Week 6: May 11-13*

*For Edmond Public Schools, the official last day of the school year is Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

Sample Daily Schedule

Daily Learning

Literacy
Math
Brain Smart Start

Weekly Learning

Try to complete each item below by the end of the week. (The list is alphabetical. You can work on them in any order.)

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Motor Skills

Three activities are offered weekly. Click HERE to get started!

Science

Learning Goal:

Makes observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats.

I can collect data to describe different types of plants and animals in habitats.

Estimated Time for the Week:

20-30 minutes

Materials:

    • Electronic device
    • Paper/journal
    • Pencil
    • Shoe box
    • Glue stick
    • Craft supplies
    • Plastic animal
    • Scissors

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here! (It includes pictures for the steps below.)

  1. Learn: Generation Genius Animal Diversity Video
  2. Practice
    • Discover how many habitats are in your backyard.
    • What are the basic needs of animals?
    • How many other habitats can you name and describe?
    • Habitats on Pebblego:
      • Username: engaged
      • Password: learning
  3. Research
    • Read All About Oceans and All About Forests.
    • Compare the two habitats. What makes the habitats the same? What animals do you think live there? Discuss.
    • Contrast the two habitats. What makes the habitats different? Discuss.
      1. Think specifically about what plants and animals you find in each habitat.
  4. Create
    • You will create a diorama habitat for an animal. Choose an animal and decorate to represent the habitat of your chosen animal.
      1. Write in your journal or share a video with what you think would happen.
  5. Reflect
    • Animals only live where their needs are met. There are many different habitats and each habitat can have many different animals.
    • Discuss if your habitat looks like the place your animal lives and grows.
  6. Extension

Social Emotional Learning

Three activities are offered weekly. Click HERE to get started!

Social Studies

Learning Goal:

I can explain the relationship between taxes and community services.

Estimated Time for The Week:

20 minutes

Materials: electronic device, paper, pencil, crayons/markers (optional)

Learn & Practice:

For the Google Slides to click-through the below directions, click here!

  1. Learn: Taxes
    • Taxes - money that is paid to the government in order to pay for services needed in our community
  2. Practice:
    • Make a list of services provided to citizens that the government has collected in tax.
    • Why is it important to pay taxes?
  3. Reflection:
  • Write a Thank You letter to a community service member who has helped keep our community safe and healthy during the ‘shelter in place’.

STEM

Learning Goal:

I can create a rainbow by using colored water that moves along a paper towel from one cup to another.

Estimated Time for The Week:

20 minutes (this activity works best if it can sit out for three-four days)

Materials:

    • food coloring (red, yellow, and blue)
    • six paper towels
    • six clear plastic cups or jars

Learn & Practice:

  1. Start by adding three or four drops of blue food coloring to the first jar and filling it with water.
  2. Repeat step one with the yellow and red food coloring in two other cups/jars.
  3. With the remaining 3 jars, fill them with just water.
  4. Arrange the jars/cups in a circle as follows: blue, clear water, yellow, clear water, red, clear water.
  5. Fold each paper towel lengthwise. (Each towel should be long enough to reach the bottom of the cup or jar.)
  6. Arrange each paper towel so that one end is submerged in the colored water and the other in the clear water container beside it. Repeat this step until each jar has two paper towels in it and all the jars are connected.
  7. Discuss the following questions with an adult or sibling:
    • What immediately happened to the paper towels after they were submerged?
    • What do you think will happen to the clear water?
    • How was the water able to move up the paper towel?
    • Can you think of something else that requires water to travel upwards to survive?
    • Could you rearrange the order of the colors and clear water to create something different?

FUN FACT: Rainbows in the sky are beautiful but are typically short lived and disappear before you can even take a photo. However, the longest lasting rainbow observation appeared in China on November 30, 2017, and remained for eight hours and fifty-eight minutes.

Specials & More

Art

Computer Science

Music

P.E. & Health

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