Week of February 28 - March 6

Reading

Faith read Heidi, by Spyri.

Faith read Mandie and the Angel's Secret, by Leppard.

Faith read The secret in the old attic, by Keene.

Faith read The Mystery of the 99 Steps, by Keene.

Reading, Social Studies, Geography

Countries of the World: Indonesia

Countries of the World: Japan

Spelling

Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 18

Page 87 Antonyms, Fill in the missing word

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 16

Systematic Review 16E

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student

Page 86 Awards Accident (unscramble the words)

Science

Field trip to the Marianna Caverns

Week of January 24-30

Science, Physical Education

Went for a hike at the Leon Sinks Geological area. Studied sinkholes, karsts, and indigenous plant & animal life.

Reading

The Wind in the Willows, by Grahame.

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 13 Column Addition

Systematic Review 13E.

Systematic Review 13F.

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

Watched the DVD Lesson.

Lesson Practice 14A

Lesson Practice 14B.

Lesson Practice 14C.

Spelling

Grade 2 Spelling Skills Unit 3 Review Lesson 11-15

Pages 72-73

Reading

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn, by Martin.

Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Dawn and the Older Boy, by Martin.

Faith read Emily's Runaway Imagination, by Cleary.

Social Studies, Geography, History, Reading

Faith read Countries of the World: Ethiopia, by Berg.

Bible Study, Handwriting

Continued reading a chapter from the book of Matthew each day and memorized and copied a verse.

Week of August 2-8

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson Two: putting numbers in order, fill in blanks with correct numbers for each sequence
Lesson Practice 2B
Lesson Practice 2C
Systematic Review 2D
Systematic Review 2E
Lesson Two Test

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Josh McDowell's Family Devotions. Faith copied the verse of the day for each one on her handwriting paper.

Reading, History
The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read aloud a few chapters a day.

Reading comprehension worksheet. "Gary Garlic"

Spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Skills Workbook, Unit1, Lesson1. Words with Short a. Page 8.
Grade 2 Spelling Skills Workbook, Unit1, Lesson1. Words with Short a. Page 9.

Science
Density experiment. Water, food coloring, oil. Mix together. What is density? Discuss the separation and how water has greater density than oil.

Week of July 19-25

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson One: Place Value and the Manipulatives
Watched DVD lesson
Lesson Practice 1A
Lesson Practice 1B (Place Value and single digit addition review)

Reading, History
By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. two chapters.

Science
Read about the Buffalo Wolf in By the Shores of Silver Lake. Researched the Buffalo Wolf online to see pictures and info about it.

Geography, History
Looked up photos of the actual people/characters in the story. Viewed maps of their travels from the book.

Week of May 10-16

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Family Bible study each day. Faith copied her verse each day on her own writing paper.

Art, Writing, Reading
Beginning writing helper worksheet. Draw a picture to show your favorite book. Draw a picture of you reading a book to someone else. Answer: My favorite book is... I like this book best because... My favorite time to read is...

Beginning writing helper worksheet. About Spring. Draw a picture showing a spring day. Draw a picture of yourself playing outside on a spring day. Answer: One thing I like to do in the spring is... I know it is spring when I see... One thing I can do in the spring that I can't do in winter is...

Math
Addition word problems. Write an addtion sentence to solve each one.
Worksheet: Addition using the number 5. (56 problems, single digit)
Worksheet: Tens and Ones. Count the blocks. Write the tens. Write the ones. Write the number.
Worksheet: Subtraction. Fill in the missing numbers to complete the subtraction fact.
Worksheet: Time. Look at the clock. Write the time two ways. (half past, 1:30) Draw the hands on the clock to show the time.
Worksheets: Fraction review. Circle the shape that shows two halves/three thirds/four fourths. Find the shapes that show halves/thirds. Color the part.

Spelling, Writing
Trace each word, then write it again on the line next to it. (bear, but, bun, better, bye, buy, bed)

Trace each word, then write it again on the line next to it. (days of the week)

Art
Bookmarks.

