High-Yield Learning Activities

The first player shoots at the basket from anywhere they choose. If they make the basket, the second player must attempt the same shot. If the second player misses, they get the letter P. The game ends when the loser spells out PIG.

For middle school

The game is 5,000, where members and parents can add the points of the cards; working to find strategic ways to win. Cards 1-9 counts as 5 points, 10 J Q K are 10 points, Aces count as 100, big joker is 300 and the little joker is 200 points. When distributing cards you will flip the first card. The number represents the amount of cards in your hand.

Ex. Flips a 6 of Club, counting that card as one you will receive 5 more.

If it’s a face card you get 10 cards

If it’s a joker you get 15 cards.

Your goal is to get the most points.

RULES

1. Only pairs of three (3 7s)

2. Straight ( 3,4,5, etc)

3. Hitting ( giving someone a card if they need it)

Materials needed:

Paper

Pen/pencil

Miscellaneous items (ex. UNO cards, Monopoly money, Captain Crunch)

Materials needed:

Paper

Pen/pencil/colored pencils/markers

Materials needed:

Paper

Pen/pencil/colored pencils/markers

Use your own household objects to play with game with any friend or family member! Try to outsmart the judge and figure out what is missing from the table.

Listen to Mr. Corey discuss what he thinks is an important invention and where it came from. Then decide what invention is important to you and research how it came to be!

Materials needed:

Deck of cards

Spoons (1 less than the number of players)

Create your own paper airplane and compete against your friends & family to see whose can travel farther!

Similar to Rock Paper Scissors, in Awesome members can use their fingers to solve math problems.

As you progress, practice addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Feel free to add some curve balls, like getting up and hopping or singing after solving a problem!

Members will begin by introducing themselves and choosing a word with the same letter. An example to begin would be, Dreaming Demontae, Magic Matt and Excellent Elizabeth etc.

Once everyone is familiar with using words of for the game, the next level is to incorporate points. You will get a point for every word you use during your turn. Each person will only have ten seconds. To make the game more exciting or challenging you can have themes such as foods, animals, celebrities and more.

“Peter piper picked a pack of pickle peppers….”

Use your stopwatch to figure out how far away a thunderstorm is from you! For every five seconds, the storm is one mile away.

Follow along with Ms. Kayla and learn how to make a vision board online! What are some of your goals for 2020?

Try to figure out what words Mr. Corey is making out of the scrambled letters!

Make a special poster for someone you know that is graduating from elementary, middle or high school! Use a paper and markers and be sure to include "Class of 2020!" on your poster.