Quest At home Choice Board

Choose   an  activity  from  3  different  columns.Directions can  be  found   in  the  packet  for  activities  labeled  with  a  I

Thinking Skills Creativity Information Literacy Communication Skills Affective Skills Success Skills

Design  a  Tiny  HouseI

Usematerials  you  have  in  your  house   to  build  a  leprechaun  trap.  Write  a  short  paragraph  explaining  

how  it  works.

Skeletal  SystemWebQuestI

Invent something  that  solves  a  problem.  

Create  a  commercial  for  your  product.

Emotions  CharadesI

Make  a  ScheduleI

Mind BendersI

Create a  self-­‐portrait.  Draw,  color,  paint,  cut  out  paper,  or  use  any  other  materials  you  

have  at  home.

WeatherWebQuestI

Write  a  letter to  yourself  in  the  future.  Tell  all  about  your   life  

now.

JournalingI

Allowance BudgetI

Use  the  template to  create  your  own  mind  

bender.  I

Create  a  Color Wheel  using  objects  you  find  in  your  house   for  each  

colorI

Color  WalkerExperimentI

Think  about  your  favorite  book.  Write  a  newspaper  article  about  an  event  that  takes  place  in  the  

book.

Read  or  Listen  to  ABad  Case  of  Stripes

ICareer Interview

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Math  ProblemsI

Story  SwapI

Water  DensityExperimentI

Write  a  persuasivespeech.  Perform  it  for  

an  audience.I

Reador  Listen  to  Enemy  Pie  on  Storyline  Online

Career ExplorationI

Design a Tiny House

Create  a  blueprint   of  the  floor  plan  of  your  dream  house.You  may  want  to  use  the  grid  paper  in  this  packet  to  help  you.

• Give  your  house   at  least  five  rooms.• Be  creative!  You  can  include  rooms  that  are  not  in  your  real  house,   like  a  game  room  or  a  bedroom  for  your  pet!

• Label  each  room.• Find   the  area  and  perimeter  of  each  room.  (one  unit  on  the  paper  =  one  foot)

• Think  about  how  big  a  room  like  that  would  actually  be!• Add  furniture  to  your  floor  plan.• Color   your  floor   plan,  but  make  sure  you  can  still  read  the  labels.

Bonus:• Write  a  description  of  each  room  in  your  dream  house.• Draw  a  picture  of  the  outside   of  your  dream  house.

Kitchen

Living Room

Game Room

Bedroom

bathroom

Dog Room

mind bender

1.  Fluffy  does  not  have  fur.

2.  Chip  and  Cookie  are  bigger  than  Buzz.

3.  Cookie  has  whiskers,  but  Abba  does  not.

4.  Chip  is  a  golden  retriever.

5.  Fluffy  has  more  legs  than  Abba.

6.  Buzz  likes  to  run.

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MATH PROBLEMS

1. Sam  went  to  the  zoo.  He  explored  the  experimental  room  where  flamingos  and  rabbits  were  cohabitating.  There  were  36  heads  and  76  legs.  How  many  of  the  animals  were  flamingos,   and  how  many  were  rabbits?

2. There  is  a  30  foot  flag  pole  outside   of  the  school.  A  monkey   tries  to  climb  the  pole,   but  it  is  very  slippery.   In  the  first  second,   the  monkey  climbs   up  4  feet  but  slips   down  3  feet  in  the  next  second.  If  it  continues   at  the  same  speed,   how  many  second  will  it  take  for  the  monkey  to  reach  the  top  of  the  pole?

3. Which   digit  (0,  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9)  is  used  most  frequently  when  counting  from  1  to  100?

4. Lisa  is  going  to  the  beach.  She  wants  to  know  how  many  different  ways  she  can  combine  her  clothes   to  make  outfits.  Use  the  chart  below  to  help  Lisa  solve  her  problem.

Shoes Shirts Shorts

Tennis Red Black

Crocs Pink Blue

Sandals Yellow Tan

Green

Number  of  Different  Outfits:

___________

Color Wheel Story Swap

Use  the  color  wheel  below  to  guide  you.  Try  to  find  as  many  objects  in  your  house   in  each  of  the  primary  and  secondary  colors.  Arrange  those  objects  in  the  shape  of  a  color  wheel.  You  may  even  want  to  take  a  picture  of  your  color  wheel!

