2nd Grade Activities: Week 5
Monday
1. Religion: pray; read about St. Joseph of Cupertino; read Faith and Life 1: Jesus Grows Up.
2. Math: make up and solve (with help) 11 word problems.
3. Art: make Pterodactyls from colored wire and twist ties.
4. Read Aloud: the Constitution of the United States.
5. Science/Nature: draw 10 insects and other creatures; read a little about worms; read Dinosaurs Big and Small, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld; watch Eyewitness: Dinosaur (DVD).
6. Read Aloud: The Signmaker's Assistant, Tedd Arnold.
7. Geography: watch U.S. Geography for Children: The United States (DVD).
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Science/Nature: watch Really Wild Animals: Deep Sea Dive, National Geographic; To the Moon, Nova; and Bill Nye: Dinosaurs (DVDs)
3. Art: make an astronaut and some animals out of modeling clay; attend Art and California History class: make a drum with California indian symbols and patterns.
4. History: study some artifacts of early California indians.
5. Math: count to 80 by 10s.
6. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii.
7. P.E.: soccer practice.
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray; attend Mass; attend Girls' Group (class): learn about a saint and do a craft.
2. Science/Nature: To the Moon (video); Magic School Bus: Microbes, Dinosaurs.
3. Handwriting: make a table of contents for a book, numbering the chapters 1-10.
4. Music: Wee Sing video.
5. Reading: worksheets from Art class: charts of animal footprints, indian symbols.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read about St. Matthew; read Bible readings for the day.
2. Reading: Oliver, Syd Hoff.
3. Read Aloud: Bears Out There, Joanne Ryder;
Sato and the Elephants, Juanita Havill;
The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering: I. The Beginnings of the Alphabet, Frederic W. Goudy.
4. Telling Time: work in Kumon Book: My Book of Telling Time: Learning about Minutes.
5. History: read handout from Art class about the Achomawi Indian artifacts.
6. Math: simple addition practice (worksheet).
7. Phonics: Explode the Code: sm, sn, sp consonant blends.
8. Science/Nature: use My Amazing Human Body (DK CD-ROM) to practice identifying names and functions of bones and organs of the human body.
Friday
1. Religion: daily prayer; read saint of the day; read Bible readings for the day.
2. History: read a little more background on the Constitution and Benjamin Franklin's speech at the Constitutional Convention; look at photos of the original Constitution:
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids.html ; read about the invention of cable cars in San Francisco.
3. Science/Nature: observe and sketch a desert tortoise; make a book about a snail;
4. Math: free play with Cuisenaire rods (she first placed the longest to shortest in order from left to right; then built a town); Miquon sheets: one to one correspondence, then trade units for matching-length bars; write the number of objects; simple addition; geometric shapes.
5. Reading: Snail Trail, Ruth Brown.
6. Art: make small food items from modeling clay: loaf of bread, pile of pancakes with ribbons of syrup, cake, pie; illustrate book about a snail.
7. Read Aloud: Maybelle the Cable Car, Virginia Lee Burton.
8. Phonics: Explode the Code: short vowels and sm, sn, sp consonant blends.
9. P.E.: soccer practice.
1. Religion: pray; read about St. Joseph of Cupertino; read Faith and Life 1: Jesus Grows Up.
2. Math: make up and solve (with help) 11 word problems.
3. Art: make Pterodactyls from colored wire and twist ties.
4. Read Aloud: the Constitution of the United States.
5. Science/Nature: draw 10 insects and other creatures; read a little about worms; read Dinosaurs Big and Small, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld; watch Eyewitness: Dinosaur (DVD).
6. Read Aloud: The Signmaker's Assistant, Tedd Arnold.
7. Geography: watch U.S. Geography for Children: The United States (DVD).
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Science/Nature: watch Really Wild Animals: Deep Sea Dive, National Geographic; To the Moon, Nova; and Bill Nye: Dinosaurs (DVDs)
3. Art: make an astronaut and some animals out of modeling clay; attend Art and California History class: make a drum with California indian symbols and patterns.
4. History: study some artifacts of early California indians.
5. Math: count to 80 by 10s.
6. Read Aloud: Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii.
7. P.E.: soccer practice.
Wednesday
1. Religion: pray; attend Mass; attend Girls' Group (class): learn about a saint and do a craft.
2. Science/Nature: To the Moon (video); Magic School Bus: Microbes, Dinosaurs.
3. Handwriting: make a table of contents for a book, numbering the chapters 1-10.
4. Music: Wee Sing video.
5. Reading: worksheets from Art class: charts of animal footprints, indian symbols.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray; read about St. Matthew; read Bible readings for the day.
2. Reading: Oliver, Syd Hoff.
3. Read Aloud: Bears Out There, Joanne Ryder;
Sato and the Elephants, Juanita Havill;
The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering: I. The Beginnings of the Alphabet, Frederic W. Goudy.
4. Telling Time: work in Kumon Book: My Book of Telling Time: Learning about Minutes.
5. History: read handout from Art class about the Achomawi Indian artifacts.
6. Math: simple addition practice (worksheet).
7. Phonics: Explode the Code: sm, sn, sp consonant blends.
8. Science/Nature: use My Amazing Human Body (DK CD-ROM) to practice identifying names and functions of bones and organs of the human body.
Friday
1. Religion: daily prayer; read saint of the day; read Bible readings for the day.
2. History: read a little more background on the Constitution and Benjamin Franklin's speech at the Constitutional Convention; look at photos of the original Constitution:
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids.html ; read about the invention of cable cars in San Francisco.
3. Science/Nature: observe and sketch a desert tortoise; make a book about a snail;
4. Math: free play with Cuisenaire rods (she first placed the longest to shortest in order from left to right; then built a town); Miquon sheets: one to one correspondence, then trade units for matching-length bars; write the number of objects; simple addition; geometric shapes.
5. Reading: Snail Trail, Ruth Brown.
6. Art: make small food items from modeling clay: loaf of bread, pile of pancakes with ribbons of syrup, cake, pie; illustrate book about a snail.
7. Read Aloud: Maybelle the Cable Car, Virginia Lee Burton.
8. Phonics: Explode the Code: short vowels and sm, sn, sp consonant blends.
9. P.E.: soccer practice.
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