Silent Reading

Book Reports
Complete a book report sheet for every book you finish reading this week.

Class Books

Folder Games

Choose a folder game from the bin.  Follow the directions on the front of the folder.  Return all pieces to the plastic bag when finished.

English Centers

Nouns

Find as many common, proper, and possessive nouns as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Verbs
Find as many verbs as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Adjectives

Find as many adjectives (describing words) as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Quotations
Find as many sentences containing quotation marks as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Sentences
Find as many sentences that end with a question mark or exclamation mark as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Worksheets

Complete the packet of worksheets in the bin.  Turn in for a grade in your “Finished Work” folder when you are done.

Plural Noun Memory

Play this game with a partner.  Cut out all of your playing cards and put them all face down on the floor.  Each player takes turns turning over any 2 cards.  If they match, that player goes again.  If they don’t match, that player loses a turn.  The winner is the person with the most matches at the end.

Verb Charades

Pick a partner and take turns choosing a verb out of the basket and acting the verb out for your partner.  You can’t talk during this game!

Shape Poems

Choose a basic shape having to do with an upcoming holiday.  After brainstorming a list of describing words, create a shape poem following the instructions taught in class.

Noun/Verb Collages

Use pictures from magazines to complete this.  Choose either “nouns” or “verbs” and find as many examples of them as you can in the magazines.  Cut the pictures out and paste them on a piece of black construction paper.

Doughnut Delight

Play this game with a partner.  Place all of the doughnuts upside down on the floor.  Each player takes turns turning over any 2 doughnuts.  If they match, that player goes again.  If they don’t match, that player loses a turn.  The winner is the person with the most matches at the end.

Lots of Actities

We have lots of 'hands on' activities for practicing basic skills. The students will have a chance to use them as we learn them.

Pasta Punctuation

Pick 5 sentence strips that already have sentences on them.  Glue macaroni pieces where you think quotation marks would go.  Do the same thing if you think the word needs an apostrophe.

What’s the Purpose

Look at the sentences written on the popsicle sticks.  Decide if the underlined word is a possessive noun or a contraction and then put the popsicle stick in the correct can.

Dictionary

Use the dictionary to look up all of the words on colored index cards.  Look for the matching definition on a white index card.  Write all of the words and their meanings on a sheet of notebook paper.

Sticker Descriptions

Choose a sticker from the box and paste it on the top of a colored strip of construction paper.  Make a list of as many adjectives (describing words) as you can and write them under the picture.

Prefix Pinups

Match the prefixes with their meanings.  Hang the meaning from its matching clothespin.

Suffixes

Look for as many words as possible that end in suffixes.  Then complete the packet of prefix and suffix worksheets.

Contractions

Find as many contractions as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a sheet of notebook paper.  Next to each contraction, write the 2 words that make up the contraction.

Commas

Find as many sentences containing commas as you can in the chapter you are reading.  Write them on a piece of notebook paper.

Silly Sentences
Choose one sentence strip from each pocket.  Write your silly sentence on the bottom of a white sheet of construction paper and illustrate your sentence.

Daily Edits

Using proofreading marks, edit a paragraph.  Then recopy the paragraph correctly on a sheet of notebook paper.

Popsicle Stick Contractions

Match all of the contractions (on popsicles) to their meanings (on popsicle sticks).

Comic Strips

Read as many comics as you can in the Garfield comic book.  Fill in the comic quotations sheet for each comic you read.  You will take what is said in the comic and write each sentence using quotation marks.

Fact/Opinion

Using the book you just read, write 3 facts and 3 opinions about the book.

Challenge Cards
Remove 5 challenge cards from the box.  Answer each question in your challenge card notebook.  Make sure you put the number of the question next to your answer!

Challenge Cards
Remove 5 challenge cards from the box.  Answer each question in your challenge card notebook.  Make sure you put the number of the question next to your answer!

Copy a poem in your neatest handwriting on a sheet of notebook paper.  On a sheet of white construction paper, draw a picture of what you see when you read the poem.

Write about anything you want in your journal!

Story Starters
Choose one of the story starter cards from the box and make up your own story on a sheet of notebook paper!

Question Cards
Choose one of the question cards from the box and answer it on a sheet of notebook paper.

