Ms. Barton's First Grade Students

Daily Schedule

We know, as parents and educators, the importance of moving and interacting with others. This is why Benavides ISD is recommending a daily schedule for all students. In this daily schedule, we ask caregivers to provide off-screen academic time as well as on-screen academic time. We also recommend movement activities and outdoor play.

Keeping our young learners engaged with the family members around them and physically active will keep everyone’s health and wellness balanced.

Morning

Before 9:00 am

Wake up and Breakfast

Wake up for the day and eat some breakfast to prepare for the new day. Do some simple stretching/yoga to get your body ready.

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Outside Exploration

Go on a walk, look for things in nature or go to a park while maintaining social distancing.

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Structured Learning

Work on academic tasks (see suggested activities calendar below that do not require technology or use printed work packets).

Mid-Day

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Lunch

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm

Downtime or quiet time

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Structured Learning

Work on academic tasks (see suggested digital resources to practice skills or use printed work packets).

Afternoon

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Creative Learning and Thinking

Allow for time to create with materials using paper, crayons, playdoh or other materials. Work on puzzles, build with Legos, or design a new game.

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Outside Exploration

Take time to get some fresh air - go for a walk, ride your bike or throw a ball while maintaining social distancing.

Week 8 | May 18 - May 22, 2020

Literacy and Writing

Monday, May 18

Read a book of your choice.
Listen to The Bravest Fish.

Tuesday, May 19

Read a book of your choice.

Wed., May 20

Read or Listen to You have Healthy Bones

Thurs., May 21

Read a book of your choice.

Friday, May 22


Last day of School! Be safe and take return your ipad to school by June 4

Week 7 | May 11 - May 15, 2020

Literacy and Writing

Monday, May 11

Read a book of your choice.
After reading, make connections and share with your caregiver.
Make Connections:When you read, find ways that the text is like things in your own life and other texts you have read
Checkpoint for Understanding:Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
How many sounds were in each word?
Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
Text to self:This reminds me of a time when I...Text to text:This is like another book I read...Text to world: This is like something that happened in my community....
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Tuesday, May 12

Read or listen to a story. After reading, talk with someone about what the story was about. Discuss what lesson the characters learned in the story.✎ Write at least two complete sentences to tell aboutyour favorite part of the story. Draw a picture to goalong with your sentences.
Upload activity to Seesaw

 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Wed., May 13

Activity:What are four words that name actions(examples--run, jump)? Use each word in asentence.✎ What are four words that name positions(examples--above, below)? Use each word in asentence.✎ What are four words that name sequences(examples--first, next)? Use each word in a sentence.
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*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Thursday, May 14

Activity:Have a caregiver read the following directionsand respond with the new word.Say peas without the p. (ease)Say sheet without the t. (she)Say stop without the s. (top)Say mild without the d. (mile)✎ Pronouns are words that take the place ofnouns (she, her, they, it, etc.). Write 2 sentences about your family. Then replace the nouns withpronouns.
 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Friday, May 15

Write about the differences and similarities of the different soils you collected on Wednesday.
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Math, Science and Social Studies

Monday, May 11

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science
(Everyday, the teacher will monitor learning on Waterford Dashboard and check how many minutes a student works on activities Monday-Friday)*Grades will be given for Waterford Waterford-Math & Science

Tuesday, May 12

Activity:✎Review needs vs. wants: Wants are things that you would like to have but you will survive without. Needs are things that you must have in order to survive. With a family member, discuss four things that you needand four things that you want.✎On a sheet of paper, write 4 needs and 4 wants. Upload activity to Seesaw

Waterford-Math & Science

Wed., May 13

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science
Activity: Math PracticeWrite and Draw on loose leaf paper: ✎Fill in the blank: 32 is ___ than 81. (more orless)✎ Find a collection of 20 small objects to use forthe week.✎ Use the objects to model and solve the problem: There are 12 big tigers and 4 small tigers napping on the grass. How many tigers arenapping on the grass?
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Thursday, May 14

