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 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.

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 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.