Remote Learning

Sight Word Splash

What’s in my backpack?

Counting Practice

Sentence Unscramble

Look and Say

Favorite Foods Sort

Roll and Speak Game

All About Me

Color By Number

Look and Write

Draw Your Home

Alphabet Sort

Sight Word Splash

Food Match Game

Picture Prompts

Roll the Dice Game

Name the Coin

Comic Drawing

Let’s Get Moving

All About My Family

School Vocabulary Word Search

Tell A Story

Learn About Shapes

Mystery Math Addition Picture

Sight Word Splash

Draw your favorite snow day. Make a snowman and give him a name. 

Watch a cartoon. Tell someone in your family about the cartoon in English.

Draw a picture of a holiday or family event you celebrate in your home. Write 2 sentences about it. 

Find a comfortable place. Read a good book!

Look out the window. Watch the snow. Describe in English what you see. 

Turn on some music. Dance for 5 minutes.

Build a fort or find a dark place in your house, take a flashlight, and read your favorite book with a parent or sibling. 

Build a tower using blocks or cups at your house.  How many can you stack?

Practice tracing and writing your name.  Can you trace it with a marker, crayon, pen, or pencil?

Play “I Spy” with color words.  Can you find something in your house that is each color in the rainbow?

Practice balancing on one foot.  Try to count to five while balancing.  Then try hopping 5 times.

Choose your favorite book and find a cozy spot to look at books with a stuffed animal.  

Use things that you find around your house, like modeling compound (Play-Dough), sticks, crayons, or string, to build shapes. Can you make a square, a rectangle, a triangle, and a circle?

What is the weather outside?  Tell a grown-up how you know.

Have a conversation about your favorite food.  Why is it your favorite? What does it taste like?  What does it look like? 

Sing Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes with a family member.  Point to the body parts as you sing.

Read a book with a family member.  Draw your favorite part of the book. Tell why this is your favorite part of the book.

Use items around your house like spoons and forks to make a pattern or have a family member build a pattern.  Tell them what comes next.

Sing the ABC song with a family member. Try to name or find one thing that starts with each letter of the alphabet at your house.

Practice taking turns with a family member.  How many turns can you take playing with the same toy?  Try to use words like “my turn” and “your turn.”

Sing a counting song like “Ants Go Marching” or 5 Little Ducks.” Use your fingers to show the numbers.

Look at the pictures in one of your books.  How do you think the characters are feeling on each page? 

Go on a shape hunt.  What shapes can you find around your house?

Draw a picture of your family.  Ask a grown-up to label your picture.

Help someone with a chore around the house.

Roll a ball with a family member.  Count how many times you can roll it back and forth.

Go to the pantry or cabinet.  Practice reading the food packages.  Look for words you know.

Compare the shoes at your house.  Which is the smallest? Which is the biggest?

Cook a meal together or make a snack.

Draw a picture of something that you really like.  Ask a grown-up to label your picture.

Practice counting to ten while jumping.  Count each jump.

Play an action game like “Simon Says” or the “Freeze Dance.”  Practice following directions.

Do a sink or float science experiment using items in your house.  Make predictions and then test to find out if you were right.

After reading a story, practice retelling the story.  What happened at the beginning, middle, and end? Use the book to help you.

Use empty boxes or blocks to build a structure. What did you build? Tell what your building is used for. 

Measure furniture or toys using hands, blocks, pennies, etc.  

Sort toys by size, color, or type.  

Explore shadows by using a flashlight or sunlight.  Play a shadow guessing game using objects from around the house.

After listening to a story, draw your favorite part.

Tell someone about your picture. Try to write one word or sentence about it. 

ELA K.W.1.C

Choose a nursery rhyme or song. Tap the "heartbeat" (the steady beat) with your foot for the first verse, then clap the "words" (the rhythm) for the next. Try several songs of different fast, slow, and medium "speeds" (tempo).

Music K.14

Practice walking, hopping, and/ or galloping

(locomotor)

PE K.1

Get a small bowl of snacks (cereal, crackers, or grapes). Count a pile of 10. Then separate the pile into 10 smaller groups. Describe the piles - "5 and 5 make 10", then try another way. How many different ways can you make the same number? Try making 3 or 4 piles (3 + 5 + 2 = 10). Draw a picture to show 4 different ways you made the number 10. Other numbers to try (6, 8, 5, & 9)

Think about a community helper and how they contribute. Draw or write a thank-you note.

History K.5a

You and a family member count how many times you can hop in one minute. Each person write your number and compare them. Who hoped more/less? 

