Try This At Home

Try these learning games with your child. Remember when parents and children read together, everyone is a winner! Use the newspaper as your reading material—the content changes all the time and it helps your child become connected with the community.

R.S.V.P.

Have your students create an invitation to an imaginary summer party in their future. Use this graphic organizer. R.S.V.P. means “Répondez s’il vous plait.” This is French for “Please reply.” It is polite to respond to an invitation even if … Continue reading

Food!

Burritos, guacamole, tacos, enchiladas and more! How many words can you make from the letters that spell ENCHILADA? Score: 1 – 3 words: Mild 4 – 7 words: Hot Stuff 8 – 10 words: Muy Caliente! (very hot!) What traditional … Continue reading

Family Communication Plan

Emergencies can happen at any time. Print out the card below and fill out the information. Keep it somewhere safe like your backpack. For more information go to ready.gov/kids.

Measure a Leprechaun

Legend says that leprechauns are about three shoe lengths in height! How tall is that? Use your shoes to find out.

Create A Goodwill Seal

Find a picture and words from the newspaper that seem to say “goodwill.” If you can’t find any, create some of your own. Use these images and words to create a Goodwill Seal. If you could sell your seal, what … Continue reading

Nouns You Can Grow

Johnny Appleseed made apples grow by planting seeds. You can make words grow, too. Look through the newspaper for nouns you can grow by adding different endings. See examples below. Word Ending New Word Sample: apple – s apples plant … Continue reading

Halloween Symbols

List as many Halloween symbols as you can. Think about why these symbolize Halloween. On a separate piece of paper, draw one of the symbols and write a paragraph about why you think this became a symbol of Halloween. You … Continue reading

Good Homework Habits

Let’s say you have found a quiet place to do your homework, where you can sit and concentrate and have everything you need. (But not on your bed in case you fall asleep!) Great! Your homework is done on time. … Continue reading

Sizzling Synonyms

Find five pairs of words in the newspaper that are synonyms—words that mean the same (or nearly the same) thing. In writing, to avoid repeating a word you’ve already used, you can use a synonym. So if you’ve already used … Continue reading

The Case for Punctuation

Punctuation was not known in Ancient Egypt — hieroglyphics did not contain capital letters or commas. Go through this story on the pyramids and add the correct punctuation so that it makes sense. Continue reading