Social Studies - 1 Use Any Resources You Have (Such As the Internet Or Books) to Explore the Topics More Each Week

This year in first grade students have been learning about the Communities and Cultures. In these at home learning opportunities you can continue this exploration. Some information may be review and some may be new. Feel free to Social Studies - 1 use any resources you have (such as the internet or books) to explore the topics more each week. Each week will connect to the last as much as possible.

Directions: Help your student create a timeline using the template below. This could be of their life, the events of the school closure, someone else’s life (famous or not), an historical even, etc. Really anything you all are interested in! Below the timeline are a few discussion questions.

TIMELINE ABOUT______

Possible Discussion Questions: 1. What do you think happens next? Why? 2. How is this timeline similar to other experiences? 3. What happened in-between two of the events in our timeline? 4. How do we know about the information in the timeline?

Reading Bingo Have fun and try new ways to read! Put an x through each completed square. Try to get a Bingo by completing a full row in any direction! Reread Read a Read Read out Read on your poem about loud the couch favorite animals book Read in Read Read Read a Read in bed about about poem the people sports morning Read with Read a FREE Read Read a a stuffed book with outside book with animal facts pictures Read in a Read Read to Read with Read a silly voice before bed someone a snack good book

Read in a Read a Read with Read after Read comfy short book a pet or lunch under a chair sibling tree Write about what you read here: HOME/SCHOOL CONNECTION Investigation 1: Exploring Air Look around your home and see if you can find a toy that uses air to make it work. If you can’t find one, see if you can invent one. Draw a picture of the toy you found or the one you invented. Explain how it works.

FOSS Next Generation Air and Weather Module © The Regents of the University of California Investigation 1: Exploring Air Can be duplicated for classroom or workshop use. No. 4—Teacher Master Name: ______? ? ? What? Do I See?? ? Look around the room you are in. Pick out something you see. Tell about it. What does it look like? What is it used for? Who uses it? Write about this thing on the lines below and draw a picture of it in the space.

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Directions: Check off each job as you go. The magic “e” on the end of a word changes the middle vowel sound from its short sound to its long sound. (pan > pane, mat > mate, tap > tape)

Read the sight words to someone if you can (family, friend,

neighbor) Write the sight words 3 times each on a piece of paper Find the sight words in the story and circle them.

Read the word list to someone (family, friend, neighbor) Find words that fit the spelling pattern and put a square around

them. “a_e”

Read the story to yourself Read the story to someone Tell someone about the story Write a summary of the story Draw an illustration that goes with the story.

*If you finish you can go through the process again. Read, read, read. Sight Words like they are make

Word List flame lake make plane rake safe shade skate snake tape fire kite home hope skates lakes

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James and Sam Make a Flame Sam, James and Dad are camping. They see a snake! “Are we safe from the snake?” says James. “Yes. We are safe,” says Dad. Then they see a lake. “Is the lake safe?” says James. “Yes. We are safe,” says Dad. Then they see a hive. “Are we safe from a sting?” says James. “Yes. We are safe,” says Dad. Then Dad says, “We will make a fire. And it will be safe!” James and Sam make a pile with sticks. Dad helps them make a flame. Then they make a fire! “We made a fire!” they say. James and Sam smile. “It is like home. I am safe,” says James.

******************************************************************** Draw an illustration for the story.

Pre-k – 1st Grade Music

Please use the menu of options below to engage in music making and exploration!

Move like a mouse, Ask your family to Play “Glue Dance”: Sing a song about food. then move like an share their favorite Pretend to “glue” elephant. songs with you and different parts of your explain why it’s their body (foot, hand, knee, favorite. etc) to the floor and then play some music. Try to dance along to music with body part glued to the floor. Make a music band: Sing a song about birds. Teach your parents, Listen to a piece of Find different objects guardians, or siblings music (anything you from the house that the movements to 2 want) and draw a produce sound and different songs. picture of what you make your own band. think it is about or Pots, plastic bags, a what it made you feel. container with rice, a plastic box and a wooden spoon can be some of our 'instruments'. Play your favorite song and accompany it with your band. You can also sing your favorite song and play the rhythms and beat with the instruments of your band. Sing a song about Create new Find an object around Dance with just one animals. movements to a song your house to use like a part of your body: you already know. drum. Put on some finger, elbow, eyebrow, music and play along etc. with the steady beat or rhythm of the song. 10 minute dance party: Perform a song using Listen to music and Explore what makes Put on some music and all four voices: sing, march around the sound in your house or dance your favorite whisper, speak, room. Freeze in neighborhood, both dance moves. shout/calling voice. different shapes. inside and outside.

