Piney Branch Distance Learning Plans

Week of April 20-25

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

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.

Piney Branch - Kindergarten

Reading Math Writing Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Listen to a read aloud on

the Piney Branch YouTube

website

Read independently for 10

minutes daily.

Complete two DreamBox

lessons daily

Practice counting to 100 by

1’s

Write a list of fruit that are:

Red

Yellow

green

Earth day

Review:

How to Care for the

Environment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class meeting and activity X Class meeting and activity X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Review:

Why Do I Have a Shadow? Parents: Please hide a

treasure in your home and

mark the location on the map

that your child created last

week.

Students: Use the map to find

the treasure that your parents

Choose 4 math problems to

solve this week using:

Month of Math

Earth Day

Keep track of all the good

things you do for the earth

by using this template:

Taking Care of the Earth

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.

Piney Branch 1st Grade

Reading Math Writing Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Read 20 minutes of nonfiction

daily. Focus on Earth Day books.

How did the nonfiction text

features help you better

understand the information?

Complete at least 1 Dreambox

lesson daily. This week’s focus

will be story problems.

Practice 0-10 subtraction facts

daily. Math Magician

Practice correct letter formation

for dive down letters (b, h, l, t)

daily. Practice Pages

Write in your Teacher Journal.

Rocket Spelling—Phonics

practice. Complete Planet 1 on

the demo page.

Keep a record of items your

house recycled this week. Make a

graph showing your data

BrainPop JR (found in Clever)—

Watch the assigned video on

“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”

Complete the different activities.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class Meeting

X

Class Meeting

X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Reading Math Writing STEM

Act out a fiction story you read

this week. Reuse materials from

around the house to create

puppets or costumes. Put on a

show for your family.

Origo—Complete week 1

Math Playground—Practice add/

sub story problems

Dice Games—Play these fun

games with your family and

strengthen your math skills at the

same time.

Reuse items in your house to

create a new object . For

example, foil, popsicle sticks and

a paper towel roll can become a

rocket. Write about your new

creation. Make and label an

illustration that goes with your

writing.

Earth Day Project—Reuse a

plastic bottle to create a planter

for Spring.

PWCS Virtual Earth Week Activity

Calendar

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.

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 .

Piney Branch 2nd Grade

Reading Math Writing Technology Daily

Skill

Builders

Read the poem “Street

Music” or have someone

read the poem to you.

Draw what you visualized

when reading/ listening to

the poem.

Street Music Poem

Math About Me Poem

Create a math poem about

you

Subtraction poem

Read and do the “You Try It!”

Subtraction Poem

Math About Me Poem

Write your own street music

poem. Think about the sounds

that make up the music of your

street or neighborhood.

Reread the poem. Look for and

list the words with our phonics

blends (gr, fr, tr, dr, sl, cl, fl, pl,

bl)

Complete 2 lessons on

Typing.com (Through Clever)

Try a lesson on Code.org

(through clever)

Review Zoom Etiquette

Zoom for Students

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 Habitat

Presentation

Moody @ 11:00 Read Aloud

Key @ 11:30 class meeting

Stump @ 11:00 Read aloud

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

MyOn Earth Day Projects—Books on Earth Day

Poetry Folder on Class Page—explore poems and try to create your own - Poems

Covid-19 Time Capsule Project Time Capsule

Habitat Project (Ecosystems Diorama Project

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.

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 3rd Grade

Reading Math Writing Social Studies/Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Read for 20 minutes a book of

your choice or on MyOn.

Complete a reading response

from the response menu.

Take a look below to find some

Earth Day related reading

activities!

Complete 2 or more lessons each

day on Dreambox. Memorize

your 3 times tables.

Write a persuasive essay to

convince your neighborhood to

recycle! You should include

reasons why recycling is

important, and examples of how

to do it. Start with a plan, then

write a draft, edit it, and publish

your final! A graphic organizer to

help plan your writing can be

found here.

Take a look at the Earth Day

activities in the enrichment

section below and then take a

picture of yourself doing an Earth

Day activity!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Cavalier - 1pm

Larimore - 1pm

Sloan - 1pm

Ferrell - 1pm

Medina - 1pm

Sloan - video/read aloud via

email

Cavalier - 1pm (read aloud)

Larimore - 1pm (read aloud)

Ferrell - read aloud video

Medina - video/read aloud via

email

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Wednesday April 22 is Earth Day. Take a look at these fun Earth Day Activities to see what you can visit, watch and create!

Complete these reading comprehension practices. Practice 1 Earth Practice 2 Weather

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

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.

Fourth grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 2:00 – 3:00, Monday-Thursday for the week of April 20th – 24th. Our office hours to provide support and guidance are 3:00—4:00 on Thursdays.

