Level: PreK-2 |
Content Area: | Description of Activities: |
Art | - Ask your child to discuss what he/she has been learning in art class. After your discussion invite your child to show you what he/she shared using the supplies that you have at home.
- Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night is a famous painting. Share the image of this painting with your child. Ask your child - what do you notice about the piece? What do you like about the piece? If you have art supplies at home, invite your child to create their own Starry Night.
- Visit the YouTube channel Art for Kids Hub or the Art for Kids Hub website to find tons of great tutorial videos.
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ELA | Goal: Read at least 20 minutes every day. - If you can read books online, sign up with a parent’s email address at https://www.getepic.com/promo via the Epic website (offer not available through Apple iTunes or Google Play sign-up) under 'Families' and follow the on-screen instructions. Parents will be asked for the promo code (3monthsfree) during the sign-up process. Epic has offered the district 3 months free as a special offer due to COVID-19.
- Visit Storyline Online to hear stories read aloud.
- Visit the Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page. Use your library card for free access to books through BookFlix and Overdrive.
- Talk to your child about their reading.
- Keep a log of what you read to share with your teacher or librarian.
Goal: Take time to write every day. - Put sugar on a cookie tray. Have an adult tell you a sight word. Stretch out the sounds in the word and write it in the sugar with your finger.
- Keep a journal. Is your child not sure what to write about? Give her/him a simple prompt to get started!
**Websites that offer a variety of reading and writing activities.** |
Health & Physical Education | Goal: Doctors recommend you get 1 hour of activity a day… try some of these out while you are at home! |
Math | Goal: Practice addition and subtraction facts within 20 every day. Here are some fun ways to do that: - Sign your child up for Greg Tang’s Spring Math Challenge
- Check out some free Greg Tang puzzles by grade level
- Play a Card Game with your parents - see the link for some directions
- Use this math at home site for information and games you can play to support fact fluency.
- Do some Bedtime Math ~ make math a fun part of kids’ everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story.
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Music | - Find a bucket and turn it upside down to make a drum. Use your hands to drum/tap out a short rhythm. See if your child can copy what you have modeled and drum/tap the rhythm back to you. Can’t find a bucket? You can also stomp out a rhythm and have your child stomp it back.
- Play Freeze Dance! Play a favorite song. Invite your child to dance to the music. When the music stops, your child should freeze in their dance position.
- Play Name That Tune! Sing a song to your child or play a song on a device and see if your child can name it!
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Science | - Make a tally chart of the weather every day (sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy….)
- Draw the shape of the moon every day. Predict what shape the moon will be one week later.
- Observe a plant inside or outside, like a crocus or a daffodil, and draw and label the parts. Does it change over a week?
- Observe an animal and its behaviors. What do animals need to survive?
- Try some science experiments at home using common household ingredients.
- Read science books. If you have books at home, you can read them and look for science ideas. If you can read books online, sign up with a parent’s email address at https://www.getepic.com/promo via the Epic website (offer not available through Apple iTunes or Google Play sign-up) under 'Families' and follow the on-screen instructions. Parents will be asked for the promo code (3monthsfree) during the sign-up process. Epic has offered the district 3 months free as a special offer due to COVID-19.
- Use e-book sites like Storyline Online or Bookflix on Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page to read books about science topics.
- Use https://www.ck12.org/student/ to find science flexbooks at the appropriate grade level. Books have sections by topic. If there are questions at the end of the section, you may respond.
- Watch free science videos on watchknowlearn.org or BrainPop Jr.
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Social Studies | - As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. You can draw a picture or write about a favorite memory, your favorite place to spend time with your family and friends, your favorite place to eat - the choices are endless!
- Take time to thank a member of our community. Draw a picture or write a friendly letter to a police officer, firefighter, teacher, librarian or anyone else that makes our community special!
- Students can read or listen to this magazine article read by an adult. Discuss the questions and consider doing some of the activities at the end of the article.
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Level: 3-5 |
Content Area: | Description of Activities: |
Art | |
ELA | Goal: Read at least 30-45 minutes every day. - If you can read books online, sign up with a parent’s email address at https://www.getepic.com/promo via the Epic website (offer not available through Apple iTunes or Google Play sign-up) under 'Families' and follow the on-screen instructions. Parents will be asked for the promo code (3monthsfree) during the sign-up process. Epic has offered the district 3 months free as a special offer due to COVID-19.
- Visit Storyline Online to hear stories read aloud.
- Visit the Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page. Use your library card for free access to books through BookFlix and Overdrive.
- Keep a log of what you read to share with your teacher or librarian.
Goal: Take time to write everyday. - Want to be a poet? Try writing some poetry today. Visit this website for great ideas!
- Keep a journal. Is your child not sure what to write about? Check out this link for a list of possible prompts.
**Websites that offer a variety of reading and writing activities.** - Author Kate Messner has created this page that is full of author videos and lessons geared towards upper elementary and middle school students. She keeps adding resources to the page so be sure to check back!
