Homework

On Monday through Thursday each week, students will usually have math homework and they are expected to read any text of their choice for 20 minutes. Also, there is a place in their homework folder for them to respond to their reading. 

Please feel free to use any of the suggestions below for optional practice or enrichment! 

After Reading:  

• Write a summary of what you’ve read

• Write about the theme, character traits or a prediction you’re hatching

• Write the story from the perspective of another character

• Draw, paint or sketch an important scene

• Keep a diary pretending you are the main character

Math:

• Practice your facts

• Use one of the suggestions on the Math tab on this site

Vocabulary:

• Try out these new words:  fortunate, simplify, frequent, furious, compelling

• Choose a word that is new to you and write it in a sentence that anyone could figure out its meaning from

• Fold your paper into 4 squares.  Write the meaning in one square, draw a picture in another, use it in a sentence in another, write a synonym and/or antonym in the last

Writing:

• Picture a favorite place in your mind and describe why it’s your happy place

• Start and keep a diary

• Write a letter to a friend or family member

• Write a fiction story, a personal narrative, fan fiction, fantasy story, or non fiction piece

Enrichment:

• Read the Wonder of the Day on Wonderopolis and do the activities

• Take a tour of the Museum of Natural History

• Check out the Live Animal Cams at the San Diego Zoo

• Open a window on the world and write your thoughts with Window Swap

• Write a poem with 10 lines.  The first line has one syllable, the second line has two and so on up to 10 syllables in 10 lines.  Or try it in reverse starting at 10 syllables and working down.