Piney Branch Distance Learning Plans

Week of May 4-May 8

Daily Learning Schedule

(Days will be designated by grade level) Instruction/Learning

9:00-10:00 Kindergarten

10:00-11:00 1st Grade

11:00-12:00 2nd Grade

12:00-1:00 Watts/Zervoudis/Cevallos

1:00-2:00 3rd Grade

2:00-3:00 4th Grade

3:00-4:00 5th Grade

The following plans provide weekly, optional review activities, skill practice, meetings, and

opportunities for student interaction for the week. Each grade has an assigned time to utilize per

day to help homes strategize resources. They will not utilize technology every day, only specified

days. Additionally, each teacher will be available at the designated hour for Office Hours to

address student unique questions and provide direct feedback.

Kindergarten

1st Grade

2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

Reading & Gifted Specialists

Encore & Guidance

Piney Branch - Kindergarten

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Hilton

for learning support, Ms. Wade for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

Kindergarten’s daily review and learning hour is from 9am -_10am, on select days.

Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 11am_-_12pm on Wednesday.

Reading Math Writing Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Listen to:

A Rainbow of My Own

and

Planting a Rainbow

Read independently for 10

minutes daily.

Complete two DreamBox lessons

daily.

Play:

Rainbow Addition Game

Practice counting to 100 by 10’s

Write and complete the following

sentence:

At the end of the rainbow I

found __________.

Draw a picture to match your

words.

Have fun making a

Rainbow in a Jar

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class meeting and activity

X Class meeting and activity X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Please practice proper letter

formation.

Rainbow write your first and last

name.

Click here for an example of

rainbow writing.

Go on a color hunt around your

home. Remember to label your

pictures.

Challenge: Write a sentence

about each picture.

Complete 4 problems from the

Month of Math.

Rainbow acrostic poem

Piney Branch 1st Grade

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Hilton

for learning support, Ms. Wade for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

1st grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 10 am-11 am, Monday-Thursday.

Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 9 am– 10 am on Friday.

**All activities below can be completed orally or on a separate piece of paper. Printing is not required.**

Reading Math Writing Science/STEM Daily

Skill

Builders

Read 20 minutes of twisted fairy

tales daily. You can find many

assigned in Epic.

Phonics—Review L blends. Find

them in text, use them in your

writing. Create words with L

blends using this online tool.

Complete at least 1 Dreambox

lesson daily. This week’s focus is

fractions.

Practice 0-15 subtraction facts

daily. Math Magician **Must be

used on a computer, not tablet

Practice correct letter formation

for down like r letters (r, n, m)

Practice Pages

Write in your Teacher Journal/

Weekly Report.

Read the assigned “Fairy Tale

Physics” books in MyOn. Use

them to review sound, motion,

and matter.

Challenge yourself with these

STEM cards.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class Meeting

X

Class Meeting

X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Reading Math Writing Cinco de Mayo

After reading a twisted fairy tale,

what did you find that was the

same/different from the original?

Share your findings with a family

member.

Reading Activity Calendar

Origo—Complete week 3

Math Playground—Practice add/

sub story problem.

Try one of these recipes or one of

your own to practice

measurement and fractions.

Make something special for

Mother’s Day.

Write a special lady in your life a

Mother’s Day card or poem or

story.

As you have read, fairy tales can

be written with a twist. Use these

What If cards to create your own

twisted fairy tale.

Learn more about the Mexican

holiday of Cinco de Mayo. Use

CultureGrams to complete the

scavenger hunt to celebrate the

holiday.

**CultureGrams can be found in

Clever. Hover over the icon to

find the username/password.

Piney Branch 2nd Grade

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Klink for learn-

ing support, Ms. Nguyen or Ms. Wade for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

2nd grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 11:00 – 12:00, on selected days.

Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 2:00 - 3:00 on Wednesday .

Reading Math Writing Phonics Daily

Skill

Builders

Read Ruby Bridges on

Bookflix.com Complete Which

Came First and Word Match.

Watch The Other Side on

Bookflix.com

Write 2 ways Ruby and Clover

are similar and 2 ways they are

different

Log in: Learning 20 PW: Clifford

Scholastic Bookflix

Complete 2 Dreambox lessons Ruby Bridges had a special

relationship with her teacher Ms.

Henry.

