Resources 3-5

🌟 🌟 Several of the resources listed require passwords. If you do not know the password for a class program, please contact your teacher. If you do not know a password for a library resource, please email me at bettie.mccginness@cfisd.net and I will send that to you. 🌟 🌟

Here's a Brainpop video about the coronavirus which is the virus spreading around right now. https://www.brainpop.com/health/diseasesinjuriesandconditions/coronavirus/

School Incentives and Programs

Scholastic Literacy Pro – Books and reading galore! The student with the most minutes read in each homeroom will receive a book and a stress ball upon our return.
Imagine Math – Students with the most minutes upon our return get to participate in a Silly String War with Ms. Church
Prodigy – Fun game for math

Non-Screen Activities for Home

Find some old boxes, scrap fabric, scrap paper, etc. Create your best robot. If you want, take a photo of it to share with Ms. McGinness.
Set up a treasure hunt for your family. You can make the prize something that you wrote for them or a special picture you have drawn.
Create a comic book.
Use a deck of plain cards to practice your math facts by playing War and requiring that players either add, subtract, or multiply the numbers before you can take the pile.
Write a letter to someone.
Put on a puppet show.
Have a dance contest OR have an air writing contest. See who can best write words in the air so that the people watching can figure out the word.
Make your own ABC book on a topic of your choice.
Activities from this website - https://jarrettlerner.com/activities/ - can be downloaded and printed or simply looked at and used from online. They are templates for comics and other fun drawing and writing activities.
Write three of the hardest math word problems you can think of. Make sure you can solve them yourself. Then challenge someone older than you to solve them as well.
Help out with some cooking at home. Do the measurements for the ingredients. Then sit down and figure out how to double the recipe for twice as many people!
77 STEM Activities for Families - http://dailystem.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/77-STEM-activities-for-Families.pdf

Online Books and Stories

Books for you to read:

Ebooks from JLG - https://jlg.ipublishcentral.com/bookshelf
Capstone Interactive Ebooks and Pebble Go and Pebble Go Next- Check with your teacher or email me for passwords
Tumblebooks

Read Alouds:

Famous folks reading books out loud for you (and they are good ones!) https://www.storylineonline.net/
More read aloud stories from KidLitTV https://kidlit.tv/category/read-out-loud/
Kate Messner and all her author/illustrator friends share their stories, writing & drawing tips, and other fun stuff. Just scroll down the list and pick your fave! https://www.katemessner.com/read-wonder-and-learn-favorite-authors-illustrators-share-resources-for-learning-anywhere-spring-2020/
Jerry Pallotta reading Who Would Win: Rumble in the Jungle! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbodYtWCcd8
IF your parents are on Facebook (because the terms say you are too young to be on that platform), ask them about participating in these Facebook author activities. https://www.facebook.com/narwhalandjelly/photos/a.1539256569429536/3155464637808713/ https://www.facebook.com/oliverjeffersart/photos/a.391765256611/10156586435571612/

Websites for Fun and Learning

Jarrett Krosoczka will be doing a drawing lesson every day on his YouTube channel. - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCObbZ-lkhRQ203mtX9ZmgtA
Go on a field trip to a famous museum right from your couch! https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours
More field trip fun – Zoos, museums, national parks, even Mars! https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1SvIdgTx9djKO6SjyvPDsoGlkgE3iExmi3qh2KRRku_w/mobilebasic
Ready for a challenge?!? Try out these online games from MENSA. https://www.mensaforkids.org/play/games/
Cool topics! https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5.html
Want to learn to type like your teachers without even looking at the keyboard. Go here to learn. www.typingclub.com

Temporarily Free Resources That Require Parent Sign Up

Free used laptops, limited supply https://www.compudopt.org/
Many phone companies are lifting their data caps for the time being, so if you do not have internet at home, you might contact your mobile phone carrier to see if you can use your phone as a hotspot during the school closure.
Free Internet for 60 days
- XFinity / Comcast https://www.internetessentials.com/ or call 1-855-846-8376
- Spectrum https://www.spectrum.com/
Handwriting Without Tears Resources - https://www.lwtears.com/programs/distance-learning