Dear Parents,
I hope you and your child had a wonderful spring break! I hope that the time off was restful and relaxing and gave you the rest you most likely needed as a hard-working co-teacher.
This week, we are studying our new classroom virtue, humility. We're also starting our next classical read,
St. George and the Dragon which explores an important theme of overcoming adversity. I am really looking forward to the week ahead, and hope that these next two months don't fly by too fast!
Have a great homeschool week,
Mrs. Poncy
Important info: Reading: Please take time this week to fill out a phonogram assessment for your child that will be sent home in binders. Please don't stress about it, it's not for a grade. It will help me know how I can support them further in the classroom. Please return by Monday, March 25th. Also, your child will need their
St. George and the Dragon book on class days.
Math: Please continue to review addition/subtraction facts as well as the multiplication facts we have learned so far in 2nd grade. Here are a couple of links to addition and subtraction flashcards if you need them. They should be able to do these very quickly!
Addition Facts Subtraction Facts Memory Work: For the next quarter 4 poetry assessment, students may sing, "Holy, Holy, Holy" OR simply recite the hymn orally, whichever they prefer. We do both in class. Also, the next map is due in two weeks on 3/27!
| 2nd week 27 | 3/18/2019 | 3/19/2019 | 3/20/2019 | 3/21/2019 | 3/22/2019 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Humility: “In his pride the wicked does not seek Him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.” Psalm 10:4 | |
Math
9:10-10:10 | HIG p85-86: Cumulative Review in groups
TB p59 Review C (all) MM #16 | HIG p87-89: Telling Time
TB p60-62
WB Ex46, p104-107 | Cumulative Review: Fractions/Add/
Subtract Word Problems/Time | HIG p90: Time of Day
TB p63
WB Ex47, p108-110
MM #17 (2B) | HIG p91-93: Time Intervals
TB p64-67
WB Ex48, p111-114
MM #18 (2B) | |
| Spelling 10:10-10:50 | Step 23: Review NT, p121-124; dictate sentences 4-6 and writing station, p125
| Review card box; Dictate sentences 7-9 and "more words" p124-125 | Step 23 Test: Title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p124-125 | Step 24: NT, p127-129; Dictate word cards 161-170, p129
| Dictate sentence 1-3, p130. Place in binder. | Please take this week to give your child the phonogram assessment |
| Grammar 10:50-11:15 | FLL#86: Cumulative Review, p208-210 | FLL#87: Cumulative Review, p211-212 | FLL#88: Cumulative Review, p213-214 | Review | | *Omit Poem Reviews in the FLL* |
| Read Aloud 11:55-12:10 | A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle | |
| Reading: 12:10-1:10 | Little Pear Activity +
Introduce, St. George and the Dragon
Author's Purpose mini-lesson | Read p11-16 of St. George and the Dragon
Student orally narrates what they read | Discuss St. George and the Dragon in literature circles
(theme, plot, characters + setting) | Read p19-24 of St. George and the Dragon
Student orally narrates what they read/discuss | Finish St. George and the Dragon
Student orally narrates what they read | Take this week to go back and cover any OPG L you may not have gotten to |
Copywork/
Handwriting: 1:10-1:25 | Cursive letter connections | Cursive copywork: Quarter 4 Poem | Cursive letter connections | Cursive copywork: Quarter 4 Poem | | |
| Science: 1:25-1:55 | Introduce Uranus from DK First Space Encyclopedia, p72 "Distant twins"
Students complete scientific demonstration: Hot box *Practice Planet Poem* | Students read "Distant Twins" p73 (Neptune) in DK First Space Encyclopedia.
Students answer, "What is Neptune like? What are some features of Neptune?" (i.e hot, cold) | Scientific Demonstration: Spinner, p56-57
*Practice Planet Poem* | Students watch
Uranus Video
Student writes down 2 interesting facts they learned from the video and draw a picture of Uranus in their science journal |
*Practice Planet Poem* | |
Bible
1:55-2:15 | A Proud King Takes a Tumble
Daniel 4 | A Humble Heart and a Proud Heart
Luke 18:9-14 | Soloman's Humility and God's Response
2 Chronicles 1:1, 7-12, 6:10-21, 7:1-3, 11-15 | A Sad Story of Pride
1 Kings 11:1-13 | Proud Pharisees
Matthew 23:1-12 | |
| History: 2:15-2:45 | Introduce History Card #76 "Japan’s Shoguns" and #77
"Incas of South America" Discuss.
Students create an Aztec yarn quipu | Students read History Card #76 "Japan’s Shoguns." Have students create a Japan haiku about the Shoguns in their history journal. See
Japan Haiku website for an example | Student Oral History Narration and Q&A | Students read History Card #77,
"Incas of South America" Students answer, "What crimes were offensive to the sun god Inti? How is Jesus unlike this false Inca God?" | | |
| Geography | Southeast Asia - Due 3/27 | |
| Memory Work | Poem: Holy, Holy, Holy Due 5/1 |
