Wednesday, 4/1 Lessons and Activities

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording.  After singing along with ‘Be Still’ and Know,’ please listen to Jesus Before Pilate and The Crucifixion.  (Feel free to spread these stories out over two days if that works best for your family.  I want to complete the remainder of the Easter stories this week.)Continue to practice Matthew 28: 5-6 at home.

Writing: 

This week we are continuing our Opinion Writing Unit.  Remember what we’ve learned about facts vs opinions?  We’ve spent time writing facts (things we can prove and are the same for everyone,) now we are going to spend time writing about opinions.

Head to Seesaw and watch the 4/1 writing mini-lesson.  You’ll create an opinion response on either Dog or Cat or Hot Air Balloon or Helicopter.  (Download PDF from email or there is a separate writing paper handout in Seesaw.  Or, create your own writing paper to match!) Then, send your writing back to me via Seesaw! *If you want to do both pages, feel free!!

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our 4/1 math lesson for today!  We are going to talk about number groups and practice addition equations with answers up to 10.  After watching the mini-lesson you will complete pages 197 and 198 from your folder. When you’re done, send me a picture!

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This should take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this!

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email. Work on ‘Wednesday/Thursday’ of week 20. 

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty lesson…..We are continuing our Characters Reading Unit together!  Before our mini-lesson, listen to my Owen read aloud again on Seesaw. Then, head to the Seesaw 4/1 mini-lesson and respond with a video or picture detailing a time when you and a character demonstrated the same action.  (Both going to the store, eating breakfast, playing outside etc.)

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort 

*Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards! 

*Do some Fitness- search YouTube for ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga,’ ‘Zumba for Kids,’ or ‘goNoodle.’

*Practice a sport or play a game outside

*Play with some playdoh or magnets

*Take a virtual fieldtrip 

Monday, 3/30 Lessons and Activities

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording.  After singing along with ‘Be Still’ and Know,’ please read the story/notes on Gethsemane and listen to Peter’s Denial (feel free to spread these stories out over two days if that works best for your family.  I want to complete the remainder of the Easter stories this week.) Continue to practice Matthew 28: 5-6 at home.

Writing: 

This week we are continuing our Opinion Writing Unit.  Remember what we’ve learned about facts vs opinions?  We’ve spent time writing facts (things we can prove and are the same for everyone,) now we are going to spend time writing about opinions.

First listen to Duck! Rabbit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36AqMX5uua4

Next, head to Seesaw and watch the 3/30 writing mini-lesson.  You’ll create a response about Duck! Rabbit!  (Download PDF from email or there is a separate writing paper handout in Seesaw. Or, create your own writing paper to match!)  Then, send your writing back to me via Seesaw!

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our 3/30 math lesson for today!  We are going to complete a teen number book.  After watching the mini-lessons (two parts,) you will need pages 185, 191, and 195 from your folder.  Make sure you complete/finish these pages prior to making your book.When you’re done, share it with someone in your family and send me a picture or video of your book!

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This should take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this!

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email. Work on ‘Monday/Tuesday’ of week 20. 

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty lesson…..We are continuing our Characters Reading Unit together!  Before our mini-lesson, listen to my Owen read aloud on Seesaw.  Then, head to the Seesaw 3/30 mini-lesson and respond with a video or picture showing a character’s facial expression or body language that you can connect with.

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort 

*Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards! 

*Do some Fitness- search YouTube for ‘Cosmic Kids Yoga,’ ‘Zumba for Kids,’ or ‘goNoodle.’

*Practice a sport or play a game outside

*Play with some playdoh or magnets

Thursday, 3/26 Lessons and Activities

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording and story notes. After singing along with ‘Be Still’ and Know,’ please read the 3/26 story: The Last Supper.  Finally, review our Bible Memory: Matthew 28:5-6.

Writing:

This week we are starting a new Writing unit on Opinion Writing!  Remember what we’ve learned about facts vs opinions?  We’ve spent time writing facts (things we can prove and are the same for everyone,) now we are going to spend time writing about opinions.

Head to Seesaw and watch the 3/26 writing mini-lesson about your favorite playground activity.  Following the mini-lesson, please write about your favorite playground equipment.  (PDF of playground equipment paper in email or in Seesaw.)  If you already did this writing, please tell me about another favorite piece of equipment or about your favorite park equipment. 

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our 3/26 math lesson for today!  We are going to talk about finding and writing equations up to 10 and will complete pages 193-194 from your folder.  Finally, you will work on Freckle or an optional math game. 

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This should take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this!

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email. Work on ‘Thursday/Friday’ of week 19. 

