Richmond County School System



NewsletterHi everyone, I hope everyone is safe and having a great time doing the activities together. The packet includes 5 weeks of activities and a choice of doing 3, 4, or 5 activities a day. You can choose what activities you would like for your child to do a day. On Bright from the Start website, , they have uploaded daily activities that your child can do also. I did use activities from April 1st-13th, on the packets. Parents, you can upload a picture of your child doing some of the activities on Remind or text me a picture at 706-871-0941. Also, when I get information about progress reports/conferences, I will let you know. Most likely, I will be emailing them out, so if you would like to send me your email address, I can send it out to you when it becomes available and we also can set up times to do phone conferences if you would like. Here is a link about Kindergarten Readiness to help inform you of what your child should know going into Kindergarten. Parents, I just want to thank you for allowing me to be part of your child’s life this school term. I have really enjoyed working with each of you and wish you and your child all the success in the new school year. Please keep in touch and let me know how your child is doing. Have a wonderful summer!Ms. Godbee2019-2020 Pre-K Choice Board April 20th-24thStudents should choose at least three activities from each day, but is more than welcome to do all five activities for each day.Parents, you can take a picture of your child doing one of the activities for the week and uploaded in Remind, text me at 706-871-0941, or email me at GodbeEl@boe.richmond.k12.ga.us. Week of April 20th-24thMonday, April 20thSort your stuffed animals (or hot wheels cars, dolls…) by color. Can you sort them another way? (size, type) MA4.4bStory Time: Bear's New Friend- Bear takes a walk in the woods with his friends and discovers a very shy owl. What will he do? Talk with your child about how you make new friends. CLL5.4dSpring is Here by the Learning Station (Look on YouTube) SC2.4c, CR1.4aSay all the words you can think of that rhyme with Spring. (bring, ring, thing, etc.) CLL6.4bTake a nature walk outside and look for signs of spring. Talk about what you see. How do things move, grow, change? Make a list with your family of things you saw on your walk. SC2.4cTuesday, April 21stSpringtime Dance by Jack Hartman- CR1.4aClap the syllables in these words: bee, flower, butterfly, bird, ladybug CLL6.4aStory Time: The Mixed-Up Chameleon- Except for catching flies and changing colors occasionally, this chameleon doesn't find life very exciting. When a surprise visit to the zoo makes this wistful lizard realize it can change its shape and size as easily as its color, it ends up wanting to be like all the animals in the zoo at once — with hilarious results. After listening to the book talk with your child about the importance of being themselves and loving who they are. CLL5.4cTalk about the different heights of your family members. Discuss who is shorter, taller, or the same height. What else can you compare by height? (sticks in the yard, stuffed animals, etc.) MA3.4bIn the book, The Mixed-Up Chameleon, learned an important lesson about being yourself. Draw a picture of you and dictate what makes you special to your family. CR2.4aWednesday April 22ndHerman the Worm and Shake Your Sillies Out by the Learning Station CR1.4aStory Time: Goldilocks Has Chicken Pox Oh no! Goldilocks has chicken pox! - Who will take care of her? How will she get better? Help your child make real-world connections. Who takes care of you when you are sick? CLL5.4cCheer for Rhymes: Say each pair of words, ask your child to cheer if they rhyme. Pox / Socks Sick / Sad Nose / Blows Spots / Knots Sleep / Pillow Play / Day CLL5.4b Domino Dots: using dominoes (real or homemade), have your child count the dots on each domino and tell how many. To make it harder, turn each domino into an addition problem. For example: 3 dots on the left and 2 dots on the right 3 + 2 = 5 MA2.4bTalk with your child about all the people who can help when others are sick (community workers, family members, etc.). Have your child draw a picture of one of the helpers and dictate to you how they help. SS4.4bThursday, April 23rdBunny Dance with Jack Hartman and Can’t Stop the Feeling- Go Noodle Can't Stop the Feeling (found on YouTube) CR1.4aUsing plastic eggs fill each container with different objects that make sounds such as bells, buttons, rocks, rice or beans. Leave out one piece of each