Choose   three  short  stories  or  books.  Use  the  characters  from  the  first  story,  the  setting  from  the  second   story,  and  the  events  from  the  third  story  to  write  a  new  short  story.  Use  the  chart  below  to  help  organize  your  thoughts.  You  may  want  to  use  Storyline  Online  (www.storylineonline.net )  to  find  your  stories.

Characters Setting Events

Story 1:

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Story 2:

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Story 3:

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Skeletal System webquest

Use  the  websites  given  to   learn  more  about  the  Skeletal  System

Go  to: Ducksters to  answer  questions   1-­‐3https://www.ducksters.com/science/bones.php1.  What  is  the  purpose  of  the  skeleton?2.  What  are  bones  made  of?3.  How  many  bones   does   an  adult  have?

Go  to: Kids  Health to  answer  questions   4-­‐6https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/bones.html4.  Why  do  adults  have  fewer  bones   than  babies?5.  What  is  the  longest  bone  in  the  human  body?6.  What  can  you  do  to  take  care  of  your  bones?

Go  to: DK  Find  Out (explore  the  different  sections!)  and  answer  questions   7-­‐9https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/human-­‐body/skeleton-­‐and-­‐bones/7.  Name  three  kinds   of  joints   and  explain  how  they  are  different8.  What  does   a  human   skeleton  and  a  giraffe  skeleton  have  in  common?9.  How  many  bones   does   your  skull  contain?

Go  to: ABCya and  play  the  skeleton  games.https://www.abcya.com/games/skeletal_system

WEATHER WebQuest

Use  the  websites  given  to   learn  more  about  the  Skeletal  System

Go  to: Ducksters to  answer  questions   1-­‐3https://www.ducksters.com/science/weather.php1. Name  and  describe three  different  kinds   of  precipitation.2. What  is  a  weather  front?3. What  happens  when  an  area  of  low  pressure  and  high  pressure  meet?

Go  to: Weather  Wiz  Kids to  answer  questions   4-­‐6www.weatherwizkids.com4.  Why  is  snow  white?5.  How  do blizzards  form?6.  What  is  thundersnow?

Go  to: DK  Find  Out (explore  the  different  sections!)  and  answer  questions   7-­‐9https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/earth/weather/7.  In what  part  of  a  hurricane  can  the  strongest  winds   be  found?8.  How can  you  use  a  pinecone   to  predict  the  weather?9.  What  is  climate?

Go  to:  Weather Wiz  Kids to  read  some  weather  jokes!http://www.weatherwizkids.com/?page_id=13

Color Walkers

Materials:

Five  small,  clear,  plastic  cups  (or  other  small  clear  containers)Food  color  (red,  yellow,  blue)10  to  12  paper  towelsWater

Steps:

1. Place  the  cups   in  a  line  on  a  flat  surface.2. Fill  cups  1,  3  and  5  to  one  inch  below  the  top.3. Fill  cups  2  and  4  about  half  way  to  the  top.4. Add  red  food  color  to  cup  1.  About   5  drops.5. Add  yellow  food  color  to  cup  3.  About  8  drops.6. Add  blue  food  color  to  cup  5.  About  5  drops.7. Separate  the  paper  towels.8. Roll  each  paper  towel  into  a  long  tube  shape.9. Put  one  end  of  one  paper  towel  in  cup  1  and  the  other  end  in  cup  2.  Using  another  paper  towel  put  one  

end  of  the  paper  towel   in  cup2  and  the  other  end  in  cup  3.  Continue  this  for  cups  3  and  4  and  then  for  cups  4  and  5.  (Extra  paper  towels  are  for  the  messes  we  make!)

10. Let  the  cups  sit  and  you  can  watch  the  colors  walk!

Water DEnsity

Use  the  Scientific  Process  to  test  water  density.

Problem: Will  mixing  different  ingredients  in  water  affect  the  density  of  the  water?

Research: Find  the  answer  to  the  following   questions.    Write  and  answer  one  more  question   related  to  water  or  density.What  is  density?  What  is  freshwater?  What  is  saltwater?  

Hypothesis: What  do  you   think?    Will   adding  different  ingredients  to  water  affect  the  density   of  the  water?

Conclusion:

Was  your  hypothesis   correct?    Did  adding  any  of  the  ingredients  affect  the  density   of  the  water?