Reading, History
Continued reading Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Faith read Nancy Drew, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, by Keene.
Faith read Nancy Drew, The Secret of Shadow Ranch, by Keene.
Faith read Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie.
Faith read Jonathan Park, The Secret of the Hidden Cave, by Roy and Roy.

Science
Super Sea Creatures and Awesome Ocean Adventures DVD
Water and Weather/ Ecosystems and Environment DVD

Week of May 3-9

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Family devotion time each day. Faith copied her verse of the day on to her own handwriting paper from the Bible.

Reading, History
Began reading Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Olivia Forms a Band, by Falconer.

Science, Reading
The Plant Cycle, by Morgan.
A Kid's Guide to How Vegetables Are Grown, Ayers.
Grow It, Cook It, by Lock.
Food, by Buller.

Science
Planted vegetable today in starter peat pots. The kids chose different types of green beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers to plant, filled the cups with potting soil, sowed the seeds, and watered them.

Spelling, Writing
Trace each word. Write it again on the line next to it. (art, apple, am, act, are, ask, ant) Faith needed practice writing the letter a in lowercase.

Letter a handwriting practice. Trace the letter a (several times) write it again (several times) write these words--apple, and, mama.

Reading, Writing
Reading comprehension. Short story: Every Day Should Be Mother's Day. Faith answered multiple choice questions about the story.

Reading comprehension. Short story: Max the Dog. Answered questions in written format.

Math (Time)
Worksheet: Write the time two ways (o'clock, half past)

Math
Fractions worksheet.
Worksheet: Picture Graphs. Look at the graph. How many pets does each child have? How many pets do Carlos and Phil have in all? Becky has more pets than Ann. How many more?
Worksheet: Subtraction (double digits)
Worksheet: Addition and subtraction maze.

Week of April 19-25

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Family bible devotions. Faith copied her bible verse each day on her own handwriting paper.

Math
Worksheet: Fractions. Color the correct part of each shape or group. Then write the fraction.
Worksheet: Fractions. Show fractional parts. Circle the objects to show the fractional part of the group.
Worksheet: Addition facts one-ten.
Worksheet: Addition facts one-ten.
Worksheet: Time. Telling time to Five Minutes. Write the time shown on each clock.
Worksheet: Time. Draw hands to show the end time and write the end time.

Leapfrog Math Circus DVD.

Art
Getting to know Line in Art DVD.

Science
The Magic School Bus Space Adventures DVD.
Gators and Dragons and Other Wild Beasts DVD.

Social Studies
Fiesta! DVD

Week of April 12-18

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Family devotion time. Faith copied the bible verse on to her own handwriting paper.

Math
Worksheet: Time. Write the time shown on each clock (hour only).
Worksheet: Addition and subtraction (double digits).

Reading
Continued reading Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Faith read Nancy Drew, The Secret of the Old Clock, by Keene.
Faith read Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words, by O'Connor.

DVD Between the Lions. Fuzzy Wuzzy, Wuzzy?

Science
DVD Bird. A kids science video all about birds.

Week of April 5-11

Math
Worksheet: Subtraction review. single digit
Worksheet: Adding three numbers.
Worksheet: Fractions.
Worksheet: Subtraction review. single digit
Worksheet: Addition word problems.
Mixed review worksheet.

Art, Reading, Writing
Picture search: About April. Find these objects hidden in the picture. Discussed holidays in April and National Day of... Faith answered questions in short written form about the picture. Then she colored it.

Reading, History
Finished reading The Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Began reading Farmer Boy, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Science
DVD All About Fish.

Week of March 29-April 4

Math
Worksheet: mixed review on time and money
Worksheet: mixed review on time (hour and half hour clock reading) and money (pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters)
Worksheet: Money. Draw the coins. (Draw 65 cents using 5 coins.)
Worksheet: Money. Look at the coins. Multiple choice, how much money is shown?
Worksheet: Money. Count. Write the total value of the coins.

Reading, Science, Geography
Studying the rainforest this week.

Closer Look at The Rainforest, by Wood. Learned What is a Rainforest? Where are Rainforests? Deforestation. Endangered Species/Extinction.

