First+Grade+Lessons

CORNELIA’S LIFE: Review Cornelia's name and picture. Review and complete //Coloring Cornelia// Book through p. 8.
===Cornelia was a loving wife, mother of 5 children. She loved to play the piano so her children could sing and dance. The Connelly family lived in Natchez, Mississippi where Pierce worked. They lived in White Cottage. Cornelia was so happy there.===

===GEOGRAPHY: Cornelia was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States of America. Cornelia and Pierce traveled by steamboat to Mississippi. ( Photo of White Cottage, Connelly home in Natchez.) ===

Photos of Connelly Children:

 * Mercer
 * Adeline
 * Frank

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS:

 * ===Decorate Cornelia's birthday cake – January 15.===
 * ===Decorate a Holy Child seal with a drawing that represents honesty or trust.===
 * ===Send cards to the elderly sisters in the infirmary at Rosemont:===
 * ===Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus Infirmary, 1341 Montgomery Ave., Rosemont, PA 19010===
 * ===Draw connected hands to make a heart to demonstrate trust.===
 * Have students trace a hand twice, placing hand with fingers closed and thumb separated, pointed down toward the fingers. Cut out and place fingers together, forming a heart in the empty space. Write "trust" in the center and color. See examples below.
 * ===Write sentences to respond to discussion questions from coloring book. Draw pictures to accompany the questions.===
 * Possible questions to accompany coloring book pages 1-8 for 1st grade students.
 * ===Study a portrait of Cornelia and draw a portrait of her or self portraits===
 * Portrait 1
 * Portrait 2