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty lesson…..We are starting a new Reading Unit together!  Before our mini-lesson, head to Epic. Find Mrs. Becksfort’s favorites collection and listen to Chrysanthemum.  Then, head to Seesaw for our 3/26 mini-lesson on what other characters say about your character and respond with a video explaining this from one of your books.

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Math Game (attached to email)

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort 

Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards! 

Wednesday, 3/25 Lessons and Activities

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording and story.  After singing along with ‘Be Still and Know,’ please listen to the 3/25 Preparing for the Passover story.  Send a Seesaw response about how you can serve others. 

Writing:

This week we are starting a new Writing unit on Opinion Writing!  Remember what we’ve learned about facts vs opinions?  We’ve spent time writing facts (things we can prove and are the same for everyone,) now we are going to spend time writing about opinions.

Head to Seesaw and watch the 3/25 writing mini-lesson.  You’ll create a response (with support) about three “would you rather?” questions.

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our 3/25 math lesson for today!  We are going to talk about finding and writing equations for number partner pairs and will complete pages 189-191 from your folder.  Finally, you will send me a picture or video of your own number partner pair example. 

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This should take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this! 

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email.  Work on ‘Wednesday’ of week 19.  

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty lesson…..We are continuing our new Reading Unit together!  Before our mini-lesson, head to Epic. Find Mrs. Becksfort’s favorites collection and listen to Chrysanthemum.  Then, head to Seesaw for our 3/25 mini-lesson about what characters say and do and respond with a video on what you notice about a character from your book.

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Math Game (attached to email)

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort

*Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards! 

Monday, 3/23 Lessons and Activities

Monday, March 23

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording and story.  After singing along with ‘Be Still’ and Know,’ please listen to the Triumphal Entry story and get ready to create your own palm branch! 

Writing:

This week we are starting a new Writing unit on Opinion Writing!  Remember what we’ve learned about facts vs opinions?  We’ve spent time writing facts (things we can prove and are the same for everyone,) now we are going to spend time writing about opinions.

Head to Seesaw and watch the 3/23 writing mini-lesson.  You’ll create a response about your favorite color.  (Download PDF from email or there is a separate writing paper handout in Seesaw.  If needed, create your own writing paper to match!)  Then, send your writing back to me via Seesaw!

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our 3/23 math lesson for today!  We are going to review math symbols and equations and complete addition/subtraction pages from your folder.  Finally, you will practice in Freckle!

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This should take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this! 

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email. Work on ‘Monday/Tuesday’ of week 19. 

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty lesson…..We are starting a new Reading Unit together!  Before our mini-lesson, head to Epic. Find Mrs. Becksfort’s favorites collection and listen to Chrysanthemum.  Then, head to Seesaw for our mini-lesson and respond with a video about a character from your book.  (Details on Seesaw.)

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Math Game (attached to email)

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort 

*Play outside

*Check out 'goNoodle' or 'Cosmic Kids Yoga!'

Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards

Thursday, 3/19 Lessons and Activities

Thursday, March 19

Bible: 

Let’s get our hearts ready for our Bible story. We want our hands to be still and our hearts and minds to be focused on our God.  We always start with singing the ‘Be Still and Know’ song. Go to Seesaw for the recording and story.  After singing along with ‘Be Still’ and Know,’ please listen to me read the Jonah story (with a few more details) from one of our classroom storybook Bibles.

Writing:

Remember all the work we’ve done with nonfiction books in both reading and writing?  Here’s your chance to continue to show what you know!

In our classroom, we’ve been working hard on completing an All About book on an animal of your choice.  When we get back to school, you can share this particular book with our class. 

Go back to the book you started yesterday.  Also, get ready to find your particular animal nonfiction book in Epic (found in the mailbox along the bottom.)

**Watch my quick All About clip on Seesaw!

1. Next, review your animal facts from yesterday. Did you finish your cover page and diagram?  If not, start with these!

2. Then, start on the writing pages.  You should focus on completing the pages and habitat pages today.  If you can finish those, head right to the facts page!  I gave you two fact pages so that you can write two facts. Maybe you can fit even more on these pages!
3. If you finish today, you can write the correct number pages in the table of contents.  If you don’t, please come back to this on Friday and finish the book!

4. Send me pages via Seesaw or email as you finish! I can’t WAIT to read them!!!

Math:

Please head back to Seesaw and find our math lesson for today!  We are going to review math symbols and complete an addition/subtraction paper from your folder. 

Reading:

Start with Phonemic Awareness practice!  This will take about 10 minutes.  (Parents our curriculum provider, Heggerty, has graciously offered three weeks of free lessons during our time away from the classroom.  Please check out the training video and resources.  Parents-please know that teachers spent an afternoon receiving training in this curriculum.  There are several motions for each section of the daily lesson.  No need to master these motions—try your best, but your child will be a great leader for this!

