WINTER SCATTERGORIES

Take 30 minutes to write what you see or do in winter that starts with each letter in the alphabet. Think of as many as you can! To add extra fun, challenge a sibling, parent, or friend to do the activity and see who can think of the most words and compare the words that are similar and different. Example: A: Arctic B: Blizzard, Boots C: Candy Canes, Cocoa, Christmas

CHRISTMAS STORY

There are tons of popular winter and Christmas stories such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, and The Polar Express. Come up with your own story that has winter or Christmas themes. Write at least five paragraphs that have at least three sentences each. Draw a picture of your story!

HOT CHOCOLATE STAND

Design your own hot chocolate stand! First, figure out what you are selling (hot chocolate, toppings, flavorings, other drinks, snacks). Then write a paper on how to make the best hot chocolate that you will be selling in your stand. Make sure you add every step and ingredient to your paper! Next write an advertisement and explain why the customers should visit your hot chocolate stand.

RHYMING WORDS

Find three words that rhyme with each word below: Example word: Bread- Red, Shed, Led Row At Den Crow Bar Bake Air Hall Got Found Bale Flat Mound

PERFECT SNOW DAY

Write a paper about your perfect snow day from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep. Write about what you wear, what you do, what you eat, and who you do everything with.

THANKSGIVING POEM

Write a poem about thanksgiving or fall. You can write any type of poem, just make sure you put some effort into it. Your poem needs to be at least a few stanzas.

THANKFUL ALPHABET

Write down something you are thankful for using every letter of the alphabet

A-Z!

THANKSGIVING WORD SCRAMBLE

Happy Thanksgiving!

Think of as many words as you can using the letters in “Happy Thanksgiving”

APPLE STORY

Write a story with a beginning, middle, and end that features apples and that takes place during the fall season. Use at least six of the words listed: orchard, basket, barn, cinnamon, contest, frost, book, country, harvest, blanket, owl, leaves, scarecrow, and crisp.

FIX SENTENCE

Fix the errors in the sentences below. Some mistakes can include grammar, spelling, punctuation, run on sentences, or capitalization.

1) The apple, picking that we done yesterday was very fun.

2) My dog charlie loves toys his favoriet is his stuffed duck that squeaks named sam.

3) my best memorie during fall was when brother Carl dressed up as a spider on halloween.

CREATE YOUR DREAM HOUSE

Write a detailed description of your dream house. Include every room that you want and why you want it. Make sure to include the normal house rooms (kitchen, bedroom, bathroom), but feel free to be creative and add fun and exciting rooms! Describe where it is located and why you chose the location. Describe what the outside of your house looks like.

WORD SCAMBLE

Set a timer for five minutes and use the letters in “Happy Halloween” to make as many words as you can!

HAUNTED HOUSE ADVERTISEMENT

Write an advertisement to sell a haunted house! An advertisement should include cost, description words, location, and any important information. Use at least two paragraphs, and feel free to draw a photo of your haunted house that’s for sale!

THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

Read the following story and once you are done, write your own version of the story, changing some things up. The story should be at least as long as the original version. Examples of changes could be different animals, houses made of different things, a friendly wolf and bad pigs. Be creative!

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who lived with their mother in a meadow. One day the mother pig said to the three little pigs, "You need to go out into the world and make your own way." So they waved "goodbye" and out into the world they went.

The pigs decided to build houses near the woods. A big bad wolf lived in the woods. He was not happy when he saw the three little pigs building houses nearby.

The first little pig was lazy. He made a house of straw. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew it down.

The second little pig worked a little harder than the first little pig. He made a house of twigs. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew the house down.

The third little pig made a house of bricks. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed and huffed and puffed. But the house did not fall down. This made the big bad wolf very, very angry. He went up on the roof and tried to get into the house through the chimney. He climbed into the chimney and slid down into a pot of boiling water. He ran out of the house and never came back!

HOW TO ACTIVITY

Write me a how to paper and teach me how to do your favorite activity, hobby, or sport. Your paper should have at least five paragraphs with an introduction, three or more body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

INTERVIEW PAPER

Conduct an interview with someone you know and want to know more about. This can be anyone but some examples are a family member, a teacher, or a coach. Ask them at least ten questions. Use your questions and answers to write a paper about the person you interviewed.

Some example questions:

• What do you like to do for fun?

• What do you do for a job and do you like that job?

• What is your favorite memory?

• What did you enjoy most about school?

• Where is your favorite place to travel?

SCAVENGER HUNT STORY

Write a story using words that you find around your house. Write at least three paragraphs. You can choose any topic that you want to write about. I suggest bringing a piece of paper and writing down the useful words that you see on objects and then writing a story with the words you came up with.

Some places you can look:

• Books

• Ingredient labels

• Packaging

• Receipts

• Signs

• Games

WINDOW WORDS

For this week’s English assignment, I want you to sit outside of your house or look out your window and pay attention to the outdoors for a few minutes. After you have spent some time looking at your surroundings outside of your house, write down what you noticed. You can describe colors, plants, people, animals, cars, other houses, or even how you felt while observing. Write at least three paragraphs.

ADJECTIVE WORD CHALLENGE

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. Find adjectives to answer the following questions. Make sure to come up with your own, don’t repeat the examples.

• Name three adjectives that describe an apple(example: juicy).

• Name two adjectives that describe a monster(example: terrifying).

• Name three adjectives that start with a “w”.(example: wet).

• Find an adjective that describes yourself using every letter in your first name (example: kind, easy-going, loving, sweet, excellent, youthful)

• Name three adjectives that describe your favorite food(example: salty)

• Name three adjectives that describe your favorite person (example: awesome).

• Name three adjectives that describe your favorite hobby(example: fun).

• Name three adjectives that describe what you did today(example: exciting).