Grade 4

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Daily Activities and Record Sheet - Packet 2 To access this packet as a PDF with live links, go to www.vigoschools.org,“Click here for instructional packets”.

Each remote learning day allows students to complete work assignments at home as opposed to attending a day at school. Keep this record sheet and completed student work until collection procedures are determined. Instructional packets will be graded according to effort, participation, and completion. These activities cover many subject areas and support social and emotional learning. Your child may use a book of choice (book from home, library book, textbook, ConnectED digital Wonders 2020 material, etc.). Select grade level appropriate reading material and read for 20 minutes, complete the Daily Reading Log, and then choose two Reading/Writing activities and one Math lesson daily. Record the activities and lessons on the Daily Log of Remote Learning.

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List activities completed on this Daily Log of Remote Learning. If your child’s teacher has given additional assignments, you may list this work as well. 

Daily Log of Remote Learning ***Use the back side of this page for additional records if needed***

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Reading and Writing Activity Descriptions

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Acts of Kindness Challenge (Responsibility, Caring) Make it a goal to do something kind every day. Keep track of this on a calendar. Here are some suggestions: Pick up your toys (and maybe those of others) without being asked to do so. Say, “Good morning!” Write a kind note to someone who needs one. Tell the adult or adults who take care of you how much you love them. Say, “Thank you!” Call a grandparent or someone else who is staying indoors alone. Do an extra chore. Give loving care to a pet.

Character Awards (Any/all Project Aware Traits) Every year at school you heard dozens and dozens of character award nominations read. Maybe you have even won one! These nominations tell specific ways that a student displays that trait. Think about the people in your life and choose one of them to nominate for a character trait award, such as Success, Citizenship, Responsibility, Respect, Aspiration, Caring, Leadership, Perseverance, Fairness, or Honesty. After you tell who and which trait (“I nominate Grandpa Jim for the trait of Fairness.”) be sure to add several examples of WHY this person deserves the award and HOW their actions demonstrate this character trait. When you finish, design and draw a certificate. Give or mail it to the winner along with your explanation of why they deserve the award.

Keeping a Notebook: Quotes (Success, Aspiration, Caring) Keeping a notebook is a great way not only to practice writing but to be creative and get your feelings out. If you have any kind or size notebook in your house, even if it’s old, that will work. If not, use any kind of paper (lined or blank) and just fold them in half into a book. Today think about quotes people have said to you and write them in your journal. Examples: When I was upset, my dad always used to say,”Better days are coming.” My mom always said, “It takes all kinds to make a world.” An old Chinese proverb says,”The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is today.” Then choose one and write about what it makes you think. (If you have access to YouTube, you can carefully type in this URL youtube.com/watch?v=krHGBn8JEyM or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 1: Let’s Begin for more ideas before you write.)

1st person/3rd person Family Stories (Respect, Caring) Think of a fun family story that you were part of. Write the story the way you remember it. Be sure to add LOTS of details that the reader can picture. Now you have a good story told from the 1st person point of view. Now ask someone else in your house (or call someone on the phone)to tell you a fun family story that you were NOT there to see. Ask questions to make sure you understand the details of the story they are telling you, then write down this story. Now you have a story told from the 3rd person point of view. Share these stories with your family, in person or on the phone.

Illustrating Similes & Metaphors Similes and Metaphors are fun ways to improve word choice. A simile compares two things using like or as. (The sun was like an oven when we pulled weeds. OR The sun was as hot as an oven while we pulled weeds.) A metaphor compares two things without using those words. (The sun was an oven when we pulled weeds.) Fold a piece of paper into fourths. In 2 boxes write a simile, and in the 2 other boxes write a metaphor. Draw a funny illustration to show all 4 sentences.