Science, Life Skills
Went outdoors to experience a hands-on view of deforestation and erosion. Our yard is an example. The side is sloped with little vegetation. In the last several years, the dirt has been eroding. Tree roots are now visible that were not visible before. We are filling it back in with more dirt, but the rain will wash it away if we do not plant something on it (like grass or ground cover plants). Faith got to help with this.

Bible Study
Family Bible Study. Faith copied the verse of the day on her own paper.

Reading, History, Geography
Began reading The Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Faith is really enjoying this series and looks forward to the new chapter every evening. We looked on the globe to map out where they lived in the Big Woods book and are following the path they are taking across the states to their new home.

Week of March 22-28

Math
Mixed Review worksheet. Greater than/less than. Word problems (subtraction). Fill in the missing numbers.

Mixed Review worksheet. Tens and ones. Counting. Adding 1-9. Recognizing patterns (shapes).

Worksheet: addition, 56 problems using numbers 1-9

Worksheet: addition, 56 problems using numbers 1-9, cross out the equations that are false

Worksheet: subtraction, 29 problems using numbers 1-9

Spelling, Reading, Writing
Worksheet: Long a sound. Write the word that best completes the sentence.

Bible Study, Reading, Writing
Family Bible study each day. Faith copied the verse of the day on her own paper.

Physical Education
Gymnastics for one hour on Friday.

Life Skills
DVD: Spend a Day with Rescue Workers, by Kopec. Learned about various emergency jobs.
DVD: Fire Monsters, by Lolo Productions. Learned about the fire department job.

Science
DVD: All About Fish, by Schlessinger.

Reading, History, Life Skills
Continued reading Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Learned historical methods for making cheese, maple syrup, butter, etc. Discussed clothing that is different from today.

Writing
Practiced writing the letter a (lowercase).

Week of March 15-21

Math
Worksheet: Subtraction using a number line. 1-9
Worksheet: Subtraction using a number line. 7-10

History, Reading
Studied Knights and Castles this week. Checked out several books from the library to read on the subject.
Faith read Magic Treehouse: Knights at Dawn, by Osbourne.

Continued reading The Little House in the Big Woods, by Wilder.

Science, Life Skills
Continued our Gardening experience. Planted tomatoes and rosemary. Went to the local nursury to browse the plants and discuss.

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Daily family Bible study. Faith copied the verse of the day on to her own paper.

Physical Education
Played at the park with friends this week.

Week of March 8-14

Life Skills, Science, Physical Education
Had gardening day. Faith and I tended to the back yard in preparation for spring planting. She helped dig, pull up vines, and plant some new plants. Learned how gardening can be incorporated into exercise. Learned about transplanting "cast iron" plants, watering, root systems, shade versus sun loving plants, etc.

Reading
Faith began reading May Bird and the Ever After, by Anderson.

Math
Addition facts practice.

Spelling, Writing
Practiced tracing and copying 6 spelling words (blink, tray, white, hopeful, pull, raise).

Bible Study, Writing, Reading
Family Bible study, Faith wrote the verse of the day on her own paper.

Week of February 1-7

Reading
Faith read The Mystery of the Eagle Feather, by Murphy.
Faith read Getting to Know You, by Marsoli.
Faith read A Moment to Remember, by McCafferty.
Faith Read One True Love, by Auerbach.

Reading
Learning about Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives. Faith did several pages in her "mad libs" type book. She has to think of a list of verbs, nouns, and adjectives to fill in the blanks of a silly story. I help her by asking, "Okay, now think of a verb. Now I need an adjective." etc., and writing them down. Then we read the story together and laugh.

Math
More addition and subtraction practice.
Adding groups of tens and ones. Verbal practice and written practice.

Physical Education
Went to gymnastics class for one hour.

Life Skills
Baked cookies this week with my help.

Science
Learned about the Dodo bird, it's characteristics, where it lived, extinction. Viewed drawings online and photos of skeletal remains.

Week of January 4-10

Geography, Science
Learning about China! Faith's grandparents are traveling to China to adopt a child. We have been following their travels by looking at maps, globes, and books. Each day we check their location in the world and find out what kind of weather they are experiencing there.

