ANIMAL STEM            

Vocabulary Arctic:  The area around the North Pole Shelter:  Home Adaptations:  The special ability that makes an animal able live in its environment Predator:  An animal that hunts for other animals

Directions:  Design a new animal that can live in a cold place like the Arctic.

Your animal should be able to:

• Stay warm
• Hunt for food
• Stay safe from predators
• Have one moving part

1.  Answer the questions below about your animal.  

2.  Then, draw the animal.

                    OR

3.  Create a model of your animal using things from around your
house (tin foil, paper, toothpicks, elastics,
tape, egg carton, empty cereal box).

1.  Describe what your animal looks like.
2. What does your animal eat?
3. What is your animal’s shelter (home) made out of?
4. How does your animal stay warm?
5. How does your animal stay safe?
6. What are your animal’s special abilities (adaptations)?

The Sign Language Alphabet- A Great Finger Exercise!

Try the SIGN LANGUAGE alphabet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csBb71UPN8E

Nature Bingo and Writing

If you can get outside this is a great activity that helps you explore nature!  

1. Check off each object as you find it.

2. Choose a plant or animal that you observed outside.

• Draw a picture of it.
• Write a description in complete sentences.
• Describe its name, shape, color, and what it is doing.

Ant	A bird hopping	3 yellow flowers	An animal with 4 legs	A leaf with rounded edges
A white flower	An animal with 6 legs	A leaf with smooth edges	A flying animal	An animal eating a plant
A worm	A tree with bumpy bark	Grass	A moth	A butterfly

Senses

Senses

Go outside for 5 minutes.  If you can’t go outside look at the pictures below. 

Use your imagination.

Pay attention to your senses.

What do you hear?

What do you see?

What can you smell?

What can you feel?

Then copy the sentence starters and fill in the blanks.

I hear _________________________.

I see __________________________.

I smell _________________________.

I feel __________________________.

                                 

Fine Motor Fun...THE PAPER-CLIP CHALLENGE !

Place paperclips on an index card, piece of cardboard or a paint chip as fast as you can for one minute.  

How many were you able to do?
Practice to get faster !

PULL OUT THOSE PUZZLES! It is a great way to "exercise" your brain and your fingers!

Categories

The bird, gorilla, and cat are all ANIMALS.

Dancing, washing hands, and talking are all THINGS YOU CAN DO.

Worried, bored, and excited are all _____________________.

Look at these pictures.
What are the 2 categories?

Can you draw a picture of many things in a category?
Then write the name of each object.

Do you have a blindfold?

                           THE  BLINDFOLD  CHALLENGE! 

                                 Can you write your name 

                                         without looking?

                             Can you tell what objects are...

                                       just by feeling them?

                                     

Practicing the letter M with Michael, Ms. Lassins' brother!

My brother's name is Michael, and he wanted to help you learn the letter M all the way from Brooklyn, New York!

Practice a greeting to Michael. You could say "Hello Michael, my name is ___________!

Now, lets practice saying the letter M. 

m

man

/m/

Thumbs Up!

Writing b's and t's

Try this week to practice writing some b's and some t's. See the video below. Once you're done, try to find things in your house that start with these letters!

Kindness Chain

It is SO important to be kind to ourselves and others.  See if you can spot any random acts of kindness at your house!  Write it on a piece of paper and add it to a kindness chain. 

Kindness Chain Materials:
Paper, scissors, marker, and stapler

Cut paper into strips.

Write down or draw any random act of kindness
you spot at your house

Loop the paper into a circle and
staple it onto your chain.
Hooray!