2nd Grade Activities: Week 9
Monday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Math: demonstration of addition and subtraction (of numbers under 10) with base ten materials, and also with dice; demonstration of multiplication and division (numbers under 10) with montessori bead materials; show place value (written numbers) of units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, one hundred thousands, millions, ten millions, one hundred millions, billions; correctly identified 1,000,000,000; 1,000,000; 1,000; 100; 10; 1; play dominoes; write the numbers 1-12.
3. Art: take pictures of toys (repositioning them for each shot) to make a movie; draw a squirrel.
4. Language Arts: build words with letter tiles representing individual syllables.
5. Telling Time: draw and label a clock.
6. Science/Nature: make a book about birds.
7. Handwriting: write title and author name on the cover and title page of the book; practice a page of handwriting (Victory Pre-Drill Book).
8. Reading: read a postcard.
9. History: read from California Rancho Days.
10. Art: art class: observe outdoors: light and shadows and the various shades of color in living vs. nonliving things; learn about focal point, horizon and perspective; sketch an outdoor scene; paint with acrylics.
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Read Aloud: three chapters of Bandit's Moon.
3. History: read about the historical figure Joaquin Murietta and the California State Rangers at the time of the Gold Rush:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Murietta
http://www.militarymuseum.org/CaliforniaStateRangers.html
(historical background for today's art class).
Read a brief history of the famous woman mathematician, Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm .
4. Math: read and solve word problems, and read about problem-solving strategies in the book: Word Problems Made Easy, Rebecca Wingard-Nelson.
5. Art: class: learn about beaded ceremonial aprons worn by Tolowa indian women and make a similar one with feathers, beads, and shells.
6. P.E.: park time.
Wednesday
1. Religion: prayer, girls' group: class with other girls about a saint and a virtue, sing a hymn.
2. Math: mental math: add multiples of 100.
3. History: read about the invention and usefulness of the Conestoga wagon (covered wagon) in Colonial days.
4. Geography: locate Pennsylvania on U.S. Map.
5. Art: make a Fall table centerpiece at girls' group; make a tarantula out of modeling clay.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
8. Science/Nature: observe a squirrel jumping, eating, and hiding nuts.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray, read about the North American martyrs, read Bible readings for the day.
2. Cooking: make a banana/pineapple tart.
3. Art: create a squirrel and nuts out of modeling clay.
4. Math: 2+2=4. 20+20=40, 200+200=400, 2000+2000=4000, 2,000,000+2,000,000 = 4,000,000, 2,000,000,000 + 2,000,000,000 = 4,000,000,000, etc., also with 2+4, 4+4, and other addition problems.
5. Music: watch Wee Sing: Under the Sea (video); attend choir rehearsal.
6. Read Aloud: Is Your Mama a Llama?, Deborah Guarino.
7. Reading: some words in read-aloud book.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read about the saint of the day; read the book: Prayer, Inos Biffi, with beautiful illustrations by Franco Vignazia; read We Go to Mass, picture book by George Brundage; read The Holy Mass, Coloring and Activity Book, Ancilla Christine Hirsch, FSP; learn the liturgical colors.
2. Music: listen to classical music and contemporary music; music theory with Rabbit Man's Music Book 1: Bass and Treble cleffs and the notes: treble G, high G, bass F, low F; sing.
3. Language Arts: phonics and reading: Explode the Code 2 workbook: initial consonant blend review and final consonant blends: mp, sk, st.
4. Reading: signs, labels, packages, book titles, posters, many words in the environment and on outings.
5. Art: fill a blank book with drawings, "family snapshots".
6. Read Aloud: Animal Ark: Sheepdog in the Snow, Ben M. Baglio.
7. P.E.: soccer.
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Math: demonstration of addition and subtraction (of numbers under 10) with base ten materials, and also with dice; demonstration of multiplication and division (numbers under 10) with montessori bead materials; show place value (written numbers) of units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, one hundred thousands, millions, ten millions, one hundred millions, billions; correctly identified 1,000,000,000; 1,000,000; 1,000; 100; 10; 1; play dominoes; write the numbers 1-12.
3. Art: take pictures of toys (repositioning them for each shot) to make a movie; draw a squirrel.
4. Language Arts: build words with letter tiles representing individual syllables.
5. Telling Time: draw and label a clock.
6. Science/Nature: make a book about birds.
7. Handwriting: write title and author name on the cover and title page of the book; practice a page of handwriting (Victory Pre-Drill Book).
8. Reading: read a postcard.
9. History: read from California Rancho Days.
10. Art: art class: observe outdoors: light and shadows and the various shades of color in living vs. nonliving things; learn about focal point, horizon and perspective; sketch an outdoor scene; paint with acrylics.
Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Read Aloud: three chapters of Bandit's Moon.
3. History: read about the historical figure Joaquin Murietta and the California State Rangers at the time of the Gold Rush:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin_Murietta
http://www.militarymuseum.org/CaliforniaStateRangers.html
(historical background for today's art class).
Read a brief history of the famous woman mathematician, Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01214b.htm .
4. Math: read and solve word problems, and read about problem-solving strategies in the book: Word Problems Made Easy, Rebecca Wingard-Nelson.
5. Art: class: learn about beaded ceremonial aprons worn by Tolowa indian women and make a similar one with feathers, beads, and shells.
6. P.E.: park time.
Wednesday
1. Religion: prayer, girls' group: class with other girls about a saint and a virtue, sing a hymn.
2. Math: mental math: add multiples of 100.
3. History: read about the invention and usefulness of the Conestoga wagon (covered wagon) in Colonial days.
4. Geography: locate Pennsylvania on U.S. Map.
5. Art: make a Fall table centerpiece at girls' group; make a tarantula out of modeling clay.
6. Spanish: story time at the library.
7. P.E.: park time.
8. Science/Nature: observe a squirrel jumping, eating, and hiding nuts.
Thursday
1. Religion: pray, read about the North American martyrs, read Bible readings for the day.
2. Cooking: make a banana/pineapple tart.
3. Art: create a squirrel and nuts out of modeling clay.
4. Math: 2+2=4. 20+20=40, 200+200=400, 2000+2000=4000, 2,000,000+2,000,000 = 4,000,000, 2,000,000,000 + 2,000,000,000 = 4,000,000,000, etc., also with 2+4, 4+4, and other addition problems.
5. Music: watch Wee Sing: Under the Sea (video); attend choir rehearsal.
6. Read Aloud: Is Your Mama a Llama?, Deborah Guarino.
7. Reading: some words in read-aloud book.
Friday
1. Religion: pray; read about the saint of the day; read the book: Prayer, Inos Biffi, with beautiful illustrations by Franco Vignazia; read We Go to Mass, picture book by George Brundage; read The Holy Mass, Coloring and Activity Book, Ancilla Christine Hirsch, FSP; learn the liturgical colors.
2. Music: listen to classical music and contemporary music; music theory with Rabbit Man's Music Book 1: Bass and Treble cleffs and the notes: treble G, high G, bass F, low F; sing.
3. Language Arts: phonics and reading: Explode the Code 2 workbook: initial consonant blend review and final consonant blends: mp, sk, st.
4. Reading: signs, labels, packages, book titles, posters, many words in the environment and on outings.
5. Art: fill a blank book with drawings, "family snapshots".
6. Read Aloud: Animal Ark: Sheepdog in the Snow, Ben M. Baglio.
7. P.E.: soccer.
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