PE K.1 & Math K.NS.1

Say a word like a robot by stretching it into sounds:

/sh/ – /i/ – /p/.

Have your student guess the word: ship! Then let them be the robot.

Try these words: nap, red, mat, cup, lap, rush, bath, chip, win, chop

K.FFR.2.D

Find a small toy or a shoe and practice moving it across the floor using a "gentle" push and then a "strong" push. Observe how the strength of your force changes how fast or far the object moves.

K.2 a, c

Find your “personal bubble” where you can’t touch anyone or anything. Use your body to make the following shapes: a circle and square. Don’t pop your bubble. 

PE K.1 

Math K.10

We all have needs and wants. Explore your home and draw or list 5 objects that count as a "want" and 5 objects that count as a "need".

K.8a

Draw your favorite toy or stuffed animal; draw the weather outside; draw a picture of your family pet.

K.14

Using only your body, clap and stomp to

create different rhythms. Ask an adult or sibling to 

repeat it back to you!

Create three (3) different rhythms.  

K.5

Walk around your home and find two different places where water is used, such as a sink or a bathtub. Draw pictures of these water sources and tell someone whether the water you found was a liquid or a solid (ice).

K.4 a, b, c

Collect objects around your house that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, black, and white. Put them in rainbow order, starting with red. Which colors do not have a place on the rainbow?

K.12a

What is your favorite holiday or family celebration? Draw, write, or tell an adult why it is important to you.

K.2

Run in place as fast as 

you can while counting to 20. Stop and put your hand on your chest. Do you feel your heart "thumping" fast? That is your heart muscle working.

K.3

Read or listen to a story. When you finish, talk to a grown-up about who the story is about (characters), where it happens (setting), and what happened first, next, and last. Try to name at least one important event. 

ELA K.W.1.C

Find one small object and one bigger object to be high and low sounds (or use your voice to make a high sound and then a low sound). Make a high sound and reach up high, as if catching a snowflake. Make the low sound and crouch down (low squat) like you're making the base of a snowman. try to follow a pattern: High, High, Low!, High Low!

Music K.6 

Look out of a window and draw the current weather, noting if it is sunny, cloudy, rainy, or windy. Think about the current season and describe one way the weather you see matches that season. 

K.9 a, b

Draw from IMAGINATION the following: If you could be an animal, what would you be? Where would you live? What would you look like?

Art K.1a

I’m The President

The President is the leader of the United States of America. If you were President, what is one rule you would make? Draw a picture and or/write a sentence about it.

Nature’s Mirror

Do: Find 5 items outside. Find their "twin" inside (e.g., a green leaf and a green sock).

Explain: How are they the same? How are they different?

Animal Clap 

Think of three animals. Say each animal name outloud and clap with each sound in the word. (Example: Tur-key has 2 sounds). Say each animal name 3 times and clap with the sounds of the word each time. Try the same thing with three different fruit names.

Future Architect

Do: Build the tallest tower possible using only soft items (pillows/socks).

Explain: Why is it harder to build with soft things than with hard blocks?

Word Play

Make word cards by writing each word on two separate cards, for 10 pairs, totaling 20 cards. To play, give each player six cards and put the remaining cards in a drawing pile. Ask your student, "Do you have the word ________?" (Read one word card in your hand.) If he or she has a matching card, you may take it. If not, you can go fish in the pile of remaining cards. Next, it's your student's turn. Repeat until one player matches all their cards. Sample words: nap, red, mat, cup, lap, rush, bath, chip, win, chop

Taxonomy Champion

Constraint: Sort the laundry by "Abstract Attributes." Don't use color or size. Sort by "Utility," "Texture Complexity," or "Age."

Explain: Why can one item belong to two different categories?

My Obstacle Course 

Use Pillows and toys to make a path. Crawl under a chair, hop over a pillow, and zigzag around a toy. Time yourself- can you do it faster the second time?

Say each sound in the word and then blend the sounds together to say the word. Tap your fingers for each sound or count the sounds with coins or other small items. Use words with sh, th, and ch.

Sample words: ship, shell, fish, wish, chip, chop, rich, much. thin, bath, with, moth (sh, ch, and th stay together to make one sound)

Find one object in your home that is a solid, one that is a liquid, and one that is filled with gas (like a balloon or a bag of chips). Draw each item you found and label it with its phase of matter. 

Find objects in your house that are primary colors (red, yellow, blue) and secondary colors (orange, green, purple), and black, white, brown, and grey. Draw each item you found and color it as you found it (primary, secondary, or grey, black, and white).

