Wednesday 4/29: Home AssignmentsThese activities should be completed on the Seesaw App. If you are unable to access this app, please complete these activities using the My Fundations Journal previously sent home. If assignments are completed offline, please upload pictures of completed work via Seesaw or email your teacher each day to confirm work has been completed.

Fundations: 10 minutes1) Drill-Sound Warmup - Assigned on Seesaw or have students look at the poster below. They should say the letters, keyword, and sound for each. Example: “b, bat, /b/”

2) Trick Word Review- Next, look at the list of Trick Words and practice reading each word. Pay extra attention to this week’s new Trick Words: out and about.

3) Word of the Day- Assigned on Seesaw or in their Fundations Journals, students should write the Word of the Day: planted. Then, tap and blend to read the word; mark the word; and write a sentence using the word.

Reading: 20 minutes

Iris and Walter and the Field Trip- Making Predictions

Assigned on Seesaw. If Seesaw is unavailable, use the YouTube link below to listen to and follow along with Chapter 2 of Iris and Walter and the Field Trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6SjHPverEE

Then, make a prediction about what you think will happen next and share with someone in your house.

Writing: 20 minutesAssigned on Seesaw. If writing in the Fundations Journal is easier, please feel free to upload a picture of the work into the Seesaw assignment each day using the camera tool! If Seesaw is unavailable, please complete in your Fundations Journal.

Writing Prompt: Do you prefer breakfast or dinner? Using the template below: 1) State your opinion; 2) Write 3 reasons that support your opinion (1 in each box); 3) Write a conclusion at the end, restating your opinion.

Use the "Convince Your Reader " anchor chart to help you put your sentences together. Use starters such as: I think... For example... Another reason... In conclusion...

Make sure you start each sentence with a capital, end with punctuation, and check your spelling. Refer to the "Ways to Spell Words" anchor chart.

Add a picture to go along with each reason.

Math: 30 minutes1) 15-3: Understand Halves & Fourths – Assigned on Seesaw.

Today, you will be learning more about halves and fourths (quarters). This information is detailed in the 4 boxes along the top of image A, below. Note that image B shows halves as shapes that are divided into two equal shares and fourths as shapes that are divided into four equal shares; we can also call fourths, quarters. Then, in your Fundations Journal, please complete #5, #6, & #7 from image C below, by copying the shapes into your journal and following each direction. Looking for a challenge… try #8 as well!

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2) Exit Ticket 15-3: Halves and Fourths - Assigned on SeesawUse image below and divide each shape into the equal shares directed OR Draw the shapes in your Fundations Journal and divide them.

3) Practice Math Facts using Xtra Math, Freckle, or Happy Numbers.

Science / Social Studies / Health: 20 minutes

Opportunity Costs

Assigned on Seesaw. If Seesaw is unavailable, click on the following link to listen to the read aloud of Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday:

https://safeyoutube.net/w/1mt7

Next, use your My Fundations Journal to answer the following question:

Think about what you have learned about earning, saving, and spending money. What could Alexander have done differently in this story?

Physical Activity: 20 minutesBe sure to move around during the day. Get outside or workout inside. Mrs. DelGaldo has put together some fun activities for you to do this week! Follow this link to her site and have fun! https://greenville.howellk12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1049904&type=u&pREC_ID=1854432

* Extension activity: Coding Months of the Year

There are 12 months in a year: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

Assigned on Seesaw or follow the path from the star to the stop sign by passing to all the months in their correct order as listed above. Draw arrows pointing the way you want to go (for example an arrow pointing…> to go right, < to go left, ^ to go up or an arrow pointing down to go down). How many arrows did you have to draw to find your way to the end?