Each evening:
- Read at least 30 minutes each evening.
- Write every day.
- Practice your math facts.
- Review math lessons on the Pearson website
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- WRITING
- Write in your notebook using one of the following prompts or your own:
- How are you feeling today and why?
- What are some everyday objects (such as computer, phone, TV, sticky notes, etc.) that feel very important right now?
- Are you looking at certain situations, people, or ideas differently now than before?
- What routines are different than before?
- If you could be any animal (real or fantasy), what would you be and why?
- Write a list of 30 things that make you feel good.
- Name one appliance in your home that you can't live without and tell why.
- The thing I wish other people would understand about me is...
- What is the best birthday present you ever received? What made it so special?
- Invent and describe a new food.
- Explain how bad situations can have a good side.
- I have never been more frightened than when...
- Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why?
- What character trait best describes a character in a book you are reading? Why? Give text evidence.
- Three goals I have set for myself are...
- Convince someone why music or art or computers are important in your life. Make them appreciate your viewpoint.
District Resources:
Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI)- READING
- After reading a book, choose one of the following prompts, write your response on a sheet of loose-leaf paper or in a notebook, and share it with a family member or friend:
- Where and when does the story take place? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- Is this book fiction or nonfiction? How do you know?
- What is the genre of this story? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- Who are the main characters in the story? Why are they important to the story?
- Could the characters in this story exist in real life?What makes you think that?
- Who is telling the story? What clues in the story helped you know this?
- What happens in the beginning of the story?
- What are the important events in this story?
- What is the problem in this story?
- How does the problem get solved? How does the story end?
- Was the author trying to persuade, inform, or entertain the reader? How do you know?
- What does the author want you to understand after you have finished reading the story?
- Do you think the title was a good one for the story? Why do you think that?
- What language did the author use to help the reader visualize __________________?
- How is this story like other stories this author has written?
- What other story does this story remind you of? How does that connection help you to understand the story better?
- How are you alike and different from the main character in the story?
- How did this story make you feel? When have you felt this way in your real life?
- How does what you know about this genre help you understand the story better?
- What other books have you read with similar characters or themes? How does this connection help you understand the story better?
- What lessons(s) did you learn from the story that will help you in your real life? Explain.
- What is the message or lesson of this story?
- Why do you think the character acted like he/she did?
- How was the setting the author chose important to the story?
- What do the character's words and actions tell you about him/her?
- What is the mood or tone of the story? What makes you think that?
- How did the character change during the story?
- What character traits did the character have? What clues (text evidence) makes you think that?
- What questions do you still have? What are you wondering?
- What would you like to ask the author or one of the characters?
- What would you like to know more about?
- If you reread this story, what would you be trying to figure out the second time?
- What is the main idea of the story?
- Retell the story to someone in your family.
- What do you want to remember after reading this story?
- MATH
We Are Teachers
Math Playground
Multiplication.com
ABCya
Arcademics
Math Fact Cafe
(more games are located on the Websites page)
Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division facts, depending on the skill with which you need the most practice. Use flashcards or go to one of the links on the Websites page.
Complete a math activity on Study Island in practice mode or game mode (log in through Clever).
Review rounding lessons 1-5 and 1-6 in Pearson EasyBridge (log in through Clever). Watch the videos and work out some of the problems from the lessons (see eText).
Review estimating lessons 2-5 and 2-6 in Pearson EasyBridge (log in through Clever). Watch the videos and work out some of the problems from the lessons (see eText).
Learn about liquid capacity:
Pearson EasyBridge Topic 15 (log in through Clever)
BrainPOP Jr. - cups, pints, quarts, gallons
BrainPOP Jr. - milliliters and liters
Khan Academy - cups, pints, quarts, gallons
Khan Academy - milliliters and liters
Learn about weight and mass:
Pearson EasyBridge Topic 15 (log in through Clever)
BrainPOP Jr. - grams and kilograms
BrainPOP Jr. - ounces, pounds, and tons
Khan Academy - grams and kilograms
Khan Academy - ounces, pounds, and tons
Learn about data representation:
Pearson EasyBridge Topic 16 (log in through Clever)
BrainPOP Jr. - line graphs, pictographs, tally charts, bar graphs
Khan Academy - picture graphs, bar graphs
Learn about telling time (on an analog clock) to the hour, to the half hour, to the quarter hour, and to the minute:
Pearson EasyBridge Topic 12 (log in through Clever)
Khan Academy
Telling Time Worksheets
BrainPOP Jr.
District Resources:
Alternative Methods of Instruction (AMI)