Friday, April 17, 2020

Friday, April 17, 2020

Message

Happy Friday first graders! We will have an afternoon meeting today at 2:00. We will do the "weekend's near" greeting, but it will actually be "vacation's near" since next week is our April break. Think about what your word and movement will be.

Love,
Mrs. Manz

Calendar

Here is today's calendar square.

How many sides and vertices does this shape have? Do you know the name of this shape? Hint: It's not a rhombus because a rhombus has  equal sides. On this shape two sides are shorter and 2 are longer. 

Learning activities for Friday

• Reading
• Read (or reread) a few of the books on your topic.
• Stop and think about the key details in each book. 
• WHO or WHAT is this book mostly about.
• WHAT is happening?
• WHEN or WHERE is this taking place?
• WHY is this happening. 
• WHY is this important.
• HOW does this work.
• Writing
• Jot down the answers to some of the questions above about one of your books. You can do this on paper or in a Google Doc.
• Math - Problem Solving Friday -  Remember to show your work, and use an equation to prove your answer.
• A cook fed 5 adults and 1 child. How many people did the cook feed?
• Landon has 6 comic books.  Amelia has 7 comic books. How many comic books do they have in all?
• If you have 5 apples and your friend takes away 4, how many apples will you be left with?
• Griffin is reading a book that has a total of 18 pages. If he has read 7 pages, how many pages does he have left to read?
• Make up a word problem of your own, and ask someone in your family to answer it.
• Science -  Engineering Process - What is the Question or Problem; Imagine a solution; Plan your design; Create your design; Test it; Improve It
• Problem: What Happens when DRY PAPER IN A GLASS IS DUNKED INTO WATER?????
• You will need: Paper, glass, dishpan of water 
• What to do: Wad up a piece of paper and wedge it into the bottom of a drinking glass. Turn the glass upside down and push it into a dishpan of water. 
• More science fun: Use taller or wider glasses. In which type of glass (taller or wider) does water rise more? Push the glass completely below the surface of the water. Does the paper still remain dry?
• The paper will not get wet! How it works: A small amount of water is forced into the mouth of the glass when the glass is pushed below the surface of the water. However, since the air in the glass cannot escape, it presses back against the water until the pressure of the air equals the pressure of the water. The wad of paper wedged into the bottom of the glass is safely out of the reach of the water, so the paper does not get wet 
• Social Studies
• Each day, notice the weather and fill it in on the weather graph.

Next week - April break

Next week is April break.

As always, reading every day for 10-20 minutes is the most important thing you can do. You can read books or online materials from our online reading resource list. Here is the April break homework packet that I usually send. It is optional. It has some reading ideas, some fun spring writing paper, and some math games.

If you are looking for more ideas of things to do:

• You can also complete any item from the Distance Learning Packet that you have not completed.
• You can do a virtual tour. Even Recycle Rhonda hosts a virtual tour!
• Learn a new skill (I'm teaching Millie a new trick and trying to learn to juggle)
• Play chess (Mr. Mills has been adding new things to his Summit chess website)
• Here is a website for kids with online chess
• Play math games