Circle Time
Gathering Verse
Pledge of Allegiance
Yankee Doodle (We're learning a new patriotic/American song each month.)
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.
The first one said, "Oh my it's getting late."
The second one said, "There are witches in the air."
The third one said, "But we don't care."
The fourth one said, "Let's run and run and run."
The fifth one said, "I'm ready for some fun."
Ooooh, went the wind and out went the light
and the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight.
Pumpkin Pie (Found in Jodie Mesler's "Autumn Song")
Hallowe'en (Found in "A Journey Through Time in Verse and Rhyme." Just the first verse.)
Spanish
This month we will be focusing on Dia de los Muertos. It is a Mexican holiday. We've already talked a lot about Mexico, but you can probably never know too much about our neighbor to the south. :)
Ernesto the gnome is having a big fiesta with all his amigos in
Mexico. Dia de los Muertos is coming and he is having a fiesta at his casa and
must get ready. First, Ernesto wakes up and says hola to his animals. Then he
opens the window (abre la ventana) and asks, “que tiempo hace hoy?” Have the
children tell you the weather in Spanish.
Now Ernesto is getting ready. “Que hace Ernesto?”
Me estoy bañando
(I am bathing.)
Me estoy secando
(I am drying myself.)
Me estoy poniendo los pantalones. (I’m putting on my
pants.)
Me estoy poniendo la camisa…(los calcetines… los zapatos…)
(I’m putting on my shirt, socks, shoes, etc.)
Then Ernesto makes caleveras de azucar for his fiesta. Soon
his amigos arrive. They are wearing skeleton face paint and big, decorated
sombreros. Together they all sing, “esqueletos.”
Sing “Esqueletos.” My kids love this song!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsWE4ZyiFw
Our recipe this month will be making and decorating Calaveras de Azucar. Be sure to order your molds early! Have fun celebrating Dia de los Muertos. It is NOT Mexican Halloween, though we allow our celebrations to overlap week wise. Dia de los Muertos is remembering loved ones who have passed on. Displaying their pictures and things they loved. Leaving food offerings on their graves. It is not a fear of death but almost a celebration of it, which is why the skeleton faces are decorated, pretty and smiling. It's not about scary. We love it.
Handwork
We will be practicing mixing knitting and purling by knitting a washcloth that is two rows knit, two rows purled.
Music
Recorder lessons 3 and 4 from Jodie Mesler's "Living Music From the Hear, Vol. 2"
Main Lesson
This month we will focus on fables. Each week we will do a kind act to exemplify one of the lessons from a fable that week. Each story will be accompanied by an art lesson, either painting, drawing, or modeling and then Jane will retell and summarize it the next day in her Main Lesson Book. This month we will begin learning parts of speech too. So in her summaries she will have to write each noun in red and each verb in blue.
I'm not going to name each fable here, they're in the curriculum, but I'll list the act of kindness.
Week 1 - Send a note of encouragement to someone going through a hard time.
Week 2 - Send a thank you note
Week 3 - Send a card to a soldier https://www.operationgratitude.com/writeletters/
Week 4 - Clean out toys and clothes and donate to Good Will. Ask each child to give up something they still enjoy.
Math
Because of how the calendar is working out, there will be a week at the end of September/beginning of October without Main Lessons. We will have math lessons that week and continue to practice math through skip counting, verbal math, and board games.
Science
In honor of Halloween, let's learn about a scary ocean animal. Sharks! Books, maybe this kit. https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Dr-Cool-Shark-Science/dp/B00500EKU6
Science
In honor of Halloween, let's learn about a scary ocean animal. Sharks! Books, maybe this kit. https://www.amazon.com/Discover-Dr-Cool-Shark-Science/dp/B00500EKU6
Spelling
k12reader.com spelling lists 6-9 for grade two
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