Science/Social Studies
April 27 - May 1
Monday Science
Listen to the Directions Read Aloud
Watch this video of a read aloud about Earth Day.
There are two optional challenges:
Lights – After breakfast, lunch, and dinner check to see how many lights are on in your home. Keep track for a week and see if you can reduce the amount of lights on during the day and during the night in rooms where nobody is in there.
Art- Make posters to remind yourself and your family to do a habit that helps the Earth such as turning off lights, saving water, or recycling.
Tuesday Science
Listen to the Directions Read Aloud
Watch this video to learn about insects.
Answer these questions.
What defines an insect? (What makes an insect an insect?)
Is a spider an insect? Why or why not? Use the images below to help answer this question.
Watch this video to help you remember the insect parts you learned.
Wednesday Science
Listen to the Directions Read Aloud
You’re going on a bug hunt!
Find some insects near your home.
Carefully put them in a container so you can study them.
Choose one to draw and label the parts. Use what you learned from Monday’s video.
Send your teacher a photo of the drawing you made!
Thoughtful Thursday
Social Studies
Listen to the Directions Read Aloud
Journal Prompt
What are some things that you are not allowed to do in this time of social distancing? What do you wish you were able to do again?
Optional: ask an adult at home some things they are not allowed to do and what they wish they were able to do again.
Directions from Last Week
We are experiencing an historical event and would like you to create a journal of your experience during this time. In the future, you can look back on this journal and share with others. You are creating a primary source for future generations. Each week we will give you a new prompt to write or draw about.
Create or buy a journal
You can use a notebook or staple some pages together
Order a journal online if needed
Optional: decorate the cover
Ask an adult to help you save this important work.
Feelings Friday
Social Studies
Listen to the Directions Read Aloud
In first grade we use a curriculum called Second Step, in which we talk about how faces can help show our feelings. We also learn to look at other people’s faces to see how they are feeling so we know how to treat that person.
Choose 4 different feelings (examples: happy, sad, confused, angry, enraged, excited, scared, anxious, etc.)
Take a photo or draw a picture of what your face would look like for each of the 4 feelings you chose.
Show your pictures to someone in your family and have them guess what feeling you were showing. If they get it correct, give them a high five!
Send your pictures to your teacher over e-mail or Seesaw and have your teacher make a guess! We can’t wait to see your faces.