1/21-1/25

Dear Parents, 

I wish you could have seen the excitement on your child's face during the reptile show! Although I was "conveniently" located in the far back when the python got taken out ;) I was able to snap a few photos and put them on the 2nd grade Facebook page! 

I am looking forward to an eventful week! We will study/reflect/learn from the example of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. We'll continue multiplication and division, and turn to appreciate how intentionally God placed us in this vast solar system and Milky Way galaxy when we study science.   

Blessings! 

Mrs. Poncy 

Important info: 

Reading: Please continue to have your child bring their Knights of the Round Table book to class on school days. Thank you for your help in ensuring that your child is prepared for instruction.  

Memory Work: We're moving on to the 5x tables this week! These will be assessed in two weeks, on 1/28. 

Handwriting: From this point going forward in the school year, we're fully writing in cursive! By the end of the week, we will have made it through ALL the letters. This week, have your child practice writing in cursive by having them copy stanzas from our Quarter 3 poem and to practice when they respond in their science and history journals. 

Science: We're learning a new science poem this week about the Solar System! Even though this one won't be assessed as a grade, consider practicing it on homeschool days (the kids can teach you the motions after we learn it on Monday!) 

The Solar System

Our solar system is a celestial collection; 

All orbiting the sun in a circular perfection. 

Eight planets move around a central ball of burning gas; 

Two bands of rock and millions of stars complete the space mass. 

Important dates: 

January 21: MLK Day 

February 15: Reenrollment Deadline

2nd week 20	1/21/2019	1/22/2019	1/23/2019	1/24/2019	1/25/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Acceptance: “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” Romans 15:7
Math 9:10-10:10	HIG p44: Multiplying and Dividing by 5 TB p26-28 WB Ex19, p43 MM #1 (2B)	HIG p45-46: Multiplication Facts TB p28 WB Ex20, p44-45	HIG p47: Division by 5 TB p28 WB Ex21, p46-48	HIG p48-49: Word Problems TB p29 Practice 2B #1-3 a,b,c and #6-8 MM #2 (2B)	HIG p48-49: Word Problems TB p29 Practice 2B #4-5 a,b,c and #9-11	5x tables due 1/28
Spelling 10:10-10:50	Step 16: Review NT, p86-87; dictate sentences 4-6 and writing station, p89	Review card box; dictate sentence 7-9 and writing station, p89	Step 16 Test: Title page, dictate 3 sentences, p89	Step 17: NT, p91-94; dictate word cards 111-120, p94	Dictate sentence 1-3, p94. Place in binder.
Grammar 10:50-11:15	FLL#64: Prepositions p150-152 and DE	FLL#65: Prepositions/Adverbs, p153-154	Review Prepositions	Use this day to review past preposition lessons in the FLL your child may have struggled with		*Omit Poem Reviews in the FLL*
Read Aloud 11:55-12:10	A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
Reading: 12:10-1:10	OPG 219: Prefixes Discuss Ch.4 Knights of the Round Table Problem/Solution Mini-lesson	OPG 219: Prefixes Students read, Knights of the Round Table p77-87	OPG 220: Prefixes Students read, p88-99 (paired reading) in Knights of the Round Table	OPG 220:Prefixes Students read Ch.6 in Knights of the Round Table	Make sure your child has finished reading Knights of the Round Table	*Use literacy bookmark question stems to discuss the text after your child reads.*
Copywork/ Handwriting: 1:10-1:25	Introduce Cursive Y CW cursive: from Scripture	Student completes Cursive Y, p91-93 in the NAC*This week have students practice writing in cursive by copying parts of the Quarter 3 poem*	Introduce Cursive Z CW: from Quarter 3 Poem	Student completes Cursive Z, p95-96 in the NAC*This week have students practice writing in cursive by copying the Quarter 3 poem*
Science: 1:25-1:55	Read about the Milky Way; add information to the Milky Way Narration Page Students complete the Milky Way Project	Read, "Our Place in Space," p18-19. Students answer in 2 complete sentences, "How did the Milk Way get its name? What is one interesting fact you learned about The Milky Way?"	The Milky Way: Week 1 Quiz Scientific Demonstration: Spinner Students define solar system	Students read, "The solar system," p50-51. Students answer, "What is included in our solar system?" Have students draw a picture in their journal of the 8 planets orbiting the sun
Bible 1:55-2:15	Accepting those who are different Acts 10	Jesus shares with the Samaritan woman John 4:3-42	Helping a neighbor Luke 10:25-37	What makes God happy? Jeremiah 9:24	David shows kindness to Mephibosheth 2 Samuel 9
History: 2:15-2:45	MLK Activity	Read History Card #63, "Vikings Raid and Trade." Have your child narrate orally what they learned.	Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A	Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned from timeline card #63 in their history journal.
Geography	South Asia - Due 1/30
Memory Work	Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27; 5x tables due 1/28