type of filler. Have your child shake the container and identify the type of object inside, using the pictures as clues. SC1.4aRead The Good Egg. - In this story, the egg focuses all his energy on helping others and making sure everything is going right. When the eggs around him are misbehaving, he tries to intervene and get everyone back on track. But the other eggs don’t really listen to him. This is a great story to use to help children understand they aren’t in control of other children’s behaviors. After reading the book, talk about what is in and out of our control. You can trace your child’s hand and have them tell you things he can control while you write what he says inside the hand or you can also use an outline of an egg and have your child draw pictures of what is in his control and write the words he says by each picture. SED1.4bSoak hard-boiled eggs in soda/flavored drink mix overnight. The next day, talk with your child about what happened to the egg. Tell her that the food we eat, particularly sugar can stain our teeth just like it stained the egg. Ask your child how she might be able to remove the stain. Give your child a toothbrush and toothpaste to remove the stain. Talk to her about how she must get all the stain off the egg just like we do when we brush our teeth because when the stain stays on our teeth, it causes cavities. Integrate this with a discussion of “GO” healthy and “NO” non-healthy foods. Extension: Soak an egg in vinegar for a few days and notice how it changes each day. The shell will become soft after a few days because the vinegar pickles the egg. SC1.4dHave your child use Froot Loops, Cheerios or other type of cereal that can be strung to make a necklace. Extend this activity by introducing a pattern to follow such as red, red, green, red, red, green as your child creates the necklace. MA4.4cFriday, April 24thBanana, Banana, Meatball presented by Go Noodle Banana, Banana, Meatball Pop See Ko presented by Go Noodle Pop See Ko (YouTube) CR1.4a, MA4.4cAfter listening to the nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty,- - talk about the rhyming words wall,fall and all. Ask your child to name other words that rhyme with those words. Have your child act out the rhyme and say it throughout the day. CR6.4bThe Great Eggscape read by King of the Classroom- - After listening to the story, help your child cut out an egg on the thickest paper you have. Cardstock or construction paper would be great, but any type of thick paper will do. Let your child use glue to make designs on the egg and pour salt over the wet glue. Allow that to dry and let your child paint the salt with water that has been colored with food coloring. A paint brush or Q-Tip will work for painting. When finished your child will have colorful eggs just like in the book. You could also help your child cut out smaller eggs and decorate them. Once they are dry, hide them around the house and have an egg hunt, just like in the story. CR2.4a Using a deck of playing cards or set of UNO cards (remove the word or Royal Suite cards), have your child match the cards by numbers. You can also use the cards to play a memory game together. MA2.4aHelp your child build a boat with tin foil. Take a square of foil and fold it so the edges form a boat. There are many different ways to do this. Place the boat in water to see if it floats. If it does, see how many pennies, buttons, or small objects it will hold. You could do this at bath time, in the sink, or even in an inflatable pool outside. Google and Pinterest have many ideas of other ways to do this activity. SC1.4dApril 27th-May 1stMonday, April 27thLine up objects from biggest to smallest (spoons, pots, money, etc.) MA3.4bListen to the Shawn Brown Show on YouTube CR1.4aDraw a picture of a flower and then label the parts of the flower (leaves, petals, stem) SC.1.4aListen to I Need My Monster- – Who were the characters in the story, What was the problem in story, How did the problem get solved? CLL5.4cDraw a picture of a monster you would like to be under your bed and give the monster a name. (you also can use animals or superheroes if you don’t like monsters) CR2.4aTuesday, April 28th Can you solve this math problem: Jack has three cups of water and Terry comes over with two cups of water, how many cups of water do Jack and Terry have all together? Parents, you can use cups to show three and two and then line them up together to make five, but challenge your child to do it first and then help guide them if they start having problems trying to figure