West Field Weekly Newsletter

June 21- June 25, 2021

Gardening/Insects

Dear Wildcat Families,

Growing a well rounded student is the focus for this week with this gardening/insects theme. Check out our weekly challenges and join in the fun.

Pre-K - 2nd Grade

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Pre-K- 2nd Grade: Bugs, Bugs Everywhere!

With your grown up, go on a nature walk. Look for bugs. Then, draw and write about what you saw on your walk. You can also read and talk about gardening and insects books.

Books about insects

Books about gardening

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Pre-K- 2nd Grade: NZMaths - The Garden

Conduct investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle: posing and answering questions; gathering, sorting and counting, and displaying category data; discussing the results.

Math in the Garden

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Pre-K- 2nd Grade: Extraordinary Gardens!

Make a map of a real or imaginary garden. Plot a compass course through the garden.

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Pre-K- 2nd Grade: Birdhouse Design

Bird's can be really good for some gardens. Design a birdhouse using recycle materials.

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Pre-K- 2nd Grade: Taking a Mindful Walk Outside

Go on a mindful walk. Ask your child to take account of what they sense as you walk around your town. Taking the time to determine what you see, smell, feel and hear will help ground you in the moment. Have your child focus on using one of their senses at a time in order to help them narrow their focus.

Mindful Walking

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Pre-k -2nd Grade: Safety in My Online Neighborhood Digital Citizenship *found from commonsensemedia.org

Checkout the video about being safe in an online neighborhood. Discuss these questions with an adult after watching the video.

1. What did Arms like about the internet? 2. What kinds of things can he do online? 3. What three rules does Arms follow when going places online?

Safety in My Online Neighborhood

3rd-5th grade

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3rd-5th Grade: Entomologist Expert

Grab your paper and pencil, you're on an adventure to study insects!

Entomologist Expert

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3rd-5th Grade: Entomologist Expert 2

Make a bar graph of the types of insects you found in the "Entomologist Expert" activity above. Write questions that can be answered by looking at your graph and ask family members to answer your questions.

Entomologist Expert

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3rd-5th Grade: Extraordinary Gardens!

Make a map of a real or imaginary garden. Plot a compass course through the garden. Draw the latitude and longitude lines. In your garden drawing, what would you plant and when? Research the different growing seasons.

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3rd-5th Grade: Grow Food From Scraps

Research: Can you grow any of the fruits or vegetables in your pantry or fridge from their scraps? After you research, share the results with your family. You may even try to grow one of the foods you researched!

Grow Food from Scraps

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3rd-5th Grade: Taking a Mindful Walk Outside

Go on a mindful walk. Take account of what they sense as you walk around your town. Taking the time to determine what you see, smell, feel and hear will help ground you in the moment. Focus on using one of your senses at a time in order to help them narrow your focus. You can even write or draw what you see and hear.

Mindful Walking

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3rd-5th Grade: Private & Personal Information Online Digital Citizenship *found from commonsensemedia.org

What do you think is okay to share online? Have a discussion with your parent at home! After watching the video, answer these questions: 1. What type of information about you is OK to share? 2. What type of information isn't? 3. Why shouldn't you share private information?

Private and Personal Information

Weekly Challenges

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IXL Challenge

We DID IT! You helped us to reach 2,930,796 questions. If we were at 2,929,559 last week, how many questions did we answer in one week? a few people who were on ixl got messages from Mrs. Winters. Will you get a message this week? Log on between 9 and 10 AM and you might get a message.

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Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading Bingo Challenge

What is your favorite genre? Historical fiction is a great genre if you like stories set in events that have happened. Beginning readers might like Ranger in time or I Survived series. Older students might enjoy books by Kirby Larson or Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. Want some suggestions for the genre you like? Email Mrs. Winters at beth.winters@edmondschools.net to get a personalized book recommendation.

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Workout Challenge: 1-minute plank

Can you plank for 1 minute? Shorter? Longer? Give it a try like this week's mystery person. The mystery challenge taker loves sock monkeys and caught Mr. Turner and Mr. Swope sleeping in the mystery person's office.