Wednesday, October 24, 2007

3rd Grade Activities: Week 9

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Teresa of Avila, and St. Isaac Jogues, St. John de Brebeuf and Companions -- the North American Martyrs.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; time4learning online activities; word problems: multiplication and pattern blocks.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities and watch Between the Lions DVDs: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West, Shooting Stars, To the Ship! To the Ship!

HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters.

LANGUAGE ARTS: time4learning online activities.

READING: Crickwing, Janell Cannon;
Darby, The Special-Order Pup, Alexandra Day and Cooper Edens;
How Kind!, Mary Murphy;
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, Sara Swan Miller;
Three More Stories You Can Read to Your Dog, Sara Swan Miller;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish and grasshopper; watch Big Dogs, Little Dogs, A&E: breeds, training, work, history; Nature: Waddlers & Paddlers: the World of Penguins and A Sea Otter Story (DVDs).

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Spanish story time; Mandarin class: review flash cards; listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading, writing, and speaking words and phrases.

READ ALOUD: A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle;
Hickory, Palmer Brown.

ART: modeling clay figures; drawing: paper and computer art; make a cardboard ghost; learn about different kinds of sculpture and create a bead and wire sculpture in Discovery in Art class.

MUSIC: listen to early, classical, and contemporary music; sing; attend choir rehearsals.

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

Saturday, October 20, 2007

3rd Grade Activities: Week 8

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Simeon, the Eleven Martyrs of Almeria, Spain, St. Felix, St. Cyprian, and St. Edward.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; time4learning online activities.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities.

SPELLING: spell Victory Drill book CVC words; spell and write sentences.

HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters in Handwriting Program for Print.

READING: The Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter;
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, Beatrix Potter;
The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter;
Amerlia Bedelia's Masterpiece;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of pet fish, grasshopper, watch JeffCorwin: Marsupials, and Insects and Arachnids DVDs; watch The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Judy Irving DVD;

HISTORY: Christopher Columbus: read brief history, poem, song, coat of arms.

GEOGRAPHY: draw a map of an imaginary island with a legend defining the symbols used on the map.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Mandarin class; listen to CD: phrases and pronunciation; read, write and pronounce words and phrases.

READ ALOUD: When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant;
The Dreamer, Cynthia Rylant;
Wild Birds, Joanne Ryder;
Star in the Storm.

ART: modeling clay figures, including cartoon characters; make necklaces; practice drawing 3-D objects in drawing basics class.

MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing; attend choir rehearsals and Vespers service.

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

3rd Grade Activities: Week 7

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Gerard of Brogne, St. Francis of Assisi, and other saints.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; time4learning online activities: measurement: nonstandard and standard units and metric system; time: am/pm, tell time to 5 min. increments.

PHONICS: breadk 2-3 syllable words into syllables; Explode the Code 5 activities; time4learning online activities.

SPELLING: circle and sound out consonant blends; spell cvc words.

READING: The Ghost's Dinner, Jacques Duquennoy;
A True Book: Elephants, Melissa Stewart;
The Best of Friends, Pirkko Vainio;
What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile?, Judy Sierra;
Amazing Bats, Simon Seymour;
Whales and People, Jason Cooper;
Raymond's Two Crowns, David Previtali;
Cat and Mouse: The Hole Story, Christyan and Diane Fox;
Yes, It's Bedtime for Bobo!, Jez Alborough;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: read and do some activities in The Energenius Safety Program about safety around gas and electricity for children; care for pet fish; observe, house, feed a grasshopper.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Mandarin class; listen to CD for pronunciation; read, write, and pronounce Chinese words and phrases; make flash cards.

READ ALOUD: When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant;
The Dreamer, Cynthia Rylant;
Wild Birds, Joanne Ryder.

ART: modeling clay figures; paint ceramic animals; create textured sculpture in Discovery in Art class.

MUSIC AND ARTS: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing; watch short ballet and Hawaiian dance performances.

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