Home LearningCalendar November2012

Read Every Day! / / Welcome to
November! / 1
Here is my grocery list:
bananas $3.46
milk $2.85
cereal $4.29
Is $15.00 enough to pay for them? How much change should I get back? / 2
Choose a card game or a board game and invite someone to play with you. Now play a video game with that person. Talk about which game was more fun to you and why.
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Write a Riddle
Write four sentences that give clues about one thing in your house. Make sure to use capital letters and punctuation. See if anyone can read and guess what it is! Be clever  / 6
Make a set of subtraction flashcards for 7’s and 8’s. Practice to see how fast you can get.
8-0, 8-1, 8-2 up to 8-8
7-0, 7-1… you get the idea! / 7
Cut a picture of an animal from a magazine or paper. Tape or glue it to the top of a blank piece of paper. Write as many adjectives (describing words) as you can to tell about the animal. / 8
How much money do I have?
I have 3 quarters, 6 dimes, 5 nickels, and 2 pennies.
How much more do I need to have $2.00? / 9
Write down three things you could do to help someone in your family. Choose one thing, do it, and then write about how you felt after you did it.
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Action Words
Make a list of action words that you could use in your writing. When you are done have each person in the family add a new one! / 13
Find a quiet corner of the house and read a “Just Right” book to your favorite stuffed animal or toy. / 14
Do you have a computer with internet access?
If so, visit classroom-resources/student-interactives/postcard-creator-30061.htmland write a postcard! / 15
Write the grocery list for your family shopping day.
Make sure everyone can read your handwriting. Sound out each word carefully and spell it the best you can! / 16
Write 999 at the top of a paper. Roll 2 dice to create a 2 digit number and write it down below 999. Subtract them! Continue rolling and subtracting 12 times.
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Collect a handful of fall leaves. Write a short story or poem about how they look, feel, smell and sound. Draw a colorful picture to go with your writing! / 20
Design a playground!
It must be a rectangle with a perimeter of 100 feet. Draw 3 play toys you would put on your playground. / 21
Solve Please
Oliver has two packs of cars with five cars in each pack. He wants to share an equal number of cars between he and his two friends. How many cars will each person get? Are there leftovers? Draw a picture to prove your answers. / 22
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Fold a piece of paper into 4 parts. Label the sections Quadrilateral, Parallelogram, Rectangle and Square. Look for examples of these, like a cereal box, and write them in the appropriate section.
“I wonder, could the same item be listed in more than one spot?”
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You may love Thanksgiving but think about it from the turkey’s point of view! Write a funny story about how the turkey feels about Thanksgiving Dinner. / 27
Make a list of things you would like to do during the month of December. / 28
Ask Questions!
Interview each member of your family. Ask them to tell you 3 things they like to do in their free time. Choose one of their ideas to do yourself! / 29
Tell a family member!
Explain what the digit 8 in the number 2,486 represents. What about the 2? / 30
Relax and think ahead to Winter Break. Where do you visualize yourself? What will you be doing?

Please complete the tasks on the dates that are circled and keep them in the homework pocket of your binder until the end of the month! I always expect neat, carefully completed work 

All other tasks must be completed, shown to a parent or other adult and ask them to initial the box on the calendar to show me you’ve completed them.

Have Fun and Keep Thinking!

Write A Riddle / A List of Things You Would Like to do in December
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Adjectives Describing an Animal

Subtract from 999

Design a Playground

Four Shapes

Turkey Story

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