Morning Message #47

Video:  Message with Mrs. Cody

Good morning kindergarten friends,

Today is Thursday, May 28th, 2020.

Here is today's Daily Special   -Artful Thursday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one new assignment about the base 10 model in the  section.  You can also choose some of the other number practice problems in the  section. 

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes. Here is a story about a famous trombone player called Trombone Shorty

Please Finish Project for Friday:

Please listen to The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown.  It is one of my favorite books because it makes me feel super special.  I love to write poems for kindergarten kids in the spring about all the ways each of you are important to each other.  I need all of you to help me with this.  Over the next few days will you please think of one thing about each person in our class that is special about them?  Your family can help record your words and send them to me as soon as possible. 

Parents can you please cut/paste my chart into an email.  Or you can send a picture of your child's important list.   The kids can do a few children each day or all at once.  They can share just a couple of kind words for each friend. (I did an example/other ideas:  Fun to play with.  A great artist.  A fab mathematician. Great reader.  etc).  Thank you for all of your help.  This is my end of year project.  I have done this for every kindergarten class and I want to continue the tradition!

Child’s Name	Something Special About...
Example:  Mrs. Cody	Read books to us. Drinks lots of coffee.   Loves basketball.  Likes to walk.  Is a kind friend.
Jubal
Hendrix
Tess
Ryker
Lucy
Quincy
Elsa
George
Colette
Beckett
Simone
Ryan
Dylan
Olivia
Mrs.Brigham

Optional Activities:

Write the numbers from  1-20.  Make sure they are all written correctly!

Count backwards from 29 to 1.

Do you remember how to show a teen number with your fingers?  Show 15, 17, 19 to someone in your family!

Have a wonderful day!  Love, Mrs. Cody

Extended Learning for Kindergarten

Morning Message #46

Video:  Morning Message Mrs. Cody

Hello Exploring Friends,

Today is Wednesday, May 27th, 2020.

Here is today's Daily Special   -wellness Wednesday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one new assignment about adding and subtracting in the  section.  You can also choose some of the other number practice problems in the  section. 

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes.  Here is a story read to you by Carrie from ECO called Our Nest.

Class Activity:  Keep working on this project!

Please listen to The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown.  It is one of my favorite books because it makes me feel super special.  I love to write poems for kindergarten kids in the spring about all the ways each of you are important to each other.  I need all of you to help me with this.  Over the next few days will you please think of one thing about each person in our class that is special about them?  Your family can help record your words and send them to me as soon as possible. Please return by Friday.

Parents can you please cut/paste my chart into an email.  Or you can send a picture of your child's important list.   The kids can do a few children each day or all at once.  They can share just a couple of kind words for each friend. (I did an example/other ideas:  Fun to play with.  A great artist.  A fab mathematician. Great reader.  etc).  Thank you for all of your help.  This is my end of year project.  I have done this for every kindergarten class and I want to continue the tradition!

Child’s Name	Something Special About...
Example:  Mrs. Cody	Read books to us. Drinks lots of coffee.   Loves basketball.  Likes to walk.  Is a kind friend.
Jubal
Hendrix
Tess
Ryker
Lucy
Quincy
Elsa
George
Colette
Beckett
Simone
Ryan
Dylan
Olivia
Mrs.Brigham

Optional Activities:

Here are some ECO activities for you to consider from Carrie and her friends at the Nature Center.  

Nesting "Birds and Other Creatures"

Dear Kindergartners!

There are so many exciting things happening in nature right now! Oodles of new shades of green popping up, dandelions and violets blooming, bees and other insects buzzing about looking for pollen, amphibians making noise and moving here and there, and birds and other animals preparing for having babies.  Have you noticed new birds in your neighborhood, perhaps moving materials around to make nests?  This week’s activities explore how birds take on the task of making a cozy spot to lay their eggs.  We hope you enjoy these outside adventures!  

Video--Our friend Mary from NBNC Forest Preschool Mary becomes a bird and makes a nest: 

Collecting Materials to Build A Nest
Activity--Birds Nest Experiment:

Constructing Bird Nests

Have an adventurous day!  Love, Mrs. Cody

Extended Learning for Kindergarten

Morning Message #45

Video:  Message With Mrs.Cody

Good morning kindergarten friends,

Today is Tuesday, May 26th, 2020.

Here is today's Daily Special   -tuneful Tuesday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one new assignment about number pathways in the  section.  You can also choose some of the other number practice problems in the  section. 

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes.

Please listen to The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown.  It is one of my favorite books because it makes me feel super special.  I love to write poems for kindergarten kids in the spring about all the ways each of you are important to each other.  I need all of you to help me with this.  Over the next few days will you please think of one thing about each person in our class that is special about them?  Your family can help record your words and send them to me as soon as possible. Please return by Friday.

Parents can you please cut/paste my chart into an email.  Or you can send a picture of your child's important list.   The kids can do a few children each day or all at once.  They can share just a couple of kind words for each friend. (I did an example/other ideas:  Fun to play with.  A great artist.  A fab mathematician. Great reader.  etc).  Thank you for all of your help.  This is my end of year project.  I have done this for every kindergarten class and I want to continue the tradition!

Child’s Name	Something Special About...
Example:  Mrs. Cody	Read books to us. Drinks lots of coffee.   Loves basketball.  Likes to walk.  Is a kind friend.
Jubal
Hendrix
Tess
Ryker
Lucy
Quincy
Elsa
George
Colette
Beckett
Simone
Ryan
Dylan
Olivia
Mrs.Brigham

Have a fabulous day!  Love, Mrs. Cody

Extended Learning for Kindergarten

Morning Message #44

Video:  Message from Mrs. Cody

Howdy Friends,

Today is t.g.i. Friday, May 21st, 2020.

