Weekly Curriculum
Dear Families-
The Kindergarten team is working hard to put together plans that are helpful, flexible, meaningful and fun!
Before we share our plans, we first want to say that taking care of yourselves and your family can and should be your first priority during this challenging time. We completely understand that families have a lot to juggle, and that your schedules, needs, and the amount of time that you have to dedicate to school work may change on any given day. While some children may really benefit from having a set schedule each day, others may find that sticking to a strict schedule is challenging. That’s totally okay! Please do what you feel is right for your child and your family.
If you have been searching online, you’ve likely noticed that there are millions of resources offering ideas for homeschooling. There are some great ideas out there! The activities that we as a Kindergarten team have chosen offer targeted enrichment and review. We have compiled them from Wayland district resources, and have linked each activity to specific kindergarten curriculum. When you have any questions, we encourage you to send an email to any of the emails below.
We miss you all, and are thinking about you and your kids. Hopefully we will all be back together again soon!
Sincerely,
The Claypit Hill Kindergarten Team
[email protected] -k teacher
[email protected] -k teacher
[email protected] -k teacher
[email protected] -k teacher
[email protected] -k special education teacher
[email protected] -k-2 reading specialist
[email protected] -k-2 math coach
[email protected] -k, 4, and 5 guidance counselor
Link for Claypit Hill Kindergarten Families to Weekly Remote Learning Plans:
Kindergarten Weekly Remote Learning Plans
WEEK OF MARCH 30, 2020
Suggested Activities for Monday March 30, 2020
Literacy
Listen to Ms. Haydon read Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay up Late
Write about why the Pigeon should or should not stay up late. Draw a picture to go with your idea. Math
Find a box such as a cereal box. Use pennies to measure the longest side of the box. Count how many pennies long it is. Next, use another object to measure that side of the box. Some ideas are to use blocks, crackers, paper clips,toothpicks or sticky notes.
Bird story problem: Make up an addition story problem about birds. Draw the picture, write the numbers and tell how many birds altogether. Write an equation to go with the problem.
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Graph the types of birds that frequent your yard or windows. Bird watching is fascinating for everyone. Check out these tips for identifying birds. Onceyou’ve tracked your birds, make a graph to show how many of each kind were in your backyard during a certain period of time.
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Mindfulness with Wayland’s own, Gabriel!
- The link for the playlist of children videos is: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLciqRcW9sIuYiTlOvvlAAfMsF-XXyqJB-
Listen to Mr. Root read Those Darn Squirrels
Make binoculars. Find 2 toilet tubes or cut a paper towel tube in 2. Decorate them and connect them with glue, tape or a stapler. Look outside for some birds.
Suggested Activities for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Literacy
Listen to Mrs Golden read In My Heart
Draw a heart and label a feeling you have! Add details to your picture to show what the feeling means to you, just like in the book. If you have more than one feeling, you can draw more than one heart.
- 20 minutes of Lexia
- 15 minutes of Tumble Books
Math
Trace your shoe on a piece of paper. Estimate how many items will fit inside (you can use pennies, pasta, beads, etc.). After making an estimate fill your shoe outline with that item and count how many it takes to fill your shoe outline. Write the number. Which uses more and less?
Grab Bag Subtraction
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science- Start a weather graph for April. On a plain piece of paper draw a picture/write the word of the kinds of weather you want to graph: sunny, rainy, overcast, windy, foggy, snowy, etc. Each day make a tally for the kind of weather you see or use the attached graph. Calendar/Weather Templates
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Listen to Ms. Socha read Jabari Jumps
Think about a time that you felt nervous or scared to try something new, but then once you tried it you really liked it. Draw a picture and a sentence to go with your picture.
Art & Music
Imagine, create, and fly a full size flag that tells the world about you! Everyone deserves to fly their own flag. Use whatever materials you have and talk to your family about what symbols you might have on your flag.
Suggested Activities for Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Literacy
Listen to Ms. Kelly read The Circus Ship
- 20 minutes of Lexia
- 15 minutes of Tumble Books
Go on a walk outside with an adult and look at the house numbers. Pick a house number and calculate what is one more and what is one less than that number. Challenge your grownup to do this and check to see if you agree with his/her math thinking. Try this a few times on your walk.
Use the characters in The Circus Ship to make your own addition or subtraction word problem and number sentence (watch the end of the video for directions and ideas)!
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science-There are so many interesting animals in the story! Visit National Geographic Kids to learn all about African elephants! Then, scroll down to the bottom of the page and see if you can find information about more animals. Here’s the link for zebras!
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Today is April Fool’s Day! Tell someone a joke, here are some examples:
https://redtri.com/best-jokes-for-kids/slide/1
Art & Music
*Ms. Martinez is planning an art activity to go along with The Circus Ship. Coming soon!
