Second+Grade+Lessons

CORNELIA’S Life: Review and complete //Coloring Cornelia// book through p. 30.
===Cornelia loved God very much. She became a Catholic and received her First Eucharist. The family traveled to Rome, Italy so Pierce and Cornelia could learn more about their Catholic faith. They helped the poor. The family returned to Grand Coteau, Louisiana. Pierce and Cornelia became teachers.===

===GEOGRAPHY: Rome, Italy. Louisiana. Locations of other Holy Child elementary schools ( Picture of Connelly home, Gracemere, in Grand Coteau, LA, picture of Trinita Die Monte, Rome, Italy )===

Primary Resources:

 * === England's Mayfield School pictures ===
 * === [|The front of the school in] 1919 ===
 * === At the schol today ===
 * === Students at work circa 1919 ===
 * === Students at work now ===
 * === The refectory (dining hall) circa 1919 ===
 * === The Dining Hall Now ===
 * === Cornelia's desk bell and prie-dieu (kneeler) ===
 * === Cornelia's Family Tree ===

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES and IDEAS:

 * ===Coloring Cornelia coloring book questions===
 * ===**Skype and/or penpal with another second grade class from a Holy Child School:**===
 * **Holy Child Academy, Drexel Hill and Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, PA**
 * ===**Half of Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus, Pasadena, CA and Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, Summit, NJ**===
 * ===**Half of Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus, Pasadena, CA and Holy Child Academy, Old Westbury, NY**===
 * Click here for addresses**
 * ===Discuss: Can you think of someone you would like to help? Why do you want to help them? How can you help them?===
 * ===Draw a picture of something for which you are thankful.===
 * ===Design and create a birthday card for Cornelia Connelly. (January 15)===
 * ===Create a Cornelia Connelly Word Search on puzzlemaker.com for students to complete. See Holy Child vocabulary for words.===
 * ===Teach "Hymn to the Holy Child" (see prayers and hymns)===
 * ===Decorate the SHCJ Seal. //*//**To be Developed ( UK vintage seal - come see me to pick the seal you want to use - RJB )**===
 * ===Create individual or class prayer books.===