I was so happy to see all your beautiful faces at our Zoom meeting yesterday!  Everyone looked comfy and rested and well!   


This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday. If we were going to Church we would get a long piece of palm. Have you ever seen a palm tree? Do we have palm trees in New York? Why not? If you said because it gets too cold in the winter, you are correct.
We know that Jesus performed many wonderful miracles, taught the people how to pray and showed us how to love and serve one another. Many people believed that He was the Son of God. But there were some people who did not like what Jesus said and did. They were jealous that he had so many friends. On a Sunday, Jesus and his Disciples were making a long journey to Jerusalem. Jesus asked two of the disciples to go ahead and get a donkey for Him to ride on. They got the donkey and put their coats on its back for Jesus to sit on. Then they started to travel into the city area. People heard that Jesus was coming. They were so excited to see Him that they put their coats and palm branches in the road for the donkey to walk on. They waved the palm branches in a happy greeting. They said, "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord". Hosanna is a joyful word and the people were full of joy to see Jesus. But do you remember that some people did not like Jesus? Do you think that they were happy to see the people greeting Jesus? No, it made them very angry and they began to think of ways to get rid of Jesus. 


Your Math today: Describe Squares. (Parents: remember that these are plane or flat shapes. They are two-dimensional. Your child may confuse this concept and think that a box / cube is a square. That is a three-dimensional shape.)  Do you remember when I showed you a round plate, a CD and a quarter? What is their shape? Then I showed you a plate that was shaped like a square? How would you describe it?  Did you say that a square has 4 sides of equal length and  4 vertices? That is exactly right! Please open your book to page 369. Look at the worm that is sitting on the vertex and the word vertex. How many vertices does a square have? Draw an arrow pointing to another vertex. Use your finger to trace around the square and then use your pencil to trace around the square. How can you describe the sides of this square? Yes, they are all the same length. Look at the top of page 370.  What shape do you see?  It is a square that is turned or rotated. How did you know it is still a square? It has 4 equal sides and 4 vertices! Please write the number for: how many vertices? how many sides? On page 371 you will see a grid. You are going to draw some squares. Let's start by using four dots to make the square. Pick a dot near the top. Put your pencil on the dot. Now draw the line across the top by counting aloud the number of spaces between the dots each time you draw a side. So start on a dot and count 1,2,3,4 spaces-stop. Now start to draw a line down from that last dot. Count the spaces 1,2,3,4-Stop. Finish the square. Draw some more! On page 372, please draw and color a square. 


Reading: Did you read the story "The Boss" to someone yesterday? So many ideas and not too much co-operation. Everyone wants to be the boss. {Parents: today is a check for visual discrimination between words; identifying rhyming words; blending sounds to decode and understanding there can be multiple meanings for words}. 
This would be a CD listening page in school. You can take your time. There is no need to hurry or rush. We will begin by turning back to page 7. Look and this page and put a line under the title "The Boss". Turn to page 8: Put a line under the sentence, "A band is no fun." On page 9: Put an X on Sal. On page 10: Put an X on the picture of the rabbit. On page 11: Put a line uner the word "boss". That was quite a bit of work! Walk around the room and have a nice drink of water. When you are ready, turn to page12. This page has rhyming words under the pictures. But only one word describes the picture. Look at the first picture of Tic, Tac and Toc playing instruments. Read the two words aloud under the picture: band and land. Which word means playing instruments? Yes, circle the word band. Look at all the other boxes and read the words under the pictures. Say the words aloud and circle the one that describes the picture.

There are many words that can have more than one meaning.  In this story Cass wanted a hot dog "stand" What 
did stand mean? Is it the same as when you "stand" up straight?
Here are two other examples:
      She hit the ball with a bat. 
      The bat flew out of the cave. 
Does bat mean the same thing in both of these sentences? 
       They like to play in the park.
       You can park the car in the garage. 
Is park the same for both sentences? 


So it is Art today!  You will love this project. Such fun and it may make you hungry!! 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v3OdbaEmfnhxc1Qyd18F0SEjQr3qfCGp&authuser=2
https://youtu.be/vI_QJ5D9Qm8
/documents/2020/3/Wayne%20Thiebaud.pdf

Thank you for you guesses for: likes to draw, likes books and likes to do puzzles. It is SAMANTHA!

Today I am thinking of someone who: likes to go to Art, likes the color blue and likes to dance. Who is it? 












 

So first thing I want to say to you is that your moms, dads and uncles are just fantastic! Could you please give them a big hug and a "Thank  You " for helping you with the work that you now have to do at home? And I want to thank YOU for coming to our Zoom lesson all ready to work. You had your books and your project all set. Well done! I am so lucky to have you in my class! Wasn't it a great surprise to have Mrs. Carberry join us?

I just loved looking at your lollipop pictures. Mrs. Fenessey had a wonderful project for you to do. I enjoyed watching the video of the artist, Wayne Thiebaud. His art is such fun but after the video I was so hungry that I ate a piece of cake! Aaria sent a lollipop picture as her thank you to the nurses, doctors and people helping to keep us healthy and safe. 

You did a fine job on your Palm Sunday project. I saw many of them. Palm Sunday is the beginning of a very special week. It is called Holy Week. This is the last week in Lent and the week right before Easter Sunday. We think about the last days that Jesus was on Earth. Remember that when Jesus came into Jerusalem, many people were filled with joy and welcomed Him. But there were some people who were so angry with Jesus that they wanted to kill Him. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Jesus was with the people teaching them all about how to pray, love God and love others. On Thursday, Jesus had a special dinner with his 12 Apostles. Please bring your coloring pages to our Zoom tomorrow. They are the ones that we sent home in your packet. Tomorrow we will learn about Holy Thursday. 

