This week we have been busy getting materials ready for your child. We’ve also spent some time this week training for virtual learning and setting up different learning accounts.
Please do NOT let your student work ahead on these materials. There is plenty of enrichment available online (with links in Google classroom). We want to make sure we are together in these materials and using them correctly rather than just rushing to complete them. Many of them have extension pieces that we will provide.
During this period of time the weekly newsletters will have a brief outline of the week to come. Your child will access most of our connections via their Google Classroom.
We have asked you to pick up their materials. What did we send home?
La Lectura
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- Reading with comprehension questions.
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- Grammar!
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- Spanish journal
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- Spanish Readers
Las matemáticas
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- Daily review
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- Finishing up chapter 8: Division and Chapter 9.
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- Starting workbook B (Don’t worry, I have links to the English version and videos with the instructions all set for Google classroom!)
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- Math journal (They should show all their work!)
Science
Jill has some online things she will be posting through Google classroom and communicating through Zoom. We are sending home some seeds though. Please wait for instructions!
History & Geography
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- They will complete their European Explorers log at home.
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- Be gentle with our class books. These will need to be returned!
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- Ms. Jill will give more instructions on these pages for the European Explorers Log.
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- Be gentle with our class books. These will need to be returned!
Spelling
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- Ms. Jill will give you new words via Google Classroom. You will be writing them on these blank sort pages.
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- Hmmm. We’ll let you know what these handwriting pages are for!
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- These pages are all found in the spelling folder of your big binder. Stay organized!
Music with Ms. Nadia
Art with Ms. Kelly
ART AT HOME Ideas
Hello Parents and Students! Here are some Art ideas for your very creative students to try at home! Each week I’ll send a Sketchbook Prompt and an Art Project suggestion. There are so many art-related resources online, but here are a few to start with:
WEBSITES:
www.Artprojectsforkids.org (many free “how to draw” ideas)
www.Cassiestephens.blogspot.com (lots of creative, fun lessons)
www.Deepspacesparkle.com (some free lessons and an “Emergency Sparkle Kit”)
Most Art Museums have wonderful websites for children!
SKETCHBOOK PROMPT:
You can make a simple sketchbook from copy paper or use a folder to collect various types of paper you already have. Write your name and date on each page!
First Day of Spring: Find a sign of spring in your yard or on a walk, such as a flower, a weed (dandelions!), a leaf, a branch with leaves or flowers, etc.
Observe it closely: What lines, shapes, colors and textures do you see? Look at the object from different angles. Make a pencil drawing of this object. Fill the page by making several drawings of the object. Challenge: Try drawing the object without lifting your pencil from the paper!
ART PROJECT:
Choose one drawing from your sketchbook and enlarge it to fill an entire page. (If possible, ask your parent if you can use their phone camera to zoom in on the object). Using a pencil, draw the outline of your leaf or flower or branch so that it touches all 4 sides of the paper. Trace over your pencil drawing with a black crayon. Then add color with crayons, markers, and/or watercolors if you have them. Observe again the colors in your object: how many different greens or yellows or browns do you see? Can you make different colors by layering crayons, or layering marker over crayon? Can you add texture by combining crayon and marker?
Look at the artwork of Georgia O’Keefe for inspiration!