Activity:✎Collect a sample of soil from outside and observe it. (flower bed, garden, under a tree, in a flower pot) What different colors do you notice?✎Draw a picture of your soil and write a sentencedescribing its color.
Upload activity to Seesaw
Waterford-Math & Science

Friday, May 15

Activity: Math Practice✎Fill in the blank: 62 is ___ than 29. (more or less)✎ Use objects to model and solve the problem:There are 15 giraffes at the zoo. Then 4 giraffes went hiding in the trees. How many giraffes do you see?
Waterford-Math & Science

Week 6 | May 4 - May 8, 2020

Literacy and Writing

Monday, May 4

Read a book of your choice.
After reading, make connections and share with your caregiver.
Make Connections:When you read, find ways that the text is like things in your own life and other texts you have read
Checkpoint for Understanding:Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
What are the three spelling patterns that have the vowel sound /oo/?
Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
How many sounds were in each word?
Use these sentence stems and tell your caregiver:
Text to self:This reminds me of a time when I...Text to text:This is like another book I read...Text to world: This is like something that happened in my community....
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Tuesday, May 5

Write about a time when you felt scared or frightened...write 5 sentences on how you felt and why. Upload activity to Seesaw

 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Wed., May 6

Activity:Write, draw and discuss how plants and trees are alike/different.
Sentence stems for writing:The tree has..... The plant has.....I noticed.... I wonder....
Checkpoint for Understanding:Are plant parts and tree parts the same or different or both? Share with your caregiver.
Upload this activity to Seesaw
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Thursday, May 7


 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Friday, May 8

Write about the differences and similarities in Goods and Services.

*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Math, Science and Social Studies

Monday, May 4

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science
(Everyday, the teacher will monitor learning on Waterford Dashboard and check how many minutes a student works on activities Monday-Friday)*Grades will be given for Waterford Waterford-Math & Science

Tuesday, May 5

Take a walk outside and ask your learner to observe and compare two live land plants: one tree and one plant.
Checkpoint for Understanding:Are plant parts and tree parts the same or different or both?

Waterford-Math & Science

Wed., May 6

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science
Activity: Math PracticeWrite and Draw on loose leaf paper:
  1. Draw 3 fish and Draw 8 fish. How many fish in all?
  2. There are 6 birds on a fence. 2 birds fly away. How many birds are there now?
  3. 5 apples fall off the tree. Then 2 more apples fall off. How many apples fell off the tree?
  4. There are 6 friends playing kickball. 3 more friends join them. How many friends are playing kickball?

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Thursday, May 7

Activity:Watch video, Goods and Services. This video will prepare you for tomorrow's activity.Write 5 sentences or more and tell about goods and services.
Upload activity to Seesaw
Waterford-Math & Science

Friday, May 8

Activity:Have your learner cut pictures from magazines of people performing a service in the home, school and community. Create a collage.Waterford-Math & Science

Week 5 | April 27 - May 1, 2020

Writing

Monday, April 27

Activity:Ask your learner “What are some of your dreams?” (write at least 5 sentences)Write the responses on paper. Encourage learners to draw pictures of the things they would like to do or have dreamt about at the bottom of the paper.
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Tuesday, April 28

Activity:
Choose a biography (a true story of a person’s life). Have your learner make predictions on what will happen based on the cover.After reading, ask if their predictions were correct. Checkpoint for Understanding:
How does making predictions help with creating ideas for your writing?

Wed., April 29

Activity:Choose a person to write about (example, family member, friend, teacher). Brainstorm and write down interesting facts about this person.
Checkpoint for Understanding:
Why is it important to brainstorm information before writing a first draft? How will it help you elaborate as you write?

Thursday, April 30

Activity:Draw a picture of the person you chose to write about. Write down why you chose this person.
Checkpoint for Understanding:
How does reflecting help generate ideas for writing?

Friday, May 1

Activity:Begin writing more information about the person you chose. Include time-order words to help show when things happenedUse interesting and vivid words in your writing.
Checkpoint for Understanding:
Read your draft to a caregiver. Ask your caregiver if the information sounds organized. Continue to brainstorm ideas for your writing.

