This week we are going to learn all about the state of Kentucky. You will probably need to use Google to find some of these answers.
1. How many state parks are in Kentucky.
2. What city is General Butler State Resort Park located in?
3. General Butler State Park has a 9 hole golf course located on the property. If you stay 4 days and play 9 holes every day, how many holes of golf will you have played by the time you left?
4. John James Audubon State Park is located in what city?
5. General Butler State Park has a 30 acre pond, while John James Audubon State Park has a 28 acre pond. What is the total number of acres combined for both state parks?
6. Where is Lake Cumberland State Resort Park located?
7. Lake Cumberland has 129 campsites, while General Butler has 111 campsites. How many more campsites does General Butler need to add to equal the number of campsites and Lake Cumberland?
8.Where is Pine Mountain State Resort Park located?
9. Where is Big Bone Lick State Park located?
10. If you could design a state park, what city would you build your state park in?
11. What kinds of attractions would you offer at your newly created state park? What makes your state park different from the other state parks?
12. Sketch the outline of your state park and include where all of your activities would take place. Make sure to note where the trails, ponds and campsites are located.
For our younger students:
1. Christine and Christa went to the playground at General Butler State Park. Christine went down the slide 5 times and Christa went down the slide 2 times. How many more times did Christine go down the slide than Christa?
2. How many times did Christa and Christine go down together?
3. Kim and Samantha went to play miniature golf at Pine Mountain State Park. Kim played 6 holes of golf and Samantha played 3 holes. How many more times does Samantha need to play to catch Kim?
4. How many holes of golf did they play altogether?
5. Katie and Shannon went fishing at Lake Cumberland State Park. They caught 10 fish on the first day. Katie caught 7 fish. How many fish did Shannon catch?
6. The next day the caught 20 fish. Shannon caught 11 fish. How many fish did Katie catch?
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
OMS South Wants to Welcome Our Former Estes 4th Graders
WELCOME TO OMS-SOUTH!!
We are so excited that you will become
part of our family for the 2015-16 school year.
We would love to take a few minutes to get to know you and answer any
questions you may have.
WHO: OMS-S
Staffulty and Estes’ Families
WHEN: July
8, 2015 11:30
WHERE: Estes
Elementary
WHAT: Meet
staffulty from OMS-S
WHY: To get to know you and answer any questions you may
have
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Summer Challenges and Ideas #3
This week our challenges and ideas come from Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Seaton and me.
Nature walk- Take a bag with you and have your child fill the bag with as many rocks as they can. Now comes the educational part- have them classify or sort the rocks. This could be done by size, shape, color or any other way your child comes up with. Do you want to work on some math? Have your child count the rocks and add or subtract using the rocks. Have you ever heard of the new fad in the art world? It is called Rock Art! Okay, I just made that up. Here is what you can do to create some
ROCK ART- dump the rocks on the ground and have your child use his or her imagination to create a masterpiece.
Cloud Art- This is a fun one that I use to enjoy as a kid. Grab a beach towel or blanket and look for cloud patterns or pictures. See if anyone else can see what you are seeing. To put a fun twist on this challenge you can take a notebook out and draw all the cloud designs that you find.
The Playground Challenge: Turn the local playground into a child's very own Ninja Warrior challenge. If you are not sure what I am talking about just Google Ninja Warrior- it is a game show that is all about physical challenges. Time your kids doing certain challenges at the playground and then see if they can beat their own score. Let your mind go wild with creating these challenges for your children. The students then can chart or graph their times at the end of the day. If they do this daily they will be able to see how they are improving with their physical fitness, while also working on some math skills. I know Mr. Magill would love to see some of these charts and graphs when your child comes back to school.
Read a book and then have your child write and alternate ending for the story.
Here are some ideas for preschool and kindergarten students brought to you by Mrs. Seaton.
1. Write in shaving cream, sand, dirt, mud.
2. Collect some sticks, leaves, rocks, shells, etc. and then sort them by color, size, shape, texture, etc. Then you can order them from largest to smallest or heaviest to lightest, etc.
3. Look for letters and numbers you know everywhere you go. ( grocery, Walmart, park, in the car, on tv, etc)
4. Help sort your laundry by color
Nature walk- Take a bag with you and have your child fill the bag with as many rocks as they can. Now comes the educational part- have them classify or sort the rocks. This could be done by size, shape, color or any other way your child comes up with. Do you want to work on some math? Have your child count the rocks and add or subtract using the rocks. Have you ever heard of the new fad in the art world? It is called Rock Art! Okay, I just made that up. Here is what you can do to create some
ROCK ART- dump the rocks on the ground and have your child use his or her imagination to create a masterpiece.
