Schedule & Supply List

Week of Sept. 7 - 10

 

 

MONDAY: HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!

 

 

TUESDAY, Sept. 7
WRITING
Running Away From the Run-On Sentence

 

Here's a tricky way to combine the good exercise of running with the good exercise of learning when to use a period to avoid the common writing error of a run-on sentence.

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1228-1171/pressrel58.asp

Snack: per student, 1 C. skim milk, 2 T. Jell-O instant pudding, 4 oz. ice cream, blender, serving cup

 

Supplies: access to a running track is ideal but you could run around inside a gym in inclement weather, or outside around a playground or parking lot

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8
MATH
Doubletree

 

As students build a paper tree on the wall, their awareness of the mathematical effects of doubling will "climb" and "grow."

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1217-1159/pressrel26.asp

Snack: per student, one piece of fruit or nuts from a tree, and serving of juice from a fruit that grows on a tree

 

Supplies: roll of brown butcher paper, scissors, tape, black marker

THURSDAY, Sept. 9
SCIENCE
Acid Rain

 

Make your own mini-pollution problem inside a zip-lock bag, and see what the impact is on some tiny seeds. Then you'll grow up green and never let this happen for real!

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1231-1168/pressrel9.asp

Snack: bowl of veggies with vinegar-oil salad dressing

 

Supplies: per student, 20 seeds, two zip-lock bags, two paper towels, vinegar, water, tablespoon, Sharpie pen, small container

FRIDAY, Sept. 10
DANCE:
Hip Hop Moves

 

Here are more than a dozen short, simple hip-hop tutorials online. Within 20 minutes, you'll be smokin' hot as a dancer!

http://www.afterschooltreats.com/wfdata/frame1212-1154/index.asp

Snack: popcorn and apple juice

 

Supplies: laptop connected to screen, and Internet access