Literacy

Monday, April 27

Read a book of your choice.
After reading, the first part of the book (approximately 3-6 pages). Ask your learner what do you understand?
Checkpoint for Understanding:
Retell the beginning of the story in your own words with your caregiver.
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Tuesday, April 28

Activity:Practicing to read and write our high frequency words.
Word bank: begin, brother, front, picture, room, someone, sometimes, young
-Make flash cards with index cards or paper.
1.See the word.2.Say the word.3. Spell the word.4. Write and check the word.
Checkpoint for Understanding:
Have a caregiver use the flashcards as you read the high frequency words. Read them slowly, then faster, then more rapidly.
 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Wed., April 29

Activity:Reread the book of your choice.
What happens in the middle and at the end of the story? Ask your learner to tell you in their own words what were these parts of the story about?Checkpoint for Understanding:
Retell the middle and end of the story in your words with your caregiver.
 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Thursday, April 30

Activity:Practicing to read and write our high frequency words.
Word bank: begin, brother, front, picture, room, someone, sometimes, young
-Make flash cards with index cards or paper.
1.See the word.2.Say the word.3. Spell the word.4. Write and check the word.
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Friday, May 1

Reread the book of choice,Now ask your learner to retell the story in order in five sentences. Then...
Using a sheet of paper to: Retell- Write what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Use time order words such as first, next, then, now, finally
Upload this activity to Seesaw
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)*important

Math

Monday, April 27

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science
(Everyday, the teacher will monitor learning on Waterford Dashboard and check how many minutes a student works on activities Monday-Friday)*Grades will be given for Waterford

Tuesday, April 28

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science


Wed., April 29

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science



Thursday, April 30

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science


Friday, May 1

*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science*important

Social Studies & Science

Monday, April 27

Science:Activity:
Keep a weather journal for a week by drawing a picture of the weather outside each day (Mon.-Fri) and explain what the weather is like. At the end of the week generalize what the weather in the community is like by completing the sentence stem, “The weather in Benavides this week was _____because ______.”Upload this activity to Seesaw on Friday

Tuesday, April 28

Science:Draw a picture of a mother bird and a baby bird. Label features on both birds that are the same. Tell how the baby bird resembles its mother.

Wed., April 29

Social Studies:Watch BrainPop Jr. Landforms
Write and draw a picture of a landform.

Thursday, April 30

Science:Observe Frogs on this BrainPop Jr. video.
Arrange the frog life stages cards in the correct order to show the life cycle or draw the life cycle of a frog on a piece of paper.

Friday, May 1

Social Studies:Fold a sheet of paper in half. On one side, create a picture of a landform or body of water that is located in the United States. Write the name of the place. On the other side, identify and describe the characteristics of the landform/body of water.Upload this activity to Seesaw
Describe the information on the paper using the sentence stem below: “The landform I drew is ________, and some of its characteristics are ______, ______, and ________.”Upload this activity to Seesaw

Week 4 | April 20 - 24, 2020

Writing

Monday, April 20


Activity: Have your learner create a list of someone they may want to write about. For example, someone they know well, caregiver, family member, teacher, famous singer, sports idol, etc.Write the responses to the following questions on paper. How interested am I in this person?Do I know a lot about this person?Can I interview this person or get more information?Upload this activity to Seesaw

Tuesday, April 21

Have your learner gather information about the person they want to write about. Find out: When and where the person was born, What they were like as a child, Things that happened to them when they were young, What job they worked when they got older,Things that are important to them.

Wed., April 22

Activity: After your learner has gathered their information, decide what to include in their writing. Remember to include interesting details. Learners could include the following in their list: -Something surprising-Something unique-Something important

Thursday, April 23

Activity:In addition to interesting details, remember to write more, tell more. Learners could include the following in their list: -Describe (give a picture to the reader)-Tell when-Tell why-Tell where-Tell what happens

Friday, April 24

Activity:Now that your learner has gathered their information, they will need to write theirsentences in order, from when the person was born and things that happened to them when they were young, important events that occurred when they were an adult, and things that are important to them, to the present day.

