Dear Parents,
Everyone did so well with all the Memory work that was due last week. It was very neat to hear them recite some major, basic truths about God so effortlessly. I know that God will use these truths throughout their lives!
The end of the First Quarter is almost here. I look forward to seeing all the ways they will grow more and mature even more these next 10 weeks.
In Christ,
Mrs. Poncy
Important info: History: Please have your child bring their history journal to school on Monday. These will be taken up and returned on Wednesday, October 2nd. I am looking forward to reading everything the students have learned in history so far.
Quarter 2 Poem: The Quarter 2 Poem is assessed as a whole group during our Thanksgiving Assembly. Even though it is not assessed individually, please help your child study this one often, because we will be performing this one in front of a large audience.
Dolch Sight Word List: Here is a list of words that might be useful to add to your child's personal word wall folder. These words are commonly spelled by this age group.
Dolch Sight Word List 2nd Grade Important Dates: 9/30-Moms in Prayer @ 9:009/30-Grammar School Playdate 3:00-4:0010/4-End of First Quarter 10/21-Picture Retake Day 10/28-Fortis Teacher Training-No School
| 2nd week 8 | 9/30/2019 | 10/1/2019 | 10/2/2019 | 10/3/2019 | 10/4/2019 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Responsibility: “The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.” Proverbs 13:4 | End of 1st quarter |
Geography
9:00-9:15 | Middle East - Due 11/6
Middle East Song link
Online Interactive Middle East Map | |
Math
9:15-10:15 | HIG p50: Subtraction with No Tens
TB p47
WB Ex23, p59-60
Warm up: Problem Solving Journals | HIG p50: Subtraction with No Tens
TB p47
WB Ex24, p61-62
MM #18 (10-15 minutes) | Math Quiz: Subtraction with Renaming
Begin Review 1, p63-66
MM #13
Warm up: Subtraction Drill Sheet | Finish Review 1 if needed.
HIG p51: Practice 2F #1-2 a,b,c and #6-7 p49
MM #19 (10-15 minutes) | HIG p51:
Practice 2F #3-5 a,b,c and #8-10 p49 | You may do these TB Practice problems on dry erase boards |
Spelling
10:15-10:45 | Step 6: Review NT; Dictate sentences 4-6, p41 on spelling paper in binder | Review card box; Dictate sentences 7-9, p41 on spelling paper in binder | Step 6 Test: Title page, 10 words +1 sentence p41-42 | Step 7: NT, p44-45; Dictate word cards 31-40, p46 | Dictate sentences 1-3, p46 on spelling paper | |
Grammar
10:45-11:15 | FLL#26: Helping Verbs, p58 (Omit CW) | FLL#27: Story narration: "The Quarrel" p61-62 | FLL#28: Contractions, p63-64 | FLL#29: Four kinds of verbs review, p65-66 (Omit CW) | | |
Read Aloud: 11:55-12:10
| The Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner | |
| Reading: 12:10-1:10 | OPG 194: S as/zh/
Students read p47 of Leif the Lucky in partners | OPG 194: S as /zh/
Students read p48-50 of Leif the Lucky. Discuss text using literature bookmark. | OPG 195: Review Two-Syllable Words
Students finish Leif the Lucky + Project: Making a Viking Hat | OPG 195: Review Two-Syllable Words + Read 20 minutes independently | Independent Reading for 20 minutes | |
Handwriting/
Copy Work:
1:10-1:25 | Introduce Cursive H | Students complete Cursive H, NAC p34-35 | Practice Cursive H and link letters learned | Student completes NAC p36 | | |
Bible
1:25-1:40 | 1 Kings Discussion +
Children's Catechism #18-25 | Wife Hunting
Proverbs 31:10-31 | Discussion Questions and Children's Catechism #18-25 | Moses does a God job
Exodus 40:1-35 | | |
| Science: 1:40-2:30 | Class reads Venus, p54-44. Discuss. Students add 3 facts and 1 illustration to p92 in journal. Students create a drawing of Venus. | Read, "Too Much Atmosphere" p56 in EC TB. Discuss. Add 2 facts and 1 drawing on p93 in Apologia journal. | Read "Rotation and Revolution" p57 in EC TB. Discuss. Add 2 facts to p93. Class completes Activity 4.1 "Make Some Lava" | Read "Not a Twin" p57-58. Do, "Think about this" p58 and "What Do You Remember?" p64 in TB | Here is an interesting, kid-friendly video about Venus!
Venus Video | |
History
2:30-3:00 | Discussion Questions: Muhammad Flees to Medina + Birthplace of Islam Map Work + Coloring Page*History Journals due today* | Read, "The Koran: Islam's Holy Book" in SOTW, p56-57. Oral retell. | Activity Project: The Five Pillars of Islam + Islam narrations | Students read, "The Fight for Mecca" p59-62. Students answer in their history journals, "What have you learned about Islam and how is this religion different than Christianity?" | | |
| Memory Work | Quarter 2 Poem: "How All Things Praise the Lord" Assessed as a group on 11/20
History: "The Children's Catechism" (#18-35) Due 12/4
History: Key Dates #1-5 Due 9/30 |
