Hello Everyone!
I hope you had a great weekend. Welcome to Day 1's lesson plans for remote learning. Please give yourself plenty of grace as we all navigate a new situation, and please let me know if I can be of any assistance to you!
Below are the instructions for Monday, March 30th. If you have not already established a schedule, there is a great option on the front of the CPS packet. It outlines the day well. If you'd like to instead follow a schedule similar to what we do at school, the order of our day is Fundations, Recess, Writing, Math, Lunch, Recess, Reading, Science/Social Studies/Health, Specials, and the end of the day routines (cleaning, etc). I can provide more information on the timing of this schedule and how it could look for you at home if you'd like! Just let me know.
Remember, doing things such as taking a break to draw, read, or have quiet time is a great option as well. In addition to this, involving your students in things you are doing (making dinner or cleaning, to name a couple) is a great option as well. On the days when it is nice, I suggest spending a little extra time outside. Take time to get exercise and soak up the sun!
Here we go!
Office Hours Reminder:
- On Monday, I will meet with Jaxson, Kaiden, Hayes, Kaylee, and Baylor. If you selected Zoom or Phone call, I will send a Remind message before trying to reach you. If you chose Remind or Email, I will send a check in and would love a response!
- You can reach me for any questions or just to check in with an immediate response guaranteed over email or Remind from 10:00am-12:00pm on Monday. If you contact me outside of those times, I will get back to you as soon as I am able.
Google Link: Here is the link to the communication preferences form. If you have not filled it out, please take a moment to do so.
District Work Packet Requirements: I'm working on getting a link to the digital packet, as there are links from that I will use in the future. It should be attached by tomorrow.
- Math: 8-1 Attributes of Shapes:
- Discuss the following vocabulary words. Draw a model to help children understand. Use the attached PDF to review.
- Attribute: A characteristic or property of an object. (Size, shape, color, and number of sides are attributes)
- Side: One line segment that makes up a polygon.
- Angle: The distance between two lines that have met at a vertex. (measured in degrees)
- Vertex: The point at which the sides of a polygon meet. (Pointy corners)
- Parallel: Lines that never cross or meet. (They can go on and on forever and never touch!)
- Right Angle: An angle that could fit a perfect square. (It is 90 degrees)
- Spend time drawing and naming 3 or 4 sided shapes. Discuss the attributes. (3-sided shapes are triangles, 4 sided shapes are quadrilaterals. Do not discuss square or rectangle yet.)
- Teacher tip: Students are not expected to know any of the angle names, just right angle. If the shape doesn't have a right angle specifically, we just call it an angle.
- Use drawing to show how a right angle can create a perfect square by drawing a small square in the angle.
- Review the criteria all polygons must have.
- Teacher tip: They must be closed figures and must have straight lines.
- Spend time drawing polygons of any size. As above, notice the attributes. Students do not need to name them yet, unless they are 3- or 4-sided.
- Fun Polygon Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI3rUMrRLF8
- Teacher Tip: Students are not expected to know all the information in this video (such as angle degree), but it is a fun reminder of the names!
- Create relationships between real life examples of parallel lines and what it means when lines are parallel. Here are some examples:
- Teacher tip: Try to get students to identify how many sets of parallel lines there are in each of the items below. Numbers are in parenthesis.
- Railroad Tracks (1 set)
- Shelves on a bookcase (depends on # of shelves)
- Opposite edges of the doors (2, sides and top/bottom)
- Books (2, sides, top/bottom)
- Whiteboards (2, sides, top/bottom)
- Teacher tip: Try to get students to identify how many sets of parallel lines there are in each of the items below. Numbers are in parenthesis.
- Students can play Shape Capture on the Everyday Math application on Portal (login to portal from the cpsk12.org website, click on Everyday Math, click on games, click on Shape Capture)
- Discuss the following vocabulary words. Draw a model to help children understand. Use the attached PDF to review.
- Phonics: Complete Unit 1 Fundations activities. These are review from the beginning of the year. The directions are on each page.
- "Read, Write and Mark"
- "Fill in the Word"
- "Find the Syllable Type"
- Writing Grid Paper: Have students tap the words (touch fingers to thumb, they know how! The taps are in parenthesis)
- Have students name the vowels and say their sounds, I can do this with you over Zoom if you'd like some help!
- Tap and write the words on the writing Grid Paper. I would also love to demonstrate this over zoom as well if you'd like! Each __- is one tap. They really are old-pros at this! These words are from Unit 1, so they shouldn't have any problem :).
