Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 2 Tutor Plans

If you're new to tutoring or just desire some fresh ideas, I hope the plans I've made for Classical Conversations Week 2 will help.

Timeline-We'll continue to fill in the grid this week for cards 8 through 14.
Card 8-a number 7
Card 9-3 faces for the Patriarchs
Card 10-H and C
Card 11-a block of gold
Card 12-a bow and arrow
Card 13-a tablet with scribbles on it
Card 14-the Chinese symbol for Middle since China calls itself the 'Middle Country'

Here's a very poor snapshot of my board with the symbols.  Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, please forgive my depiction!

History-We're going to act this story out.  First we'll practice the sentence about three times.  Then, we'll pretend to be Pilgrims, start in Europe and make our way across the Atlantic.  I'll have a piece of paper for them to sign before we land in Massachusetts.  Chaos is certain to ensue.  But hopefully we'll make a memory.

Science-We'll sing the parts of the axial skeleton to the tune of 'Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes' replacing, 'Cranium, Vertebrae, Ribs and Sternum, Ribs and Sternum.....These are the parts of the axial skeleton.'  We'll point to each part of the body as we sing and use different voices as we go through it seven times, beginning with baby going through different characters and finally to an old man.

Math-We'll use jingle bells to sing the 3's to remind the students that the tune of Jingle Bells is used for this number.  We'll use matchbox cars to rev with each 4 we sing, reminding ourselves that we're counting four wheels on each car.  I'll be certain to quickly show the kids the pattern of 4, 8, 2, 6, 0 in the 4's ones digit.

Latin-We'll do Missy Wilson's Latin song again, using the right hand for English and the left hand for Latin. The pointer fingers will point toward one another for 'and,' toward something else for 'that,' and point upward for 'but.'

English-We'll do a rap again for the definition this week since the class enjoyed it so much last week.

Geography-We'll keep tracing the states and capitals on parchment paper as we did last week, continuing to fill in New England.

Fine Arts-  We'll use the OiLs method to warm up, drawing a tree together.  We'll do a simpler tree than the one above.  There are straight lines for the edges of the tree, angles for the Y's of the branches, a circle for the hollow in the trunk, and dots along the trunk for a line of ants.

We'll do some mirror image exercises and then put our skills to the test by drawing the pilgrims and Squanto.  Hopefully we can make it through a male and female character as well as Squanto.  These characters are basically from the Draw Write Now Book 3.
If you look closely, besides Squanto's hand of corn, the individuals are all mirror images.  Fold a landscape paper in half and then in half again.
Here's how to use it as a Mirror Image art activity.
Have the class flatten out their paper, draw half of the Pilgrim woman on the left edge of the far left fold, one half of the Pilgrim man on the left edge of the center fold and the left half of Squanto on the right fold.  Then have your class finish the other side of each character, changing only Squanto's left arm.

Wherever you are, I hope these plans are of some use to you if you're using Classical Conversations this year.  I'd love to know more of your ideas in the comments.