Dear Parents,
We had a great week back from the holidays! I am trying to remember to post more pictures of our time together on school days, so if you haven't already, sneak a peak of what we did last week on the 2nd grade Fortis Facebook page!
We're moving to on to our new classroom virtue this week, Acceptance. In lieu of MLK day coming up on January 21st, I thought it would more than fitting to honor Dr. King's Godly legacy of how he spoke out and stood against the horrible, historical evil of slavery and racism.
Thank you for sharing your child with me.
Blessings in Christ,
Mrs. Poncy
Important info:
Math: Some of the workbook exercises are divided into 2 days this week; please pay careful attention to the assigned problems and do not have them work ahead. This is the work they will do in class.
Science: We're moving on this week to the Solar System! Students will read the
DK First Encyclopedia at home and respond in complete sentences in their journals. We'll study in class about non-fiction text features, such as headings, sub-headings and captions and what they tell us about the text.
Reading: Continue to have your child bring,
Knights of the Round Table to class on school days. Check the blog to make sure your child reads the assigned reading before class days so that they are prepared to discuss the reading and go deeper into the text.
At Home: I will give your child a literature bookmark with sentence starters that you can use to discuss the reading with your child at home to help you get feedback so that you knew they understood the reading. Science/History Journals: I know science/history journals are starting to get full! If you need another journal, please shoot me an email, and I will send home a new one.
Important Dates:
1/16: Austin Reptile Show (1st and 2nd grade will be eating lunch later on this day, after the reptile show at 11:45am) 1/16: Spirit Day 1/21: MLK (We will be doing MLK activities in class on this day.) | 2nd week 19 | 1/14/2019 | 1/15/2019 | 1/16/2019 | 1/17/2019 | 1/18/2019 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Acceptance: “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” Romans 15:7 | |
Math
9:10-10:10 | HIG p36-37: Word Problems
WB Ex16-17, p36-39
MM #31 | HIG p38-39: Division by 4
TB p23-24
WB Ex18, p40-41 #1-2 only | HIG p40-42: Division Facts/Word Problems
TB p24
WB Ex18 p42 #3-5 | HIG p43: Practice
TB p25 Practice 2A #1-3 a,b,c and #6-8
MM #32 | HIG p43: Practice
TB p25 Practice 2A #4-5 a,b,c and #9-11 | *4s X tables Due 1/16* |
| Spelling 10:10-10:50 | Step 15: Review NT, p83-85; Dictate sentence 4-6 and writing station, p86 | Review card box; Dictate sentence 7-9 and writing station, p86 | Step 15 Test: title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p85-86 | Step 16: NT p83-85; dictate word cards 101-110, p85 | Dictate sentence 1-3, p89. Place in binder. | |
| Grammar 10:50-11:15 | FLL#61: Prepositions, p142-144 DE and EA | FLL#62: Prepositions, p145-146 DE and EA | FLL#63: Prepositions, p147-149 DE and EA | | | *Omit Poem Reviews in the FLL* |
| Read Aloud 11:55-12:10 | A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle | |
| Reading: 12:10-1:10 | OPG 217: The endings TURE/IBLE/ABLE + Finish Ch. 2 of Knights of the Round Table | OPG 217:The endings TURE/IBLE/ABLE + Read p41-52 of Knights of the Round Table | OPG 218: More Common Endings +
Read p53-58 of Knights of the Round Table | OPG 218: More Common Endings
+ Read Knights of the Round Table, p59-69 | Finish Ch. 4, Knights of the Round Table | *Use literature bookmark sentence starters to discuss the text after your child reads.* |
Copywork/
Handwriting: 1:10-1:25 | Introduce Cursive W
CW: 2nd Stanza of Quarter 3 Poem | Cursive W, p84-86 in NAC | Introduce Cursive X
CW: 3rd Stanza of Quarter 3 Poem | Cursive X, p87-90 in NAC | | NAC = New American Cursive |
| Science: 1:25-1:55 | Introduction: The Solar System
Encyclopedia intro: Nonfiction text features mini-lesson
Students create a paper model of the solar system | Students read "What is Space?" in DK First Space Encyclopedia, p4-7. Students answer in their own words, "What is space? What is 1 interesting fact you learned about Space? | Movement of Planets activity
Finish solar system paper models | Students read, "Stargazers," p8-9 and "Observatories" p10-11. Students answer, "What tool do scientists use to study light and how does it work?" | Students read, "Radio Telescopes," pg 12-13/Discuss. | |
Bible
1:55-2:15 | God's Children
Galatians 3:26-29 | Loving and accepting everyone
Luke 5:27-32, Luke 6:27-31 | A Good Heart
1 Samuel 16:1-13 | The Unlikely "Z"
Luke 19:1-10 and 1 John 2:5-6 | Blind Bart
Mark 10:46-52, 1 John 2:5-6 and 1 John 3:18 | |
| History: 2:15-2:45 | Introduce History Card #62: The Golden Age of Islam | Read History Card #62, Have your child narrate orally what they learned. | Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A | Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned from each card in their history journals. | | |
| Geography | South Asia - Due 1/30 | |
| Memory Work | Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27; 4x tables Due 1/16 |
