I hope that you are staying healthy and happy! I really enjoyed the responses that you have been sending me, and I feel like each week that we are learning in this way, we will become more comfortable and will be able to add new ways to connect and opportunities for learning. With that being said, for Literacy and Math, I will be sending a whole group activity and options for individual learning. As time goes on, you will find a routine that work best for your family. Some of you have been asking for a schedule and I will be glad to help. The guidelines set out by the Ministry of Education are 5 hours of learning per week for Kindergarten. Please keep in mind that every interaction you have with your child is an opportunity for learning. An ideal schedule would be for you to read with your child daily, spend 10 minutes working on the games I sent out for counting and letters or words, and selecting one or two activities from this list provided. The games and apps that I have sent can be done as much or as little as you want. I want to reinforce that these learning opportunities and schedules are merely suggestions and to provide guidance. I understand that these are different times and I know that every parent is doing their very best for their children.
Please click on this link to view my message to the kids: Weekly Message April 13, 2020
Draw a picture of a rainbow. Create your own survey question about favourite colours. Write your colour options below your rainbow and ask each member of your family "What is your favourite colour?" If you do not have many people in your house hold, this would be a perfect opportunity to phone relatives and practice conversational skills and phone etiquette. Record your answers using tally marks. What did you learn from this survey? Which colour had the most tally marks? Which colour had the least tally marks? BONUS: Create a concrete bar graph using your lego to represent your data. Hint, this is just like your "bully beans" and "Smartie" graphing.
Please visit "Epic" and find the book: "I See Rainbows" and listen as the story is read aloud to you. Tell someone what you learned about rainbows.
Begin a journal to document what you have learned each week. For this week's entry, consider the following questions: What did I learn? What did I like about this week's activities? Do you have any "wonders" about rainbows or questions to further your learning about rainbows?
Please pick one of these literacy options that best suits your child's ability and/or interest:
Write the letters of the alphabet using all the colours of the rainbow.
SK- Write all the words you know how to spell, using a different colour for each letter.
Please pick one of these numeracy options that best suits your child's ability and/or interest:
Sort your lego by colour. Count out how many of each colour you have.
Remember to touch and count each piece.
Sort your lego by colour. Create a "Make 10 Rainbow" to show the bonds of 10. You can draw the rainbow or use manipulatives. Write simple equations for each of the bonds (eg. 0 + 10 = 10, 1 + 9= 10 etc).
Belonging and Contributing
"The Colours of the Rainbow" by Jack Hartmann:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7XcKDTzI4
Go on a rainbow Scavenger Hunt.
Self-Regulation and Well-Being
Create one rainbow art project. These are three examples but you are not limited to these. Use the materials that you have available.
Rainbow Mobile: You will need a stick, some string, paper, scissors and markers. Have your child draw a picture of the sun, a cloud, a raindrop, and a cloud. Cut them out and attach them to string and then the stick.
Potato Print Rainbow and Clouds: You will need one large potato, paint, and paper. Cut a large potato in half. Cut a cloud design in one half of the potato and a rainbow on the other half. Dip in paint and use the potato like a stamp.
Paper Plate Tamborine: You will need a paper plate, rice or something to make a sound, markers or paint, a stapler or glue. Fold the plate in half, fill it with rice and fasten it. Decorate the outside by drawing a rainbow.
"Awesome Rainbows" Please google: GoNoodle Awesome Rainbows, you will find a great song to get your child moving.
Problem Solving and Innovating
Please take an opportunity to check out the "Colours" section on PebbleGo.
Login in to PebbleGo (username: sopl243 password: school) Click "Science" then click "Physical Sciences" then click "Light" then click "Colours". PebbleGo will read the information to your child. Please go through all of the tabs at the top. The very last one gives an explanation of how rainbows are formed.
I am so excited for a science experiment this week. What do you think will happen, if I put Skittles (yes, Skittles the candy!) on a plate and add warm water? Please send me your predictions by Thursday April 16, 2020. Once I receive all of your predictions, I will send a video of the experiment for you to observe and you can tell me what you see!
If you want to try this experiment at home, you will need:
- A bag of Skittles candy;
- a plate;
- warm water
Sort out the Skittles by colour. Make a circle using the Skittles to form a pattern around the outside of the plate. Make your predictions. Pour the warm water into the centre of the plate and observe. What is happening? Tell an adult about it so they can write it down or make a video as you conduct your experiment.
Building Challenge
Use materials found in your home to build a rainbow bridge for a small toy or figure to cross. Materials you might use are lego blocks, pipe cleaners, play dough, paper or plastic cups, popsicle sticks, string and or any other material you can find. If parents are able to take a picture, you can write about your bridge or make a short video. By documenting the learning, its helps give me a chance to be part of your building and learning process. Remember that designing and building is a process and if doesn't work the first time, simply start again but remember what did not work so you can make adjustments the next time.
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