Due 10/26 & 10/27

 

FALL PARTY ON MONDAY/TUESDAY!!! 

Parents- Kids can wear costumes if they'd like.  (You can being a change of clothes if needed.)  

Also, feel free to bring in a treat to share.  If you'd like to bring in a snack to share, here are some guidelines:

Monday - avoid nuts, soy, and corn (tree nuts and pecans) 

Tuesday- Gluten and Dairy-free options would be greatly appreciated!  We have quite a few in this class with gluten and dairy issues!

Those in Bucket Drumming Class... don't forget your drum! 

Farm Fusion (optional... but awesome!)

•  We talked about nouns today in class.  Feel free to check out the "Nouns" section below to learn more!
• Ideas for your Farm Fusion Stories:
  
• We talked about how the donkey and horses got into the rye and clover seeds before we could plant them!  YIKES!!!  You can use this in your story this week, if you'd like!
• Halloween!  Write any farm story that is related to Halloween.
• Mrs. Christi read a story that used rhyming words.  See if you can write a short little story that rhymes like a poem!
• Try a Star Wars themed story!  We have Han and Chewie (the karakachan dogs) protecting our farm... I can see great adventures in FARM WARS!  😁
  

• In the Tuesday class, I pointed out that a student did a GREAT job using quotation marks in his story.  Here is a BrainPop video and activities on quotation marks! id-255q pass-brainpop
  

 

Handwriting- Don't forget to bring your book back to class!!  Also, if you were absent and missed some pages in the book, you can work on those pages as well, if you'd like.

•  Monday Class--
• Printing Power Books-- complete pages 17 & 18.
  
• Blue Cursive Kickoff Books-- complete pages 43-45
• Parents- use the print pages at the beginning of the book if you feel that your child needs extra help creating good printing habits.
  
• Red Cursive Book-- Complete pages 26-28

• Tuesday Class-
• Printing Power Books- work on page 20
• Blue Cursive Kickoff Book - pages 43-45
• Red Cursive Book - pages 22-24
  

 

 Nouns (optional)

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• Check out this BrainPop video on nouns.  Remember, they can be a person, place, thing, or idea!  (Don't let ideas trick you... if you can "have" it, it's a noun.  So, "happy
   cannot be a noun... but "happiness" IS a noun.  You can HAVE happiness, but you cannot have "happy"!)

 

Science (optional)

• Check out this Brainpop video on Skeletons!

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Assignments for 10/19 & 10/20

 We'll have a fun fall celebration the last week of October!  Feel free to send kids in costume!

Although we are going to try to avoid sweets, feel free to bring in any healthy snack that you'd like to share with the class!  (cheese/crackers, fruit, veggies, etc)  We have a LOT of food allergies/sensitivities, but these safe foods will be fun and festive!

 PLEASE put your name or initials on the tag of your Freebird Farm Hoodie, if you have one!  They all look the same, and I can't tell whose are whose when left behind!

 

Farm Fusion

• Your stories have been wonderful!  Keep up the good work!
• For this week, here are some ideas to spark your imagination-
• We talked about different types of trees and leaves in class.  Write a story that involves tree, falling leaves, nature walks, leaf piles, etc.
• Write a story about all of the cats on the farm.  (Ruff-Nut, Tuff-Nut, Mrs. Chippy, and Simon.)  You can write it as a story OR as a comic!
• Write a story about the family of guineas that wanders the farm.  :-)
  
• We made a Venn diagram during class to compare and contrast two different animals on the farm.  Make a new Venn diagram to compare and contrast two things if your choice!

 

Handwriting (by initials)

WR - practice cursive letters a, g, d, and c.  Work on connecting them in different ways, even if they don't make real words.  ;-)

AR- practice words such as that, hatch, chat, tag, had, cat, and That.  Also, work on lowercase cursive f.

ES and TH- Work on upper and lowercase cursive F.  Practice words such as felt, face, and fact. 

BH, EB, and AL- Practice words with lowercase t.  Make sure your t is tall!  It should touch the top line.  Also, make sure your lower case a starts at the middle line and not the bottom!  Work on words such as act, coast, too, toss, and scoot.

