Dear Parents, 

Here we are, one week in. It’s still surreal isn’t it? I hope you and your family are all healthy and enjoying being together. Going to school on Friday was so strange, and I was so sorry I couldn’t see any of you! Thank you so much Mr. Allen for being there to help assist with the picking up of materials !   I was so happy to see almost everyone was able to come in and get their materials and sign up for a Chromebook if you needed one. Thank you for the sweet surprise notes and gifts! You are so dear and I miss you all so much! I want to wish a belated Happy Birthday last Thursday to Tyler and Mia O!  I’m sorry I missed your special day!     I didn’t get my planbook  with the date until Friday, but this wish comes with love and a big hug to both of you! And to our remaining Star Students, we will figure out a way to have your special week for you too!

  We  teachers are learning how to “Zoom”, and are meeting as a staff tomorrow to learn how we are going to utilize this cool  new technology and others as we move forward. It is a learning curve for all of us and we thank you for your patience and cooperation as we adjust to all of these new changes. Please bear with us as we embark on this new journey through uncharted waters, mindful that we are all working very hard, learning to navigate through this new system together, creating  successful learning experiences for all of our students. Hopefully this is not all too overwhelming. We want to make sure that you have some great academic resources. We will update as needed and are flexible as this is all new to us as well. Thank you for your patience and support as we jump in together, and let me know if you have any questions. Be well, stay healthy, and give your little one a hug from me!

Here are the lessons for this week. These are some of the things we would be doing in class every day. I will be posting this Edlio as well.

Please follow these general instructions for our weekly lessons each week. Collect each week’s work and save it to turn in when we return to school. It would be helpful if you staple each weeks work together into a packet labeled with the weeks dates on the front.  We may be changing these instructions after we all meet as a staff tomorrow, so I’ll keep you posted as things change.  Thank you!

Many of our lessons will be accessed online through our district portal . Please go to

portal. pvpusd.net  and enter your child’s username and password to enter the portal.

Assignments for the Week of March 23 – 27

Math in Focus  via the portal. Go to Think Central. Go to My Library. Go to Student Edition Grade 1. Choose: Volume B . Go to Contents and choose:

 Chapter 16 :  Numbers to 120. Practice 3, Put on Your Thinking Caps, and Chapter Review Test .

This week  read and review Math Textbook pages: 196-215.  Do these together on a white board or a paper at home. You do not need to turn these in.

Math Workbook pages :  149-160.  Now that you have your workbook at home, complete these pages in it. If you don’t have the workbook, go back to My Library.  Go to Student Workbook Grade 1.  Choose Volume 2,   Chapter 16. Print out and do these pages. Save these pages to turn in.

Math Fact Practice- Tuesday and Thursday :15 minutes of Reflex math fact practice.  This can be accessed using the portal at portal.pvpusd.net….    and enter keeler1.

Optional:  Go back to My Library.  Go to Student Interactivities Grade 1. Choose some fun activities!

Language Arts: Reading: “Wonders” Reading via the portal. Once on the portal click on the red box that says McGrawHill Education. Click on the word Launch under where it says Wonders Grade 1.  Go back to the Wonders homepage (where you see the squirrel and your child's name) and click on the blue circle where you see a picture of a book. Once there you will see “This Week’s Reads”. We read 3 stories daily each week.

This Week we’ll be reading:

Story #1: A Barn Full of Hats  (pgs 112 -133  )  Read these pages and story daily :

 The Concept Pages introduce the Unit.

1. Words to know. These are the vocabulary sight words to read orally and practice daily. They should be mastered by Friday.
2. Phonics Fluency: these are words to sound out and practice reading orally for fluency each day. They should be able to read them fluently by Friday. We sound the words out (“pound and sweep”)  Monday – Wed, and by Thursday and Friday we say them instantly as we read them (“think…..ready”)  without sounding them out. The children know how to do this.
3. Weekly Story: (RWW) Read this story orally daily. Work on fluency and expression. The yellow highlighted words are the vocab words for the week. By Friday they should be able to read the stories fluently
4. Comprehension pages in text: Discuss and do these pages together, but you don’t need to turn them in.
5. Writing and Grammar pages in text: Discuss and do these pages together., but you don’t need to turn them in.

