Grade 6
Pick two of the following activities:
- Shovel snow
- Build a snowman
- Build an igloo (away from the road)
- Make snowballs and aim for a tree (see how far you can throw!)
- Go sledding
Pull someone else in a sled- Stomp the ground a make a path (zig zags, curves, straight lines, circles)
OR
Pick one of the following activities:
- Write a short story about your snow day. Be sure to use good pencil grasp and neat handwriting! Feel free to draw and color a picture too. Use this handwriting checklist to check your work.
- Play a card game or a board game with a parent, friend or babysitter. Ideas include: go fish, connect four, checkers,
mancala , boggle, scrabble junior,jenga , topple. Write down the name of the game, names of the players and the score.
- Complete any written portions of your classroom Blizzard Bag assignment using your very best handwriting. Hold your pencil correctly, form your letters neatly, use big spaces between your words and make sure that your letters sit on the lines correctly. Use these letter
formations charts to help you: Capitals and Lowercase.
- Practice keyboarding skills. Check out these
keyboarding websites! Try to sit up tall, relax your shoulders, use the "home row", and use the correct fingers as you type. Try to complete one lesson, or play a typing game for 15 minutes.