Math: Question: If you draw 3 dots that are not in a row, and you connect them, what shape will you make? Try it now. Yes, you made a triangle. How would you describe a triangle? If you said it was a flat shape with three straight sides and three vertices, you are correct. Do all circles look alike? Yes, they are closed curves. Do all squares look alike? Yes, they all have 4 equal sides and 4 vertices. Do all triangles look alike?  No, some have equal sides and some do not.  Please open your math book to page 377. Trace your finger around the triangle. Do you see the worm sitting on the side and the word side? Trace around the three sides with your pencil. Do you see the worm sitting on a vertex and the word vertex? Draw an arrow pointing to another vertex. Look at page 378. Please trace around the triangle and write the number that tells how many sides and vertices you see. On page 379 you see another grid. You are going to draw some triangles. You can start on any dot as a vertex ( a corner) of a triangle. Find two more dots and connect them. Remember the sides do not have to be equal on your triangles. On page 380: Find the box with the apple. What shape do you see? Trace around it. Please write the number of sides and vertices. Find the box with the sun. What shape is this? Trace around it and write the number of sides and vertices. Find the box with the leaf. Please put an X on all the circles. Find the box with the flower. Please put an X on all the triangles. Find the box with the star. Please mark under the shape that is a triangle,


Reading: We are going to work on pages from the Practice Book today. You will probably recognize this book as homework pages. So today please find page 16. (Parents this is a review of on/in). Look at the pictures and decide if the word "in" or "on" describes the picture. Complete the sentence by writing the words. On page 17: (Parents, associating pictures with words is the skill set) Look at Lily, Alf and Oswald and read what they are saying in their speech balloons. Cut out the pictures and glue the picture that matches each sentence in the box above the Superkid. What would you think is a fun thing to do? Draw it in the empty space and glue it in the last box, write the word. On Page 18: (Parents, blending sounds to read words) Look at the pictures and read the words underneath them. Circle the word that tells about the picture and write the word on the line. 
 

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I want to congratulate and say a big "Thank You" to you and your parents  for adjusting so well to distance learning.  I know it is not easy for moms, dads and caregivers to help you with your lessons and work from home at the same time.  They are also making meals and taking care of your house. So I hope, girls and boys, that you are very co-operative and obedient when it is time for you to do your school work. I also love getting your emails and pictures. It was such fun seeing some of you on Zoom yesterday. We will be using Zoom several times a week now.

Do you remember to start your home school day the way we do in St. Christopher School? Please begin with the Sign of the Cross; Our Father; Angel Guardian Prayer and then mention anything that you would like to pray for. Great, now you are ready for work!

Math: Did you say that 0,3,6,8, and 9 are the numbers that have curved parts and 2 and 5 have curved and straight parts? You were correct! Of course the winter drawing made from 3 circles is a Snowman! 
(Parents: The Common Core Standard for today- CC.K.G.4 Analyze, Compare, Create and Compose Shapes ).
 * A circle is flat and round and curved. 

Please open to page 361 Find the worm sitting on the circle. Say curve and use your finger to trace all around the curve.  Finish page 362. On page 363 you will find a GRID. This is fun page. To draw a circle you can use a paper clip and two pencils. Follow the directions - it is fun to do. On page 364 what shape will you draw? 

Reading: Did you listen to the N Song?  It says the kids are "nifty, noisy, nice and neat."  What does the word nifty mean?  It means  that they are interesting, fun and enjoyable.  Please open your books to page 4. You are going to write capital and lowercase Nn.  To make the capital N start by drawing a straight line from the top of the strawberry line to the bottom of the chocolate line. Then lift your pencil and go back to the top of the strawberry line. Draw a slanted line down to the bottom of the chocolate line and WITHOUT lifting your pencil draw a straight line back up to the top of the strawberry line. Now for lowercase n - you DO NOT lift your pencil. Please start at the vanilla line and go straight to the  bottom of the chocolate line. Go right back up on the line that you made but just before you reach the vanilla line, curve up and along the vanilla line and straight down to the bottom of the chocolate line. Never make a letter starting at the bottom!  There is a sentence at the bottom of the page. Please read it aloud. How do you know it is asking a question? Yes, there is a ? at the end instead of  a period. On page 5 you will decide if you should write the position word "in" or "on."  Look at the top of the page. Who is lying ON the word on?  Yes, it is Sal. Who is sticking his head IN the letter n? Yes, it is Alf. Look at the first box. A mother robin has made a nest in an old headlight.  Is the mother robin On or In the nest?  Trace and write the words. Finally look at page 6. We have a new Memory Word - "no". (Parents: Memory words do not sound out so must be memorized)  Do you see that Cass is shaking her head from side to side? That means NO!  She is saying that in her speech balloon. Now take a look at Doc. What is she doing? Yes, very dangerous choice- sitting on the top of the bus.  Read the sentence aloud. It is asking about Doc. What do we need to write at the end of a sentence that asks a question?  Please write the ? at the end. Now think about the question. Is Doc in the bus? No she is not. Please write No. Finish this page. 

Have you seen that some children are putting rainbows in the windows of their homes? You had fun coloring rainbows last week!

So we had lots of guesses for: Likes art projects, likes to dance and likes pumpkin ice cream. But nobody guessed it. It is Mrs. Corbi! She makes that delicious pumpkin ice cream for dessert on Thanksgiving every year! 

Today: I am thinking of someone who: Likes computer games, likes playing outside and likes to read. Who is it?