Do the “Your Turn Practice Book” Pages :211-222  and “ To Do” Assignments online;

Now that you have your Practice Book at home, complete these pages in it. If you don’t have the workbook, you’ll find them on the “To do” button assignments. Be sure to complete the “To Do” assignments for the week online too. These are in addition to the Practice Book pages.

 Go  back to the Wonders Homepage click on the

 “To Do” button by the Squirrrel. Here you will find all of the week’s assignments for:  Practice Book  Pages, Phonics, Spelling, and Grammar pages for this week. Note that there are several pages for each item. Be sure to click on all of them in the bottom right corner. Please print them out, do the pages, and save them to turn in.

Story #2:  A Lost Button  (pages 140-153)  Read this story orally daily.

Story #3  Sort it Out. (Pages 156-161) Read this story orally daily.

Do the “Close Reading Companion”  workbook  pages :  133-139

Now that you have your “Close Reading Companion “ workbook at home,  complete these pages in it.

Optional: Try the other buttons around the  Homepage squirrel for other language arts activities to try for fun and practice:  This Week’s Games, Writing and printing practice, and Words to Know! . If you like, you can go back to This Week’s Reads and read the other options as well for extra practice!

Daily Reading Log :  Read for at least 15 minutes nightly in lieu of our weekly Reading Log.

Mon and Wed:  Go on Reading Counts for reading comprehension practice.  This can be accessed using the portal at portal.pvpusd.net  Tuesday or Thurs. Discuss the literary elements of one of the stories you read this week: the characters, the setting, the plot’s beginning, middle, and end. You don’t need to turn anything in for this.

Phonics Book pages: 245-254   

Now that you have your ”Phonics  “ workbook at home,  complete these pages in it.

Spelling:

Go  back to the Squirrel home page and go to the top to the “School to Home Button”: Do the word workout, comprehension, and Spelling List during the week.  The spelling words for the week are here. Practice the spelling words daily and see if they can spell them independently by Friday.  Remind them to write in their best printing for printing practice. Also, click on the To Do button by the squirrel for the other weekly spelling and phonics pages for this week. Note that there are several pages for each item. Be sure to click on all of them in the bottom right corner. . Please print them out, do the pages, and save them to turn in.

Writing : 4 -  5 sentences  or more a day.

In lieu of a Journal, do a little daily writing for fun using your own paper at home. Use the writing journal idea sheet in their binder for topic ideas or they can write about anything they like. Remember, they can write in different genres. Opinion, narrative as well as experiential and informational writing are great too! Remind them to write in their best printing for printing practice. Help them to find and correct their mistakes.  Please save these to turn in.

We will be adding writing lessons after we return from Spring Break.

DLR Writing: Week #10:

  Working on the conventions of writing. Write one of these “silly sentences “eachday  for your child with  the errors below ( in capitalization, punctuation, etc.) on a white board. You are the student and they are the teacher.  Have them teach you how to correct the mistakes. You don’t have to turn these in.

1.meg ride a bike

2.i and daddy will play ball

3. the ducks dont swim fast
4. i will go with mother liz and jean

5.will matt eat with the boyz

Also, click on the  “To Do” button by the Squirrrel. Here you will find this week’s assignments for grammar pages for this week. Note that there are several pages for each item. Be sure to click on all of them in the bottom right corner. Please print them out, do the pages, and save them to turn in.

Printing:  Finish your Little Printing booklet in your Blue Folder. Do the numbers pages and you’ll have finished it.

Other Optional Activities :  Here are some additional activities to do with your child :

Freetime Booklets:  April (blue booklet)  and   May (green booklet)  

Jump Start Booklets: Math and Reading Booklets

Science:  Watch a Mystery Science mini-lesson video (accessed via the portal)

 If Mystery Science asks for a username and password:

.username: [email protected] password: firstgrade

Coding:  Go to Pvschoolsweebly.com - Towards the top of the page it says CODE. Click on code. Students can choose a coding activity. 

P.E:  Gonoodle.com (sign up for a free account for PE, indoor yoga, meditation, etc. )         Family Fitness Cardio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nx                          Pokemon Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCjkPlsaes                                          Kids High Intensity Training Workout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc1Ag9m7XQo      Fine Arts:   Draw, Paint, Create, Sing, Dance, Act!