For each of the problems below, create a model to show what is happening. Write the equation or equations needed to solve the problem. Then find the answer.

1. Aiden baked 15 chocolate chip cookies and 12 sugar cookies for the class party. Before the party started, the teacher ate 8 of the treats. How many treats are left for the students?

2. The Smith family is packing for a picnic. They put 24 sandwiches in the basket. Then, they add 15 apples and 31 bags of pretzels. How many items are in the picnic basket now?

3. A party store filled 60 balloons with air. First, 12 balloons popped. Then, 20 balloons floated away through an open door. How many balloons does the store have now?

4. Erin was playing a video game. In the first level, she earned 27 coins. She earned 45 coins in level 2. She needs 100 coins to win. How many more coins does she need to earn in level 3?

Draw a picture of one of the indigenous tribes you learned about (Powhatan, Lakota, or Pueblo) and how they adapted to their environment including housing, occupations, and transportation. 

Draw your favorite toy or stuffed animal; draw the weather outside; draw a picture of your family pet.

Read or listen to a story. Tell someone about the story, including the setting, the characters, and what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. Talk about the main message of the story. 

Sit still and count your heartbeats for 10 seconds. Record the number of beats. 

Sit very still — no wiggling!

Place two fingers (not your thumb) on the inside of your wrist, OR put your hand flat on your chest.

Feel for the thumping. That's your heartbeat!

Now do 20 jumping jacks and count again. Count the number of heartbeats in 10 seconds. 

Record the number of beats.  What was the difference between the first number and the second number? 

Use a pencil and paper to draw four large squares, then place a small household item (such as a button or coin) in some squares to represent a "sound," and leave others empty to represent a "rest" (silence). Tap the pattern on the table from left to right, making a sound for each item and saying "shhh" for the empty boxes.

Read a story. Write about the problem in the story or how the story ended.

Read your writing to someone. Add a drawing if you want to show more details. 

Find a solid object (like a small toy) and a liquid (like water), and try to put them both into a small cup and then a wide bowl. Observe how the liquid changes shape to fit the container while the solid keeps its own shape. 

Walk in a straight line to represent a side of a square. Walk in a curved line to represent a circle. Walk in a zigzag line to move like lightning. What other shapes can you walk like?

Using the digits 0 to 9 place a digit in each box to make the equation true.

_ _ - _ _ = _ _ + _ _ 

Name a national holiday that you have learned about, and write about some of the traditions that you celebrate on that day. (New Year’s Day, MLK Jr. Day, President's Day, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving, Eid al-Fitr, etc.)

Find four different household items—like a rubber band to stretch and pluck (Strings), a paper tube to blow through (Woodwinds), a metal pot to hit (Percussion), and a rolled-up paper funnel to buzz your lips into (Brass). Experiment with making a sound on each one and see if you can guess which "musical family" your household instrument belongs to!

Look at a window that has "fog" or water droplets on it, or watch steam rise from a warm sink. Draw a diagram showing how liquid water turns into water vapor (gas) when it gets warm. 

Place one ice cube on a plate in a sunny window and another in a dark or cool spot. Watch them for a few minutes and describe how adding heat from the sun changes the ice from a solid to a liquid. 

Pick any storybook you have or one you remember reading. Draw a scene from the story.

Your job is to find a group of items in your house, organize them, and create a graph to show what you found. You are the lead investigator!

Choose Your Collection: Look around your house and pick a collection of objects to sort (toys, socks, snacks, books, or come up with your own!):

Organize and collect your data:

Decide how you will sort your objects (by type, color, size, etc.) and tally or count the number in each category.

Create Your Graph: Now, turn your data into a Bar Graph. Give your graph a title, labels, a scale, and color in the bars to show how many items you found in each category.

Be the Expert:  Look at your finished graph and write 3 to 4 sentences about what you discovered. 

Use the following statements to help you.

The category with the most items was ________ because..."

"The category with the least items was ________ because..."

"If I added all the items together, the total would be ________."

"One thing that surprised me about my collection was ________."

Look around your home. Identify examples of natural and capital resources. Which items do you think would be good for bartering? (Bartering means you make a deal to trade). Explain your thinking to a family member.

Urban Planning

Task: Look at your neighborhood. Is there a place where it is hard for a dog, a bicycle, or a wheelchair to go?

Expert Level: Design a "Universal Path" that treats everyone fairly. Draw it. Explain your choices to an adult in your home.

Dance!

