Grades 4 - 6

Common messaging:

Choice Activities

Children in Grade 4 -6 may choose to participate in 1-2 choice learning activities each day for

a total of thirty (30) minutes in both Literacy and Numeracy. Some Choice activities may

take less time than others. Others may be completed over a few days. Students can choose

from the activities listed and decide in which order they would like to complete the activities.

Read and Write every day.

Reading improves writing and writing improves reading.

Ideas:

● Read all types of text (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), recipes, newspapers, magazines,

food packaging (especially for directions), manuals, maps, etc.

● Read silently and aloud or even together with a partner.

● Remember to use the reading strategies you have been taught: make a connection or

a picture of the text, predict what could happen, or create questions for the text and

write/draw or talk about your use of reading strategies after you finish reading.

● Complete a writing/creating tasks from the Grade level Literacy choice activities.

● Write, draw or talk about the answers to the following: how did reading that make

you more knowledgeable; what new ideas do you have; what do you still wonder

about?

● Write/draw about the math activities.

● Start a diary and write/draw/doodle about what happened to you or what you are

thinking, feeling or wondering.

Mental Math

Choose one of the two activities from the Choice Board each day.

Saltwire: This activity has a required visual - See image “Grade 6 Numeracy Choice Board

Mental Math” Note: (Students/parents need to be able to read the font size from the

activities)