Week of February 21-27

Reading

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Elizabeth and Jessica Run Away, by Pascal.

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Runaway Hamster, by Pascal.

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Ellen is Home Alone, by Pascal.

Faith read Nancy Drew Notebooks: The Funny Face Fight, by Keene.

Writing, Handwriting

I set up a scene with two play trees, a plastic dog, cat, and tiger, and a jewel. I asked Faith to write a short story about the scene.

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student

Page 82 Dolphin Darling (short answer)

Page 83 Blue Ribbon (multiple choice)

Page 84 Water, Water Everywhere (short answer)

Page 85 Crying Wolf (Write your own middle part of the story)

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 16 Place Value and 1000s

Watched DVD

Lesson Practice 16A

Lesson Practice 16B

Lesson Practice 16C

Systematic Review 16D

Spelling

Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 19 Words with Long i

Page 84 Proofreading

Page 85 Present Tense and Past Tense

Page 86 Say and Listen, Think and Sort

Week of February 14-20

Reading
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Baby-Sitters Beware, by Martin.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the New Girl, by Martin.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi's Secret Language, by Martin.

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Surprise! Surprise! by Stewart.

finished The Wind in the Willows, by Grahame.

Week of February 7-13

Reading
Faith read The Land of Oz, by Baum.

Faith read Ozma of Oz, by Baum.

Week of January 31-February 6

Bible Study, Handwriting

Continued reading aloud from Matthew, a chapter a day. Faith memorized and copied a verse each day.

Reading

The Wind in the Willows, by Grahame.

Spelling

Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 16 Words with Long e

Page 74 Say and Listen, Think and Sort.

Page 75 Word groups and Synonyms.

Page 76 Proofreading.

Page 77 Capital Letters.

Test.

Writing, Spelling, Art, Computer Skills

Faith wrote a poem called The Ball. She illustrated it. Learned about "rough drafts" and "final drafts". Scanned in the artwork and then she typed the poem again on the page, editing her spelling and punctuation. Then she printed out the final work, with plans to make a book of poems.

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student

Page 73 About an Ant's Body (short answer)

Page 74 The Princess and the Pea (mad libs)

Page 75 What's the Matter? (multiple choice)

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 14 Measuring inches and a foot

Systematic Review 14D

Systematic Review 14E

Systematic Review 14F

Music
Bastien Piano for the Young Beginner Primer A.
Pages 1-14. Review of songs.

Bastien Theory & Technic for the Young Beginner Primer A.
Pages 13-16. Bar Lines. Practiced quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. Introduced 6 exercises to complete twice a day.