Mrs. Cheney’s Digital Learning Plans
Parents: In the event Douglas County School System has to implement Digital Learning Days, the following activities should be completed at home and can be found on the DSE school website. For elementary students, combined assignments should
not take longer than 1-2 hours each day to complete.Teachers are available by email from 9:00- 2:00 to answer any questions you have concerning your work. All activities will be due no later than 3 days after returning to school.
Email Addresses: [email protected]
Students can log into the DCSS Portal to find additional activities that can be completed in addition to the
activities below. 3rd-4th Writing
Activity Link Required
Day 1 Choose a fiction book of your choice and write a summary about the events of the story. Be sure your sentences have SWAG! They should start with a capital letter, be written neatly, have correct spacing between words, and given punctuation. Day 2 Use the T Chart with 2 columns and label one column with
Common Nouns and one column with Proper Nouns. Determine if the following words are Common or Proper Nouns and sort them into the correct column.
Desk, man, road, home, teacher, Taco Bell, Mrs. Fuller, student, Monday, pencil, book, Dorsett Shoals Elementary, paper, Sunkist, glass, Halloween, December
Day 3 Write 5 sentences that include at least one Proper Noun. Remember that Proper Nouns are specific names of people, places, and things. Examples: Monday, Burger King, and Tammy.
Day 4 If I could have 1 super power of my choice, it would be… Write about your chosen super power. Be sure to write at least 6 sentences, telling what it is, why you would want that super power, how it would help you, and ways you could help others.
Day 5 If you could visit any planet, what would it be? Write why you chose the planet, what you might see when you arrive, how long you will stay, how will you get there, and other details to support your choice.
Day 6 Free write: You may write about anything you choose. It must be at least 5 sentences with SWAG!
Day 7 Write 10 sentences with 2 adjectives in each sentence.
Remember that sentences should have SWAG! Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Examples: tall, little, brown, delicious, fast.
Day 8 Free write: You may write about anything you choose. It must be at least 5 sentences with SWAG!
Day 9 Write a narrative about a time when you were super proud of yourself. Your narrative should have a title. Remember that a narrative tells a story and should include a hook, details, and a conclusion. You should also use words like first, next, then, last, finally.
Day 10 Continue working on your narrative story
Day 11 Complete your narrative writing from yesterday.
Day 12 Free write. You may write about anything you choose. It must be at least 5 sentences with SWAG!
Day 13 Write a constructed response comparing and contrasting Valentines Day and New Years Eve. Remember when you compare 2 things, you write about how they are alike. When you contrast 2 things, you write about how they are different. You should write at least 2 ways they are the same, and 2 ways they are different.
Day 14 Continue writing your constructed response from yesterday. Day 15 Complete your constructed response writing.
2nd Reading
Activity Link Required
Day 1 Read the passage below and answer the questions in complete sentences.
The Diary
Will always walked to school with Ted. One Day, Ted asked him why he didn’t like their friend April. Will was surprised by the question. He had never told anyone that he sometimes didn’t like April. Finally, Ted admitted that he had read Will’s diary. Will was mad. That weekend, he asked his dad if he could buy a diary lock.
1. Where did Will and Ted walk together? 2. Why was Will mad?
3. What did Will ask his dad on the weekend?
4. How do you think Will and Ted know each other? Explain why.
Day 2
Day 3 Go to the link provided for Read Works and click on Student Login. You will see a line above a blue rectangular box that has Enter Class Code on it. You will enter the class code listed under the link exactly like it is written. Click the blue Continue box. You will then put in the Password listed under the link and click on the blue Continue button. You will see 3 passages listed on the page. Choose 1 and read 2 times. Then click on the Questions icon at the top of the passage and answer the comprehension questions. https://www.readwo rks.org/ Class Code: XJNHA2 Password: 1234
Day 4
Day 5 Using the newspaper provided, locate words with ar, ur, er, ir, ing, ,oi, oy, ou. ow. Cut the words out and glue them to the piece of paper provided. Be sure to glue them in the right location. Practice reading the words.
Day 6
Day 7 Using the picture included in the folder, color the short vowel words as instructed on the paper.
Day 8 Go to the link provided for Read Works and click on Student Login. You will see a line above a blue rectangular box that has Enter Class Code on it. You will enter the class code listed under the link exactly like it is written. Click the blue Continue box. You will then put in the Password listed under the link and click on the blue Continue button. You will see 3 passages listed on the page. Choose a different passage than before and read 2 times. Then click on the Questions icon at the top of the passage and answer the comprehension questions.
https://www.readwo rks.org/
Class Code: XJNHA2
Day 9 Read the passage and highlight all the words with the ending ed. Practice reading the words. Read the passage to 2 people.
Day 10 Read the passage Bobby Gets a Doggy and answer questions at the end of the story. Passage is in your packet.
Day 11 Read the passage Day to Night and answer questions at the end of the story.
Day 12 Read the Decodable reader in the folder and circle words that rhyme.
Day 13 Go to the link provided for Read Works and click on Student Login. You will see a line above a blue rectangular box that has Enter Class Code on it. You will enter the class code listed under the link exactly like it is written. Click the blue Continue box. You will then put in the Password listed under the link and click on the blue Continue button. You will see 3 passages listed on the page. Choose the passage you haven’t read and read it 2 times. Then click on the Questions icon at the top of the passage and answer the comprehension questions
https://www.readwo rks.org/
Class Code: XJNHA2
Password: 1234
Day 14 Read the book in the folder 3 times and then read it to someone at your house.
4th Math
Activity Link Required
Day 1 1) A store owner was buying uniforms for his employees. If each of his three stores needed eight uniforms how many uniforms would he need?
2) Zoe was practicing for a marathon. She practiced for six days, running four miles each day. How many miles did Zoe run
altogether?
3) A delivery driver had to make four more stops on his route. At each stop he had to drop off two boxes. How many boxes does he have?
4) John bought two boxes of books at a yard sale. If each box had five books how many books did he buy?
5) An employee at a construction site earns eight dollars an hour. If he works eight hours in one week, how much money would he have earned?
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Day 8 6) Sam bought nine boxes of candy with each box having six pieces inside of it. How many pieces of candy did he have total? 7) The roller coaster at the state fair costs seven tickets per ride. If six friends were going to ride the roller coaster, how many tickets would they need?
8) A pet store sold five gerbils in one week. If each of the gerbils cost eight dollars, how much money would they have made? 9) A large order of fries at the soda shop costs seven dollars. How much money would you need if you wanted to buy two large fries?
10) Katie was drawing on scrap paper. She could fit three drawings on each page. If she has eight pieces of paper, how many drawings can she make?
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Day 13 1) Robin had 17 math problems for homework. If she finished 8 of them on the bus ride home, how many more did she have to do? 2) Carol needs to buy 16 apples for apple bobbing. If each bag contains 4 apples, how many bags will she need?
3) Tom bought 4 boxes of candy. Later he bought 2 more boxes. How many boxes did he have total?
4) For a potluck lunch Katie brought 6 bottles of soda. If everyone only drank 2 of the sodas, how many did she have to take back home?
5) Victor played 8 games of basketball with his friends. If Victor scored 2 points each game, how many points did he score total? Day 14
