Kindergarten Resource Cumberland@Home E Melvin Honeycutt  

Phase Three

Master Template for Phase III Suggested Schedule for K-5 Cumberland@Home 

Elementary Time Slots  Activity 

20 Minutes  SuccessMaker Reading:  Login to HomeBase through www.ccs.k12.nc.us, then login to EasyBridge and select READING or iStation: Login to 

HomeBase through www.ccs.k12.nc.us, then login to Istation 

15 Minutes  SuccessMaker Math:  Login to HomeBase through www.ccs.k12.nc.us, then login to EasyBridge and select MATH. 

30 Minutes  Science 

30 Minutes  Math 

30 Minutes  English Language Arts 

20 Minutes  Social Studies 

20 Minutes  Daily Reading 

20 Minutes  Art, Music or PE once a day 

185 Minutes  Total Learning Time for Elementary Students 

  What is Cumberland@Home? We are excited to announce Cumberland@Home! Cumberland@Home is a remote learning opportunity to allow students to continue learning beyond the walls of the                                             classroom. All materials will extend learning opportunities previously taught by classroom teachers. These review materials will help to deepen your child's                                         understanding and prepare them for the end of year standardized assessments. While students are engaged in Cumberland@Home, assignments may be completed                                         virtually or via paper and pencil assignments (Pre-K - 2nd Grade) provided by the school. These assignments will be provided prior to the Cumberland@Home day.                                                 Students will access Google Classroom the way that they have previously accessed it at school.   Teacher Support Hours Teacher support will be available via email or previously established protocol such as ClassDojo or Google Classroom. Staff will respond to all communication requests in a timely manner during scheduled hours.  

 

Subject: Art  

General Directions for Families: Parents, please find here one art activity per week, as well as some additional resources that your child may find helpful and interesting. Please contact Mrs. Hayner via email with any questions regarding these activities . Please stay safe, take care of yourselves, and let our students know how much we all miss them.  

Week of April 20-24

Activity: Butterfly Design K.V.1.4 Understand characteristics of the Elements of Art, including lines, shapes, colors, and texture. K.V.1.5 Recognize characteristics of the Principles of Design, including repetition and contrast. Materials: Paper Pencil Crayons, markers, etc.

Procedure: You will draw a butterfly to fill your paper, using simple shapes.

1. Think about butterflies you have seen. What are some simple shapes you can use to draw one?

2. Start with the body, then add wings. It will have upper and lower wings. Create designs and patterns on the wings. They should be the same on each side. Color in with different colors.

3. Add background for your butterfly.

Example:

Week of April 27-May 1

Activity: Favorite Food Design K.V.1.4 Understand characteristics of the Elements of Art, including lines, shapes, colors, and texture. K.V.1.5 Recognize characteristics of the Principles of Design, including repetition and contrast. K.V.1.2 Create original art that expresses

Procedure: What are some of your favorite foods? You are going to make a drawing or a collage (cut-paper) of your favorites.

1. You can draw or cut out your shapes to make your favorite foods. You can arrange them on a plate or however you like.

2. Add details that you would see on each

Examples:

ideas about oneself. Materials: Drawing Paper or construction paper Scrap paper Crayons, markers, etc. Scissors Glue

type of food and color in. You can also add background to your design.

Week of May 4-8

Activity: Crazy Hair Design K.V.1.4 Understand characteristics of the Elements of Art, including lines, shapes, colors, and texture. K.V.1.5 Recognize characteristics of the Principles of Design, including repetition and contrast. K.V.3.3 Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, collage, mixed media, sculpture, and ceramics to create art. K.V.3.2 Use a variety of media to create art. Materials: Drawing or construction paper Strips of scrap paper Pencil Crayons or markers Scissors Glue

Procedure: You will draw a portrait or self-portrait and add some paper strips for crazy hair. Your hair will be 3-D, or 3-Dimensional, meaning it will not be flat to the paper.

1. Draw your face or someone else’s face very large on your paper. Start with an oval, then add basic shapes to complete the nose, eyes, mouth, ears. etc. Do not add hair yet.

2. Next, using strips of scrap paper (any colors, even rainbow) you will experiment with rolling, twisting, curling, and bending to create some crazy textures for hair. Put different techniques together.

