Friday, September 07, 2007

3rd Grade Activities: Week 1

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; read about St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Rose of Lima, and other saints; draw Rose of Lima with associated symbols.

MATH: solve 2-digit addition and subtraction word problems; fractions, perimeter, measurement, use of grid; time4learning online activities.

LANGUAGE ARTS: time4learning online activities.

READING: picture books, emergent- and early-reader books:
Sidekicks, Carol Nicklaus;
The Golly Sisters Ride Again, Betsy Byars;
Fox Outfoxed, James Marshall;
Dear Tooth Fairy, Jane O'Connor;
Captain Zap and the Evil Baron von Fishhead, Jon Buller and Susan Schade;
Follow That Fish, Joanne Oppenheim;
Come Dance With Me, Carol Nicklaus;
The Go Club, Carol Nicklaus.

HANDWRITING: practice some letters in Handwriting Program for Print.

SCIENCE/NATURE: magnetism: experiment with different metallic objects. Notice pull and resistance betweeen magnets; time4learning online activities.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Spanish story time.

ART: coloring pages; clay figures, including monkeys, a girl holding a cat and a basket full of school supplies, Danger Mouse and a girl mouse, an Irish girl in green and orange.

MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing several rounds, clapping songs, and made-up songs.

P.E.: soccer practice; park time; play with dogs at dog park.