2nd Grade Activities: Week 34
RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass.
MATH: do sample math lessons (angles, parallel lines, number patterns, probability, measurement) on time4learning.com :
http://www.time4learning.com/start/freelessons.htm
Word problems with 2-digit numbers including regrouping/carrying tens; calculate what items can be bought with a budget (2-digit numbers under under $1.00); write a very long number (24 digits).
PHONICS/LANGUAGE ARTS: Explode the Code 4: read and identify 2-syllable words; learn where to break 2-syllable words; answer reading and grammar questions in Learning Horizons: 2nd Grade Language workbook.
READING: reading in Phonics, Language Arts, and Math study; read signs, comics, websites; IM and email with relatives;
Swimmy, Leo Lionni;
Puppy Love, Dick King-Smith;
Maybe, My Baby, Marilyn Janovitz;
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni;
Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book, Cynthia Rylant;
Tico and the Golden Wings, Leo Lionni;
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss;
Benjy's Boat Trip, Margaret Bloy Graham (not easy reading, but read very fluently).
HANDWRITING: writing in math, language arts, and phonics exercises; write items on grocery lists; handwriting practice (trace words and sentences) in Italic Handwriting Series B, Getty & Dubay..
SCIENCE/NATURE: Observation and care of fish, ants, snail, banana slug; ask questions: "What is that hole in the slug's side?", "What sounds does a slug make?"; do internet research about banana slugs at:
http://www.naturepark.com/bslug.htm
http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/2001Outwest/PacificNaturalHistory/Projects/GannK/Default.htm
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/nurspest/slugs.htm
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ariolimax_columbianus.html
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/slughome.htm
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/experimentpage.htm
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/whatwehavelearned.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug
Slug anatomy:
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/nurspest/slug_anatomy.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/gastropod/Slugprintout.shtml
Read a newspaper article about collapsed bee colonies and researchers trying to find out why, because "It's not just bad news for beekeepers and honey lovers. Growers of fruits, nuts and many vegetables rely on honeybees to pollinate their crops, which contribute $15 billion to the nation's agricultural output, according to a Cornell University study."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/26/MNGK7PFOMS1.DTL&hw=bees&sn=009&sc=345
Read a little more about beekeeping (starting a colony) on the web:
http://echoesofcreation.blogspot.com/2007/04/bees-are-buzzing-on-vita-bella-ranch.html
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Chinese class: review Pinyin tones and pronunciation; recite phrases and songs in front of the class, individually and as a group; practice speaking and writing Chinese characters; attend Spanish story time; watch videos in Spanish.
ART: make tiny toy food and tiny fishes out of modeling clay; make cartoon characters with modeling clay; learn about positive and negative space in discoveries in art class; create a project using the concepts of positive and negative space.
MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; make up songs and poems.
P.E.: park time; play with dogs at the dog park.
HISTORY: online activities and quizzes about ancient Egypt and Rome:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_egypt.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/romans_ks2.htm
MATH: do sample math lessons (angles, parallel lines, number patterns, probability, measurement) on time4learning.com :
http://www.time4learning.com/start/freelessons.htm
Word problems with 2-digit numbers including regrouping/carrying tens; calculate what items can be bought with a budget (2-digit numbers under under $1.00); write a very long number (24 digits).
PHONICS/LANGUAGE ARTS: Explode the Code 4: read and identify 2-syllable words; learn where to break 2-syllable words; answer reading and grammar questions in Learning Horizons: 2nd Grade Language workbook.
READING: reading in Phonics, Language Arts, and Math study; read signs, comics, websites; IM and email with relatives;
Swimmy, Leo Lionni;
Puppy Love, Dick King-Smith;
Maybe, My Baby, Marilyn Janovitz;
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni;
Mr. Putter & Tabby Write the Book, Cynthia Rylant;
Tico and the Golden Wings, Leo Lionni;
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss;
Benjy's Boat Trip, Margaret Bloy Graham (not easy reading, but read very fluently).
HANDWRITING: writing in math, language arts, and phonics exercises; write items on grocery lists; handwriting practice (trace words and sentences) in Italic Handwriting Series B, Getty & Dubay..
SCIENCE/NATURE: Observation and care of fish, ants, snail, banana slug; ask questions: "What is that hole in the slug's side?", "What sounds does a slug make?"; do internet research about banana slugs at:
http://www.naturepark.com/bslug.htm
http://www.scsc.k12.ar.us/2001Outwest/PacificNaturalHistory/Projects/GannK/Default.htm
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/nurspest/slugs.htm
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Ariolimax_columbianus.html
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/slughome.htm
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/experimentpage.htm
http://www.proaxis.com/~mccune/whatwehavelearned.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug
Slug anatomy:
http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/nurspest/slug_anatomy.htm
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/mollusk/gastropod/Slugprintout.shtml
Read a newspaper article about collapsed bee colonies and researchers trying to find out why, because "It's not just bad news for beekeepers and honey lovers. Growers of fruits, nuts and many vegetables rely on honeybees to pollinate their crops, which contribute $15 billion to the nation's agricultural output, according to a Cornell University study."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/26/MNGK7PFOMS1.DTL&hw=bees&sn=009&sc=345
Read a little more about beekeeping (starting a colony) on the web:
http://echoesofcreation.blogspot.com/2007/04/bees-are-buzzing-on-vita-bella-ranch.html
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Chinese class: review Pinyin tones and pronunciation; recite phrases and songs in front of the class, individually and as a group; practice speaking and writing Chinese characters; attend Spanish story time; watch videos in Spanish.
ART: make tiny toy food and tiny fishes out of modeling clay; make cartoon characters with modeling clay; learn about positive and negative space in discoveries in art class; create a project using the concepts of positive and negative space.
MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; make up songs and poems.
P.E.: park time; play with dogs at the dog park.
HISTORY: online activities and quizzes about ancient Egypt and Rome:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_egypt.html
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/romans_ks2.htm
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