We usually dance to music, but even if you don’t have any, you can make your own! Come up with a quick dance that has jumps, spins, and clapping. Then see if you can perform your dance while you sing your favorite song.

Management

Task: Find a "Rule" in your house that everyone follows. 

Expert Level: What would happen if that rule was deleted for 24 hours? Predict the "Chaos vs. Order" balance.

Instruments in your House?

Look around your house for an item you can use as an instrument (ex. plastic bowl, 2 pencils, 2 spoons)

• Get your adult's permission to use this item as an instrument
• Play your favorite song on your phone (tablet, iPad), and play along with the song

Bonus: Compose an ostinato (a short rhythm pattern that repeats)

Repeat that pattern throughout the song

Future Engineers

Task: Build a bridge between two chairs using only "tension" (stretching things like towels) or "compression" (stacking things like books). 

Expert Level: Which force is harder to control?

Use Your Body

Use your body to make the shape of the first letter of your name. Hold the pose for 15 seconds while taking deep breaths. Now complete the remaining letters in your name, holding the pose for 15 seconds. You are stretching and strengthening your muscles.

Questions for the Author

After reading or listening to a story, think about five questions you would like to ask the characters. Talk about your questions with a family member and try to answer them with details from the story. 

Read and reread a part of a book or a short text to practice an appropriate reading rate and expression. After practicing, read aloud to a family member.  

Find five (5) examples of perimeter and five (5) examples of area around your home. 

Draw a diagram of each example, labeling approximate side lengths. 

Extension Opportunity- Determine the area or perimeter.

Use a pencil and paper to draw four "snow clouds" and fill each one with either a quarter note (one "Ta"), two eighth notes (two "Ti-Ti"s), or a rest (a "Shh"). Point to each cloud from left to right and perform your "storm" by clapping the notes you drew!

Search your home or look out a window to find three different ways living things (people, pets, or plants) get the water they need to survive. Draw a picture of each and label where the water came from, such as a tap, a bowl, or rain. 

Draw or build either the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids of Egypt using materials at home (blocks, Legos, boxes) 

Scavenger Hunt: Find 5 examples of perimeter and 5 examples of area around your home. Draw a diagram of each example. Estimate and label the length of each side (using the best unit - centimeters, inches, feet)

Extension Opportunity: Determine the area or perimeter.

Write a paragraph describing how people in Ancient Egypt or Ancient China used natural, human, and capital resources to adapt to their environment.

Read an information book or article. Create an image to show the central idea and the author's purpose. Describe five things that the author included in the text. Illustrate the information and write captions for the illustrations. 

Fill two cups with water and try to "disappear" a spoonful of salt or sugar in one, and a spoonful of a different material, like pepper or a small stone, in the other. Observe which one dissolves to form a solution where the solid can no longer be seen, and record your results. 

Set up a target (like a box). Throw a sock overhand. Give yourself 5 points for every hit. If you hit it 6 times, what is your total score? (5x6=?)

Read and reread a part of a book or a short text to practice an appropriate reading rate and expression. After practicing, read aloud to a family member.  

Walk through your home or look out a window to find three different places where living things (like people, pets, or plants) get the water they need to survive, such as a sink, a rain puddle, or a pet bowl. Draw a simple map of your space and mark these "water stations" with a blue drop to show how water is available for life processes in your environment. 

For each of the following problems, draw an array and write a word problem to show what the expression represents.:

1. 5 x 7

2. 6 x 3

3. 4 x 4

Use a piece of paper and a crayon to draw a curvy line like a snowy hill, then slide your finger along the line while your voice follows the shape, singing "high" when the line goes up and "low" when it goes down. To make it harder, try "playing" your hill shape by tapping different heights on a wall or window to hear the melody move!

Write a short sentence in hieroglyphics.  See if a family member can translate.

Find 3 different answers for the following Open Middle Task.

Using the digits 0 to 5 at most one time each, place a digit to create five fractions. Draw a picture of each one (using a rectangle as a whole) and then place them all on a number line with the correct order and spacing.

_ , _ , _ , _ , _

 2   3   4   6   8

With adult permission, find two different liquids in your kitchen, such as cooking oil and syrup (or juice), and predict if they will mix evenly with water. Record your prediction.

Carefully add a small amount of each to a glass of water, one at a time, to see whether they blend or remain separate.

Record your findings. 

Label the 7 continents and 5 oceans on a map. Label Egypt and China on the map as close as you can remember. (Resource in handouts)

Draw from OBSERVATION what you see outside. What is in the foreground (closest to you), middle ground, and background (farthest from you)?

