Saturday, October 15, 2005

1st Grade Activities: Week 7

Monday
1. Science/Technology: I Dig Dirt; Extreme Machines (videos).
2. Educational Games: Elmo's Keyboard-O-Rama: review/keyboard alphabet. Sesame Street game: sort animals by size, color, type.
3. Art: make a cardboard lion.
4. P.E.: swim.
5. Science: birdwatching -- hawk, seagull, sparrows. Rescue bugs: lady bugs and several others from the pool. Observe squirrels.

Tuesday
1. Homeschool meeting.
2. Library time.
3. Science: observe fish in aquarium. Draw fish. Look up names of some of the fish in library books. Check out books on fish, cats, rabbits.
4. P.E.: run and play, soccer practice.
5. Read Aloud: Martha Calling, Susan Meddaugh.
6. Reading: read some words in read-aloud book; read highway signs.
7. Religion: pray Sign of the Cross, Our Father.

Wednesday
1. Practical Life: organize place for craft supplies.
2. Drama: with doll and horse.
3. Science: tell me about a fish that walks on land and an eel that was sometimes mistaken for a mermaid (and how). From a video: Shamu and You: Exploring the World of Fish.
4. Math: group fruit snacks by color and count.
5. Phonics (as it comes up in context): ow sound as in wow; ee sound in eek; er sound in her; oy and oi.
6. Art: modeling with wax.
7. Religion: pray Sign of the Cross, Our Father.
8. Spanish: story time at library.
9. P.E.: park.

Thursday
1. Phonics: alphabetical order, spell out some words; ing sound, oo as in cook.
2. Science/Nature: snails; "Leaves are good for squirrels to burrow in." (observation at the park).
3. Religion: pray; read Scripture for the day.
4. Read Aloud: Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery, David A. Adler; What Game Shall We Play?, Pat Hutchins; Buster, the Very Shy Dog; Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree.
5. Reading: The Blue Number Counting Book; Marcos Counts (Spanish/English), Tomie dePaola.
6. P.E.: park.

Friday
1. Religion: pray; children's songs.
2. Science: marble races.
3. Drama: toy drama; basket of eggs for sale -- hidden goodies inside.
4. Music: listen to/sing children's songs.
5. Art: draw all kinds of dogs and label.
6. Read Aloud: The Iron Giant, Ted Hughes; Brundibar; The Ice Skate Mystery.
7. Reading: One Little Lamb, Elaine Greenstein.
8. P.E.: soccer.
9. Math: oral equations; secret code where numbers equal letters to code messages.

Weekend
1. P.E.: soccer.
2. Art: watch video how to draw: Oodles of Doodles, Mike Artell.
3. Geography: local streets, directions; review names of city, state, country.
4. Memorize address, telephone number.