Governor Cuomo announced that schools will be closed until April 29, 2020.  At this time, schools will reopen on April 30, 2020.

We will be having our Spring break from April 9th. through April 19th.  No work will be assigned.  Check back for some fun optional activities.  

Please tune in daily to the morning announcements on Facebook or on the Notre Dame School webpage.  Also, just a reminder to check the special teachers' webpages for additional fun activities. 

Write a letter

Break out the envelopes, the stamps, the pens, and paper. Write and mail a letter to someone you love, like grandma and grandpa, or a family member who lives far away.  

Give an Interview 

Interviewing is an important skill. You and your child can start interviewing each other face-to-face by asking each other questions and taking notes. If your child shows interest, they can take it to another level by calling a grandparent or family member and interviewing them over the phone. 

Write a Book Review

Have your child read a book of his/her choice. Then have them write a review of the book and whether they recommend the book.  

Highlight Kids

The place for children of all ages to play games and discover new jokes, surveys, answers to science questions, and fun crafts and recipes from Highlights.

https://www.highlightskids.com/

National Geographic Young Explorer

A place where young explorers can go to view the National Geographic young explorer magazines. The magazines included engaging nonfiction content and activities for children. 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Suessville 

Read, play and hang out with Dr. Suess and his friends. 

https://www.seussville.com/play/

Make Elephant Toothpaste

Making elephant toothpaste is a great science experiment. Using the laws of both chemistry and biology, this recipe will cause an enormous foaming reaction, fit for an elephant. Please find the recipe and instruction on the link below.

https://www.scholastic.com/parents/kids-activities-and-printables/activities-for-kids/math-and-science-ideas/home-science-experiments-elephants-toothpaste.html

Watch the Beluga Whales

There’s a beluga whale webcam set up at the Georgia Aquarium, so you can see what your whale friends are up to at any time.

https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/

Have an Indoor Picnic

Grab a sheet, whatever food you have, and enjoy a living room picnic (without the ants). You can even play the memory game at the same time: “I’m going to a picnic and I’m bringing…” Each person takes turns remembering (in order) what everyone is bringing and then adds one thing each turn.

Balloon-Powered Racers They’re fun to build and cool to race. This STEM activity is a simple way to illustrate Newton’s Third Law of Motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. When the pressured air escapes from the balloon, the opposite reaction sends the race car flying across the floor. It’s not very different from the science that NASA uses to send rockets into outer space.

Bubble Prints

These bright Bubble Prints will look great tacked onto the refrigerator. Once they are dry, use them as stationary for a note to Grandma. They can also make a cool background for an outer-space illustration or under-the-sea drawing.

Marble Run

Here’s a new way to play with marbles and experiment with gravity. Kids can create a Paper Plate Marble Run with a few simple supplies. This STEM construction project will challenge their engineering skills while considering how speed changes with the degree of the slope.

Dino Skeletons

Junior paleontologists will have fun constructing Dino Skeletons. To make this activity even more fun, click onto the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s website to get a look at the real-life dino bones.

Super Spinner

This cool Super Spinner is fun to make and to play with.m It’s interesting to see how different designs and colors look once the disc begins spinning.

Please have your child  watch the read aloud video “Too Many Carrots.” After students have watched the read aloud video, have them complete the problem and solution writing sheet in the document section. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrpzOkQp4eU

Spelling- Review 

Please have students write 5 sentences using each spelling word.  This can be done in an extra notebook or on the “spelling paper” in the documents section.

Word Work

Have your child  watch the spelling pattern “controlled r video”

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

Complete language arts sections on IXL P1 and P2.

Complete “controlled r” worksheet in the document section.

Independent Reading on Raz Kids 15 mins.

Chapter 10 Review - Data 

Have your child watch the Math on The Spot video about representing data with Dr. Burger called “Use a Tally Chart to Make a Graph.”  

 https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/math/gomath/common/video/video.html#videoId=ref:En_692

Have your child complete math pages 401 and 402. 

Log on to IXL for 15 minutes.

Good Friday 

Good Friday is the Friday that comes before Easter Sunday. On Good Friday we remember Jesus' death on the cross. 

Please help your child read “Jesus Dies on the Cross” located on the link below. 

http://www.dltk-bible.com/cv/jesus_dies_on_the_cross.htm

On Good Friday it is a tradition to go to a church service for The Stations of the Cross, which tells of the final hours of Jesus.  Have your child watch “The Stations of The Cross” with Father Scolaro below.   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqmIeZCs7Q

On this day, we show great respect for the cross.  Decorate and cut out the cross in the document section below.  Then, make the cross the center of your family’s prayer time on Good Friday. Pray this special prayer with your family.  “Lord by your Cross and Resurrection you have freed us. Amen.”  

