34 AT-HOME LEARNING 21 × 4 Grades K–8 Keep Students Engaged During Short Breaks! Learn and Create are proactive K–8 packs to maintain student engagement and accelerate learning during school breaks lasting one to two weeks. It is an invaluable resource to keep young minds sharp any time students are away from school and it’s specifically designed to support continued learning at home. With Learn and Create, you’re equipping students with meaningful, authentic learning activities that reinforce key grade-level concepts in literacy and math and promote exploration and creativity. Inside Every Kit • 1 fiction and 1 nonfiction book • A 12-page Learning & Creating Guide with an introduction, creative literacy activities based on the readers, math games and practice, along with ideas for ways families can learn together during the break • 1 set of game cards for practicing math fluency and foundational skills LEARN AND CREATE: TAKE-HOME LEARNING PACKS Directions: Read the book, and complete at least one activity. Directions: Write a recipe for a snack you like to make using fresh ingredients. Include the ingredients you need, a drawing or photograph of the snack, and step-by-step directions for making your snack. Imagine you are hosting a cooking video. Think about how you would introduce your dish and talk through the steps of making it. Record yourself as the host teaching an audience how to make your dish. Many cultures include some form of bread or dough in common foods. Research three types of bread, such as sourdough, naan, focaccia, roti, challah, pita or tortillas. What types of ingredients are used in each? Why do some breads stay thin, while others puff up? Create a graphic to summarize your findings. Choose your favorite snack, either homemade or store bought. Research the origins of the snack. Who made it first? When did it become popular? Where was it created? Write a short summary of the history of the snack. Be sure to include some pictures! Research what type of plants grow best in your area. Then, draw a plan for a garden. Make sure it keeps your plants protected, while ensuring they get enough sunlight and water. If possible, plant some seeds and watch them grow! Choose a recipe that is important to you or your family. Create an illustrated page in a cookbook showing each step of the recipe. If possible, work with an adult in your home to cook the recipe and enjoy it together! Choose a country that interests you. Write a lesson to teach about five of the most popular foods in that country. Prepare a visual aid for your lesson. What will make the topic interesting for students? Plan and prepare an activity that your class can do after the lesson to share their learning. You’re the Star Investigations You Are There Solve It You’re the Teacher Masterpiece Ingredients Read and Create cover to come Directions Snack Swap Response to Snack Swap Learn and Create Available Winter 2024 Level English Spanish Price Grade K 154092 154101 $19.99 Grade 1 154093 154102 $19.99 Grade 2 154094 154103 $19.99 Grade 3 154095 154104 $19.99 Grade 4 154096 154105 $19.99 Grade 5 154097 154106 $19.99 Grade 6 154098 N/A $19.99 Grade 7 154099 N/A $19.99 Grade 8 154100 N/A $19.99 Directions: Read the book, and complete at least one activity. Directions: Write a recipe for a snack you like to make using fresh ingredients. Include the ingredients you need, a drawing or photograph of the snack, and step-by-step directions for making your snack. Imagine you are hosting a cooking video. Think about how you would introduce your dish and talk through the steps of making it. Record yourself as the host teaching an audience how to make your dish. Many cultures include some form of bread or dough in common foods. Research three types of bread, such as sourdough, naan, focaccia, roti, challah, pita or tortillas. What types of ingredients are used in each? Why do some breads stay thin, while others puff up? Create a graphic to summarize your findings. Choose your favorite snack, either homemade or store bought. Research the origins of the snack. Who made it first? When did it become popular? Where was it created? Write a short summary of the history of the snack. Be sure to include some pictures! Research what type of plants grow best in your area. Then, draw a plan for a garden. Make sure it keeps your plants protected, while ensuring they get enough sunlight and water. If possible, plant some seeds and watch them grow! Choose a recipe that is important to you or your family. Create an illustrated page in a cookbook showing each step of the recipe. If possible, work with an adult in your home to cook the recipe and enjoy it together! Choose a country that interests you. Write a lesson to teach about five of the most popular foods in that country. Prepare a visual aid for your lesson. What will make the topic interesting for students? Plan and prepare an activity that your class can do after the lesson to share their learning. You’re the Star Investigations You Are There Solve It You’re the Teacher Masterpiece Read and Create cover to come Snack Swap Response to Snack Swap Lisa Greathouse Stephanie Kuligowski Unsolved! Mysterious Places Greathouse and Kuligowski Game Cards Fiction and Nonfiction Books English and Spanish Editions Available Learning & Creating Guide Game Cards SPANISH AVAILABLE NEW! Available Winter 2024 Lisa Greathouse Stephanie Kuligowski Unsolved! Mysterious Places Greathouse and Kuligowski
