2nd Grade Activities: Week 8
Monday
1. Religion: pray; read about saints of the day.
2. Math: sort confetti by shapes; fractions 1/4, 1/2, 1/3 (Miquon); locate items by hours on clock face (Miquon); read and solve money problems with dimes, nickels, pennies, quarters (Learn on the Go workbook); count items and write numbers 1-10; review greater and less than signs; match graphs to data given (sample STAR 2nd grade test).
3. Language Arts: correct the grammar in sentences; read a short passage and answer questions; match correct sentence describing a picture (sample LA test book).
4. Read Aloud: from Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, and
Magical Melons, Carol Ryrie Brink.
5. Art: make an indian arrow with a stick, feathers, clay for arrowhead; make a clay and feather decoration; make black cat and ghost decorations.
6. Spelling/Handwriting: copy words of interest into a rolodex of 3x5 cards in alphabetical order [sorted by first letter only].
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayers.
2. Math: simple subtraction problems and identifying quantities using 10 bars and units (Learn on the Go Workbook: Addition and Subtraction, gr.1-2); discussion, using examples, of how math is necessary in daily life and work.
3. Read Aloud: Bernard on His Own, Syd Hoff;
Grizzwold, Syd Hoff;
Stop, Stop, Edith Thacher Hurd;
Barkley, Syd Hoff;
"That's Not Fair!", Stephanie Roehe.
4. Reading: signs, directions on worksheets, read some words in the read alouds and some on-line books.
5. Art: sketch a few items; make leaves of various kinds with water droplets on them from modeling clay; watch Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Claude Monet*, Mike Venezia (video).
6. History: watch a video showing all the California Missions.
7. P.E.: take a walk.
8. Sign Language: sign some numbers.
Wednesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. History: read brief history of the period from early California rancheros to California statehood, and some stories from California Rancho Days, Helen Bauer.
3. Read Aloud: Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Bill Martin Jr, Eric Carle.
4. Reading: some words in read alouds.
5. Spanish: Mom reads some bilingual books; story time at library.
6. Math: addition problems with pictured items, coins, numbers.
7. Art: clay creations: miniature pies, cake, cookies, soup, cookbook, story book, spoon, ladle; make paper cow puppet.
Thursday
1. Religion: daily prayer, read about saint of the day; Bible readings for today.
2. Language Arts: listen to stories and answer questions; read directions and parts of stories; write answers to questions about the stories (LA workbook).
3. Math: work out story problems (simple subtraction, counting coins, counting by tens and ones); watch demonstrations of regrouping (10s) and multiplication (rows by columns); tell time to the minute comparing digital and analog clocks.
4. Art: clay creations; color cars for counting.
5. History: read about the Spanish/Mexican founding of San Francisco to the Goldrush and statehood from the book California Rancho Days.
6. Music: attend choir rehearsal.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read about the saint of the day.
2. Math: two digit addition and subtraction with regrouping using base ten materials (Learn on the Go workbook).
3. History: read about Christopher Columbus and his voyages.
4. Art: draw an Indian girl, corn, and tools; watch the Monet video.
5. Science/Nature: watch Magic School Bus Taking Flight, Magic School Bus for Lunch; collect rocks and leaves.
6. P.E.: soccer practice.
1. Religion: pray; read about saints of the day.
2. Math: sort confetti by shapes; fractions 1/4, 1/2, 1/3 (Miquon); locate items by hours on clock face (Miquon); read and solve money problems with dimes, nickels, pennies, quarters (Learn on the Go workbook); count items and write numbers 1-10; review greater and less than signs; match graphs to data given (sample STAR 2nd grade test).
3. Language Arts: correct the grammar in sentences; read a short passage and answer questions; match correct sentence describing a picture (sample LA test book).
4. Read Aloud: from Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, and
Magical Melons, Carol Ryrie Brink.
5. Art: make an indian arrow with a stick, feathers, clay for arrowhead; make a clay and feather decoration; make black cat and ghost decorations.
6. Spelling/Handwriting: copy words of interest into a rolodex of 3x5 cards in alphabetical order [sorted by first letter only].
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayers.
2. Math: simple subtraction problems and identifying quantities using 10 bars and units (Learn on the Go Workbook: Addition and Subtraction, gr.1-2); discussion, using examples, of how math is necessary in daily life and work.
3. Read Aloud: Bernard on His Own, Syd Hoff;
Grizzwold, Syd Hoff;
Stop, Stop, Edith Thacher Hurd;
Barkley, Syd Hoff;
"That's Not Fair!", Stephanie Roehe.
4. Reading: signs, directions on worksheets, read some words in the read alouds and some on-line books.
5. Art: sketch a few items; make leaves of various kinds with water droplets on them from modeling clay; watch Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists: Claude Monet*, Mike Venezia (video).
6. History: watch a video showing all the California Missions.
7. P.E.: take a walk.
8. Sign Language: sign some numbers.
Wednesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. History: read brief history of the period from early California rancheros to California statehood, and some stories from California Rancho Days, Helen Bauer.
3. Read Aloud: Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Bill Martin Jr, Eric Carle.
4. Reading: some words in read alouds.
5. Spanish: Mom reads some bilingual books; story time at library.
6. Math: addition problems with pictured items, coins, numbers.
7. Art: clay creations: miniature pies, cake, cookies, soup, cookbook, story book, spoon, ladle; make paper cow puppet.
Thursday
1. Religion: daily prayer, read about saint of the day; Bible readings for today.
2. Language Arts: listen to stories and answer questions; read directions and parts of stories; write answers to questions about the stories (LA workbook).
3. Math: work out story problems (simple subtraction, counting coins, counting by tens and ones); watch demonstrations of regrouping (10s) and multiplication (rows by columns); tell time to the minute comparing digital and analog clocks.
4. Art: clay creations; color cars for counting.
5. History: read about the Spanish/Mexican founding of San Francisco to the Goldrush and statehood from the book California Rancho Days.
6. Music: attend choir rehearsal.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read about the saint of the day.
2. Math: two digit addition and subtraction with regrouping using base ten materials (Learn on the Go workbook).
3. History: read about Christopher Columbus and his voyages.
4. Art: draw an Indian girl, corn, and tools; watch the Monet video.
5. Science/Nature: watch Magic School Bus Taking Flight, Magic School Bus for Lunch; collect rocks and leaves.
6. P.E.: soccer practice.
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