Materials:

Four  clear  containersTeaspoon  measuring  spoonSpoon   for  stirringWaterSaltSugarBaking  SodaSmall  lightweight  plastic  toys  Paper  towels  (to  clean  up  our  mess)

Steps:

1. Place  containers  on  a  flat  surface.2. Fill  containers  to  ¾  full.3. Leave  one  container  with  clear  water.4. Add  1  teaspoon  of  salt  to  one  container.  Mix  well.5. Add  1  teaspoon  of  sugar  to  another  container.    Mix  well.6. Add  1  teaspoon  of  baking  soda  to  another  container.    Mix  well.7. Add  one  small  toy  to  each  container.8. Record  results.    Do  the  toys  float  in  all  of  the  containers?    What  was  added  

to  the  water  in  the  containers  where  the  toys  float?

Persuasive Speech

Use  this  outline  to  help  you  write  a  speech  to  persuade!Attention getter:

Your position (what you’re trying to convince people to think or do):

Supporting fact 1:

Supporting fact 2:

Supporting fact 3:

Conclusion (restate your position):

Charades Journaling

Think  about  how  you  can  tell  if  someone   is  happy,  mad,  or  scared  without  them  even  having  to  talk.  Gather  your  family  members  to  play  charades  with  emotion  words!

1. Write  down  a  list  of  emotion  words.  Try  to  have  the  same  number  of  enjoyable   feelings  (like  happy  and  excited)  as  uncomfortable  feelings  (like  frustrated  and  confused)

2. Choose   a  word  from  the  list.  Act  your  feeling  word  out  using  facial  expressions   and  body   language,  without  talking,  while  the  other  people  guess  your  word.

3. When  your  word  is  correctly  identified,  make  a  check  mark  next  to  it  on  the  list.

4. The  person  who  guesses  correctly  gets  to  take  the  next  turn.

5. Continue  until  all  of  the  words  on  your  list  are  used.

Choose   a  prompt from  the  list  below.  Set  a  timer  for  10  minutes  and  write.  Stay  on  topic.

1. Write  about  a  unique  quality   you  have  and  how  that  makes  you   special.

1. Write  a  bout  someone   you  admire.  What  qualities   do  you  have  in  common  with  this  person?

2. Write  about  a  time  when  you  did  something  you  were  afraid  to  try.  How  did  you  feel  afterwards?

A Bad Case of Stripes

1. Read  or  listen  to  the  book  A  Bad  Case  of  Stripes  • You  can  listen  online  at  https://www.storylineonline.net/books/a-­‐bad-­‐case-­‐of-­‐stripes/

2. Think  of  something   you  have  a  “bad  case  of.”• Do  you  really  like  fishing?  Cars?  Ballet?  

3. Draw  a  self  portrait  that  shows   you  with  a  “bad  case  of  _______”• I  love  pizza,  so  I  might  draw  myself  covered  with  different  pizza  toppings.• Yours  CANNOT  be  a  food!

Make a Schedule Allowance Budget

• Make  a  schedule   showing  how  you  are  spending   your  days  at  home.

• Some  things  you  might  want  to  include   are  school  work,  meals,  and  chores.    

• You  should   add  other  things  that  make  up  your  day.  

• Pretend  that  you  are  given  $20  as  an  allowance.    • How  would   you  spend  that  $20?  • Make  a  chart  to  show  what  you  will  use  the  money  for.  • You  should   save  at  least  10%  of  your  money.    You  can  not  

save  all  of  the  money.    

Career INterview Career Exploration

• Chose   a  family  member to  interview  about  their  job.(You may  also  email  or  FaceTime  someone   for  this  interview)• Write  5  questions   that  you  will  ask  the  person   you  are  

interviewing.  (Example:  What  are  the  three  most  important  things  you  do  at  your  job?)Record  their  answers.  

• Write  a  paragraph  to  share  what  you  learned  about  this  career.

• Use  the  Bureau of  Labor  Statistics  website  https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/careers/career-­‐exploration.htm

• Choose a  category  and  then  a  career  you  think  you  might  be  interested  in.

• Come  up  with  five  questions   you  would  like  to  learn  about  your  chosen  career.

• Explore the  website  and  find   the  answers  to  your  questions.

THANKS!

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