2nd+Grade

**LESSON AND PROJECT ACTIVITIES (numbers correspond with list of 21st Century Skills)**
1.
 * Classroom emphasis on God-pleasing technology use
 * touch typing
 * discussion about the gifts God has given us and how we can use them to spread the Gospel
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art: Science Cross-discipline Study about Seahorses: Intro: []; Sesame Street's []; Baby Seahorse []; Texture and Color []

2. 3.
 * Basic web search skills, led by Mrs. Hazel
 * look up of vocabulary words using web dictionaries
 * Finding reliable sources and newest information available for research
 * Famous American Facts and images
 * Webquest report information
 * Fifty states project
 * Spanish animal facts flip chart
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse): Student Feedback on website videos, __SEA HORSE - The Shyest Fish in the Sea__ by Chris Butterworth and __Mister Seahorse__ by Eric Carle
 * Introduce the new US food pyramid through a video, then analyze the information given on what we can control in our lives to stay healthy. [|food smarts]
 * Spanish Clothing
 * presentation of habitats (group project)
 * memory reciting
 * Spanish five senses
 * presentation of famous American report
 * presentation of spring musical
 * give a thank you speech for Thanksgiving to loved ones
 * Spanish animal facts flip chart
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse): Discussion of Endangerment of this Species, Colors & Textures, Habitat, "Undercover Frog" 3D visual and Student Feedback

4.
 * Capturing text and images that work together in a single document
 * Spanish Clothing
 * touch typing
 * opening and composing email
 * writing letter to parents
 * create a Venn Diagram about two different animals
 * Create a flow chart about how a factory works
 * Spanish animal facts flip chart
 * O.R.E.O. Project

5
 * Create a time line for a US President using the program time liner (team project)
 * research habitats for group presentation
 * Christopher Columbus voyage project
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse): Individual table discussions on Seahorse Chart and their choices for sketching

6.
 * Flag project
 * Webquest Day
 * Famous person report
 * Spanish animal facts flip chart
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse): Learning Process of Sketching, Usage of Media, i.e., Acrylic Paint & Brush Usage & Care

7.
 * Thinking Things 3: Problem-solving with software
 * Capturing text and images that work together in a single document
 * Spanish 5 senses
 * Library search
 * viewed video of Earth and wrote an analysis
 * compared and contrasted the national food recomendations
 * Spanish five senses
 * Spanish animal facts flip chart
 * Use program Inspiration to review story elements
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse) Projects: Paper Mosaic, Seahorse Sketching, Acrylic Seahorse Painting
 * webquest on famous American landmarks, students work cooperatively through 5 week process

8.
 * Students particpated in a global activity to help the world go green
 * Explored how citizens around the globe celebrate Christmas with online resources
 * Listen to the "I Have a Dream" speech and then finding prejudice within our neighborhood, country, world
 * O.R.E.O. Project
 * Art (Seahorse): Reasons for Seahorse becoming Endangered
 * students watch webcast/virtual field trip to the Plymouth Plantation and discussed
 * students watched a virtual field trip on Canada and their national symbols and compared with United States