Literacy

Monday, April 20

Read a book of your choice.
Before reading, have your learner look at the cover of the book and infer what it may be about.
Make Inferences: When you make inferences, you use clues to make a guess about what the author doesn’t tell you.
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Tuesday, April 21

Activity:

Create the chart below.
Use the following words to sort into the column that has the same sound. crook, brook, hood, look, shook, wood, hook, took, cool, soot, foolUpload this activity to Seesaw
 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Wed., April 22

Read a book of choice.Read to make guesses or inferences about what the author does not say. Use what you know and clues in the text and pictures. *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Thursday, April 23

Activity:

Tell your learner they will read words with 2 syllables. First, they will practice clapping and saying the syllables in the word. For example, tell your learner to “say and clap puzzle….”puzzle (puz-zle)(say) (say & clap).
Repeat with the words below:wiggle, jungle, fumble, tumble, purple, fiddle, turtle
 *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Friday, April 24

Reread a any book of choice,
Answer the questions: How did your character feel? Which details in the text and pictures helped you?
*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Math

Monday, April 20

Numeracy Practice:Count to 120 by 10s. Have your caregiver call out different numbers (no higher than 120). Tell your caregiver the number that is greater or less than the given number.Example: The number is 47...the learner says 30 is less than 47 and 53 is greater than 47.
 *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Tuesday, April 21

Numeracy Practice:Collect a handful of items from your living space or from outside (cereal, beans, pebbles, rocks). Ask your learner to count the number of items. Then, generate a number that is greater and/or less than then the number of items you counted. Repeat with a different amount of items.
 *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Wed., April 22

Numeracy Practice:Write your numbers to 120 by 5’s. Your caregiver will call out 5 different numbers written on your paper. Tell your caregiver numbers that are greater and/less than the number.
 *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Thursday, April 23

Numeracy Practice:Count by 2’s to 120.Write down the numbers: 32, 4, 18, 64,10 in order from least to greatest. What number is less/greater than 4 and what number is greater/less than 64. Now choose your own numbers.
*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Friday, April 24

Numeracy Practice:Write and count how many of each until you get to 120. Add more items if needed.PlatesCupsForksSpoonsPots & PansRoomsRefrigeratorWindowsShoesDoorsMirrorsChairsUpload this activity to Seesaw*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Social Studies & Science

Monday, April 20

Science:

Activity:Brainstorm a list of animals that you have seen such as your own pet(s). Write how the animals you listed care for their babies.Write how your caregivers care for you. Do you see any similarities or differences?
Checkpoint for Understanding:How do animal adults care for their babies?Upload this activity to Seesaw

Tuesday, April 21

Social Studies:

Activity:Identify and list different types of jobs. Compare them to jobs in your community.With a partner describe why people work and how jobs help families meet their basic needs.
Checkpoint for Understanding:Fill in the blank... “Jobs help families ______”Upload this activity to Seesaw


Wed., April 22

Science:

Activity:Make a 2 column chart on a piece of paper. See example below. Under each side write the characteristics that are the same of adult and baby animals. Try to list at least 6 characteristics. Example:
Checkpoint for Understanding:What are the characteristics of animal babies and adults?

Thursday, April 23

Social Studies:

Activity:Brainstorm ways in which your family meets basic needs.Interview a family member about how family needs were met and have changed over time. Provide an interview question such as, “How did our family meet its needs as I have grown up?”
Checkpoint for Understanding:If you could help your family meet its basic needs what would you do?

Friday, April 24

Science:


Watch and Learn about the Life Cycle of a ChickenVideo Here
Draw the Life Cycle of a Chicken.
Checkpoint for Understanding:Explain the order of the life cycle of a chicken.

