2nd Grade Activities: Week 36
RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; attend girls' group, a class taught by teenage girls for younger children: includes prayer, presentations, activities, crafts; make a devotional book about thanking Jesus for all aspects of our lives, about the sacraments, family life, and Heaven.
MATH: discuss large odd and even numbers; work in Kumon book of telling time; more time-telling activities.
PHONICS: construct cvc words using alphabet cards; discuss variety of spellings for similar-sounding words (example: otter, water).
READING/LANGUAGE ARTS: reading in Phonics, Language Arts, and Math study; read signs, comics, websites; IM and email with relatives.
READING: approximately a chapter each from:
Now We Are Six, and The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne;
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis;
Little House in the Big Wood, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Also: Scardey Cats, Audrey Wood;
Tiny Tots Picture Books: Tim Tadpole and Other Stories.
HANDWRITING: writing in math, language arts, and phonics exercises; trace words in workbook to practice letter forms.
SCIENCE/NATURE: Observation and care of fish, ants, snail, banana slug; write about the slug; read Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs, patricia Lauber; draw parts of food chains and webs; watch The Way Things Work: Pulleys, David Macaulay (video).
Care for a virtual fish tank .
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Chinese class: review Pinyin tones and pronunciation; practice speaking and writing Chinese characters; answer questions orally and in front of the class; watch cartoons in Spanish.
READ ALOUD: All About Animals: Bears, Catherine Lukas;
All About Penguins, Jane Arlington and Sharon Langdon;
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster.
ART: make characters and food out of modeling clay; make tissue paper flowers and a Mother's Day card; attend discovery in art class: study and discuss African art; make African masks; draw animals based on drawing lessons here:
http://www.howtodrawit.com/
MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing and perform made-up songs.
P.E.: park time; play with dogs at dog park.
MATH: discuss large odd and even numbers; work in Kumon book of telling time; more time-telling activities.
PHONICS: construct cvc words using alphabet cards; discuss variety of spellings for similar-sounding words (example: otter, water).
READING/LANGUAGE ARTS: reading in Phonics, Language Arts, and Math study; read signs, comics, websites; IM and email with relatives.
READING: approximately a chapter each from:
Now We Are Six, and The House at Pooh Corner, A.A. Milne;
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis;
Little House in the Big Wood, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Also: Scardey Cats, Audrey Wood;
Tiny Tots Picture Books: Tim Tadpole and Other Stories.
HANDWRITING: writing in math, language arts, and phonics exercises; trace words in workbook to practice letter forms.
SCIENCE/NATURE: Observation and care of fish, ants, snail, banana slug; write about the slug; read Who Eats What? Food Chains and Food Webs, patricia Lauber; draw parts of food chains and webs; watch The Way Things Work: Pulleys, David Macaulay (video).
Care for a virtual fish tank .
FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Chinese class: review Pinyin tones and pronunciation; practice speaking and writing Chinese characters; answer questions orally and in front of the class; watch cartoons in Spanish.
READ ALOUD: All About Animals: Bears, Catherine Lukas;
All About Penguins, Jane Arlington and Sharon Langdon;
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster.
ART: make characters and food out of modeling clay; make tissue paper flowers and a Mother's Day card; attend discovery in art class: study and discuss African art; make African masks; draw animals based on drawing lessons here:
http://www.howtodrawit.com/
MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing and perform made-up songs.
P.E.: park time; play with dogs at dog park.
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