Observe the weather and write three or four sentences about what you see. Use descriptive words for the details and transition words to state what you saw first, next, and last.

For each word, say the word and count the syllables in each word. Write the words and mark the syllables. Try these words: candle, tackle, division, intelligent, notice, someday, example, along, effect.

Write about what innovation has made the biggest impact on your life today, and explain how your life would be different without it. (e.g., alphabet, clock, calendar, compass, kite, fireworks, etc.) 

For each of the following problems, represent the problem with a visual and an equation (or more than one if multiple steps are needed. Then solve for the answer and present the solution in a complete sentence. You can check your answers using a calculator. The visuals and equations are more important than the final answer.

1: You are helping in the school garden. You already have 147 seeds in your basket. You find a big bag of seeds and take some out 7 times. Each time, you take out 5 seeds. After that, you give 175 seeds to your teacher to plant in the flower beds. How many seeds do you have left in your basket?

2: Eric's 3rd-grade class is hosting a bake sale. Eric sells 8 boxes of glazed donuts for $6 each. They also sell 5 bags of chocolate chip cookies for $3 each bag. How much money did Eric raise for his class?

3: The school is having Field Day. There are two relay race teams. Team A has 10 groups. Each group has 4 students. Team B has 16 students. Which team has more students? How many more students does that team have?

Do ten (10) push-ups and ten (10) sit-ups. Which part of your body feels the "burn"? Point to your Biceps (arms) and your Abdominals (stomach). You are growing and strengthening these muscles.

Find a window with "fog" (condensation) or, with adult permission, watch a pot of water being heated to see steam rising. Draw a diagram showing how liquid water turns into water vapor (evaporation) and how that vapor can turn back into liquid drops (condensation). 

Ancient Architect

Do: Using only mud, grass, or stones, build a model of a Roman Aqueduct or Egyptian Pyramid.

Explain: Why was this shape/structure necessary?

Strategy Exploration

Part 1: For each set below, draw a model (like an array or equal groups) for both expressions and find the total (product)

  Set A:   2 x 6  and  4 x 6

  Set B:   4 x 4 and 4 x 8

  Set C:   10 x 7 and 5 x 7

  Set D:   2 x 9 and  4 x 9

  Set E:   3 x 5 and 6 x 5

The Reflection: After you draw your models, answer these two questions for each set: What stayed the same about the models and products? What changed when you moved from the first expression to the second?

Part 2: Look for a pattern in your work from Part 1. Use what you noticed to make a conjecture, or math rule, that can help you solve unknown facts. Rule sentence starter: When I see a problem that ____, like __, I can use__ to help me find the product because ___.

  Example 1: 4 x 7

  Example 2:  5 x 8

Engineering Event

Task: Design a way to move a heavy object across the floor using "Zero Friction."

Depth: Work within the Constraint of using only items found in a bathroom or kitchen.

Let’s Do Something Different

Think of a different ending or something new that could happen in a story that you have read.

Write about your new idea to fit into the story. Draw a picture to illustrate your new story event.

Ad Campaign

Do: Pick a fruit you hate. Write a "Sales Pitch" to a toddler to make them want to eat it.

Explain: What "persuasive" words did you use? Why did you choose those words? How would you act this out in a commercial?

Do you have an Instrument?

Look around your house for an item you can use as an instrument (ex. plastic bowl, 2 pencils, 2 spoons)

• Get your adult's permission to use this item as an instrument
• Play your favorite song on your phone (tablet, iPad), and play along with the song

Bonus: Compose an ostinato (a short rhythm pattern that repeats)

Repeat that pattern throughout the song

Ecosystem Jenga

Do: Draw a food web. Draw a second food web and "remove" the bees.

Explain: Trace the "chain reaction"—who loses their food next?

Select the correct prefix that attaches to the base word to make a new word. Use un- (not), re- (again), dis- (not), and combine with color, believe, like, construct, cover, and create. Write the new word and the definition. Check your new word in a dictionary. Select two of the words to write sentences. 

Using a piece of paper and a pencil, draw a profile view of the ocean floor, including the continental shelf, slope, rise, and abyssal plain. Label each feature and use your drawing to explain which parts of the ocean floor are the shallowest and which are the deepest.  

Write a poem about Colonia Virginia from the perspective of one of these groups: Indigenous people, Europeans (English, Scots-Irish, German), indentured servants, or enslaved Africans. 

Dribble a ball around the edge of a rug or a room. If the long side is 10 steps and the short side is 5 steps, what is the total perimeter of your "court"? Dribble around your court at least 5 times.

