Dear Parents,
The next box-top deadline is soon approaching! If you would like 2nd grade to defend our title as the reigning Fortis champion ;) send those box tops in this week, and I'll add to the small collection we've already started!
We practiced our solar system poem a lot last week, and the kids had fun with the motions. Below is the poem that you can practice at home with your child, and we'll soon be moving on to a poem about the Planets! I love how songs, chants and jingles are such a staple of Classical education. This week in history, we are moving on to studying the great kings of France, focusing first on Charlemagne. It should be a GREAT week!
In Christ,
Mrs. Poncy
The Solar System
Our solar system is a celestial collection;
All orbiting the sun in a circular perfection.
Eight planets move around a central ball of burning gas;
Two bands of rock and millions of stars complete the space mass.
Math: There will be a multiplication and division assessment on Wednesday. Please have your child pay careful attention when completing the word problems in the WB exercises this week, as problems like this will be on the assessment.
Memory Work: The South Asia map is due this coming Wed! Please make sure you review the map with your child on Tuesday. They may sing and point, or just point and identify.
Reading: We are finished with
Knights of the Round Table, but this week are are going to do some oral narrations to retell what we learned about the book! Please have them bring their book this week as well.
Important Dates:
1/28: Yearbook art due1/30: Spirit and Pizza Day 2/8: Box Top Deadline 2/11: Staff Development Day (Student holiday) | 2nd week 21 | 1/28/2019 | 1/29/2019 | 1/30/2019 | 1/31/2019 | 2/1/2019 | 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 p50: Multiplying and Dividing by 10
TB p30-31
WB Ex22, p49-51 + MM #3 | HIG p51: Division by 10
TB p31
WB Ex23, p52-54 | Multiplication and Division Assessment
Begin Review 2, WB p55 | Finish WB Review 2 + Practice 2E #1-5 a,b,c and #6-8 in TB | Finish Practice 2E #9-11 in TB and begin Review A #1-4 a,b,c in TB | 5x tables due 1/28 |
| Spelling 10:10-10:50 | Step 17: Review NT, p91-93; dictate sentences 4-6 and tactile with "more words," p94 | Review card box; dictate sentences 7-9 and complete writing station, p94-95 | Step 17 Test: title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p94 | Step 18: NT, p97-99 | Dictate sentences 1-3, p100. Place in binder. | |
| Grammar 10:50-11:15 | FLL#66: Prepositions/Verbs p155-157
*Omit EA* | FLL#67: Prepositions, p158-159 + DE | FLL#68: Prepositions, p160-161 + DE | Use this day to review past lessons in the FLL you wanted to spend more time in/child may have struggled with | | *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 221: The letter X as /z/Knights of the Round Table Oral Narrations | OPG 221: The letter X as /z/ + Read 30 minutes independently | OPG 222: The Letter Pair CH as /sh/Knights of the Round Table Oral Narrations | OPG 222: The Letter Pair CH as /sh/ + Read 30 minutes | Read 30 minutes independently | Please have your child bring Knights of the Round Table this week to class |
Copywork/
Handwriting: 1:10-1:25 | Practice with letter connections
CW: Scripture Memory Verse | Student completes Number formation and Letter Connections, p97-98 in the NAC | Practice letter Connections
CW: Quarter 3 Poem | Student completes more letter connections, p99-101 in the NAC | | |
| Science: 1:25-1:55 | Read: "The Sun" in DK First Space Encyclopedia, p52-53. Discuss.
CW: Six Facts about the Sun in SW Narration Page, p60
Students create a Sun mini-book | Students read, "Eclipse of the Sun" p54-55 in DK First Space Encyclopedia. Students answer, "What happens during a Solar Eclipse? How often do Solar Eclipses happen? | The Solar System Week 2 Quiz
Solar Eclipse Mini-lesson
Student Demonstration | Practice Solar System Poem | Click here to watch this sun video from NASA
Sun Video | |
Bible
1:55-2:15 | Accepting others
Romans 14:1-4 | Judge not
Luke 6:37 | The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:30-36 | The Spirit and the Bride
Revelation 22:17 | How to Speak to others
Proverbs 15:1 | |
| History: 2:15-2:45 | Read, "The Greatest King: Charlemagne," in Story of the World. Discuss with Review Questions*Students complete Charlemagne advanced map work | Read History Card #64 and #65 "Japan's Heian Period" and "Charlemagne Crowned Emperor of Europe" Create a sentence about Charlemagne to a creative jingle | Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A
Charlemagne activity: Friends, Family and Foes | Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned about Charlemagne in their history journal. | | *The Jingle is not for a grade, just a fun way to summarize what the timeline card is about!* |
| Geography | South Asia - Due 1/30 | |
| Memory Work | Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27; 5x tables due 1/28 | |