Suggested Activities for Thursday, April 2, 2020
Literacy
Listen to Mrs. Cote read If… Can you use your imagination to think of something we could add to the book? Make a drawing, tell me about it and share with me.
Practice Fundations Keyword - Letter - Sounds with Mrs Socha!Math
Go around your house and count all the light bulbs you see. Next, go around your house and count all of the door knobs. To keep track of the numbers use tallies. Compare these two numbers. Are there more light bulbs or door knobs in your house?
Measure the length of your bed using nonstandard units (legos, spoons, books, etc.). My bed is 126 pieces of sea glass long. How long is yours?
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Find 10 rocks smaller than a dime. Kids have a great eye for this. Give them a dime and a small container to hold the rocks.
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
A local Wayland resident has offered to deliver cards and/or notes to local nursing homes. She has reached out to Claypit Hill to let us know that residents of Traditions of Wayland, Sunrise of Wayland, and Royal Nursing Home are in great need of outside connection because of recent visiting restrictions. If you would like to encourage your students to write to any of these residents, students can have their grownups leave their letters on the front porch of Karen Wuerfl’s home - 40 Pemberton Road or Sandy Staiti’s home - 106 Plain Road . There will be a bin for the cards/notes. Thank you.
Art & Music
Teach your family Guacamole!
Watch Doodle with Mo Willems Episode 3
Suggested Activities for Friday, April 3, 2020
Literacy
Read and draw a picture to go along with these Rain Poems
- 20 minutes of Lexia
- 15 minutes of Tumble Books
Math
Listen to Ms. Root read The Shape of Things
Activity- Turn a shape into a picture (Ms. Root explains at the end of the story!)
Template
Watch Peep & the Big Wide World: Shapes and Patterns
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Let’s learn about why it rains! Watch this video.
Try this cool Rain Cloud in a Jar Science Experiment!
If you don’t have the materials to do the experiment at home, no problem! Just watch this Video
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Listen to Ms. Sontag read Alma and How She Got Her Name
Talk to your family about how YOU got YOUR name!
Art & Music
Use household materials to make and play stringed, percussion, or wind instruments. Making instruments can be as easy as banging on a pot with a spoon, or you can try out these other ways to make instruments out of household goods.
WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2020
Suggested Activities for Monday, March 23, 2020
Subject
Activity
Literacy
Write the pantry - give your student a piece of paper with all the letters of the alphabet on it, your student then goes to the pantry and writes out a word they find on something in the pantry next to the letter of the alphabet it contains. Template for Write the Pantry
Practice your Fundations Letters with Mrs. Socha!
Math
Listen to Ms. Kelly read The Very Hungry Caterpillar
How many pieces of FRUIT did The Very Hungry Caterpillar eat? Show how you figured out your answer using pictures and numbers.
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Mrs Golden's Ball Ramp
STEAM: Use recycled materials from your house to build a ramp for a ball!
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Can you sing a song about the days of the week? How about this one:
Today is Monday
Practice writing the days of the week. Days of the week begin with an uppercase letter, all the other letters are lowercase.
Fundations Lowercase Letter Formation
Creative brainstorming. Find something around your house (like a wooden spoon, a spatula, a bag clip, roll of tape, clipboard, ruler) and brainstorm other ways it could be used. A wooden spoon could be a microphone or a small guitar. Remember when you brainstorm all ideas are good ideas. Share your ideas with someone. Ask them for ideas
Art & Music
Doodle with Mo Willems! (Episode 2)
Suggested Activities for Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Subject
Activity
Literacy
Listen to Mrs. Haydon read Round is a Moon Cake
Draw a picture using lots of shapes. Label the shapes and practice good handwriting.
Fundations Lowercase Letter Formation
Math
Choose a room in your house. How many circles, squares, rectangles, triangles can you find? For a challenge, can you keep track with tally marks?
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Take a walk outside and see what things in nature are circles, triangles, rectangles or squares.
Tree observation: Find a tree in your yard. Draw a picture of it and add labels for its parts.
Bark Rubbing: Place a piece of paper on the bark of a tree, use a crayon to make a rubbing of the bark.
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Cooperate with someone. Let them go first in a game. Share something. Work together on a project or puzzle.
Cosmic Kids Zen Den, The Whirly Burly Snowstorm
Art & Music
Teach your family Pop See Ko
and Pop See Ko 2
Suggested Activities for Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Subject
Activity
Literacy
Listen to Mrs. Cote read Miss Rumphius
Choose your favorite family picture. Write about why you like this picture so much.
Practice your Fundations letter, keyword, sound everyday Fundations Keywords Chart
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/
Math
Choose 1-2 games:
Math Game Choice Menu: (Some of these games require a deck of number cards, which can be printed from the link below)
Math Playing Cards (Number Cards)
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
All About Birds - Live Bird Cams
Watch Cornell University Live bird cams. Watch at least two different kinds of birds and think about what is the same and what is different!
