Tuesday, May 19

Reading - 15 minutes

Raz-Kids OR Lexia Core 5

  • Read on your Raz-Kids account for 15 minutes OR read a book to an adult for 15 minutes

****I posted a link to the login page under 'Educational Websites & Apps'.

Lexia Core 5

  • All students can now access an online Lexia Core 5 account

****I posted a link to the login page under 'Educational Websites & Apps'. I emailed out the student login information in a previous email to parents.

Writing Activity - 20 minutes

Poetry Unit: Tongue Twister (a favorite animal)

  • Write two tongue twisters about your favorite animals (try to make them silly and funny) :)

  • Example: Dirty dogs dig down deep to disneyland.

  • Example: Fifty five fish from Florida flounder funnily.

  • Write your draft on a piece of paper and keep it until Thursday when we choose our favorite Tongue Twister poem to publish!

Math Activity - 20 minutes

Geometry Unit: Build shapes using toothpicks

Materials: toothpicks, playdough OR marshmallows

  • Think of all the 2D shapes you can (triangle, square, heart, circle, oval, rectangle, etc.)

  • Use your toothpicks and marshmallows to build these shapes

  • Remember to make sure you have the right amount of sides for each shape

  • A toothpick respresents a 'side' and a marshmallow represents a 'point' or a 'vertice'

  • Refer to the picture below for ideas of 2D shapes to build

  • When done, talk about the questions below with your parent:

  • What do you notice about how many sides they have when comparing with how many marshmallows you needed?

  • Were some shapes harder to make than others?

  • How many toothpicks do you need to make an octagon?

  • Are there any 2D shapes that you were not able to make with your materials?

  • How many marshmallows were eaten during this activity? (Ha Ha just joking!) :)

Daily Calendar - 5 minutes

  • Review today's date: Tuesday, May 19th

  • Briefly talk about the weather today and what it is like outside

  • Count the days of school: today is day 154

    • Count: 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154

  • Today's secret number clues:

    • I am an even number

    • I am less than 80

    • I am greater than 76

    • What am I?

Word Work Activity - 20 minutes

Mixed Up Sentences:

  • Print out the two PDF files below and cut out the words on the bottom

  • Unscramble the words and put them in the correct order to make a sentence

  • Glue the words in the top 'Build A Sentence' space and then write the sentence below

Physical Education Activity - 30 minutes

Ensure you are getting 30 minutes of physical activity per day :)