Mount Rushmore Escape Room (Leadership, Aspiration, Perseverance) If you have access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer, you can learn about 4 of our best presidents while trying to beat the clock with this digital escape room. Read closely to figure out the clues, explore the presidents’ homes in a virtual tour, and escape before 45 minutes is up. You may want some scrap paper and a pencil to help you figure out the codes to type in. Here is the URL: https://sites.google.com/view/escape-from-mount-rushmore/home

Parts of Speech Sports Think of a sport you like to watch or play. Fold a piece of paper to make 3 columns. At the top of one, write common nouns, then proper nouns, then verbs. Fill the first column with at least 10 nouns you might see when playing or watching this sport. In the middle, write at least 10 proper nouns (specific people, places, or things) associated with this sport. Don’t forget to capitalize them! In the last column, write at least 10 verbs a player or fan might do at that sporting event. Share your lists with someone and see if they can guess the sport. Can they help you add some more ideas to the 3 lists? Flip it over and try a new sport.

Keeping a Notebook: Something I Learned (Success, Perseverance, Aspiration) In your notebook, make 2 lists: a list of things you have learned to do in your life (Example: play tennis, bake chocolate chip cookies, clean out a closet, pretend to be asleep when I’m not) and a list of things of things you want to learn to do (sign language, whistle, play golf, zipline). Choose one thing off your list and write more about it. Tell the story of the first time you did it or explain why you want to learn it and how that might improve your life. Draw a picture to illustrate your writing. (If you have access to YouTube, you can carefully type in this URL youtube.com/watch?v=-YXgh_8pumI or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 2: Learnings for more examples before you write.)

Prefix/Suffix Boggle (Fairness, Honesty) Choose one of the words below. Set a timer or watch the clock for 2 minutes. Make a list of all the different forms of that word you can think of by changing tense or adding prefixes and suffixes. Give yourself 1 point for each word, 2 points if the word has more than 8 letters. If possible, play against 1 or more people. When time’s up, compare lists. Give yourself a point for each word +1 bonus point for the words no one else thought of. (Example: wash: washes, washing, washed, washer; rewash, washable, prewash, prewashing, unwashable) Root words: end, happy, friend, joy, play, act, read, wrap, write, like, hand, move, near

Drawing Homonyms Homonyms are words that are spelled and pronounced the same way but have different meanings. (Ex: “pen” can mean what you write with or where a pig lives.) This is a fun way to think about how many times we use them every day. Get a piece of blank paper or use blank file cards if you have them. Pick a word that can have 3 different meanings and draw each of them. For example, for “single” you can draw a baseball diamond (a one-base hit); a hand with no wedding ring on it (single means not married); and a dollar bill (which is sometimes called a single). Once you get going, you will think of LOTS of homonyms. When you’ve got several done, see if someone else can guess the homonym by looking at all 3 pictures.

What do you think will happen? (Honesty) Read a couple pages of a fictional story from your Wonders 2020 book or any book that you have handy. Stop and write down your prediction of what will happen next. Read a few more pages, stop and again write down your prediction of what will happen next. Do this 3 or 4 more times. Think about how many times your prediction was correct or incorrect. Does this make the story more or less enjoyable?

Window Writing One feature in many nonfiction books is pictures or diagrams with labels on them to help the reader understand. Look out any window of your home (or step outside if it’s a nice day). On a blank paper, sketch everything you see. Draw as many details as you can. Then label all the things in your picture. Be specific! For example, if you drew someone’s house, label the roof, chimney, gutters, windows,door, porch, etc. Add adjectives to help provide more vivid details for your labels.

Keeping a Notebook: Names (Caring, Respect) In your notebook, write down all the names you have ever been known by. These can be formal names, family names, nicknames, sports jersey #s, etc. Now choose one of those names and write more about it. For example, why do you like or dislike that name? Who called you that? Who are you named after? Or even, what do you wish your name was? For fun, play around with your initials and see if you can design a logo for yourself. If you have access to YouTube, you can carefully type in this URL youtube.com/watch?v=SGjRxvazGLU or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 3: All My Names for some excellent examples before you write.

