Google Classroom Here We Come!

We are moving to Google Classroom!

Effective April 20th, 2020, all of your child's assignment can be found on the CES Kindergarten Crew Google Classroom. To access this, you will need to be logged in using the gmail account that you sent to me. You will also be able to find general information and links to our class meetings on our Google Site: https://sites.google.com/cesvt.net/mckindergartencrew/home .

We know this is a lot of change in a short about of time. We thank you for your patience and understanding as we shift over to using all Google platforms.

Assignments, instruction and information will no longer be posted to this blog. 

As always, feel free to contact me at cmcknight@cesvt.net with any questions.

Happy Spring Break!

Hello Everyone! What a way to start spring break...with a bunch of snow!

I just wanted to end this Friday by telling you what a great job everyone is doing juggling learning at home. I am amazed by the pictures and videos that I am getting of students work! I have a remote learning file for each child to store all of this wonderful work in.

Thank you again for your patience, understanding and flexibility! I will "see" everyone after break.

Friday, April 10th

Good morning!

Today is Fun Friday! Do you see signs of spring? Go outside and take a picture of something you see that shows spring is here. Make a silly face in the photo and send it to your teacher.

Our friend, H, wasn't able to come to our morning meeting yesterday, but he wanted to share his cool creations!

Also, 2 of our friends live near each other and have been leaving each other rock message in the woods.




Mrs. E has been missing doing ASL with all of you. Have some Sign Language Time with Mrs. E

Literacy

• Roll a muscle word! Roll a 6 sided dice and write a muscle word that has that many letters.

• Cut, sort and glue the th, she, ch sheet
• Read from your reading bag for at least 10 minutes and log it in the CES Reading Challenge McKnight Daily Reading Log
• Log onto Raz-Kids and complete 2 books

Math

• Number Corner w/Mrs. E!


• April 10th Number Corner Link #1
• Longer vs Shorter
• April 10th Number Corner Link #2
• Free Pick Friday! Pick your favorite card game to play!

Writing

• Finish up your how to project! Don't forget to send it to Mrs. McKnight when you are done with it. I can't wait to see what you are going to teach me how to do!

Habits of Mind Enrichment

• Guidance - Do one page in Mrs. Ferguson’s packet about Kelso’s Wheel and/or check out Mrs. Ferguson's Blog

Daily Check in

• Please have your child complete the daily check-in at the end of each day! They may need some help typing the answer to the last question each day. McKnight K Daily Check-In

Thursday, April 9th

Good morning from Mrs. McKnight!

Here is the link to today's morning meeting!

Today is Thoughtful Thursday! I miss all of the drawings that everyone use to make for me and I could hang on my door:( Will you draw a picture for me today and send it to me to hang on my virtual wall?

Our friend, G, has been working very hard at learning to tie his shoes. His persistence paid off! He wanted to share what he can do...

Literacy

• Be the teacher day! You get to quiz your mom or dad on the muscle words. Get your muscle word list and read mom or dad one word at a time and have the write the word. Make sure to check their spelling.

• Stretch out/tap out these words: lunch, chimp, march
• Read from your reading bag for at least 10 minutes and log it in the CES Reading Challenge McKnight Daily Reading Log
• Log onto Raz-Kids and complete 2 books

Math

• Number Corner w/Mrs. E!


• April 9th Number Corner Link #1
• Me And the Measure of Things
• April 9th Number Corner Link #2


• Do one page in your math problem solving book.
• Problem Solving #6
• Math game of the day: Go Fish for 10!
  You need a deck of ordinary playing cards with the face cards and 10s removed.
  1. Each player is dealt 5 cards.
  2. Each player looks for pairs from his or her cards that make 10.  Players put down the pairs of cards that make 10, and they draw new cards to replace them.
  3. Players take turns asking each other for a card that will make 10 with a card in their own hands.
  If a player gets the card he or she asked for, he or she puts the pair down and picks a new card from the deck.
  If a player does not get the card that he or she asked for, the player must "Go Fish" and pick a card from the deck.
  If the new card makes 10 with a card in the player's hand, he or she puts the pair of cards down and takes another card.
  If a player runs out of cards, the  player picks two new cards.
  A player's turn is over when no more pairs can be made that make 10.
  The game is over when there are no more cards.

Writing

• Work on your How To project! Remember to choose a way to show your procedure. It could be with pictures, words, a video etc. Make sure you have all of the parts outlined in the videos that have been posted the last few days. With your permission I am hoping to share your How To project with your friends on our blog!

Habits of Mind Enrichment

• Music- Check out Mrs. Cloutiers music blog and/or Music Bingo

Daily Check in

• Please have your child complete the daily check-in at the end of each day! They may need some help typing the answer to the last question each day. McKnight K Daily Check-In

Wednesday, April 8th

Good morning from Mrs. McKnight!

Today is Wacky Wednesday! Here is today silly picture of the day. 
What do you think this cat and duck are saying to each other?


For tomorrows morning meeting, let's share something that we have made! It could be a painting, Lego creation, craft project, food item, etc. As long as you made it, you can share it!

Literacy

• Write your muscle words outside today! You could use chalk, write them in the dirt or sand with a stick, use a paint brush and water and write them on your deck, etc. Get creative!

• Write this silly sentence for wacky Wednesday. Don't forget all of your sentence rules and listen carefully for the /ch/ sound. The chimp had chips for lunch.
• Read from your reading bag for at least 10 minutes and log it in the CES Reading Challenge McKnight Daily Reading Log
• Log onto Raz-Kids and complete 2 books

Math

• Number Corner w/Mrs. E!


