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June 8-12

Week of June 8-12

Theme of the Week- Arachnids

Reading

Math

Math Challenge:

Measure the distance a paper airplane will fly.

Take Flight

Activities:

  1. Listen to the Book-Diary of a spider.

Diary of a Spider

  • Complete the sheet about the story. Post of Class Dojo or Email when complete.

Diary of a Spider Sheet

      2.  Watch these videos about the characteristics of spiders. 

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k-0yaLrJjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYXdI2dJHDE

  • Complete this Spider sheet. Post on Class Dojo or Email when complete.

Characteristics of Spiders

    3.  Writing:

Art- Make a spider by following the activity in the link. Use your spider to inspire your writing. Post on Class Dojo or Email when complete.

Spider Craft

Write about spiders- Write about you turning into a Spider. How did you turn into a spider? As a spider what would you do? What adventures would you go on? How would you change back into a human again?

Remember to write in sections.

Beginning- Write about how you are turned into a spider, provide details or what happened and what you look like as a spider.

The Middle- Write the events of the spider. What did you do when you became the spider? Talk about the problem of being a spider instead of human. What are you going to do to find a way to become human again?

The Ending-  Write how the problem was solved and how you will become human again.

Math:

     4.  Rolling length- make a ramp and roll object down. Use non- standard unit to measure length (Popsicle sticks, Lego, sticks, etc). You could use a toy car, a skateboard, a scooter, etc. use a natural hill or create one out of wood etc.

You could put your paper spider on the car/skateboard to race down ramp. Have races with family and use different objects measure length.

Measuring length of a rolling objects.

     5.  Roll a Graph:

Follow the instructions and complete the graph. Here is a link to online dice if you want to use it. Online Dice

Roll a Graph