You are an artist. You've been given 36 inches of wood to make a picture frame. You must use the whole piece to make a rectangular picture frame. Your job is to find out which frame shape gives you the most room for your art!

Step 1: Create a list of all of the possible frames you can make with 36 inches as a perimeter and determine the display area is for each possible frame. 

Step 2: Look at your list. What do you notice about the shape of the frame as the area gets bigger? Do you think that always happens? Pick another length (24 inches, 20 inches, etc) and see if the same is true.

Step 3: Write a rule for always finding the largest possible display area for any given frame perimeter.

The Problem: Your friend is trying to convert 5 yards into feet.

He says, "Since a foot is smaller than a yard, I should divide 5 by 3 because division makes things smaller."

Your Mission: Prove to your friend that his logic is backward. You must justify (prove with reasons) why we multiply when going from a larger unit to a smaller unit, and divide when going from a smaller unit to a larger unit. 

Your response should include a visual, some examples, and a written explanation using mathematical vocabulary (i.e. value, equivalent, unit)

Write a summary of the main idea of a book or article that you have read. Include the author's purpose and specific details from the text to support your ideas

Draw four circles to represent the main phases of the moon: new, first quarter, full, and last quarter. Shade the circles to show how much light we see from Earth during each phase and describe how the moon's position relative to the Sun causes these changes. 

Create three rhyming sentences about the weather (example sentence: The clouds are gray on this wet and cold day.) Write them down. Create a way to sing the three sentences you created as a short song. Sing it for another person.

Fold a paper into three columns labeled "Plankton" (floaters), "Swimming," and "Floor Dwellers." Write or draw two examples of organisms for each category and explain why the majority of ocean life tends to live in the sunlit, shallower parts of the water. 

Look around your home and create a "Starving Time" menu using only the 3 least appealing or most basic food items you can find. Write a paragraph explaining why these items would be difficult to survive on. 

Jog fast in place for 1 minute. Count your pulse for 15 seconds. Multiply that number by 4. This is your active heart rate. Write it down. Do this 2 more times and see if your heart rate changes.

Choose an object that casts a shadow. Draw this object from observation, including the change in value (lightness to darkness)

Pick a character from a book that you are reading. Write down your ideas about what the character is thinking and how they change throughout the story. Share your thoughts with a family member. 

Study this treble cleff. Practice drawing the treble cleff. Try drawing it by starting at the bottom and keeping your pen or pencil on the paper the entire time. Draw eight treble clefs and strive to improve each time.

Create a book cover for a famous person we've studied so far. Examples include Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas, John Smith, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. 

Use the Digits 1 to 9 to fill in the blanks below to make it true. Find 3 different ways and use words or pictures to justify your choices.

0.__ <  _/10 < 0.65 < __/100 < 0._

*Note: "/" represents a fraction. 

Draw three objects : one small, one medium, one large. Place the large in the foreground; place the medium in the middle ground; place the small in the background. Create a horizon line to show space (separating sky from ground).

Dribble a ball around the edge of a rug or a room. If the long side is 10 steps and the short side is 5 steps, what is the total perimeter of your "court"? Dribble around your court at least 5 times.

Write a paragraph about a favorite activity or food. Introduce your choice with a clear topic sentence, support your idea with details, and provide a concluding sentence. Use transition words to connect ideas in the paragraph.

Find a sunny window or step outside, and place a small object (such as a pencil or toy) on a piece of paper to observe its shadow. Explain in two sentences how the rotation of the Earth on its axis causes the sun to appear to move, creating shadows and the cycle of day and night.  

Think about a song you love and put on a performance!

Example:

Think of a song you love. Practice it on your own a few times and then ask an adult at home to sit while you sing it for them!

Using the map as a reference, create a timeline explaining why Virginia's capital was moved several times. 

For each of the following problems, represent the problem with a visual and an equation (or more than one if multiple steps are needed. Then solve for the answer and present the solution in a complete sentence. 

You MAY use a calculator to determine the final solutions. The visuals and equations are more important than the final answer.

1: The High-Roller Arcade: You arrive at the arcade with 450 tickets already in your pocket. You find a lucky machine and play it 12 times. Each time you play, you win a prize of 25 tickets. After your big win, you go to the prize shop and trade 125 tickets for a giant stuffed dragon. How many tickets do you have left now? 

2: The Grand Bake Sale: The 4th-grade class is hosting a massive bake sale. They sell 27 boxes of glazed donuts for $12 each. They also sell 45 bags of chocolate chip cookies for $ each bag. How much money did the class collect?