Write a letter to a teacher

that is special to you. Be

sure to include at least 4

good sentences with

capitalization and

punctuation.

Reread Ruby Bridges. Write

short A (cat) and long A

(cake) at the top of a paper.

Write all the words you find

in each group.

At the bottom, write any

words that have A that don’t

belong in either group.

Explain why.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Vaughan @ 11:00 class meeting

Moody @ 11:00 Meeting

Pearson @ 11:00 Class Meeting

Marean @ 11:00 Class meeting

Key @ 11:30 read aloud

Stump @ 11:00 class meeting

Klink Interactive Read Aloud @ 2

Marean - @ 11:00 Activity/ Read

Aloud

Pearson @ 11:00 Read Aloud/

Activity

Moody @ 11:00 Read Aloud

Key @ 11:30 class meeting

Stump @ 11:00 Read aloud

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Additional Learning Resources 5.4.20 to 5.8.20

Mother’s, Aunt’s, Grandmother’s Day Activity

Zoo Raft

Cardboard STEM Challenge

May the Fourth - create a short “Star Wars” story for the school podcast and/or a cardboard recycled product Droid.

Piney Branch 3rd Grade

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Klink for learning

support, Ms. Nguyen for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

Reading Math Writing Social Studies/Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Read the News Section (at the

top) of MyOn daily. Please read

and complete the 3

comprehension questions.

Complete 2 or more lessons each

day on Dreambox or Kahn

Academy . Memorize your 6’s

times tables.

Write a letter to a special woman

in your life. (mom, grandmother,

sister, aunt, friend, teacher). Be

sure to include all of the reasons

that make her special. Please

use letter format to include:

date, greeting, body, closing and

signature.

Keep a physical activity log for

the week. (Monday-Friday)

You can also take a picture of

yourself while exercising.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Cavalier - 1pm

Larimore - 1pm

Sloan - 1pm

Ferrell - 1pm

Medina - 1pm

Sloan-Interactive email

Klink-2pm read aloud (book club)

Cavalier - 1pm (read aloud)

Larimore - 1pm (read aloud)

Medina-Interactive email

Ferrell– interactive email

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

May 4th is Star Wars Day. Check out these videos on the NASA website. Then, with recycled products create a spaceship or droid that can

fly in the air. How long did it stay in the air? Measure the distance that it flew. Send your teacher a picture of your creation, please. May

the 4th BE WITH YOU!

Complete and submit the following lessons:

Fractions on a Number Line

Multiplication

All resources for these activities can be accessed via the Third Grade Webpage on the school website.

3rd grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 1pm-2pm, Monday -Thursday.

Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 10am-11am on Friday.

Piney Branch 4th Grade

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Hilton for learning sup-

port, Ms. Nguyen for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

Fourth grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 2:00 – 3:00, Monday-Thursday for the week of May 4th - 8th. Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 3:00—4:00 on Thurs-days.

Language Arts Math Virginia Studies Science/Technology Daily

Skill

Builders

Sign-Up for a school-wide read aloud. (Optional)

Every day read the Daily News on MyOn and answer the 2-3 questions that follows each article.

**MyOn can be accessed through Clever**

Complete at least 2 Dreambox or Khan Academy lessons daily

Complete the next three Virginia Studies Review pages (THUNKS) for the week not three a day.

Review 1-10

Review 11-20

Review 21-25

Practice your typing skills on Typing.com (Login through Clever)

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class Meeting

and Read Aloud X

Class Meeting and

Read Aloud X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Reading/VA Studies

Read the Special Government Issue: VA Government and Constitution Day and select one review activity and/or review test to complete

Watch: US Constitution

Branches of Government

Choose one or both of the following at-home experiments: Ice Fishing Storm in a Glass Take a video or pictures during and/or after the experiment to share with your teacher.

**Salony’s class submit through FlipGrid**

Complete the following lessons and submit for feedback:

Estimating Products

Multiplying 3 by 1 Multiplying 2 by 2

Word Problems

Additional Optional Math

Math Mansions—Log in with Clever to access Discovery Ed.

Math Games

Origo At Home—Week 1: Multiplication

Scroll down to blue button that says United States , then click 4th grade, then select week 1.

Piney Branch 5th Grade

Please direct questions to your student’s classroom teacher. For additional support and accommodations please contact Ms. Rocca for learning sup-

port, Ms. Wade for English Learners support, Ms. Hale for enrichment support, and Ms. Marcy for reading support.