out the problem. You also can keep this activity going by adding more cups of water or taking away cups of water. MA7.4bGo on a virtual field trip to the Farmer’s Market- – What did you see and What kind of veggies would you like to grow in a garden? APL2.4aGoing over Letter Sounds- CLL6.4aDraw a picture of a farmer and explain what a farmer does on a farm. CR2.4aWriting first and last name five times CLL9.4dWednesday, April 29thListen to Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type- - Name somethings we can use to communicate with people (ex. letters, texting, Zoom, Skype, facetime, email, etc.) SS4.4d Listen Jack Hartman’s Zero the Hero- MA1.4aFind words that rhyme with “All” CLL6.4bIf you have child size scissors at home, cut a sheet of paper into four squares. Parents, you can draw a cross on the paper and have the students to cut on the line or fold the paper into fours and have then to cut on the creases. PDM6.4aWrite the words April, flower, rain, sunny, and worm. CLL9.4aThursday, April 30thDraw this pattern: Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Circle, Circle, Square, Circle, Circle, Square and then color the squares orange and the color the circles blue. MA4.4cDo Stand Up, Sit Down by Patty Shulka- CR1.4aDraw a picture of one or more classmates in your class that you miss and tell why you miss them. SED5.4aFive Speckled Frogs- CLL5.4bMake your own Five Speckled Frogs- you can draw, cut out frogs from a magazine or clip art and use popsicle sticks, tissue roll holders, plastic spoons to glue your frogs to and make puppets out of them. CR2.4aFriday, May 1st Clap the syllables in these words: Pizza, Ham, Turkey, Potatoes, Bananas CLL6.4eCosmic Kids Yoga (Trolls Edition) - – This is about 30 minutes long, so you don’t have to the whole thing. PMD5.4bListen to Hey, That’s My Monster- – Compare/Contrast this story to I Need a Monster that you listen to on Monday- How are they alike, do they have the same characters, How are they different? CLL5.4aDrawing shapes three times- square, circle, rectangle, triangle MA6.4aScience Experiment- – Parents you also can try this at home with a bottle of coke and a roll of Mentos. Try it outside so it won’t be messy in the house. SC1.4dMay 4th-8thMonday, May 4thSort clothes by color, size, and what they are (shirts, pants, socks, etc.) MA4.4bGonoodle – MilkShake song- – and Boom, Chicka, Boom- CR1.4aListen to Little Red Door- Explain what you like or dislike about the story and draw a picture of your own red door CLL5.34aWrite “I see a cat.” 5 times CLL9.4aAsk your child to recite the poem: The 5 Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree (Dr. Jean’s 5 Little Monkeys sitting in a tree on YouTube) CLL5.4bTuesday, May 5thGonoodle- I Get Loose- and Gonoodle-Dinosaur Stomp- CR1.4aGo on a virtual field trip to a Dinosaur Exhibit- SC3.4aCan you solve this math problem- T-Rex had seven apples, but the Raptor wanted three apples? If the T-Rex gives away three of his apples, how many will be have left? Parents you use cups to represent apples and have your child count out seven and then take away three. You also can do adding three apples to the pile and so on. MA7.4b Write “ I am going to the store”. CLL9.4dDrawing a picture of your favorite dinosaur. CR2.4a Wednesday, May 6thLearning Station: Dancing Robot song- and Learning Station Move and Freeze- CR1.4aMake this pattern- Triangle, Triangle, Rectangle, Rectangle, Triangle, Triangle, Rectangle, Rectangle, Triangle, Triangle- color the triangles red and color the rectangles yellow MA4.4cGoing over Letter Sounds- CLL6.4cWrite “I like candy.” 5 times CLL9.4dListen to The Little Red Hen- – Who are the characters in the story, What was the problem, Would you share your cake with the mouse, cat, and dog? CLL5.4cThursday, May 7thCome with up rhyming words that rhyme with bear. CLL6.4bCount 30 objects MA1.4aGonoodle: Shake Your Foot- – Jack Hartman: Pizza Man- CR1.4aListen to The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza- – Compare and Contrast this story to The Little Red Hen. How are they he same and how ae they different. CLL5.4cDraw picture of a pizza CR2.4aFriday, May 8thFold a piece of paper in half to make a card. Then write on the front Happy Mother’s Day. Inside the card draw a picture of you and your mom and write I love you. CR2.4a, CLL9.4aClap the syllables in these words: Happy, Surprise, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Walmart CLL6.4eCosmic Kids Yoga: Going on a Bear Hunt- – this is about 15 minutes long. PMD 5.4bListen to The