Week 3 | April 13 - 17, 2020

Writing

Monday, April 13


Ask your child to write or draw a list of people who inspire them.
Inspire means to give someone the courage to try something.

Tuesday, April 14

Ask your child questions about why the people listed yesterday inspire them.

Wed., April 15

Have your child choose 1 person to write a biography about.
Begin with an introduction (beginning):
When and where was the person born?Upload this activity to Seesaw

Thursday, April 16

Add to the biography from yesterday.
After the introduction include a body(middle):
What did the person do that inspired you?

Friday, April 17

Add to the biography from yesterday.
After the introduction and body, include a conclusion (end) :
How does this person inspire you?

Literacy

Monday, April 13

All texts have a structure or type of organization. Tell children they will practice identifying the text organization after reading a story. (First, Next, Then, Last)*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Tuesday, April 14

Have your child choose 5 high frequency words. Write the words, write a 4 under the vowels, and a 3 under the consonants. Add the letters together for each word. Circle the word that has the highest sum. *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Wed., April 15

Let your child pick their favorite book. Take turns reading the book. Find ways that the text is like things in your own life and other books you have read. *Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Thursday, April 16

Have your child write 5 or more high frequency words. Think of a rhyming word for each word. Write the rhyming word next to the high frequency word. *Waterford-Reading (minutes)

Friday, April 17

Read a book and choose one character. Describe how they think, look, feel and what they say. Write about what they do.Upload this activity to Seesaw*Waterford-Reading (30 minutes)

Math

Monday, April 13


As you and your child go for a walk or look around your house, ask your child to identify 2D figures (rectangle, circle, square, triangle, special rectangles, rhombuses and hexagons). Draw a picture of the shapes found and label.Now try making those shapes with your body. Upload drawing to Seesaw *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Tuesday, April 14

Create 2D figures using any materials available. Draw or cut figures out of paper. Using the figures created, make a new shape. For example, join 2 squares to make a rectangle. *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Wed., April 15

Go on a shape hunt around your house. Identify 3D shapes (cone, sphere, cylinder, cube, rectangular prism). Write down the shape found and count the number of sides. Upload this activity to Seesaw *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Thursday, April 16

Go on a shape hunt outside. Identify 3D shapes (cone, sphere, cylinder, cube,rectangular prism). Tally how many shapes were found. Circle the one with the most tallies. Put a square around the one with the least.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Friday, April 17

Draw or create a self portrait or a portrait of someone in your family using only 2D or 3D shapes. Use objects outside or around your house.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Social Studies & Science

Monday, April 13

Science:

Brainstorm with your child baby animals and adult animals that look the same and which ones look different. Identify the names of an adult and baby (cat,kitten, dog, puppy, butterfly, larvae, frog, tadpole)Name 2 things that are the same and different.Upload activity to Seesaw

Tuesday, April 14

Social Studies:

What does it mean to collaborate? How does your living space collaborate and work together? What new projects could you collaborate on? A play? A new recipe? Creating a new game?

Wed., April 15

Science:

Make a list of animals that look like their parents. Compare how the baby and adult look alike.

Thursday, April 16

Social Studies:

What does it mean to innovate, create and design? What are ways our communities are designing and being innovative with the constraints our society is finding themselves in. Give it a try, try creating your own game. Why do games have rules and procedures? Upload your finding to Seesaw

Friday, April 17

Science:

Think of an animal and where the animal lives. Draw a picture of the animal in its environment.

Week 2 | April 6 - 10, 2020

Writing

Monday, April 6

NarrativeAsk your child to tell about their favorite dessert and why they like to eat it.The child will write/draw your topic sentence. Write/draw your three supporting sentences.

Tuesday, April 7

How ToAsk your child to write a how to paper for something they can do on their own. Have someone follow the directions and talk about how it turned out.

Wednesday, April 8

OpinionAsk your child, Would you rather eat healthy food or junk food? The child will write/draw a topic sentence. The child will write/draw three supporting sentences.

Thursday, April 9

How ToAsk your child to write how they would make a fort. (ex: use pillows and sheets) Have someone follow your directions and talk about how it turned out.

