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Williamsburg County School DistrictAlternate Learning Packet #2 – First Grade2019-2020Child’s Name: ___________________________ Teacher: ___________________________Complete one activity in each subject area each day. Help your child complete these activities at home to count as attendance for the day we would have spent at school. Check the items as your child completes them. These activities focus on the following SC First Grade Learning Standards. ?ELAStudents should read for 45 minutes daily.MathScience/Social StudiesArt/Music/Physical Activity/Social Emotional LearningDay 1As your child is reading, try having he or she answer some of these questions: ?What has happened so far in the story? Can you tell me using sequence words? (first, then, next, after, finally, etc.) ?What do you predict will happen next? ?How do you think the story will end? ? ? Count by 1’s, 5’s, 10’s to 120 to an adult. Count by 2’s to 50. *Challenge: Try counting backwards from 120.Pretend someone didn’t know anything about the summer. Give them information/facts about summer to help them learn about it. Write your facts in complete sentences.Explore Through Movement and Play– Explore around your home or outside (if it is safe). Talk to your child about what they observe using their senses (see, taste, hear, smell, touch) throughout the dayDay 2 Choose a letter and have your child hunt for five items beginning with that letter sound. As each object is found, help your child write the word on a list. For example, if the target sound is “m”, the child might find and write mop, mat, Mom, money, and microwave. For a challenge, hunt for items beginning with digraphs or blends (ch, sh, th, bl, br, sn, tr, etc…).Go on a shape hunt. Look for circles, hexagons, ovals, rectangles, squares, triangles. Draw the things you find, and write the names of the shapesExplain to someone how they should dress in the winter, describe why they should wear the specific things based on the facts. Write your facts in complete sentences and draw a picture to match.Talk with your child about how they can be a good friend to others.Day 3After you finish reading a book to an adult, try answering some of these questions: ?Did any of the characters change through the story? Who changed, and how did they change? ?Why do you think the author wrote this? Using playing cards (numbers only), turn two cards over. Add and subtract the two numbers to create a fact family. Record the fact family on paper.Explain what animals need to survive. Illustrate and tell about it! (For example: animals need food so they can live or fur to keep warm. Try and draw a picture of an animal with fur or an animal eating lunch!Draw a picture of something you enjoy doing for fun. Tell someone about your drawing.Day 4Read a book of your choice. Before reading, see if you can answer these questions: ?Looking at the title, cover and illustrations/pictures, what do you think will happen in this book? ?What makes you think that? ?What characters do you think might be in the book? ?Do you think there will be problem in the story? Why? Create a list of chores and write next to it how much money you might pay someone to do it.Ask an adult to tell you about when they were in school compare their school days to yours. Write down at least 3 differences and 3 things that are the same.Practice moving in different ways (hopping, skipping, jumping).Day 5As your child is reading, try answering some of these questions: ?What would you have done if you were the character? ?How would you have felt if you were the character? ?When you read, what pictures did you see in your head? How did you imagine it looked like? Draw your dream bedroom using only square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, rhombus, trapezoid, and circleExplain what plants need to survive, illustrate and tell about it. (For example: Plants need light. It helps them grow tall and strong, and then draw a picture of a plant in the sun).Dance and sing to music of your choice.?ELAStudents should read for 45 minutes daily.MathScience/Social StudiesArt/Music/Physical Activity/Social Emotional LearningDay 6After you have read a book to an adult, have them try answering these questions: ? ?Can you retell the story in sequence order (use your fingers and sequence words: first, second, then, next, etc.) ?Is there a character in the story that reminds you of someone you know? Make a set of ten flashcards on small pieces of paper using addition facts to 10. Shuffle the cards. Practice these facts with a family member.Pick an animal that either lives in the cold, heat, or rain and find out some interesting facts about them and where they live. (For example: Penguins: A penguin typically lives in places that are cold. They eat fish and the dad sits on the egg while the mom hunts for food.)Find small buttons or pennies to trace. Talk to your child about circles.Day 7Making Words– Using the letter tiles, make the word cat for your child. Then write the word cat on a piece of paper so he/she can check it. Then, ask your child to make more words that rhyme with cat (bat, hat, mat, fat). Each time he or she makes a new word, write it down so they can check it to see if they are correct.Record the number of forks and spoons in your house using tally marks. After you’ve collected your data, draw a bar graph to display yourfindings.Explain what humans need to survive. Write three to five sentences describing this and then draw pictures to go with your writing.Play outside for 30 minutes. Try an organized game like freeze tag, Mother May I, Red Light/Green Light to practice following directions.Day 8Use the letter tiles to create words. Record the words on a piece of paper. See how many words you can make.Make a list of all the things in your home you can use to measure. Choose one measuring tool (tape measure, paper clips, ruler, etc.) and measure 10 different things in your homeWrite a list of bus rules, and then tell why it is important to have rules on the bus.Craft day! Build something with Legos, make a collage with pictures from an old magazine and glue, or practice coloring a picture and staying in the lines!Day 9Use your letter tiles to make words that start or end with a a blend (br, fl, cl). Write down the words you make and practice reading them to an adult. Try to make as many words as you can. Ask a grown-up for a pile of coins. Sort the pile into different groups. Make a graph of the coins you have and/or count the money. Make a list of things around your house that are recyclable. Draw a picture to go with each item you find at home that can be recycled.Practice moving in different ways (hopping, skipping, jumping)Day 10Practice reading your snap words: like, my, on, an, and, at, here, in, is, it, look, see, this, can, got, went, fun, by, will, do, she, to, we, did,for, get, play, up, you, all, as, ball, come, go, had, has, no, so. Make a set of a cards for these snap words. On the back