Kindergarten Learning Guide
October 19-23, 2020
Ms. Parsley and Miss Harrison's Class
IMPORTANT NEWS AND REMINDERS
SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER AS STUDENTS
BEGIN RETURNING TO SCHOOL ON OCTOBER 26th
- Please make sure your child has a good-fitting, comfortable mask to wear to school. Please make sure they understand the importance of keeping it on, touching it as little as possible, and not sharing their mask with anyone else.
- Students will not be able to use the water fountains at school, so please send either a reusable water bottle (which will be returned home daily for cleaning), or a disposable bottle of water each day that your child attends school.
- If you would like to send an individually-wrapped snack for your child, please feel free to do so.
- If your child will be bringing their own lunch to school, please send lunch items that do not require heating. We will not have access to a microwave during lunch time.
- Please send a box (or small pack) of tissue for your child to keep at their work area since we will not be using community supplies this year.
- Your child will need a plastic two-pocket portfolio for Writer's Workshop.
- Please send a pack of dry erase markers to school for your child. Any brand and color is fine.
- Students will not be using cubbies this year to store their belongings. Instead, each student will have their own container to keep their belongings in while at school. Space in the containers is limited, so please do not send unnecessary items with your child. A small bag (or small book bag) to carry their iPad, water bottle, and jacket is fine.
ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK!
October 21 students will have asynchronous learning. This means that they will complete lessons on their own. The links to the lessons that students are required to complete on Wednesday are included below in this newsletter.
LEXIA AND DREAMBOX EVERY DAY!
Please make sure your child is spending at least 15 minutes each day on Lexia (Reading program) and 15 minutes each day on Dreambox (math program).
PLEASE COMPLETE RELATED ARTS AND GUIDANCE LESSONS WEEKLY!
Please be sure your child is completing their Related Arts lessons each week. Any missing assignments must be completed before the end of the first nine weeks (November 4). The links to all the lessons can be found near the end of this newsletter.
RAZ KIDS PARENT/CAREGIVER WEBINAR
IMPORTANT PLATFORMS AND PROGRAMS
Microsoft Teams
Seesaw
Asynchronous Lessons for Wednesday, October 21
You will need to sign your child into their student email account in order to access the following prerecorded lessons.
Read Aloud
Please follow the link below for a wonderful story titled "Jabari Jumps."
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/ab3f6053-a650-4d55-9654-434412a41048
Social Studies Lesson
Please follow the link below to the Social Studies lesson today. After your child has viewed the recorded lesson, please have them complete their assignment that has been sent to them in Seesaw. The title of the assignment is ALL ARE WELCOME. They can find it in their Seesaw Activity tab (light bulb). Make sure they press the green check mark to send their work to me so that they can receive credit for completing it.
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c68c35d7-d495-4268-9bd0-280078e08ba7
Science Lesson
Please follow the link below to the pre-recorded Science lesson for today. After your child has viewed the lesson, please have them complete their assignment in Seesaw titled OUR SENSES AND MATTER. They can find their assignment in their Seesaw Activity tab (light bulb). Make sure they press the green check mark to send their work to me so that they can receive credit for completing it.
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/d0d6b4f2-a54b-4034-80e5-b016243b6a18
DAILY SCHEDULE
WEEK AT A GLANCE
WHAT SHOULD MY CHILD BE WORKING ON EVERY DAY?
Read books and use the pictures to talk about the characters, the setting, the problem/solution in the story. Track print from left to right, top to bottom, and front to back. Practice recognizing the letters of the alphabet (upper and lowercase). Talk about things that are the same and different with the way the letters are shaped (some are tall, some have straight lines, some have tails, etc.).
Practice name writing using correct letter formation. Remember, only the first letter is capitalized.
Sight words for the week: on, she, had, and, a
Please review all baseball words as needed--see picture below for a list of all 20 words
Practice the ball words (sight words). Each month we will focus on a different list of words using a sports theme. This month, we are learning our baseball words. Please see picture below for a list of all twenty words. Each week, we will focus on a few words. Please practice these words at home by finding them in books, writing them, making flash cards, etc. The homework includes a sight word choice board. Please feel free to use the activities suggested to practice previously-learned words as well. Please DO NOT try to practice all 20 words at the same time. Go at your child's pace. If four to five words per week is too much, drop back to two or three. On the other hand, if they are ready to move on to more words, please feel free to work ahead.
LEXIA
Please encourage your child to do their best on LEXIA every day. This is a great program to build early literacy skills in a fun and engaging way. Students should plan to spend about 15 to 20 minutes each day on LEXIA. LEXIA is a required part of daily instruction. Students should complete this work independently. This software program is adaptive and will adjust according to your child's needs.
MATH
Practice counting from 1 to 25 every day. Go farther if your child is ready. Practice number writing from 1 to 10. Practice counting objects around the house (beans, Legos, pencils, crayons, etc.)
Log into DREAMBOX every day for 15 to 20 minutes (required). This is an adaptive software program that will adjust to your child's needs while it teaches basic math skills in a fun and engaging way. Please allow your child to work independently.
DAILY MATERIALS
We will be using the following items daily:
- pencils, crayons (or markers/colored pencils)
- paper (paper can be found in the binder pockets and at the end of the packet)
- dry erase boards, dry erase markers, and an eraser (old socks work well)
- books (many can be found inside the supply bag)
- Poetry Notebook
- iPad/charger
For shared reading, your child will need their Poetry Notebook every day.
Your child will also need the Big Ideas Math Workbook that was sent home in their clear plastic bag.
MATH AND ELA HOMEWORK (DUE BY FRIDAY)
Using Seesaw:
- Complete the Itsy Bitsy Spider activity that was sent to your child in Seesaw. You will see a red circle above the 'Activities light bulb." Touch this Activities tab and the assignment will open for you.
- Choose 3 sight word activities from the Sight Word Choice Board
MATH HOMEWORK
Log into Big Ideas Learning and complete the following online activities:
Grade K: MRL / Chapter 1 / Performance Task
Grade K: MRL / Chapter 1 / Section 1.7: The Concept of Zero / Apply and Grow: Practice /
Grade K: MRL / Chapter 3 / Section 3.7: Model and Count 9 / Apply and Grow: Practice
HIP, HIP, HOORAY!
London
Zariyah
Larry
Awesome job!!! Keep up the good work.
RELATED ARTS LESSONS
MONDAY--Spanish with Mr. Cetina
TUESDAY--Art with Ms. O'Connor
WEDNESDAY--Music
THURSDAY--P.E. with Coach Footman
FRIDAY--Read Aloud with Ms. Staley
Guidance Newsletter and Lesson
VISITING OUR LIBRARY
PERSONALIZED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Click on the links to access websites.
This section contains a number of websites that will be used throughout this school year. Usernames, passwords and instructions on how to access and use each will be given soon.
- When you log-in add your teacher's email address (rebecca.parsley@richlandone.org), then your username and password.
Dreambox (Math) - https://play.dreambox.com/play/login?requested_url=%2F
Reading A to Z - https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login?_ga=2.189647851.1788714672.1597877248-277159416.1597877248
- When you log-in you may need to enter your teacher's username (rparsley0).
Big Ideas MATH - https://www.bigideasmath.com/BIM/login
Destiny Discovery Education - https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/29828
STUDENT INFORMATION FORM/PARENT CONTACT FORM
HES Contact Information
Website: https://www.richlandone.org/Domain/19
Location: 6120 Cabin Creek Road, Hopkins, SC, USA
Phone: (803) 783-5541
Twitter: @elemhopkins