3. Glue the ends of the paper strips down, letting the rest of the strips stick off your paper. Add details and color in.

Example:

Week of May 11-15

Activity: Paper Sculpture K.V.2.3 Create original art that does not rely on copying or tracing. K.V.3.3 Use the processes of drawing, painting, weaving, printing, collage, mixed media, sculpture, and ceramics to create art. Materials: Scrap paper Scissors Glue or tape

Procedure: You will use scrap paper to create a sculpture. A sculpture is art that is not flat, but 3-D. It has length, width, and depth (thickness.)

1. Using the scrap paper, try experimenting with rolling, bending, folding into zig-zags, curling, etc. to make the paper 3-D.

2. When you have some pieces ready, start gluing or taping them together to create a sculpture. Add more pieces until your sculpture is complete.

3. Your sculpture might look like something realistic, like an animal or person, or it can be abstract.

Examples:

  

Art websites your students might enjoy:

http://bomomo.com: Click one of the icons at the bottom of the screen, then move and click the mouse to make a cool abstract composition.

http://www.colorwithleo.com: Explore the world of art through interactive games, hands-on activities, and lessons with a young Leonardo da Vinci.

https://www.crayola.com: Art and cross-curriculum lesson plans and activities for children in grades K-12.

https://www.deepspacesparkle.com: Deep Space Sparkle offers great art lesson plans and resources that will help support students’ learning.

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/crafts: Find quick and easy crafts for kids of all ages and grade levels! Search for crafts by holiday, season, topic, or type.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/coloring-book: Color in pictures about exploring outer space, either online or by printing them out and using markers or crayons.

https://www.nga.gov/education/kids.html: NGAkids interactives offer an entertaining and informative introduction to art and art history.

 

     

       

Subject: Music 

General Directions for Families: Parents, please find here one music activity per week, as well as some additional worksheets and handouts that your child may find interesting and fun to engage with. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Good at lindagood@ccs.k12.nc.us or Mrs. Ashley via email with any questions regarding these activities. 

We also have Google Classrooms for you to join: K-2 music class: euzqi1v  General Music Fun and interaction: jyiaera 

Week of April 20-April 24 

Activity: Accompany a Story  K.ML.3.2 Select vocal and/or instrumental sounds to accompany readings, stories, or dramatizations. 

Read (or have someone else read) a favorite book and assign each character a sound, such as two spoons hitting together. Each time that character shows up, play that sound.     Can you tell me your favorite book? What are some words that are repeated? What can you do when you hear those words?   

 Example: 

 

Every time you hear the word Pete, tap your pencil on the table. Every time you hear the word button, stomp your feet Every time you hear a number word, clap that many times, etc... 

 This is another example and the book can be found in our destiny library: The Little Red Hen: 

 

 Cat: Meow, Dog: Woof Woof, Mouse: squeak (with an extra high pitch) Little Red Hen: cluck cluck cluck! Kitchen: Bang on a pan!  

   

 

Week April 27-May 1 

Activity: Exploring our Vocal Timbers, Dynamics, & Tempos

K.MR.1.4 

Illustrate different vocal  

timbres by type 

(whispering, speaking, 

singing, and shouting) 

Sing 

Speak 

Whisper 

Shout 

In music class we sing many songs. Pick a favorite song and use your singing voice it for a family member.  Try it again using a speaking voice. Now use your whispering voice .  Maybe you could go outside (or into the bathroom and shut the door) and use your shouting voice as loud as you can!!     

Example song: Welcome the day! It’s time to play! Singing and dancing our cares away! Join in the fun--- E-------veryone! Making our music until-- we’re done!

K.MR.1.2  Recognize contrasts in music, such as high/low pitch, loud/soft dynamics, fast/slow tempo, and same/different sections of music

Think of a good marching song: 

One of my favorites is: 

The Ants go Marching (lots of 

versions on Youtube)  

March around your 

house/livingroom/yard while 

you sing at a marching tempo.   

Now, run/tiptoe around the 

room and sing at a faster 

tempo! Fast, Fast Fast! Now 

slow it down and walk slowly 

like you are sneaking around 

your house and sing it ever so 

slowly.   

Have fun, changing the tempo 

on other songs too! Don’t 

forget our tempo words  

Largo=Slow, Presto=Fast  

Not only can you change the tempo, but you can change the 

dynamics of your voice! 

