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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?
Choose a new animal to research; it should be a different one from last week, (this activity ties to science). Read about this animal and think: What does this animal need to survive? What is its habitat like? What are the parts of its food chain? After you have learned about this animal, draw a picture of the animal. Be sure to include how it meets its basic needs. You might even draw a picture of its food chain (see science below). Finally, write to explain (expository/informational text) what you have learned about your animal. If you cannot research an animal, then think and write about an animal you already know a lot about. Take a nature walk outside and observe a squirrel, bird, or insect.
Watch this video about bears Bear Cub Checkup. As you watch the video, jot down your noticings and new learning. After the video, tell someone what you learned about bears and how they meet their basic needs. Then draw a picture about what you learned and label it. Write 5-10 sentences about what you learned. If you cannot watch this video, go outside and observe nature. Find an insect, bird, or other animal to observe and complete this activity.
Click on Online Texts, choose Week 3, Day 11 and read the books “A Bear Cub Grows Up”, and “Bear Snores On” to add to your learning. Discuss the two books with your family. How are the books alike and how are they different? Practice retelling the story “Bear Snores On” to a family member. Can you retell in order including the most important parts from the beginning, middle, and end? Use words such as first, next, last, before, after, and finally (this part of the activity ties to social studies this week). Next, draw a picture of what you learned from the book “A Bear Cub Grows Up”. After you draw and color pictures about facts you learned, label your picture(s). Write 5-10 sentences about what you learned. If you cannot access the link above, read a fiction and nonfiction book you have at home and complete the activities listed.
*Note: If you have any problems connecting to any of the links above, these resources can be found on the Scholastic Learn at Home page: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html. Just choose the appropriate grade level and a variety of texts are available including the ones suggested here.
Math
Math
Think of some animals and their habitats. (*2nd graders only learn halves and fourths and eighths and use language to describe the parts, not fraction notation such as ¼ or ½ which will be taught in 3rd grade).
A snake lives in the dry desert. Draw a rectangle to represent his home. Divide the rectangle in half and shade one half to show where the snake sleeps under a large rock and the unshaded half to show where he slithers and eats.
A polar bear lives in the cold Arctic Circle. Draw a circle to represent his home. Divide the circle into four parts or “fourths”. One part can be water, one part an ice cave for shelter, one part a place to nap in the sun, and the last part can be for play.
For each number below (1-4), circle the shape that has the most parts. Put an “X” on the shape that has the larger equal parts.
Draw a rectangle or cut one out to represent a sandwich. Now, cut or fold the “sandwich” to share equally with your mom, and 2 siblings or stuffed animals. How much does each person get including you?
Share a snack with 1 sibling or 1 parent or save half for another day. (e.g. a banana, a poptart, a graham cracker, a large cookie) and tell/draw how much each person gets.
Science
Science
Environmental factors like temperature and the amount of water can affect how plants and animals meet their needs and behave. Animals may move to a different place or take long naps. Plants may drop their leaves and stop growing.
What do plants do when the weather turns colder and there is less sunlight? What are the trees and plants doing now that the days are getting warmer and there is more sunlight?
What do birds do when the weather turns colder and there isn’t enough food? What are the birds doing now that the days are getting warmer?
Plants and animals need each other and nonliving things to survive. Some animals eat plants, some animals eat other animals, all plants and animals need water. An ivy vine needs a wall or tree to grow on. A bird needs plants to make its nest. Bugs use rocks as shelter.
Watch the birds in your yard several times during the day. What are the birds doing to meet their basic needs? What nonliving things do the birds use? Keep a bird watching journal of pictures of the birds you watch. If you are lucky and a squirrel is in your yard, record what it is doing to meet its needs.
A food chain shows the flow of energy from the Sun to plants to animals that eat plants to animals that eat plants, animals or both. You can write a food chain using arrows that show the flow of energy.
Draw a food chain for a horse or cow.
Draw a food chain for the birds or squirrels you are watching in the backyard.
Draw a food chain for your favorite animal.
Continue watching an animal cam to see how the animals are meeting their basic needs.
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Food Chain
Social Studies
Social Studies
Talk about the order in which we do things, like brushing our teeth or getting dressed. Do you brush your teeth then put the toothpaste on the brush? No! First we put the toothpaste on the brush, then we brush our teeth and last we put the toothbrush away. Which do you put on first - the shoes or socks? Talk through different daily activities using words like first, next, last, before, after, yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Show your child three to five pictures of him/herself. Ask your child to put the pictures in order from youngest to oldest. The activity can be repeated adding another picture or two each time.
Ask your child to draw pictures and label the routines he/she does every day, like eat dinner, take a bath, are read to. Have your child arrange the activities in order and tell you what time of day this routine takes place.
One day life will go back to normal and your family can go anywhere you want to go. Make a schedule for your first day after the quarantine. Where will you want to go that day? What will you want to do? Include how much time you will spend at each place.
Write a set of directions for making a peanut butter and jelly or some other sandwich.
Challenge your child to give you directions for a task, like a bowl of breakfast cereal. Follow the directions as you are told, allowing your child to make corrections as he/she realizes a step was left out or given at the wrong time.
Talk about how we measure and record time. Use a calendar to look at days in a week, weeks in a month, and months in a year. Look at a clock or watch for hours, minutes and seconds. Have your child time different activities they do around the house.
Have your child record a timeline or schedule for what he/she in one day.
Have your child make a timeline of events in his/her life. Have your child draw a picture and label 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 3rd grade, getting a cell phone, driving a car, etc. Discuss that these events all happen in the future.
P.E.
P.E.
Use the link below to have some fun with some Olympic and gymnastic activities!
Videos to help get you moving!
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