1/14-1/18

Dear Parents,

We had a great week back from the holidays! I am trying to remember to post more pictures of our time together on school days, so if you haven't already, sneak a peak of what we did last week on the 2nd grade Fortis Facebook page!

We're moving to on to our new classroom virtue this week, Acceptance. In lieu of MLK day coming up on January 21st, I thought it would more than fitting to honor Dr. King's Godly legacy of how he spoke out and stood against the horrible, historical evil of slavery and racism.

Thank you for sharing your child with me.

Blessings in Christ,

Mrs. Poncy

Important info: 

Math:  Some of the workbook exercises are divided into 2 days this week; please pay careful attention to the assigned problems and do not have them work ahead. This is the work they will do in class.

Science: We're moving on this week to the Solar System! Students will read the DK First Encyclopedia at home and respond in complete sentences in their journals. We'll study in class about non-fiction text features, such as headings, sub-headings and captions and what they tell us about the text.

Reading: Continue to have your child bring, Knights of the Round Table to class on school days. Check the blog to make sure your child reads the assigned reading before class days so that they are prepared to discuss the reading and go deeper into the text. At Home: I will give your child a literature bookmark with sentence starters that you can use to discuss the reading with your child at home to help you get feedback so that you knew they understood the reading. 

Science/History Journals: I know science/history journals are starting to get full! If you need another journal, please shoot me an email, and I will send home a new one.

Important Dates: 

1/16: Austin Reptile Show (1st and 2nd grade will be eating lunch later on this day, after the reptile show at 11:45am) 
1/16: Spirit Day 
1/21: MLK (We will be doing MLK activities in class on this day.) 

2nd week 19	1/14/2019	1/15/2019	1/16/2019	1/17/2019	1/18/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Acceptance: “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.” Romans 15:7
Math 9:10-10:10	HIG p36-37: Word Problems WB Ex16-17, p36-39 MM #31	HIG p38-39: Division by 4 TB p23-24 WB Ex18, p40-41 #1-2 only	HIG p40-42: Division Facts/Word Problems TB p24 WB Ex18 p42 #3-5	HIG p43: Practice TB p25 Practice 2A #1-3 a,b,c and #6-8 MM #32	HIG p43: Practice TB p25 Practice 2A #4-5 a,b,c and #9-11	*4s X tables Due 1/16*
Spelling 10:10-10:50	Step 15: Review NT, p83-85; Dictate sentence 4-6 and writing station, p86	Review card box; Dictate sentence 7-9 and writing station, p86	Step 15 Test: title page, 10 words + 1 sentence, p85-86	Step 16: NT p83-85; dictate word cards 101-110, p85	Dictate sentence 1-3, p89. Place in binder.
Grammar 10:50-11:15	FLL#61: Prepositions, p142-144 DE and EA	FLL#62: Prepositions, p145-146 DE and EA	FLL#63: Prepositions, p147-149 DE and EA			*Omit Poem Reviews in the FLL*
Read Aloud 11:55-12:10	A Wrinkle in Time, Madeline L'Engle
Reading: 12:10-1:10	OPG 217: The endings TURE/IBLE/ABLE + Finish Ch. 2 of Knights of the Round Table	OPG 217:The endings TURE/IBLE/ABLE + Read p41-52 of Knights of the Round Table	OPG 218: More Common Endings + Read p53-58 of Knights of the Round Table	OPG 218: More Common Endings + Read Knights of the Round Table, p59-69	Finish Ch. 4, Knights of the Round Table	*Use literature bookmark sentence starters to discuss the text after your child reads.*
Copywork/ Handwriting: 1:10-1:25	Introduce Cursive W CW: 2nd Stanza of Quarter 3 Poem	Cursive W, p84-86 in NAC	Introduce Cursive X CW: 3rd Stanza of Quarter 3 Poem	Cursive X, p87-90 in NAC		NAC = New American Cursive
Science: 1:25-1:55	Introduction: The Solar System Encyclopedia intro: Nonfiction text features mini-lesson Students create a paper model of the solar system	Students read "What is Space?" in DK First Space Encyclopedia, p4-7. Students answer in their own words, "What is space? What is 1 interesting fact you learned about Space?	Movement of Planets activity Finish solar system paper models	Students read, "Stargazers," p8-9 and "Observatories" p10-11. Students answer, "What tool do scientists use to study light and how does it work?"	Students read, "Radio Telescopes," pg 12-13/Discuss.
Bible 1:55-2:15	God's Children Galatians 3:26-29	Loving and accepting everyone Luke 5:27-32, Luke 6:27-31	A Good Heart 1 Samuel 16:1-13	The Unlikely "Z" Luke 19:1-10 and 1 John 2:5-6	Blind Bart Mark 10:46-52, 1 John 2:5-6 and 1 John 3:18
History: 2:15-2:45	Introduce History Card #62: The Golden Age of Islam	Read History Card #62, Have your child narrate orally what they learned.	Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A	Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned from each card in their history journals.
Geography	South Asia - Due 1/30
Memory Work	Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27; 4x tables Due 1/16