Visual Arts Activities The Color Wheel Gather items in bright, solid colors from around your home, assemble them into the circular color wheel order Challenge (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet). Snap a pic and share your creation on social media using the hashtag (4th-8th) #colorwheelchallenge. For an additional challenge, complete a FULL color wheel by adding the tertiary colors (yellow-orange, red-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet, and red-violet). Automatic Drawing With 2 or more people, grab a sheet of paper and fold it into 3-4 equal sections. Have one person start drawing (3rd-8th) in the top section (Don’t let anyone else see!). Afterward, fold the paper (or cover it up) so that the next drawer can only see a couple of guiding lines for what the previous person has drawn. Repeat this process until everyone has drawn and each section is filled. Unfold to reveal the entire drawing! Paper Telephone This game involves drawing and writing. Start with a piece of paper and a pencil and write a sentence (any (3rd-8th) sentence will work!). Then, pass the paper to the next person. They draw what the sentence says. When they’re done, fold over the original sentence so it’s not visible and just the drawing remains. Give the paper to someone else, who writes a sentence about the drawing. Repeat this sequence until the paper is full, and then unfold to see the results! Blind Contour Drawing A blind contour drawing is a sketch that is completed while only looking at your subject (no peeking!) and keeping (6th-8th) your pencil/pen on the paper. For added amusement, find a partner and draw the same subject at the same time. Compare artworks afterward! Blindfold Drawing Following the instructions of a partner, the drawer must complete a drawing while blindfolded. For an added (3rd-8th) challenge, have the person describing the subject utilize only directional, shape, and line type directions (for example: up/down/left/right, circle/square/triangle, and straight/curved/wavy/zig-zag). Texture Guessing Game Place different objects in an opaque bag. Take turns placing your hand in the bag, grab an object and then drawing (PK-2nd) a picture of what you think the object is. For a twist on this game, place your hand in the bag and grab an object (but don’t look at it) and then try finding a different object from your house or outside that has a similar texture. Shadow Tracing Place an object (toy animals work great!) at the edge of a piece of paper so that it casts a shadow on the paper and (PK-3rd) then trace the shadow with your pencil (it’s that simple!). Add details to your tracing. For added challenge, trace the object at different times of day or with multiple light sources from different angles and compare the results. Sketchbook/Drawing Use one of the following prompts to guide the creation of a drawing: 1) Draw a portrait of yourself from 20 years Prompts in the future, 2) Draw an animal playing a musical instrument, 3) Draw a creature that is a combination of at least 3 (PK-8th) different animals, 4) Draw each step in the preparation of your favorite food, 5) Draw an egg (this is harder than it sounds!), 6) Draw your interpretation of an emotion, 7) Draw an illustration of your favorite song lyrics, 8) Draw an illustration of the last dream that you had, 9) Draw your favorite character from a book, 10) Draw a self- portrait while looking in the mirror, 11) Draw the same object 3 days in a row, 12) Draw a sink full of dirty dishes before and after they get washed. Random Monster Find a 6 sided dice. Assign a specific body part to each number (example: 1=Eye, 2=Mouth, 3=Ear, 4=Nose, 5=Leg Drawing Game & Foot, and 6=Arm & Hand). Start by drawing a simple shape for the head and body of your creature then roll the (K-3rd) dice and add the body part associated with the number that you rolled. For more variety, try adding additional dice and more drawing prompts! Grade level suggestions are flexible. With guidance and/or support, these activities and prompts are appropriate for children of any age. 1st Grade Math Resources

1) Number Sense You have the following digits… 7, 5, 2, 4, 6, 3. What is the largest 2-digit number you can make? What is the smallest 2-digit number?

2) Equality (Source: https://www.openmiddle.com/) Using the digits 1 to 9, at most one time each, fill in the boxes to create a true number sentence with the greatest possible value.

3) Counting (Source: visualpatterns.org) How many oranges are there? How did you count them?

4) Word Problem There were 3 apples on the table. Jan put 6 more apples on the table. How many apples were on the table in all? Show your work.

5) Guess My Number Game (Source: mathforlove.org) This is a great game you can play anywhere! One person thinks of a number between 1 and 10 (or 20, or higher), and the other players try to guess the number. After each guess, the person with the number says whether their number is greater or less than the guess. Guessers try to get the number in the fewest number of guesses possible.

6) Interpreting Data (Source: https://www.openmiddle.com/) Make a graph that shows a possible result of 7 students’ favorite color with red being the most popular color.

7) Drawing (Source: mathlearningcenter.org) Make a picture that is worth 14¢. You can use as many as you like of these shapes. Label your picture. Prove that it is worth 14¢.

8) Which One Doesn’t Belong? (Source: wodb.ca) Choose one shape in this picture that you don’t think it belongs with the rest. Explain why. Can you pick another shape and give a different reason?

9) Visual Pattern (Source: visualpatterns.org) Below is a pattern of clouds in stages 1-3 below. Draw what you think stage 4 might look like. Label how many clouds are in each stage.

10) Stories (Source: mathlearningcenter.org) Read the story. Circle T if it is true. Circle F if it is false.

11) Geometry (Source: mathlearningcenter.org)

See how many of these solid shapes you can find in your home.