The document provides suggestions for helping kids maintain structure and routine while learning at home. It recommends establishing a dedicated learning space, starting each day with getting dressed and eating breakfast to provide normalcy and a sense of safety. It also suggests incorporating brain breaks like dancing, puzzles, or playdough into learning sessions.

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2. Keep a Routine
Keeping a routine helps kids to find normalcy in the unknown. Getting dressed each
morning, eating breakfast and having a place to learn provides a structure kids are
familiar with. Structure provides a sense of safety and security in these unsettling times.
For Floors or Chairs
LapTable
Bright Carpet Space
Create a learning place that works for your family!
Flex Space Floor Seats
Wobble Cushions
Storage
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3. When teaching digraph /sh/ to my class I use
a magnetic white board.
Reading Lesson Purpose: Hear and locate digraph sh in words
Children reference pictures and use magnet
letters – blue (consonants) & red (vowels) to
make /sh/ digraph words
When teaching digraph /sh/ at
home use a cookie sheet!
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4. Reading Lesson Expectation: As you read each word have kids point to where they hear
the /sh/ sound in the word: beginning or ending
shade mash shut
fish wish shake
ship shape dish
shell cash shop
dash rush shark
crash push flash
shore show bush
If kids miss 5 words they need more
practice. Work with the magnetic letters
again tomorrow.
mash
Word List
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5. Math Lesson Purpose: To teach the relationship between 3 numbers: 12, 4, 8
When teaching number bonds
at home use popsicle sticks!When teaching the relationship between numbers
I have students work with number bonds.
whole
part
part
1
2
4
8
4 + 8 = 12
12 – 4 = 8
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6. Math Expectation: As you say three numbers to your kids, have them fill in
their popsicle number bonds and make the two equations.
Three numbers
5, 2, 3 6, 2, 4
7, 3, 4 7, 1, 6
8, 3, 5 9, 2, 7
10, 2, 8 12, 4, 8
13, 5, 7 14, 6, 8
If kids miss more than 2 sets of numbers
they need more practiceWork with
popsicle sticks tomorrow.
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7. Also, Don’t Forget Brain Breaks
A list of Brain Breaks
Move and Freeze
Start the music and kids move and dance, stop the music and kids freeze, start again..
Cross Crawl Marching
Cross right arm to left leg at the midline then cross left arm to right leg at the midline…
Blow Bubbles
Inside or outside the house
Puzzle Time
Have puzzles kids can work on for a few minutes at a time.
Playdough Time Cross Crawl Marching
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