Wednesday, February 3, 2010

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.

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