at the end.
2. Prompts/Write a story: Have your child write a story/free write! Possible prompts: Write about your favorite season, something you need, something you want, a birthday party, vacation, etc.They can write about anything they want! If you have an extra notebook/journal, let them make it their Home Learning Journal (or whatever they want to call it). Let them decorate the cover with markers, stickers, etc. Tell them they can bring it to school when we return and read to us what they wrote. They will LOVE it!
Seesaw
You are all very familiar with the Seesaw Family app that we use for messaging and viewing your child's work. In the classroom, we use the Seesaw Class app. In order to complete the activities at home, you must sign into the free Seesaw Class app. (I apologize, it is the only way, but it is worth it!) I will assign activities throughout our time off beginning Monday at 8am. Please check it out if you are able! I am assigning some fun stuff!:)
Click here to sign in (if not using the app).
I will send you your child's Home Learning code.
To set up your child in the Seesaw Class App:
- For devices like tablets or phones, download the Seesaw Class App
- Click I’m a Student
- Home learning codes: Enter the text code or scan the QR code
Workbooks/Blizzard Bag
Eureka Math Workbook - I sent the first one home in the beginning of the year (Modules 1-3).
Blizzard Bags - These will be available for pickup at any of the CMSD meal locations. Here is a link to an electronic version. Click here
Electronic Apps
Clever
Clever is a place to login to where CMSD educational apps are housed. We only recently started using it, and you log in by scanning the QR code. Click here to sign in.
I will send you your child's Clever QR code.
ABCmouse
The students love it. I am sending along my personal account information so your child can sign in from home on a computer or ipad. Once on the homepage, please select "student log in." From there, they should know their picture password (if not, message me and I'll send along). Please make sure they are signing in, and not clicking around inside my account settings. For information on how to log in, please go to your Seesaw messages for my username and password.
RazKids
Kids A-Z Login Instructions
Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com
Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, kcomella2480
Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart
Step 4: Your child enters his or her password
Other
-Please utilize the homework calendar and have students complete the tasks for each day.
-Sight words for quarter 4 are listed on the back of the March HW Calendar. Please review them, read through them, make flashcards....lots of practice!
Schedule
Having a structured schedule for activities will help your child know what to expect and keep your day running smoothly! If you'd like to structure your day in a similar schedule to what we did in the classroom, here is our classroom schedule, adapted for home use:
8:10-8:20: Morning Exploration (free play with manipulatives - blocks, engineering toys, magnatiles, etc.)
8:20-9:00: Morning meeting (talk about the date, calendar, sing days of the week song, review 3 sight words a week, read a nursery rhyme or poem, number of the day - teen numbers would be good to review here!)
9:00-9:30: Centers - in the classroom students would go to a certain center in the room. You can make "centers" in your home and have them practice different skills at this time. Below are some ideas:
Writing center ideas:
-Make a list of sight words
-Write the room: let them explore the house and find different words in the environment they can write down on a piece of paper.
-Write sight word sentences
-Write a story
Technology center ideas:
-educational app time
-Seesaw, clever, Razkids, ABCmouse
Engineering center ideas:
-Give them different materials and just let them build!
9:30-10:00 Writing Workshop - See "writing" above
10:00-10:40 - Recess/Lunch - get outside if weather allows!
10:40-11:00 - Rest time
11:00 - 12:20 - Reading and Math workshops - see "reading/math" sections above.
12:20 - 2:00 - Essentials (music, art, PE, Think tank) - free play/craft time might be something you can add here.
2:00-2:15: Snack
2:15 - 2:45 - Discovery time (free play - blocks, imaginative play, building, etc.)
2:45-3:00: Closing circle/reflection - talk about your "rose and thorn" of your day. What was your favorite part of the day (rose)? What was something you would change about your day (thorn)?