Dear Parents,
Welcome back from the Christmas break! I am so excited to begin the second half of the year with your child. I am always amazed at the growth that I see after a month off; some come back with less teeth and have grown an inch taller!
This week should be a fun one for your child. They love playing phonogram games and doing any hands-on-activities. Because of our new Mars unit, they will build their own Olympus Mons, (the largest volcano on Mars) and watch it explode! In History, many of you will be happy to learn that we begin a lot of wonderful Medieval history in
SOTW. The students love learning about all the Kings and Queens and great Medieval figures.
Welcome back!
Blessings,
Mrs. Poncy
Important Info:Math: This semester we begin our Singapore Math 2B Curriculum! Please continue to review multiplication facts and practice 4s and 5s for an upcoming math assessment in two weeks.
Science:Please send a 1/2 a cup of flour in a ziplock baggie on Monday. I will provide the salt, food coloring, and oil for them to sculpt their Mars volcanoes. If you do not have flour, please let me know and I will bring some for your child.
Handwriting:Students can work ahead in their cursive book if they like and begin writing fully in cursive this semester. They will get better and better as time goes on! If there is an issue with me being able to decipher their spelling tests, I will kindly ask them to refrain from writing in cursive on spelling tests until further improvement :)
Reading Comprehension Skills: This semester we will focus on Main Idea/Summary and Story Problem/Plot when reading our classical books. I will also be incorporating these skills into our history journal responses.
MLK Activities: This week we begin a focused honor of Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. during our history time for all his work in exposing the evil and sin of racism and his fight for America to see all God's children of having equal and glorious value in the kingdom of God.
Important dates: 1/13: Second Semester Begins1/13: Moms in Prayer 9-9:301/15: Spirit Day1/15: Co-teacher training session 9:00-10:001/22: Falcon Moms Meet-UP1/22: New Family Informational!1/27: Moms in Prayer 9-9:301/29: Spirit Day and Pizza Lunch!1/29: Grammar Playdate on the playground| 2nd week 18 | 1/13/2020 | 1/14/2020 | 1/15/2020 | 1/16/2020 | 1/17/2020 | Co-Teacher Notes |
| Discipleship | Gentleness: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1 | |
| Geography | Asia - Due 1/29 | |
| Math | HIG 2B p6-7: Make 100
TB p9-10;
WB Ex2, p9-10
Warm up: Number Drills | HIG p8-9: Practice
Practice 1A, all TB p11
MM #1 (10-15 mins) | HIG p10-14: Mental Addition
WB Ex 3, p11-12
TB p12
Warm up: Problem Solving Journals | HIG p15-16: Add Ones, Tens, or Hundreds
TB p13
WB Ex4, p13-14
MM #5, all | HIG p17: Add 2-Digit Numbers
TB p13
WB Ex5, p15
MM #6, all | Continue to practice x facts |
| Spelling | Phonogram review games | Review phonograms #1-50 and Key Cards #1-15 | Phonogram review games | Step 15: NT p83-85; dictate word cards 101-110, p85 on spelling paper | Dictate sentences 1-3, p86 on spelling paper in binder. | |
| Grammar | FLL#65: Prepositions/Adverbs, p153-154 | FLL#66: Prepositions/Verbs p155-157
*Omit EA* | FLL#67: Prepositions, p158-159 + DE | FLL#68: Prepositions, p160-161 + DE | | |
| Read Aloud | The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
C.S Lewis | |
| Reading | OPG 214: The ED Ending
Administer Running Record | OPG 214: The ED Ending | OPG 215: Four-Syllable Words
Administer Running Record | OPG 215: Four-Syllable Words | | There are no classical reads assigned this week. |
Copywork/
Handwriting | Introduce R; Alfred the Great inscription | Students complete p67-68 in NAC. | Practice letters learned + MLK CW | Complete p69 in NAC; Moon CW, p157 in Apologia Journal | | |
| Bible | Introduce new memory verse with motions + Practice the Children's Catechism | A harsh king and a gentle king
1 Kings 12:12-17, Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 11:28-30 | Review memory verse, Discuss Bible reading from yesterday | A gentle shepherd
Psalm 23:1-3, Isaiah 40:11 and Hebrews 12:1-11. | | |
| Science | Read, "Mars" p98 in EC TB. Discuss. Students add 1 fact to their Mars fact page. Students begin building their Olympus Mons. | Read, "Martian Gravity" p100. Discuss. Students add 2 facts to their Mars journal page (p154-155). (Make sure and answer the questions in orange below the chart in the TB after reading) | Read "Martian Atmosphere" p100-101. Discuss. Students add facts to their Mars fact page. Students finish their Olympus Mons demonstration and complete Activity 7.1 in journal | Read, "God's gift of Magnetism" p102. Discuss. Do "Think about this" + questions. Have students illustrate a picture in their journal of Mars (p154-155) | This is a kid friendly video on Mars:
Mars video | |
| History | MLK Slideshow + Alfred the Great Inscription Activity and Coloring Page | Read, "The Battle of Hastings" p136-139 in SOTW. Discuss. | MLK Activity + Game Activity: William the Conqueror and Harold Game | Read, "The English Language" p140-144 in SOTW. Oral retell. Students answer in their journals, "How did the English language form? What is one word in your own vocabulary that was first a French word? (see p144) | | |
| Memory Work | "An Evening Hymn" Due 2/26
History: "The Children's Catechism" #36-50 Due 2/26
Math: Memorize 4s and 5s x tables Due 1/22 |
