1st Grade Activities: Week 17

Monday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of Blessed Urban V.
2. Math: identify how many beads in 100 chain (10 bars of 10 beads each connected in a chain); work with 100 board; handle 10 bars and unit cubes (base 10 blocks); explore bead material demonstrating the square of numbers 1-10. (Montessori bead materials).
3. Reading: many traffic signs; Critter Sitters.
4. Read Aloud: Newt; Thank You Very Much, Captain Ericsson; In the Land of the Big Red Apple; The Silver Chair.
5. History: brief intro. to inventor Captain John Ericsson (1803-1889).
6. Music: sing Christmas carols; follow words in songs.
7. Art: illustrate a story with computer sketch art; draw and color a mouse and some school and play items to cut out and play with (inspired by reading Critter Sitters).
8. Creative writing: write a story (illustrated) about Biscuit (the dog) and Christmas.

Tuesday
1. Art: draw more illustrations and put book together: Biscuit finds the Christmas Tree, including reindeer pulling a sleigh with Biscuit and his reindeer friend; draw another mouse and ice skates, scarf and hat to cut out and play with.
2. Handwriting: title page and some song lyrics for book; hand-number the pages.
3. Science/Nature: hold, observe, play with, feed snail.
4. Religion: pray; hang Jesse tree ornaments; read the stories of Queen Esther and Daniel in the lions' den from the Bible.
5. Music: sing O Come, O Come Emmanuel and other Christmas songs; make up a song about saints; another about the snail.
6. Reading: book covers and spines;
7. Art: modify and decorate flower princess art in Photoshop, print and color to cut out and play with; creation includes includes dogs, crowns, and other paper objects made of stars; make a cricket from clay.

Wednesday
1. Read Aloud: Three Cheers for Pooh, the Best Bear in All the World.
2. Religion: pray; read short bio. of St. Peter Canisius; read a story about St. Ita; hang Jesse tree ornament.
3. Art: draw honey, bees, milk, toast to cut out for teddy bear to play with and have a picnic (after reading about the real Christopher Robin and Pooh).
4. History: the beginnings of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories: how the characters, names, settings, drawings, and stories were created; find Buffalo Bill museums on the internet; print out horses, color to cut out to play with; get info. about cowboys.
5. Spanish: story time at library.
6. Reading: Moo, Baa, La La La!; Where Is My Country?; Mrs. Brice's Mice.
7. Read Aloud: The Berenstain Bears and the Bully; Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express.
8. P.E.: run and play at mall playground.

Thursday, Friday
Vacation