Chick Report:

The chicks are leaving for the UVM farm today!  What do you think life will be like on the farm?  Will it be the same as life at my house or different?  Please draw a picture and write a sentence about the chicks.  Here is an idea...

Chicks at the farm you will ____________________.

Here is today's Daily Special   -Frey Friday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is no new assignment.  You can try to finish any old  work from before or make your own Freckle choice.

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes. Perhaps you can read one of your old favorite books to a stuffy, parent, friend, sister/brother or just in a cozy place at your house!

Optional Activities:

It is choice time Friday here are some ideas for a Fabulous Friday (Many ideas inspired by all of you!):

1. Go on a picnic
2. Have a play or puppet show
3. Open an art store (where you can sell your art)
4. Have a tea party
5. Build a very tall lego structure
6. Take a hike and look for creatures
7. Go on a bike ride
8. Build a fairy home outside
9. Play a game
10. Jump rope
11. Bounce a basketball 
12. Scooter
13. Enjoy the day with a choice of your own
14. Send me a picture of your choice time activity

The joke of the day is: Why couldn’t the flower ride its bike?

Today’s problem solver is a Would You Rather about stems.

Would you rather have one flower with a really long stem or a bunch of flowers with tiny stems?

Show your thinking in pictures, numbers, or words and share it with me!

Here is an idea...

I would rather have ____________________________ because ____________________________.

Have a fantastic Friday!  Lots of Love, Mrs. Cody and the 9 Chicks 

Answer to the joke of the day:  It lost its petals

Morning Message #43

Video:  Message with Mrs.Cody 

Hello Friends,

Today is thankful Thursday, May 20th, 2020.

Chick Report:

The chicks had so much fun yesterday seeing all of you.  When we got home they were very hungry and tired. Did you notice anything about the chicks while they were at your house?

Here is today's Daily Special   -Artful Thursday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one counting assignment.  You can try to finish any old  work from before.   

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes. Here is a mystery you can listen to Private I. Guana.  There is usually a problem in a story.  When you read a mystery the characters in the story need to find clues to solve the problem.

Optional Activities:

It felt so wonderful to see all of you yesterday.  Sometimes when I’m feeling a lot of feelings, it’s hard for me to describe exactly what I’m feeling.  I wanted to share a song that helps me when I don’t know how to talk about all of my feelings.  This song reminds me that it’s okay to have a lot of feelings and that talking about them with someone who cares can help!   Sesame Street sings about Feelings .  It helps to talk and write about your feelings.  How are you feeling today?  You can write a sentence and draw a picture about your feelings!

 I am feeling ___________________________.

Have an outdoor sunny day!  Love, Mrs. Cody and the 9 Chicks

Extended Learning for Kindergarten  

Morning Message #42

Video: Message With Mrs.Cody

Happy Chick Parade Day,

Today is wellness Wednesday, May 19th, 2020.

Chick Report:

Our 9 chicks are growing so fast.  They eat chick food, known as "starter feed" or "chick crumb."  Do baby chicks

get treats?  If they are raised by a mother hen they have treats from day 1.  She tells them what to eat in the farmyard. But unlike a mother hen, we can't be there all the time to tell them what they're supposed to eat!  Left to their own devices they would choose a yummy treat over proper food every time!  I was able to video the last egg hatching.

 Egg Hatching (2)

Here is today's Daily Special  -Wellness Wednesday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one new base 10 assignment.  You can try to finish any old  work from before.   

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes.  Read for 30 minutes. Here is our friend Quincy reading Please Sit Still.  Have you ever had to sit still for a long time?  It can be very tricky! I had to be very patient to video the last egg hatching.

Optional Activities:

Today’s problem solver is a story problem about frogs.

There were 6 frogs sitting on a log. Some frogs jumped into the water. How many frogs were left sitting on the log?

Show your thinking in pictures, numbers, or words and share it with me.

Practice writing the numbers 1-20.  You can make them really tiny, fancy or super big!  Try doing it with chalk on the pavement.

Extended Kindergarten Learning Opportunities 

 

See you soon and have an egg-cellent day!  Lots of Love, Mrs. Cody and the 

Morning Message #41

Video: Morning Message With Mrs. Cody 

Hello Friends,

Today is tuneful Tuesday, May 18th, 2020.

Chick Report:

Our 9 chicks are now in their brooder.  A brooder is a special heated home for raising baby chicks.  Watch this video to see our chicks in their brooder.  

 Brooder (1)

Were you careful to notice what they need now to survive?

Here is today's Daily Special -Tuneful Tuesday!  

Math (20 Minutes):

Here is the link to Freckle.   In Freckle today there is one new assignment.  You can try to finish any old  work from before.  I attached a video about subtracting and finding the missing number (within 5) at the bottom of the page.  

Literacy:

Lexia for 15-20 minutes 

Read for 30 minutes.  Here is a science story you might like to listen to called Shadow Play  Perhaps you can try the activity at the end of the book when you go outside today!

Optional Activities:

I wish I had watched this Mystery from my friend Doug when I was little How can the sun help you if you are lost?  Have you ever watched the sun throughout the day to see how it moves?  This video explains this to you.   You can even make a sun mover! 

Quincy's Chick Math

Tess's Chick Math

Extended Kindergarten Learning Opportunities 

 

Have a super sunny day!  Lots of Love, Mrs. Cody and the