Norman Public Schools

Remote Learning Choice Board

Complete one activity per column.

Reading

Writing

Word Work

Math

Science

Social Studies

Read for 20 minutes. Take a picture walk with a book. Tell the story using only the pictures.

Interview someone at your house about their hobby. Answer the questions: who, what, when, where, and why.

Vowel Word Walk: Go on a walk in your neighborhood and find items that begin with long and short vowel sounds.

(a, e, i, o, u)

Have your child measure three different objects in the house using multiple paper clips, pencils, or other same-size objects. Before measuring, estimate how many of the same-size object it will take to cover the object you are measuring, then compare the estimate with the actual number. Ask your child to place the three objects in order by length.

Think about a time you had a sticker or other plant seed stuck to your pants, shoes, shoelaces or socks. How does that help the plant to survive? Is there any man made problem that was solved by noticing how those seeds travel? 1- LS1-1

Take a walk around your neighborhood. Use the directions east, west, north and south in familiar places instead of left or right. For example: “Turn west or go to the south entrance.”

Read for 20 minutes.What would you change in the story? Share your ideas with a parent.

Create a topic sentence and give 3 detailed supporting sentences.

Sight Word Work: Rainbow Write 8 high frequency words and use them in a sentence.

(Words: their, his, her, there, for, were, said, was)

Take turns giving each other true and false number sentences with addition and subtraction facts and saying whether the number sentences are true or false.

Design a turtle shell for yourself to mimic a turtle’s shell that you bring your arms and legs and head into in case of danger. What materials do you have around the house that you might use? If you have them, can you build it? 1-LS1-1

Describe the community’s human (man-made) and natural environment. Make a two-column list of the man-made and natural features. Discuss how people have changed the natural environment?

Read for 20 minutes. Predict what you think will happen in the story. If you have already read the story then predict what the characters might do next.  

Create a comic strip.

Word Sort: Create a list of words you read in a book or print. Sort those words by initial and ending sounds.

Ex: house, human, Harriet all begin with the /h/ sound; mouse, fuss, house all end with the /s/ sound

Say a 2-digit number. Have your child identify the value of the digit in each place. For example, in the number 52, the value of the 5 is 5 tens, or 50, and

the value of the 2 is 2 ones, or 2.

Watch a video or live animal webcam from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Discuss any patterns in behavior you notice. 1-LS1-2

Locate the seven continents and four oceans on a map or globe. Draw a world map, as best you can, labeling the continents and oceans. Note: the map doesn’t have to be perfect. The important thing is that continents and oceans are correctly placed relative to each other (i.e., the Atlantic Ocean is to the east/right of the Americas).

Read for 20 minutes. Identify the problem and solution in the story. Write about it or draw a picture.

Write about your favorite superhero.

Write the alphabet and cut it apart. Can you make words with short and long vowel sounds? Try to make five of each.

Ask what the difference is between two numbers and have your child tell you how they can “think addition” to find the difference. For example, “What

is the difference between 7 and 5? Think addition.” Your child may say,

“What can I add to 5 to get 7?” or “5 plus what number is 7?” (2) Take turns giving pairs of numbers and finding the difference  between them using addition.

Watch a video or live animal webcam from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Make observations about how young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. 1-LS3-1

Identify examples of how humans modify and adapt to their physical environment using its natural resources. Draw a picture of one way that humans use natural resources.

Read for 20 minutes. Retell the story in pictures.

Make a comic strip!

Create puppets!

Write about the top ten things you know about Spring.

Make a list of rhyming words. Use a pair to make a riddle.

With your child, cut or break food, such as pizza, sandwiches, crackers, or pies, into two equal shares and then into four equal shares. Describe the shares, using words like halves and quarters. Talk about how the size of the shares change as you make more shares.

Read, retell and/or watch The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. What is it about the caterpillar that allows it to move and eat like it does? Do adult butterflies have the same ability? 1-LS1-2; 1-LS3-1

Ask your child to describe features of urban (city) and rural (country) areas. Read a story and determine if the story takes place in an urban or rural setting.