Challenges
Challenge Yourself at Home
Are you always finishing your homework early? Are you looking for fun activities on the weekends? Here are several things you can work on during your spare time. Students who complete ten of the listed activities throughout the school year will receive a special certificate of participation and the opportunity to pick out of the prize box. Many worksheets come with an answer key so be sure to correct them at home before turning all materials in.
Read a Fun New Book
Read a new book each month from the list below. Click on the worksheets that go with each book so you can print them at home.
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Boxcar Children
The Wizard of Oz
Where the Wild Things Are
The Bald Bandit An A to Z Mystery
The Polar Express
Inkheart
Bridge to Terabithia
Holes
Writing Prompts
Choose a writing prompt from the list. Look for it listed on the right and print it out.
If I were an artist..........
Dear President Obama,
Dragon Alliterations
Emotions Poem
Rock Poem
Social Studies
Choose an assignment from below. Click on the right for the worksheet that goes with it.
State Similes
Map Skills Illinois
Coastal Landforms
Lakes
Economics
President Poem
Science
Choose an assignment from below. Click on the right for the worksheet that goes with it.
Research Amphibians
Research Reptiles
Research Fish
Float or Sink Experiment
Paper Towel Experiment
Volcano Experiment
Evaporation Experiment