Websites & Other Resources

Hello,

I hope you are all finding fun ways to learn with your kiddos while we are stuck at home. I have begun putting together some resources to help you! I will continue to add to this list so keep checking back! Let me know if you find anything that you want me to add as well.

Here are some sample schedules:

*Here is a good hand washing video to share with your kids-
https://jr.brainpop.com/health/bewell/washinghands/

*For St. Patrick's Day, here is a video of Author Laura Murray reading The Gingerbread Man & Leprechaun Loose at School-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mo8RLD8Lr0&feature=youtu.be

Websites that are always free:

*PBS- resources, lessons, videos, games, and activities aligned to state standards. 
https://thinktv.pbslearningmedia.org/student/

*Mystery Science- offering popular science lessons for free. No login or account needed!
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

*Starfall- Lots of fun learning games, always free!
https://www.starfall.com/h/index-kindergarten.php

*ABCYa- Literacy & Math games
https://www.abcya.com/grades/k

*Story Place- Explore books and activities related to them.
https://www.storyplace.org/

*Storyline Online- This website has lots of stories read by the authors and various celebrities.
https://www.storylineonline.net/

*Scholastic has lessons to help students learn at home. Scroll down to click PreK and Kindergarten. They upload a lesson everyday so there are already a few for you to do!
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html-

*Typing Club- Allows students to practice typing skills.
https://www.typingclub.com/sportal/

*Sign Language 101- Videos to learn sign language such as the alphabet, people, colors, etc.
http://www.signlanguage101.com/

*GoNoodle- Great movement & mindfulness videos for kids.
https://www.gonoodle.com/

*Read Together Be Together- Virtual storytime with celebrity readers to help build a love of reading.
https://www.readtogetherbetogether.com/

*The Character Tree- Videos about positive character traits.
https://go.charactertree.com/free_home_access_for_students

*Monster Chef- Kid friendly recipes including pictures.
https://www.nomsterchef.com/nomster-recipe-library

*SwitchZoo- Various animal games like making habitats, matching, puzzles, etc.
https://www.switchzoo.com/

*San Diego Zoo- Learn facts about various animals, read stories about them, play games, and more!
https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/

*Weather Wiz Kids- Learn about weather including tornadoes, rainbows, storms, etc.
https://www.weatherwizkids.com/

Websites offering deals due to the circumstances:

*ABC Mouse- This website has so many fun learning games, songs, puzzles, books, art, and printables in various subjects. 
https://www.abcmouse.com/redeem- use code to create a free account: AOFLUNICEF

*Reading IQ- This website has lots of books to read and assessments. 
https://www.readingiq.com/redeem- use code to create a free account: AOFLUNICEF

*Vooks- Read aloud, animated books. Offering a free account for 1 month.
https://www.vooks.com/

*Fluency & Fitness- Offering 21 days free. They have learning and movement activities to help make learning fun and interactive.
https://fluencyandfitness.com/register/school-closures/

*BrainPop- Is offering a free account currently. They have videos and activities in lots of different subject areas.
https://www.brainpop.com/

*Learning Without Tears- free activities, lessons, videos, etc. just create an account.
https://www.lwtears.com/programs/distance-learning

*Splash Learn- Fun math games for students.
https://www.splashlearn.com/features/parents

*Reading Eggs- Practice reading and comprehension skills, 30 day free trial.
https://readingeggs.com/taf2/?fbclid=IwAR0hU80KKPIotiduh9Y_PCofJv10tyMhwDc2GaHLEcZ4okIpxDYdryU8JxU

*Epic- Digital Library- Offering 30 day free trial.
https://www.getepic.com/promo

Other Fun Activities

*The Kennedy Center- Children's Author Mo Willems is doing a "Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems" daily. You can watch them on their Facebook page at 12pm "The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts". The videos will be posted daily on their Facebook page and the website below.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems?fbclid=IwAR2dw-NtVKMnJ7z0i0J5zRsY8hEV6DwODF-4HBBIRKudkktaH3-UFv6pX64

*Cincinnati Zoo-They will be having a Facebook Live event every day at 3pm with an animal followed by an activity.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

*Atlantic Whit eShark Conservancy- They will be hosting a Shark Story Hour every day at 10am.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

*Laurie Berkner does fun children's songs and will be doing daily song breaks at 10am. They are posted to her Facebook page afterwards as well. She is also posting suggestions for songs to listen to in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
 Laurie Berkner Band

*P.E with Joe-
https://youtu.be/Rz0go1pTda8

*The National Museum of the United States Air Force is offering a Virtual Tour while they are closed. Check it out: http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/

*The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery is posting lots of science & animal related video multiple times a day. Make sure to check them out! https://www.facebook.com/BoonshoftMuseum

*Since Disneyland & Disney World are closed, you can take virtual rides on all the rides! Take a look here:
https://www.romper.com/p/while-disney-world-disneyland-are-closed-take-your-kids-on-virtual-rides-22622893?fbclid=IwAR2O_7rrfE78rCfXjD5jRJ84iE3UvT2KcjB1E_CiHyNgRaVS1v6eKF6l5Ts

*20 Virtual Field Trips to take with your kids- take virtual field trips of museums, zoos, aquariums, and other places around the world. They even have web cams and other fun things!
https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html?fbclid=IwAR23fXCt8gkzBkftJZdNxT-TVwISqgipynvSme275VhMmytAny_p0yjx3K8

*A list of 100 activities to do at home during school closures.
https://entertainkidsonadime.com/2020/03/13/100-activities-to-do-at-home-during-school-closures/?fbclid=IwAR1i4gexlVP7SoFIAr3XSPtTdDMl0bdrjPPAdSEs6p1UgAGMOGl6SJWDvvs

