Fortis Academy Second Grade 8/10-8/14

2nd	8/10/2020	8/11/2020	8/12/2020	8/13/2020	8/14/2020
Discipleship	Courage: "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	Continents and Oceans Due 9/2
Math	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
Spelling	Classroom Rules Activity	Review Phonogram Cards from AAS kit, 1-43	Phonogram Bingo + CW number words	Review Sound Cards from AAS kit, 1-43
Reading	Students create a classroom constitution; Name Game	Parent, peruse p347-362 & p396 of OPG. Focus on p357, especially "How quickly should I move through this book?" + 30 min student independent reading	Library Visit; Introduce Reading Stations in Classroom	Students read independently for 30 minutes; set a timer if needed	Students read independently for 30 minutes
Read Aloud	The Box Car Children by Gertrude Warner
Grammar	School Tour	Read Ch 1 Lesson 1.	Ch 1 L 3. Skill Time, Practice Time, Activity Time. WB pg 35 Ch1L3.	Ch 1 L 4 Test Time WB pg 80. Complete exercse 1-4 as a practice.
Handwriting/ Copy Work	Learn Memory Verse, 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 Notebooking Journal, p33
Bible	All about me sheet	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 - Wednesday	Set 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.xxv, NJ	Students read, "What is Astronomy?" TB p2 in Exploring Creation. Discuss. Students add what they learned to their Notebooking journals, p30	Read, p3-4 in Exploring Creation. Students narrate, add 1 more fact to their Notebooking Journals.
History - Monday	Introduce Quarter 1 Poem, "The Months" ; Roman Empire Map and Coloring Page	Read "Wandering Through the Roman Empire," p1-5 in SOTW. Oral retell.	Activity 1.1 in Astronomy NJ, p. 32	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.
Memory Work	Poem: "The Months" Due 9/25

HIG-Home Instructors Guide

TB-Textbook

WB-Workboook 

MM-Mental Math, found in the back of the Home Instructor's Guide

AAS-All About Spelling

OPG-Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

NAC-New American Cursive workbook

NJ-Astronomy Notebooking Journal

Welcome to 2nd Grade!  I feel so blessed to be teaching your sweet children this year.  I can’t wait to get to know each one of them, to find out what makes them special and unique.  Please feel free to contact me with any questions.  I’m looking forward to a great year!

Math-Start with the lesson in the HIG (Home Instructor's Guide) and then work through textbook problems together.  This work is not turned in and can be done on a separate piece of paper, on a whiteboard or orally.  If your child is able to easily complete a few examples from the textbook, they do not need to do the entire assigned portion.  If there are multiple sections, make sure you do a few problems from each section as they increase in difficulty.  They can then move to the workbook, which is done independently.  Please look over their workbook pages and put a check in the corner to let me know you have reviewed them.  When MM (mental math) is assigned, you can make a copy of it and use it as a warm up.  Please don’t spend more than 5-10 minutes on MM.

Spelling-When reviewing your card box, please have your child say the phonogram after looking at the card, but also practice going through the cards with you dictating the phonogram and having them write it down without looking at the card.  This is what it means when the blog says to do sound cards. You will dictate words and sentences on the spelling pages found in your child’s binder.  These will stay in the binder and we will periodically clean them out.

Reading-OPG (Ordinary Parent’s Guide) will be assigned as “Two Review and One New.”  During your reading time at home, please review two of the lessons (they don’t need to be the two prior lessons but ones you have flagged that your child struggled with) and the new lesson.  ***If you are new, please start this week at the beginning of OPG and start working your child through the book in lieu of independent reading time this week.  You don’t need to read them the entire lesson.  Just have the student read what is in bold and flag lessons they struggle with.  We will start next week with L135.

History-There will be two questions to choose from for the journal entries.  You might only be able to answer one of them. All journal entries should be a minimum of two complete sentences. Please have your child date the journal entry.  This will stay at home but I will collect once a quarter for a homework grade.  

Memory Work-Please spend 5-10 minutes every homeschool day reviewing our map and poem.  We will also work on this during class.

5/11-5/15

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for being such a great group of parents to work with this year, and for entrusting me with your children. Although the year did not end as expected, I am still so grateful for the time that I had with your child and the memories they left me. I hope I can still remain apart of all of your lives. Have a wonderful summer, and thank you again for such a great year! I consider all of you a friend and partner in the gospel.