Friday, April 10

ExpositoryAsk your child to tell you how they would make their favorite dessert? The child will write/draw a topic sentence. The child will write/draw three supporting sentences.

Literacy

Monday, April 6

Have your child choose 5 high frequency words. Write these words, write a 4 under the vowels, and a 3 under the consonants. Add the letters together for each word. Circle the word that has the highest sum. *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Reading (it's an App)

Tuesday, April 7

Have your child choose 5 spelling words or high frequency words. Write these on a piece of paper. Pick one to write a sentence using as many words that start with the same letter. *Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Reading

Wednesday, April 8

Have your child write 5 or more spelling words. Think of a rhyming word for each spelling word. Write the rhyming word next to the spelling word.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Reading

Thursday, April 9

Have your child sort each of your spelling words into syllables.1 2 3Cat rabbit elephant*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Reading

Friday, April 10

Have your child write each of their spelling words in ABC order. Be sure to look at the first letter of each word. If it has the same letter look at the second letter.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Reading

Math

Monday, April 6

Have your child play this dice game: roll 2 dice or draw 2 playing cards to create a two-digit number. Identify a number that is one more/one less and ten more/ten less than the number. Roll again and keep creating.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science (it's an App)

Tuesday, April 7

Have your child create and solve addition and subtraction word problems about personal interests (e.g. “I had 8 chicken nuggets on my plate. I ate some and now I have 4 left. How many chicken nuggets did I eat?”)*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Wednesday, April 8

Have your child draw a clock to show a time that represents a favorite time of day. Then share the clock with family members and discuss the importance of that time.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Thursday, April 9

Have your child make a Shape Museum! Find 3-dimensional shapes around the house to create a shape museum. Examples include boxes, cans, balls, etc. Have your child label the shapes and put them on display.*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Friday, April 10

Have your child practice facts that equal 10. Using ten items, group differently to show all the ways to make 10. Record all the ways. Next, play Go Fish by looking for numbers that equal 10. “I have a 2, do you have an 8?” “Go fish!”*Work 30 minutes on Waterford-Math & Science

Week 1 | March 30 - April 3, 2020

Writing

Monday, March 30

Ask your child to write a book about something they know a lot about. Are they an expert in animals, superheros or your family? Write about it!

Tuesday, March 31

After reading a story, have your child write/ draw about what they heard. Ask them to include details in their picture found in the book.

Wednesday, April 1

Provide your child with paper and ask them to write down all the words they can read throughout your home.

Thursday, April 2

Provide your child with playdough, beans or other manipulatives form CVCV words (consonant, vowel, consonant, vowel) like kite,bake.

Friday, April 3

Sit outside with writing materials. Encourage your child to write and draw what they see.

Literacy

Monday, March 30

Let your child pick their favorite book. Take turns reading the book. Talk about what happened in the beginning, in the middle and at the end of the story.

Tuesday, March 31

Encourage dramatic play/acting-out the story you read. Have family members pretend to be a character in the story as your child retells the story.

Wednesday, April 1

After reading a story, parents will read one sentence from that page and have the child repeat the sentence verbally and count the words in that sentence.

Thursday, April 2

While reading a story, engage your child in conversation by asking open-ended questions. Then expand on their comments through back and forth dialogue.

Friday, April 3

When reading stories to your child, let them make up the ending, or retell favorite stories with “silly” new endings that they make up.

Math

Monday, March 30

Go for a walk and ask your child to tally the number of cars of each color. At the end of 10 minutes your child can write a math problem with these numbers.
4 blue cars + 4 green cars = 8 cars.
5 white cars and 2 drove away. Now there are 3 white cars.

Tuesday, March 31

Have your child count by tens up to a given multiple of 10 (30, 40, 50, etc.) while doing jumping jacks, skipping, clapping, singing, etc.

Wednesday, April 1

Ask your child to split a set of objects into two groups. Put the piles back together and split the pile again in a different way. Repeat until all possible combinations are found.

