This newsletter contains resources, activities, and hands-on projects that can be completed at home to enrich and engage your students with curriculum objectives. These activities and projects are optional.

Objective - Human capital/labor and income; explaining credit; planned and unplanned spending.

Students can watch the video Financial Literacy for Students from Discovery Education. The video is linked below. After watching the video, make a list of things you want and need. Talk with your parents about how you can earn some money to buy something you want. How long will you need to save your money in order to purchase the item you want to buy? Set some financial goals for yourself.

For fun listen to the story, Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Year by Judith Voirst. The video is linked below. Did Alexander set a financial goal? How would setting a goal help Alexander with his money?

Objective - Respond to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

Students, the focus this week is to pick an author and learn about the author's life and different books the author wrote. Drew Daywalt is known for writing fun stories about crayons, such as the The Day the Crayons Quit. Listen to Ms. Kuhfahl read The Legend of Rock, Paper Scissors.

Check out Drew Daywalt's website. He reads several of his stories aloud. What is your favorite Drew Daywalt book?

Objective - Compose correspondence such as thank you notes or letters.

Listen to the story Can I be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings. Think of your favorite character from your favorite book. Write a letter to that character telling the character about yourself and why you should be friends.

Objective: Identify the planets and their position in relation to the Sun.

Students can view the Discovery Education video Science Kids:Earth and Our Solar System which is linked on the button below.

After watching the video, students can try making a solar system craft to display. Another activity could involve the whole family is the solar system game instructions are linked on the buttons below.

Objective - Describe and explain variations in the physical environment, including climate, landforms, natural resources, and natural hazards.

You have been exploring communities and the landforms of the different places. Now it is your turn to research and explore a place that you would like to visit. Start your adventure by going to Pebblego.com. Click on Social Studies, click countries, and then click on a country you would like to visit.

What is the climate like that country? What landforms does the country have? What major cities are in the country? What places would you like to visit? Click on the button titled Country Research Activity to complete the activity.

Go on a virtual field trip by clicking on the link below.

Christy Esquivel - Driggers Librarian

Maureen Tomasino - Rhodes Librarian

Laura Kuhfahl - Mary Hull Librarian