Home Learning November 5, 2021

I just want to say thank you so much for all you are doing at home! Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns at natalie.corcoran@nbed.nb.ca.

Language Arts

Continue to practice reading the 2 books that were sent home.

Listen to a story on

https://www.storylineonline.net

or

Have an adult read a book to you.

Retell the story in your own words.

Do the calendar on Starfall.com

https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?sn=main

Learn about the Seasons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZjpI6fgYSY

Try this game to learn more about Seasons

https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/seasons-spinner/

Learn the Months of the Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

Learn the Days of the Week

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

Review our Zoo-phonics letter/sounds 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4RuBB-aFb0

*Continue to use the Zoo-phonics chart in your Home Links duo tang to practice the letter/sounds.

Review our first list of kindergarten sight words 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIxhNe5_S0

*Play the sight word games that were sent home in your Home Links duo tang.

Try these fun sight word games

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

https://www.roomrecess.com/mobile/SightWordSmash/play.html

Look through some of your favorite books from home to see if you can recognize and read some of your kindergarten sight words.

Learn about beginning sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVYa4Vv4mYY

Try this fun beginning sound game

https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/abbys-sandbox-search/

Draw a picture of your favorite toy. Label your picture with the first sound of that toy. If you can, try to sound the word out slowly to record more of the sounds you hear in that word. 

Please continue to practice printing your name and saying the names of each letter in your name. Be sure to use a capital letter at the beginning of your name and the remaining letters should all be lowercase letters. Do your best! :)

*You can use your dry erase marker and the sheets in the plastic page protectors, in your Home Links duo tang, to practice printing letters, numbers, and your name.

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Math

Sorting 

Have your child sort items from around your home. They can sort forks, knives and spoons or fruits and vegetables or help you sort laundry or toys, etc.

Patterns

Have your child create 2-part patterns from some of the items they sorted. They may also want to try make up their own 2-part sound or action patterns.

They could go outside and sort and create patterns with leaves, rocks, sticks etc.

Subitize (Instantly recognizing the number of objects in a small group, without counting.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_QktFST7iA

Roll a dotted dice and have your child quickly say the amount without counting. 

Counting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RfIKqkvHTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c63GSu3oWns&list=PL-8VPysCNVem5RUtBRv8XCZkzXqjJ6Fxy

Have your child roll a dice and make a group to represent the number rolled. They could use toys, treats, goldfish crackers, cereal etc.

Try this fun counting game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/teddy-numbers

Comparing quantities:

Have your child roll two dotted dice. Have then say the amount on each dice and then get them to tell you which one has more dots, which one has fewer dots or if they have the same amount.

You can also have them compare quantities by holding up fingers on both of your hands and having them to tell you which one has more, which one has fewer, or if they have the same amount. 

Try these games online:

https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/bugs/

https://ca.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/fewer-and-more-compare-by-counting

*Please continue to use the Squiggle Park website.

1. Visit Squiggle Park at https://www.squigglepark.com/  (Literacy Skills Practice)

2. In the upper right-hand corner click on Student Play

3. Click on the arrow in the center of the screen 

4. Enter the Group/Access code that was sent home with the Squiggle Park instructions.

5. Click NEXT in the bottom right-hand corner

6. Select your child’s name

7. Enter your child’s player code

8. Click NEXT in the bottom right-hand corner

*Please continue to use the Splash Math website.

1. Visit Splash Math at https://www.splashlearn.com/ or Download the SplashLearn iPad app and login as student (Math Skills Practice)

2. In the upper right-hand corner click on Log In 

3. Log in as Student 

4. Enter class code: LJVVVL

5. Select your child’s name

6. Click on the picture of the pylon/safety cone

*Please continue to use the Zorbit's Math website.

1. Visit Zorbit's Math at https://play.zorbitsmath.com/ to play on a computer, laptop or Chromebook.

   To play on an iPad, download the Zorbit’s Math Adventure app from the App Store. (If you don’t see the app, please update to the latest version of the iOS.)

2. Enter the username and password that was sent home with your child.

*Zorbit’s Math is not available on Android devices or iPhones.  

Home Learning Thursday, November 4, 2021

Good morning :)

Please continue to use the choice board that was posted on Monday and the

Virtual Daily Schedule for any ideas or activities that you might find helpful.

Language Arts:

Listen to a story on https://www.storylineonline.net

Do your calendar on https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?sn=main

Please continue to practice printing your name and saying the letters

in your nameas you print them.

Continue to review the Zoo-phonics letter/sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4RuBB-aFb0

Review the letter names and sounds:

https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/ 

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

Can you draw and label something that starts with the first letter in your name?

Math:

Continue to work on subitizing:

Subitize: Identify the number of things in a set by looking at them quickly,

without counting them one by one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yyz_OycV4A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSlA-u_ABmU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH8rLym53sw

Roll a dotted dice and have your child quickly say the amount without counting the dots. 

Try these fun games online to practice subitizing:

https://toytheater.com/five-frame/

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Five-Frame/

Practice your cutting skills! Have an adult draw some lines and shapes onto

a piece of paper and then practice cutting them out. Try to cut along the lines.

Have a great day!

Speaking and Listening

Listen to a story on

https://www.storylineonline.net

or

Have an adult read a book to you.

Discuss your favorite part of story.

Do the calendar on Starfall.com https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?sn=main

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Alphabet

Review the letter names and sounds https://www.starfall.com/h/abcs/

Review the letter names https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-lz2BI2Co

Review our Zoo-phonics letter/sounds                                                                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4RuBB-aFb0

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Sight Words

Review our first list of kindergarten sight words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qIxhNe5_S0

Reading

Practice reading the 2 books that were sent home.

Read the pictures from some of your favorite books from home. Look through the words to see if you can spot some of your Kindergarten sight words.

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Writing

Draw pictures of your favorite foods and label each picture by writing the beginning sound of each food item. If you can, try to sound the words out slowly to record more of the sounds within each word. 

Listen to the song, Beginning Sounds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVYa4Vv4mYY

Please continue to practice printing your name and saying the names of each letter in your name. Be sure to use a capital letter at the beginning of your name and the remaining letters should all be lowercase letters. Do your best! :)

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Math

Sorting 

Have your child sort items from around your home. They can sort forks, knives and spoons or fruits and vegetables or help you sort laundry or toys, etc.

Patterns

Have your child create 2-part patterns from some of the items they sorted. They may also want to try make up their own 2-part sound or action patterns.

They could go outside and sort and create patterns with rocks, sticks etc.

Subitizing (Student should be able to look at a small set and know how many) 

Subitize Up To 5 (soo-bi-tize) | Math Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann - YouTube 

Roll a dotted dice and have your child quickly say the amount without counting. 

Practice number recognition and listen to this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmB0GoEKkA

Comparing quantities

Have your child roll two dotted dice. Have then say the amount on each dice and then get them to tell you which one has more dots, which one has fewer dots or if they have the same amount.

You can also have them compare quantities by holding up fingers on both of your hands and having them to tell you which one has more, which one has fewer, or if they have the same amount.