Thursday, April 2

Measure a jump! Mark a starting point on the ground, jump, then mark the landing point. Select a non-standard unit (ex: shoes or pencils) to measure the length. Jump two more times, then ask your child to compare the three jumps which were “shortest” and “longest.”

Friday, April 3

Have your child go on a scavenger hunt to find real world objects that are partitioned into equal parts. Examples could include window panes, road ways, dressers, pizza, or sandwiches.

Social Studies & Science

Monday, March 30

Animal StudiesDay 1: Spiders

Tuesday, March 31

Earth ScienceDay 2: Weather

Wednesday, April 1

Physical ScienceDay 3: Sound and Music

Thursday, April 2

Social StudiesDay 4: Communities

Friday, April 3

Life ScienceDay 5: Bones

Digital Resources

GoNoodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/
GoNoodle® engages 14 million kids every month with movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts.

National Geographic Kids

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/
National Geographic for Kids offers videos, pictures, magazines and ebooks!

Brain POP Jr.


Supplemental Materials

The following is a list of materials that you may have around the house that will assist you in completing the above activities with your child. The materials are not required and many of the activities can be completed without additional materials.

  • Envelopes/Old Mail

  • Writing Tools (markers, crayons, pencils, etc.)

  • Paper (different sizes, colors, or textures)

  • Magazines/Printed Materials

  • Cooking Supplies (water, measuring cups, bowls, etc.)

  • Books

  • Dice or playing cards

Recipes

Play Dough

Materials:

  • 1 cup flour

  • 1/3 cup salt

  • 1/2 cup water

  • 2 teaspoons canola or vegetable oil

Steps:

  • Mix the dry ingredients first, then slowly pour in the wet ingredients.

  • Knead until smooth and store in a covered container.

  • If desired, add a few drops of food coloring to the wet ingredients before adding to the dry

Finger Paint

Materials:

  • 4 tablespoons of sugar

  • 1/2 cup of cornstarch

  • 2 cups of cold water

  • Containers

  • Food coloring

Steps:

  • Stir 4 tablespoons of sugar and 1/2 cup cornstarch together.

  • Add 2 cups of cold water and heat over medium heat until the mixture is thick (the mixture will further thicken as it cools).

  • Divide into four or more containers, and add food coloring as desired.

Homemade Bubbles

Materials:

  • Large cup

  • 1/2 cup dish soap

  • 1 1/2 cups water

  • 2 teaspoons sugar

Steps:

  • Pour 1/2 cup of dish soap into a cup.

  • Add 1 1/2 cups of water to the cup.

  • Measure 2 teaspoons of sugar and add it to the mixture.

  • Gently stir your mixture and then go outside and blow bubbles!

Fluffy Play Dough

Materials:

  • ½ cup conditioner

  • 1 cup corn flour/corn starch

  • Food colouring (optional)

Steps:

  • Pour your conditioner into a bowl (that not all conditioners are of the same consistency so you may need to add a little more or a little less corn flour to get the right consistency for you)

  • Pour in the corn flour

  • Give the mixture a good stir

  • Optional: Add a few drops of food colouring

  • Mix well using your hands. This part smells delicious!

  • Have FUN moulding, squishing, shaping and playing with your new Playdough!

Slime

Materials:

  • 1/2 cup Elmer’s glue

  • 1/4 cup water

  • 1/2 cup liquid starch

  • optional: glitter and food coloring

Steps:

  • Start by adding 1/2 cup glue to a bowl.

  • Stir in 1/4 cup of water.

  • Then mix in any glitter or food coloring. Make sure to only use a few drops of food coloring.

  • Slowly stir in the 1/2 cup of liquid starch.

  • Knead the slime on a mat. It will be sticky at first, but don’t give up! Use a little more extra liquid starch. The more you play with it, the less sticky it gets. Just don’t use TOO much liquid starch or contact solution, or the slime will start to get stringy.

  • After playing, store for a few days in a Ziploc bag or airtight container.

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