2nd Grade Activities: Week 2
Monday
1. Religion: read about Saint Augustine; read the Bible readings for the day; pray; visit a friend in the hospital.
2. Art: make a doll hat and food out of modeling wax; block printing; face painting.
3. Music: learn the song: "Shalom to my friends"; practice a round: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"; sing and make up songs.
4. Read Aloud: Silly Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone, Reading Rainbow;
May Belle and the Ogre, Bethany Roberts;
Addie's Bad Day, Joan Robins.
5. Math: read: ...98, 99, 100! Ready or Not, Here I Come!, Teddy Slater: compare counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, 10s, 20s.
6. Phonics: Explode the Code: consonant blends with r; review some consonant and vowel sounds (with flashcards, lower case letters), use each sound in a word (oral).
7. Reading: Finding Nemo: Best Dad in the Sea, Amy J. Tyler.
Tuesday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
2. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #20, Dingoes at Dinnertime.
3. Geography: locate Australia on the globe; note that it is about the size of the United States; local geography: locate familiar items in the neighborhood and outlying areas from a scenic view spot from which you can see for miles.
4. Art: make a Pokemon toy out of colored wire; make a necklace.
5. Science/Nature: watch DK's Eyewitness: Cat: history, anatomy, habitat, behavior; learn about homing pigeons from Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock; make observations about the usefulness of plants.
6. P.E.: soccer practice.
Wednesday
1. Religion: sing He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, and other songs from Veggie Tales Sing-Alongs: Bob and Larry's Sunday Morning Songs.
2. Math: take a K12 placement test.
3. Art: make a family of pom-pom dolls.
4. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #21, Civil War on Sunday;
Nacho and Lolita, Pam Munoz Ryan;
Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie, Elissa Haden Guest;
5. History: learn something about the Civil War, slavery, Abraham Lincoln, and Clara Barton.
6. Foreign Language: Spanish story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
2. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #22, Revolutionary War on Wednesday;
Dinnertime!, Sue Williams.
3. Geography: locate Pennsylvania on U.S. map.
4. History: learn a little about the Revolutionary War and George Washington. Read aloud: Goin' Someplace Special, Patricia C. McKissack: a young African American girl faces racial segregation and discrimination in the South in the 1950s.
5. Science/Nature: "How many toes does a bear have?" Look up on internet -- grizzly bear and black bear tracks show 5 toes:
http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/bears.html#ID .
6. Art: make a bear print and other artwork with rubber stamp kit.
7. Math: read about how to solve word problems in Addition Made Easy, Rebecca Wingard-Nelson; discuss place value and review addition of vertical columns: hundreds, tens, ones.
Friday
1. Math: again: "How many days until Christmas?" (Mom again describes the process of adding the days of each month until Christmas.); read The Great Graph Contest, Loreen Leedy, demonstrating how to ask a question, collect data, and turn the results into different types of graphs, diagrams, and pie charts.
2. Music: children's songs from Veggie Tales: Josh and the Big Wall!, Wiggles: Yummy Yummy.
3. Reading: Daniel's Pet, Alma Flor Ada. Read the sentences backwards -- interesting, challenging, funny, (and actually a good test of reading skills) -- her ida.
4. P.E.: soccer practice.
5. Read Aloud: The Lonely Doll, Dare Wright;
The Worm Family, Tony Johnston.
1. Religion: read about Saint Augustine; read the Bible readings for the day; pray; visit a friend in the hospital.
2. Art: make a doll hat and food out of modeling wax; block printing; face painting.
3. Music: learn the song: "Shalom to my friends"; practice a round: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"; sing and make up songs.
4. Read Aloud: Silly Stories to Tickle Your Funny Bone, Reading Rainbow;
May Belle and the Ogre, Bethany Roberts;
Addie's Bad Day, Joan Robins.
5. Math: read: ...98, 99, 100! Ready or Not, Here I Come!, Teddy Slater: compare counting to 100 by 1s, 5s, 10s, 20s.
6. Phonics: Explode the Code: consonant blends with r; review some consonant and vowel sounds (with flashcards, lower case letters), use each sound in a word (oral).
7. Reading: Finding Nemo: Best Dad in the Sea, Amy J. Tyler.
Tuesday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
2. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #20, Dingoes at Dinnertime.
3. Geography: locate Australia on the globe; note that it is about the size of the United States; local geography: locate familiar items in the neighborhood and outlying areas from a scenic view spot from which you can see for miles.
4. Art: make a Pokemon toy out of colored wire; make a necklace.
5. Science/Nature: watch DK's Eyewitness: Cat: history, anatomy, habitat, behavior; learn about homing pigeons from Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock; make observations about the usefulness of plants.
6. P.E.: soccer practice.
Wednesday
1. Religion: sing He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, and other songs from Veggie Tales Sing-Alongs: Bob and Larry's Sunday Morning Songs.
2. Math: take a K12 placement test.
3. Art: make a family of pom-pom dolls.
4. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #21, Civil War on Sunday;
Nacho and Lolita, Pam Munoz Ryan;
Iris and Walter and Cousin Howie, Elissa Haden Guest;
5. History: learn something about the Civil War, slavery, Abraham Lincoln, and Clara Barton.
6. Foreign Language: Spanish story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be.
2. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #22, Revolutionary War on Wednesday;
Dinnertime!, Sue Williams.
3. Geography: locate Pennsylvania on U.S. map.
4. History: learn a little about the Revolutionary War and George Washington. Read aloud: Goin' Someplace Special, Patricia C. McKissack: a young African American girl faces racial segregation and discrimination in the South in the 1950s.
5. Science/Nature: "How many toes does a bear have?" Look up on internet -- grizzly bear and black bear tracks show 5 toes:
http://www.yellowstone-bearman.com/bears.html#ID .
6. Art: make a bear print and other artwork with rubber stamp kit.
7. Math: read about how to solve word problems in Addition Made Easy, Rebecca Wingard-Nelson; discuss place value and review addition of vertical columns: hundreds, tens, ones.
Friday
1. Math: again: "How many days until Christmas?" (Mom again describes the process of adding the days of each month until Christmas.); read The Great Graph Contest, Loreen Leedy, demonstrating how to ask a question, collect data, and turn the results into different types of graphs, diagrams, and pie charts.
2. Music: children's songs from Veggie Tales: Josh and the Big Wall!, Wiggles: Yummy Yummy.
3. Reading: Daniel's Pet, Alma Flor Ada. Read the sentences backwards -- interesting, challenging, funny, (and actually a good test of reading skills) -- her ida.
4. P.E.: soccer practice.
5. Read Aloud: The Lonely Doll, Dare Wright;
The Worm Family, Tony Johnston.
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