Teachers: Martha Dominguez and Mamata Das
Home Learning Fall 2021-2022
Newsletter Volume 2| Week of 09/13-17/2021
Video: How to Keep Social Distancing https://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/social-distancing-video/meet-the-helpers/
Surviving Separation Anxiety seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/surviving-separation-anxiety/
Video: Wash Your Handshttps://kcts9.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/wash-your-hands-video/meet-the-helpers/
Social Emotional
60 minutes
Story: Stick and Stone https://video.link/w/4k78c
Video: What Makes You Special https://video.link/w/xh78c
Español Palo Y Piedra https://video.link/w/iq78c
- Families can talk about bullies. Do you stick up for friends? What do you do if someone taunts (teases, provoke) them?
- How does the illustrator give a stick and a stone movement and feelings?
- How does Stone free Stick when he’s stuck? What would be impossible for a stone to do?
Parents: Ask your children how will they react in a situation like that at school?
Las familias pueden hablar sobre los acosadores. ¿Defiendes a tus amigos? ¿Qué haces si alguien se burla (se burla, provoca)?
- ¿Cómo le da el ilustrador un movimiento y sensaciones a un palo y una piedra?
- ¿Cómo Stone libera Stick cuando está atascado? ¿Qué sería imposible de hacer para una piedra?
Padres: Pregúnteles a sus hijos, ¿cómo reaccionarían en una situación como esa en la escuela?
Art / Writing
How to Make an Origami Alphabet https://video.link/w/VC88c
Alternatively, you can try to do your name like shown here!
Math / Science
60 minutes
Video: Como hacer Pico de Gallo https://video.link/w/71V8c
If you would like to enhance this fresh appetizer; add avocado to it, and eat it with tortilla chips, or tostadas. Of course, you can add it to your favorite meat!
Same Recipe English Version:
Ingredients:
4 tomatoes, 1 half of a medium onion, about 1/3 bunch of cilantro; add more if needed. 1 large avocado, and 1 lime if you like it sour, Salt to taste.
I always make this recipe in the classroom with the children; it is a great activity where children use all of their five senses; not to mention practicing their fine motor, problem solving, and social and emotional skills.
Language / Literacy
60 minutes
¡Día de la Independencia Mexicana!!
Video: September 16th: Mexican Independence Day! By Infotopia
https://video.link/w/rZV8c this show a piece of history of how Mexico got its independence!
Story: FRIDA
Video: How to Make Papel Picado https://video.link/w/oEU8c
I liked how she explained the history of PAPEL PICADO as she makes it.
Materials: Assorted tissue paper, scissors, glue stick, and yarn.
Problem Solving
60 minutes
Story: It’s Okay to be Different
Open to see link to see activity! https://s7d9.scene7.com/is/content/OCProduction/content/lesson%20plans/LearningActivities_OkayToBeDifferent.pdf
Diversity
Objectives
- Understand that people have unique experiences, strengths, and ideas.
- Explore and incorporate people’s differences to enrich learning.
Materials Needed
- I Am Different reproducible
- It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr
- Markers or colored pencils
- Pencil
Getting Started
- Print the reproducible and make copies as needed.
Activity
- Think about one way you are unique and different—for example, you like to wear mismatched socks, you can whistle any tune, your favorite hobby is crocheting, and so on—and share it with children. Then ask them to think about one way they are unique and different and encourage volunteers to share their ideas.
- Read aloud It’s Okay to Be Different by Todd Parr. Afterward, ask children, What can you learn from this book? What lesson does the author want you to understand? Talk about all the ways the book says people can be different. Guide children to understand that the author wants them to recognize that everyone is different—and that is okay! (Circle back to your initial discussion and talk about how everyone shared something that makes them unique, which also makes them special.)
- Give each child a copy of the reproducible. Have children think about four different things that make them unique and different—their favorite food, their favorite place to go, a special hobby or talent they have, and anything else that makes them different for the “I Am ME!” space (for example, they wear glasses, they have long hair, and so on). Encourage them to draw a picture for each category.
- Allow children to share and talk about their completed reproducible.
Extended Learning
Create an “I Am Different because…” bulletin board. Provide construction paper and have children draw their favorite thing about themselves.
Movement / Play
Run and Drop Color Match
View PDF | Back to Learning Activities
Preschool
Objectives
- Children will develop gross motor skills.
- Children will improve balance and coordination.
- Children will recognize colors.
Materials Needed
- Colored cups
- Pom-poms
- Basket
Getting Started
- You will need a large, open area for this activity.
- Place the largest pom-poms in a basket.
- Place the colored cups opposite the basket—a bit of a distance away.
Activity
- Show the child the colored cups and tell the child that these are your targets. Point out the basket of pom-poms and talk about all the different colors.
- Explain that the object of the game is to sift through the pom-poms for colors that match the cups and then run to the targets and drop the pom-poms in the matching-color cups.
- Model the activity once.
- Then invite the child to go! (If multiple children are participating, remind them to watch out for each other as they run.)
- Keep going until all the cups are filled with pom-poms.
Extended Learning
For more fun ways to develop gross motor skills while practicing math, try our Let’s Get Moving! Numbers & Counting Kit.