Link to the music for journal + word work
Week 12: Anti-Racist Lessons
We’ll revisit This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe and listen to Ms. King read Where Are You From by Yamile Saied Mendez. The kids will set up an interview to learn more about their family heritage. Read more about the lessons on my blog.
Today I discussed bias by introducing the bias blob that gets in the way and blocks our view. We read Amazing Grace and discussed how some kids in the story said things that hurt her feelings because of their biases.
Today we talk about why a character in Amazing Grace had bias and said a racist comment. We talked about white privilege, racist ideas, racism, and Black Lives Matters. We listened to Jelani Memory read his book "A Kids Book About Racism".
Today we talked about how to be an ally. I had toys act out a situation that was unfair, and shared three books: "One" by Kathryn Otoshi and listened to Sanofka read "Intersection Allies" by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi, and listened to Saladin Allah read "A is for Activism" by Innosanto Nagara.
Here are descriptions of this week’s lessons (I still need to add to this).
We sang, we read, we played, we danced, we created, and we said "see you soon."
(this day was a more typical Fun Friday, not so much of an anti-racism lesson day)
Week 11: Our Book Project + Subtraction
To prepare to write our how to guides for fun things to do at home, the kids helped me make a pb+j sandwich. Then we played subtraction bowling and also did a brain dance with funny feathers from the estimation jar.
We read One Love again and I invited kids to talk to their families about how you show love. We wrote the how to part of our guides and played subtraction squish.
We counted 50 things by sorting them into groups. Then the kids wrote a whole paragraph sharing their opinion about their how-to idea.
We talked a lot about communities, what's in our own community, and what makes up a community. The kids played a “Roll A Community” (see image >>>) and also did a brain dance. Tomorrow we will vote for an organization that we would like to support in our community.
Roll a Community: Roll two dice, add them and draw the image on your picture that matches. 3=apartments, 4 = sidewalk, road, or river, 9 or 12 = business or service.
Today we voted on an organization that our book will support. So not only will the how to book help give others great ideas of fun things to do at home, but the money we make will support Black Mamas Matter since that is the organization the kids voted for!
Week 9+10: Poetry
We started off our poetry study by reading The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni to think about how letters become words and how words can tell important messages. For math we did Splat 1.1 by Steve Wyborney. I needed to interact with the kids so I didn’t video it- you can download and play here
We read One Love to think about how songs are poems- we hear and sing poems all the time! Then we played tally grab and made a bird’s eye view picture.
It’s spoon day! Really! We read Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal to learn about personification. Then the kids play a spoon grab game that’s kind of like the splat game we played on Monday.
It’s a day to play with alliteration! We read some poems, practicing the beginning sounds of our names and I got the kids started on a poem where they write about people they love. Then we played 1-2 Nim- you can learn all about it here at Math For Love.
Onomatopoeia day! We played Splat 1.2 which can be found https://stevewyborney.com/2017/02/splat/ here..I didn't include it in the video since the kid's faces were on the screen.
It's Animal Day! I read poems about animals, sang an animal song and the kids play a game with animals.
We practiced writing similes and shape poems. Then we played "Roll a Creature" and watched the butterfly release!
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A note! We’ll be live on Friday for an art play date (the video won’t be posted). Contact me if you’d like to join our zoom call.
Week 8: Our Incredible Selves
This week is all about ourselves! What makes us special and what makes us similar to each other. Today we read "Not Quite Narwhal" by Jessie Sima and drew a picture of ourselves in the place where we feel the most like ourselves. Then we counted things in our rooms and kept track of what we counted.
We read "We're Different, We're the Same" and drew pictures of some of the things our bodies can do. We did a brain dance to think about how our bodies move. After the estimation jar and math talk we ran out of time so we'll do more math tomorrow!
We did a math game called “Roll and Trace” if you need the worksheet please email me for the pdf. Then I read Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart and planned a question we could ask a grown up we love.