- Visit BrainPop for several different reading and writing activities.
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Health & Physical Education | Goal: Doctors recommend you get 1 hour of exercise a day. To fill up that hour, try some of these out while you are at home! |
Math | Goal: Practice math computation every day. Here are some fun ways to do that: - Play some Greg Tang Math Games - find an appropriate level to start and work your way up to the highest level you can.
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Music | - Any student, especially those learning to play strings, should check out TwoSetViolin on Youtube. You can see all their videos here.
- Have you ever seen one of our high school halftime shows? Check out Lyman Hall’s performance. Discuss your opinion on the performance with your family. Write down any questions you have about the performance to ask your music teacher.
- Check out this website to play games that center around different music topics.
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Science | - Read articles about science topics that interest you on Newsela.
- Explore the world around you in your house and your yard if possible. Observe how plants and animals interact with each other and with the environment.
- Use a couple of magnets (maybe on the refrigerator?) if you have them and try some of these experiments.
- Watch the weather on the news daily. Look for patterns in precipitation and temperature. Make graphs of the daily temperature.
- Observe patterns in shifts of amount of daylight. Graph the hours of daylight and watch it increase.
- What forces do you observe at home?
- Try some science experiments at home using common household ingredients.
- Read science books. If you have books at home, you can read them and look for science ideas. If you can read books online, sign up with a parent’s email address at https://www.getepic.com/promo via the Epic website (offer not available through Apple iTunes or Google Play sign-up) under 'Families' and follow the on-screen instructions. Parents will be asked for the promo code (3monthsfree) during the sign-up process. Epic has offered the district 3 months free as a special offer due to COVID-19.
- Use e-book sites like Storyline Online or Bookflix on Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page to read books about science topics.
- Use https://www.ck12.org/student/ to find science flexbooks at the appropriate grade level. Books have sections by topic. If there are questions at the end of the section, you may respond.
- Watch free science videos on watchknowlearn.org or BrainPop.
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Social Studies | - As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Take time to thank a member of our community. Write a friendly letter to a police officer, firefighter, teacher, librarian or anyone else that makes our community special!
- Reflect on what you have learned about in social studies this year and select a topic that you would like to learn more about. Research the topic using websites or by reading books about the topic on Overdrive (see ELA).
- Watch free videos on a social studies topic that interests you on BrainPop.
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World Language | - Find a penpal, or research countries and schools around the world at Students of the World (English and Spanish)
- Learn new verbs, vocabulary and grammar at conjuguemos.com
- Play interactive games in Spanish.
- Play even more interactive games in Spanish!
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Level: 6-8 |
Content Area: | Description of Activities: |
Art | - Create artwork in a style of your choice, start an art portfolio or build your own collection of sketches in a sketchbook.
- Try online drawing tutorials at:
- Critique your own artwork - Check out adjudication rubrics and critiques on https://www.njteenarts.com/adjudication-forms-1-1 for all visual and performing arts.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Take some of your favorite photos to the next level with Pixlr Editor, a free photo editor app for Google Chrome. Start a digital photography collection of some of your favorite pieces of photo art.
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ELA | - Read 45-60 minutes every day!
- Jot down a few thoughts about your reading in your reading notebook.
- Need a book to read? Login to the district Sora app at https://soraapp.com/library/wallingfordct using your chromebook or via the Sora app for your phone or tablet. Students can log in with their wallingfordschools.org account.
- Students can also visit the Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page. Use your library card for free access to a wide variety of books through Overdrive.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Author Kate Messner has created this page that is full of author videos and lessons geared towards upper elementary and middle school students. She keeps adding resources to the page so be sure to check back!
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Health & Physical Education | Goal: Doctors recommend you get 1 hour of exercise a day. Keep track of your daily exercise. To fill up that hour, try some of these out while you are at home! |
Math | - Practice math computation, with integers and fractions, each day using Greg Tang Math Games - work your way up the levels in Minus Mania, Expresso, Satisfraction, or Kakooma
- Sign your Grade 6 child up for Greg Tang’s Spring Math Challenge
- Use these Khan Academy materials that are aligned to our math curriculum to practice topics that you may need some extra help with. Click on your grade level to see specific topics or take the Course Challenge to see what you may need to review.
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Music | - If you play an instrument or sing, practice daily. Think about what you have been working on with your teacher(s) and continue to practice those skills.
- Challenge yourself to learn a new song by locating a U-Tube recording and locating sheet music on one of the following sites:
- Record yourself playing and/or singing and critique your own performance. Check out adjudication rubrics and critiques on https://www.njteenarts.com/adjudication-forms-1-1 for all visual and performing arts for this purpose.
- Check out a variety of free lessons, exercises and tools on https://www.musictheory.net/
- Any student, especially those learning to play strings, should check out TwoSetViolin on Youtube. You can see all their videos here.
- Have you ever seen one of our high school halftime shows? Check out Lyman Hall’s performance. Discuss your opinion on the performance with your family. Write down any questions you have about the performance to ask your music teacher.