Math, Social Studies, Language Studies
We have been learning to count in Mandarin Chinese from 1-10 this week. Also learning some other common phrases in Chinese. Like, Hello (Ni hao).

History, Geography, Social Studies, Reading
Countries of the World, Welcome to China, by Costain and Collins.
Chapters 1-6 of the Magic Tree House: Day of the Dragon King, by Mary Pope Osborne. We looked up the first emperor of China on the internet to learn about him. Also the Great Wall of China history and pictures.

Bible Study, Reading, Writing
Began reading a daily devotional this week. Faith continues to copy a verse each day.

Math
Worksheet: Fractions. Learning to recognize fractions such as 1/3, 1/2, 2/3, 6/8. Also discussed what a whole is equal to (2/2, 3/3, 5/5).
Worksheet: Fractions: Color the fraction part of the shape.

Reading, Science
Groundhog Gets a Say, by Swallow. A picturebook all about groundhogs.
Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper, by Sneed. A picturebook story that includes facts about the relationship between ants and ant cows/aphids.

Reading
Faith read Nate the Great on the Owl Express, by Sharmat.

Life Skills, Social Studies
Learned about what kinds of foods are eaten in China. I taught Faith how to cook some Chinese food. We made authentic stir-fry vegetables and rice. She really enjoyed chopping and stirring.

Week of December 7-13

Math
Worksheet: Addition review. Adding with carrying a number.
Worksheet: Time. Write the time shown on each clock. Draw the hands shown on each clock.
Worksheet: Fractions. Circle the shapes that have equal parts. Write the fraction in each part. (1/2, 1/3, 1/4)

Bible Study
Read/discussed a verse or passage each day and had Faith copy it on to her own paper.

Reading, Writing, Spelling
Faith did three worksheets each day from her Phonics workbook.

Vowels. Faith worked on remembering the vowels of the alphabet and what the long sound and short sound of each one is.

Worksheet: Long vowels. Choose the word that has a long vowel sound. Write a sentence with the correct word. Circle the words that have a long vowel sound.
Worksheet: Short vowels. Circle the pictures that have a short vowel sound. Put an X on the words that have a short vowel sound.
Worksheet: Vowels. Read the sentences and fill in the blanks with a long O word from the box.

Faith wrote in her journal several days this week.

Science
Had a discussion about the brain and what it looks like. Used 1000 Facts on the Human Body book.

Life Skills
Went to the post office today to buy stamps and mail our Christmas cards. Faith helped choose which stamps to use and then put them on the envelopes. She put the cards in the slot at the post office to mail them and then looked through to see where they had fallen. We discussed how mail gets from one place to another. When we came home, we retrieved our mail and opened Christmas cards from friends and family. Faith was fascinated to see that one of the cards from Evanston, Indiana had the same stamps that we had just picked out!

Week of November 16-22

History, Social Studies
Learned about Thanksgiving this week. We visited an interactive website that describes the Pilgrims' journey to the first Thanksgiving. http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
We learned about the Wampanoag people also. Clothing, food, activities, etc. Great website!

Art, Spelling, History
Colored a picture of a Cornucopia and learned what it symbolizes and also how to spell it!

Art, History
Colored a picture of a Pilgrim and a Wampanoag man together in traditional clothing.

History, Physical Education, Science
Went camping this weekend at Torreya State Park with friends. (Faith's pen pal.) We went hiking, looked for deer and checked for animal tracks, built a fire, visited the historical home. Discussed the kinds of animals that live in North Florida as we listened to a pack of wild coyotes howling in the distance.

Week of November 9 - 15

Science
Watched several videos on the different states of matter. Solids, liquids and gases.

Science, Reading, Writing
Word puzzle on solids, liquids and gas.

Math
Adding double digits and carrying.

Reading
Faith read The Snack Attack Mystery, by Levy.
Faith read Nate the Great and the Turkey
Pinky and Rex and the Bully, by Howe.

Reading, Social Studies
Amelia's Road, by Altman. Learned about migrant farm workers.

Reading, Geography
The Scrambled States of America Talent Show, by Keller.

Physical Education
Played at the park with friends.