Creative Writing
Choose a creative writing card from the box and make up your own story on a sheet of notebook paper!

Handwriting

Mysteries

Monthly Prompts

Free-Write

Shapely Stories
Trace the shape onto 5 sheets of notebook paper and cut out.  Write your story on the pieces of paper.  Choose 2 shapes as the front and back of your book.  Staple together and illustrate a cover for your booklet.

Sticker Stories
Choose 2 stickers from the box and paste them on your worksheet.  Write a story using whatever is on the stickers.  When you are finished, you may add background to your sticker picture.

Picture This
Look at the picture in the folder.  Tell a story about what is happening in the picture.  Be sure to use the checklist in the folder!  Write your story on a sheet of notebook paper.

Letter Writing
Look on the list and see who you are to write a letter to in class!  Using the letter writing form, write a friendly letter to this student and put in their mailbox when finished.

The Writing’s On The Desk
Choose a card and use one of the markers to write that sentence in cursive on the desktop.  When finished, clean the desktop for the next student!

Waiter/Waitress
Work with a partner to complete this center.  One person will be the customer, the other the waiter/waitress.  The customer will order from the menu and the waiter/ waitress must write down the person's order.  For an added challenge, figure out the cost of the orders!

Copy a poem in your neatest handwriting on a sheet of notebook paper.  On a sheet of white construction paper, draw a picture of what you see when you read the poem.

Journals
Write about anything you want in your journal!

Story Starters

Question Cards

Creative Writing
Choose a creative writing card from the box and make up your own story on a sheet of notebook paper!

Handwriting

Mysteries

Monthly Prompts

Free-Write

Shapely Stories

Sticker Stories

Picture This

Letter Writing

The Writing’s On The Desk
Choose a card and use one of the markers to write that sentence in cursive on the desktop.  When finished, clean the desktop for the next student!

Waiter/Waitress

Choose one of the question cards from the box and answer it on a sheet of notebook paper.

Creative Writing
Choose a creative writing card from the box and make up your own story on a sheet of notebook paper!

Handwriting

Mysteries

Monthly Prompts
Choose a prompt from the calendar and make up your own story on a sheet of notebook paper!

Free-Write
On a sheet of notebook paper, make up your own story about anything you want!

Shapely Stories
Trace the shape onto 5 sheets of notebook paper and cut out.  Write your story on the pieces of paper.  Choose 2 shapes as the front and back of your book.  Staple together and illustrate a cover for your booklet.

Sticker Stories
Choose 2 stickers from the box and paste them on your worksheet.  Write a story using whatever is on the stickers.  When you are finished, you may add background to your sticker picture.

Picture This

Science Ce

Animals

Solar System

Simple Machines

Agriculture

Solar System

Simple Machines

Clouds

Agriculture

Water Cycle

Matter
Split a piece of large white construction paper into 3 equal sections.  At the top of each section write the words solid, liquid, and gas.  List and draw as many examples of each as you can.

50 States Puzzle
Choose a partner and see if you can put the foam “50 States” puzzle together.  Use a map in your Social Studies book for help!

Maps
Create a treasure map!  There is treasure buried somewhere in school so draw a detailed map showing us how to get there!  Don’t forget to include symbols and a map key!

Globes
Using blue and green clay, create a model of the earth.

Pilgrims
Pretend you are a pilgrim on the Mayflower.  For 5 days, keep a journal telling what life was like for you aboard the Mayflower.

Harriet Tubman
Choose a book to read on Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.  Write a one paragraph summary of the book on notebook paper.  Also be sure to tell me if you liked the book and give me reasons why you did/didn’t like it.

Government
Copy the Pledge of Allegiance in your nicest cursive handwriting on notebook paper.  Draw a picture of what you see every time you hear or say the pledge.

Presidents
Write a 3 paragraph paper explaining why you should be President.  Be sure to include details about what you would do!  After you are finished, draw a picture of yourself as President.

Assembly Lines
Using a large sheet of white construction paper, draw an example of an assembly line putting something together.  Some examples: cars, food, bottled water, crayons.

Flow Charts
Create a flow chart showing the steps necessary to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Christmas Around the World
Choose one of the countries we are studying about and make a poster on white construction paper showing how the country you chose celebrates Christmas.

