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Week 16 - Week of January 5th
*Please make sure you are uploading photos or scans of student work to the "Files" section of Microsoft Teams*
Tuesday, January 5th-
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Story: The Rainbow Fish
Morning Independent Work:
- Complete the The Rainbow Fish Sequencing - Can you remember what happened in the story? Cut apart the sentence strips and glue them back in the correct order.
- Missing Words Page - Cut out the words at the bottom of the page. Read the sentences and glue the missing words where they make sense.
- If you missed the story, you can watch the story here - "The Rainbow Fish": www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mryuEKkKc&feature=emb_logo
- Bonus Activity: Make your own beautiful Rainbow Fish - Cut out the fish template. You can colour/paint and glue colourful scales on (for a 3D look), or just paint or colour the scales that are already on the fish. Make sure to add one or more metallic scales (use aluminium foil for this).
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Adding (review) and Subtraction (new)
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video Introduction to Subtraction: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=eg9iSgMAJZc
- Play the Fruit Loop Subtraction activity - Get a handful of Fruit Loops (or other cereal pieces). Follow the instructions in each square to see how many Fruit Loops are left when you eat some. (For example: for the first question - count out 10 Fruit Loops. Eat 3. How many are left when you eat (or take away) 3?)
- Play the Dice Wars game - The instructions are in your workbook pack. You need two dice and a partner to play this game.
-Bonus Activity: Play the Balloon Pop Subtraction game: www.abcya.com/games/subtraction_game
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Make sight words cards (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black) - you need to make two sets of cards
- Complete Sight Words worksheet (Week 15, Day 1)
- Play Sight Words Matching Game (need 2 sets of the sight words cards)
- Or, play the Sight Words Matching Game on the computer: www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY&l=2
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Science - The Five Senses (Sense of Sight)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video "How Our Eyes Work": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=9OS-9pG1lT0
- Watch the video "5 Things You Didn't Know About Your Eyes": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=KsdYjtdpZtE
- Read the "Taking Care of Your Eyes" page. Which one do you think is most important? Why?
- Bonus Activity: Learn about Optical Illusions. Do your eyes get tricked? www.optics4kids.org/illusions
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
Tuesday, January 5th-
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Story: The Rainbow Fish
Morning Independent Work:
- Complete the The Rainbow Fish Sequencing - Can you remember what happened in the story? Cut apart the sentence strips and glue them back in the correct order.
- Missing Words Page - Cut out the words at the bottom of the page. Read the sentences and glue the missing words where they make sense.
- If you missed the story, you can watch the story here - "The Rainbow Fish": www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9mryuEKkKc&feature=emb_logo
- Bonus Activity: Make your own beautiful Rainbow Fish - Cut out the fish template. You can colour/paint and glue colourful scales on (for a 3D look), or just paint or colour the scales that are already on the fish. Make sure to add one or more metallic scales (use aluminium foil for this).
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Adding (review) and Subtraction (new)
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video Introduction to Subtraction: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=eg9iSgMAJZc
- Play the Fruit Loop Subtraction activity - Get a handful of Fruit Loops (or other cereal pieces). Follow the instructions in each square to see how many Fruit Loops are left when you eat some. (For example: for the first question - count out 10 Fruit Loops. Eat 3. How many are left when you eat (or take away) 3?)
- Play the Dice Wars game - The instructions are in your workbook pack. You need two dice and a partner to play this game.
-Bonus Activity: Play the Balloon Pop Subtraction game: www.abcya.com/games/subtraction_game
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Make sight words cards (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black) - you need to make two sets of cards
- Complete Sight Words worksheet (Week 15, Day 1)
- Play Sight Words Matching Game (need 2 sets of the sight words cards)
- Or, play the Sight Words Matching Game on the computer: www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY&l=2
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Science - The Five Senses (Sense of Sight)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video "How Our Eyes Work": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=9OS-9pG1lT0
- Watch the video "5 Things You Didn't Know About Your Eyes": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=KsdYjtdpZtE
- Read the "Taking Care of Your Eyes" page. Which one do you think is most important? Why?
