Suggestions for Week of April 13-17
Reading/Writing - before school got cancelled, we were beginning to work on our non-fiction animal projects. I thought we would pick these up the best that we can. Use books from home, Get Epic https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator (class code is tth6316), youtube (I found something called Free School within youtube that has lots of animal facts! https://www.youtube.com/user/watchfreeschool/videos), or websites like
National Geographic Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Science Kids: https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.html
Remember that we talked about writing the facts that we find in our own words. Don't steal the author's words!
We had decided to write 4-6 sentences for each heading.
The four headings in the book are:
Description -ex: class (https://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm) colour, size, skin covering, special features
Diet - ex: what they eat, how much they eat, how do the find/hunt their food, special skills to help them find/hunt
Habitat - ex: what country they live in, what environment (grasslands, jungle, coast, etc), Do they make or find a home?, Do they migrate? Do they live in groups or alone?
Young - ex: What is the baby called? How long does the mom carry the baby (gestation)? How long do they stay with their mom after they are born? What time of year are they born? Who takes care of them and how? Live birth or hatched from an egg?
*We had finished up the Description section at school so you might remember some of your information.
You can create a paper book, use your computer to create something digital, make a poster that shows the information, or make a video. I would love to see it when you're finished but do not feel obligated. :-) If you want, you can send me an email with pictures or a video whenever you are finished.
Math -
Number talk - each day have your child solve a mental math problem and explain their thinking
Ex. 5 + 9 =
*counting on is not a mental math strategy
*an explanation could be something like "9 is one less than 10...so I added 5 and 10 to equal 15 and then took away 1 to equal 14."
or "I know that 5 and 5 equals 10 so I took 5 away from the 9 which left me with 4. 10 and 4 equals 14."
*most students in the class are working with numbers under 20 at this time
Counting Collection - each day, provide your child with a collection (Legos, Cheerios, utensils, etc.) under 100. Ask your child to separate the items from the pile as he/she counts them by groups. Have them discuss which is the most efficient way of counting the items.
Game of the week - make cards for the numbers 1-20 (use paper/construction paper/recipe cards) then play...
Memory for Partners to 20 - shuffle and place all cards face down. Take turns flipping over two cards. If the numbers add together to make 20 you keep the cards and go again. When all cards are gone, the player with the most partners to 20 wins!
*You can also play Go Fish for Partners to 20 using these cards - each player is dealt 5 cards. Player 1 asks Player 2 for a card that will make 20 with one of their own cards (ex. if I have a 5, I would ask "Do you have 15?"). If Player 2 has it, they give it to Player 1. If not, Player 1 goes "fish" from the draw pile. Take turns as above. Player with the most partner to 20 wins!
Reading/Writing - before school got cancelled, we were beginning to work on our non-fiction animal projects. I thought we would pick these up the best that we can. Use books from home, Get Epic https://www.getepic.com/sign-in/educator (class code is tth6316), youtube (I found something called Free School within youtube that has lots of animal facts! https://www.youtube.com/user/watchfreeschool/videos), or websites like
National Geographic Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Science Kids: https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals.html
Remember that we talked about writing the facts that we find in our own words. Don't steal the author's words!
We had decided to write 4-6 sentences for each heading.
The four headings in the book are:
Description -ex: class (https://www.kidzone.ws/animals/animal_classes.htm) colour, size, skin covering, special features
Diet - ex: what they eat, how much they eat, how do the find/hunt their food, special skills to help them find/hunt
Habitat - ex: what country they live in, what environment (grasslands, jungle, coast, etc), Do they make or find a home?, Do they migrate? Do they live in groups or alone?
Young - ex: What is the baby called? How long does the mom carry the baby (gestation)? How long do they stay with their mom after they are born? What time of year are they born? Who takes care of them and how? Live birth or hatched from an egg?
*We had finished up the Description section at school so you might remember some of your information.
You can create a paper book, use your computer to create something digital, make a poster that shows the information, or make a video. I would love to see it when you're finished but do not feel obligated. :-) If you want, you can send me an email with pictures or a video whenever you are finished.
Math -
Number talk - each day have your child solve a mental math problem and explain their thinking
Ex. 5 + 9 =
*counting on is not a mental math strategy
*an explanation could be something like "9 is one less than 10...so I added 5 and 10 to equal 15 and then took away 1 to equal 14."
or "I know that 5 and 5 equals 10 so I took 5 away from the 9 which left me with 4. 10 and 4 equals 14."
*most students in the class are working with numbers under 20 at this time
Counting Collection - each day, provide your child with a collection (Legos, Cheerios, utensils, etc.) under 100. Ask your child to separate the items from the pile as he/she counts them by groups. Have them discuss which is the most efficient way of counting the items.
Game of the week - make cards for the numbers 1-20 (use paper/construction paper/recipe cards) then play...
Memory for Partners to 20 - shuffle and place all cards face down. Take turns flipping over two cards. If the numbers add together to make 20 you keep the cards and go again. When all cards are gone, the player with the most partners to 20 wins!
*You can also play Go Fish for Partners to 20 using these cards - each player is dealt 5 cards. Player 1 asks Player 2 for a card that will make 20 with one of their own cards (ex. if I have a 5, I would ask "Do you have 15?"). If Player 2 has it, they give it to Player 1. If not, Player 1 goes "fish" from the draw pile. Take turns as above. Player with the most partner to 20 wins!