2nd Grade Activities: Week 21

MATH: Flip Over Math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division: read word problems and solve using various math manipulatives; write the problems worked out; online math games: count by 2s, 3s 5s, solve dot-to-dot puzzle to 70; addition drill with FlashMaster.

PHONICS: work in Explode the Code 3: oa and ow.

RELIGION: daily prayer; study Good Shepherd Catholic Catechism in preparation for 1st Communion; attend Mass.

READING: read signs, book and video covers, text on blogs and websites; read homemade book to ES; read some picture books.

READING/SPELLING: IM with relatives; reading in Catechism, Phonics, and Math books,

HANDWRITING: write one-word answers in Explode the Code workbook and Catechism book.

SCIENCE/NATURE: Zoo trip: observe koala, flamingos, monkeys, birds, kangaroos; squirrels; observe ants with magnifying glass; look at ants and penguins on Academy of Sciences website; watch Wild about Animals: Animals of the Jungle, Steve Rotfeld Productions video.

HISTORY: read from Story of the World I: Ancient Egypt and the first writing; draw an American indian family; attend Art and history Museum field trip.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: count in Spanish.

ART: color in Catechism workbook; draw American indians, monkey; add to chalk drawing museum mural; present and explain projects to teacher; pose and photograph twist-tie family; coloring: dogs, cats, squirrels, ponies.

MUSIC: listen to classical (Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin) and contemporary music; follow text and musical notes to sing at Mass; field trip: Asian music, dance, and storytelling performance.

P.E.: attend softball practices; park time.

READ ALOUD: read from The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann Wyss.