https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq Enjoy these optional activities anytime you're looking for something fun to do! en-us 2020-03-26 20:18:07 UTC 2025-11-13 20:46:23 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60e.png kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477315723 This game is simple and direct. It asks for both active recall and multiple choice answers. Students can level up with a strong score ]]> 2020-03-26 20:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477315723 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477315955 These triangle flash cards are great for building flexibility with facts. Use them for multiplication and division]]> 2020-03-26 20:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477315955 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318182 Practice facts by taking turns flipping over dominoes and finding the product. You can make it a game by having the player with the highest product keep both dominoes. ]]> 2020-03-26 20:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318182 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318392 2020-03-26 20:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318392 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318584 Create your own Cross Number Puzzle using graph paper. Be sure to record clues for ACROSS and DOWN. Give your Cross Number Puzzle to a family member to solve. You should also create an answer key. ]]> 2020-03-26 20:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477318584 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365148 Students play like normal war - split the deck, pull a card, but the first student to say the correct product wins the cards. This game could also be done with addition and subtraction - fun for all ages! ]]> 2020-03-26 20:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365148 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365380 This is my all-time favorite website for math games! ]]> 2020-03-26 20:58:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365380 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365642 Read about how you can "mathify" the popular squares game to practice multiplication facts! This is a fantastic (and fun!) way to practice multiplication facts (x1 - x6).]]> 2020-03-26 20:58:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365642 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365921 2020-03-26 20:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477365921 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366146 Use dice to roll and make multiplication or division problems!  Students should be able to explain this process from class--challenge them to make problems that will leave you with remainders or opportunities to regroup!  

]]> 2020-03-26 20:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366146 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366417 Whatever practice you chose, make sure your student is spending the majority of their time actively recalling the product. Apps that ask for kids to answer by multiple choice are not as effective as ones where the kids must come up with the answer on their own.

]]> 2020-03-26 20:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366417 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366574 Print out the worksheet for some additional practice]]> 2020-03-26 20:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366574 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366882 You will need a small collection of plastic tops from pop and water bottles to create this activity.  You will also need little, round stickers - which fit perfectly on and in the plastic tops (see picture).  Label the sticker on the top with a math fact. The sticker under the cap should have the answer. Take turns picking a cap out of a box/bag! If the person who picks the math fact gets it right, they hold onto it...if they get it wrong, they put it back.  Whoever has the most pop tops at the end wins!]]> 2020-03-26 20:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477366882 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477367107 2020-03-26 20:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477367107 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477367329 2020-03-26 20:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477367329 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368409 Write a letter to yourself describing what is happening in your world right now. Be sure to include all the things you are feeling and doing. Seal it in an envelope and give it to a parent to hang on to. You could open in next month, next year, or in 10 years! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368409 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368569 Create stories online.]]> 2020-03-26 21:00:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368569 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368742 After you finish a book, write an interview where you ask a main character questions about what happens in the story. 
Share the script with someone at home with you and then record the two of you reading your script. You can really get into it by acting like the character! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368742 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368997 Think about a book you just read and where it takes place (the setting). 
Using things found around your house, create a 3-dimensional map that shows the setting of the book. It can be the inside of a character's house, a forest, a city block, whatever! 
Take a bird's-eye view video showing us map and share it on SeeSaw

]]> 2020-03-26 21:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477368997 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477369225 Day by day opportunity for students to explore a variety of interesting topics. ]]> 2020-03-26 21:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477369225 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477373247 How well do you know the 50 states? Take this online quiz to find out! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:04:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477373247 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477374287 Practice U.S. geography with these awesome games on Sheppard's Software! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:04:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477374287 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477376166 This website has a lot of different ways to practice U.S. geography! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:06:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477376166 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477378784 This short video takes you on a virtual tour of the states! ]]> 2020-03-26 21:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/477378784 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483371105

Play the card game “Mano Nerviosa” (similar to Slap Jack).  Click on the link for instructions.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aebtNR9BSBxpAAzyTxWzQ7BKGov5vbhzjpVEUjyU-bs/edit?usp=sharing

]]> 2020-03-31 00:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483371105 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483371910 2020-03-31 00:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483371910 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483372709 Here are a few videos to watch to get you started...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIGyVa5Xftw
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=51&v=0uDDEEHDf1Y&feature=emb_logo

Now design your own! Take a video if you want and post it on Seesaw! ]]> 2020-03-31 00:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483372709 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483373777 make a parody of a favorite song or create one all your own! ]]> 2020-03-31 00:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483373777 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483374574 Collect a magazine or two and cut pictures out of them to combine in a collage. It can be quite funny to take parts of people from different pictures and combine them into one new person. 

]]> 2020-03-31 00:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483374574 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483375000 Make a drawing or create a card to send to someone in the mail. Perhaps a friend who has moved away? Grandparents? A favorite cousin or uncle or aunt? Everyone loves receiving something special in the mail. 

]]> 2020-03-31 00:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483375000 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483375463 Download Scratch 3.0 and explore! ]]> 2020-03-31 00:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483375463 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483376007 Write a story about what your favorite stuffed animal does all day when you are away. ]]> 2020-03-31 00:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483376007 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483379990 Superheroes? Animal capers? Whatever you can imagine, you can make into a comic. Remember that in a comic, the pictures tell a lot of the story! ]]> 2020-03-31 00:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483379990 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483385036 Check out this site if you need some help or just create your own origami masterpiece. If you design your own, think about making directions for someone else to follow ]]> 2020-03-31 00:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483385036 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483392406 Here's a cool challenge..]]> 2020-03-31 00:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483392406 sarther https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483394870 This site has some directions on how to make different kinds of airplanes. Try some of their ideas, or some of your own, and see which one flies the farthest! ]]> 2020-03-31 00:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/483394870 hsweet2 https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/710039497 Print out this toucan to practice your addition math facts!]]> 2020-08-31 20:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/710039497 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716271253 This website is filled with fun games to play to help you practice your facts. ]]> 2020-09-02 20:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716271253 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716275404 Roll your dice and add (or subtract) the numbers you see! This is a quick and easy way to practice your basic facts. ]]> 2020-09-02 20:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716275404 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716277123 Use your playing cards to help you add or subtract!  Deal yourself two cards from your deck and see how fast you can come up with the sum (or difference).  ]]> 2020-09-02 20:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/716277123 ypompa https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/733111969 2020-09-09 21:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/733111969 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/756838862 2020-09-17 19:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/756838862 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/762440822 Use the index cards and markers that we provided you in your Supply Kit to DIY some flashcards! You can make cards for all of the facts, or just the ones that challenge you. Write the equation on the front (7+3), and then the answer on the back (10). ]]> 2020-09-20 22:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/762440822 kcurrin https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/762444576 Click on the link below to view a PDF booklet FILLED with ideas on how to practice your math facts with your card deck we provided you in your Supply Kit. 

]]> 2020-09-20 22:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/762444576 bascencion https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/780656175 Practice Your Math Facts!

]]> 2020-09-25 20:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/780656175 hsweet2 https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/941925738 2020-11-19 15:51:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kcurrin/r98kbh7wl5iq/wish/941925738