*2 weeks worth of science activities
https://www.mkewithkids.com/post/here-are-two-weeks-worth-of-fun-and-easy-science-experiments?fbclid=IwAR1JpGwsnHpsZgRxkHxIspYirnEj3WYPbggXUjqCb34RfD3KHcP-y9AVlEo

*25 Screen Free Activities for Kids-

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/124392/25-screen-free-activities-for-kids/

*Learning Through Landscapes- Outdoor learning group with ideas for fun outdoor lessons.

https://www.ltl.org.uk/news/free-online-outdoor-learning-training/

*30 Day Lego Challenge

*Dr. Seuss Reading Challenge

*More ideas

*At Home Activity Ideas

*I have seen various people posting things about having students write letters to the elderly at nursing homes, people battling cancer at the hospital, or their friends at school for when we can see each other again.

MooseMath- free, teaches counting, addition, subtraction, sorting and more.
Math Slide- free, practices tens and ones and understanding numbers up to 100.
Word Wagon- free, play with letters, practices building words, and phonics skills.
Duck, Duck, Moose- 9 different phonics and word /letter activities.
Cosmic Kids- free trial, kids yoga
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Shapes and Colors- free, develop reasoning skills by solving puzzles, exploring a beautiful 3D playground and having fun with The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

*Another resource that someone shared with me (thank you Evelyn & Joann): https://www.bayut.com/mybayut/wildlife-dubai/ I hope to see you all soon! Mrs. Garrabrant

March Activities & More!

This week was definitely a crazy one! We started with Daylight Savings Time and a full moon. Then we ended with schools closing for the next 3 weeks and Friday the 13th! I hope to have more answers for you soon about what is next for us and I hope to see your students very soon! 

**Tomorrow we are going to finish working on putting together packets of work for your students to be doing during this time at home. Check the District's Facebook page or website for the most up to date information. I will also do another blog post in the next few days with some updates and resources to share with you as well. 

In the meantime, take a look below for details on our week. 

Our Journey's Focus Wall for the week.

Journey's Home Letter & Sight Words for the week.

In Literacy Lab, we worked very hard! Students worked on their iReady lessons. 

Mrs. Coberly also worked with students to practice reading simple books. 

I worked with groups on practicing reading basic books and answering questions about what we read.

 We also worked on a March math and literacy paper. 

 We worked in our Reader's Notebook to practice sight words, the letter Oo sounds, and pronouns.

 Students also worked on academic and behavioral self-evaluations for conferences. Since they have been postponed, I will hold onto these until we meet and share them with you at that time. 

With St. Patrick's Day around the corner, students wrote about what they would do if they found a pot of gold. Some of their answers were so funny, below are a few examples!

We also enjoyed getting to play outside since the weather was nicer! 

 We started to read our new chapter book Stuart Little.

Students met their 2 week iReady goal and when we return to school we will be enjoying some lemonade to celebrate! That is what they chose as their reward. 

Thanks for stopping by. I will be in touch a lot over the next couple of weeks. Please let me know if you need anything at all and keep in touch! I hope this all passes quickly and I get to see your children very soon!

Mrs. Brittany Garrabrant

Dr. Seuss, 101 Dalmatians & More

We had a very exciting week in Kindergarten! 

Take a look below for details on all of the fun things we have been up to.

Our Journey's Focus Wall for the week.

Weekly Journey's Home Letter

In Literacy Lab this week, I worked with students on reading basic guided reading stories and answering questions about what we read.

We also read books to practice silent E words. 

Students worked very hard on their iReady lessons as well.

Mrs. Coberly worked with students to read a simple book and write their own sentences to finish the book.

For Fun Friday, Mrs. Coberly read the story Jack and the Beanstalk then students worked on coloring the pictures to go along with the book. 

For the next Fun Friday, students will cut out the pictures and work on retelling the story.

To celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America Day, we read lots of Dr. Seuss books! Here are just a few.

We read Green Eggs and Ham, then made a list of rhyming words. Students made their own page of something they would eat with something that it rhymes with. 

We will use these to make a class book!

We also read The Cat in the Hat and students wrote about how they would get the cat to leave their house. They had some pretty creative answers! Below are just a few. 

These will go in the student's portfolios.

I also added some fun Dr. Seuss workstations for students this week. They surveyed their friends on what their favorite Dr. Seuss book was, colored the eggs to match the color word, and completed a connect the dots by counting to make a cat in the hat. 

We also worked on a March literacy and math paper together. 

Students worked on writing their numbers for 3rd quarter assessments. 

Miss Dupont came to work with the students this week while I completed 3rd Quarter testing. Students completed a rainbow of themselves with their favorite things. 

Miss Dupont also completed a directed drawing of a leprechaun with the students. 

She gave them step by step instructions and they had to follow them to make their leprechaun. 

They did great and are now hanging up in the hallway! 

We finished reading our chapter book 101 Dalmatians so we watched the movie to compare them. Students really enjoyed this movie! They voted on our next chapter book and chose Stuart Little.

We also had our popcorn party that students earned!

Students have been working on a new goal to pass 195 lessons in the next 2 weeks. 

The class voted and chose to work towards earning lemonade. 

Our school has been working to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 

We will be collecting money until March 20th and the class that earns the most will get a pizza party!

On Monday we also had our Spring pictures.

Our friend Autumn was one of the weekly tootle prize winners this week, congrats Autumn!

Thanks for checking in. Have a great week!

Mrs. Brittany Garrabrant