Keen Kindergarteners: Reading and Writing Super Stars!
A year-long phonics, reading, and writing curriculum designed with engagement in mind! Led by a certified K-6 teacher with 6 years of experience. Join for a week, month, year, or targeted skill practice (skills and dates in description)!
Ms. Metal | Elementary Music Teacher
Average rating:
4.8
Number of reviews:(28)
What's included
2 live meetings
1 hrs 40 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - Kindergarten
Welcome! I am so glad to have you in my classroom! I'm Ms. Vee, and I knew from a young age that I was meant to be a teacher!
🎓 I am a licensed teacher with certifications in K-6 classroom teaching and Elementary Music. I have six years of experience as a public school teacher and over 16 years of experience volunteering with and teaching PreK and Kindergarten students!
📆 This is a Year-Round, Full Curriculum Class, designed for learners to join at any time, as we learn and practice our skills in new ways all the time!
📒 Handouts are provided each week as part of class instruction, plus extra activities to continue practicing skills at home!
🎶 Every class includes live music and puppets to match our weekly theme!
👾 I create digital games and manipulatives to share with students to make learning more fun!
💪🏻 I bring ENERGY to every class so your learner will stay engaged and want to return for more each day!
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WHAT TO EXPECT
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- Interaction! Students are encouraged to participate in class. It is my goal to leave microphones on for this class so students can add to the conversation and interact with other learners. If a child becomes a distraction to the class, I will mute that student for a limited time to make sure other learners can focus and join in on the conversation!
- Live Music! In addition to my classroom certification, I am also a certified PreK-12 Music Teacher with extensive experience teaching PreK and Kindergarten students. I will be playing my ukulele and singing along with your students!
- Puppets! I've collected puppets for my brick-and-mortar classroom for six years, and I'm excited to share new puppets and stuffies that relate to our weekly theme!
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ACTIVITY PACKET
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The price of this class includes an activity packet that coincides with our daily lessons! Printing this packet will benefit your child, as they can follow exactly what we are doing in class on their papers at home!
**The activity packet will be posted in the online Outschool classroom on Sunday nights by 7:00 p.m. EST.**
Most weeks, the packet will be posted earlier than this. If there is a delay, I will keep parents and learners informed through the Outschool classroom.
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🍁 Fall Themes 🍁
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🔥 Fire Safety: Oct. 9-13 🔥
🌽 Scarecrows and Corn: Oct. 16-20 🌽
🎃 Pumpkins: Oct. 23-27 🎃
👻 Halloween: Oct. 30-Nov. 3 👻
🦃 Turkeys: Nov. 6-10 🦃
🙏🏼 Thanksgiving: Nov. 13-17 🙏🏼
NO CLASS THANKSGIVING WEEK - November 20th - 24th
Gingerbread: Nov. 27-Dec. 1
🎊 Kwanza: Dec. 4-8 🎊
🕎 Hannukah: Dec. 11-15 🕎
🎄 Christmas: Dec. 18-22nd 🎄
✨ More themes to be added soon! ✨
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D A I L Y C L A S S S C H E D U L E:
(with rotating possible activities!)
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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
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1. Daily Greeting with Teacher and Classmates
2. Calendar Time:
- Month, Day of the Week, Number of Days
- Weather
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Months and Day of the Week Song
3. Letter Recognition: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Alphabet Song
- Introduction to the New Letter (following the Foundations of Reading curriculum)
- Letter Sound
- Movement
- Tracing and Writing (Uppercase and Lowercase)
- Identify words that start with the Focus Letter
- Read a story and identify words that start with the Focus Letter
- CVC Words
4. Number Recognition: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Original Number Song up to 20
- Counting Aloud
- Circle the Number of Objects
- Tracing the Number
- Graphing
- Basic Addition
5. Colors & Shapes: ✨ includes interactive slide activities and original handouts ✨
- Identify Colors
- Color by Number
- Identify Shapes
- Trace / Draw Shapes
6. Weekly Theme:
- Mini Lesson
- Vocabulary
- Books
- Games
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Day 4
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1. Daily Greeting with Teacher and Classmates
2. Calendar Time:
- Month, Day of the Week, Number of Days
- Weather
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for Months and Day of the Week Song
3. Letter Recognition Review:
- Live Ukulele Playing 🎶 for the Alphabet Song
- Review of Letter of the Week
4. Weekly Theme: ✨ includes original handout ✨
- Interactive Handout
- Usually requiring crayons, scissors, and glue
5. Art Project: ✨ includes original handout ✨
- Art Project Supplies May Include:
- Crayons
- Markers
- Scissors
- Glue
- Sample Craft will be posted in the Outschool Classroom. Additional supplies will be
announced on Sundays by 7:00 p.m. EST.
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TEACHER MESSAGE
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Thank you for taking the time to read about this class! I am excited to create a positive relationship with your learners and watch them grow! Teaching is my passion, and I can't wait to bring that energy to the classroom!
❤️ Ms. VeeLearning Goals
- Students will participate in school-readiness activities, such as calendar time, identifying the season, month, and day of the month
- Students will learn and practice their ABC's, recognizing uppercase and lowercase letters, plus all letter sounds
- Students will learn to sound out CVC words as a beginning reading skill
- Students will write all letters of the alphabet
- Students will practice saying and counting their numbers from 1-20
- Students will write the numbers 1-20
- Students will solve basic addition and subtraction problems
- Students will recognize and practice identifying colors and shapes
- Students will gain fine motor skills through art projects
- Students will interact with other students, wait their turn, raise their hands, and contribute to the group conversation
Other Details
Parental Guidance
When using scissors for art projects or weekly theme worksheets, young students should use child-size scissors and be monitored for safety.
Supply List
- Weekly handouts provided by the teacher - Two Pencils - Crayons - Markers - Child-size scissors - Glue Stick
Language of Instruction
English
Joined September, 2020
4.8
28reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
North Carolina Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Hey there!
My name is Ms. Metal, and yes, one of my favorite parts of introducing myself to kids is when they realize my name is a real word! And then again when they realize how it connects to music!
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C R E D E N T I A L S:
✏️ PreK-12 Certified Music Teacher
✏️ Elementary Music Teacher
✏️ Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
✏️ 5+ years of brick-and-mortar teaching experience
✏️ 3+ years teaching online
✏️ 16+ years of volunteering with kids
F U N F A C T S:
🍎 My sister and I both went to school to be music teachers!
🍎 I play the piano 🎹, violin 🎻, flute, guitar 🎸, ukulele, recorder, plus I sing 🎤!
🍎 One past job of mine --> Gymboree Play & Music
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C L A S S R O O M M E T H O D S:
Music can be explored and made in a variety of ways.
We can:
💃🏼 use movement to convey ideas
🎤 experiment with our voices
🎵 learn to read and express musical ideas
Learning an instrument challenges the brain in various ways.
It requires:
🧠 mental focus
💪🏻 physical agility
💭 new ways of thinking
In exchange, students achieve:
🧠 improved memory and attention
💪🏻 enhanced fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
💭 emotional regulation
👉 That's all to say, learning an instrument changes your brain for the better!
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I can't wait to share my love of music with you through song, dance, or learning a new instrument and reading music! However you'd like to experiment with music, I'm honored to be part of this journey with you.
See you in the classroom!Reviews
Live Group Class
$55
weekly ($28 per class)2x per week
50 min
Completed by 36 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-6
2-6 learners per class