Bible Study, Reading, Writing
Each morning, Faith studied a verse or passage from the Bible with us and then copied it on to her own handwriting paper.

Week of November 2 - 8

Math, Science
Faith's snake shed another skin, so we added it to her growth chart and Faith measured and noted it. She grew 2 inches in a month and a half!

Bible Study, Writing
Each day, we read a section or verse from the bible and Faith copied it to her own paper.

Reading
Froggy Learns to Swim, by London.
Faith read Pinky and Rex and the Bully, by Howe.

Math
Used a paper clock to practice reading time.
3 Worksheets: Different ways to say the time. Half-past, quarter after, quarter til.

Physical Education
Played at the park with friends.

Art
Made a craft with plastic beads that you create a design on a spiked tray and then melt together with an iron.

Spelling
Review words Who, What, When, Where, Why

Science
we found a lizard learned it was a green anole and read about how to care for it, where it lives, what they eat etc. also a green tree frog. put both in an aquarium to keep as pets.

Spelling
spelling test on 'who,what,when,where,why' missed where so faith wrote it about 15 times on the back

Math
took faith to the store to use $20 gift card. she had to read pric labels to determine more or less

Math
math test from sonlight first grade placement exam--missed only one question

Reading
faith read word bird
i read thumbelina

Reading, Writing
phonics workbook 3 pages

Math
time worksheet

Week of October 26 - November 1

Science, Writing, Reading
Studying Magents this week.
Experiment 1: Asked Faith to look at each item I show her and say whether she thought it would be attracted to the magnet. We listed the items on a chalkboard under Attracted/Magnetic or Not Attracted/Not Magnetic. Then, she tested each item. She used two separate colored sheets of paper to list the items in each group as she tested them. She also wrote what it was made of (penny--metal, jar--glass, twig--wood). Then we discussed the results.

Experiment 2: Discovered that magnets attract through other objects, but only up to a certain thickness. We tested it with paper, a shirt, our finger, a pillow, a 2x4 wood beam.

Experiment 3: Making a magnet. Building your own compass. Discussed north and south poles of magnets and also the earth. Reviewed properties of magnets: north attracts south, etc. Rubbed the magnet on a straight pin in a single direction to magnetize the pin. Placed the pin on the sticky side of a foam craft sticker and floated it on water in a bowl. Observed that the two ends of the pin point toward North and South even when turned. Observed that the pin reacted to magnets from much farther away than usual.

Experiment 4: Learned that magnetic attraction can pass along from one pin to another, but only for a certain number of pins before the attraction becomes too weak. Used a magnet to collect pins end to end. Were able to pick up only 6.

Read Magnets, by Parker.

Art
Made magnet paintings. Taped a piece of paper over a plastic bin lid (propped up on two jars). Then, dipped different objects in paint, placed them on the paper, and used the magnet underneath to drag the object/paint around.

Reading
Don't Let the Peas Touch and Other Stories, by Blumenthal.
Jack and the Dreamsack, by Anholt.
D.W.'s Library Card, by Brown.
Arthur's TV Trouble, by Brown.
Daisy Comes Home, by Jan Brett.
Faith read Troll Country, by Marshall.
Faith read Edward G. and the Beautiful Pink Hairbow, by Arnold.
Faith read TinkerBell, A Fairy Tale, by Jordan.

Writing, Reading
Each day, Faith has been writing 3 thank you cards to the people who gave her gifts for her birthday.

Phonics Workbook: Consonants: Read the words below, then match each with a rhyming word that begins with j, k, or l from the box.

Bible Study
Discussed a verse each day and Faith copied it on to her own paper.

Computer Skills
Faith received a new Webkins toy for her birthday and has been excited about caring for it on the website.

Math
Worksheet: Time. "Half-Past-the-Hour" Read the clock and write the time two ways.
Worksheet: Time. Show half past four different ways (clock hands, writing "half past", writing the number words out, writing it like a digital clock).
Worksheet: Time. Hour and half hour.
Worksheet: Time. Earlier or later.

Reading, Writing
Worked on three pages a day in her Phonics workbook.

Physical Education
Played at the park on Monday and Friday.
Went to Gymnastics on Friday.