Hello Room 19 Families,

It's hard to believe that this is our last week of school! Please take a look at our COVID Keepsake Series book. Reading your work and that of the other first graders brought joy to my days. I hope you enjoy reading it. It is posted on the website or you can go straight there: https://read.bookcreator.com/NonihYEHuRQJIqb6aNLKqZrLxqu1/Ad2kVqMNTVehVU2hnkobkQ

We will zoom tomorrow, when I will raffle off Pasta! I will give Pasta to the winner of the raffle during our Summer Send Off on Friday. If you are not able to make the wave-by event, please let me know. As a reminder, we are still social distancing, and staying safe at home; No one should get out of the car on Friday. Instead, we will say hello and wave goodbye from a distance. I can't wait to see you! 😍 

We are also zooming on Thursday, which will be our last zoom call of this year. The optional first grade spirit day is Graduation Hat Day. 😞

See below for the suggested assignments for this week, sent via email Sunday.

Love,
Mrs. Polay

This Week’s Assignments:

Journal Writing Prompts:
1) What did you most enjoy about school (before COVID)?
2) What did you least enjoy about school?
3) What did you improve this year?
4) What do you want to work on next year?

Math: Play some of the math games: http://www.mrspolay.com/archived-math-games.html; Create your own “Which of these things Does Not Belong?”; Counting Collections

Reading: Daily Reading Quests: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2/daily-reading-quest.html

Music:
Link to the online music for this week -- Summer Music Explorations 1:  
https://vimeo.com/426756446

Website links discussed in the video: 
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com; https://patatap.com; https://typatone.com

Art: 
Artist Focus: Ibiyinka Alao

“My Fireflies” movie clip: https://youtu.be/DZ9WL5c6ssk 

WHAT WILL WE BE DOING? 
Inspired by the artist’s work, which includes his animated movie, you will draw a scene of yourself outside at night, releasing fireflies. Make sure to draw a background and use a bold color for the fireflies.

Ms. Herod’s video demonstration: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kKHGVZwKrC3s6iJEbe0YecCH4QeB9gSx/view?usp=sharing 

COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, but if you care to share a jpeg image of your completed artwork, email: art.roscomare@gmail.com

Hello Room 19 Families,

Attached is the weekly schedule of assignments. I can't believe we are down to our second-to-last week of school! 

It is STEM week at Roscomare, so there will be some school-wide activities. Be on the lookout for updates throughout the week. You can also click here.

Tuesday, June 2 is the 1st grade pick-up/drop-off day. Please return library books and pick up your child's materials. Please be sure to follow social distancing and make sure kids remain in the car. There is no zoom Tuesday.

Thursday is Hand Puppet Day during our zoom call. 😀

Lastly, thank you Cathy Shomer for organizing our special zoom call last Thursday with Reptacular Animals!

Have a great night,
​Christina Polay

Hello Room 19 Families,

I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Happy Memorial Day!

This week's list of assignments is attached. We will have at least one more Career Day presentation tomorrow. We have a special zoom call on Thursday, which will require a different Meeting ID and password; I will send it to you Wednesday night. 😀

Thank you for all of the submissions for the 1st grade COVID Keepsake Series (Sounds and Taste & Smell). Please consider taking a picture of your child's work and emailing it to me if you haven't already done so. We will conclude this week with Sight and Touch. 

Have a great night,
Christina Polay

Dear Room 19 Families,

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. 

This week, we continue with our COVID Keepsake Series. We will explore the tastes and smells of our home. If you could bottle an aroma that represents the time spent at home during the pandemic, what would it be? And, is there a particular taste that you and your family have enjoyed that captures a particular memory during the pandemic?

This week's schedule of assignments is attached. It is two pages because the second page includes links to 9 theatre lessons provided by LAUSD. These are optional lessons that children can do independently. 😀 I will continue to attach this page for the rest of the year; the lessons are not intended to be completed in one week.

We will continue with the 4 zoom calls this week, but I no longer send daily zoom invitations. This Thursday's First Grade Spirit Day is Animal Face Day.

Have a great night,
Christina Polay

Dear Room 19 Families,

I hope you had a nice Mother's Day! Thank you again for all of the gifts, flowers, yummy treats, and love that you gave me last week. 

This week's schedule of assignments is attached, along with a letter explaining the start of the first grade COVID Keepsake Series. Ultimately, we will make another book in Book Creator that documents our time at home, and what we are grateful for as experienced through our senses. I hope to make a nice primary source document of our experiences at home. 

Career Day will be on zoom March 18 - 28th. Please let me know if you are interested in sharing your career with us. You would need to plan a 10-15 minute presentation. Thank you!

Thursday is Glasses Day. You could decorate the outside of your glasses, wear crazy glasses... be creative!

Ms. Herod's art lesson and the zoom invitation are at the bottom of the email.

Enjoy the rest of the day; Happy Mother's Day!

Love,
​Christina Polay