We read “The Day You Begin” then got right to math! We had number celebrations with a fun math confetti game.
Instead of a live Friday class, we're making sight word / letter jars. You'll need a jar/plastic bottle, some rice/beans, thick paper, scissors, a marker, and some fun little items like sparkles or little animals to put in your jar. I also read "Pigeon Wants a Puppy" by Mo Willems.
Week 7: Sports Week
We started off Sports Week by looking at books to decide if they are fiction or non-fiction, then looked for text features. We talked about doubles in math and learned a new chant that can help us count doubles on our hands. {Journal: this weekend I... }
We looked again at text features and did a scavenger hunt in books to find photos, captions, table of contents, etc. Then we drew a basketball court and the kids practiced counting doubles. Finally, we looked into the art of Pejac again.
The kids drew their own sport/game! It was a great practice in creativity! Then we sorted our dominoes- these are a great toy to play with numbers and I hoped to start this practice. Then the kids added to their Pejac art.
We got to hear Tameka Freyer Brown read “My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood” then we drew about how we feel when we do our favorite sport and made a graph of our favorite sports.
Fun Friday! We moved chrysalides to their butterfly habitat. We did a ball bounciness analysis. Then I read Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung which inspired some expressive dot art.
Week 6: Frozen Week
Day 26: Monday, April 27
It's Frozen Week and we're starting with castles! We learned about 5 big castles, drew a castle, and built a castle!
Day 27: Tuesday, April 28
Reindeer day! We learned about reindeer and took notes as we watched a book get read to us. Then we pretended to be reindeer and played a math antler game. In art, we studied texture. Friday is Special Guest Day and won't be recorded.
Day 28: Wednesday, April 29
Frozen Day! Recommended journal entry: I feel happy when…. We’ve been listening to Frozen music and writing for about 10 minutes at the start of class. Then we acted out the Frozen 1 story with puppets that you can find here. Then we did a Frozen freeze dance party. And finally we made a snowflake game for our characters that you can play in person (idea found here!).
Day 29: Thursday, April 30
Norway Day! We compared Norway to the USA/where we live. Then we learned a Norwegian dance. We played “tally grab” in math. Tomorrow’s class won’t be recorded since it’s special guest day!
Day 25: Friday, April 24
Fun Friday! We wrote about our favorite things to do outside then made a class graph of these things. It took a long time and isn't in this video since every kid got to share. You could make a family graph of what you like to do outside! Then we did a dancing raison science experiment! Have a fun weekend.
Day 24: Thursday, April 23
We played a new letter-sound matching game, read "Here We Are" by Oliver Jeffers, and sorted our collections into categories that we counted and analyzed. Then we drew a picture of an our outdoor spaces using lines, shapes, and space.
Day 23: Wednesday, April 22 🌎 Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day to you and our beautiful earth we get to live on. We finished reading Secrets of the Apple Tree book focusing on naming the main idea and key details, Then we made a visual graph with our nature collection. We drew shapes and used negative space to fill in our picture.
Day 22: Tuesday April 21
Today we thought about the main idea and the key details when reading the text. We analyzed our collections by putting items in categories, counting them, and see what we had more/less of. Also, there were at least 7 roly polies in the estimation jar along with the pinecones!
Day 21: Monday, April 20
What’s in your outside space? How have you been playing outside? We read “Chirri and Chirra in the Tall Grass” by Kaya Doi to see what these two girls did on an adventure outside their home. Then we started to categorize some things that we found in our yard.
Day 20: Friday, April 17
Can you believe we’ve had 20 days of school at home…really 27 because we didn’t start Little Peach House School. It was butterfly day and we looked at our new butterfly garden, read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and drew a butterfly with lines to make it special.
Day 19: Thursday April 16
We didn’t read a story but told stories today! Thinking about an important event or moment, why it was special, then thinking through the beginning, middle, and end is a great way to get ready to write. Then we played roll to 100! Tomorrow is butterfly day!