Read the Labels (Responsibility) Some of the most important reading we can do is in the kitchen. Every package, can, or box of food we buy has a label to tell us what’s in it. To understand these food labels, get your Health book and read pp. B38-43 and B50-51. Then take a paper and pencil to the kitchen or pantry. Choose 5 foods that have a nutrition label. For each food you choose, write down the following: 1. The name of the food; 2. The serving size; 3. The number of calories; 4. How many grams of Total Fat (__ g); 5. How many grams of Total Carbs (__ g); 6. How many grams of Protein (__g); 7. The number of ingredients (They are separated by commas. The fewer the better.). Decide which of those foods you think is healthiest. Why?

Revising Real Authors (Aspiration) Choose a page from a book, an ebook, or your Wonders 2020 book. Read it out loud, using as much expression as you can, even if it is nonfiction. Pretend you are on stage! Now look back at the words the author has used. Even real authors can use a little help. Choose at least 5 sentences and use different words or phrases to improve the way it sounds. You can change the verbs by substituting synonyms (like rushed instead of went), or add in some adjectives to describe the nouns (What color was it? How big?), or find a place to put a simile (like “I was as tired as a dog who chased cars on the highway.”). Rewrite those sentences. Then read it out loud again with even more expression.

Use 3 Objects Go into one room in your home and pick up an object. Carry it into a different room and pick up another object. Take both items either outside or to another room and pick up one more object. Look at the 3 things in your hands. They probably don’t have much in common. You might have a carrot, a gym shoe, and an umbrella. Now it’s time to use your imagination. Write a crazy story that uses all 3 objects in the plot. Be sure you hook the reader at the beginning, tell what happens in the middle, and end with a satisfying wrap up. Draw an illustration that includes all 3 items.

Pick the Right Pic (Respect) Find a selection of photos on a cell phone, in a photo album, on a family member’s Facebook, in a magazine, or somewhere else. Without saying which one you chose, write a vivid description of one of the pictures. Try to add as many specific details as you can without using people’s names. Now show the photos to someone else. Read them your description and see if they can pick out the correct picture after hearing your description. Let them do the same thing. Read their description and see if you can tell which photograph they were describing.

Keeping a Notebook: The Story of an Object (Respect) Look around your home or wherever you are right now. There are hundreds of objects all around you. Choose one that means something to you, one that you could tell about. It might be a toy or stuffed animal, a piece of clothing or pair of shoes, a piece of furniture, or something else. Carefully draw that object, trying to make it look as realistic as you can. Add some color to your drawing if possible. Now write about your connection to that item: when/where you or someone else got it, where it usually is, how you’ve used it, why you like it, etc.(If you have access to YouTube, you can carefully type in this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgBJDPDy7w8 or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 4: The Story of an Object for a fun example before you write.

Fictionary Dictionary After you do your daily reading, choose 10 words that someone younger than you might not know the meaning. List those words and make up your own definition of each. How would you explain that word to a little sibling or cousin? That’s what you should write for each definition. After you have written all 10 definitions, see if you can find someone (in person or on the phone) who will listen to your definitions. After you read each one, let them guess what the word is. As a bonus, look up the words in a dictionary and compare your definitions to the ones in the book or on the computer.

Daily Schedule Now and Then (Citizenship) Picture a normal day (back when we had normal school days) for you and your family. Think about what time you got up, left for school, ate lunch, got home, did homework, etc. Fold a piece of paper in half so you have 2 columns. Write out your daily schedule, listing the times and what you would do on an average day at those times. Now think back to when Vigo County was new, about 200 years ago. There were no cars or phones, no electricity or indoor bathrooms. Schools were usually one room and many people still lived in log cabins. In the right hand column, make up a daily schedule for your life as a Vigo County pioneer, imagining the chores you might have to do and how you might spend your time. Next fold a blank paper into fourths. In 2 boxes, draw the most fun part of the day on your “modern” schedule and the least fun part. In the other 2 boxes, draw the most fun and least fun part of the “pioneer” day. Write a caption for each.

