Fortis Academy Second Grade - 1/25-1/29

 Please double check list on back of binder to ensure all textbooks are sent to class!  Thank you!!

Math-The book is teaching multiplication and division of 4's this week, which should be a review for the students.  We are skipping around a little bit so please follow the instructions on the blog.  If students finish early, I will have them start working on some of the assignments for Tuesday and Thursday as they should be able to complete them without further instruction.  Please note that all word problems in workbook and any Textbook practices need to have bar models.  The quiz Wednesday will cover the strategies we have been using this semester thus far.  We've learned a few different ones and they will not be required to use a specific one as long as they can complete the problems.

Spelling-We did skip Step 14, which was an oversight on my part.  We'll circle back to it later in the semester.

Grammar-The students are doing wonderfully in class with our two new parts of speech Subject Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns.  We'll have a short quiz this Wednesday.

Reading-We are starting St George and the Dragon this week at school.  Our project for this book will be done at school, but there will be some light writing at home.  We have been practicing picking out main ideas so when a student dictates to you, if they don't use a complete sentence, prompt them to re-word it.  They do this frequently in class so it should not be new to them.  Similarly if it doesn't make sense, repeat it back to them and ask if they think it makes sense.  

Writing-This semester the students will be doing Writing With Ease with me at school as a writing curriculum.  We started it this week and they did really well.  At home, you'll continue practicing cursive.  Copy work for the most part will consist of Bible verses related to our virtue that we are currently studying.

Science-We are studying Jupiter now and we'll be doing a lab where we make a hurricane!  We will be finishing memorizing our Science Poem later in the semester-I'll give you plenty of notice but for now you may want to review the second half periodically.


2nd week 201/25/20211/26/20211/27/20211/28/20211/29/2021
DiscipleshipGentleness: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1
Geography
Asia - Due 1/27
Math
HIG p33-34: Multiplying and Dividing by 4
TB p21
WB Ex13, p30-32
Warm up: Problem Solving Journals
Do Review 1, p26-27 only + HIG 35: Related Facts
TB p22-23
WB Ex14-15, p33-35
Math Quiz: Addition and Subtraction strategies

HIG p36: Word Problems
WB Ex16, p36-37
MM #19
Finish Review 1, WB p28-29 + Do WB Ex17, p38-39 *Students need to do Bar Models on all word problems*Review Quiz sent home, MM 14-16 (please see e-mail for details)
SpellingStep 16: Review NT, p87-88; dictate sentences 4-6Dictate sentence 7-9 and writing station, p89Step 16 Test: Title page, dictate 3 sentences, p89Step 17: NT, p91-94; dictate word cards 111-120, p94Dictate sentence 1-3, p94 on spelling paper in binder + choose a few More Words, p94
GrammarCh 13 L3 Grammar TimeHave student work on memorizing 7 Subject Pronouns + 7 Possessive Pronouns (Jingles 10 & 11)Ch 13 L4 Test TimeCh 14 L1 Grammar Time (PB p13) + Skill Builder Check
Read AloudThe Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope
ReadingStudents read St. George and the Dragon, p7-8 as a group, complete "Saint George's Bravery" worksheet in partners + Reading groupsStudents read St. George and the Dragon, p11-15, student orally tells co-teacher one important point from passage; parent writes down and student copiesStudents read St. George and the Dragon, p16-19 as a group, complete "Saint George's Day" Activity 1 + Reading groupsStudents read St. George and the Dragon, p20-24, student orally tells co-teacher one important point from passage; parent writes down and student copiesStudents read St. George and the Dragon, p27-32
Copywork/
Handwriting
Writing With Ease Week 2Students complete Cursive T, p74-75Writing With Ease Week 2Complete p76 in NAC + Copy Isaiah 26:4
Bible
Discuss how gentleness is contagiousSalty cuts
Colossians 3:12, Proverbs 16:21, Ephesians 4:15-16
Discuss yesterday's reading + review memory workGentle words are God's bandages
Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 12:18
ScienceRead Stormy Skies p 127 in EC. Fill out Great Red Spot vocab cardDiscuss p 126-127 + Make a Hurricane Lab ReportRead p129-131 in EC: "Many Moons" and answer question in orange orally on p 131. Answer vocab card question about moons.
HistoryCaden to share History Journal; Review questions from last week's readings; Make Your Own Pilgrim's Badge; Conquest & Reconquest FlipbookStudents read, "Saladin of Jerusalem" p167-170. Oral retell.Read, El Cid and the "Reconquest of Spain" p170-173. Oral retell. Students answer, "What made El Cid a strong leader?" Lucy to share History Journal Monday
Memory Work"An Evening Hymn"" Due 2/24
Math: Memorize 6s and 7s x tables Due 2/17 Saint Francis Prayer 1st Stanza (through "sadness, joy") Due 3/24 (found in binder under memory section)