1st Grade Activities: Week 28
Monday
1. Phonics: "ar", "ck", short "a" sounds in context: reading cards to choose the day's activities.
2. Read Aloud: Tracks in the Wild, Betsy Bowen;
The Book of the Goat, Jack Denton Scott;
The Three Pigs, David Wiesner;
How Animal Babies Stay Safe, Mary Ann Fraser
3. Math: watch World of Geometry (video).
4. Science/Nature: observation while reading Tracks in the Wild: "The front is like a human's; the back is sort of like a duck" (describing the footprints of a beaver); model from clay: deer and footprints, snail; internet research all about deer: what they eat, where they live, their predators, their habitat.
5. Art: illustrate a book about Easter bunnies; make a deer in a scene (clay and drawings) with footprints and plants, trees, lake: habitat; illustrate a book about T-Ball and dogs at the park.
6. Reading: cards: Pack, Park, Art;
the books: Mouse TV, Matt Novak;
The Eensy, Weensy Spider, Mary Ann Hoberman.
7. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
8. P.E.: play at the park.
Tuesday
1. Science/Nature: read from The Book of the Goat, Jack Denton Scott.
2. Art: attend Discovering Great Artists class, introduction to American artist Alexander Calder (1889-1976), make art creations from wire, clay, and foam, including a cat and a trophy; present them to the class; present the deer in deer habitat created yesterday, tell about the book we read and the research to find out where deer live, what they eat, who their predators are.
3. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day.
4. Read Aloud: The Great Egg Hunt, A.J. Wood;
The Children's Book of Heroes, Williamn J. Bennett.
5. P.E. play at the park.
6. History: read from Helen Keller: Out of a Dark and Silent World, Sandra H. Shichtman (includes historical photos).
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Art: put together paper parts of a flower.
3. Reading: At the Park, Dr. Alvin Granowsky.
4. Read Aloud: Saint Ita, Ide Ni Riain;
Franklin's Pond Phantom, Sharon Jennings;
Just Call Me J.P., Jacqueline Sweeney.
5. Science/Nature: read from the book How Birds Fly, Nick Williams.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: run and play at the park.
8. Cooking: 4-H project: help prepare, set the table, and eat a pasta dinner, french bread, salad, chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Phonics: ph = f, in phone, photograph.
3. Reading: Long Ago, Rachel Emmer;
A Windy Day, Robin Nelson;
The Three Pigs, David Wiesner (assisted);
Nursery rhymes: Hey Diddle, Diddle; Itsy Bitsy Spider; This Little Piggy; Pat-a-Cake; Hickory Dickory Dock; I'm a Little Teapot; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Little Miss Muffet.
4. Science/Nature: read How Birds Fly, Nick Williams.
5. Music: sing nursery rhymes.
6. Art: sticker and felt pen designs.
Friday
1. Music: sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm, A-E-I-O-U, and made-up songs.
2. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; read the story of Joseph from Genesis.
3. Phonics: do Lesson 4 of Tanglewood's Really Reading lessons (short and long vowels).
4. Reading: Mouse's Hide-and-Seek Words, Kathryn Heling;
Here Comes Silent e!, Anna Jane Hays.
5. Handwriting: practice writing Aa and Bb as shown on the video: Learn to Read with Phonics (shows how to pronounce all the letters [short vowel sounds], write them, and read them in context).
6. P.E.: attend ballet class.
7. Read Aloud: He Remembered to Say Thank You, Victor Mann;
The Kind Samaritan, Teresa Olive.
1. Phonics: "ar", "ck", short "a" sounds in context: reading cards to choose the day's activities.
2. Read Aloud: Tracks in the Wild, Betsy Bowen;
The Book of the Goat, Jack Denton Scott;
The Three Pigs, David Wiesner;
How Animal Babies Stay Safe, Mary Ann Fraser
3. Math: watch World of Geometry (video).
4. Science/Nature: observation while reading Tracks in the Wild: "The front is like a human's; the back is sort of like a duck" (describing the footprints of a beaver); model from clay: deer and footprints, snail; internet research all about deer: what they eat, where they live, their predators, their habitat.
5. Art: illustrate a book about Easter bunnies; make a deer in a scene (clay and drawings) with footprints and plants, trees, lake: habitat; illustrate a book about T-Ball and dogs at the park.
6. Reading: cards: Pack, Park, Art;
the books: Mouse TV, Matt Novak;
The Eensy, Weensy Spider, Mary Ann Hoberman.
7. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
8. P.E.: play at the park.
Tuesday
1. Science/Nature: read from The Book of the Goat, Jack Denton Scott.
2. Art: attend Discovering Great Artists class, introduction to American artist Alexander Calder (1889-1976), make art creations from wire, clay, and foam, including a cat and a trophy; present them to the class; present the deer in deer habitat created yesterday, tell about the book we read and the research to find out where deer live, what they eat, who their predators are.
3. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day.
4. Read Aloud: The Great Egg Hunt, A.J. Wood;
The Children's Book of Heroes, Williamn J. Bennett.
5. P.E. play at the park.
6. History: read from Helen Keller: Out of a Dark and Silent World, Sandra H. Shichtman (includes historical photos).
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Art: put together paper parts of a flower.
3. Reading: At the Park, Dr. Alvin Granowsky.
4. Read Aloud: Saint Ita, Ide Ni Riain;
Franklin's Pond Phantom, Sharon Jennings;
Just Call Me J.P., Jacqueline Sweeney.
5. Science/Nature: read from the book How Birds Fly, Nick Williams.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: run and play at the park.
8. Cooking: 4-H project: help prepare, set the table, and eat a pasta dinner, french bread, salad, chocolate-dipped strawberries.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Phonics: ph = f, in phone, photograph.
3. Reading: Long Ago, Rachel Emmer;
A Windy Day, Robin Nelson;
The Three Pigs, David Wiesner (assisted);
Nursery rhymes: Hey Diddle, Diddle; Itsy Bitsy Spider; This Little Piggy; Pat-a-Cake; Hickory Dickory Dock; I'm a Little Teapot; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Little Miss Muffet.
4. Science/Nature: read How Birds Fly, Nick Williams.
5. Music: sing nursery rhymes.
6. Art: sticker and felt pen designs.
Friday
1. Music: sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm, A-E-I-O-U, and made-up songs.
2. Religion: pray; read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today; read the story of Joseph from Genesis.
3. Phonics: do Lesson 4 of Tanglewood's Really Reading lessons (short and long vowels).
4. Reading: Mouse's Hide-and-Seek Words, Kathryn Heling;
Here Comes Silent e!, Anna Jane Hays.
5. Handwriting: practice writing Aa and Bb as shown on the video: Learn to Read with Phonics (shows how to pronounce all the letters [short vowel sounds], write them, and read them in context).
6. P.E.: attend ballet class.
7. Read Aloud: He Remembered to Say Thank You, Victor Mann;
The Kind Samaritan, Teresa Olive.
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