• April 8th Number Corner Link #1
• Measurement Song
• April 8th Number Corner Link #2


• Sort your subtraction cards by answer.
• Math game of the day will be Tenspeed again. This game is a little tricky so play again and see if you can get better at it.

Writing

• Handwriting practice: Write the name is each person in your family. Make sure you have a capital at the beginning of each of their name.
• Procedure writing is also know as How-To writing! Watch the video below to complete the next part of the project. See Monday for more details.
• Step 4: The Closing (The video says it's step 5. I skipped the step 4 video because it was about revision and was geared more 1st and 2nd grade.)

Habits of Mind Enrichment

• P.E. - Do one of the activities that Mrs. G sent home or check out 
Ms. G's PE Blog

Daily Check in

• Please have your child complete the daily check-in at the end of each day! They may need some help typing the answer to the last question each day. McKnight K Daily Check-In

Tuesday, April 7th

Click to access our morning meeting!

Today is Tricky Tuesday! What goes up but never comes down?
Click here to find out!

Literacy

• Write 10 muscle words and read them to someone after you are done.

• Stretch out and tap out the following words: beach, chip & chat
• Read from your reading bag for at least 10 minutes and log it in the CES Reading Challenge McKnight Daily Reading Log
• Log onto Raz-Kids and complete 2 books

Math

• Number Corner with Mrs. E
• April 7th Number Corner Link #1
• Measurement with Sid the Science Kid Sid has a question about how to measure a Blue Whale. How do you think you could measure a Blue Whale? Share your answers with a family member.
• April 7th Number Corner Link #2
• Complete one page in the problem solving book. Remember to use pictures and numbers to solve the problem. Send Mrs. McKnight a picture when you are done. Problem Solving #5
• Math game of the day! Tenspeed

Writing

• Handwriting practice: make a pattern using tall and small letters and practice writing the pattern. Ex. rfrfrfrf or nnknnknnk
• Procedure writing is also know as How-To writing! Watch the video below to complete the next part of the project. See Monday for more details.
Step 3: Writing the Steps

• Step 4: The Closing (The video says it's step 5. I skipped the step 4 video because it was about revision and was geared more 1st and 2nd grade.)

Habits of Mind Enrichment

• Art- 25 Days of Drawing activity and/or check out Miss Danielle’s art blog

Daily Check in

• Please have your child complete the daily check-in at the end of each day! They may need some help typing the answer to the last question each day. McKnight K Daily Check-In

Monday, April 6th

Good morning from Mrs. McKnight!

Our friend, W, has a video that he would like to share with all of you. 

Today is Meditation Monday. Start your day with some positive thinking. Check out this Cosmic Kids video called "Yes You Can!"

Literacy

• Rainbow write your 2 new muscle words with 5 different colors! This is what rainbow writing looks like:

• Read ch mini book
• Read from your reading bag for at least 10 minutes and log it in the CES Reading Challenge McKnight Daily Reading Log
• Log onto Raz-Kids and complete 2 books

Math

• Number Corner w/Mrs. E!


• April 6th Number Corner Link #1
• The Thermometer Song
• April 6th Number Corner Link #2
• Practice math subtraction flash cards
• Complete one page in the subtraction fact book
• Math game of the day! Clock Solitaire

  How to Play Clock Solitaire

  • Players: Requires only one player
  • Deck: Standard 52-card deck
  • Goal: Complete all other four-of-a-kind sets before the fourth king is revealed.

  Setup

  Shuffle the deck and deal the cards, face down, into 13 piles of four cards each.
  The piles should be arranged as if they are the numbers on a clock with the extra pile in the middle of the circle. The "numbers" of each of the piles (1 through 12 on the clock and the middle pile as the No. 13) are important.

  Gameplay

  Turn the top card on the 13th pile face up (that's the pile in the middle of the circle). Place the card, still face up, under the pile of that card's number. For example, a 4 would go under the 4 pile. An ace would go under the one pile. Face cards are placed as follows: jack under 11, queen under 12, king under 13.
  Then, turn the top card on that pile face up and place it, still face up, under the appropriate pile. Continue in this manner until the game ends.
  If the final face-down card in a pile belongs to that same pile, continue the game by turning the next (moving clockwise) face-down card face up.

  How to Win

  You win if all 13 piles become face-up piles of four-of-a-kind. However, you lose if the fourth king is turned face up before all the other sets are completed. Clock Solitaire is only won about 1% of the time because it is entirely based on chance.
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Writing

• Handwriting practice: Practice writing your first and last name 3 times! Make sure to start your first and last name with a capital letter.
  
• Procedure writing is also know as How-To writing! Watch this video and then the 2 short video links below to help you get started!
• Step 1: Brainstorming
• Step 2: Introduction
• Parents: Just so you have more information about where we are headed with this project... This is about writing but it's also about the ability to break a task down into steps. Your child should take the time to brainstorm ideas and think of an introduction, but they do not need to physically write down the whole thing. You can scribe some of the introduction for them or help them come up with a script if they are interested in making a video. Have them use their imagination to design a way to teach us how to complete the task they choose step by step. They could draw pictures for each steps, write the directions out, make a video, a picture story or any combination!Get creative! They will go through the steps throughout this week and hopefully have a completed project on Friday. Here is one that my daughter Bailey and I made of how to wash your hands using photographs!
  

Habits of Mind Enrichment

• Complete Weekly Reader If You See A Spring Flower and worksheets
• A special video from Mrs. Baumann https://www.wevideo.com/view/1638825500  

Daily Check in

• Please have your child complete the daily check-in at the end of each day! They may need some help typing the answer to the last question each day. McKnight K Daily Check-In