November Week 1 Letter Mm, Star Word "and", Candy Corn and Scarecrows~

Thanks to everyone who came on over for Trick or Treating at my house. 

It did my heart good to see the kiddos!

Hey!  We did it! 

We have a week of Distance Learning under our belts!

We worked hard and got our projects and pages done.

We shared and sang.

We laughed and cried (oh, that we ME!...sorry about that I just love that book about friendship but seriously I cannot get through it without crying)

Here's how I teach now!  Wow, I really miss those smiling faces that are usually in those chairs!

Oh my!

Those tiny scarecrows turned out sooooo cute!

Enjoy!

So here's a few things I learned this week:

i WILL NOT UNMUTE the entire class. 

 Nope. That does not work.

I WILL try to allow kids to unmute one at a time to share more often (this takes a bit longer than normal but it's the best we can do right now)

I WILL keep smiling and trying.  

Thanks for your patience and support!

First I want to THANK YOU!  You are all doing such a great job being near your kindergartener.  Someone asked me WHY adults had to be near.  Here's the best answer I could give:  In my classroom I give directions and then give them time to work.  I would never just leave them to struggle alone.  I am there to offer guidance and support.  I encourage and push.  That is your job now.  You can do it!!!!   (you'll notice I do not always tell them the answer, kids' brains need to be trained to THINK and as adults we are too quick to give them the answers...I am guilty of that too!)

Please take a moment to remind your child about the expectations for Distance Learning:

Eating and snack and gum chewing is for break time NOT DURING CLASS. Water drinking is OK.

Toys, pets, other items not needed for the lesson should be cleared away.

Students need to stay in their work area until break time or until asked to do something else.  Check those screens to make sure we can SEE your child.

Materials should only be opened on the day needed. Please DO NOT WORK ahead. Please DO NOT sort through materials.  Everything is in order for our day's schedule.

Completed materials should be clipped to the cover page (morning message) for the day and returned on the next materials pick up day.

SPEAKER view is the optimal setting.  Gallery view is not needed unless we ask for it. Kids on gallery view tend to look at each other instead of what's being taught

Marker boxes and supplies should be tidied up between each activity.  

Keep up the good work!!!!!   

Here's our online times:

8:10-9:30 Seat work, Morning Meeting, Math with me (Fridays Library)

9:30-10:30 PE and Music

10:30-11:30 BREAK TIME

11:30-12:00  Reading Language Arts with me (Thursday Guidance)

12:00-1:00 LUNCH AND RECESS BREAK

1:00-2:15ish  Story Time, educational videos for rest (optional) Centers and Theme projects. 

When the last project is done the kiddos are done for the day!

Let's hope this is the last packet you have to pick up! Next week in all ready to go!

And now for the week of November 10-13:

Reading/Language Arts: Letter Ss, star word review, verbs

Math: Comparing numbers to 10

Theme: Outer Space

Science: Sorting Manmade vs. Natural objects

Big News: No school for kids on 

Monday, November 9 and 

Monday, November 16 

Workshop days

Conferences coming soon!