- Bonus Activity: Learn about Optical Illusions. Do your eyes get tricked? www.optics4kids.org/illusions
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
*Please make sure you are uploading photos or scans of student work to the "Files" section of Microsoft Teams*
Wednesday, January 6th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Journal Writing
Morning Independent Work:
- Complete the Journal #12 Writing Activity (please write one or two sentences and draw a picture)
*Note - if you send me a picture of your Journal Writing in the "Chat", I will write back to you!*
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, please try out the Reading Game: Red Apple Reading: redapplereading.com/login (Miss Jensen sent you your username and password in the "Chat" section of Teams. Please add your username and password to your "Password Keeper" page).
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video "Subtraction Story Problems for Kids": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=UlfiSsNSoiM
- Play the "Molly Adds and Subtracts from 10" game: www.abcya.com/games/kindergarten_word_problems_add_subtract
- Complete the "Subtraction with Dots" worksheet (Fold and use the dots to help you solve the subtraction questions)
- Complete the "Colour by Number: Subtraction" worksheet (Solve the subtraction questions - you can use counters to help you. Then colour each part of the picture according to the instructions).
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, play Zorbit's Math Adventure: play.zorbitsmath.com (Miss Jensen sent you your username and password in the "Chat" section of Teams. Please add it to your Password Keeper page).
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Practice reading your Sight Words Cards (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
- Complete Sight Words worksheets (Week 15, Day 2 and Week 15, Day 4)
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, play the Sight Words Snakes and Ladders game (The 1 page version is in your workbook pack, the larger 4 page version is saved to our microsite)
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Social Studies - Mapping (Urban and Rural)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Make an Urban Place - Use the cut outs to make your own urban place. This place can be Lethbridge, an imaginary city, or any other city you have been to. You can use the cut outs or make your own cut outs and add your own details to make your city complete. (If you want to be really fancy, you can glue these into an old shoe box, and have your own urban place to play with!)
- Bonus Activity: Watch the video "The City Mouse and Country Mouse" (City Mouse lives in an urban place and Country Mouse lives in a rural place): www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=Gd0FGjsoKKI
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
Wednesday, January 6th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Journal Writing
Morning Independent Work:
- Complete the Journal #12 Writing Activity (please write one or two sentences and draw a picture)
*Note - if you send me a picture of your Journal Writing in the "Chat", I will write back to you!*
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, please try out the Reading Game: Red Apple Reading: redapplereading.com/login (Miss Jensen sent you your username and password in the "Chat" section of Teams. Please add your username and password to your "Password Keeper" page).
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video "Subtraction Story Problems for Kids": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=UlfiSsNSoiM
- Play the "Molly Adds and Subtracts from 10" game: www.abcya.com/games/kindergarten_word_problems_add_subtract
- Complete the "Subtraction with Dots" worksheet (Fold and use the dots to help you solve the subtraction questions)
- Complete the "Colour by Number: Subtraction" worksheet (Solve the subtraction questions - you can use counters to help you. Then colour each part of the picture according to the instructions).
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, play Zorbit's Math Adventure: play.zorbitsmath.com (Miss Jensen sent you your username and password in the "Chat" section of Teams. Please add it to your Password Keeper page).
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Practice reading your Sight Words Cards (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
- Complete Sight Words worksheets (Week 15, Day 2 and Week 15, Day 4)
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, play the Sight Words Snakes and Ladders game (The 1 page version is in your workbook pack, the larger 4 page version is saved to our microsite)
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Social Studies - Mapping (Urban and Rural)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Make an Urban Place - Use the cut outs to make your own urban place. This place can be Lethbridge, an imaginary city, or any other city you have been to. You can use the cut outs or make your own cut outs and add your own details to make your city complete. (If you want to be really fancy, you can glue these into an old shoe box, and have your own urban place to play with!)
