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K-5 English Language Arts Learning Opportunities

Kindergarten

Recommended internet resources for Kindergarten that can be accessed through Clever (): Wonders

Open Source Digital Books and Resources not through Clever:

Week 3

Phonics

Work with your students on initial consonant r blends: (br, cr, fr, gr, pr, dr, tr). Work with your student to break up words with four sounds. Example: crab Stretch out the cr

sound when you say the word so your student can hear both sounds /c/ and /r/. Then, stretch out the word crab /c/ /r/ /a/ /b/ down your arm so your student can hear each individual sound to make up the word crab. Continue this activity for different words. Examples include: frog, drab, trap, grill, grub, prod, trek Review common high-frequency words. Click here for a sample listing of words.

Looking At Our Natural World

Ask your student what are the four seasons? Ask your student which season of weather do they think we are in presently? Discuss with your student what they have noticed about our weather lately? Possible answers - sometimes it's warm, sometimes it's cold, there seems to be a lot of rain.

Talk with your student about the saying "April showers bring May flowers" - Discuss with your student what this means to them.

Review with your student the difference between fiction and non-fiction. This week, students will be reading informational text. Discuss with your student what informational text gives you - facts and/or true information.

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Click here to listen to the book Seasons. Before listening to the book - set the expectation that your student will be paying close attention to a specific season each day this week.

After listening to the book each day this week, your student will take the information from the book Seasons to create their own book of seasons that will outline facts about each season of the year.

Have your student create a page in their seasons book each day of the week - remind them that this is a non-fiction book they are creating about the seasons.

At the end of the week, have your student share what they created. Below are some practice pages:

Fiction and Non-Fiction Sort - PDF Throughout the week, have your student read different texts to you and to themselves.

Choose a book from your home library or through EPIC! Click here for more information. Because school is closed students can get free remote access to EPIC!. Here are some questions you can ask your student throughout their reading:

Have your student think about what they have read so far and predict what will happen next. I predict......because...

Young Hoosier Book Award voting is now open! Voting will run from April 1 - June 1. In order to vote here is a reminder of the number of books that need to be read at the different levels. Click here to vote.

Middle Grade - 3 Intermediate - 5 Picture Books - 12

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1st Grade

Recommended internet resources for 1st Grade that can be accessed through Clever (): Wonders

Open Source Digital Books and Resources not through Clever:

Week 3

Phonics

Review common high-frequency words. Click here for a listing of words for 1st grade students.

Work on blending different words with students to help with reading. Some words to focus on this week: went, men, read, land, different, home, us, move, try,

kind, hand, picture, again, change, off

The Natural World

Ask your student, how does finding the central message or lesson of a text help you understand the text? If students have trouble answering this question, try and relate this to something you have experienced in your life from something you read or learned.

Click here for students to learn songs that teach a central message. Make sure your student knows that theme is the same as the message.

Next, your student will listen to the story Simon and Molly Plus Hester. Click here to watch and listen to this story. Possible questions to ask your student throughout this story: How does Simon feel when Hester tries to play with him and Molly? What evidence from the text tells you this is how Simon feels? How does this story change from the beginning to the end? What was the central message or lesson of the story?

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Students throughout the week will create different stories that provide a helpful message to students. Have your student think of a different message each day that they want to write a story about for others. Possible messages include: Treat those like you would like to be treated. Actions speak louder than words. It's okay to be different. Be compassionate. Teamwork

Below are some links to reading comprehension practice: A Job for Bob - PDF The Kid Will Win A Ship - PDF The Rock in My Sock - PDF

Throughout the week, have your student read different texts to you and to themselves. Choose a book from your home library or through EPIC! Click here for more information. Because school is closed students can get free remote access to EPIC!.

Here are some questions you can ask your student throughout their reading: Have your student think about what they have read so far and predict what will happen next. I predict......because......