Day 18: Wednesday, April 15
We read “Here, George” then retold the beginning, middle, and end. Then we wrote about the important parts. Next we drew 100 of something by putting them in sets of 10. For drawing, we drew our name with fancy lines.
Day 17: Tuesday, April 14
We used animals to retell the story of Harry the Dirty Dog and we counted 100 things by putting them in piles of ten.
Day 16: Monday, April 13
This week we’re focusing on story telling and counting to 100! We’re reading stories with dogs and retelling the stories as well as our own stories. Tomorrow you’ll need ~100+ of something and possibly a counting mat like this.
Day 15: Friday, April 10
It’s the last day in the rainforest! We looked at the layers of the rainforest, studied the roots of trees, made scientific drawings of leaves, and set up a leaf exploration! Can’t wait to see you on Monday my lovely friends!
Day 14: Thursday, April 9
We continued to use the 5 questions words to look for details about the text. But I’m so sorry, I forgot to record part of my read aloud! Then we did the estimation jar with spoons. We used our collections of 20 things to play Grab and Count. Finally, we drew an animal that you would find in the Emergent Layer of the Rainforest, can you guess what it is? Please do let me know if you’re watching these and I’ll try to make sure to say hello on camera to your child! You can email me at hello@aneladeisler.com.
Day 13: Wednesday, April 8
A Ram Sam Sam! The kids did speed writing with their letters and word cards. We read the first half of The Great Kepok Tree and used our five question words on our hands to use details to talk about the story. The kids drew their prediction of what would happen next. We’ll find out tomorrow! In math we played a bug game working on numbers 1-10. You can make your own bug game up to 20 or more at home! We finished with drawing a sloth.
Day 12: Tuesday, April 7
We used our fingers to think about who, what, when, where, and why to use details to talk about the story we read which was Slowly Slowly, Slowly, said the Sloth by Eric Carle. In math we wrote the numbers 1-20 and made the numbers fancy with bugs. We drew an Emerald Tree Boa too!
Day 11: Monday, April 6
Let’s Take a Trip! We took an airplane ride to the rainforest and we’ll study this magical place all week as we ask and answer questions. We made bugs with dots and are focusing on counting to 20 in math this week but of course go as high or low on your counting as you’d like. We’re drawing every day this week and started with a jaguar.
Day 10: I’m so sorry but the recording didn’t work this time bc I was updating my zoom account while it was converting the video. But we watched Ok Go’s Music video for This Too Shall Pass and studying ramps to make a system. Something really fun that you could do at home too!
Day 9: Thursday April 2
We thought about what makes our homes special and looked in all the rooms of our homes. Sorry, I couldn't include the story bc other kids were on the video. We created homes out of shapes. Tomorrow is Fun Friday: balls and ramps!
Day 8: Wednesday, April 1
We read “If You Give a Pig a Pancake” by Laura Numeroff and focused on the main character and setting. Then we thought about our own homes and drew a map/blueprint of our homes. For math, the estimation jar was so full it filled up our whole time together!
day 7: Tuesday March 31
We started word/letter work. We read more of "This is How We Do It" by Matt Lamothe and drew pictures of ourselves in our homes. We also continued our shapes studies and made shapes out of sticks.
Day 6: Monday, March 30
What Makes your Home Special? We read "This is How We Do It" by Matt Lamothe and drew a picture of our homes. In math, we began a shape study and drew a chart of shapes with labels. Tomorrow we start word/letter studies!
Day 5: Friday March 27
FUN FRIDAY! We played with colors and science. We read "One" by Kathryn Ode. If you are watching these videos, please fill out the questionnaire so I’m sure to say hello to your child!
Day 4: Thursday March 26
We can use toys to retell our stories. We read Waiting Is Not Easy by Mo Willems. We can use blocks, squares, and rulers to measure our body.
Day 3: Wednesday, March 25
oh my gosh please start at 21 seconds…I still had to get ready haha!!!