April Open Ended Learning Tasks
Activities for Any Grade at Any Time
Using minimal materials and little technology
I am Literate I am Numerate
May include:
May include:
• Solve a new problem (e.g. use https://
• Choice reading daily www.youcubed.org)
• Learn and practice a language • Create a new problem or math game for
• Listen to Reading someone else to solve or play
• Read to Someone • Create a survey, make a graph using data
• Talk about my reading • Play a game (e.g. cards, dice, board or
• Tell a story, a joke, explain something computer game)
• View a documentary or TEDTalk • Practice skip counting by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 10
• Write a poem, a song, a story, a play, with grouped objects inside or outside
a letter, an email,a persuasive • Find patterns, angles, geometric shapes,
paragraph, an explanation, a “how estimations, fractals or the Fibonacci
to” sequence in your walks
• Where do you see 5? 10? 100? 1000?
May include: May include:
• Learn about a new type of music • Post art, hearts, or ___ in your
• Follow along on a “paint night” virtual window for neighbours to see
lesson or Youtube video
• Phone, email, text or write a hand
• Try a STEAM activity
written letter to a family member,
• Build a Rube Goldberg machine
friend or neighbour
• Wonder about your world- ask a question
and find out more • Help with chores like dishes or
folding laundry
• Act and perform a book, a piece of history
or a science process • Make a meal for the family
• How tall can I build a structure using… • Create a donation pile of clothes and
• Plan, draw and/or build a prototype of an toys you are finished with
invention that we might need
I am Curious I am Kind
May include:
• Eat healthy foods
• Get enough sleep, 9-10 hours a night
• Walking, running, bike riding, scootering, rollerblading or skateboarding outside
• Share how you are feeling about this situation
• Wash your hands
• Create a schedule
And I am Healthy
Adapted from www.everydaylessons.ca