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Monday

• Math
  • Notes:
    • This course used Khan Academy. If you don’t already have a free account with them, it would be helpful to make one
  • Lesson 1: Add within 20
    • Complete all parts of lesson 1.
      • Add and subtract within 20: FAQ
        • Adding within 20 using place value blocks
        • Adding within 20 using ten frames
        • Adding 7 + 6
        • Add within 20 visually
        • Add within 20 (do all 7 problems)
• Science
  • Read chapter 1. There are 4 pages to read.
  • Do the activity pages that you’ll see after the reading. This is the only part that
  • Put biotic and abiotic items into two separate bags. Ask others to reach in and feel what’s there without looking and tell if it’s biotic or abiotic. You tell them whether they are right or not.
• Social Studies
  •  This year we’re going to be learning about the places of the world and the people who live in them. First, we have to find them. To do that we need a map!
  • DOGSTAILS Presentation
  • Look at this map of America and the maps on this page.  Using your list of map vocabulary words, find each of those things on this map. (Example: Find the title. Find the date….)
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    • You will be reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
      • Note: I do not agree with witchcraft. I am only allowing this book because it is classical literature. (See the note on the above page.)
    • Chapter 1: The Cyclone
      • Read the chapter.
      • Study the vocabulary words.
        • write down the vocabulary words and their meanings in a notebook.
      • Make a list of the main characters from this chapters in your notebook.
      • Write down about two or three things that is interesting from this chapter in the notebook.
      • Start a list of places that Dorathy has been in the story. As she goes somewhere new, remember to add it to your list of places that she has been.
  • Spelling
    • Spelling list: sight words 1
  • Grammar
    • Do you know what a noun is? Watch this video.
    • Classifying nouns: person, place or thing worksheet.
• Bible
  • This year you will be studying the New Testament. Every day you will read a section of the Bible and then complete the activities. You will notice that versions of most of the activities. Complete the version that is most appropriate for you.
  • ZACHARIAS & ELIZABETH
• Art
  • Pattern People, Part 1

Tuesday

• Math
  • Let’s practice adding within 20 click on the word print to print.
• Science
  • We will learn about cells later, but you should know that cells are your body’s building blocks. Everything in your body is made up of cells.
  • Read about skin on pages 3-5
  • Why do you sweat when you are hot?
  • Look at your skin with a magnifying glass. Make observations. (If you have a microscope, you can rub some skin off of you and look at it with your microscope.) Here’s an image of skin under a microscope.
• Social Studies
  • Practice your map skills with the neighborhood map page located at the end of this day’s assignments.
  • Watch the videos on the continents and oceans.
  • After the videos, see if you can name the continents.
  • Find the five oceans on this map. They are written in blue writing. (Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean)
  • Why is Pacific written twice if it’s only one ocean? (Think about what a globe looks like.)
  • Find the oceans.
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    • Chapter 2
      • Read the chapter.
      • Study the vocabulary words.
        • write down the vocabulary words and their meanings in a notebook.
      • Write down about two or three things that is interesting from this chapter in the notebook.
      • Create a huge map of all the places Dorothy encounters over the novel, adding places as they are introduced in each chapter.
        • Get a large roll of paper or fasten large pieces of paper together as you go.
        • For chapter 2, draw the start of the yellow brick road. Draw Dorothy, Toto, the Good Witch, the house with the Wicked Witch, and a Munchkin or two.
  • Grammar
    • take a piece and divide it into three parts.
    • At the top of the first section write things.
      • write down 5 things that you see around you.
    • At the top of the next section write people.
      • list 5 people that you know.
    • At the top of the next section write places
      • list 5 places
• Bible
  • Gabriel Visits Mary
• Music
  • Today you are going to learn about the violin. Read the fun facts about the violin
  • Watch someone playing the violin.

Wednesday

• Math:
  • Lesson 2: Add using arrays
  • remember to do all parts of lesson 2. There are 2 sections of practice problems.
• Science
  • (Materials: white paper, tape, or butcher paper)
  • Get big paper, or tape together white paper. Put all the tape on the back. You need one piece of paper big enough for you to lie down on.
  • Have someone trace your body onto the paper.
  • This is the beginning of a project you will work on as you learn about the body.  Put it somewhere so you can add to it when you are instructed to do so.
• Social Studies
  • Watch video on the different types of maps. (The goal isn’t to know every kind of map, but to understand that there are lots of different kinds and that they each show something different about the area.)
  • Review maps and different types of maps.
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    •    Chapter 3
      • Read the chapter.
      • Study the vocabulary words.
        • write down the vocabulary words and their meanings in a notebook.
      • Make a list of the main characters from this chapters in your notebook.
      • Write down about two or three things that is interesting from this chapter in the notebook.
      • Map:
        • For chapter 3, extend the yellow brick road. Draw the cornfield and the Scarecrow.
  • Writing
    • Write a sentence telling people to be kind to animals. Don’t forget a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.
• Bible
  • The Birth of John the Baptist
• Physical Education
  • 30-MINUTE FULL-BODY WORKOUT FOR KIDS: HOME WORKOUT

Thursday

• Math
  • watch this video
    • Fact Fluency Freeze Dance! Addition within 20 – Grade 1 & 2 Math Skills – Brain Break
• Science
  • Read page 5-8. (alternate) This section is on muscles.
  • Start where you left off and read up to the beginning of the bone section.
• Social Studies
  • Draw your house. Be sure to include the various rooms. Label the rooms. Add a compass rose to your map. Remember it is the symbol that tells you where north, south, east, and west is.
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    • Chapter 4
      • Read the chapter.
      • Study the vocabulary words.
        • write down the vocabulary words and their meanings in a notebook.
      • Write down about two or three things that is interesting from this chapter in the notebook.
      • Map
        • For chapter 4, extend the yellow brick road, adding a few holes and rough areas. Add the little log cabin.
  • Writing
    • Write a sentence telling people to be not to litter. (Don’t forget a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end.)
• Bible
  • The Birth of Jesus

Friday

• Math
  • Quiz 1
    • write down your score here _____________
• Science
  • Watch this muscle video.
  • Add biceps and quadriceps (close up image) in your body drawing. Just color them in on one side and label them.
  • Now bend and stretch your arms and legs. Do you feel your biceps and quadriceps moving? Picture what they are doing. Describe to someone what they are doing.
• Social Studies
  • Do this treasure map activity. Download and print the activity.
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    • Chapter 5
      • Read the chapter.
      • Study the vocabulary words.
        • write down the vocabulary words and their meanings in a notebook.
      • Make a list of the main characters from this chapters in your notebook.
      • Write down about two or three things that is interesting from this chapter in the notebook.
      • Map
        • For chapter 5, add the spring of clear water and the Tin Woodman near the cabin. Extend the yellow brick road and draw an overgrowth of trees and branches blocking the road as described in the chapter.
  • Grammar
    • Common and Proper Nouns for Kids (video)
      • When nouns are names, they are called proper nouns and are always capitalized. They always start with a capital letter.
      • Some examples: name of a person is Mary; name of a place is California; name of a thing is Oreos. If the noun is a name and starts with a capital letter, it is proper.
      • If it doesn’t, then we call it just a common noun.
    • Common and proper nouns worksheet.
• Bible
  • Angels Appear to Shepherds
• Computer
  •  You are going to be spending time working with a computer. Here is a typing exercise.
    • Select 1 for the home row. Follow the instructions.