- Bonus Activity: Watch the video "The City Mouse and Country Mouse" (City Mouse lives in an urban place and Country Mouse lives in a rural place): www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=Gd0FGjsoKKI
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
*Please make sure you are uploading photos or scans of student work to the "Files" section of Microsoft Teams*
Thursday, January 7th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Phonics - ag Words
Morning Independent Work:
- Watch the ag Word Family video: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=KbUF_RZbZoc
- Use the ag Family Word Slide- Can you sound out the words made combining the first sound, with "ag"?
- Complete the ag Word Cut and Paste - Glue the picture next to the word that matches the picture.
- Complete the two ag Word Family worksheets
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, please play the Teach Your Monster to Read game: www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/469474
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video Subtraction with Puffballs: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=GdXClek-05I
- Complete the Roll and Subtract activity - you will need a dice for this.
- Play the Card Wars game - You will need a partner and a deck of cards to play this game.
-Bonus Activity: Play the Puzzle Pics Subtraction game: www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_subtraction_facts_to_20.html
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Practice reading your Sight Words cards
- Complete Sight Words worksheets (Week 15, Day 3)
- Bonus Activity: Play Sight Words Snowman Game: www.flippity.net/hm.php?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY&l=2
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Science - The Five Senses (Sense of Sight)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Log into Epic Books and read the book "All Kinds of Friends: My Friend is Blind": www.getepic.com/book/75581332/all-kinds-of-friends-my-friend-is-blind?utm_source=t2t&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=content&share=4508595764
- Complete the Braille Practice page - Use the Braille Alphabet to try writing your name in Braille.
- Bonus Activity: Listen to the story "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=NGFxXHVqC_U
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
Thursday, January 7th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Phonics - ag Words
Morning Independent Work:
- Watch the ag Word Family video: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=KbUF_RZbZoc
- Use the ag Family Word Slide- Can you sound out the words made combining the first sound, with "ag"?
- Complete the ag Word Cut and Paste - Glue the picture next to the word that matches the picture.
- Complete the two ag Word Family worksheets
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, please play the Teach Your Monster to Read game: www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/469474
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Watch the video Subtraction with Puffballs: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=GdXClek-05I
- Complete the Roll and Subtract activity - you will need a dice for this.
- Play the Card Wars game - You will need a partner and a deck of cards to play this game.
-Bonus Activity: Play the Puzzle Pics Subtraction game: www.mathplayground.com/puzzle_pics_subtraction_facts_to_20.html
Teams Meeting (12:30pm - All Students) Attendance, Sight Words (green, red, blue, yellow, brown, pink, purple, orange, white, black)
Afternoon Independent Work:
- Practice reading your Sight Words cards
- Complete Sight Words worksheets (Week 15, Day 3)
- Bonus Activity: Play Sight Words Snowman Game: www.flippity.net/hm.php?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY&l=2
Teams Meeting (2:15pm - All Students) Science - The Five Senses (Sense of Sight)
Afternoon Independent Work 2:
- Log into Epic Books and read the book "All Kinds of Friends: My Friend is Blind": www.getepic.com/book/75581332/all-kinds-of-friends-my-friend-is-blind?utm_source=t2t&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=content&share=4508595764
- Complete the Braille Practice page - Use the Braille Alphabet to try writing your name in Braille.
- Bonus Activity: Listen to the story "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=NGFxXHVqC_U
20 Minutes of Reading Every Day (Read Books at Home/Library Books OR Digital Books):
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/students (See email from Miss Jensen with log in instructions)
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com (See email from Miss Jensen with free account setup instructions)
*All worksheets are saved to the Password Protected part of the microsite*
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
*Please make sure you are uploading photos or scans of student work to the "Files" section of Microsoft Teams*
Friday, January 8th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Story - The Mitten
Morning Independent Work:
- Make Your Own Mitten: Cut out the mittens and glue or lace them together. Make sure to leave an opening at the edge. You can decorate your mitten however you would like!
