{"id":4385,"date":"2021-10-10T07:53:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/?page_id=4385"},"modified":"2022-05-04T08:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:40:13","slug":"learn-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/learn-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">English\/Language Arts\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/tfk-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Time for Kids Digital Library<\/a> &#8211; Free for kids right now. Free access to a library of four grade-specific digital editions of TIME for Kids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.litworld.org\/\">https:\/\/www.litworld.org\/<\/a> &#8211; Strengthening kids and communities through the power of stories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; color: #d54e21;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liveit.earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live It Earth<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8211; Weekly Inquiry Units with Environmental Focus<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"font-style: normal; font-weight: 300; color: #d54e21;\" href=\"https:\/\/coolprogeny.com\/2020\/03\/operation-storytime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cool Progeny<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8211; List of authors and artists sharing their work or talent online<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>READING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Read in any language!\u00a0 Use your decoding skills to help you understand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Build a fort with blankets.\u00a0 Read in your fort alone or with a friend or stuffy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Design a new cover for your book.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ask someone else to read to you for at least 20 mins.\u00a0 Follow along as they read.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose a scene from your book.\u00a0 Act it out in front of an audience.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a 5 or more sentence review of your book.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a paragraph connection to your book.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Read in the bathtub. Make sure there\u2019s no water in it!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Connect your book to another book.\u00a0 Write or draw how they are connected.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>WRITING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a story.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a script.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Email someone you know. Write in any language!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write an episode of your favourite show.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a different ending to a book, TV show, or movie.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Watch a show and write a summary of what you watched. Add as much detail as possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a shopping list for someone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Interview someone. Write 5 interesting questions to ask.\u00a0 Write down their answers. Check your work for spelling and caps.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Math Enrichment<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solveme.edc.org\/\">https:\/\/solveme.edc.org\/<\/a> &#8211; Online Algebra puzzles for kids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregtangmath.com\/\">https:\/\/www.gregtangmath.com\/<\/a> &#8211; A variety of Math related games based on the author&#8217;s best selling books<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenken.com\/\">Ken Ken Puzzles<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 Similar to Sudoku but even more fun! Select difficulty and types of operations. Play online or via the iPad app.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/<\/a> &#8211; Practice Math Computation through online games<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Create flash cards for multiplication facts to 144.\u00a0 If you already have them, choose 20 and see how fast you can go through them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Play 20 mins of math games on the blog.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Play a math facts game with dice or cards. Face cards are all 10 or Jacks are 11, Queens are 12, and Kings are 13.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Find a grocery flyer. Choose 6 items. Add them together to find the price before tax.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Other Enrichment<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300;\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/files\/2020\/04\/31-Day-Spring-LEGO-Calendar.pdf\">31-Day-Spring-LEGO-Calendar<\/a> &#8211; Use your Creative Thinking Skills to make new LEGO creations each day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wonderopolis.org\/\">https:\/\/wonderopolis.org\/<\/a> &#8211; Wondoroplis asks and investigates interesting questions about the world. With multi-disciplinary content that purposefully aligns to Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the STEM Educational Quality Framework, and Bloom&#8217;s Digital Taxonomy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learninglab.si.edu\/\">Learning from the Smithsonian <\/a>&#8211; The Smithsonian Learning Lab offers teachers and parents access to millions of digital resources from across the Smithsonian&#8217;s museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and more. Includes pre-packaged collections that contain lessons, activities, and recommended resources made by Smithsonian museum educators. Includes self-directed learning modules for teens and tweens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mommypoppins.com\/family\/stem\/guide-to-science-experiments-for-kids-and-fun-stem-activities\">STEM Activities at Home<\/a> &#8211; A variety of STEM activities to try at home.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">APPRECIATION TASK:<\/span><\/h4>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Please make a sign\/poster to share a message of gratitude for health care workers and\/or essential service workers. You may choose to hang this in your window or find another space to display it. The purpose of this learning task is to share our thanks and show our appreciation for those who are keeping our community safe and healthy! Please e-mail me a picture of your finished sign\/poster! I will be making one to display in my window too!<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Task:<\/span><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">With parent support, brainstorm who is working in our community right now\u200b and what jobs are considered essential services.<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a list of these jobs on a piece of paper (your parents may help you with the spelling of the jobs).<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Use any supplies you may have at home (paper, crayons, pencils, paint, glue, etc) to create a sign\/poster.<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write words of gratitude\/appreciation\/thanks directed at health care workers and\/or essential service workers! Your child may chose to thank all health care workers\/essential services workers or they may chose to create a poster specifically showing support for a particular occupation that they feel connected to (ex. We support and love nurses!; Thank-you essential service workers!; I am grateful for police, fire and ambulance keeping our community safe!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Remind children to make their writing big and bold\u200b if their plan is for people to be able to see it from a window.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">EXTEND &amp; CONNECT TO BIG IDEAS or A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Build a model.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Research the history.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Find a non-fiction book about it at the library.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Draw a diagram with labels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Create a timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a story that includes important facts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ask 3 interesting questions.\u00a0 Answer them with details.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Find an article and write 5 interesting facts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Find a YouTube video. Write or draw something new.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Create a comic.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">SOCIAL EMOTIONAL<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write about a strategy you used this week. Was it effective?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Make a list of calm down strategies you can use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write about something you did well this week. Why were you successful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write about something you wish had gone differently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write a meta moment story.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Draw a picture without words about a feeling you had this week.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Think of ways to rethink \u201cI made a mistake\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Think of ways to rethink \u201cI can\u2019t do it\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Think of ways to rethink \u201cthis is too hard\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Write an encouraging letter to someone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English\/Language Arts\u00a0 Time for Kids Digital Library &#8211; Free for kids right now. Free access to a library of four grade-specific digital editions of TIME for Kids. https:\/\/www.litworld.org\/ &#8211; Strengthening kids and communities through the power of stories. Live It Earth&#8211; Weekly Inquiry Units with<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/learn-at-home\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8695,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4385"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4385"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4486,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4385\/revisions\/4486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/advancedlearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}