Hi Grade 1 families! I hope you enjoy some of the new activities this week for learning at home. EVERY Day, try and do the following:

Read for a minimum of 20 minutes (books, Raz Kids, Epic books, your own writing, Reading Eggs….just keep reading!) Write about something that interests you. It could be a poem, short story, song, essay, etc. Or you could keep a journal about what it is

like to learn at home and the experiences you have. Get moving for a minimum of 30 minutes! Go for a walk or a run. Dance. Shoot pucks. Ride a bike. Practice yoga. Just get moving!

Here are some additional activities that will help your child continue to learn. How many of the following activities can they do? Highlight or cross off the activities they do to track their progress. Try to do least one per day.

Matter investigation: Make an eggshell geode (link). Then research how geodes are made in rocks. Is it the same process?

Write a top ten list of things you have been doing at home. Here is how:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLqRyL5YGSE

Join Mrs.Christmann on Zoom at 2pmTuesday-writers workshop Wednesday –Science storyThursday- class sharing.

Start a KWL – Know-Wonder- Learned chart about Space. Use the template below.You can fill in the last column as we learn more about space on Zoom.

Make Treat Puzzles for a pet. Instructions are below. Write about what happens when you give it to the pet. Remember good writers are clear and interesting so use neat printing, punctuation, capital letters and include details to help the reader make a picture in their brain.

Watch a Wild Kratts Episode about the animal you researched last week. Write a list of all the words that describe the animal. Then use those words to create WordArt Scroll down to see wordart instructions and my wolf inspired by Kaleb’s research.

Roll a story - Use the cube template below to write a story. On one cube draw or write 6 different characters. On the second cube draw or write 6 different settings. Roll the cubes and write a story with the story elements you rolled.

Go to your Raz kids assignments and read Less Than and Greater Than. Visit the forest, your backyard or the beach and write your own Less Than or Greater Than book. Include pictures and math symbols < > .

Measurement Investigation- Draw a line around your foot on a piece of paper. Cut it out. This is called a unit of measurement. Use it to measure large and small items in the house. Is it the best unit to measure something very small? Would it be the better unit for something very small? Would you use this unit to measure how far to a friend’s house? Why or why not?

Make a Math Fortune Teller . Watch how to fold it on this You-Tube link . Then write addition or subtraction questions on the outside squares. Flip it and write more math questions on the triangle shapes. Then open it and write a positive message on the inside diamond shapes. Then tell someone their fortune. What other ways can you use a fortune tell for learning?

Write a letter to your favourite author. Some ideas to write:- ask questions about characters,-ask questions about how she/he gets ideas,- tell her/him what you like about her/his books,-tell her/him about yourself.

If you made a number line 1-20 with nature items now include 30-100 and change it to a hundreds chart. Then

make a -10, +10, -1, +1 foldable to be the teacher like at calendar time.

Make your own Chip Rummy game. Scroll down for how instructions how to play. Print 2 copies of the numbers below or make your own. You can fold paper to make screen to hide your numbers to play.

Visit Art Hub for kids for animal drawings. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnoO3k54vcBTWDArEYxKGDBZXkVv7GM1F

Design a Fantasy Garden. If you could grow anything, what would you plant? Draw it and write about it in your journal.

Explore the different sounds you can make with different size Bullroarers. Mr. Carson explains how on this link. Watch all 3 videos

What I Know about What I Wonder about What I’ve Learned about

Choice Board for May 25-29

space Space Space

Word Art instructions:1. Go to https://wordart.com/2. Click on create now3. Type your words about your animal into the word boxes. You can as many as you want4. Click on shapes and then animals.5. Choose the animal you researched or one similar6. Click on font and choose the font that reminds you of the animal7. Click on layout and choose the direction you want the words to be written8. Click on style , click on custom, click on the colours beside custom. This will let you change the colours to match your animal.

9. Click on to see your design. If you don’t like it click again and it will change. Once you like it you can print it. Send me photos of your work!

Chip Rummy GameBefore you start:

all the cards will be on the table face down each team picks 14 card and place them on their rack leftover cards stay face down to the side of the game

To Start: you must lay down a set of at least 3 cards but more is allowed if you can play more, that is allowed )

o rules to place down sets of cards: sets of the same number but different colour OR sets of numbers in a row of same colour examples: 9 9 9 OR 3 4 5

To Play: First player puts down a set of cards if they can IF they can’t they pick up one card from face down cards and

add it to their rack. The rest of players each take a turn until back at the first player. Now the first player can :

o Add cards to another teams set of threeo Make a new set of threeo Add cards to others and make new sets of three if they cano If they can’t do anything they pick up a face down card and add it to their rack.

The rest of the players also take turns Continue taking turns until someone has run out of cards First player to run out WINS!

Some fun strategies to try: Separate long sets to add numbers Take cards from sets as long as there are still 3 cards in that set to combine with yours and make new sets. JOKERS are whatever you want AND you once there is a joker on the table you can trade the correct number for

it IF you use the joker to make a new set with cards from your rack