Tuesday, March 31, 2020 Learning Activities

Hi Families,

Our Zoom Morning Meeting went so well yesterday that we are going to continue having them on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 9 am! This could change as we learn more about how the coming weeks will be structured.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2020. 3-31-20

It's the last day of March. Tomorrow starts a new month- April. April is the 4th month. What will the date look like tomorrow?

Tuesday's Learning Activities

Link to distance learning packet

• Reading - Read for 20 minutes.
• Practice retelling the book. If the book was fiction you can think about the fiction elements: character, setting, problem, and solution. If the book was nonfiction, tell what the book was mostly about (be specific) and then give lots of examples. Don't forget to add your own thoughts and ideas!
• Writing - Re-read your book. Check each word to make sure you wrote letters for each sound. Check the word wall. Write for 20 minutes.
• We are not looking for every word to be spelled perfectly. We want to see first graders write letters for all of the sounds that they hear and spelling patterns they know. Most first graders have learned digraph sounds (th, sh, ch, wh, ck), blends, and some long vowel patterns like magic e and maybe vowel teams. Students can also use the word wall words they know to spell other words. If you know how to spell "car" you can apply the "ar" to other words like sharpen.
• Math - Continue to keep your counting skills strong by filling in the missing numbers on this “Counting Grid” practice page.
• Extension activity: practice number before and number after, or ten less and ten more. Ask (or write down) a number. Have your child fill in the number that is one less, one more, ten less, and ten more than that number.
• Science - Put a rubberband around a door knob. Pull the rubber band down a bit so it is stretched. Pluck the rubberband like a guitar. What do you notice? Try pulling the rubber band a bit more or a bit less. How does the sound change? Or complete the Mystery Science Lesson 4 Can you see in the dark?
• Social Studies - Tell someone how spring is different from winter.  Each day, notice the weather and fill it in on the weather graph.