Prefix Scattergories (Fairness, Honesty) You will need at least one other person to play with. It’s more fun if you have 3 or 4 players. You can even play this with someone over the phone, in case you want to include a friend, classmate or a relative who’s in a different place. Each player needs scrap paper and a pencil or pen. Set a timer (or watch the clock) for 2 minutes. Everyone makes a list of words they can think of that start with RE like retreated or renewable. When time is up, one player reads their list. If a word is on another player’s list, they both scratch it off. Any word that is not on anyone else’s list earns a point. Each player reads their list and circles words that earned them a point. Play round 2 thinking up words that start with IN like intensity or incredible, reading each list like before. For round 3, write words that begin with CON like in consequences or consume. Continue with prefixes like UN, MIS, TRI, INTER, EX, DIS. Whoever ends up with the most points wins.

Famous Hoosiers (Success, Citizenship, Aspiration, Perseverance) All of the people listed below had Indiana roots and are remembered for their accomplishments. Choose one of the names and do some research. After you read about your famous person, write up a short biography of their life. Try to include information about their childhood & early life, what they studied, how they made their living, and what they will be remembered for. Do NOT copy down sentences from the article. Put them in your own words. If your person is still living, maybe you can mail or email them a copy of your biography and ask them some questions. Orville Redenbacher, Larry Bird, Dan Quayle, Hoagy Carmichael, Jim Davis, Adam Driver, Gus Grissom, Benjamin Harrison, Florence Henderson, Janet Jackson, Eli Lilly, John Mellencamp, Jane Pauley, Mike Pence, Cole Porter, Ernie Pyle, Oscar Robertson, Red Skelton, David Lee Roth, Tony Stewart, Kurt Vonnegut, John Wooden

Keeping a Notebook: Three Beautiful Things (Respect) It is often said, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What one person thinks has beauty might make someone else think, “Bleh.” Take a walk either inside or outside. Look extra carefully at what you see up, down, and all around. Try to notice things you usually don’t pay attention to. Then draw and label 3 things you saw that you consider beautiful. Choose one of those things and push yourself to write a whole page about it. Where is it? Do you see it every day? What does it make you feel or think of? Who else would enjoy seeing it? (If you have access to YouTube, you can carefully type in this URL: youtube.com/watch?v=99Ov1ju3-MY or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 6: Three Beautiful Things for some examples before you write.)

Staying Healthy (Responsibility, Leadership) During these days when many people are sick, we have heard lots of good advice about how to stay healthy. Your Health book talks about this important subject too. Read pp. D38-42 and D48-49. Then make a “Top Ten List of Ways to Stay Healthy.” Share it with your family. Discuss your list and see if they have any ideas that weren’t on your list.

Silent TV Find a show on TV, YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, etc. (one that you are allowed to watch, of course!) and watch 5 minutes of it with the sound turned off. Write down a summary (3-5 sentences) of what you think that show is about. Then turn on the Guide and read the summary of that show. How close was your summary to the real one? Find a different show and repeat the process. How accurate was your summary? Now try it with another show but this time turn the sound up. After 5 minutes, write a summary of the plot. Check the guide for that show. Was this summary more accurate?

A Friendly Letter (Respect, Caring) Since so many people are stuck in the house, they are depending more on the mailman to deliver some good news. Think of someone who might really appreciate getting a letter in the mail. It might be a relative, a teacher, or a friend from school. Write them a letter that will cheer them up. Don’t forget to put the date at the top (heading), then write a greeting (Dear _____,). In the body, tell the person what you’ve been doing, ask them some questions, maybe even tell them a joke. Use a closing (Love, or Yours truly, or Your friend,) and sign your name. Address the envelope, add a stamp, and put it in the US Mail. Maybe they will write back.

“The Answer to Everything Is No” Day (Success) We all know about “Crazy Hair” Day or “Book Character” Day. Imagine a normal school day that turns into “The Answer to Everything is No” Day. From the minute you wake up, every question you ask your family, your teachers, your friends, your bus driver, the cafeteria ladies -- the answer is always “No!” Use your imagination and write this story, telling about your day. Be careful with your punctuation. Remember, each time someone different speaks, you need to indent on a new line and use “ .” (When you finish, ask someone if you can read it to them. With any luck, the answer will be “Yes!”)

