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Below is the electronic version of the WINTER BREAK packet. Students may
complete these activities at their leisure over the Winter Break. This is
enrichment and does not need to be turned in.

LANGUAGE ARTS

•List the first names of all the students in our class, then put their names
in alphabetical order.

•Write clues that describe 10 different types of food. Read the clues to a
family member to solve.

•Write a different ending to your favorite book or TV show.

•List as many cereals as you can. Extend your list when you visit the grocery
store.

List one piece of clothing that begins with each letter of the alphabet.

•List all the foods you like. List all the foods you do not like.

•List all the words you can from your first, middle and last name.

•List all the words you can from the phrases “MERRY CHRISTMAS”, “HAPPY
HOLIDAYS” or “HAPPY HANUKKAH”

•Make up crossword puzzles/word searches of animals, classmates, football
teams, foods, etc. Have a family member solve.

•Alphabetize lists of family friends, relatives, food, etc.

•List one food for each letter of the alphabet.

•Rewrite a favorite fairy tale and complete the story by drawing a picture of it.

•Tell a favorite fairy tale by putting it into comic strip format.

•Keep a journal or diary entry of what you did each day while out on break.

•Read to someone – a grandparent, relative, cat.

•Write a letter to your teacher, or other adult. Discuss your thoughts of
school, life or any favorite topic.

•Complete the sentence by writing an essay…. “Mistakes from the past that I
won’t repeat again.”

•Learn the symbols for sign language. See attached paper.

•Write a letter to a friend or family member using a secret code. The art of
encoding or decoding a secret messages is called “cryptography.” Three ideas
include a) Write the sentence backwards b) Write the sentence using the
alphabet backwards from Z to A instead of A to Z so that A=”Z,” B=”Y,” C=”X,”
D=”W” c) Assign a number to each letter A=1, B=2, C=3

NEWSPAPER ACTIVITIES

•Using the newspaper, or an old magazine, make some “Alphabet Soup”. Cut out
one capital letter and one lower case letter of every letter in  the alphabet.
Glue the letters on a piece of paper.

•Observe and chart the weather temperatures of cities in different parts of
the country. Compare them to Hollywood, Florida. Graph the results.

•Have a friend or relative cut up a comic strip. Put the comic strip together
in the correct order.

VISIT THE LIBRARY

•Go to the Library and check out Sunshine State Reader books.

•Begin to research a current or new hobby. Learn all you can about it.
Practice taking notes on this topic.

MATH
•Add all the numbers from 1 to 100. Double check the answer with a calculator.

•Using catalogs from department stores (from the mail or from newspapers).
“Shop” for items of interest. Add up the total. Compare prices from different
stores of the same product.

•Make a list of all the ingredients used to complete your favorite meal.
Calculate how much the meal will cost to buy and make.

•Play Multiplication War. For variation, toss in a set of dice.

•Count how many days until your birthday. Calculate how many days of the
members in your family.

•Figure out how old you are in days and/or seconds. WOW!

•Estimate, then count by 2’s, 5’s or 10’s the numbers of seeds in a fruit like
a cantalope.

•Fill in a graph by putting your multiplication tables 1 to 9 in it. Practice
any you don’t know by sight!

SCIENCE

•Observe an ant or other friendly bug. Write about what it does and where it goes.

•Observe and chart the phases of the moon. Look outside your window each night
and draw the moon. Label each drawing with the date. Check the newspaper or
calendar for the date of the next full moon.

•Check the night sky for popular constellations like the Big Dipper or the
Little Dipper. This may be a good topic to research at the library.

•Explore and draw shadows at different times of the day.

•Sort and classify various objects by shapes or sizes. Objects could be a
button collection, stuffed animals, of food in the pantry or refrigerator.

ART

•Draw a picture of your best friend.

•Create a board game. Use game boards that you already have as examples.

READING AND SPELLING:
Our next Theme is entitled, A Changing Planet. I have enclosed our next
spelling list for any students who desire to get a jump start over the break.

Everglades
Activities: 
**Place the words in ABC order.

**Use all of the words in a sentence that shows understanding.

** “Pyramids”

**All work is due Thursday!

1)  island
2) design
3) calm
4) column
5) sword
6) half
7) yolk
8) walked
9) talk
10) chalk
11) wrinkled
12) wrong
13) autumn
14) solemn
15) aisle
16) foreign
17) lightning
18) benign
19) glistened
20) resign
21) orchids
22) slaughter
23) clambered
24) knowledge
25) habitat

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