Grace and peace,

Mrs. Poncy


Rock ceremony
We will have our 2nd grade rock ceremony Wednesday morning during our AM Session. This will be a chance for our class to have one last "moment" together. I will present each child with a rock and certificate that has a virtue I saw modeled in them this year. Of course, each child showed many virtues in class, but the one I chose for them was one that appeared as a distinct pattern to me, personally, and edified myself or others.

I will hand your child a small bag with their rock inside during our Fortis drive-by parade (stop by anytime between 4pm-5pm on Wednesday!) If you are unable to attend, I will leave your child's bag in the foyer.

Review ideas for the Summer (use if you'd like!)

Geography: 
Review the 2nd grade maps (If ya don't use it, ya lose it ;))

Math: 
*Review x's tables (0-10), and addition and subtraction facts. I am going to assign all the facts to your child in the Xtra Math website so they can practice during the summer if they would like.

*Have students complete reviews we did not get to:
TB 2B
1C, p19
2B, p25
2D, p33
2E, p35
Review D, p69
Practice 6A, p76
Review G, p89
Review H, p100

*Don't forget bar modeling for word problems! Every child should have a bar modeling example sheet in their binder. Email me if not. Maybe look over this to make sure that students are still setting them up correctly.

Reading: 
Students need to be reading chapter books often. Students should be reading daily; 20-30 minutes preferred. Still read aloud to them so they can hear how you read and adopt expression into their own reading. (If reading sounds robotic, they need to work on their expression, rate, tone, etc)

Science: 
Finish the Apologia Science journal activities at the end of the book. Consider going back and doing some of the experiments that maybe you didn't get to during the school year on your homeschool days. Review the, "What Do You Remember?" lesson review questions in the back of the textbook.

Grammar: 
Begin the Shurley Level 2 Online digital textbook. There are journal prompts that would be a great tool to get them writing more for next year when they start IEW.

Spelling: 
Review all the phonograms or any spelling patterns your child struggled with this year.

History: 
Finish Story of the World; you can use it as a chapter book for independent, sustained reading!

Please let me know if you need any other ideas or suggestions! I have plenty of books/resources and I am happy to share. :) 

2nd week 34	5/11/2020	5/12/2020	5/13/2020	5/14/2020	5/15/2020	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Gratitude: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18					End of 4th Quarter
Math	Class Does Review J #1-15, TB p109-110 + On your own: Finish Review 8 from FRI.	Do TB Review J #16-24, p111 + Area Quiz	2nd grade Rock ceremony + On your own: Finish Review J #25-29, p112
Spelling	Step 28: Review NT, p147-149; dictate sentences 4-6 and writing station, p150	Review card box; dictate sentences 7-9, p150	Step 28 Test, p149-150
Grammar	Review Four Types of Sentences	Four Types of Sentences worksheet
Read Aloud	My Life as a Native American
Reading	Class discusses Columbus	Students complete a comprehension passage on lalilo.	Students complete a comprehension passage on lalilo.
Copywork/ Handwriting	Memory Verse CW
Science	Read p189-190 in EC TB. Discuss. Students complete their Stars and Galaxies Minibook, p293 in journal.	Read, "The 1960s" and "The International Space Station" p192-195. Discuss. Begin Space Travel Minibook, p299 in journal.	Read, "Building the International Space Station" "Becoming a NASA Astronaut" and "Seeing the International Space Station" p195-197. Finish Space Travel Minibook.
Bible	Thanking God All Day Long Nehemiah 12:27-29,31,38-43.	Praising God at a Strange Time 2 Chronicles 20:1-26
History	Read, "Henry's VIII's Problem" p313-317 in SOTW. Discuss if Henry VIII acted out of love or selfishness? Fruits of the spirit? Acting like Christ or a non-believer?	Read, "A New Way of Thinking" p318-322 in SOTW. Students answer in their journals, "What was the Renaissance time period known for? Why was it called a time of "rebirth?"	Read, "Gutenberg's Great Invention," p322-326. Oral retell. Complete Map Work and Coloring Page.
Geography	Southeast Asia Map
Memory Work	Recite Catechism and/or 4th Quarter Hymn to teacher if desired :)

5/4-5/8

Dear Parents, 

It's hard to believe that the year has gone by so fast and is coming to a close! The staff at Fortis have decided that we would love to have a drive-by parade at the school the last day to allow more closure to the school year. This will give students an opportunity to receive their rock ceremony award (which will take place online Wednesday morning the last day) and any graded papers or materials they left in the classroom. Most importantly, for us to say good-bye to each other even if it's through social distancing. 