Keeping a Notebook: My Food History Think about the many foods you have eaten in your life. There may be some foods that you loved when you were little, a favorite food you always get at your grandparents’ house, a food from your favorite restaurant, a food you learned to make yourself, or a food you used to hate but now you love. Draw a timeline from when you were a toddler to today. Above or below it, write and sketch foods that have been special to you for any of these reasons. Choose ONE of these foods and write all about it, explaining how and why it has been part of your food history. (If you have access to YouTube, type in this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyvaLY7Zvls or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 7: My Food History to see a fun food timeline before you write.)

Home/School Compare and Contrast (Responsibility)

Draw a Venn diagram like this: Make it big enough that you can write several phrases in it. Think about all the ways learning at home is the same as learning at school . Write those ideas in the middle section. Now think of all the differences between home learning and school learning and write them in the big sections of the circles. Show your Venn diagram to a sibling, parent, or grandparent. See if they can think up even more ways to compare and contrast home/school. Add their ideas to the diagram. Have a discussion with them about which you prefer, learning at home or at school.

Harriet Tubman Escape Room (Perseverance, Citizenship, Success, Leadership, Caring) If you have access to a smart phone, tablet, or computer, you can learn about what it was like to try to escape slavery on the Underground Railroad while trying to beat the clock with this digital escape room. Read closely to figure out the clues, find out about Harriet’s life and many brave journeys, and escape before 45 minutes is up. You may want some scrap paper and a pencil to help you figure out the codes to type in. Here is the URL: https://sites.google.com/view/escape-with-harriet-tubman/home

Point of View Writing (Responsibility, Respect, Caring, Fairness) Imagine you’ve been cleaning your closet for 2 hours. It was quite a mess! You finally finish and come out to watch your favorite show on TV, YouTube, Netflix, Disney+, etc. Just as you reach for the remote, your little brother grabs it. He says Mom said he could watch a movie now because he’s been helping her wash windows all afternoon. You and your brother get into a huge argument, yelling and grabbing the remote out of each other’s hands. Right as your mom hurries into the room, a framed photo goes crashing to the floor. Write a paragraph that tells your side of the story. Now close your eyes and try to see things from your brother’s point of view. Write a paragraph that tells his side of the story. Now think about Mom. She’s been busy cleaning, hears the argument, and sees her favorite photo get smashed. Write a paragraph that tells what happened from her point of view. Now write a few sentences that tell what you think should happen next.

Suffix Scattergories (Honesty, Fairness) You will need at least one other person to play this game with. It’s more fun if you have 3 or 4 players. You can even play this with someone over the phone, in case you want to include a friend, classmate or a relative who’s in a different place. Each player needs scrap paper and pencil. Set a timer (or watch the clock) for 2 minutes. Everyone makes a list of words they can think of that end with TION like lotion. When time is up, one player reads their list. If a word is on another player’s list, they both scratch it off. Any word that is not on anyone else’s list earns a point. Each player reads their list and circles words that earned them a point. Play round 2 thinking up words that end with SHIP like partnership, reading each list like before. For round 3, write words that end with FUL like in hopeful. Continue with suffixes like MENT, ABLE, NESS, LY, LESS, IES Whoever ends up with the most points wins.

Keeping a Notebook: Hands Think about the many things we do with our hands every single day. There are SO many verbs that our hands can do. In your notebook, spread your fingers out slightly and trace your hand. Inside or outside it, write down all the actions you can think of that you can do with your hands. Try to think of at least 20! Then choose ONE of these verbs and write all about it. Example: If you write catch, you can tell all about catching a baseball, softball, football, how you learned, or a big play you made in a game. Strum could be about how you learned to play the guitar. Fold could be about doing origami or making a cootie catcher. (If you have access to YouTube, type in this URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JzTyTNIBFQ or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 8: Hands to see some great examples before you write.) If possible, take a few minutes now to do the action you wrote about.