Piney Branch 4th Grade

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

Select a different activity

from the Virtual Earth

Week Schedule to do each

day this week.

Watch the following videos:

Climate Change

Humans & the Environment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive Class Meeting

and Read Aloud X

Class Meeting and

Read Aloud X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Complete the following

lessons:

Irregular Plural Nouns

Apostrophes and Contractions

Complete the following lessons and submit for feedback:

Equivalent Fractions

Factors/GCF **GCF/LCM Cheat Sheet**

Optional Activity - Practice your fraction skills by changing a recipe (with parent permission and assistance) by doubling or cutting it in half! Then follow the recipe steps using your new measurements to make a delicious treat. If your mathematical calculations were correct, your recipe should taste great. Recipe Fun

Choose one activity from the

five you have done this week

and share it with your teacher.

Send a picture of the activity

to your teacher for feedback.

Virtual Earth Week Activities

Persuasive Writing - Pick one of the following prompts. Persuade a reader why sports matter by explaining: A - How has

sports positively impacted you or someone important to you? Or B - How has someone in the world of sports inspired you?

Scholastic Persuasive Writing Contest **Graphic organizer and contest info can be found using the link**

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.

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.

Piney Branch 5th Grade

Reading Math Writing Science & Technology Daily

Skill

Builders

Sign-Up for a school-wide read aloud or a classroom read aloud.

Read for at least 20 min. each day.

Origo At Home Math: Activities for Week 2.

Dreambox/Khan Academy: One lesson per day.

Reflex: Work on fact fluency

Link to fun strategy game

Len Choa Strategy Game

Brush up your typing skills through the app Typing.com (found in Clever).

Go to BrainPOP and do the new assignments for language arts.

Click on the link to learn about Rube Goldberg. Explore everything this site has to offer—a little each day. Next week we will be creating our own Rube Goldberg machines!

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

Sessions

Evans Flipgird Evans Flipgird

Dagenhart Zoom Book Club

Ramsey Zoom Book Club

Evans Flipgird

Roehn Zoom Book Club

Nemerow Flipgird

Zoom Class Meetings

(if this changes due to a conflict , the teacher will communicate)

Evans Flipgird

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Aerial America:

Explore the Northeast Region from an aerial view.

Aerial America website

List of suggested videos

Aerial America:

Explore the Southeast Region from an aerial view.

Aerial America website

List of suggested videos

Aerial America:

Explore the Midwest Region from an aerial view.

Aerial America website

List of suggested videos

Aerial America:

Explore the Southwest & West Regions from an aerial view.

Aerial America website

List of suggested videos

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.

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 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

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:

K-2 lesson

2.pptx

Piney Branch School

Counselor’s Webpage

Grades

3-5

Activities

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

Specialist office hours to provide support and guidance are 12:00-1:00 on Thursday.

Check out this video to learn more about brain teasers: Do You Ever Tease Your Brain?

Piney Branch Reading and Gifted Specialists: Week of April 20th

K-2

Brain Teasers/Riddles

Hink Pink Hink Pinks are rhyming word puzzles. One person thinks of

a two word rhyme and gives a two word description. The other player

then must guess the “Hink Pink.” For example, if one person says,

“angry boy”, the other player responds, “mad lad.” Or, “wet canine”

becomes “soggy doggy.” Click here to find out more and check out this

website.

Language Riddles

What do you call a cow with no legs? Write what you think the answer

is and click here to see if you were right.

What do you call an alligator in a vest? Write what you think the

answer is and click here to see if you were right.

Count the Shapes This doesn’t really require a pencil, unless you

want to try and outline the shapes to help you unlock the answer!

Look at the two images below. In the first one, how many triangles

can you count? In the second, how many squares? How many

triangles? Click here for the shapes.

Math Riddles

Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What’s the answer? Click here when

you’ve solved it.

3-5 Brain Teasers/Riddles

Hinkity Pinkity Hinkity Pinkity are rhyming word puzzles with words

that have three syllables. One person thinks of a two word rhyme and

gives a two word description. The other player then must guess the

“Hinkity Pinkity” For example, if one person says, “angry boy”, the

other player responds, “mad lad.” Or, “wet canine” becomes “soggy

doggy.” Click here to find out more and check out this website.

Picture Riddles

Click here to solve these picture riddles.

Logic Puzzle

Watch the first video and pause when it tells you to. Do you know the

answer? Write it down and then watch the rest of this video.

Math Logic Puzzle

Watch the first video and pause when it tells you to. Do you know

the answer? Write it down and then watch the rest of the video.

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-solve-the-dragon-jousting-

riddle-alex-gendler

Math Puzzle

Click here to try this math puzzle.