3: The Carnival Crowd: The "Mega-Coaster" at the carnival can hold 24 people at a time. It runs 15 times in the morning. The "Giant Slide" can hold 16 people at a time and it runs 20 times in the morning. Which ride carried more people, and by how many? (Hint: Subtract the smaller total from the larger total!)

The Ocean Floor

Do: Use blankets to build a model of the Continental Shelf, Slope, and Trench.

Explain: Where would the "coolest" animals live and why?

Model: Deep-sea fish don't "crush" under the pressure of the ocean. Design a "Suit" for a human that mimics a fish's internal pressure system.

The "Broken Calculator" Challenge

You are working through a test when you realize that your calculator has broken buttons. The 8 and 7 buttons no longer work. You have to find the product 18 x 7. Show three different ways to solve this problem using the calculator but without using those broken buttons. Show your strategies in both expressions/equations and using visual models (area models, number lines, etc) to prove that they will work.

The Waste Audit

Do: Categorize your family's recycling.

Explain: Which "natural resource" (trees, oil, metal) is your family saving the most of?

Can you find the Balance?

Using your found objects, create an image that shows: symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance, and radial balance.

Currents and Tides 

Create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast ocean currents and tides. Include details about how wind causes surface currents and how the moon's phases specifically impact the height of tidal ranges. (SOL 4.7b)

Grammar Police:

Do: Find a "run-on sentence" in a book, or purposely write one yourself for this activity.

Explain: Rewrite it 3 different ways (using a semicolon, a comma + conjunction, or two sentences).

Historical Perspective:

Do: Write a diary entry from a child living in Jamestown in 1607.

Explain: What is your biggest "daily struggle" compared to today?

Pretend you are an explorer traveling to the Americas and write a journal entry about your exploration. Why did you start traveling? What did you discover? What hardships did you face? 

I started traveling because…

When I was traveling, I discovered……

Three things that were hard when I was traveling ….

Draw a staff on a piece of paper (5 lines, 4 spaces)

*Draw a treble clef*  "Write" the following words on the staff using whole notes (you are spelling words by writing 1 whole note on each line for that letter): BAG, CAGE, DEAF, EDGE, FADE, FACE, CAFE

REPEAT THE STEPS. This time, draw the bass clef

Write down one fitness goal you have for this week. Ex: ( I want to do 20 pushups without stopping) or (I want to be able to jog in place for 3 minutes straight without walking). Check it off each day of the week. At the end of the week, write a brief statement about why you were or were not able to reach your goal.

Create a number line that shows the location of the following numbers.

0.502, 0.7, 2/3 , 4/8, 0.63, 2/5

Write how you determined the order and position of each number. You may use models to help justify your thinking.

Write a summary of the main idea and three (3) details of a book or article that you have read and include the author's purpose. 

Look at a human-made structure (house, building, car, etc) and compare it to the nature surrounding it. How are the lines and shapes different between the two? Point to the organic shapes in the environment (naturally occurring). Point to the geometric shapes in the human-made structure.

Create a list of what you ate yesterday. Using the infographic, identify any items that were "old world" foods and which were "new world" foods. Hint: Bread, rice, cereal would be grains, beef, chicken, or pork would be livestock.

Find five unfamiliar words in a book or article you have read. For each word, say the word and define the word based on how it is used in the book or article. With help from a grown-up, confirm or add to your definition using a dictionary.  Then, write a sentence using each word. 

Rub a plastic spoon, comb, or balloon against a piece of fabric or your hair for 30 seconds to generate static electricity. See how many small scraps of paper you can pick up using the charge and describe how the negatively charged particles are transferred between the materials. 

Think about a song you love and put on a

performance!

Example:

Think of a song you love. Practice it on your

own a few times and then ask an adult at

home to watch you perform for them!

Design Your Experiment: Choose one simple activity that you can repeat quickly. (Jumping jacks, writing your name, stacking cups, or shooting a crumpled paper ball into a bin)

The Rule:
The activity must be identical every time to ensure it is a "fair test."

Collect the Data: Perform your activity for 1 minute and record the result. Then ask family members to try it, or test it yourself several times. Continue until you have at least 10 different data points (trials).

Graph the Results: On a piece of paper, create a Line Plot to show your data. Make sure to give your plot a Title and a Label for the bottom axis.

The Data Analysis:
Act like a data analyst and include math vocabulary (mean, median, mode, or range) to summarize your data into a detailed report (at least 6 sentences) explaining your findings. 