Stretching the Truth with Hyperbole Sometimes it’s fun to exaggerate. Hyperbole is a kind of figurative language where the author purposely stretches the truth to make the story more fun to read. (Examples: This bag weighs a ton. OR These shoes are killing me.) On a lined piece of paper or in a notebook, write a simple paragraph about what you did yesterday, even if it was nothing exciting. Be sure to skip a line each time you write on a new line. Now go back and see if you can find 4 -5 places to add in a hyperbole. Don’t be afraid to tell a whopper! Now read it out loud and enjoy how much more fun it sounds.

Concrete/Abstract Nouns You have learned that a noun is a person, place, or thing. Some nouns are concrete nouns, which means that you can see, hear, smell, touch, or taste them. (Examples: computer, tree, hamburger) An abstract noun is a noun that you can’t see, hear, smell, touch, or taste. Abstract nouns express ideas, concepts, or qualities. (Examples: friendship, fear, responsibility.) Write each noun listed below on a small piece of paper, sticky note or index card. Sort the group of nouns into two piles, one for concrete nouns and one for abstract nouns. Then draw a picture of each word on the front or back of the card. The concrete nouns are pretty easy to draw, but you’ll have to think harder about the abstract nouns. happiness, apple, bike, peace, anger, phone, bravery, talent, fence, freedom, teacher, hand, love, car, fear, dog

How Do You Make That? (Responsibility) Since you have been home more than usual, perhaps you have been taking care of yourself more in the kitchen. If not, you have at least watched someone else preparing food. Choose a food you like that has to be prepared. (Don’t choose something like an apple, where all you do is wash it and take a bite.) Think about every little step that has to be done, including tearing open the package and throwing it away. (Example: “Open can and dump it in a pan.” Add details and use words like: you have to use the can opener, get out a pan and put it on the stove, turn the can upside-down to dump out the contents, etc.) Now write out step-by-step directions for preparing that food. Don’t leave anything out. If possible, try your directions out this week and see if they work.

Written Conversation (Respect, Caring) Choose someone in your home to have a conversation with, but instead of speaking words to each other, you will be writing the words. Give each person a pen or pencil but only use ONE piece of paper. Start the conversation by writing something to your partner. No talking is allowed once you start! Give them time to read what you wrote and write something back to you. You may want to include some questions to keep the conversation moving. Keep “talking” to each other this way until both sides of the paper are filled -- or get another piece and keep talking! You may want to get a new partner and start another conversation. This may even become your preferred way to communicate.

Keeping a Notebook: Gratitude (Success, Caring) On Thanksgiving we take time to think about all the things we are grateful for. But research shows that people who express their gratitude more often live a happier life. So in your notebook today, make a list of people, places, and things you are most thankful for. You don’t have to list every relative, food you eat, and video game you enjoy. Sometimes it’s better to think more and write less. For example, maybe today you notice how much you miss playing with a special cousin so you put him or her on your list. Maybe you have gone weeks without McNuggets so you add that. It may be an item in your bedroom, a sport, or a pet. After you finish, choose one item on your list, sketch it and write more about it. Add lots of description and tell why this person or thing means so much to you. (If you have access to YouTube, type in this URL: youtube.com/watch?v=3Ws66g7AJJI or search YouTube for Keeping a Notebook 11: Gratitude to see some good examples before you write.)

Caption This (Caring) Somewhere in your home there are photos, maybe hanging on the wall, on someone’s cell phone, or in photo albums. It would also work to use photos of people you don’t know from magazines or on Google Images. Find several of them and write a caption to go along with each photo. Captions should be complete sentences and include specific nouns, like the names of the people and where they are. (Ex: Bob and Elizabeth are soaking wet after getting drenched on the Raging Rapids at Splashin’ Safari last summer.) After you write them, edit and revise for correct capitalization and punctuation. Do they sound good? Now share them with someone and take them down Memory Lane.

