Piney Branch Distance Learning Plans

Week of May 11-May 15

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.

Reading Math Writing Science Daily

Skill

Builders

Listen to:

Froggy Goes to Hawaii

And

The Goodnight Gecko

Read independently for 10

minutes daily.

Complete two DreamBox lessons

daily.

Practice counting to 100 by 5’s

Listen to:

Hawaiian Fact for Kids

Draw a picture and write a

sentence about what you learned

about Hawaii

Have fun doing a

Volcano Experiment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class meeting and activity

X Class meeting and activity X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Practice:

Hula Dance

Watch:

Ten Little Surfers

How many different ways can you

make 10?

Choose 4 activities from the

Challenge Math Mat

Make and enjoy some Poi.

Pretend you’re going to Hawaii.

Make a list of things you would take

with you. Draw a picture and label

each word.

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 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.

Reading Math Writing Social Studies Daily

Skill

Builders

Read 20 minutes of superhero

stories daily. You can find many

assigned in MyOn/Epic.

Phonics—Review R blends. Find

them in text, use them in your

writing. Create words with R

blends using this online tool.

Complete at least 1 Dreambox

lesson daily. This week’s focus is

place value.

Place value chart

Scoop and count

Place Value Game

Practice correct letter formation

for dive down middle letters (j, p)

Practice Pages

Write in your Teacher Journal/

Weekly Report.

Read about the famous

Virginians in your Social Studies

book (5 Ponds Press in Clever) or

MyOn/Epic.

Complete a trading card for each

Virginian with pencil/paper or in

Wixie.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Interactive

Sessions Class Meeting

X

Class Meeting

X

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Reading Math Writing STEM

Choose a superhero you read

about this week. Create a mask

or shield or gadget that describes

the superhero’s traits.

Reading Activity Calendar—Select

activities from the May calendar.

Origo—Complete week 4

Math Playground—Practice add/

sub story problem.

I Spy A Number—Play this place

value guessing game with a

partner.

If you were a superhero, what

super powers would you have?

Why?

Create a new superhero. Describe

your superhero’s powers and

abilities. Write a story about his/

her adventures.

Superhero Challenge Cards

Give coding a try. Use CODE.org

(found in Clever) and complete

the Minecraft: Hero’s Journey

course. Your teacher will send

the class code.

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.**

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 Phonics Daily

Skill

Builders

Watch Come on, Rain and Read

Rainy Weather Days

Complete Word Match and Which

Came First

Log in: Learning20 PW: Clifford

Scholastic Bookflix

Complete Dreambox Lesson

on graphing

Create your own graph using

weather data that you collect

throughout the week

(Graph Template)

Keep a weekly weather journal -

draw and write

Write about your weather graph

How does the weather make you

feel? Draw and Write

Reread Rainy Weather Days

and make a list of Long O

and Short O words. Make

note of any O words that do

not fit either category.

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

(Starting New Book!)

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

Link Read Aloud- My Many Colored Days, Read Aloud

COVID-19 Time Capsule (share out during class meetings! )

Bad Kitty Wash Your Hands

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.

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 7’s

times tables.

Complete the

following lessons:

Commas

Commas in Time and

Space

You are being called upon to save some

famous Americans in this digital escape

room! Choose one of the historical figures

and solve the clues to help them escape

from certain doom. There are 10 famous

Americans to choose from.

Famous American Escape Room

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)

New book!!

Cavalier - 1pm (read aloud)

Larimore - 1pm (read aloud)

Medina-Interactive email

Ferrell– interactive email

Review

Activities &

Enrichment

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Additional Optional Math:

Who wants to be a hundredaire?

Use your knowledge of area (space inside) and perimeter (distance around the outside) to help Mr. Franklin design a zoo for his animals.

Click here to the see the instructions and get started.

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 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 11th - 15th. 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

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 math 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

Cardboard

Challenge

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

Problem Solving and Engineering Hands-On Fun:

Cardboard

Challenge

Reading/VA Studies

Read VA Studies Weekly Week 24: Virginia’s Economy Grows After the Civil War Select one review activity and/or complete the practice test.

Watch: Reconstruction

Spiral Review: Menu Math Just scroll down the page a few inches and you’ll find the menu math board and directions. Show all your work on chosen problems and submit to your teacher for feedback. (There are some good review videos on this site as well.)

Recommended lessons on Khan Academy:

Division with Place Value

Remainders

Division with Area Models

Origo At Home—Week 2: Division with Remainders

Scroll down to blue button that says “United States ,” click 4th grade, then select week 2.

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

Favorite Author Flipgrid

Read At Home Challenge: Try

to do 4 per week

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

30 in 30 Challenge

(print from 5th Grade Class Page)

Origo At Home Math:

Activities for Week 5

Reflex 10 min/day

One lesson/day Dreambox

Math Game: (Flipgrid it!)

Equivalent Fractions Spoons

(game on 5th Grade Class Page)

Typing.com (through Clever)

Write a Book Review or Two

(directions and example on 5th

Grade Class Page)

Who was the greater

American...

George Washington OR

Patrick Henry?

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 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

Exploding Sandwich Bag:

Go to 5th Grade Class Page

and open the two

documents. Record your

results on Flipgrid!

Alka Seltzer Lava Lamp

Record your results on

Flipgrid!

More Alka Seltzer

Experiments

Record your results on

Flipgrid!

Dissolving Rocks:

Go to the 5th Grade Class

Page for directions. Record

your results on Flipgrid!

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 the activity choice

board and complete 3x or

more per week.

Complete the Activity and

Reflection Log. 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!

K-2 coping skills

lesson link.

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 the activity choice

board and complete 3x or

more per week.

Complete the Activity and

Reflection Log 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 3-5 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.

Remember to keep submitting stories to Winging It!

K-2

Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Use Storyboard That to help you create a comic or pictures from

your story and then share the story orally with us on Flipgrid.

Take a screen shot to share your storyboard with us—you do not

need to make an account to use this program.

Learn how to create your own zine (or small magazine) here

from a single sheet of paper. Illustrate and share with us on

Flipgrid.

Choose one of these Brain Teasers and pick the option you

think is the best choice. Tell us why on Flipgrid.

Check out this website from the National Council of Teachers

of Mathematics. They have daily math challenges for

students that work on critical thinking skills and math.

3-5 Websites/Activities Logic/Riddles

Use Storyboard That to help you create a comic or pictures from

your story and then share the story orally with us on Flipgrid.

Take a screen shot to share your storyboard with us—you do not

need to make an account to use this program.

Learn how to create your own zine (or small magazine) here

from a single sheet of paper. Illustrate and share with us on

Flipgrid.

Choose one of these Brain Teasers make a choice and use

math to defend it. Tell us why on Flipgrid.

Check out this website from the National Council of Teachers

of Mathematics. They have daily math challenges for

students that work on critical thinking skills and math.