SW, HF, SP, MM,  & AZ - work on writing the following words (or any combinations of letters that we've worked on so far!)  cap, gap, catch, pat, path, patch, hag 

IB- Practice cursive lowercase h (remember to drop all the way down and give it two "legs"!).  Then, work on writing the following words (or any combinations of letters that we've worked on so far!)  cap, gap, catch, pat, path, patch, hag

EP, SH, KK, TT, KD, TS, & BM - keep working on letters that start like the letter "c".  Practice making words that contain the letters a, c, d, g, and q. Here is a sheet that you can use!

Science/Geography/Social Studies

• If you did not complete it in your class, work on the map activity in your folder.  Click here if you need a copy! (I also included the sheet from our in-class nature walk for anyone who missed class and would like to do it at home!)
  
• Watch the Brainpop video about the compass rose.
• Here is a song about direction!
•  We talked a lot about leaves in class.  Here is a song about autumn!

Math Skip Counting Songs!

•  In class, we are learning skip counting songs!  We've learned the 2's and 3's so far.  Practice them at home.  We'll work on them throughout the year.  (I'll keep the link at the top of this site!)
  

  Parents, although you are working on math at home, I would love to give supplemental, fun math lessons/games in class.  In class, we played an addition (subtraction for some) card game.  See if your child can show you how to play!
  

Assignments Due 10/12 & 10/13

If you are in BUCKET DRUM class.... don't forget to bring your drum and sticks!

 Parents- we are working on handwriting in our books in class.  At home, please work on correcting your child if he/she starts letters incorrectly.  When I see specific problems, I am texting/emailing parents directly so we can target each child's individual printing issues! ;-) 

Please remember to have your child bring his/her folder to class.  Monday class students have green folders, and Tuesday class students have yellow folders.  We are working on being organized and responsible, and the folders are part of the plan!  Thank you!

 

Keep working on starting your letters at the TOP when you print!  

 

 Optional At-Home Activities

Click here for a Bat Article with Comprehension Questions-Amazing Bats

Click here for a Brainpop Video and activities on Bats! (id- 255q pass-brainpop)

Bat Facts for Kids

Bat Echolocation Song

Map Skills Song

Farm Fusion

• I would LOVE to hear more of your stories next week!  
• Use your addition or multiplication chickens & eggs to help you learn math facts! 
• Addition students-- see if you can get faster and faster making ways for the hens to make 10!  Memorizing these facts will help make things easier when you get to math in upper elementary!
  
• Multiplication Students-- match the multiplication facts to the correct hens.
  
• Did you like learning about fractals in class?  Want to learn more?  Here is a sheet you can use!
  

Assignments due 10/5 & 10/6

Announcements-

Tuition is due next week!  

If you're sending in a check, just have your child drop it in the metal box beside the door on their way in.  Thanks! 

If anyone would like goat's milk soap, just text/email your order, and I'll have it ready for you at pickup!  Click here for info.

If you'd like to sign up your child for the Bucket Beats class, here's the link!  The class begins 10/5 & 10/6, and pickup time is 3:00.  Please sign up as soon as you can, so Mr. Nate can know how many buckets/sticks are needed.  Thanks!  

 Fall Party will be held on the last week of October.  Students will celebrate (in costume if they'd like) during their normal class time.

 

Farm Fusion Story-

• Thank you SO much for sharing your Farm Fusion stories with the class!  I think the animals on the farm feel famous when they get to be in your stories!
• Here are some ideas to help inspire you this week:
• We talked a lot about snakes and how they eat eggs.  See if you can use this in a story!
• We held some chicks and guinea keets in class.  Make them characters in your story!
• The goats broke out of the fence this week... That could be a GREAT story starter!  😀 

Handwriting-

• PRINT-  Parents, we are working hard on remembering to start letters at the top.  Please keep an eye out and make corrections as needed!  
• When making letters r, b, h, m, and n, practice starting at the top and "bouncing" off the "floor".  ;-)
• When writing your Farm Fusion story, practice making sure that your letters fill in the space.  We talked about how sometimes we make letters too short to ride the rides at Six Flags. LOL!  Sometimes, we also make our letters jumping off of the "floor".  If you'd like, you can use the farm fusion story to help practice forming your letters.

• CURSIVE- practice creating words using the following letters:
• t, c, h, a, g, d
  

 

Optional Home Activities...