Young Hoosier Book Award voting is now open! Voting will run from April 1 - June 1. In order to vote here is a reminder of the number of books that need to be read at the different levels. Click here to vote.

Middle Grade - 3 Intermediate - 5 Picture Books - 12

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2nd Grade

Recommended internet resources for 2nd Grade that can be accessed through Clever (): Wonders

Open Source Digital Books and Resources not through Clever:

Week 3

The Natural World Ask your student how people and animals survive in different environments? Connect this question back to week 1 when we talked about animals and their different

environments. Make sure students notice that now we are asking about people and their different environment. Discuss with your student different environments that people live in. How are seasons different based on the different areas of the country that people live? Another question to ask, why might an animal live somewhere that a person doesn't (North Pole, Polar Bears, Penguins, etc.)? Share with your student that they are going to be a Zoo Director and part of their job is to collect information about different animals to share with 2nd grade classes that are visiting the zoo throughout the week. The Zoo Director will share specific facts about the animals, their habitats, and where they are located throughout the world. Click here for a link to National Geographic for Kids - they may use this site to research. Below are some links to graphic organizers that students may use to collect their thoughts.

About an Animal - PDF Planning Chart for writing - PDF Graphic Organizer - PDF Each day have your student research a different animal and create a short presentation to share with the family (2nd grade class) about the animal, its habitat and where the animal is located throughout the world. Collect each day's writing and presentation to create a Zoo Director book for them to keep. Throughout the week, have your student read different texts to you and to themselves.

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Choose a book from your home library or from EPIC! Click here for more information. Because school is closed students can get free remote access to EPIC!. Here are some questions you can ask your student throughout their reading:

Have your student think about what they have read so far and predict what will happen next. I predict......because......

The key things that happened are........ I think....will happen because...... The most important ideas in the text are......

Young Hoosier Book Award voting is now open! Voting will run from April 1 - June 1. In order to vote here is a reminder of the number of books that need to be read at the different levels. Click here to vote.

Middle Grade - 3 Intermediate - 5 Picture Books - 12

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3rd Grade

Recommended internet resources for 3rd Grade that can be accessed through Clever (): Newsela CommonLit Wonders

Open Source Digital Books and Resources not through Clever:

Week 3

Making Choices Review the questions from the last two weeks:

What causes people to react a certain way? What steps do people take to make an informed decision/choice? Share with your student that they are a writer for a newspaper. They are going to write an opinion article for the newspaper around whether music should be a required course for elementary students or should they be able to have the option not to take this course. Before starting this writing, make sure your student understands that there is no right or wrong answer. However, no matter which opinion they choose they must have facts to support their decision. Have students work on gathering research through the week and to be writing every day about their opinion. Here are some graphics organizers students may use to help their writing: Opinion, Reason, Example - PDF Opinion writing - PDF Opinion writing graphic organizer - PDF Below are some examples of opinion articles: Should Cars be Banned in Cities? Should Students Wear Uniforms? Should Plastic Straws Be Banned? Should Grades be eliminated?

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Below are some links that may be helpful for research: Click here to search different databases around music education. Click here to read about the benefits of music Click here to read an article about whether music should be required.

Make sure your student has a clear opinion about the topic. Students should have clear evidence/facts to support their opinion about the topic. Throughout the week, have your student read different texts to you and to themselves.

Choose a book from your home library or from EPIC! Click here for more information. Because school is closed students can get free remote access to EPIC!. Here are some questions you can ask your student throughout their reading:

Have your student think about what they have read so far and predict what will happen next. I predict......because......

The key things that happened are........ I didn't understand.......but now I do because...... Have your student use text structure to summarize the text. Have your student use chapter headings and visuals to help summarize.

Young Hoosier Book Award voting is now open! Voting will run from April 1 - June 1. In order to vote here is a reminder of the number of books that need to be read at the different levels. Click here to vote.

Middle Grade - 3 Intermediate - 5 Picture Books - 12

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