Piney Branch Distance Learning Plans

Week of May 18-May 22

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

Pirates love Underpants

Pirates go to School

How I became a Pirate

Read independently for 10

minutes daily.

Complete two DreamBox lessons

daily

Adding with pirates

Subitize with pirates

Practice counting backwards

from 20

Write and complete the following

sentence:

If I were a Pirate, I would…

Draw a picture to match your

words.

Make pirate ships out of at least

two different materials.

Legos, play dough, foil, shoe box

Do your ships float?

Sink or Float

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class meeting and activity X Class meeting and activity X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Writing

If I were a Pirate

Go on a:

Treasure Hunt

Pete the Cat and the Treasure

Map

Choose 4 problems from the

Challenge Math Mat

Sing Along

Jack Hartmann: Silly Pirate Song

ABC Pirate song

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 Social Studies Daily

Skill

Builders

Read 20 minutes of community

hero/citizenship books daily. You

can find many assigned in MyOn/

Epic.

Phonics—Review S blends. Find

them in text, use them in your

writing. Play these fun activities

at Spelling City.

Complete at least 1 Dreambox

lesson daily. This week’s focus is

greater than/less than/equal to.

Place value game

Scoop and count

Practice correct letter formation

for e, u Practice Pages

Write in your Teacher Journal/

Weekly Report.

Read about citizenship in your

Social Studies book (5 Ponds

Press in Clever) or MyOn/Epic.

Complete the Citizenship Journal.

Define the trait, draw a picture,

write a sentence telling how you

can show the trait.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class Meeting

X

Class Meeting

X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Reading Math Writing Social Studies

How are superheroes the same or

different from real life

community heroes? Share with

your family.

Reading Activity Calendar—Select

activities from the May calendar.

Origo—Complete week 5

Citizenship Place Value Game—

Play with your family to see who

can do the most acts of

citizenship.

Place Value STEM—Design a

structure using treats.

Write a thank you letter to a

community hero. Share your

letter with your teacher.

Did you see someone being a

good citizen in your house or

neighborhood? Give them a

“Gotcha Card” to let them know.

Create a poster declaring yourself

a good citizen. What

characteristics are special about

you that make you an amazing

citizen?

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/ Tech Social Studies Daily

Skill

Builders

Select 2 stories from the MyOn

Project “Amusement Park Fun!” to

read. Complete the reading tasks

that go with each.

Complete the King’s Dominion

Math Question. Give 2 different

options of what you would ride.

Complete the King’s Dominion

Math Word Problems

Are roller coasters scary or exciting?

Write to share your opinion. Be sure

to include reasons and details that

support your opinion.

Create an advertisement that

persuades someone to go to an

amusement park of your choice!

Write to describe your amusement

park to your guests!

You’re creating your own park!

Make a map for your park guests. Be

sure to include a theme and title, at

least 5 rides, a key with at least 3

symbols, at least 3 things to make

your guests comfortable (bathroom,

snack bar, drinking fountain) . Be

neat and colorful! You may use 2

pieces of paper to give you more

room to create your map.

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

(Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride)

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

Make a King’s Dominion Funnel Cake!

Create your own Roller Coaster!

Go on a virtual ride! Twisted Timbers

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.

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.

Daily

Skill

Builders

Reading Math Writing Social Studies/Science

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 8

times tables.

In writing we have learned how to research and write in order to

share information. This week, choose a country in the world that you

would like to learn more about. Use books and/or online sources to

research your chosen country. Plan and draft a 5 paragraph piece of

informational writing about your chosen country. This writing packet

will help you organize your ideas! We will revise, edit, and publish

next week.

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

Arrays - Use your knowledge of this multiplication strategy to create a community in which things are organized into arrays.

Draw a picture of your array community, label and solve the arrays, and share it with your teacher. You can find the

instructions and an example here.

Read the story “Bad Kitty Wash Your Paws.” and complete the booklet activities. You can find the book here.

