Day 7
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Welcome to Day 7!
READING
Choose a nonfiction book to read or continue with the one you have been reading. Choose a section to focus on and try to find the main idea by reading the beginning and looking at the text features.
Ask yourself, “What are the most important ideas in this part?” You might write this down in your notebook in boxes & bullets format or by writing a sentence like, “I think the main idea might be _____.”
WRITING
Today, continue working on your information writing. You will want to make sure your writing has a strong beginning that gets readers interested about the topic. Some ideas for creating a strong beginning are:
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Paint a picture in your readers mind
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Begin with an amazing fun fact!
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Ask and Answer a question!
MATH
Complete 1-2 lessons in DreamBox and today's problem:
How many pencils in each set? 1 set is 40 pencils
- 10 sets of 40 pencils
- 100 sets of 40 pencils
- 1000 sets of 40 pencils
What patterns do you notice?
MOVEMENT
Be sure to take breaks to move your body during the day. You can do activities from the BSD Brainboost Page.
Activities that have lower intensity are:
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WAIT, DON'T 🍁 YET! WE STILL HAVE TO PICK ACTIVITIES FROM OUR CHOICE BOARD...
Empathy
Sometimes empathy means “putting yourself in someone else's shoes”. What does that saying mean?
Pixar Short
Watch the Pixar short film Coin Operated.
How did this film make you feel? What do you think the message or theme of this story is? What did the character(s) learn? Draw, write, or act out your own story that is similar.
Podcast
Listen to a podcast from But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids and draw while you are listening to show what you are hearing and learning.
Drums
Write a piece of music for three percussion instruments.
Engineer
Draw a picture of yourself as an engineer, a person who solves problems by designing, building, or maintaining machines or public works.
In your picture, include the problems you are working to solve.
Penguin
Watch “Antarctica: Journey to the Bottom of the Earth” and draw a picture that includes at least 5 things you learned.
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