Last week of class!!!

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS-

May Tuition is due!

Farm Fusion

• This week, I want YOU to tell your favorite farm news story!!!  We are going to give "news reports".  Parents, if your child doesn't know what a typical news report looks like, you may need to show them some examples.  Your job is to come up with a Farm News story that you would like to share with the world.  You will be able to sit at a "news desk" with a microphone and share with the class!  
• You can talk about more than one thing, just be sure it is under 4 minutes long.
• You can work with a partner if you'd like.  Just bring in a "farm news" story that you'd like to share and we'll have time to partner up and work together on how to say, "Over to you, ______" or "... and now here's __________ with a breaking report." 
  

Handwriting

• I love, love, love seeing your handwriting improve so much!!  Please keep up the good work!
• This week, complete 3 more pages in your book, and try to write your farm fusion story by hand.
  

Prepositions

• We talked about prepositions in class.  Here is a video that my classes made years ago to help you memorize the preposition list!
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Things to do before 5/3 & 5/4

ANNOUNCEMENTS-

Please remember to bring in a decorated potato for Potato Olympics to class on 5/3 and 5/4!  (See below for details)

 

May Tuition is due!

Farm Fusion

• Keep those awesome stories coming!  I love your awesome creativity, handwriting, and hard work!  Here are some ideas for this week:
• Baby bunnies!
• The rabbits in the large pen are tunneling all over the place!  Write a story about what they might be up to!
• Write a story about how Clay the cow feels about being the only cow in the "kid" pen.
• I told the story about how one of our fence guys KICKED a rotten emu egg!  See if you can use this as a hilarious story starter!

• REQUIRED-- PLEASE bring in a decorated Potato for Potato Olympics!!!  Print this sheet and bring it in with you.  It's going to be a fun day!!!
  
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Handwriting

• I love, love, love seeing your handwriting improve so much!!  Please keep up the good work!
• This week, complete 3 more pages in your book, and try to write your farm fusion story by hand.
  

Prepositions

• We are going to start talking about prepositions next week.  Here is a short video that explains what prepositions are:
• And a FUNNY song all about prepositions!
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HOME Activities for Science

 

Here'a Mystery Science video on "How do bees make honey?"

Here are the videos that we saw in class, just in case you'd like to rewatch them!

Click here for Disney's Magic of Pollination

 

Things to do by 4/26 & 4/27

 Announcements

• Last day of class is May 11!

Farm Fusion

• I can't wait to read your stories in class!  Here are some ideas for you:
•  Baby bunnies have arrived!  Baby bunnies are called "kits".  These are only three days old, so they have no fur and their eyes are closed.  
• If you were a seed sprouting in our garden here at the farm, what would you be thinking?  What would you see, hear, feel?  Do you think a seed would like to be in our garden?  Write a story as if YOU were the seed/plant!
• As always, you can write any story of your choice!
  

Handwriting

• Keep working on your handwriting! 
• Complete 2-3 pages in your handwriting book, but also WRITE in your at-home assignments with your parents.  It's a skill that takes daily work!

OPTIONAL Activities for home 

• Here is a game called Parts of Speech Quest.  This one is about NOUNS.  You will have to be able to read the screen to play this game!
• Here's a BrainPop video and activities on Pollination!  (255q / Brainpop)
  
• Here's another one on Seed Plants.  You'll hear many things we discussed in class! 
• Here is a coloring page that you can color that labels the different parts of the flower. 
• Here is another one over parts of the plant.
  

Things to do for 4/19 & 4/20

 

Announcements

• Last day of class is May 11!
• April tuition is past due.  Please send in ASAP!
  

Farm Fusion

• I can't wait to read your stories in class!  Here are some ideas for you:
• We will begin talking about plants, seeds, and pollinators in class.  Write about a little seed that wanted to travel far from its parent plant when it falls.
• Write about our garden from the point of view of a bee or butterfly.
• As always, you can write a story with the baby goats, chicks, horses, etc as characters.
• For those of you who love nonfiction stories, tell us about something that happened this week!
  

Handwriting

• Keep working on your handwriting! 
• Complete 2-3 pages in your handwriting book, but also WRITE in your at-home assignments with your parents.  It's a skill that takes daily work!

OPTIONAL Activities for home 

• If you'd like to make more seed spinners, gliders, etc. here is the link to the video, instructions, and printables! 