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

Piney Branch 4th Grade

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

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

4th grade’s daily review and learning hour is from 2:00 – 3:00, Monday-Thursday for the week of May 18th - 22nd. 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

Read the Daily News on MyOn and answer related questions

Share about your favorite author on the PBES Favorite Author Flipgrid

Complete at least 2 Dreambox 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

Read VA Studies Weekly Week 25: Twentieth Century Virginia Watch related mini-videos, select a review activity, or complete the practice test.

Watch: World War I

Watch: World War II

Animal Adaptations Read the article, click on the flashcards to review vocabulary, answer questions, and play the full video at the end of the lesson.

Engineering Hands-On Fun:

“Built to Survive”

Complete the following lessons on Khan Academy:

Introduction to Adding Mixed Numbers

Mixed Numbers as Improper Fractions

Improper Fractions as Mixed Numbers

Origo At Home—Week 3: Adding Mixed Numbers

Scroll down to blue button that says “United States ,” then click 4th grade, then select week 3.

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 Geography Daily

Skill

Builders

Continue...Read At Home

Challenge and 30 in 30

Challenge

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

The 25th is Memorial Day

Watch this MD video and

BrainPOP video

Scavenger Hunt on 5th Grade

Class Page

Origo At Home Math:

Activities for Week 6

Reflex 10 min/day

One lesson/day Dreambox

Math Game: (Flipgrid it!)

Can You Make It? (+-x/)

(game on 5th Grade Class Page)

Typing.com (through Clever)

Reading Responses: Try to do

one each day.

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

Write to this prompt: How

could you explain Memorial

Day to a younger student?

Email your writing.

Who was the greater

American...

Maggie Lena Walker OR

Arthur Ashe?

Watch both videos and leave

a Flipgrid response

explaining your opinion.

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

Sessions Roehn Zoom Class Meeting Nemerow Zoom Class Meeting

Dagenhart Zoom Book Club

Ramsey Zoom Book Club

Roehn Zoom Book Club

Nemerow Flipgird Book Club

Nemerow Flipgrid

Zoom Class Meetings:

Ramsey, Evans, Dagenhart

(FRIDAY Evans Book Club)

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Osmosis With Eggs Science

Lab

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

Record your results on

Flipgrid!

Bend a Carrot Science Lab

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

Record your results on

Flipgrid!

More Alka Seltzer

Experiments

(again in case you didn’t do any or

all of these)

Record your results on

Flipgrid!

Make a Memorial Day craft

Piney Branch Encore 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 Ms. Harrison—Music

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.

Open this link for the

activity choice board and

activity/reflection log.

Complete 3x or more per

week.

Email your log or a video

submission to Mr. Shelatz

or Ms. Swekosky.

Click here to go to

the library activities

for the week.

Click here to go to

the library page for

more activities and

ideas. Have fun!

Click here for this

weeks coping skills

lesson.

PBES 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.

Open this link for the

activity choice board and

activity/reflection log.

Complete 3x or more per

week.

Email your log or a video

submission to Mr.

Shelatz or Ms. Swekosky.

Click here to go to the

library activities for

the week.

Click here to go to the

library page for more

activities and ideas.

Have fun!

Click here for this

weeks coping

skills lesson.

PBES School

Counselor’s

Webpage

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

If you are interested in being on our podcast, Winging It!, click here to submit your story!

K-2

Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Check out Writers Speak to Kids from NBC News

Learn with Mo Willems to learn about his writing

process and how he gets his ideas.

Click here to share some facts and your favorite

book on the Piney Branch #favoriteauthor

Flipgrid.

Choose one of these math challenges

(Lining Up or Sums on a Clock) and

solve it. Check your solutions here to

see if you got them right!

3-5 Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Check out Writers Speak to Kids with NBC News

Learn with Jeff Kinney to learn about his writing

process and how he gets his ideas.

Click here to share some facts and your favorite

book on the Piney Branch #favoriteauthor

Flipgrid.

Choose one of these math challenges

(Book Fair Money or Math Crossword

Puzzle) and solve it. Check your

solutions here to see if you got them

right!