March 30 - Reading List Links for Parents

Some information from Anne Forrest about Reading Sites:

The Library of Congress reading lists for kids:  http://read.gov/kids/

American Library Association Newberry Winners: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal

Reading is Fundamental (RIF): http://www.rif.org

James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read: http://www.readkiddoread.com

ALA Notable Children's Books for 2017: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

Contra Costa County Library System:  http://ccclib.org/ebooks

Diverse Books for your School from Welcoming Schools Site: http://www.welcomingschools.org/resources/books/

Reading list from Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/children

Reading list for older kids from Good Reads: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/young-adults 

Great websites for kids this summer: http://gws.ala.org/ 

Reading Rockets - https://www.pbs.org/launchingreaders/

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/home.html

KENSINGTON NEVER STOPS READING!

A new tally sheet has been created to keep track of your reading minutes while at home.

March 30 - Math Sites for Teachers and Parents

Here are some links and information from Anne Forrest:

Math Sites for Teachers and Parents

Jo Boaler’s Youcubed out of Stanford has set up a new at home program.

https://www.youcubed.org/

For math support in particular areas, when parents aren’t enough

https://www.khanacademy.org

Great problems at all levels that can become a family discussion.

Math Problems at Bedtime – http://bedtimemath.org

The best card game around for keeping brains (young and old) math fluid.

The game of SET - http://www.setgame.com/set/daily_puzzle

Another good game for number sense and money is Monopoly Deal Card Game

PBS has family friendly games for kids

PBS - https://pbskids.org/games/

Puzzle Baron has “Who done its”  favorites of the Math Olympiad crowd

https://logic.puzzlebaron.com/

Cooking with kids is a great way to do math in real time!

https://www.pbs.org/food/theme/cooking-with-kids/

Youtube Schoolhouse Rock! Multiplication Facts

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PojOwjHcc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgjCLhoI9Mk

March 24 - Women's History Month

Here are some sites with biographies of important and interesting women:

Ducksters: Biographies of Women Leaders

Biographies of Notable Women

Biography.com: Women's History

If we were at school in the computer lab, I would have  you pick a person and find the following information:

The person's name

Date and location of their birth and death

At least 3 interesting facts

This person's major accomplishment (why they are famous)

March 21 - World Poetry Day

Today is World Poetry Day!

Here are some collections of poems for kids. Read a few and then try to write your own poems.

Starfall: Poetry

Popular Children's Poems

Poems for Kids

Poems for Children

What to do during the School Shutdown

During the shutdown, I'll share links here that might be useful. Stay healthy everyone!

Have a library card? You can still download e-books and audiobooks:

Contra Costa Library

Berkeley Public Library

British Museum: Museums of the World

12 Museums From Around the  World

30 Virtual Field Trips

20 Virtual Field Trips to Take with Your Kids

Live Streaming Scheduling: Children's Artists

Metropolitan Opera Live Stream

Seattle Symphony Live Stream and Broadcasts

WCC: eLearning

Scholastic: Learn at Home

100 Things to do At Home With Kids

100 Activities to do At Home During School Closures

Week 23 - March 9

Kindergartners will do activities with geometry and shapes:

Harcourt: Loading Shapes

Harcourt: Solid Figures and Plane Shapes

Starfall: Puzzles

Ms. Landau's class will do the STAR reading assessments.

Ms. John's class will practice adding and subtracting in FunBrain:

FunBrain: Tic Tac Toe Squares

Week 22 - March 2

Third graders will practice typing.

Ms. Cason's and Ms. Ruff's class will finish the assessments in Let's Go Learn.

Ms. Hilton's class will start typing their poems.

Kindergartners will do phonics in Starfall:

Starfall: Learn to Read

Ms. John's class will do geometry puzzles in Starfall:

Starfall: Geometry and Measurement

Ms. Landau's class will do Hour of Code:

Star Wars

Minecraft

Flappy