Daily
Read a book, or look at its pictures for 10-20 minutes.
Monday
Reading Aloud
Read aloud to your parent or another family member for 10-20 minutes. Practice using an animated voice!
If you are not yet reading, look through a book together and tell your family the "story" that you see from the illustrations.
Handwriting Practice
Do 2-3 pages in your handwriting book.
Hairbrush Measurements
Use a hairbrush to measure 5 things in your house. How long is the coffee table? Is it the length of 12 hairbrushes? How about your dinner plate? How many hairbrushes long is that? Make a list if you are writing, tell a family member if you are not.
Extension: Measure the length of your living room, kitchen, and your bedroom. Which one is the longest?
Tuesday
*Spelling Book (for those spelling)
Do your list and complete your pages in your Spelling Book.
*Beginning Sounds (for those not spelling)
Find 5-10 objects in your house that start with the same sound. Tell them to your family or write a list.
Typing
Parent note: 4th grade students and up were the only ones set up with this program previously. If your child is writing words and wants to start typing practice, let me know and I will add them to our account.
Practice typing for 20 minutes. To access your typing practice, go to typing.com and choose "student log-in" in the upper right. Your username is your name+fhms, for example mine would be lynnfhms. Your password is "hello"
Secret Messages
Write a message to someone, and then write it again, but backwards. Ask them to figure it out!
Example: I love you! = !uoy evol I
Extension: Write a paragraph and then write it backwards. Can anyone figure it out?
Wednesday
*Spelling List Practice (for those spelling)
Do your spelling "choice" work. Practice using your spelling word list in some way. You may decide to draw pictures of each word and label them, you could write sentences using the word, you could create a word search (check out this online word search maker http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp) and then complete it, you could write each word three times, or??? use your own idea.
*Rhyming Sounds (for those not spelling)
Find 5-10 objects in the house that end with the same sound. Tell them to your family or write a list.
Grouping Objects
Look around the house to find groups of 2 objects, like pairs of gloves or socks. Look for groups of 3’s, 4’s and 5's. Make a list or tell someone what you found.
Extension: Do this with more groups, up to 12's if you can.
Thursday
*Spelling Test (for those spelling)
Ask a family member to give you your spelling test! If you get less than 5 words incorrect, write each misspelled word correctly 3-5 times for extra practice. If you get 5 or more words incorrect, start your next week with a new list consisting of the misspelled words.
*T-Chart (for those not spelling)
Pick two categories (ex. spheres and prisms or tools and toys or sea animals and jungle animals) and make a "T" chart listing 5-10 items that fit in the appropriate category. If needed, parents can help with writing the words on the T chart.
Care of the Environment
Find a chore that you can do to help around the house. Some ideas are: sweep a floor, weed the garden beds, water plants, clean up your room, or? Look around the house for a need and meet that need with a smile. If you need help with ideas, ask your parent/guardian.
Crystal Egg Geodes