Social Studies & Social Emotional Learning
Spend some time thinking about the history of your family. Look through old pictures - real pictures, pictures on a phone, etc.
Art
Paint or draw your own lupines!
Suggested Activities for Thursday, March 26, 2020
Subject
Activity
Literacy
Listen to Ms. Pellerin (Claypit’s Grade 4&5 reading specialist) read Last Stop on Market Street
One theme in this story is about appreciating what we have, and not worrying about all the things we want. Make a list of all the things for which you are grateful.
Practice your Fundations Letters with Mrs. Socha!
Math
Play these two Dice Games!
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
What is it? Sense of touch game: Ask for a pillow case or bag and put in 5-6 items with a different shape, size and/or texture. Have someone in your family reach in, hold an item and try to guess what it is.
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Listen to Ms. Root read Owen, by Kevin Henkes
Drawing conclusions & inferencing - How do you think the blanket made Owen feel? {text clues} Owen carried that blanket everywhere. Owen played with the blanket all the time. {what I know} I have a _____ that makes me feel safe when I am nervous or scared. {my conclusion} I think the blanket made Owen feel safe and happy.
Art & Music
Tear up pieces of colored paper and collage them on to make a rainbow!
Suggested Activities for Friday, March 27, 2020
Subject
Activity
Literacy
Listen to Ms. Golden read two versions of The Three Little Pigs Compare and contrast both stories. Make a venn diagram.
Math
Play Top-It
This link lists different variations of the game that you can play if you’re looking for a challenge (we suggest starting with the regular version of the game, and then trying addition Top-It)
15 minutes of Happy Numbers
Science
Use blocks, legos, recyclable materials, cups, etc. to build two houses like in the Three Little Pigs and see which is harder to blow down (or knock over)!
Social Studies and Social Emotional Learning
Be a helper and fill someone’s bucket. How can you help someone in your family: help make a meal, clean up your room, set the table, pick up your toys, help with laundry. Think of a way you can help.
Art & Music
Dance to The Goldfish Song
LIBRARY
ART
MUSIC
P.E.
Ms. Burman's weekly link for kindergarten
Mrs. Martinez weekly link K-5 Art
Ms. Davis and Ms. Buckley's K-5 Music plans
Mrs. LeBaron's week 1 plans
Wayland Guidelines-
LITERACY
Grades K: 70 minutes per day
- 20 minutes per day of Lexia
- 20 minutes of recorded read-aloud
- 15 minutes of independent reading/being read to by an adult or older sibling, and 15 minutes of Raz-Kids per day
- 15 minutes of written response with a prompt (could also be drawing or dictating)
MATH
Kindergarten: looking for 45 minutes per day
- 15 minutes of Happy Numbers
- 30 minutes per day of math-based activities (15 minutes for a math game, 15 minutes for exploration or teacher-selected, math-based activities)
OTHER SUBJECTS
- K-2 has 20 minutes per day on teacher-directed Science and/or Social Studies activities (could be multi-day projects/activities)
Sample Daily Schedule:
Sample Daily Schedule for Kindergarten (Based on similar ones found online). Many children find comfort in structure and routines. This is completely flexible, feel free to adapt as it fits in your family.
Before 9am
WAKE UP
eat breakfast, get dressed, brush teeth, play
9am-10am
Get outside
explore your yard or take a walk
10am-11am
Academic Time
Check the resources your teachers have provided below
11am-12pm
Creative Time
Lego, blocks, craft, play music, cook or bake (with a grown up)
12pm
Lunch
12:30pm
Chores
wipe tables and chairs, sweep floor, clean up toys
1pm-2pm
Quiet time
read, puzzles, nap
2pm-4pm
Academic Time
Check teacher resources below
4pm-5pm
Fresh Air
get outside if you can
5pm-6pm
Dinner
6pm-7/8ish based on your bedtime
Free Time
Limit screens, quiet down, read, get ready for bed
Previous Weeks’ Plans
Weekly Plans for 3/19/2020 and 3/20/2020
Week of
3/19-3/20
Math
Literacy
Science
Social Studies/
SEL
Play
Thursday
Play two math games
Kindergarten Counting Scavenger Hunt
Story- Windows
Daily Journal-
Draw and write about what you like to do outside.
Doodle with Mo Willems
5 senses at snack/lunch: tell someone how it looks, feels, sounds, smells and tastes
Share a compliment or 2. Make sure it is true and specific.
Ideas For Play
Friday
Play two math games
Build a structure with blocks, legos, or some other building material using EXACTLY 25 pieces.
Story-Read a favorite story
Daily Journal-
Draw and write your favorite part.
Race to the Pond- CVC game
print or create your own!!
Raz-Kids
https://www.kidsa-z.com/main/Login
Wood Hunt: find 5 items in your house made of wood. Draw a picture of it and label it.
Share a calm breathing or calm down strategy with someone. Think of a new one.
Ideas For Play