of each card write a sentence using the snap word. Guess my Shape: Draw a shape. Describe the number of edges and vertices to someone and have them guesswhat your shape is. Switch roles. Your partner will now draw a shape and describe it to you. Can you guess theirshape? (Edges = sides; vertices = corners)Write two sentences about your community: ● I like my community because …... ● In my community, I help out by …...Dance and sing to music of your choice.ELAStudents should read for 45 minutes daily.MathScience/Social StudiesArt/Music/Physical Activity/Social Emotional LearningDay 11Book Review: Write a review of a book. Would you recommend it to someone? Why or why not? Give three reasons to support your answerDraw 3 ways to show the number 67. Can you draw 5 ways to show 83?Write an opinion piece about: Should it be the law that all kids wear elbow pads, knee pads and helmets when riding bikes or skateboards? Why or why not?Explore Through Movement and Play– Explore around your home or outside (if it is safe). Talk to your child about what they observe using their senses (see, taste, hear, smell, touch) throughout the dayDay 12Compare/Contrast real characters in a nonfiction story to fake characters in a fiction story. Tell how they are alike and different.Guess My Number: Write a number between 1-90 on a sheet of paper or notecard. Have a friend or family member guess your number. Give them clues using important words such as “greater than, more than, less than”. Switch roles and you can now guess your partner’s number.Draw a map of your bedroom and be sure to label it!Talk with your child about how they can be a good friend to others.Day 13After reading your favorite book, change the end of the story to make it different. Write your new ending.Use the hundreds chart to answer the following questions: 1. What number is to the right of 78? How does that number compare to 78? 2.What number is three to the right of 34? How does that number compare to 34? 3.What number is five to the left of 18? How does that number compare to 18? Make a chart with pictures of living and nonliving things. You may draw pictures or cut them from magazines. Include as many pictures as you can.Draw a picture of something you enjoy doing for fun. Tell someone about your drawing.Day 14After reading a fiction book, create a chart to identify the characters, setting, problem, and solution.Find three objects (example: pencil, spoon, comb) to put in order from shortest to longest. List the objects on a separate piece of paper. Repeat this activity 5 times with different objects. Record your answers on a piece of paper.As a citizen in your community, you have certain responsibilities. Create a flyer telling at least 5 responsibilities you have to make your community a nice place to live.Practice moving in different ways (hopping, skipping, jumping).Day 15Read the title of a book. Think of3 questions you may have beforereading the book. As you read,answer the questions. Writethose questions and the answersdown.Take a piece of paper. How can you fold the paper to share with you and one other person? Is there another way to fold it? How can you fold it to share with you and 3 other people? Try other shapes like a circle or a triangle. Draw a picture on another piece of paper to show how you folded your shapes.Choose a community helper and write them a thank you note. Be sure to thank them for specific ways that they help your community.Dance and sing to music of your choice.ELAStudents should read for 45 minutes daily.MathScience/Social StudiesArt/Music/Physical Activity/Social Emotional LearningDay 16As you read, try answering some of these questions: What has happened so far in the story? Can you tell me using sequence words? (first, then, next, after, finally, etc.) ?What do you predict will happen next? ?How do you think the story will end? Collect different types of coins. Practice identifying the coins. Sort the coins by like coins (example: pennies with pennies,) Practice counting like coins. Example: count all of the pennies. Then count all of the nickels. Write the total for each pile of coins on your notebook paper.There are many types of community helpers who do things for our community. Make a list of 10 community helpers and tell how they help us.Find small buttons or pennies to trace. Talk to your child about circles.Day 17Choose a character from a book that you have a lot in common with. List the character’s name and three things you have in commonCreate a real-world word/story problem subtracting two numbers within 20 on a piece of notebook paper. Example: Kelly had 8 cats. Jim had 4 cats. How many more cats does Kelly have than Jim?Think about all the things your community has. Draw a map of a community. Make sure it has everything people will need, like grocery stores, a police department and houses.Play outside for 30 minutes. Try an organized game like freeze tag, Mother May I, Red Light/Green Light to practice following directions.Day 18If you woke up one morning and found out you were a bird what would you do? Write a story about how you would spend your day. Add pictures to your story to make it interesting.Count out a large group of objects (examples: pennies or buttons) into groups of 10. How many pieces are in 7 groups of 10? How many pieces are in 11 groups of ten?Write five sentences about spring. Draw pictures to match your sentences.Craft day! Build something with Legos, make a collage with pictures from an old magazine and glue, or practice coloring a picture and staying in the lines!Day 19Read a book of your choice. Compare yourself to a character in the story. Tell two ways you are similar and two ways you are different.Count to 120 starting at 32. Count backwards from 100.Take your child outside and find a place where there is both sunshine and shade. Ask your child to stand in the shade for a minute and then to step into the sunlight. Now ask them to compare the two. Which location feels cooler/warmer? Why is this? Practice moving in different ways (hopping, skipping, jumping)Day 20Practice reading your snap words: his, said, saw, say, then, they, but, let, run, us, yes, or, read. Make a set of a cards for these snap words. On the back of each card write a sentence using the snap word. Measure the length of each family member’s foot using small objects (examples: paper clips or pennies). Record how many “objects long” the foot measures. Put them in order from longest to shortest.Write a list of goods and services in your home and explain to someone the difference between the two. Make a goods and services book to show what you know. Your book must include five goods and five services. Write a sentence to match each page and add pictures to make it interesting.Dance and sing to music of your choice.6775450341630Date00Date1231900341630Parent Signature00Parent SignatureMy child has completed the required learning activities during the alternate learning days. 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