Please have your child watch the read aloud video “All About Sound ” on Bookflix. After students have watched the read aloud video, have them complete the Venn Diagram writing sheet in the document section. Please have your child compare and contrast ““Zin!Zin! Zin! a Violin ” and “All About Sound”.  If you cannot use this link the username for Bookflix is Bookflix46 password is blue.

https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0044pr/start?authCtx=U.600080121

Spelling Words

1. cow

2. town

3. how

4. mouse

5. mouth

6. out

7. thought

8. instead

9. nothing

10. early

  Please have your child type the spelling words in any font and color they choose. 

Independent Reading on Raz Kids 15 mins.

Generation Genius

Have your child watch the Generation Genius video called “Introduction to Sound”.  After they have watched the video please have them complete the paper quiz. This can be printed or completed on a piece of plain paper. Feel free to have the students complete any additional activities.

www.generationgenius.com/?share=36C9

Reviewing Tally Charts

Have your child watch the Brainpop Jr. video called “Tally Chart and Bar Graphs”. 

https://jr.brainpop.com/search/?keyword=Tally+Charts+and+Bar+Graphs+

If you cannot use this link, the username for Brainpop Jr. is asaro and the password is 25mayfair.

Have your child complete the tally chart titled “Fun at The Cookout” located in the document section. 

Log on to IXL for 15 minutes.

Palm Sunday -  This Sunday is Palm Sunday.  On Sunday we observe the day that Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey.  It is called Palm Sunday because the people of Jerusalem threw palm leaves on the floor as a greeting when Jesus arrived.  Please help your child read “The Story of People Waving Palms” located on the link below. 

http://www.dltk-bible.com/p.asp?p=http://www.dltk-bible.com/cv/pwaving_palms_to_jesus.asp

Then have your child watch “Palm Sunday For Kids: The Triumphal Entry - Luke 19.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIUk0YCi15w

Your children should then complete the Palm Sunday activity located in the document section.  They should complete the newspaper cover by drawing a picture of what happened on this special day. 

Optional 

Children can decorate their own palm leaf.  This is located in the document section below.  Then they can act out Jesus’ entrance into the city on a donkey by waving their homemade palm leaf.  Have fun!

Brainpop Jr.

Have your child watch the Brainpop Jr. video called “Sound”.  They may do any of the activities found below the video. The username for Brainpop Jr. is asaro and the password is 25mayfair.

https://jr.brainpop.com/science/energy/sound/

Math
Have your child listen to the read aloud “Tally O’Malley” by Stuart J. Murphy  The children can respond to the story using the writing paper in the document section.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VixQ-tv3kr0

Journal 
Your child may continue to write journal entries on a topic of their choice. In class we call it a "Free Write".

GoNoodle
Movement breaks or brain breaks are important to incorporate into your child’s day.  Regular breaks enhance attentiveness, concentration and focus. Please try out GoNoodle with your child and feel free to send us a video of them in action.  We would love to see it!

https://www.gonoodle.com/

April Fools’ Day is also known as “All Fools Day.”  This is a day of the year when people in most parts of the world play practical jokes on each other.  Did you know, in France one tradition is to secretly stick paper fish to people’s backs? The person who finds a fish on their back is called “April Fish.”

ELA

Please have your child  watch the read aloud video “Arthur’s April Fool’s Day ”After students have watched the read aloud video, have them complete the April Fool’s Day writing sheet in the document section. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epTDkRbS1bo

Spelling Words

cow
town
how
mouse
mouth
out
thought
instead
nothing
early

Please have your child write 5 sentences using the spelling words. This can be done in an extra notebook or on the “spelling paper” in the documents section.

Word Work

Have your child watch the video on inflectional endings -er, -est

https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/64f44220-b259-457a-a5df-f14f0e1691a3/shock-kid-lucky-present-erest/

Complete worksheet in document section.

Independent Reading on Raz Kids 15 mins.

Make a Picture Graph

Have your child watch the Youtube video below. 

How to Use a Tally Chart to Make a Picture Graph

Have your child complete math pages 393 and 394 located in the document section.

Log on to IXL for 15 minutes.  Please do O.1 and O.2 and then continue with other skills for the remainder of the time

Religion

“The Adventures of Carlos the Caterpillar” -  Carlos is a caterpillar just like you! He loves to have fun and is learning about life.  His Uncle Pedro helps him understand how important it is to do the right thing and to grow up to be the best butterfly he can possibly be.  Have your child choose an episode of “Carlos the Caterpillar” to watch. Then have them respond using the writing paper in the document section on the webpage. 

 https://watch.formed.org/the-adventures-of-carlos-caterpillar