 

• Click on the following link for a Brainpop video on Amphibians (is- 255q pass-brainpop)

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/amphibians/

• Here's a great Wild Kratz video about frogs!
  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jtSlwaF0_s

• Click on the link below to learn how to draw a tree frog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vm9N1c_eIg

Assignments Due 9/28 & 9/29

Parents--

If you're interested in the after-class Bucket Beats class by Grassroots Music, don't forget to register soon!  It begins in October, and pickup time will be 3:00 for those students.

Click HERE for more information.

 If you’d like to register to join in the fun (and stay to hang out with classmates!) visit https://www.grassrootsmusiclessons.com/sign-up.html and choose the Freebird Farms Bucket Beats class!

 

 

Farm Fusion (optional)

•  We LOVED hearing your stories!!  This week, here are a few ideas:
• Can you believe that those bradford pear spikes can pop a tractor tire?!  Can you think of a story that talks about those spikes?
• The weather is getting cooler.  Write a story about fall on the farm!
• Or... any story of your choice!  We love to hear them!
• (Parents- our Farm Fusion stories are to help foster a love of writing.  There is ZERO pressure on these... some kids write their own, some get a lot of help, and some dictate to their parents to read in class, and some I read for them!  They love it, and it helps them learn a love of writing!
  

Handwriting

All Cursive Books- 

 

•  Practice flowing from letters d, a, and c, just like we did in class.  Bring in your practice pages to show us!

 

 

 

 

 Print-

• We worked really hard on correctly making our upper and lower case Ts.  Practice the following things:
• Practicing without getting faster/sloppier!
• Keeping the lowercase t the same height as the uppercase t
• Starting at the top
• Staying nice as straight!

 

Science

• Some of you wanted to take home the "Camouflaged Creatures" comprehension sheet. If you'd like to complete this, just bring it back in your folder!

• Complete the "Predator and Prey" sheet. Put it in your folder to bring back to class.

• "Hide & Seek Sea" 

  • Click on this link to find a picture.  There are 22 animals in the picture. You can find a list of those animals below the Hide & Seek Sea picture. Can you find them all?
  • Click on the animals to see pictures and learn more about them or close relatives of theirs.

•  Click here to find a Study Jams video on animal adaptation.  Watch the video.  You can do the quiz, as well, as you like!
  

• Here's an awesome BrainPop video and activities on camouflage!  (user- 255q pass- brainpop)
  

 

 

Things to do before 9/21 & 9/22!

 Parents--

We’re hosting Grassroots Music’s 30-minute music class right after each of our classes in October!  

This class meets for 6 weeks, beginning in October.  Click HERE for more information.

 If you’d like to register to join in the fun (and stay to hang out with classmates!) visit https://www.grassrootsmusiclessons.com/sign-up.html and choose the Freebird Farms Bucket Beats class!

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Hello, students and parents!  Here are your assignments for this week.  If you have any questions at all, just let us know!

(We'll be talking about camouflage in class... so if you have any camouflage clothing, next week would be a great time to wear it!) 

Handwriting-- In class, the students worked on the proper formation of these letters.  Remember to always start at the TOP!

• Printing Power Book- capital F, E, D, P, B, R, N, M 
• Cursive Kickoff Book- t
• Cursive Handwriting Book- c, ca
  

For this week, we would love the kids to practice those letters on paper and bring them into class in their folders. 

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Here are some videos that correlate with our in-class science & geography lessons--

Beaks-Bird Feeding Adaptations video 

Continents song 

 Adaptations song  

If you were Zooming in on Tuesday, here is a video of a book that we read at the end of the day! 

 

Farm Fusion Assignment (OPTIONAL)

We milked the goats this week!  At home, see if you can write a little story about one of the following:

-What the goats think about being milked

-Fall on the farm

-or write  a story of your choice!

 

Ms. Miranda taught the class a few Spanish words as they read the book, "Hola, Granja!"

 

If you would like to practice these Spanish words at home, here is a link that she made for you!

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Monday Class- (optional!) We talked about diary and milk in class.  Dairy is one of the food groups that our body needs to stay healthy.  If you would like, use the sheet from your folder, or if you don't have a folder yet, click here to print one.  See if you can cut and paste the food groups into the correct spots on the Food Guide Pyramid.

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TUESDAY CLASS -- THERE WILL BE NO AT HOME ASSIGNMENTS FOR WEEK 1!