Cloud Art- This is a fun one that I use to enjoy as a kid. Grab a beach towel or blanket and look for cloud patterns or pictures. See if anyone else can see what you are seeing. To put a fun twist on this challenge you can take a notebook out and draw all the cloud designs that you find.
The Playground Challenge: Turn the local playground into a child's very own Ninja Warrior challenge. If you are not sure what I am talking about just Google Ninja Warrior- it is a game show that is all about physical challenges. Time your kids doing certain challenges at the playground and then see if they can beat their own score. Let your mind go wild with creating these challenges for your children. The students then can chart or graph their times at the end of the day. If they do this daily they will be able to see how they are improving with their physical fitness, while also working on some math skills. I know Mr. Magill would love to see some of these charts and graphs when your child comes back to school.
Read a book and then have your child write and alternate ending for the story.
Here are some ideas for preschool and kindergarten students brought to you by Mrs. Seaton.
1. Write in shaving cream, sand, dirt, mud.
2. Collect some sticks, leaves, rocks, shells, etc. and then sort them by color, size, shape, texture, etc. Then you can order them from largest to smallest or heaviest to lightest, etc.
3. Look for letters and numbers you know everywhere you go. ( grocery, Walmart, park, in the car, on tv, etc)
4. Help sort your laundry by color
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Summer Challenge #2
I have found some outstanding summer challenges for your children this week. These challenges are shown through videos. Please watch these videos with your children because these challenges will have the whole family involved. Have fun and keep learning. Go Bulldogs!
Also, make sure you are reading at least 30 minutes a day to keep your brain strong. I don't want you coming back to school with a pea brain!
Monday, June 1, 2015
Summer Challenge #1
Here is Summer Challenge #1!
Summer is a time to recharge your brain and have some fun. Our Estes kids deserve a break because they worked extremely hard this past school year. We need to find a balance between rest and growing our brains. What we don't want is for Ms. Lazy to come and turn our brains into the size of peas! To combat Ms. Lazy I am going to offer some suggestions that the whole family can have fun with.
Reading: I am going to list some books that the whole family can read to each other. Please remember that our public library would be a great place to get these books. 30 minutes a day will boost your brain and vocabulary.
Books: Charlotte's Web, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Chocolate Touch, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Little Toot and I Wish that I Had Duck Feet.
Writing: This week we are ditching the pencil and using chalk or rocks. Find a sidewalk or your driveway (make sure you never write behind a parked car) and practice writing words or sentences.
Math: Buy some cheap puzzles and enjoy the lost art of putting them together. There is also a computer game called Lemonade Stand (Google lemonade stand) that lets your child make all decisions on running the stand.
Science: Buy a cheap magnifying glass and let your child explore around the outside of your house. Have the children look for bugs or different plants and have them sketch what they found in a notebook. They can do this everyday and have a Summer Science Journal of their own. Your child can then research what they have found and write a couple of sentences about the bugs or plants.
I hope that you noticed that there were no worksheets involved.
Summer is a time to recharge your brain and have some fun. Our Estes kids deserve a break because they worked extremely hard this past school year. We need to find a balance between rest and growing our brains. What we don't want is for Ms. Lazy to come and turn our brains into the size of peas! To combat Ms. Lazy I am going to offer some suggestions that the whole family can have fun with.
Reading: I am going to list some books that the whole family can read to each other. Please remember that our public library would be a great place to get these books. 30 minutes a day will boost your brain and vocabulary.
Books: Charlotte's Web, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Chocolate Touch, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Little Toot and I Wish that I Had Duck Feet.
Writing: This week we are ditching the pencil and using chalk or rocks. Find a sidewalk or your driveway (make sure you never write behind a parked car) and practice writing words or sentences.
Math: Buy some cheap puzzles and enjoy the lost art of putting them together. There is also a computer game called Lemonade Stand (Google lemonade stand) that lets your child make all decisions on running the stand.
Science: Buy a cheap magnifying glass and let your child explore around the outside of your house. Have the children look for bugs or different plants and have them sketch what they found in a notebook. They can do this everyday and have a Summer Science Journal of their own. Your child can then research what they have found and write a couple of sentences about the bugs or plants.
I hope that you noticed that there were no worksheets involved.
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