5th grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 3:00 - 4:00, Monday-Thursday.

Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 1:00 - 2:00 on Wednesday.

Reading Math Writing Science & Technology Daily

Skill

Builders

Read some poetry to get inspired

There are more poems to read on the Poetry document on the 5th Grade Class Page.

Origo At Home Math: Activities for Week 4.

Let’s do some Math Art! Choose your activity on the 5th Grade Class Page.

Go to 5th Grade Class Page for math game Order of Operations War (do a Flipgrid about the game)

Go to the 5th Grade Class Page and open the Poetry document.

Since we didn’t get to go on our field trip to Skyline Caverns...we bring it to you virtually...

Go to the 5th Grade Class Page and open the document Caverns.

Monday 3:00 Tuesday 3:00 Wednesday 3:00 Thursday 3:00 Interactive

Sessions

Evans Flipgrid

Roehn Zoom Class Meeting

Evans Flipgrid

Nemerow Zoom Class Meeting

Dagenhart Zoom Book Club

Ramsey Zoom Book Club

Evans Flipgrid

Roehn Zoom Book Club

Nemerow Flipgird Book Club

Evans Flipgrid

Nemerow Flipgrid

Zoom Class Meetings: Ramsey, Evans, Dagenhart

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Go to the 5th Grade Class Page and open the document Caverns. Start the activity.

Record data from the grow your own speleothems activity.

Record data from the grow your own speleothems activity.

Record data from the grow your own speleothems activity.

Now share your results in a Flipgrid!

Piney Branch Encore

Music Art Physical Education Library K-2

Activities

Guidance

Click here to open

the K-2 activities for

Music.

Hello Creative

Cardinals! Check out

this link for art activities

and resources.

Students open the activity choice board

document and complete 3x or more per

week.

Following each activity students should

complete the Activity and Reflection Log.

For feedback students will email Mr. Shelatz

or Ms. Swekosky with the Activity Log

attached or a video submission also

attached via email.

Click here to go to the

library activities for the

week.

Don’t forget to check out

the library webpage for

other activities or to catch

up on the joke of the day.

Click here to go to the

library page.

K-2 coping skills lesson:

Internet Safety K-2.pptx

Piney Branch School

Counselor’s Webpage

Grades

3-5

Activitie

s

Music Art Physical Education Library Guidance

Click here to open the

3-5 activities for

Music.

Hello Creative

Cardinals! Check out

this link for art activities

and resources.

Students open the activity choice board

document and complete 3x or more per

week.

Following each activity students should

complete the Activity and Reflection Log.

For feedback students will email Mr. Shelatz

or Ms. Swekosky with the Activity Log

attached or a video submission also attached

via email.

Click here to go to the

library activities for the

week.

Don’t forget to check out

the library webpage for

other activities or to catch

up on the joke of the day.

Click here to go to the

library page.

Click here for this weeks 3-5

coping skills lesson.

Piney Branch School

Counselor’s Webpage

Encore office hours to provide support and guidance are 12– 1 on Wednesdays.

Ms. Shaw—art Ms. Tselides—library Mr. Shelatz & Ms. Swekosky—PE

Ms. Biegler and Ms. Williams—School Counselors

Piney Branch Reading and Gifted Specialists Specialist office hours to provide support and guidance are 12:00-1:00 on Thursday.

To access our Flipgrid, go here, click on Enter a Flip Code, and type in hale8853. You will need your child’s computer login in-

formation to access the grid, which you should have access to or your child’s teacher can get the information for you.

K-2

Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Click here to share some facts and your

favorite book on the Piney Branch

#favoriteauthor Flipgrid.

Click here to submit your story to Winging

It! This week’s topic is still a story that

involves a space adventure and/or aliens or

Click here for some fun riddles to solve!

See if you can figure them out before

checking the answers!

Click here to learn how to create simple

Origami shapes.

3-5 Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Click here to share some facts and your

favorite book on the Piney Branch

#favoriteauthor Flipgrid.

Click here to submit your story to Winging

It! This week’s topic is still a story that

involves a space adventure and/or aliens or

anything else you can think of!

Click here for some fun riddles to solve!

See if you can figure them out before

you check the answers here!

Click here to learn how to create Star

Wars Origami in honor of Star Wars Day.

May the 4th be with you!