Sing is softly (piano) 

Sing it loudly (forte) 

Or sing it at a medium dynamic (mezzo piano or mezzo forte) 

 

Now choose some other songs to sing with different dynamics. 

 

                  

Week of May 4-May 8

Activity: “Closet Key”- Dynamics

NCES.K.MU.ML.1 -

Apply the elements of music and musical techniques in order to sing and play music with accuracy and expression

Find a small object and hide it in the house. Try to guide a family member to find the object by singing a song and getting louder as they get closer and quieter when they are far away! The words to this song are: Verse 1. “I have lost the closet key in my lady’s garden” repeat this 1 times Verse 2. “Help me find the closet key in my lady’s garden” repeat this 1 time Verse 3. “I have found the closet key in my lady’s garden” Repeat this 1 x

Does the music get louder or quieter? ● Crescendo (louder) ● Diminuendo (quieter) What musical words could you use?

● p - piano (quiet) ● mp - mezzo piano (medium quiet) ● mf - mezzo forte (medium loud) ● f - forte (loud)

Here is the music to the song: If you know this song, great! If not, you can make up any tune to these words, or just say them as a chant… You can find this song on youtube if you want to try that. Here is a link https://youtu.be/Owt5huz5UUY

  

           

Music Activity for the week of May 11-May 15 

  

Activity: Sing and Move- Improvise NCES.K.MU.MR.1.1 - Use singing, playing, and/or moving to respond to a variety of musical ideas. Using the Song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”, we can practice singing loudly (f= forte) or softly (p=piano). We can also practice singing a familiar song super fast (presto). Cut out the animal pictures and use them to remind you which animal comes next. If you don’t know the song “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”, you can find it on YouTube here https://youtu.be/HLtmnglA-_w

You can also color these.  After each verse, march around the room for 16 beats (16 slow marches) and pretend to be the animal for that verse. This is so much fun to do!    Now, add other animals. You can draw new ones. You can even name your animals.  Practice singing the song very softly, very loudly, very quickly and very slowly 

 Music Vocabulary for this lesson  Presto= Very fast Largo= Very slow  Forte= Loud Piano=Soft 

  Below, you will find some worksheets. One is for “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” The other three all relate to loud and soft. On the first sheet, your child should circle the corresponding dynamic marking. For instance, is the butterfly loud or soft?  The next two are to be done together--they are a sorting game. Have your child cut out the pictures and place them in the “loud” or “soft” column. 

 

 

     Subject: Physical Education 

 

General Directions for Families: Parents, please find here one PE activity per week, as well as some additional resources that your child may find helpful and interesting. Please contact Mr. Ciani via email with any questions regarding these activities . Please stay safe, take care of yourselves, and let our students know how much we all miss them.  

Week of April 20-24

Locomotor Movement Skills

(Spatial Awareness, balance, enjoys movement)

Useful link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCg-Mk

VkxyU

Practice Skills on a walk, in the yard or in the house if needed.

Include Walk, Run, Jump, Hop, Gallop,

Skip, Side-slide, Leap

Use different pathways (zig zag, curve) Use different levels (high, low, medium)

Walk and Run: alternating arm swings, toes straight ahead. Use different speeds.

Jump: taking off on 2 feet and landing on 2 feet.

Hop: on 1 foot, use arms to balance.

Gallop: face forward, lead with same foot (step,

together, step together) (like a horse)

Skip: A series of step hops changing lead foot after every hop. On balls of feet, alternating arm swings.

Side slide: Similar to Gallop, but the direction is

sideways with a step together movement. Same foot always leads

Leap: Like leaping over a mud puddle. Take off on

one foot and land on the other.

Week of April 27-May 1

Balance

(Spatial Awareness, muscular strength and endurance)

(manipulative skills - balls and other

objects)

1. Body only

2. Join the Circus!

3. With an object - ball, shoe, toy.

Can you balance on….

● 1 body part (foot), try a different one ● 2 body parts, 2 different ones (elbows, knees) ● 3 body parts, 3 different ones

While walking on a tightrope can you…

● Walk forward, sideways, on tiptoes, on heels ● Hop 3 times on your tightrope

Balance an object on your head, can you….

