Shape of the Week April 20th-24th
Please complete these activities over the week and work at a pace that works best for your family. Please hand in all assignments by Friday April 24th through Fresh Grade Student Upload—Thanks!
Typing Club:
As we are working more and more on computer these days it will be beneficial to have keyboarding skills. Please pick 2 times this week and have your child work on TypingClub for 10-15 minutes. This could be part of their morning routine. E.g. Wake up, wash your face, make your bed, get dressed and eat breakfast, then brush your teeth and log into Typing Club and work on keyboarding skills for 10-15 minutes.
Math
- Please watch Mashup math video on you tube – “THE BEST HANDS-ON FRACTIONS ACTIVITY EVER” (please copy and paste the link into ULR)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmWnMtLBJZM
- Complete Introduction to Fraction sheet. These sheets will be sent out through Fresh Grade. Please hand in to Fresh Grade. Due by Friday, April 24th
Writing:
- Finish the final copy of your Chick Journal Entry (days 1-9 see blog) Please hand in to Fresh Grade. Due by Friday, April 24th
Reading
- Read 2 books from Raz kids and answer the questions.
- Do one recording of one of your reading please by Friday April 24th on Raz Kids
**Let Ms. Silva know right away if the reading level is too difficult or way too easy on Raz kids as we have adjusted the reading levels.
April 22nd is EARTH DAY!! Please make an Earth Day Promise with your family!
- Listen to one of the Stories: (copy and paste link into search bar)
EARTH DAY IS EVERY DAY by Lisa Bullard and Xiao Xin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvdhsn-BFDI
I CAN SAVE THE EARTH by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli
- Then discuss with your family one thing you can do together to help the earth. Make an Earth Day Promise and write down one commitment you will make to the earth to take care of it. Some Suggestions might be to plant some plants, compost, stop using zip lock bags, turn off the lights during the day and use day light etc.
My Earth Day Promise is to……….
Please post this on Fresh Grade once completed besideyour Recycled Self- Portrait (see below)
Visual Art
- Recycled Paper Self-Portrait: make “Recycle Kids” self-portraits on newspaper print.
First, start by drawing a self-portrait with a pencil on newspaper print.
Then use sharpies to trace over the pencil lines.
Next, color clothes and hair (not skin- skin stays as newsprint).
Glue onto cardstock for durability (only if you have some or something harder like cardboard) and cut out. Post this on your window.
(if this Art project is too much then omit it!)
THE FOLLOWING ARE OPTIONAL ACTIVIES:
- Listen to Miss Linky’s – Save the Planet song for kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJToF8D9bdU
Sing along and write out what each letter stands for in the word EARTH
- Splash Math – work on fraction assignements
- Khan Academy Math Practice
- Cool Math 4 Kids (Math Games)
- Epic
- Typing Club