Sunday, January 24, 2021

Week 1/25 - 1/29

 Zoom meetings scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 
  • Please have children do assignments from the blog and send me pictures 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Investigating 

Weekly Focus: Make and Share Conclusions 


Vocabulary words: 

Detective

Research 

Tools


Monday 

Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

ACTIVITY : today have children look at different picture of insect on the internet. click here to watch this video about insects


Wednesday

Book: The Snowy Day

Activity: if possible take children on a walk to the park and allow them to investigate and play with the snow.


Thursday &Friday 

Book: Step Gently Out by Helen Frost

Activity : take children on a walk and allow them to look around? Ask them questions about what they see around them?

park, buildings, cars, trucks, stores, pets and so on.


Workbooks: pages 66 - 70




Monday, January 18, 2021

Week of 1/18 - 1/22

 

Zoom meetings scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.

Miss Sanchez will be out Tuesday and Wednesday no Zoom meetings those days. 


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 
  • Please have children do assignments from the blog and send me pictures 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Investigating 

Weekly Focus: 


Vocabulary words: 

share 

suspect 

investigate 

think 


Tuesday 

Book: Red Is a Dragon: A book of colors 

by Roseanne Thong

Activity:have children pick one color and find different things around home that are the color of their choice, make a list of what they have discovered and have them draw which they liked best. 

Gross motor: fitness song


Wednesday 

Book: Have You Seen My Monster? by Steve Light

Activity: have children play with shapes, counting how many sides the shapes have in total.


Gross motor: fitness song


Thursday 

Book: Float by Daniel Miyares

Activity: Have children fill up a bucket of water and play with a few water toys. 

Ask them questions like: does it sink? Does it float? What happens if? What do you notice?  I wonder what happens if....?

Gross motor: fitness song



WORKBOOK PAGES 61, 62, 63



Friday



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Sunday, January 10, 2021

Week of 1/11 - 1/15


Zoom meetings scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.

Miss Sanchez will be out Tuesday and Wednesday no Zoom meetings those days. 


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 
  • Please have children do assignments from the blog and send me pictures 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Investigating 

Weekly Focus: Look Closely


Vocabulary words: 

Detective 

Suspect 


Monday

Book: Birds by Kevin Henkes


Activity 

Science: have children investigate birds. What are the body parts of a birds body?


Miss sanchez out 

Tuesday and Wednesday 


Thursday and Friday

Must do seesaw activities


Art: have children Draw a bird. Within the bird have children add all the detail he or she investigated as parts of birds. 

ask the children questions about their illustration. 














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Monday, January 4, 2021

Week of 1/4 - 1/8

 

Happy  New Years!


Zoom meetings scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 
  • Please have children do assignments from the blog and send me pictures 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Investigating 

Weekly Focus: What to Investigate?


Vocabulary words: 

Idea

think 


Monday

BOOK: Best in snow by April Pulley Sayre

Activity: science: have children fill up a cup of water. Then simply place it in the freezer until it freezes. Next take it out and have children observe it. Ask the children to investigate what happened to the water. 


Tuesday 

BOOK: I Went Walking by Sue William

Activity: science: have your child pick an animal mentioned in the book and investigate information about the animal of his or her choice. Have children draw a picture and please write the details you child notices about the animal. 


Workbook: page 55, 56, 57


Wednesday

Book: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner

Activity: Math : counting bugs. have children gather a few toy bugs or toy animals and have them separate them in small groups and help them count how many they have. 

Workbook: 58 - 59


Thursday

Book: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Activity: Art: have children investigate what colors they can make by mixing colors. 


please send me picture and complete seesaw assignments 


Workbook: 60




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Sunday, December 13, 2020

Week of 12/14 - 12/18

Zoom meetings scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Seeing

Weekly Focus: Objects All Around Us 


Monday

BOOK: Row Row Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera 

Activity: play a game of I-spy with your children. Name things that are around you and have them do the same. 


Tuesday 

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! By BOB BARNE

Activity: have children draw or paint some of the bugs they have seen around them. Have them name the bugs and also speak about the bugs they drew. 

Workbook: 54


Wednesday

Book: Race Car Count by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Activity: have children play with toy cars. As they play have them line them up and count them. 

Questions:  How many cars do you have?

What colors are your cars?

Which one is your favorite?


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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Week of 12/7 - 12/11

 Zoom meeting scheduled for 

8:30am 

1:15pm 

same class code and password for both.


REMINDERS!

  • Please have children complete assignments on Seesaw 

Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Seeing

Weekly Focus: Our Physical Characteristics 


Monday

Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams

Questions: 

How did the child in this book feel when he saw the cat? How do you know?

How did the child in this book feel when he saw the dog? How do you know?

Why do you think the animals followed the child?


Activity: have children play a game where they walk around the house and name a few things that they see. If the items are small and light have them collect the items and count how many items they collected. 


Seesaw activity posted.

Make sure you have the class seesaw app not the family seesaw the assignments won't be found there. 


Workbook page: 50


Grossmotor: Do the bear walk 



Tuesday

Book: Have You Seen My Monster by Steve Light 

What shapes do you see?

What color are the shapes?


Activity: have children make a purple monster like the one in the book 




Seesaw activity posted.

Make sure you have the class seesaw app not the family seesaw the assignments won't be found there. 


Workbook page: 51


Grossmotor: Do the bear walk 


Wednesday

Book: I Went Walking by Sue Williams

Questions: 

How did the child in this book feel when he saw the cat? How do you know?

How did the child in this book feel when he saw the dog? How do you know?

Why do you think the animals followed the child?


Activity: Have your child paint a self portrait 

Seesaw activity posted.

Make sure you have the class seesaw app not the family seesaw the assignments won't be found there. 


Workbook: finish all pages up to page 52


Grossmotor: Do the bear walk 



Thursday

Book: Have You Seen My Monster by Steve Light 

What shapes do you see?

What color are the shapes?


Activity: cut shapes out from construction paper. Have children put the shapes together too make themselves. Have children point out what she is being used for what body part. EX. circle for head, triangle for feet exc. 




Seesaw activity posted.

Make sure you have the class seesaw app not the family seesaw the assignments won't be found there. 


Workbook: page 53

Grossmotor: Do the bear walk 







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Sunday, November 29, 2020

Week of 11/30 - 12/04

 

REMINDERS!


Exploration TWO

Exploration 2: Our Environment  

Essential Question: What can we discover about our community?

Focus Area: Seeing

Weekly Focus: Eyes 


Monday

Book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle

Activity: Using the watercolor palette have you child illustrate something they see around them. 


Tuesday 

Book: Different? Same! by Heather Tekavec

Activity: Math have children compare and contrast things around the house. 


Wednesday

Book: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle

Activity: have the children match the crayons to the color of the animals and then color them. 


Thursday 

Book: Different? Same! by Heather Tekavec

Activity: Write the child's name with glue and have children use button, scraps of paper, pom poms to design their name. 


Friday 

Book: Corduroy by Don Freeman

Activity: Have children make a Corduroy of their own. A friendly bear. Supply them with buttons and ask what color is Corduroys overall, how many buttons are needed and have them draw the eyes nose and mouth. 

example: 


Activities are assigned on Seasaw please complete them as well 

Please send me picture of your children working on the activities from the blog. 


Workbook pages 48 - 49


Gross Motor: Fun with Gross Motor Skills!



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