8/12-8/16

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to another school year! I am so excited about this year and thanking God for the opportunity to be your child's teacher on our school days. Student binders will be sent home with your child on Monday, along with the second grade syllabus. Below you will find important information about what to bring on Monday. I am so very excited about the school year!

Blessings in Christ,

Kelli Poncy


Please have your child bring the following to school on Monday, August 12

Lunch
Healthy Snack
Math Textbook
Math Workbook

Please have your child bring the following to school on Wednesday, August 14

Lunch
Healthy Snack
Math Textbook
Math Workbook
Apologia Textbook
Apologia Notebooking Journal
Student Binder

Important Dates: 

8/12-Falcon Mom’s Brunch (9am – 10am)
8/14-Spirit Day!
8/26- Fortis Open House (6pm – 7pm)
8/28-Spirit and Pizza Day!

2nd week 18/12/20198/13/20198/14/20198/15/20198/16/2019Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipCourage: "So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." Hebrews 13:6 
Geography
9:00-9:15 
Continents and Oceans Due 9/4
Continents and Oceans Song

Find this map in student binder
Math 
9:15-10:15
HIG p1-2: Numbers to 1000
TB p6-8
WB Ex1, p7-9
HIG p3: Counting On and Counting Back
TB p9
WB Ex2, p10-11
MM #1 
HIG p4: Comparing Numbers
TB p10-11
WB Ex3, p12-14

HIG p5: TB Practice 1A, p12 HIG p6-7: Hundreds, Tens, and Ones
TB p13-16
WB Ex4, p15-18
MM = Mental Math (find in HIG appendix) 
Spelling
10:15-10:45
Read, "First Day Jitters" + Introduce Classroom Rules Review Phonogram Cards from AAS kit, 1-43Phonogram Bingo + CW number words Review Sound Cards from AAS kit, 1-43AAS Lessons begin next week 
Grammar
10:45-11:15
School Tour/proceduresNo Grammar Today. Starts tomorrow!FLL Lesson 1, p1-2: Nouns
Noun Hunt
FLL Lesson 2, p3-4 (Ignore "Notes to Instructor and Poem Memorization, "The Goops")
+ Do Student Copywork, p4 
FLL = First Language Learners
Read Aloud:
11:55-12:10
The Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner 
Reading: 12:10-1:10 Students create a classroom constitution in partners/discuss. Parent, peruse p347-362 & p396 of OPG. Focus on p357, especially "How quickly should I move through this book?" + 30 min student independent reading Begin DRA AssessmentsStudents read independently for 30 minutes; set a timer if neededStudents read independently for 30 minutes
OPG = Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading

No Classical Read assigned this week 
Handwriting
Copy Work: 

1:10-1:25 
 Hebrews 13:6 Parents, read p1-3 of NAC to familiarize yourself with teaching cursive Introduce the straight line, the curve, and the dot. Practice. Students practice the curve line, p. 9 in the NAC.Do Print Copywork in Astronomy  Journal, p33NAC = 
New American Cursive  workbook
Bible
1:25-1:40
Learn new memory verse w/motions + Discuss Courage Trusting in Man or God?
2 Chronicals 16
Learn Memory Verse (Hebrews 13:6) + Discussion Questions from yesterday's bible reading Little guy, big God
1 Samuel 17 
The Rocking Sailboat
Acts 27:13-26
Science: 1:40-2:30Set up History Journals/Organize school supplies Co-teachers, read v-viii in Exploring Creation with Astronomy and peruse book to gain familiarity. Students create their Confirmation bookmark, p.xxvStudents read, "What is Astronomy?" TB p2 in Exploring Creation. Discuss. Students add 1-2 facts to Notebooking journals, p30 Read, bottom of p15 "Stars and Planets" and "Clocks, Calendars and Seasons" p16 in Exploring Creation. Students narrate, add 1 fact to their journals. 
History 
2:30-3:00
Introduce Quarter 1 Poem, "The Months" + "The Children's Catechism" Read "The Glory That Was Rome," p1-5 in SOTW. Oral retell. Roman Empire Map Work and Coloring Page

Learn Key Dates #1-5 
Read, "The Fall of Rome" p5-8 in SOTW. Students answer in their history journals, "What problem was the Roman Empire having? What did the emperor Diocletian do?" Students draw a picture above yesterday's response to illustrate what they imagine the city of Rome looked like. All written responses should be at least 2 complete sentences
Memory WorkPoem: "The Months" Due 9/25
History: "The Children's Catechism" (#1-17) Due 9/25
History: Key Dates #1-5 Due 9/30