2nd Grade Activities: Week 3
Monday
Holiday
Tuesday
1. Science/Nature: homeschool workshop, "Colors of the Sun": Agenda: spend about 50 minutes indoors and do the experiment at the park.
Opening: demonstration of how the sun looks larger than other stars, but is not, short reading about what the sun is; “Colors of the Sun” movie (what we know about the sun, how we can observe the sun, how it affects earth, questions scientists are currently asking and trying to find the answers to about the sun. Spectroscope making. Experiments outside.
2. P.E.: park time, soccer practice.
3. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #23, Twister on Tuesday.
4. History: learn something about pioneer life and tornadoes.
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray Our Father and prayers for grace.
2. Science/Nature: learn about the history of dogs and the qualities of various different breeds of dogs: watch Dog, Eyewitness nature series, and Puppies (commentary about the characteristics of many different dog breeds), David Story (videos). Observation: "If you sit here you can see the glories of the universe" (about watching nature videos).
3. Spanish: story time at the library.
4. P.E.: park time.
5. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #25, Stage Fright on a Summer Night (meet Shakespeare).
Thursday
1. Religion: pray Our Father and prayer intentions.
2. Science/Nature: watch Born Free (lions) and Magic School Bus: Busasaurus (dinosaurs) videos. Observations: "There are more plant-eaters than meat-eaters, you know." "Did you know that scientists can tell what kind of food dinosaurs ate by the kind of teeth they have?": make small models from modeling clay of a tooth from a meat-eater, and one from a plant-eating dinosaur (describe each); make model dinosaur leg and arm bones; show how they might connect; make a partitioned box with handle for the dinosaur "fossils".
3. Language Arts: read and answer exercises from Explode the Code (phonics): short vowels and consonant blends.
4. Math: put all the number tiles in order on the 100 board; observe the patterns of numbers in the rows and columns; skip count by 10s, 5s, 2s on the board; observe odd and even numbers to 100; look at individual number tiles (separate from the board) and name each number from 1 to 100 in random order.
5. Time: review hours, minutes, quarter hours and half hours on Judy clock; display the current time on the clock.
6. Reading: Dinosaurs (Scholastic Reader, level 2), Grace Maccarone.
Friday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, prayer intentions.
2. Spanish: phonics, spelling, alphabet, and vocabulary from: Super Star Series Spanish 1a with Phonics, Help Me 2 Learn (bilingual educational cd-rom). Make an illustrated Spanish word book including the animals: elephant, lion, seal, bear, giraffe, monkey, tiger, snake, hippo, kangaroo, bird, zebra.
3. Phonics: review all the sounds of each letter of the English alphabet and some spelling (on the bilingual Spanish program); Explode the Code 2: reading and distinguishing consonant blends and short vowel sounds.
4. Math: demonstrate and write the numbers 1111-1122 (with base ten materials).
5. Art: make a tiny person out of modeling clay.
6. Science/Nature: watch Magic School Bus Microbes (video); ask questions about microbes.
7. P.E.: soccer practice and parade.
Holiday
Tuesday
1. Science/Nature: homeschool workshop, "Colors of the Sun": Agenda: spend about 50 minutes indoors and do the experiment at the park.
Opening: demonstration of how the sun looks larger than other stars, but is not, short reading about what the sun is; “Colors of the Sun” movie (what we know about the sun, how we can observe the sun, how it affects earth, questions scientists are currently asking and trying to find the answers to about the sun. Spectroscope making. Experiments outside.
2. P.E.: park time, soccer practice.
3. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #23, Twister on Tuesday.
4. History: learn something about pioneer life and tornadoes.
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray Our Father and prayers for grace.
2. Science/Nature: learn about the history of dogs and the qualities of various different breeds of dogs: watch Dog, Eyewitness nature series, and Puppies (commentary about the characteristics of many different dog breeds), David Story (videos). Observation: "If you sit here you can see the glories of the universe" (about watching nature videos).
3. Spanish: story time at the library.
4. P.E.: park time.
5. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #25, Stage Fright on a Summer Night (meet Shakespeare).
Thursday
1. Religion: pray Our Father and prayer intentions.
2. Science/Nature: watch Born Free (lions) and Magic School Bus: Busasaurus (dinosaurs) videos. Observations: "There are more plant-eaters than meat-eaters, you know." "Did you know that scientists can tell what kind of food dinosaurs ate by the kind of teeth they have?": make small models from modeling clay of a tooth from a meat-eater, and one from a plant-eating dinosaur (describe each); make model dinosaur leg and arm bones; show how they might connect; make a partitioned box with handle for the dinosaur "fossils".
3. Language Arts: read and answer exercises from Explode the Code (phonics): short vowels and consonant blends.
4. Math: put all the number tiles in order on the 100 board; observe the patterns of numbers in the rows and columns; skip count by 10s, 5s, 2s on the board; observe odd and even numbers to 100; look at individual number tiles (separate from the board) and name each number from 1 to 100 in random order.
5. Time: review hours, minutes, quarter hours and half hours on Judy clock; display the current time on the clock.
6. Reading: Dinosaurs (Scholastic Reader, level 2), Grace Maccarone.
Friday
1. Religion: pray Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, prayer intentions.
2. Spanish: phonics, spelling, alphabet, and vocabulary from: Super Star Series Spanish 1a with Phonics, Help Me 2 Learn (bilingual educational cd-rom). Make an illustrated Spanish word book including the animals: elephant, lion, seal, bear, giraffe, monkey, tiger, snake, hippo, kangaroo, bird, zebra.
3. Phonics: review all the sounds of each letter of the English alphabet and some spelling (on the bilingual Spanish program); Explode the Code 2: reading and distinguishing consonant blends and short vowel sounds.
4. Math: demonstrate and write the numbers 1111-1122 (with base ten materials).
5. Art: make a tiny person out of modeling clay.
6. Science/Nature: watch Magic School Bus Microbes (video); ask questions about microbes.
7. P.E.: soccer practice and parade.
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