Tuesday 4/28: 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 each poster below. They should practice ALL R-Controlled Vowel sounds, then choose FIVE favorite vowel teams to practice, saying the letter, keyword, and sound for each. Example: “a r, car, /ar/”

2) Word Talk- Assigned on Seesaw or students may use the template below or copy into their Fundations Journals. Students should read each word aloud, then practice marking each word by underlining the baseword and circling the suffix.

3) Dictation- Assigned on Seesaw or please dictate the following words and sentence for your child while he/she writes them in their Fundations Journal. Remind students to mark words and check for uppercase letters and punctuation.

Words: sung, rank, fangs, crusted, blinkingSentence: He is spending our cash.

Reading: 20 minutesIris and Walter and the Field Trip- Keep Track of Where and When

Assigned on Seesaw. If Seesaw is unavailable, use the YouTube link below to listen to and follow along with Chapter 1 of Iris and Walter and the Field Trip, paying attention to where and when the story is taking place:

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

Next, read the story you selected yesterday and discuss where and when it's taking place, with someone in your house.

Writing: 20 minutes

Assigned 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: Would you rather read a book or do math? 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) 15-2: Make Halves and Fourths – Assigned on Seesaw.

Today, you will be learning more about equal shares of shapes. 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.Then, in your Fundations Journal, please complete #3, #4, #5, & #6 from image C below, by copying the shapes into your journal and coloring the shares. Looking for a challenge… try #7 as well!

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2) Exit Ticket 15-2 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

Earning, Saving and Spending Money Assigned on Seesaw. If Seesaw is unavailable, click on the following link to watch the BrainPop Jr video on earning, saving and spending money. (username: greenville; password: gators1)

https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/economics/savingandspending/

Next, use the template below, or copy into your My Fundations Journal to complete the sorting activity. You may cut/glue, or write labels to place the objects into the appropriate boxes. Write about the relationship between spending and saving.

Physical Activity: 20 minutes

Be 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: Life Cycle of a Chick

Assigned on Seesaw, or watch the story of Penny the Hen by clicking on the link below. See how she hatched her egg, then complete the coding activity.

https://youtu.be/pozsn2f6M3Y

Create a code starting at the hen house to show the correct order of the life cycle of a chicken, by drawing 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. You can record yourself describing the life cycle of a chicken or draw it in your Fundations Journal.