What is Phonemic Awareness?

Kindergarten Lesson Modeled

**Phonemic Awareness lessons are attached to the email. Work on ‘Friday’ of week 18.  

Kindergartners, be sure to show your family members how we use these motions during our learning!  You can be a great teacher! 

Following the Heggerty Review, get ready to talk about Fiction and Nonfiction books.  Head back to Seesaw for a mini-lesson on comparing fiction and nonfiction books on the same topic.

*Optional* Extras/Additional opportunities:

*Math Game (see attached to email)

*Write a letter or card to mail to a friend, family member, or Mrs. Becksfort! 

*Research something new – this is a great time to learn all about a new topic you've been curious about. Outer space? The Grand Canyon? A famous American? The possibilities are endless! 

*Learn to cook or bake something – there is quite a bit of math involved in cooking and baking!  Read the recipe, find the ingredients, set the oven, measure the ingredients, assemble the dish, and of course try it when it's done. It's also a great time to help with meals at home -assist in making them, setting the table, and washing the dishes afterwards! 

*Play outside

*Check out 'goNoodle' or 'Cosmic Kids Yoga!'

Dr. Seuss Day

We had another busy and fun-filled week in kindergarten!  The kindergartners enjoyed our milder weather and the opportunity to skip wearing some winter weather gear during recesses.  Additionally, the kindergartners enjoyed reading several Dr. Seuss books, showing off silly socks, sampling green eggs and ham, and completing many other corresponding activities.  It is such a blessing to see the kindergartners’ continued excitement for reading and reading-related activities!    

Curriculum Update:

Writing: All About Writing-Animal Topic

Bible: Elisha and Hezekiah 

Math: Math Mountains and Addition and Subtraction Fluency 

Literacy Block: Nonfiction Books-Using Prior Knowledge

Phonics: Phoneme Blending and Substitution 

Announcements/Looking Ahead:

BAG Books:

Thank-you for your help in making BAG books a success!  As your child continues to practice and read new books, please note that the difficulty level often varies even between the ‘letter level’ of each book.  Your child may read some books with ease, but may have more difficulty with other books.  The books we use are intentionally designed to vary in difficulty level so that they can both build your child’s reading confidence, as well as offer challenges along the way.  Thanks again for your help with this program!  Please be sure that your child returns his or her books every Monday.

Bible Memory:
Our March Bible Memory is Matthew 28: 5-6.  Thank-you for your continued practice at home!

March 13-Fun Night at Pine Ridge

March 23 and 25: Parent/Teacher Conferences 

April 6-9: Spring Break 

April 14: First Tuesday added to our Kindergarten Schedule 
April 15: ODC Habitats Field Trip

Anticipating Spring

We had an exciting week in our kindergarten classroom!  Our time together was filled with anticipating spring crafts and activities and beginning a new reading unit!  Additionally, the kindergartners and I spent time talking about the importance of Lent and the meaning and specifics behind preparing our hearts and minds for Easter.  Finally, the kindergartners enjoyed participating in a chapel led by Mrs. Hunderman's and Mrs. Dreyer's second graders.  

Curriculum Update:

Writing: All About Writing-Animal Topic

Bible: Elijah

Math: Math Mountains and Addition and Subtraction Fluency 

Literacy Block: Nonfiction Books
Phonics: Phoneme Blending  

Announcements/Looking Ahead:

BAG Books:

Thank-you for your help in making BAG books a success!  As your child continues to practice and read new books, please note that the difficulty level often varies even between the ‘letter level’ of each book.  Your child may read some books with ease, but may have more difficulty with other books.  The books we use are intentionally designed to vary in difficulty level so that they can both build your child’s reading confidence, as well as offer challenges along the way.  Thanks again for your help with this program!  Please be sure that your child returns his or her books every Monday.

Bible Memory:
Our March Bible Memory is Matthew 28: 5-6.  Thank-you for your continued practice at home!

Fun Night:

Friday, March 13, 2020 5:30 - 8:00pm at Pine Ridge.  

We need LOTS of volunteers to help make this night possible.  Please consider some of the following volunteer opportunities: baking cupcakes, serving pizza for supper, working one of the shifts for a game, and donating cans of pop or other candy.  

All donations may be dropped off in the schools offices.  Please bring your donations to school no later than Friday, March 6.

You can sign up at: www.hcfunnight.blogspot.com

If you have questions, please contact Jen Brink at jenjbrink@gmail.com

March 11-Kindergarten Dr. Seuss Day
March 13-Fun Night at Pine Ridge
March 23 and 25: Parent/Teacher Conferences 

April 6-9: Spring Break 

April 14: First Tuesday added to our Kindergarten Schedule 
April 15: ODC Habitats Field Trip