Videos on seed travel

• Seeds in flight 
•  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lxw4t
• Ants moving seeds                              
•  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lxvrk
• Fruits attract birds so the seeds inside can travel 
•  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lxv9z
• Plants can move their seeds up tall walls    
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lxtp7 

Things to do before April 12 & 13

Announcements

• Last day of class is May 11!
• Be sure to send April Tuition via Paypal/Venmo/mail!
• Check to see if any of these items are your childs':

Farm Fusion

• I'd love to hear your story!!!
• Maybe write about Easter?
• Or Spring Break?  Did you do anything fun??
• Or.... the baby goats?  Baby calf?  Spring on the farm?
• The possibilities are endless!

Handwriting

• Keep working on your handwriting!  It   takes PRACTICE!  If you don't work on it, you won't break through that barrier.  You can do it!
• Complete 3-4 pages in your handwriting book, but also WRITE in your at-home assignments with your parents.  It's a skill that takes daily work!

Science

• We talked a little bit about light and prisms in class.  Here is a Mystery Science video that you can wath! (Monday class, this is the one we did together.... but the Tuesday class didn't get to it!)

OPTIONAL Activities for home

Brainpop video-Rainbows

https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/rainbows/

5 facts about Rainbows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxZZvjPYiVM

How is a Rainbow Formed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPPLhPTAIk&t=90s

Colors of the Rainbow songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mruaPDxoEw

Due March 29th & 30th

OUR EASTER EGG HUNT WILL BE DURING LUNCH TIME.... NOT AT THE END OF THE DAY!!!
Please bring in 12 filled eggs to class in the morning.

(Due to many allergies and sensitivities, you may want to try to find small toys, stickers, etc.)

Thanks!

Farm Fusion

• I'd love to see some great Farm Fusion stories for next week!
• Possible Ideas
• EASTER!!!!
• Storm the goat has gone on to his new home. Write a story about his reaction... and the reaction to his new dog, cat, and goat friend!

Handwriting

• Complete the next 3-4 pages in your handwriting book.

OPTIONAL SCIENCE

Paper Bag Kite: In this activity, students create simple paper bag kites, then experiment to find out how different features affect how the kites fly.

Fly a Leaf: In this activity, students experiment to find out which leaf shapes catch the most wind. Great for a windy day!

Study Jams- Roots and Stems

https://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/jams/science/plants/roots-stems.htm

Parts of a Plant song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql6OL7_qFgU

OPTIONAL MATH

Money & Making Change Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djwclHApLFo

Learning Money Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9jexkHgjxo

Multiplication Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ajLh0isG8

Multiply by 6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3cEpwUSN7g

Things to do by March 22 & 23

 

 Announcements-

We will have an EASTER EGG HUNT the week of March 29th!  Please bring in 1 dozen filled eggs and a basket.  (Due to many allergies and sensitivities, you may want to try to find small toys, stickers, etc)

Our hunt will begin at 2:00.  Feel free to come and take pictures!  We'll have bunnies and chicks available for photo ops!

Need a plan for summer fun?  We still have a few spots open for 3rd-5th grade summer classes.  Click here for info.

 

Farm Fusion Stories-

• Here are some GREAT ideas from this week that you could use as story-starters!
• The bunnies have been tunneling in their pen.... it's like a bunny jail break!
• We have goats and a cow that will have babies in the next week or two.
• Storm is a fiesty little buckling!  See if you can write a story about his adventures!
  

Handwriting-

• Please keep working in your handwriting books!  You should be completing 2-3 pages per week. 

 

 OPTIONALRESOURCES-

MATH

Multiply by 4 songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3t-uLB9qs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QU_E0u-tP4

Learn 4 Times Multiplication Table Trick|

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVurIMnTog

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HOME ACTIVITIES

Heat Transfer video

https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/heattransfer/

Conductors and Insulators -Animation for kids video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfx8rVbWwmw

Forms of Energy video

https://www.brainpop.com/science/energy/formsofenergy/

Sorting Conductors and Insulators

https://wordwall.net/resource/46310/science/sorting-conductors-insulators

Conductor and Insulator Games

https://www.wartgames.com/themes/science/conductors-insulators.html

https://www.edumedia-sciences.com/en/media/515-conductors-and-insulators