- 4 Current Words: rush (r-u-sh) quiz (qu-i-z) blend (b-l-e-n-d) that (th-a-t)
- 5 Current Words: chimp (Ch-i-m-p) quack (qu-a-ck) dock (d-o-ck) kit (k-i-t) brick (b-r-i-ck)
- 1 Sentence: Jack ran fast with his pet dog. (If they are struggling, remind them that each word in this sentence can be tapped: J-a-ck r-an f-a-s-t w-i-th h-i-s p-e-t d-o-g. Check for a capital letter and period!)
- Reading: Read, "An Adventure in Africa"
- Answer questions 1-10.
- Answers: 1. In Africa, 2. A giraffe came very close..., 3. Kevin's parents slept soundly..., 4. Kevin's parents were not afraid..., 5. a boy named Kevin who goes on a safari..., 6. kept in a closed space, 7. so, 8. giraffe, 9. Example: Kevin was nervous in the beginning b/c he was afraid of being close to the animals, but at the end he was excited and relaxed because he realized the animals wouldn't hurt him, 10. Example: Kevin would maybe be nervous at first, but then he would be excited to see the giraffe because at the end of the story we found out he was excited for the day ahead.
- Science: Practice washing hands with soap and water.
- Talk about how to clean the house to prevent spread of germs, spend time counting how long hands are being washed, discuss how to keep germs from getting into our body, practice cleaning a few heavily touched items with your preferred cleaner to stop the spread of germs.
- Optional: Read the online story, "How to Keep CoVid Away." I thought it was a super great way to share more about what is going on with the kids, without giving too much detail. It also talks a bit about how they can keep themselves safe.
- Specials: PE: The high is 66 today! I hope you are able to get outside and get active. It's too beautiful outside to be inside all day!!
- Some ideas: play with chalk on the driveway (it's art too!), take a walk or run, ride your bike (with a helmet, please), play with a pet.
Extra Work (Optional):
- Miss Lister's Packet: Do 1 Reading Comprehension story (The Lost Kitten) and answer the questions to the side and on the back about the story you read.
- Teacher Tip: Students may need help understanding parts of speech. Take some time to review Proper Nouns (specific people, places, or things. Begin with a capital letter) and Adjectives (describer words, describe a noun) first, because we have learned these in class. Then, discuss what a plural is (a word that is more than one, cat --> cats) and what a contraction is (two words that you smush together to make one word, with an apostrophe, that has the same meaning, ex: are not --> aren't, did not --> didn't)
- Answers: 1. getting Sara a kitten, 2. allergic, 3. she knew her mom was allergic, 4. loving
- Back side answers will vary.
- Back side answers will vary.
- Writing: Spend at least 20 minutes writing in your journal. You can choose to write about something that you did that day, the journal prompt below, or choose a journal prompt from the "Ways to Use a Journal" Page). Add a picture!
- Journal Idea: Write about what you did over the weekend.
- Health: Complete 1 page in the health packet.
- Read Aloud: Follow these instructions to find the read-aloud for the day. This is on Schoology, so students will need to log-in to portal using their login information. If they don't remember it, just send me a message!
- Go to cpsk12.org
- On the right hand side, find the button that says CPS Staff & Student Portal Login, click it.
- Students login using their username and password (passwords are "cps" followed by their lunch number)
- When logged in, look for the app that says "Schoology- Staff and Student," click it.
- Once loaded, at the top, click the button that says "Courses"
- Find the course labeled "Read Grade 02." Click it. If for some reason you have more than one Read Grade 02 buttons, below it says "Section 13-Read"
- Click the title: Chapter 1 and 2: Because of Winn-Dixie. It will open a page that does not link. In the upper right hand corner, you should see a box with an arrow coming out of it (there is a picture attached to this email, labeled screenshot), click that!
- When finished reading, head back to the "Read Grade 02" course page and leave a comment or thought on the discussion post! You can answer the questions, make a prediction, make a connection, infer, or just leave your thoughts about the book.
Something New:
- Gregtangmath.com has a lot of great resources for learning math. There are games, videos, books, printable resources, and much more! A lot of the site is free during this remote learning time and Greg Tang has created activities that are specifically for this remote learning time. Check it out!
Let me know if you have any questions or would like any clarification. Thank you for your teamwork during this crazy time!
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