Flip the Script Think of a short scene you love. It could be from a book, TV show, movie, or YouTube video. Read or watch the scene a few times and pay close attention to how the character or characters speak, what the setting is, and the dialogue used. Now, throw the characters into a whole different setting and rewrite the scene. Maybe Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are no longer in space but on a farm in Texas. Perhaps Greg Heffley is now writing in his diary from one of the Original Colonies in 1776. Rewrite the lines of dialogue from that scene so the dialogue matches the setting. Keep the plot the same! Make sure you punctuate and paragraph your dialogue correctly so it’s easy to follow. For fun, act it out.

Summer Vacation Escape Room (Perseverance) If you have access to a smartphone, tablet, or computer, you can have fun solving 5 challenges so you can start your summer break. Read carefully and think like a detective to figure out the codes and escape before 45 minutes is up. You may want some scrap paper and a pencil to help you figure out the codes to type in. Here is the URL: sites.google.com/view/escapetosummervacation/home

  

Math Lessons  

Math activities are listed below in alignment with the district’s Everyday Math curriculum and pacing guide. In an effort to help the teacher with their tracking, the lessons are named according to where they fall within the curriculum. Students can choose any lesson and complete the activities within that lesson. Parents can list math activities on the Daily Log of Remote Learning on the first page of this packet. Please note: Some activities may require cutting items out of the packet with scissors. You will want to check the “back side” of a page and complete its activities before cutting out any pages to use for games, etc.

 Everyday Math - Lesson 7.1 Converting Liquid Measures: U.S. Customary Units

 

 

Khan Academy- Converting fluid measurements https://www.khanacademy.org/math/4th-engage-ny/engage-4th-module-7/4th-module-7-topic-a/v/converting-us-fluid-volume 

Lesson 7.2 Exploring Fraction Multiplication Situations 

 

 

Khan Academy- Multiplying fractions by whole number word problems https://www.khanacademy.org/math/4th-engage-ny/engage-4th-module-5/4th-module-5-topic-g/v/multiplying-fractions-by-whole-numbers-word-problem-math-4th-grade-khan-academy    

Lesson 7.5 Multiplying Mixed Numbers by Whole Numbers 

 

 

 

 

Khan Academy- Multiplying Mixed Numbers by Whole Numbers 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/4th-multiply-fractions/imp-multiplying-whole-numbers-and-fractions/v/multiply-mixed-numbers 

Lesson 7.7 Multistep Division Number Stories 

 

 

 

 

Khan Academy- Multistep Division Word Problems 

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic/arith-review-multiply-divide/arith-review-multistep-word-problems/v/multi-step-word-problems-with-whole-numbers-exercise-1    

Lesson 7.8 Division Measurement Number Stories 

 

 

 

Lesson 7.9 Generating and Identifying Patterns 

 

 

Lesson 7.10 Solving Multistep Fraction Number Stories 

 

 

 

 

Lesson 8.1 Extending Multistep Number Stories 

 

 

    

8.2 Real- Life Angle Measures As Additive 

 

 

 

ANSWER PAGES 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Grade Appropriate Math Activities   

Science Activities 

Science activities for ANY elementary-aged student are listed below. These optional lessons are designed to bring science into the home in a fun and engaging manner. Parents can log science activities on the Daily Log of Remote Learning.on the first page of this packet.

Leak Proof Bag Science Experiment This leak proof bag science experiment is sure to WOW your kids! All you need is two household supplies and you can do this water experiment with your kids too.

Supplies Needed:

● Gallon size storage bag (smaller ones will work too)

● Sharpened pencils (make sure they’re round!)

To make the Leak Proof experiment happen:

1. Fill the bag about half full with water.

2. Poke a pencil straight through the bag – in one side and out the other.

How does it happen?

Much to everyone’s surprise, the bag won’t leak! This is because the bag is made of a polymer – which is long, flexible chains of molecules. When you poke the pencil through the bag, the molecules spread apart and then seal themselves around the pencil. It’s really cool!

