Monday, March 27, 2006

1st Grade Activities: Week 29

Monday
1. Music: sing a made-up song: "Wake up snail..." to her pet garden snail.
2. Art: visit Auguste Rodin statuary and art museum; look at projects in The Encyclopedia of Origami and Papercraft Techniques, Emma Callery: make 2 jointed shadow puppets.
3. Read Aloud: Kiss Good Night, Amy Hest;
Henry and the Kite Dragon, Bruce Edward Hall;
Alice NizzyNazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe, Tony Johnston, illustrated by Tomie dePaola.
4. Reading: McDuff Moves In, Rosemary Wells;
5. P.E.: T-Ball practice; run and play at park.
6. Religion: read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
7. Science/Nature: care of pet snail; observe wasps and nest in a tree; observe tiny ants climbing another tree; watch a video about kittens.
8. Math: calculations for making books: 6 pieces of paper will give you a 12 page book (6 pieces x 2 sides = 12); 10 pieces of paper will give you a 20 page book (10 pieces x 2 sides = 20); 5 pieces of paper will give you a 10 page book (5 pieces x 2 sides = 10). She settled on 5 piceces of paper (+ front and back cover [colored construction paper]). She wants to make a book for her art teacher about pandas.
[She wanted to know the teacher's age, but I told her it was not polite to ask a lady's age. She wanted the number of pages to match her age. I suggested 12, then 20 ;) . But she decided a 10 page book would be fine.]
9. Computer: email art teacher asking her what her favorite animal is and what her favorite color is in order to make her a book as a parting gift (last class of section).

Tuesday
1. Art: make origami paper animals [kit: Easy fold-by-number Wild Animals, Yasutomo & Co.]; decorate a homemade envelope; draw a snail, hearts, flowers; attend Discovering Great Artists class: introduction to American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) and her work; create a piece (watercolor flowers with oil pastel outlines) in similar style, present to the class; present 2 homemade books in front of the class.
2. Telling Time: review hours and minutes, hour hand, minute hand.
3. Geography: study a map of the Mediterranean in the book: The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century, Uri Shulevitz (note some familiar places from past reading: Africa, Asia, Italy, Sicily, Greece, Egypt, Jerusalem, Rome).
4. Science/Nature: watch videos: See How They Grow: Forest Animals and The Magic School Bus Goes To Seed.
5. Music: singing, including trying to learn 1st verse of America the Beautiful.
6. Math: math number sequencing worksheet: teens; and 3 simple addition worksheets.
7. Read Aloud: June 29, 1999, David Wiesner;
Claire and the Unicorn Happy Ever After, B.G. Hennessy.

Wednesday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be; attend Girls' Group (class) at church: learn about Saint Bernadette, make blankets for orphanage.
2. Read Aloud: Here Comes Kate, Kay Chorao.
3. History: My Tour of Europe, By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10, Ellen Jackson.
4: Reading: vocabulary game (read and place sticky tags around the room): chair, globe, shelf, fruit, table;
Our Grandad, Jillian Cutting;
Would You Like to Fly?, Rebel Williams;
Who Says?, Miriam Frost;
Hello, Hello, Hello, Jan McPherson.
5. Library trip.

Thursday
1. Religion: read short bio. of the saint of the day; read Bible readings for today.
2. Art: draw birds in a homemade book.
3. Science/Nature: make a book about 13 different types of birds; explain it to mom;
Observe birds (with binoculars): descriptions:
1st bird: "red head, tail tip blue, yellow breast, orange beak, black legs, medium sized bird";
2nd bird: "black with orange wings, black legs, small bird";
3rd: "also ravens: big birds".
March 23, 2006. 9:30 a.m. Weather: sunny, "not a cloud in sight, except for a baby one, partly cold, partly warm";
11:00 a.m. Weather: "it's all cloudy and there's no blue in sight. Actually it's beige-blue, so there is some blue in sight. Actually, I found the bluest spot";
Put together a journal to record drawings or information about birds.
Watch video: A Day with Horses;
4. Music: sing songs; attend choir rehearsal.
5. P.E.: run and play at park.
6. Presentation: present more books to art teacher.
7. Reading: "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?"
8. Read Aloud: Pocahontas Coloring Book, Brian Doherty.

Friday
1. Religion: pray.
2. Homeschool meeting.
3. Library time; use auto-book checkout station independently.
4: Drama: song and dance about the wind and snowflakes.
5. Reading: browse through children's dictionary;
read The Big Hill, Joy Cowley;
The Tree House, Joy Cowley.
6. Read Aloud: Colors Everywhere, Tana Hoban;
Just Me, Marie Hall Ets;
Abuela, Arthur Dorros;
7. History: read A Sweet Smell of Roses, Angela Johnson (Civil Rights movement).
8. Handwriting: workbook page: Bs and Ds.