Night Before Mother’s Day- CLL5.4aPour 1 cup of water in a small glass and 1 cup of water in large glass and ask if the two glasses have the same amount of water. SC1.4dMay 11th-15thMonday, May 11thGonoodle: Banana, Banana, Meatball song- and Gonoodle: Hello song- MA4.4c, CR1.4aDraw a picture of a person using only a circles, rectangles, and triangles MA6.4a,CR2.4aWriting the words: Whale, Fish, Snail, Crab, Shark (3 times) CLL9.4aListen to The Rainbow Fish- - Why did the rainbow fish have no friends? How did the rainbow fish make friends at the end of the story? How can you be a good friend? CLL5.4a, SED5.4aUsing blocks, boxes, tissue rollers, make a city out of your items and give your city a name. SS3.4aTuesday, May 12thGonoodle: Pop See Ko- and Gonoodle: Milkshake song- CR1.4aListen to This Book Just Ate My Dog- - Draw a picture of a pet you have at your house or a picture of a pet you would like to have CLL5.4a, CR2.4aClap out the syllables- CLL6.4eParents, draw lines on a piece of paper and, if there are child size scissors in the home, allow your child to cut the paper on the lines. PMD6.4bDraw a picture of the what you see outside today. SC2.4c, CR2.4aWednesday, May 13thBaby Shark- and Gummy Bear song- CR1.4aVirtual Field Trip to the Georgia Aquarium SC3.4aLetter sounds- CLL6.4eDraw a picture of your favorite animal at the aquarium CR2.4a, SC3.4aWhat do you want to be when you grow up and draw a picture CR2.4a, SS4.4bThursday, May 14thOh no! We’re going on a bear hunt!- and the Freeze Dance- CR1.4aBeginning Sound I Spy: Take a walk around your home. Tell your child “I spy with my eyes something that starts with the /s/ sound”. Repeat this with different beginning sounds! CLL6.4cListen to A Rainbow of My Own read by Mrs. Clark’s Reading Corner- CLL5.4aWalking Water Experiment: Place 6 cups of water in a circle. Put red food coloring in a cup, leave one cup plain, then put yellow food coloring in the next cup, leave one cup plain, put blue food coloring in the next cup, and leave the last one plain. You should have colored water in every other cup. Place a paper towel draped between each cup. Watch the changes over the next few hours or days. Have your child draw a picture of what he observed. Hint: use shorter glasses or jars and place them close together. SC1.4dHave your child help you create a grocery list. Let your child write their own list! Have your child draw the items listed or find and cut out pictures of the items from sales fliers. Questions to Ask: Why did you put that on the grocery list? What’s your favorite part of grocery shopping (helping look for items, putting them in the cart, placing on the conveyor belt for the cashier, unloading at home, etc)? CLL9.4aCounting objects up to forty (40) MA1.4aFriday, May 15thHead, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes: - Challenge: Turn off the screen and have your child follow along to audio only. CR1.4aTake a walk around your yard or neighborhood. Have your child observe different types of flowers and create a drawing of these flowers. Compare the different types of flowers by color, height, width, etc. Talk about the different parts of a plant. Questions to Ask: Tell me about the flowers you saw on our walk. Tell me about how the flower smells. What do you think happens to the flower in winter? How do you think a flower grows? What does a flower need to grow? SC3.4aGo on a rock hunt outside in your yard. Collect 20 rocks. Have your child count the rocks, sort them by a characteristic (size, color, where the rocks were found, etc.,) or create a pattern with the rocks! For example, large rock, large rock, small rock, large rock, large rock, small rock. Encourage your child to come up with different patterns. You could also create a pattern and ask your child to tell you what pattern you created. MA.4a, MA4.4c Teach your child about syllables by clapping the “beats” he hears in words. Let’s say you choose the word elephant. Pause as you say each syllable—e-le-phant—and clap out each syllable together. You can also get your child up and moving by having him/her stomp or jump with each syllable. Spring Themed Words: rabbit, basket, weather, watermelon, flower, spider, celebration, baseball CLL6.4ePour your salt, sugar, or sand in a shallow bin/pan/plate. Next, place a shape/number/letter card in front of the bin and have your child use his finger to copy the shape/number/letter in the sand or salt. Have the child practice writing the symbol several times until he’s comfortable enough to move onto the next symbol in