Going further:

● What happens when you use a 6-sided pencil? ● Will colored pencils work? How about ink pens? ● Search for “leak proof bag pencil video”

Source: https://funlearningforkids.com/leak-proof-bag-science-experiment-kids/

CHEMISTRY FOR KIDS: PENNY CHANGE EXPERIMENT This two-part chemistry experiment uses a household acid, vinegar, to clean copper pennies. Kids can observe the oxidation process as the copper in the pennies reacts with oxygen in the air to first form copper oxide and then malachite. Supplies Needed:

● 3 dull or dirty looking pennies ● 1/4 cup white vinegar ● 1 teaspoon table salt ● paper towel or cotton pad ● small glass bowl or drinking glass ● small non-metal container with lid

To make the Penny Change experiment happen: Part 1 – Dull to Shiny

1. Pour the vinegar and salt into the small glass bowl and stir to dissolve. 2. Put 3 pennies into the bowl for about 30 seconds. 3. The pennies are now shiny and look new! Take out the pennies and rinse

them with fresh water. Place them on a paper towel to dry off. Part 2 – Shiny to Green

1. Fold a paper towel or cotton pad to fit the bottom of your container with a lid.

2. Wet the paper towel or cotton pad with a few drops of vinegar. 3. Put one penny on the wet pad and cover with the lid. (The lid keeps the

vinegar from drying out.) 4. Put one penny on a dry pad or paper towel. 5. Dip one penny in your salt/vinegar mixture and place it on a dry pad or

paper towel. 6. Observe your pennies at 1, 2, 3 and 8 hours.

How does it happen? Part I- It turns out that vinegar is an acid, and the acid in the vinegar reacts with the salt to remove what chemists call copper oxide which was making your pennies dull. Part II- A penny is made of copper. The vinegar on the paper towel helps the copper in the penny easily react with the oxygen in the air to form a blue-green colored compound called malachite. This is similar to why the Statue of Liberty (which is covered with a layer of copper) has turned greenish-blue. Sources:

● https://brendid.com/chemistry-for-kids-penny-change-experiment/ ● https://sciencebob.com/clean-pennies-with-vinegar/ ● https://buggyandbuddy.com/science-for-kids-make-a-penny-turn-green/

Walking water science experiment This easy colorful science experiment can be done with simple items you have in your kitchen right now! Supplies Needed:

● 2 paper towels ● 3 glasses or cups ● 2 different food colorings

To make the Walking Water experiment happen:

1. Place the three glasses side by side. 2. Fill the first glass with water. Squirt a generous amount of

one of the food colorings into it. 3. Leave the middle glass empty! 4. Now fill the 3rd glass with water and add a generous amount

of the other food coloring to it. 5. Fold a paper towel between the first 2 cups so that one end

of it touches the bottom of the first cup, and the other end touches the bottom of the middle (empty) cup, as shown.

6. Do the same on the other side between the 2nd and 3rd cups.

7. Watch and wait. 8. In about 30 minutes, the water will start 'walking' up the paper towels and over into the middle glass. 9. After about two hours you will have a mix of the two colors in the center glass.

How does it happen? The water appears to defy gravity, but in reality it moves because of a process called capillary action. The “sticky” forces between the water and the paper towel are stronger than the forces holding the water molecules together. As a result, the water travels up and across the paper towel out of one glass and into another. Going further:

● Try again with different colors. ● Want to overdo things? Set up three, four, or ten cups in a row, each with a different color in it!

Sources:

● https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-articles/walking-water-science-experiment/news-story/cc3ae3048c4f12d072f27fcbeee855ef

● https://teachingeveryday.com/2014/10/06/color-mixing-experiment/ ● http://coolscienceexperimentshq.com/walking-water-science-experiment/

Sources:

● https://happyhooligans.ca/magic-milk-experiment-explosion-color/

● https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/milk-color-explosion/