GT Choice Board #2
Choose your favorite activities. After you complete an activity color in that space. Try to complete one entire row, one entire column, or one entire
diagonal. You can even do a checkerboard pattern or a blackout. The CHOICE is yours!
***ask an adult for permission BEFORE you go online or make anything messy***
Play NUMBER CRUNCH SAGA
https://www.transum.org/Software
/Game/Number_Saga/
YUMMMMM!!
How to Make Ice Cream in a
Bag!
Check out the
Wonder of the Day!
www.wonderopolis.org
Play TEXT TWIST
TextTwist 2
Make a fidget spinner!
Easy Fidget Spinner WITHOUT
Bearings TEMPLATE - How to make a
Tri Fidget Spinner DIY
Play Close Call with a family
member.
https://mathgeekmama.com/?s=close
+call
Can you make an egg
bounce?
https://eastcoastmommyblog.blogspot.
com/search?q=bouncy+egg
Can YOU break out?
https://www.breakoutedu.com/f
unathome
Play DISCOMBOBULATED
https://www.transum.org/Software/
Game/Discombobulated/
Create a COVID-19 time capsule to be
opened in 50 years! Document this
time in your life in a journal or a video,
or download and fill out these papers.
https://fox8.com/wp-
content/uploads/sites/12/2020/04/COVID19-
TIME-CAPSULE-3.pdf
KenKen Puzzle Official Site - Free
Math Puzzles That Make You Smarter
https://sunshinewhispers.com/30-day-lego-
challenge-free-printable-activity-calendar/
Make a domino chain that bumps
a ball, which rolls down a ramp
and knocks down more dominoes.
Video your chain reaction!
Play a card game with your
family! Choose one or more!
http://www.mpisd.net/wp-
content/uploads/2020/04/Math-Card-
Games.pdf
Make It Monday
Make a card or letter for a friend
or loved one.
Tasty Tuesday
Help an adult plan the menu,
gather the ingredients, read the
recipe and cook dinner!
Take a picture or a video
documenting what you did!
Work Out Wednesday
Ride your bike, take a walk, or do
some sort of physical activity today!
Why is it important to engage in
physical activity?
Make a video showing what you did,
and explain why physical activity is
important.
Thinking Thursday
.
Copy each of the above figures onto
separate sheets of paper. Turn each
incomplete figure into a new, unique
drawing.
Send a picture of your new drawings
to your teacher!
Be artistic! Use your imagination!
Paint or draw a picture or write a story,
poem, song or riddle!
Send a picture of your finished product
to your teacher!
Listed below are the titles of the Texas Performance Standards Project (TPSP) task we selected for each grade level, along with the website.
For each grade level we have listed 5 suggested activities, including an end product. These are very brief descriptions of the activities.
Please refer to the website listed for your grade level for a more thorough understanding of the activities.
Feel free to choose from any of the other activities and products listed on the website.
Make this project uniquely YOURS!
Kindergarten
What Pet Should I Get?
https://www.texaspsp.org/tas
ks/what-pet-should-i-
get#englishOriginal
1. Watch YouTube read aloud of Dr.
Seuss’ What Pet Should I Get?
2. Choose an animal you’d like to
have as a pet. Make a T chart
detailing both good and bad things
about having this animal as a pet
3. Choose an animal and research
what it needs to survive, strengths
and weaknesses as a pet, what it eats,
its natural habitat, cost of caring for
this pet, etc. Would it make a good
pet?
4. Create a riddle about your animal
based on your research.
Example:
I have fur and 4 legs.
I am not a reptile.
I like to wag my tail.
I need walks outside and water to
drink.
What am I?
5. Invent a new animal or pet. Create
it with materials found in your home.
Give it a name, and explain what it
would eat, where it would live, and
how big it would be.
1
st
grade
Stories and Telling through
Time and Cultures
https://www.texaspsp.org/tas
ks/stories-and-telling-
through-time-and-
cultures#englishOriginal
1. Watch YouTube read aloud of
That’s Good, That’s Bad by Margery
Cuyler. Choose 5 items from your
room. Make a T-chart telling
something good and bad about each
item.
2. Research myths, fairy tales and
fables. Create a chart comparing and
contrasting each genre.
3. Choose one fairy take with which
you are familiar and re-write the
ending.
4. Choose a different fairy tale with
which you are familiar and re-write it
from the point of view of different
characters.
5. Create a puppet (sock, paper bag,
or other type) to retell your new fairy
tale.
2
nd
grade
Good Citizenship
https://www.texaspsp.org/tas
ks/good-
citizenship#englishOriginal
1. Watch YouTube read aloud of
Being a Good Citizen by Mary Small.
Create a bubble graphic organizer
with citizenship in the middle and add
other word that relate to the topic
around it.
2, Watch the video “Communities We
Belong To” on Kids Academy. Create
5 concentric circles of increasing size.
Add one title on each circle of
different communities you belong to
and one way you can contribute to
each community.
3. Choose a community helper to
research. Draw a picture of, and write
a letter to, one of these community
helpers in our town. Be sure to thank
them for their service.
4. Research what it means to be a
“Good Digital Citizen”. Create a
graphic showing what a good digital
citizen does, and does not, do.
5. Select a topic related to digital
citizenship. Research that topic and
create a PowerPoint with 3-5 slides,
including pictures, text and
information. Be sure to include
sources used for documentation on
final slide. Topics include online
privacy, checking accuracy with
online information, digital footprints
and creating personal boundaries for
online use.
3
rd
grade
Building a Business – Games
and Toys
https://www.texaspsp.org/tas
ks/building-a-busines-games-
and-toys#englishOriginal
1. Interview the people in your home.
What are their favorite toys? Create a
chart to collect and organize their
answers.
2. Research three games from your
Family Favorite Toy chart.
3. Collect information as to when and
where your three favorite toys were
created.
4. Create a timeline using the
information you collected in Activity
3.
5. Create your own game. Include an
objective (what’s the point of the
game), instructions (how to play the
game), a minimum of three rules, and
how to win the game.
Build the game using recycle
materials and/or items you have at
home.
4
th
grade
We are Texans
https://www.texaspsp.org/tas
ks/we-are-
texans#englishOriginal
Visit an interactive Texas museum
online.
Thestoryoftexas.com/discover
Offline:
Discuss your family history with your
older family members.
Research groups that immigrated to
Texas.
Offline:
Create a chart about your family in
Texas.
How long have they lived here and
where have they lived? What brought
your family to Texas
Compare and contrast the groups you
researched. Create a T-Chart with
your results.
Offline:
Create a timeline defining your
family’s journey to and within Texas.
Choose one group and research their
contributions to Texas.
Offline:
Determine what your family brings to
Texas.
What good things has your family
contributed to Texas?
Create a museum display with ten
items in it that represent what your
chosen group has brought to Texas.
Offline:
Create a museum display with ten
items in it that represent your family.
