1st Grade Activities: Week 26
Monday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Math: work with 100 board, review and count printed numbers 1-100; count the days until Spanish story time on Wednesday; make hidden number drawings: 8, 6, 4, 2.
3. Technology: dial a friend's phone number and leave a message, including the return phone number.
4. Art: draw cats with food and toys; draw a credit card with a long number; make a book about panthers for a friend in the hospital; make a twist-tie snake.
5. Read Aloud: Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet; The Starlight Princess and Other Princess Stories.
6. Creative Writing: dictate a book about two panthers; illustrate the book.
7. Science/Nature: observe and care for snail and fish.
8. Music: sing made-up songs.
9. Reading: read The Black Panther, the book she wrote today.
Tuesday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; discuss fasting, prayer, and almsgiving for Lent.
2. Music: sing He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, making up verses.
3. Math: count unit cubes by 2s to 10, trade 10 units for ten bars, after 10 ten bars (count by 10s to 100), trade for a hundred square, up to 500 (ran out of 10 bars), count by 100s to "10 hundred" or 1000.
4. Reading: Edna's New Coat, Margaret Park Bridges;
Edna Bakes Cookies, Margaret Park Bridges.
5. Science/Nature: read from Paper, Chris Oxlade: about papier mache, Japanese screens, watercolor paper.
6. Art: attend Great Artists class, introduction to American artist Jackson Pollack (1912-1956), create an Action Painting piece; name it and present it to the class; present two books she created to the class.
7. P.E.: run and play at the park.
8. Music: listen to Mozart Horn Concertos (CD).
Wednesday
1. Art: make a book about Lent; draw reindeer, goat, hearts, birds, candles, wreath, crown of thorns; decorate an old CD with colored permanent markers.
2. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; discuss fasting, prayer, and almsgiving for Lent; hang up links in a paper chain representing these deeds; explanation of art for Dad: "The cross means: God be with you in your dreams; the heart means: I love you; and the candle means: peace."
3. Reading: Johnny Lion's Book, Edith Thacher Hurd (assisted);
Biscuit Finds the Christmas Tree (homemade book).
4. Handwriting: write LOVE, GOAT PAPER DOLLS, MAKE A WREATH.
5. Spanish: story time at the library.
6: P.E.: run and play at the park.
7. Math: review hundreds, tens, and units places; use Montessori bead material: 100s, 10s, units to demonstrate various written numbers.
8. Latin: read the words of a Latin chant from printed music.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; hang up links in a paper chain representing Lenten deeds.
2. Art: add drawings to a book she is working on.
3. Science/Nature: observe and sketch an ocean scene; observe footprints in the sand, behavior of waves and foam; observe a seagull flying, but not traveling far (flying into the wind); observe and draw dogs.
4. Photography: take pictures of relatives.
5. Culture: eat with chopsticks; taste a variety of Chinese dishes.
6. Reading: My Bed Is Soft, Stewart Gardiner;
Up, Down, and All Around, Sharon Street;
Measuring Time, Margie Burton (assisted).
7: Music: make up a she goes: a long sung composition with variations in rhythm and melody based on a few words.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; watch The Song of Bernadette (video).
2. Music: sing made-up songs.
3. P.E.: ballet class.
4. Art: make a shamrock paper doll.
5. Telling Time: name hours in the day from the book, Measuring Time.
6. Read Aloud: Abagail Takes the Wheel, Avi;
Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet;
The Children's Book of Heroes.
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Math: work with 100 board, review and count printed numbers 1-100; count the days until Spanish story time on Wednesday; make hidden number drawings: 8, 6, 4, 2.
3. Technology: dial a friend's phone number and leave a message, including the return phone number.
4. Art: draw cats with food and toys; draw a credit card with a long number; make a book about panthers for a friend in the hospital; make a twist-tie snake.
5. Read Aloud: Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet; The Starlight Princess and Other Princess Stories.
6. Creative Writing: dictate a book about two panthers; illustrate the book.
7. Science/Nature: observe and care for snail and fish.
8. Music: sing made-up songs.
9. Reading: read The Black Panther, the book she wrote today.
Tuesday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; discuss fasting, prayer, and almsgiving for Lent.
2. Music: sing He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, making up verses.
3. Math: count unit cubes by 2s to 10, trade 10 units for ten bars, after 10 ten bars (count by 10s to 100), trade for a hundred square, up to 500 (ran out of 10 bars), count by 100s to "10 hundred" or 1000.
4. Reading: Edna's New Coat, Margaret Park Bridges;
Edna Bakes Cookies, Margaret Park Bridges.
5. Science/Nature: read from Paper, Chris Oxlade: about papier mache, Japanese screens, watercolor paper.
6. Art: attend Great Artists class, introduction to American artist Jackson Pollack (1912-1956), create an Action Painting piece; name it and present it to the class; present two books she created to the class.
7. P.E.: run and play at the park.
8. Music: listen to Mozart Horn Concertos (CD).
Wednesday
1. Art: make a book about Lent; draw reindeer, goat, hearts, birds, candles, wreath, crown of thorns; decorate an old CD with colored permanent markers.
2. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; discuss fasting, prayer, and almsgiving for Lent; hang up links in a paper chain representing these deeds; explanation of art for Dad: "The cross means: God be with you in your dreams; the heart means: I love you; and the candle means: peace."
3. Reading: Johnny Lion's Book, Edith Thacher Hurd (assisted);
Biscuit Finds the Christmas Tree (homemade book).
4. Handwriting: write LOVE, GOAT PAPER DOLLS, MAKE A WREATH.
5. Spanish: story time at the library.
6: P.E.: run and play at the park.
7. Math: review hundreds, tens, and units places; use Montessori bead material: 100s, 10s, units to demonstrate various written numbers.
8. Latin: read the words of a Latin chant from printed music.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; hang up links in a paper chain representing Lenten deeds.
2. Art: add drawings to a book she is working on.
3. Science/Nature: observe and sketch an ocean scene; observe footprints in the sand, behavior of waves and foam; observe a seagull flying, but not traveling far (flying into the wind); observe and draw dogs.
4. Photography: take pictures of relatives.
5. Culture: eat with chopsticks; taste a variety of Chinese dishes.
6. Reading: My Bed Is Soft, Stewart Gardiner;
Up, Down, and All Around, Sharon Street;
Measuring Time, Margie Burton (assisted).
7: Music: make up a she goes: a long sung composition with variations in rhythm and melody based on a few words.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; watch The Song of Bernadette (video).
2. Music: sing made-up songs.
3. P.E.: ballet class.
4. Art: make a shamrock paper doll.
5. Telling Time: name hours in the day from the book, Measuring Time.
6. Read Aloud: Abagail Takes the Wheel, Avi;
Favorite Children's Stories from China and Tibet;
The Children's Book of Heroes.
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