Week of June 6-12

Reading

Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student

Page 121 Geography George (short answer)

Page 122 Michael's Magic (fact or opinion)

Reading

The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy and the Walking Disaster, Martin.

American Girl: Good Luck, Ivy, by Yee.

Magic Tree House: Winter of the Ice Wizard, by Osborne.

Magic Tree House: A Good Night for Ghosts, by Osborne.

Magic Tree House: Earthquake in the Early Morning, by Osborne.

Magic Tree House: Vacation Under the Volcano, by Osborne.

Rules, by Lord.

Sweet Valley Kids: The Missing Tea Set, by Pascal.

American Girl: Samantha's Story Collection, by Adler, Schur, and Tripp.

Reading, Geography, History, Social Studies

Eyewitness Books: Africa, by Ayo.

Math

Math-U-See Beta Lesson 22 Subtracting using Regrouping/Borrowing

Watched the DVD lesson.

Lesson Practice 22A.

Lesson Practice 22B.

Lesson Practice 22C.

Systematic Review 22F.

Bible Study, Handwriting

Read a chapter aloud from the book of John each day. Faith worked on memorizing 5 verses and copied a memory verse from the chapter each day to practice her handwriting.

Music

Piano Lesson, Theory.

Spelling

Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 26 The Vowel Sound in out

Page 119 Letter Scramble and Clues

Page 120 Proofreading

Page 121 Was and Were

Geography

Continents. Began learning the 7 continents of the world. Coloring printed maps of each continent and identifying and labeling some of the countries in each. Studying the globe.

Week of May 9th - 15th

Music
Piano lesson: America the Beautiful

Reading
The Babysitters Club: Dawn's Wicked Stepsister, by Martin.

Reading
2nd Grade Reading for Gifted Student
Page 116 Opposite Day (crossword puzzle)
Page 117 Ellis Island (short answer)

Bible Study, Handwriting
Read from the Book of Luke each day. Faith worked on learning 5 memory verses and copied a verse each day on to her own paper.

Spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Lesson 25 More Words With ed or ing
Page 112 Say and Listen, Think and Sort
Page 113 Word Groups, Synonyms
Page 114 Proofreading

Math
Math-U-See Beta
Lesson 21 Minutes on a Clock
Watched the DVD
Lesson Practice 21A
Lesson Practice 21B
Lesson Practice 21C

Week of April 25 - May 1

Math
Math-u-See Beta
Lesson 19 Adding Multiple Digits in Columns
Test Lesson 19
Lesson 20 Multiple Digit Subtraction
Watched the DVD.
Lesson Practice 20A.
Lesson Practice 20B.
Lesson Practice 20C.

Music
I wrote a song to help us memorize the bible verse (luke 9:23) and Faith learned to sing it and play it on the piano.

Bible Study, handwriting
Read aloud a chapter from the book of Luke each day and discussed. Faith copied a memory verse onto her own paper, concentrating on handwriting.

Spelling, Reading
Grade 2 Spelling Skills
Lesson 22 More Words With Long o
Test
Lesson 23 The Vowel Sound in book
Page 104 Say and Listen, Think and Sort
Page 105 Word meanings, Antonyms

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student
Page 110 One Night (write a story about the picture)
Page 111 A Terrifying Tornado (short answer)
Page 112 Eye of the Storm (decode the secret message)

Reading, Geography, Social Studies, History

Faith read American Girl: Kaya's Story Collection, by Tripp.

Faith read The Netherlands, by NgCheong-Lum.

Faith read Finland, by Zhong.

Faith read Russia, by Rice.

Faith read Haiti, by Wagner.

Faith read Poland, by Grajnert.

Week of April 4-10

Music

Piano Lesson. More practice learning half notes and dotted half notes. Song: Merry Go Round.

Reading

Faith read Nancy Drew: The Crooked Banister, by Carolyn Keene.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, by Martin.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter, by Martin.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy and the Snobs, by Martin.

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Bossy Steven, by Pascal.

Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Elizabeth's Broken Arm, by Pascal.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Mallory and the Trouble With Twins, by Martin.

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.

Week of January 10-16

Bible Study, Handwriting
Read aloud Matthew 11. Faith memorized and wrote, "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
Read aloud Matthew 12. Faith memorized and wrote, "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters abroad." Matthew 12:30
Read aloud Matthew 13. Faith memorized and wrote, "Now He did not do many mighty works because of their lack of faith." Matthew 13:58
Read aloud Matthew 14. Faith memorized and wrote, "Jesus said, 'Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid.' " Mattew 14:27
Read aloud Matthew 15. Faith memorized and wrote, "If a blind man leads a blind man, they both fall into a pit." Matthew 15:14
Read aloud Matthew 16. Faith memorized and wrote, "Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Matthew 16:16

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student
Page 64 Dog Lover. (Short Answer)
Page 65 Maggies Gift. (Matching paragraphs to pictures)
Page 66 Paula's Problem (short answer)
Page 67 Chores Are a Snore (short answer)

Spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 15 Words with ed or ing
Page 68 Say and Listen, Think and Sort
Page 69 Antonyms and Clues
Page 70 Proofreading

Math
Did Tangram puzzles each day before completing the regular lesson.

Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 13 Column Addition
Watched DVD lesson.
Lesson 13A.
Lesson 13B.
Lesson 13C.
Lesson 13D.
Systematic Review 13E.

Supplementary subtraction worksheet.

Art
Coloring sheet.
Free Drawing.
Made paper lanterns.
Painting.

Music
Bastien Piano for the Young Beginner Primer A.
Pages 1-14. Learning note names, quarter note, half note, whole note, rhythm, finger numbering.

Bastien Theory & Technic for the Young Beginner Primer A.
Pages 1-12. Black Keys, Low and High, Quarter/Half Notes, Stems on Notes, The Music Alphabet, White Keys, Bar Lines.

Bible Study, Life Skills, Art, History, Music, Physical Education, Servanthood, Writing
Vacation Bible School

Physical Education
Gymnastics

Bible Study, Life Skills, Art, History, Music, Physical Education, Servanthood, Writing
Vacation Bible School

Bible Study, Life Skills, Art, History, Music, Physical Education, Servanthood, Writing
Vacation Bible School

Bible Study, Life Skills, Art, History, Music, Physical Education, Servanthood, Writing
Vacation Bible School

Bible Study, Life Skills, Art, History, Music, Physical Education, Servanthood, Writing
Vacation Bible School

Writing, Reading, Math, Art
Worked on Faith's My Book About Me book. Counted her steps to the first tree from the front door. Counted her steps to the mailbox (300!) and answered questions in writing about her likes, dislikes, personality, what she wants to be when she grows up. She drew a picture of a bird and colored it in.

Physical Education
Exercised using the Wii Fit.

Music
Watched videos online of some of the songs from The Sound of Music and sang along with them.

Reading, Computer Skills
Faith read an online book here:
http://users.nac.net/ronzalme/Toby/index.html
called What Did Toby See? by Ron Zalme

Faith read Emily Elizabeth Goes To School, Clifford's Big Dig, and Where Is Emily Elizabeth? online here:
http://www.scholastic.com/clifford/read/roadtoreading/index.htm

She also played the Make a Word phonics game on that website.

Reading
Grandpa's Teeth, by Clement.
The Water Gift and the Pig of the Pig, by Martin.
Faith read The Cow That Got Her Wish, by Hillert.

Art
Coloring time. Colored pencils.

Math, Art
Worksheet: Write the correct amount of x's next to each pair of numbers, then circle the number that is less.

Color by number addition.

Physical Education
Played at the park this morning with friends.

Music, Reading
Listened to 7 new songs and read the words while singing them with me.

Reading
Chapter 5 of Jonathan Park and the Secret of the Hidden Cave, by Pat Roy.

Math
Worksheet: Subtraction (1-20) using a number line. Then use the code to match the numbers with letters. Write the letters in the box to find the answer

Music
Went to the Guitar Center today and enjoyed watching a professional guitar player and drum player during separate jam sessions. Faith got to try out some electric drums also.

Reading
Faith read Clifford Gets a Job, by Bridwell.
A Million Fish...More or Less, by McKissack.

Reading, Art, Writing
Project: Cut out pictures from magazines and glue them to a sheet of paper in alphabetical order, writing the name next to each picture. Use of scissors and glue. Searching through magazines for images, sounding out words. Completed letters A-J, but also collected several images (such as a turtle, T) for tomorrow's work on the project.

Art, Music
Watched videos of breakdancing. Danced to music and created some of her own moves with her sister and daddy.

Played with friends this morning.

Reading, Science
Read Let's Explore a River, by McCauley. Learned about wildlife, currents, plants and seasons of a river.

Faith read Why the Frog Has Big Eyes, by Franco
Faith read Wish and Win: The Sound of W, by Flanagan

Math
Took turns writing and figuring addition and subtraction problems with chalk on the driveway. Faith learned how to add larger sums by adding up columns of two numbers (Ex: 22+33=55 and 2,000+3,000=5,000)

Math (Money)
Worksheets: Draw lines to match the rows of nickels to the price tags (counting by 5's).
Worksheet: Write the missing numbers in the rectangles (1-20)

Science, Music
Experiment: To see how different amounts of water in a glass affect the sound produced when struck. Filled four glasses with water of varying amounts and listened to the sound each produced. Talked about vibration and sound. More water means a lower sound is produced because the vibration is slower.