Elephant and Piggie We Are Home

Elephant and Piggie: We Are Home Celebration

March 30-April 7, 2020

Reading: Please read or listen to one Elephant and Piggie book each day.  Please continue to do one book on Epic and RAZ Kids as well.

Math: Please complete one worksheet each day from the Telling Time folder in our shared OneDrive.  Practice reading clocks you have at home.  If you've finished your worksheets you can try these games.  

https://www.abcya.com/games/telling_time



https://www.mathgames.com/time


https://www.splashlearn.com/time-games


https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock


Phonics: Please complete at least 3 worksheets from the Phonics folder at some point during our celebration.

OO Words: 

troop
pool
tools
broom
spoon
zoo
hoop
snooze
choose
moose
broom

April Fools Day Word Search:

https://www.edhelper.com/April-Fools-Day-Word-Search-grade1.pdf

Mo Willems Lunch Doodles:

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

Dear First Graders,

I know we are all VERY excited to start our Elephant and Piggie celebration.  I've prepared a video for you to begin the celebration.

Musical Monday

Please watch these videos about Elephant and Piggie We Are in a Play.  

Listen to the songs: Write about your favorite Elephant and Piggie song and tell us why it is your favorite.

Share your favorite song during afternoon meeting.  

Maybe even make up an Elephant and Piggie dance to share with the class.

Artistic Tuesday

Watch an episode of Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems.  

Share your Elephant and Piggie doodles with the class in our chat on Skype or live in Table Talks on Zoom.  Your parents can also email them to me.  

Remember to ask your parents permission before posting in our Skype chat.

Wonder-full Wednesday

Read your favorite Elephant and Piggie story aloud to someone in your family.  

Write down what  you would like to ask Elephant and Piggie in that story. 

 Write down what wonders you have about elephants and pigs.

Thankful Thursday

Draw a picture of yourself with Elephant and Piggie thanking someone who has helped you.
Thank a family member, friend, neighbor, or classmate for making your day.

Fun Friday

Let's make this a fun Friday!  Write an Elephant and Piggie skit or story.

Be prepared to share it with your tables in the afternoon.

Have an Elephant and Piggie party with your family.

Tell your parents there are lots of activities listed in our shared OneDrive in the Elephant and 
Piggie folder.

Here's Humphrey's First Palm Sunday by Carol Heyer.

Magnificent Monday

Let's learn all we can today about real elephants and pigs.

Please read the following articles on Pebble Go and write down 3 things you remember from each article in your panda notebooks.

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/25/articles/157

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/31/articles/396

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/409/articles/405

Listen to this awesome book that we learned about last week from one of our 1-D friends.

Tremendous Tuesday

Here are some ideas to make your Tuesday learning Tremendous:

Pretend you are Elephant or Piggie and write a letter from their point of view.
Make an Elephant or Piggie puppet.
Create Elephant or Piggie out of recyclable items you have at home.
Write Elephant and Piggie jokes.
Draw Elephant and Piggie in a habitat with your favorite wild animal.

EXTRA READ ALOUD FOR MATH:

Check this out:)

and this:)

It's a Beautiful Day (Week 2) March 23-27, 2020

Dear First Graders,

I hope you had a beautiful weekend with your family.  I wanted to send you a plan for the week of March 23-27.

Please read at least one book on Epic, one book on RAZ Kids, and one real book each day.  Please make sure you record your books on RAZ Kids and don't forget to take your quizzes.  I'll be working on assigning more books individually on Tuesday.  Please focus on your Reading Room and Level Up assignments right now.

Please listen to Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats on YouTube.

Writing Prompt for Monday:

Write about something you haven't learned to do yet.

Writing Prompt for Tuesday:

Write about your pet or a pet you would like to have.  Write about what adventures you have had or would like to have with that pet.

Writing Prompt for Wednesday:

Write about your favorite wild animal.  Write down questions you have about that wild animal.  Bring your questions to morning meeting.

Writing Prompt for Thursday:

Write a thank you note to someone who has helped you.  

Writing Prompt for Friday:

Write a silly story.  The sillier the better.

Words to practice spelling:

look

book

good

hook

brook

took

foot

shook

wood

hood

crook

hoof

Words to practice reading:

again

along

began

boy

father

house

nothing

together

If you have finished working on these words, please work on reviewing sight words and spelling words from our review list.

Sight Words for Stories 1-23:

Spelling Words for Stories 1-23:

Religion:

https://www.holyheroes.com/Lenten-Adventure-s/37.htm?utm_source=holyheroes&utm_medium=button&utm_campaign=LA

Spanish:

https://senoraapplegate.weebly.com/1st.html

Please work on the following pages in Sadlier phonics if you are able to access the book:

Unit 5 Lesson 23.  

Please work on these IXL language arts objectives.

https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-1

B1, B2, CC1, DD1, DD2, HH1, HH2, HH3, PP1, PP2, PP3

Please work on these IXL math objectives.

https://www.ixl.com/math/

P1 through P13.

Please watch these videos on measurement:

Please watch these videos on clocks:

Practice measuring items around your house with a ruler.  Practice telling time to the hour and half hour with your parents.

Please read the following articles on butterflies and take notes in your panda notebooks:

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/21/articles/421

https://site.pebblego.com/modules/1/categories/21/articles/422

Over the weekend, please gather any Elephant and Piggie books you might have at home.  I'll explain why soon:)

I would like to leave you with this Mister Rogers quote which you may have already seen.

My thoughts and prayers are with you.  

If you have any questions, please send me a message on Skype.

See you Monday Morning:)

Miss Deem