the deck. Extend the Activity: Have your child use an unsharpened pencil or a paint brush to create letters in the salt. CLL9.4aMay 18th-22nd Monday, May 18th Learning Station: Herman the Worm- and Finger Family- CR1.4a5 Little Ducks Poem- CLL5.4bListen to Quackenstein - - Draw a picture of an animal you would like to hatch out of an egg. CLL5.4a, CR2.4aTake a walk outside and play I Spy. I Spy is a game where one person describes something they spy and the other person tries to guess what it is. Make the descriptions as vivid as possible. Take turns playing with your child. SS3.4bWrite- “I went to the zoo.” 5 times CLL9.4aTuesday, May 19thGreg and Steve: Listen and Move- and the Freeze song- CR1.4aSing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star- with your child and ask him to listen for words that rhyme or sound alike at the end. Sing the song again and have your child point out rhyming words. Add movement to the activity by asking your child to jump or put his hands in the air when he hears a rhyming word. CLL5.4b, CLL6.4bDiscuss with your child the uses of maps. If you have any maps, show them to your child. Help your child create a map of your home and label the different parts of it. Add a math component to the activity by helping your child count the steps between the rooms in your house and include that information on the map. SS3.4a, CR2.4aShape Hunt: Go on a shape hunt around your house. Call out a shape and have your child find two or three objects that match the shape you named. Have her draw the different objects she found. Do this for several different shapes such as circle, triangle, square and rectangle. MA6.4aCollect a colander/strainer and pipe cleaners (or uncooked spaghetti noodles). Have your child practice pushing pipe cleaners from one side of the colander to the other. Challenge: Create a thick layer of pipe cleaners and see what objects will rest on top of the woven pipe cleaners without falling through to the bottom. CR2.4aWednesday, May 20thI Like to Move It, Move It- and Watch Me Whip- CR1.4aRecycling Sort: Talk to your child about the importance of recycling materials in your home. Collect materials as you use them (this may take a few days) and put them into a separate bin. Work with your child to sort these objects by paper, cardboard, and plastic and have her count the items in each category. Discuss which type material for which there was more or less. SC5.4aDraw and name animals that live in a zoo. CR1.4a, SS3.4a, CLL9.4aVirtual Field Trip of the San Diego Zoo- SC3.4aListen to the View at the Zoo- CLL5.4aThursday, May 21stBounce Patrol: Good Morning, Farm Animals- and Super Simple Songs: The Animals on the Farm- CR1.4aAsk your child to name the beginning sound of different farm words. Say, “What sound do you hear at the beginning of ____?” (farm, barn, tractor, cow, pig, horse, duck, goat) Hint: The emphasis should be placed on distinguishing the sound, rather than naming the letter. /f/ in farm, /b/ in barn, /tr/in tractor Extend this activity by asking what other words begin with that sound. CLL6.4cRead aloud Pete the Cat Old Macdonald Had a Farm by James Dean- CLL5.4bReview positional words with Jack Hartmann’s song, All Around the Farm- After listening to the song, walk around inside your home (or outside) and encourage your child to practice using positional words. Ask questions such as, “Is the rug over or under the chair?” using these positional words: below, above, back, front, left, right, inside, outside, up, down, between MA5.4a“Milk the Cow” Here’s a quick and easy activity for hand strengthening that’s sure to get a couple of laughs, too! What You’ll Need: Container/pitcher, Clean rubber glove, Water, Needle What to Do: Take a needle and poke a hole in the end of one finger of the rubber glove. Depending on the thickness of your gloves, you may need to stretch the hole with the needle in a circular motion to widen it. Fill the glove with water and tie the open end of the glove so that it holds the liquid without spilling. Now the fun can begin! Allow your child to grasp and squeeze the finger downward to simulate milking a cow. You can attempt to fill a small glass with the “milk.” SC1.4dFriday, May 22nd Learning Station Robot Dance- and Gonoodle Shake Yo Foot- CR1.4aBINGO- CLL6.4eCosmetic Kids Yoga- This about 11 minutes long. PMD5.4bListen to The Night Before Kindergarten- CLL5.4aWrite “Last day of school.” (3 times) CLL9.4aHave a Great and Safe Summer Break! ................
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