- Sequencing Activity: Use the animals to practice retelling the story. Can you remember the order that the animals climbed into the mitten?
- Clip and Learn Beginning Sounds: Glue the beginning sound letters to the animal that they match.
- The Mitten Reader: Staple the pages together to make your own copy of the story. Practice reading the story and share it with your family.
- Bonus Activity: Listen to the story again. If
you missed the story, or if you want to watch it again, here is the link "The Mitten": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=_c9DQjWpeZo
Friday, January 8th -
Teams Meeting (8:40am - All Students) Attendance, Calendar, Story - The Mitten
Morning Independent Work:
- Make Your Own Mitten: Cut out the mittens and glue or lace them together. Make sure to leave an opening at the edge. You can decorate your mitten however you would like!
- Sequencing Activity: Use the animals to practice retelling the story. Can you remember the order that the animals climbed into the mitten?
- Clip and Learn Beginning Sounds: Glue the beginning sound letters to the animal that they match.
- The Mitten Reader: Staple the pages together to make your own copy of the story. Practice reading the story and share it with your family.
- Bonus Activity: Listen to the story again. If
you missed the story, or if you want to watch it again, here is the link "The Mitten": www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=_c9DQjWpeZo
- Bonus Activity: If you have extra time, please log into Raz Kids and READ! https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Complete the "Subtraction with Dots" worksheet (Fold and use the dots to help you solve the subtraction questions)
- Play the Subtraction Dominoes game (You will need a partner and a set of dominoes for this game)
- Bonus Activity: Play the Duck Race Subtraction game: www.abcya.com/games/ducky_race_subtraction
- Finish any Unfinished Work from this week.
If You Have Extra Time, You Can:
Optional Activities:
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*
Teams Meeting (10:15am - All Students) Math - Subtraction
Morning Independent Work 2:
- Complete the "Subtraction with Dots" worksheet (Fold and use the dots to help you solve the subtraction questions)
- Play the Subtraction Dominoes game (You will need a partner and a set of dominoes for this game)
- Bonus Activity: Play the Duck Race Subtraction game: www.abcya.com/games/ducky_race_subtraction
- Finish any Unfinished Work from this week.
If You Have Extra Time, You Can:
Optional Activities:
- Physical Education: "PE with Joe" - Batman Workout: www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=BYnBVFa3DZw
- Music: Play a Music Game: www.classicsforkids.com/games.html
- Art: "Art Hub for Kids - How to Draw Funny Cupcakes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BRsVgmt5sw
- Health: "Kids Health - How Your Immune System Works: www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IYt5Z3eC4
- Math: Play Prodigy Math Game (login username and password sent to each student in the "chat" section of Teams). If Prodigy asks you for a "class code" or a "teacher code", it is: 5BCDB2B: prodigygame.com
- Reading: Play Red Apple Reading game: redapplereading.com/login
- Reading: Play Teach Your Monster to Read: www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/u/469474
- Sight Words Spelling Practice: www.flippity.net/sw.asp?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY
- Sight Words Matching Game: www.flippity.net/mg.php?k=150uMlWISQA3bSKOyqdw9qZbyyNrxwwZXYAoLlWrx6zY&l=4
- Sight Words Board Game: www.flippity.net/bg.php?k=1-tgH0muKCddm0K9XCodp8DI8Z3iPQEFxc9hkT7iS6iw
- Read on the Raz Kids Website: https://www.raz-kids.com/main/ViewPage/name/login
- Read on the Epic Books Website: www.getepic.com/
- Read on the Reading IQ Website: www.readingiq.com/web/learning/#/
* Remember to upload a picture of your work to the "Files" section on Teams, so that I can see all the awesome work you are doing!*