1/7-1/11

2nd week 18	1/7/2019	1/8/2019	1/9/2019	1/10/2019	1/11/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Righteousness: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6
Math 9:10-10:10	Review + Begin WB Review 1	Finish WB Review 1, p28-29 + Mental Math 17 (Find in the back of HIG)	HIG p33-34: Multiplying/ Dividing by 4 TB p20-21 WB Ex13, p30-32	HIG p35: Related Facts TB p22-23; WB Ex14-15, p33-35	Use this day to reiterate concepts/ Review 4s X Tables	*No math work has to be turned in for a grade this week *
Spelling 10:10-10:50	Review Phonograms 1-50	Review Phonograms 1-50	Review past spelling words	Step 15: NT p83-85; dictate word cards 101-110, p85	Dictate sentences 1-3, p86. Place in binder.
Grammar 10:50-11:15	FLL #58: Prepositions, p135-137 and DE	FLL #59: Prepositions, p138-139 and EA	FLL#60: Prepositions, p140-141			Omit Poem Reviews in the FLL
Read Aloud 11:55-12:10	Detectives in Togas, Henry Winterfield
Reading: 12:10-1:10	OPG 215: Four-Syllable Words Introduce Knights of the Round Table	OPG 215 + Knights of the Round Table, p15-25	OPG 216: The TION/SION ending + Knights of the Round Table (Paired Reading)	OPG 216 + Knights of the Round Table, p26-40
Copywork/ Handwriting: 1:10-1:25	Introduce Cursive U	Student completes Cursive U, p77-79 in the NAC	Introduce Cursive V CW: 2nd stanza of Quarter 3 Poem	Student completes Cursive V, p80-83 in the NAC		NAC = New American Cursive
Science: 1:25-1:55	Scientific Demonstration: Prints Define fossil in Interactive Journal Review Fossils Poem	Students read "Fossil Fuels", p38-39 and "Clues from Fossils" p40-41. Students answer, "In what ways do people use Fossil fuels? What can we learn from fossils?	Week 6 Fossil Quiz + Students make their own impression fossil of a fern
Bible 1:55-2:15	The Righteous Praise God! Psalm 145:1-9, 17-18, 20	The Righteous Praise God! Psalm 37:1-17	Baalam and his bad reputation Numbers 22:21-39	Pure conduct Proverbs 20:11	A Righteous Man Proverbs 12:10
History: 2:15-2:45	Introduce History Card #61: Franks Defeat Muslims at the Battle of Tours Students create a Battle of Tours Drawing	Read History Card #61, Have your child narrate orally what they learned.	Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A	Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned in their history journals.
Geography	South Asia - Due 1/30,
Memory Work	Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27; 4 x tables Due 1/16

Dear Parents, 

I hope you and your child had a wonderful Christmas break! I am so excited to see them this week and to get back into the swing of things! Several people have told me over the last few months that the last part of the school year at Fortis flies by fast! I really hope that's not true, because I enjoy our school days so much.

I'm really excited about the student individual seat sacks I was able to purchase from part of your generous classroom donation! These seat sacks will fasten to the back of each chair and help the students keep up with their own books and belongings a bit better and make for smoother transitions between lessons. Thanks again for your financial generosity!

I look forward to the week ahead! 