Choose someone in your household. Have them strike a pose & draw them from observation and in the correct proportions.

1. Find a person at home.
2. Ask them not to move.
3. Draw them - not too big, not too small.

Write: I drew my _____. They are wearing _____ and _____.

Draw a diagram of a "simple circuit" including a battery, a wire, and a lightbulb. Label the parts and draw a small "gap" (space) in the wire to show an open circuit, then explain why the bulb will not light unless the circuit is closed. 

Find a safe space to either run/walk around or in place. Run/Walk for 5 minutes straight. Focus on your breathing (in through the nose, out through the mouth)

All of these words mean cold:

• Chilly
• Icy
• Freezing
• Cool 
• Frigid 

How are the words similar (the same) and different:  

Put them in order from "a little cold" to "very, very cold.

Talk with a family member why an author might choose one word over another. 

Use two of the words in sentences that describe the meaning of the words.

“The author uses the word ___________ because..."

"The word ___________ sounds more ___________ than the word ___________ 

Write: 

“I feel ____ when I..."

"It is ____ outside, so I wear..."

"The water is ____ because...

After reading or listening to a story, think about five questions you would like to ask the characters. Talk about your questions with a family member. Use details from the story to answer the questions. 

Who? 

What?

Why?

When?

Where?

Design a flag for one of the regions of Colonial America. (New England, Middle, and Southern)  Write a paragraph explaining your design and how it symbolizes that region. 

Create three rhyming sentences about the weather
(example sentence:
The clouds are gray
on this wet and cold day.) Write them down. Create a way to sing the three sentences you created as a short song. Sing it for another person.

Word Bank - clouds, rain, snow, wind, sun, hot, warm, breezy

Identify one device in your home, such as a toaster, lamp, or fan, and draw a three-panel comic strip showing its energy transformation. Label how electrical energy turns into thermal, radiant, or mechanical energy to do work.

Pick a human-made object (food, clothes, electronics) and draw it from observation. In 4 steps, slowly metamorphose this object into an animal or a natural object.

Take 10 shots into a basket using a sock.  Record how many you make.  Find your average by doing this 3 times and dividing the total made by 3.

Count out loud to 8 with a steady beat while tapping on your legs or another object. Be sure to tap all 8 beats. Without stopping count to eight (out loud) again, but only tap on the first 7 numbers. Count to 8 again, but only tap on 6. 

Continue the pattern by counting to 8 each time, but tap only 5, then 4, then 3, then 2, then 1. See how fast you can make your steady beat without losingBox count or missing a tap. 

Each time you make a mistake, stop and start over, but a little more slowly (then speed up again). 

Write a poem about Colonial America from the perspectives of one of the following groups: large landowners, farmers, artisans, clergy, merchants, women, indentured servants, and enslaved and free Blacks. 

Conduct a "scavenger hunt" in your home to identify three electrical conductors and three insulators. Use your knowledge of materials (like metals vs. rubber or wood) to categorize them and draw a chart of your findings.

Find five unfamiliar words in a book or article you have read. For each word, say the word, and define the word based on how it is used in the book or article. With the help of a grown-up, confirm or add to your definition using a dictionary. Then write a sentence using each word.

The Historian

Task: Analyze a conflict in a book or history. Write the "Missing Chapter" from the point of view of the person who lost the argument. Depth: How does their perspective change what is considered "Right"?

Geographer

Label the 50 States map with as many states as you know. Add in as many capitals as you know. (Map provided in packet) 

The Philosopher

Task: Find a "Paradox" (something that is true and false at the same time—e.g., "To have peace, you must sometimes fight").

Depth: Can you find a paradox in a Virginia SOL topic, like the American Revolution?

You’re the Author 

Write a story that is organized around a central problem or conflict. Use sensory words to describe the character, setting, and events of your story. Consider how the central problem or conflict will be resolved. The story should have a beginning, middle, and end.

The Economist/Systems Thinking

Task: Trace a piece of fruit back to its origin. Map the Global System required to get it to your kitchen.

Depth: What happens to the system if the price of fuel doubles?

You’re the Engineer

Sketch a design for a custom electromagnet using a large iron nail, wire, and a battery, and predict how many paperclips it could pick up. Explain how increasing the number of wire coils or the amount of current would change the strength of your magnetic field. (SOL 5.4e)

The Cryptologist

Task: Create something using a mathematical pattern, such as the Fibonacci sequence, or another mathematical pattern or formula with which you are familiar.

Depth: Find examples of these mathematical patterns that exist in nature and in your home.