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Science | |
Social Studies | - Find a nonfiction or informational topic that you are interested in to read about for 30 minutes each day.
- Identify a social studies topic of interest to you, develop a research question and research an answer to your question by accessing the databases available through your school’s library webpage to develop a written response to your question.
- The year 2020 marks the 350th anniversary for the town of Wallingford, and the 150th anniversary of Masonicare in Wallingford. Consider researching and writing an essay to enter into the historical essay writing contest. Interested students would research and write about both Masonicare and the town of Wallingford through a lens that interests them.
- Write an essay to submit into a contest offered to Wallingford Middle School students focused on “Who is your favorite pre-1960 Wallingford Historical Figure, and Why?” This essay contest is being offered by Representative Craig Fishbein in conjunction with the Wallingford 350th Jubilee Committee.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Develop an identity web - on a sheet of blank paper write your first and last name in the center - consider all factors that shape who your are - begin sketchnoting things defining who you are around your name on the paper.
- As a follow up activity - select one or more pieces of information about yourself and use this as a prompt to write something about your own personal identity. This can be an activity over several days in different writing prompts/topics.
- Stories of Our Names - Write a story about how you got your name, how your name makes you feel and your experiences with your name.
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World Language | - Find a penpal, or research countries and schools around the world at Students of the World.
- Learn new verbs, vocabulary and grammar at conjuguemos.com.
- Practice pronunciation with Babbel’s speech recognition tool. Build your vocabulary and learn new grammar as you go.
- Watch and learn real conversational language from native speakers with Memrise.
- Duolingo uses text, pictures and audio to help you advance your language learning.
- Quiz yourself as you learn new vocabulary words and phrases with Busuu.
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Level: 9-12 |
Content Area: | Description of Activities: |
Art | - Create artwork in a style of your choice, start an art portfolio or build your own collection of sketches in a sketchbook.
- Try online drawing tutorials at:
- Critique your own artwork - Check out adjudication rubrics and critiques on https://www.njteenarts.com/adjudication-forms-1-1 for all visual and performing arts.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Take some of your favorite photos to the next level with Pixlr Editor, a free photo editor app for Google Chrome. Start a digital photography collection of some of your favorite pieces of photo art.
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ELA | - Read 45-60 minutes every day!
- Jot down a few thoughts about your reading in a reading notebook.
- Need a book to read? Login to the district Sora app at https://soraapp.com/library/wallingfordct using your chromebook or via the Sora app for your phone or tablet. Students can log in with their wallingfordschools.org account.
- Students can also visit the Wallingford Public Library’s Digital Media Page. Use your library card for free access to a wide variety of books through Overdrive.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
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Health & Physical Education | Goal: Keep an exercise log to track your cardio, strength training and flexibility workouts. |
Math | Use these Khan Academy materials to practice topics that you may need some extra help with. Click on your course to see specific topics or take the Course Challenge to see what you may need to review. |
Music | - If you play an instrument or sing, practice daily. Think about what you have been working on with your teacher(s) and continue to practice those skills.
- Challenge yourself to learn a new song by locating a U-Tube recording and locating sheet music on one of the following sites:
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Science | - Read articles about science topics that interest you on Newsela.
- Use your online textbook (if you have one) to read about science topics that interest you.
- Use https://www.ck12.org/student/ to find science flexbooks at the appropriate grade level. Books have sections by topic. If there are questions at the end of the section, you may respond.
- Use google.discoveryeducation.com to log in and watch videos and read articles about science topics.
- Go to https://phet.colorado.edu/ and use science simulations to learn about science topics.
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Social Studies | - Find a nonfiction or informational topic that you are interested in to read about for 30 minutes each day.
- Identify a social studies topic of interest to you, develop a research question and research an answer to your question by accessing the databases available through your school’s library webpage to develop a written response to your question.
- As Wallingford prepares to celebrate its 350th birthday, think about what makes our town special. Writers and artists of all ages are invited to submit creative work through the website: www.wallingford350.com
- Develop an identity web - on a sheet of blank paper write your first and last name in the center - consider all factors that shape who your are - begin sketchnoting things defining who you are around your name on the paper.
- As a follow up activity - select one or more pieces of information about yourself and use this as a prompt to write something about your own personal identity. This can be an activity over several days for different writing prompts/topics.
- Stories of Our Names - Write a story about how you got your name, how your name makes you feel and your experiences with your name.
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World Language | - Find a penpal, or research countries and schools around the world at Students of the World.
- Learn new verbs, vocabulary and grammar at conjuguemos.com.
- Practice pronunciation with Babbel’s speech recognition tool. Build your vocabulary and learn new grammar as you go.
- Watch and learn real conversational language from native speakers with Memrise.
- Duolingo uses text, pictures and audio to help you advance your language learning.
- Quiz yourself as you learn new vocabulary words and phrases with Busuu.
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