Blessings in Christ, 

Mrs. Poncy 

Important Info:

Math: Please have your child memorize the 4x tables if they have not already. You can practice these in creative pockets of time like driving in the car, etc. These will be assessed 1/16. 

Memory Work: The South Asia Map is due on 1/30, which will be here before we know it. Please devote 10-15 minutes a day reviewing memory work, and please let me know if you do not have a Quarter 3 poem, "How All Things Praise the Lord." 

Cursive Writing: We have almost learned all the cursive letters! Some of your children are already writing fully in cursive. I will start encouraging all students to write fully in cursive once we get through all the letters. I'm so proud of all the work I've been seeing.  

Reading: This week we'll start, Knights of the Round Table for our classical read. Please have your child bring this book to class each day since we will be doing a lot of comprehension work with this book during our reading class time. Thanks! 

12/10-1/6

                     Merry Christmas! 

12/3-12/7

2nd week 17	12/3/2018	12/4/2018	12/5/2018	12/6/2018	12/7/2018	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Righteousness: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Matthew 5:6
Math 9:10-10:10	Review and Math Games	HIG p30-31: Mental Math Review Do Practice 1C All	HIG p31: Review and Enrichment - Magic Squares
Spelling 10:10-10:50	Step 14 Practice Test: Title page, 10 words +1 sentence, p80-81	Review any Step 14 words your child may be struggling with	Step 14 Test: Title page, 10 words +1 sentence, p80-81
Grammar 10:50-11:15	Grammar Review	FLL #57: Articles/ Capitalization Review	Christmas Poetry Activity
Read Aloud 11:55-12:10		Christmas Read Alouds
Reading: 12:10-1:10	OPG 214: The ED Ending	OPG 214: The ED Ending	Logic Students read to Grammar students	Read 30 mins personal choice book	Independent Reading for 30 minutes
Copywork/ Handwriting: 1:10-1:25	Introduce Cursive S, CW: First stanza of Quarter 3 poem	Cursive S, p71-73, NAC	Introduce Cursive T, CW: Second stanza of Quarter 3 poem	Cursive T, p74-76, NAC
Science: 1:25-1:55	Read about Fossil plants/add to student narration page Students go on a fossil hunt Students practice Fossils poem in pairs	Students read, "Fossil plants," p36-37. Students answer, "Where are fossilized plants commonly found? What happens when a tree is fossilized?"	Week 5 Rocks and Fossils Quiz/ Students make their own impression fossil of a fern
Bible 1:55-2:15	Cain chooses to sin Genesis 4:1-16	David chooses to do right 1 Samuel 24:1-22	Jesus, the Lord our Righteousness Luke 23:1-5, 13-26, 32-43
History: 2:15-2:45	Introduce Card #59/Discuss. Saudia Arabia Map Activity	History Card #59 & 60 Muhammad Founds Islam/Zanj and Early Ghana in Africa Have student narrate orally what they learned.	Student Oral History Narration and Student Q&A	Have your child write 2-3 sentences about what they learned from each card in their history journals.
Geography	South Asia - Due 1/30
Memory Work	Poem: How All Things Praise the Lord Due 2/27

Dear Parents,

It's sort of hard to believe that Christmas break is almost here! That was fast! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Despite the busyness and stress that the holidays sometimes bring, I hope that the birth of Christ and God's plan for redemption through His Son brings you incredible joy over the next few weeks. Merry Christmas!

Please don't forget that on Wednesday, December 5th, we will have our 2nd grade Classical book exchange! We would love for you to bring a wrapped, new or gently used book so that the students can enjoy giving a gift to one of their classmates and going home with a present.

Have a WONDERFUL holiday!


Mrs. Poncy


Important Info: 

Binder Organization: Consider taking some time over the break to clean out your child's binder of 2nd quarter work to make room for the next one!

Third Quarter Poem/Memory Work: This week, we will begin learning our 3rd quarter poem, "How All Things Praise the Lord!" This poem will be due the end of February. I will send the poem home this week, so look for it in your child's binder.

*PLEASE NOTE: DON'T FORGET SOUTH ASIA MAP DUE 1/30

Reading over the break: Although there is no official work assigned over the break, due to the amount of time we have off, please continue to help your child build stamina in reading by having them read independently and reading with them frequently.


Important Dates: 

December 5th: 2nd grade Christmas Party and Classical Book Exchange 

December 7th: End of 2nd Quarter 

December 10th-January 6th: Christmas Break!