Know Your America
Pick a friend to play the “Know Your America” game with.  Follow the rules in the game box.

Trading
Pretend you are trying to convince your friend to trade something with you.  What will be your export (what are you going to give to your friend)?  What will be your import (what is your friend going to give to you)?  Why is it a fair trade?

Graphing
Using Microsoft Excel, create a graph showing the color shirts everyone is wearing today.  Print it out when you are done.

Internet
You may go to either Funbrain or Challenge 24 and play a game of your choosing.

Word Processing
Choose something from your writing folder or journal and practice typing it in Microsoft Word.  Save it to your disk when you are done.

Paintbrush
Type a poem and draw a picture to go with the poem

Flash Cards
Choose a partner and practice either your addition, subtraction, time, money, or multiplication flash cards.  Make sure you are using yellow light voices!

Fact Families
On a sheet of notebook paper, create 10 addition/subtraction or multiplication/division fact families.

Strategy Games
Choose a partner and follow the directions on the paper!

Memory Cards
Play this game with a partner.  Put all of your cards face down on the floor.  Each player takes turns turning over any 2 cards.  If they match, that player goes again.  If they don’t match, that player loses a turn.  The winner is the person with the most matches at the end.

War
Divide a set of cards evenly between 2 people and put them in a pile facing down so no one can see the cards.  Both players turn over the top card on their pile AT THE SAME TIME.  The first person to add, subtract, or multiply the numbers correctly wins and takes both cards.  The game is over when one person gets all of the cards.

Place Value Cards
Play this game with a partner.  Partners take turns giving each other a number and they have to use their place value cards to make the number.  If they make it correctly, they get a point.  The person with the most points at the end wins.

Word Problems
Complete as many word problem cards as you can.  Solve them on a sheet of notebook paper.

Wipe-off Games
You may practice your multiplication facts by yourself.  Write your answers using a dry erase marker.  When you are finished, wipe off the games so someone else can use them!

Journals
Complete a pack of weekly word problems in your math journal.

Calculators
Use a calculator to solve problems on a worksheet.

Presentation
Play the multiplication slide show and see if you can answer all of the problems correctly!  Press the space bar only ONCE to go to the next slide!

Jellybean Puzzles
Answer and color all of the problems correctly using the color code in the bottom corner.  Turn the paper in and if it is correct, you will be rewarded with a handful of jellybeans!

Multiplication Eggs
Open each of the eggs in the basket and solve the multiplication problems on the slip of paper.  Write your answers on a sheet of notebook paper.

Domino Sums
Remove dominoes from the can one at a time.  Sketch the dominoes on a sheet of notebook paper.  Below each drawing, write an addition, subtraction, or multiplication sentence that uses both numbers on the domino. 

Pigskin Countdown
Place each football cutout in its correct position on the football gameboard.

Mighty Mouth
Slip your hand into the Mighty Mouth puppet.  Guide the puppet into the container and catch a “mouthful” of magnetic items.  Sort and count the items and use this information to make a bar graph.  Return the items to the container when finished.

Shop Till You Drop
Choose a card one at a time from the pocket and enter the toy store!  Solve each problem on a sheet on notebook paper.  Put all of the cards back when you’re finished!

Ribbon Measurement
Measure each of the ribbon lengths and mark your answers on a sheet of notebook paper.

Coupon Cash-In
Glue a coupon near the top of a sheet of construction paper.  Using the coin cutouts, glue as many possible ways that equal the value of the coupon.  Draw a line in-between each answer.

Estimation Jars
Start at jar #1 and write what is in the jar on your response sheet.  Estimate the number of items in the jar and write your estimation on the response sheet.  Remove the lid from the jar, count how many items are really in the jar, and write that number on your response sheet.  At the end, evaluate your work and write a comment on your paper.  Do the same thing for the rest of the jars.

Fall Leaves Graph
Choose 8 leaves from the basket and sort them according to color.  Color the bar graph to show your findings.

McDonald’s Math
Using the McDonald’s menu, solve the 20 math word problems.

Time To Draw

Book Scenes
Use any of the art supplies provided to draw a colorful, detailed picture of your favorite part of the book you are reading.

Colorful Posters
Create a "Wanted Poster" for a character in the book you are reading.  Be sure to include a description, what they are wanted for, and a reward.