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Academic learning at home resources have been created to provide opportunities for students to engage in meaningful learning experience during the school closure. Below you will find a list of activities that your child can complete both independently and with your support.
Learning Logs are to be completed each day when work is done. These logs will be turned in at the end of the week to your teacher. Your teacher will be in contact with you this week. If you have any questions, please contact your teacher.
Reading
Reading
Find time for your reading life! Find a cozy spot and read, read, read! Read to self, read to a stuffed animal, and/or read to a family member. Record your thoughts in a reading journal and track the books you are reading. List the title, author, illustrator, and some thoughts about the book. Try to increase your reading stamina each day. How many minutes can you sit and read? What is your ultimate goal?
Try reading different kinds of texts, nonfiction, fiction, and even poetry! Respond to the text by:
Tell someone about your favorite part of a book/text and explain why it is your favorite. You might even draw a picture or write about it. “My favorite part…”
Make a connection with the book/text; does it remind you of yourself, another book/text, or the world? “This book reminded me of…”
Share your predictions as you read. “I predict that…”
Ask questions about the book. “I wonder…”
Write about your favorite character. Draw a picture of the character and explain why he/she is your favorite. “My favorite character is…”
Write about why you like this author. “I like this author because…”
Writing Prompt: Choose one book/text that you have read (it could be one you read or a book your teacher/parent read to you) and respond to the text. You can respond any way you want. You can draw a picture, write a letter, create a poem, write a book review, or create an advertisement for the book. You get to decide how you will respond to the book/text! Make sure that you write why you chose this book/text, why you enjoyed it, and what you learned from reading it. Did you learn a life lesson from this?
*Note: If you are looking for online reading resources, check out Scholastic Learn at Home for incredible videos and texts including fiction & nonfiction!
Math
Math
Show your child this picture and ask him/her what she notices.
Review the names of coins and their values.
Make a coin book-use a picture of a coin or tape a real coin on a page and write what the coin is called and any other information you want to include. Use this money booklet for reference or practice.
Sort a collection of coins. How are they alike? How are they different? Can you sort them by type? By value?
Play “Coin in my pocket”-put a coin in your pocket and your child can ask questions to guess what it is. (e.g. Is it silver? Is it copper? Does it have George Washington on it? Does the edge have ridges or is it smooth?)
Use coins to skip count (pennies by 2s, nickels by 5s, and dimes by 10s).
Grab a handful of coins and ask your child to count how much to determine the value. (*only pennies, nickels, and dimes-they will add the quarter in 2nd grade).
Compare coins
Make a Venn diagram to show how nickels and dimes are similar and different. (e.g. one is worth 5 cents and one is worth 10 cents, one is larger and one is smaller, they are both money, they can both be used to buy things, they are both silver). Challenge: Try it with the same activity but with 2 dimes and 4 nickels.
Make a “feely bag” with a small lunch sack, pillow case, etc (something you can’t see through) and place the coins inside. Have your child feel the coin and guess what it is.
Play a matching game by cutting apart the pic from above and see if your child can turn over two cards and make a match. The object is to match the front of the coin with the back.
Discuss what coins are used for. What can we buy with 2 quarters? Does anything cost a penny?
Social studies connection-Now, we do most of our buying with debit cards and credit cards. Where do we still use coins to buy something? (e.g. vending machine, etc.). Discuss how this has changed over time (e.g the old postage stamp machines vs. today we use a kiosk and our debit cards).
Read a book about money (Benny's Pennies, Berenstain Bears, Trouble with Money, Bunny Money, etc.)
Science
Science
Fold a piece of paper in quarters. Most animals have 4 legs. Draw pictures of four different animals that have 4 legs.
Fold a piece of paper in half. Birds have 2 legs. Draw pictures of two different birds. Why do you think birds only have two legs?
Fold a piece of paper in half. Fish and snakes have no legs. Draw a picture of a snake and a fish. How do some animals move without any legs at all?
Fold a piece of paper in half. Insects can have 6 legs, like a ladybug or a beetle. Some have 8 legs, like spiders. Draw a picture of a bug with 6 legs and a spider with 8 legs.
Look at pictures of birds. Why do some birds have long thin beaks, like a hummingbird, others have curved sharp beaks, like an eagle, and some have thick, short beaks, like cardinals? Hint: find out what each bird eats.
Take a walk and observe some plants. Take a leaf from two different plants. Back at home tape each leaf to a piece of paper. Have your child draw the rest of the plant around the leaf. Talk about how all plants have leaves to collect the sunlight. Plants have a stem or trunk to hold the leaves up to get sunshine. Underground there are roots to take in water for the plant. Some plants have big colorful flowers.
Compare the parts of different plants. Is the leaf long and narrow or short and wide? Are the edges smooth or bumpy? Are all leaves the same color? Draw pictures of three different leaves. Does the plant have a green stem or a brown trunk? Draw a plant with a stem and a tree with a trunk. Pull up a weed and look at its roots. Draw a picture of the weed you pulled.
Social Studies
Social Studies
What is a hero? How do heroes help other people? Draw a picture of someone you think is a hero.
Read a story or book about a hero in history. Talk about what the person did that made him/her a hero. Draw a picture of the person.
Talk about a hero in your family or group of friends. Possibly a first responder, nurse or doctor, or someone working to help the community during this time of Covid-19. What is he/she doing to help other people? Draw a picture of this current day hero.
Make a visual timeline of events in your child’s life. Have your child draw a picture for each event. Date of birth, first tooth, took first step, said first word, etc. Discuss that all these events happened in the past. Ask them what future events they are looking forward to, like the first day of 2nd grade, first two-wheeler bike, etc. Discuss that these events all happen in the future.
Music
Music
Warm weather makes me think of water. Water makes me think of the ocean. So, I thought it would be fun to do a guided drawing of sea creatures, so here we go!
P.E.
P.E.
Workout with Captain America, Iron Man, and all the Avengers!
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