I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!! Here are some ideas for Week 3 of Home Learning. Please contact me at any time if you have any questions or concerns at sherrie.bell@nbed.nb.ca

Speaking and Listening

Choose from the following activities (or continue listening and talking about a story):

*Hide a mystery object in a box or bag. Give clues to a family member about what is inside the box. See if they can guess what the object is and then, switch roles.

*Call a friend and ask them 3 questions about what they have been doing. Have them ask you 3 questions as well.

*Take a walk around your yard/neighborhood. Record or tell someone the things you hear, see, smell, and touch.

Then you can do your calendar on www.starfall.com

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Alphabet

Find objects in your house that begin with the letters b,c,d and f.  Write or draw a picture of some things you find.

Review your letters and sounds by playing these songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sySEGRm8TQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi1dwHp1ppU&pbjreload=10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP85wRv3M40

Review your letters on https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/

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Sight Words

Review your A - C Level sight words

I, a, am, at, can, go, is, like, me, see, the,

to, dad, he, in, it, look, mom, my, on, up, we,

and, are, come, for, got, here, not, play, said, you.

Review these sight words with these videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Tg_pzh3Q0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5aHNnQLgE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBKwChlunQ

If your child is having trouble with any of the sight words they can build the word with playdoh, rainbow write it (print the word tracing it in many different colored crayons), print them in the driveway with chalk or cut the letters out and practice building the word and mess it up and build it again. 

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Reading

Continue using Raz-Kids. I assigned each student two new books for the week but feel free to let your child choose their own book around the same level. 

 Login Instructions:

Kids A-Z Login Instructions:

Step 1: Go to www.kidsa-z.com    (there is also an app available)

Step 2: Enter or choose the teacher's username, sherriebell

Step 3: Your child finds his or her username on the class chart.

Step 4: Your child enters his or her password.

Our class is the “fish” symbol.

Some other fun ideas:

*Read your favourite book in the dark with a flashlight.

*Build a reading fort. Bring your favourite books inside to read them.

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Writing

Make a card for someone special and give it to them.

or

Watch an episode of your favorite tv show. Draw/write about your favorite part or your favorite actor/actress in the show.

Remember to sound out the words you do not know and put your spaces between the words and use your sight words to help!

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Math

Choose from some of the following suggestions:

*Practice writing your phone number and your address.

*Find 3 things in your house that are taller than you. Find 3 things that are shorter than you.

*Find 3 things in your house that are heavier than you. Find 3 things that are lighter than you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c63GSu3oWns&list=PL-8VPysCNVem5RUtBRv8XCZkzXqjJ6Fxy (this is a counting song the kids love to do)

Try some of these math games (the abcya links are not accessible from a cell phone or an iPad. They only seem to work on home computers or laptops):

https://www.abcya.com/games/counting_fish

https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/tall-and-short

https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/light-and-heavy

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On April 22, we celebrate Earth Day.

Go onto www.starfall.com, and click on the Earth.

Listen to a story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GqM-U5dCsQ&t=113s

How can you help protect our Earth?

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