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WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITIES: GRADES K-1

LITERACY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
READING READING READING READING READING
Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of your
choice or listen to Jon choice or listen to choice or listen to choice or listen to choice or listen to
Hamm read The Good Emma Roberts read Candace Cameron Cindy McCain read My Jamie Lee Curtis read
Egg. Interrupting Chicken and Bure read Grow Dad, John McCain. Is There Really a Human
#SAVEWITHSTORIES the Elephant of Surprise. Candace, Grow. #SAVEWITHSTORIES Race?
#SAVEWITHSTORIES #SAVEWITHSTORIES #SAVEWITHSTORIES
WRITING
WRITING
WRITING WRITING Describe your perfect WRITING
Imagine your school is day.
thinking about making If you were president, Should schools give Describe one thing
everyone wear a what one thing would homework? Why or you are good at doing.
uniform to school. Do you change about why not?
you think this is a good the United States of
idea or a bad idea? America? Why?
Explain. If you normally
wear a uniform to
school, what changes
would you like to
make? Explain.

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WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITIES: GRADES K-1

MATH AND MORE
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
MATH SCIENCE MATH ART SCIENCE
Math games. Play Floating raft. Math games. Play Raised salt painting. Marshmallow tower.
2-3 Math Games by Directions: Walk around 2-3 Math Games by Materials: Cardboard or Materials: 100 mini
selecting some from the your yard or house. selecting some from watercolor paper, glue, marshmallows,
grade your child is in. Look for items such as the grade your child food coloring, salt, water, toothpicks and a tape
sticks, string, tape or is in. pencil and a small paint measure. Directions:
Double down. aluminum foil. Use the brush or spoon. Directions: Using the materials,
Materials: 4 dice, timer, items you find in your Mealtime math. With a pencil, draw shapes build the tallest tower
paper and pencils. treasure hunt to create While setting the on the paper. Outline your you can. Practice your
Directions: Set a timer a raft. You can even use table for a meal, shapes with glue. Sprinkle math skills by counting
for 5 minutes. Each a piece of paper to make ask your child to salt on the glue and then out the marshmallows
player gets two dice a sail! Test your design count how many gently pour off the excess and measuring your
and when the timer in a tub or sink full of plates you will need. salt. Let the glue and salt tower when complete.
begins, they begin water. Does it float? If How many utensils dry. Mix small cups of How tall is your tower?
rolling. When they get a not, what can you do to will you need? How water with food coloring Can you make it taller?
double they yell “double make it float? many cups? How to make your watercolor
down!” and record the many items do you paints. With a small paint
fact (can be addition or have in total? brush or spoon, dip it in
multiplication). When the paints and trace the
the timer is up, they glue and salt lines. Let the
add up all their sums painting dry overnight and
and the player with the look at it in the morning to
highest amount wins. see how the salt absorbed
all the water and colors!
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MOVEMENT AND FAMILY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Heartbeats. Turn on Doorway poses. I spy! Get outside Animal action fun. Comfortable,
some music and try to Visit every doorway in today and play “I One person says the cozy, quiet. Find a
run in place for one your home and when Spy.” Each time one of name of an animal, and comfortable, cozy
song. Feel your heart you get there try to you says, “I spy,” you the other person has space to sit quietly.
when the song is over. do a different balance have to all skip, run or to move around the You can sit cross-
Now lay down for one position. Like a bear gallop to the object house like that animal legged, lie down, lie
song. Feel your heart walk, try to balance the “seeker” spies. would. What noises on a pillow with your
again. What do you on only one hand Take turns! does that animal stuffed animals…
notice? and two feet. Next make? Is it a big animal whatever makes it
try to balance on one or small? Use your cozy and comfortable
knee and two hands. skills to act it out! for you! As you sit or
How long can you lie there, stay quiet
hold each one? and think about all
the people, places and
things that you love.
If you’re able, write
them down. Now think
about how you can
show your love to one
of the people on your
list, and make a plan to
take action on it!

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PARENT AND CAREGIVER CORNER

Lately, we may have all been thinking about coronavirus. Questions like these may have run through your mind: Am I going to get sick?
Where should I wear a mask? How quickly do the germs spread? Yes, we live in a world where we have to be mindful about health, where we
need to be more vigilant than ever before about our actions. But did you know that we can be “contagious” with our emotions? Humans tend
to take on the emotions, facial expressions, tone and behaviors of other humans when interacting with them. For example, have you ever
noticed how when you stay calm, others tend to calm down little by little? Or if you are anxious, then others around you start to exhibit signs
of anxiety, too? And then what seems to happen next is that as we express our emotions to others, we begin to “feed” off of one another,
which can either cause a spread of positive emotions related to the coronavirus, or unfortunately more negative ones.

Now that you know emotions are contagious, be aware. You can take control of emotions and reframe yourself. Be authentic and know that
if you express positive emotions and attitude, you are helping to spread them to others. This is a concept that you can demonstrate and teach
to your children. Even if you are pregnant, taking this approach can alleviate any stress you feel, which helps you and your baby. Angela
Duckworth, creator of the Character Lab, notes that a friend of hers, Professor Sigal Barsades, suggests practicing emotional contagion: “Try
noticing how you are influenced by others’ moods and how their reactions influence yours. You can then reorient conversations away from
catastrophizing and toward calm, showing the young people in your life that caring and hope are as easy to spread as negativity.” Many
thanks to all you parents and caregivers out there spreading positive emotions and attitudes! We’re in this together, and sending positivity
your way!

FAMILY
Make ice cream in a bag!
Ingredients: 1 gallon- and 1 quart-size zipper bag, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 1/3 cup salt, plus ice.

Directions: Pour the milk, sugar and vanilla into the smaller, quart-size zipper bag and close the seal. Fill the larger, gallon-size bag 3/4 full of
ice, then add the salt. Place the smaller bag inside the larger bag and close the seal. Make sure you close them both tightly! Now shake the
bag hard for 5 minutes. Open the large bag and dispose. Rinse the small bag off with cold water before opening to keep the salt water from
getting into your ice cream. Scoop into individual bowls, share, eat and enjoy your hard work!

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