1st Grade Activities: Week 14

Monday
1. Religion: pray Our Father; Bible readings for the day; read short bio. of St. Catherine Laboure; print, color, cut out ornaments for Jesse Tree and read suggested Bible passage for the day; light Advent wreath candle.
2. Math: 2+2+2=6; count to 100.
3. Phonics: recite alphabet; online phonics games: Starfall; spell words with moveable alphabet.
4. Reading: 0 to 10; Dot and the Dog; Go, Bus; The Visit (Bob Books).
5. Music: sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, following the words along with the music; listen to Beethoven Sonatas for Cello and Piano.
6. Art: color paper Christmas tree and Jesse tree ornaments with felt pens and glitter glue; color, cut out, and play with two fairies.
7. Read Aloud: The Horse and His Boy.
8. P.E.: ballet class.
9. Computer: internet search for fairy coloring pages.

Tuesday
1. Art: color, cut out, and play with more fairies; decorate paper Christmas tree with ornaments and hang up.
2. Computer: lighten, transform, touch up, decorate fairy images in Photoshop.
3. Religion: hang up Jesse tree ornaments, discuss Adam, Eve, meaning of the tree/fruit, serpent; read Gospel of the day; read brief bio. of Blessed Francis Anthony of Lucera; discuss obedience to God, becoming a saint.
4. Reading: Biscuit Wins a Prize.
5. Assisted Reading: If You Had a Tail (nature book); Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase; Poppleton in Fall.
6. Read Aloud: Joe Lion's Big Boots.
7. Music: sing made-up songs.

Wednesday
1. Reading: Baseball; Sid and Sam; Oh Cats.
2. Assisted Reading: Minerva Louise; Pepe and Papa; The Biggest Cookie in the World; read signs, and book spines on shelf.
3. Read Aloud: A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me; Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move; Baby Bird's First Nest; Under My Hood I Have a Hat; Moonbear's Pet.
4. Religion: prayers; Bible readings for the day; brief bio. of St. Andrew the Apostle; Advent candle and prayer.
5. Art: watch Blue's Clues video and make drawings of Blue, paw prints, clues, make a small notebook.
6. Drama: act out Blue's Clues scene with props.
7. Spanish: story time at library.
8. P.E.: park time.
9. Writing: 1, 2, 3 on a list (for Blue's Clues); Sheriff on a badge.

Thursday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary; read Scriptures to go with Jesse tree ornaments, color and hang up ornaments; Bible readings for the day; short bio. of St. Edmund Campion.
2. Science/Nature: read from Monkeys of Asia and Africa; draw and color white-faced capuchin (Costa Rica); note differences between hands and paws (claws); read all about apples (how they grow, are processed, sold, cooked, etc.).
3. Telling Time: go through hours of the day: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. using a book with clock face and moveable hands (Que hora es?).
4. Calendar: 1st day of December -- change month. Note December 25th. Observe the number of days until Christmas.
5. Drama: do shadow puppets with flashlight when lights go out in storm.
6. Music: sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel; discuss harmony; discuss wanting to be a composer (and a veterinarian); sing made-up song (grace); attend music rehearsal.
7. Geography: read Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest and note these extreme locations on the globe; put together puzzle of the world: identify North America, Mexico, South America, Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Australia, etc. Read names of oceans and continents.
8. Assisted Reading: Dumpy to the Rescue; Come Play with Me (poems); Silly Little Goose; Apples.
9. Read Aloud: The Mystery of the Missing Dog; Goodnight Everyone (Buenas Noches a Todos); The Horse and His Boy. Comment on Narnia books (while coloring a picture of a lion): "It's okay to cuddle with this lion. You see, they're really representing God as a lion. This lion is okay to cuddle with."
10. P.E.: skipping, dancing.
11. Math: count to 106.
12: Art: draw Rolie Polie Olie, friends, and toys to cut out and play with.

Friday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Come Holy Spirit; read Gospel of the day: Mt 9:27-31; Jesse ornament and Scripture reading; Mass attendance.
2. Math: count to 100.
3. Cooking: shape and cook bone-shaped buttermilk biscuits.
4. Drama: pretend to be a dog.
5. Reading: book spines, covers.
6. Science/Nature: watch video: Zoboomafoo: Play Day at Animal Junction; make observations about elephants; draw monkeys, including an owl monkey.
7. Library time.
8. P.E.: park time.

Weekend
Videos: There Goes a Spaceship; Big Red (firefighters); It's a Plus: Learn to Add.
P.E.: run and play with friends outdoors.
Drama: face painting (her own) and playing a superhero.
Music: follow words and music for chant at Mass; listen to Guillaume de Machaut, Le Messe de Nostre Dame, Songs from Le Voir Dit.