Read and write every day! Record the title of the book/text and the pages read each day in your learning log.

• Mail a letter. Write a letter to a friend or family member telling them about something you’ve learned since you’ve been doing at-home learning. Also, consider telling them what you like the most about learning at-home and what you like the most about learning at-school.

• Read aloud to someone. Find a good book or article to read then call or facetime a friend or family member and read aloud to them. You can even read to a pet (dog, cat, etc.) if they’ll sit still for you! Set up a schedule this week so your friend, or family member, or pet, can look forward to being read to each day this week.

• Recommend a book. Gather all the books you’ve read that you have in your house. Write a message to a future reader in 2 - 3 sentences telling them what the book is about and why they should read it. Put this message on a wonderfully decorated, colorful piece of paper, fold it up and stick it inside for the next reader to find.

• At the end of the week read over your learning logs for math, science, and social studies. Write three separate well-developed paragraphs summarizing what you learned in each subject this week. Also, be sure to discuss the connections in your learning.

• Writing Prompt: Think about how the Covid-19 pandemic has personally impacted who you are as a person. Write an essay explaining how showing resilience during difficult times can shape who you are.

• Draw a comic strip about a historical event that you have learned about this year such as Sectionalism.

• Make a list of five important historical figures that you have learned about this year. Add a summary about something important that each person did. If you need to research them, find multiple reliable sources online to confirm that your research is accurate.

• Think of an important historical document that you have learned about this year. Make a poster about the document, explaining why it was important and what it accomplished. Find a one-sentence excerpt from the document and include it on the poster, with an explanation in your own words of what the excerpt means.

• Find a political cartoon about a current event. Analyze it and explain the point of view of the cartoon. Then, create your own political cartoon about an event, current or past that you learned about.

• Create a cause and effect chart to explain the causes of a historical event.

• Create a cause and effect chart to explain the effects of a historical event.

• Create a timeline of a major event in history’s past. Include events, dates, explanations, and an illustration to represent it.