2nd Grade Activities: Week 15

Monday
1. Religion: daily prayer; read and discuss "Obeying God Our Father", "God Gives Us His Laws": Faith and Life 2; read the story of Noah from the Bible.
2. Math: simple addition and subtraction; add and subtract multiples of 10.
3. Phonics/Spelling/Reading: practice reading and spelling words with long vowels ending with silent e, consonant blends, short vowels; computer IM chat; read Sunday comics, signs, video and book covers, directions in workbooks.
4. Art: make several paper crafts from: The Jumbo Book of Paper Crafts, Amanda Lewis.
5. Science/Nature: observe snails and ants; read about the pronghorn and the prairie dog from Treasury of American Wildlife: Prairie Animals, Encyclopaedia Britannica; read in the news about the Russian cosmonaut hitting a golf ball into orbit from the International Space Station.
6. History: read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation that a national day of thanksgiving to God be observed:
http://www.classicallibrary.org/lincoln/thanksgiving.htm
and one paragraph bio.: http://www.classicallibrary.org/lincoln/index.htm .
Reference: the Project Gutenberg files:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14721/14721-h/14721-h.htm#68
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865, by Abraham Lincoln, Edited by Merwin Roe.
7. Read Aloud:

Tuesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Creative Writing: write and illustrate a story for children, called Little Duck.
3. Reading/Spelling/Typing: IM with Dad and cousins; read her own book: Little Duck.
4. Science/Nature: observe ants.
5. Math: solve word problems about sequential order and relative measurement.
6. P.E.: park time.
7. Art: coloring pages.

Wednesday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Reading/Spelling/Typing: IM with Dad and relatives.
3. Math: solve simple addition word problems; measure items in non-standard units; compare sizes of items.
4. Phonics/Spelling: practice reading and spelling words with long vowels ending with silent e, consonant blends (Explode the Code 3).
5. Spanish: story time at the library.
6. P.E.: park time.
7. Read Aloud: from The Adventures of Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls, Herge.

Thursday
1. Religion: daily prayer.
2. Reading/Spelling/Typing: IM with Dad.
3. Math: play addition games on Math Blaster DVD; Math questions: "Mom, what do five fives make?" "What do 3 fives make?"; "How much is 5 times 100?" "How about 5 times 90", etc. all the way down to 20; play Concentration-type memory games with Chinese numbers, and with Roman numerals:
http://www.numbernut.com/basic/activities/index.shtml
4. Music: attend choir rehearsal.
5. Art: draw animals.
6. Handwriting: practice writing numbers.

Friday
1. Religion: daily prayer; read "I Choose to Love God" (Faith and Life 2); attend Mass.
2. Music: read children's picture book bio. of Johann Sebastian Bach: Sebastian: A Book About Bach, Jeanette Winter; review various note values, the notes middle C, D, E, and basic musical notation; write a piece of music using three notes; listen to music of Bach on internet radio:
http://www.platforma.pl/bach/eng/index.phtml
3. P.E.: attend Flamenco class.
4. Science/Nature: observe ants and fish.
5. Art: draw animals.
6. Handwriting: practice writing some upper and lowercase letters and some numbers.
7. Read Aloud: from Tintin: The Prisoners of the Sun.