Pick at least one for the week.
Optional Work
• Practice keyboarding for 10 minutes.
• Write a letter to someone to brighten their day.\
• Start working on a puzzle. When you finish, take a picture and bring it in to share.
• Write 5 tongue twisters using your weekly spelling words.
• Research a rebus story. Write one.
• Watch wheel of fortune with someone you love.
• Become an expert on a topic. Read 4 nonfiction books on a topic that interests you. Write a report on your topic.
• Pick a recipe to bake with someone you love. Write the recipe down and then write about how you used math to cook.
• Find a spot where you can be an observer. Count the number of cars that pass by in a set amount of time. Record the color and make a graph.
• Start to play the license plate game in the car. Record the states you find. Let us know when you have found 40 states.
• Choose a book from the Meet the Artist Series or any biography of an artist. Create a piece of art using their technique.
• With ADULT supervision view a clip on “youtube” of the off Broadway sensation stomp. Look for the brooms segment. They make music in a unique way. Find an object in your house. Find a way to make music with it. If you would like an audience, ask your teacher for a time to perform.
• Find a new educational website. Write a review of it and describe how you it could be useful in school.
• Look through your writing. Find a word that you frequently misspell. Make up a song, rhyme or chant to help you remember it. Write it down and bring it in.
• Create puppets using socks, paper plates, Popsicle sticks, or lunch bags. Write a script for your puppets and perform it for someone at home.
• Plan a birthday party. Think of everything you will need. Itemize a list and calculate the total cost of the party.
• With adult supervision, go to science bob.com or sciencekids.co.nz Pick an experiment that interests you. Complete it and write a summary of your findings.
• Create a cartoon using dialogue that teaches a strategy for Anti- bullying.
• Create a how to paragraph using 5 of your spelling words.