● Walk slowly, head high, chest out ● Walk in a zigzag path ● Squat to a low level and stand up.

Week of May 4-8

Toss and Catch

(Tossing, catching, spatial awareness, cooperates with a partner)

1. Self-Toss and Catch

2. Partner Throw and Catch

Use any object that is soft easily caught with one hand. Can you….

● Low toss side to side, hand to hand? ● How many catches can you make without

missing. ● Toss head high and catch it below your waist. ● Toss head high and catch above your waist. ● Toss higher than your head and catch above

your shoulders.

● Toss higher than your head and catch below your waist

With a partner...

● Can you low toss to each other and catch it with 2 hands?

● How many times can you toss and catch without missing. 5? 10? Count together out loud.

● Try again without missing, only this time take a step back each time you catch it. Count together out loud.

Week of May 11-15

Chalk your Walk

(Identify opportunities for increased physical activity, enjoy movement)

Useful link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcYi1d

w5t2I&t=1s

Go for a Walk, jog or run. Take some chalk and create an obstacle course, hopscotch or exercise routine.

Include these or other activities you might enjoy:

● Jumping jacks ● Frog Jumps ● Mountain climbers ● Star Jumps ● Skipping ● Galloping ● Push-ups or push up position (plank)

    Subject: Media/Technology 

General Directions for Families: Parents, please find here one Media activity per week, as well as some additional resources that your child may find helpful and interesting. Please contact Mrs. Perry( alisonperry@ccs.k12.nc.us) via email with any questions regarding these activities . Please stay safe, take care of yourselves, and let our students know how much we all miss them. 

 

Week of April 20-24

Fantasy or Real:

Divide a piece of paper into 2 sides. Draw 3 characters that are real on one side and 3

characters that are fantasy on the other side. Show an adult and see if they can identify the

real and fantasy side..

Favorite Books:  

Think of your favorite book. Draw the cover of the book to include the author’s name and title.

Media Balance:  

List 10 occasions when a person should be device-free (phones or ipads). For example: 

when crossing the street.

Week of April 27-May 1

Scavenger Hunt:

Walk around your house and look for the following items:

● One children’s book ● A newspaper ● A bookmark ● A magazine ● A dictionary ● A chapter book

How are they different? How are they the same?

Nonfiction:

Pretend your librarian just read a nonfiction book about the season of winter. Draw and label 5 things that might appear in a book

about wintertime.

Bookmark Factory:

Cut a piece of paper into a rectangle. Design the front of the bookmark with a drawing of a few of your favorite characters. On the other side, design a pattern and color it. Use the bookmark the next time you are reading a

book.

Week of May 4-8

Book Making:

Get items out of the recycle bin or around the house to make a book (cardboard, paper, etc.). Tape the parts together. Make sure to include

front cover, back cover, pages inside, and spine. Create a title, author, and illustration.

Take the survey:

Take the survey attached about personal likes and dislikes when it comes to books. Ask someone in your house the same questions. Compare and contrast your

answers.

Tent Time:

Build a fort in the house with blankets and pillows. Get inside the fort and read a good

book for 20 minutes.

Write a story inside and read it to someone.

Book Survey

Week of May 11-15

Invented Reading:

Select a children’s book from your house. Find someone (parent) or something (stuffed

animal) to read to without looking at the words. You must make up the story only by looking at

the pictures.

Makerspace:

The Three Little Pigs built houses to keep the Big, Bad Wolf out. Construct your own pig house out of blocks, Legos, or sticks from

outside. Make sure it can not be huffed and puffed and blown down.

EBooks:

Log onto Destiny.ccs.k12.nc.us or Youtube with a parent’s permission. Find a book to

read or listen to. Draw a picture of the characters and setting of the story.

 

Book Survey

1. What is your favorite book? _________________________________________

2. Do you prefer fiction (fantasy) or nonfiction (true)?________________________________

3. What is the last book you read? ________________________________________

4. What is one book you did not like?_________________________

5. Who is your favorite book character?________________________________________

6. How much time do you spend reading at home?________________________________________

7. Do you like reading? _______________

8. How many books are in your room? ________________

9. Do you like to read to other people out loud? __________

10. If there was a book about you, what would the title be?

____________________________________________