Here are the details!
Where: Fortis Academy

Date:  Wednesday, May 13th (Last Day of School)

Time:  Drive through anytime from 4:00-5:00pm

I'm going to cherish the last remaining days I have online with your child.

In Christ,

Mrs. Poncy

Important info:

Memory Work
Although memory work will not be graded this quarter, please contact me if your child would like to recite their quarter 4 hymn OR their Westminster Catechism to me. I understand many of you may not have had the bandwidth to keep all the balls juggled in the air due to the pandemic, so no judgement if not.

8s, 9s, 10s Math Test 
Please continue to review x facts, as the above facts will be due on Wednesday. You will give students the assessment. I will ask you to set a timer and put down how long students took to complete the test. If students can do all of the facts under 10 minutes, (and a good accuracy rate) they will receive a 3. If students finish all the facts under 6 minutes and miss no more than 2 problems, they will receive a 4. A test, grading key, and answer key will be included. I often tell students that if they are taking longer than 10 minutes and counting on fingers or having to draw pictures to complete facts, they need more practice memorizing their facts.

2nd week 33	5/4/2020	5/5/2020	5/6/2020	5/7/2020	5/8/2020	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Gratitude: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Math	HIG p114: Area TB p102-104 WB Ex65, p156-158	Students complete Review I, #1-11, TB p106 + Study 8s, 9s, 10s for test tomorrow	HIG p115-116: Area II TB p105 WB Ex66-67, p159-162 +8s, 9s, 10s x test	Finish Review I from Tuesday; Begin WB Review 7, p163-168	Finish WB Review 7, begin WB Review 8 (Do as many as your child can complete during your normal math time.)	Students can finish Review 8 on Monday or when time allows
Spelling	Step 27: Review NT, p141-143; dictate sentences 4-6 and writing station, p144	Review card box; dictate sentences 7-9 and "more words," p144	Step 27 Test, p144	Step 28: NT, p147-149; Dictate word cards 191-200, p149	Dictate sentences 1-3, p150.
Grammar	Prepositions mini-lesson	Review prepositions, FLL #72, p168-171	Sentence classification of prepositions	Prepositions review, FLL #89, p215-216
Read Aloud	Neptune by Nathan Sommer
Reading	Class discusses Christopher Columbus + Own your own: Students read p36-41.	Students read p42-47 of Columbus. Discuss.	Class discusses Christopher Columbus + On your own: Students read p48-50.	Students finish Christopher Columbus	Students complete a comprehension passage on lalilo.
Copywork/ Handwriting	CW: Preposition Definition		CW: Psalm 8:3-4 (p290 of Apologia journal)
Science	Students read "Star Light, Star Bright" p176-178 in EC TB. Discuss. Add 2 facts to journal page, p286. Complete Activity 14.1 "Understanding the Night Sky" Fill in journal page, p288.	Read, "Black Holes" p179-180. Add 2 facts, 1 illustration in Apologia journal. Do Activity 14.2 "Understanding the Expanding Universe" and fill in journal page, p291.	Read, "Supernovas, Variable Stars, Categorizing Stars: Hot or Cold" p180-182. Discuss. Add 2 facts to journal page. Complete Activity 14.3 "Make a Mnemonic" p182 in EC TB.	Read, "Categorizing Stars: Bright or Dim" + "Big or Small" p182-183. Discuss. Students complete Activity 14.4 "Make an Astronomer" p184. Fill in journal page, p292.	Read, "Galaxies" + "Constellations" + "Constellations and Astronomy" p186-188. Add 2 facts to journal, 1 illustration.	Consider doing Activity 14.5 one night this weekend, "Locating Constellations" p189 in TB.
Bible	Practice Memory Verse	Whining about water...again! Exodus 17:1-7	Practice Catechism	Don't forget about God's goodness Deuteronomy 8:1-16
History	Read "The Incas" p297-300 in SOTW. Oral retell.	Read, "The Slave Trade" p301-304. Discuss. Students answer in their journal, "Why was the slave trade evil? How do you think God feels about people not accepting others based on the color of their skin?"	Read, "Cortes and Montezuma" p305-308. Discuss. Students complete Map Work and Coloring Page.	Read, "Martin Luther's List" p309-313. Discuss the ways that Martin Luther first tried to "earn" God's love and how we are loved despite what we have "done" for God.
Geography	Southeast Asia
Memory Work	Children's Catechism #51-69 Quarter 4 Poem "Be Thou Vision" (1st 2 stanzas)