Thursday, April 22, 2010

Week of April 18-24

Reading
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: The Truth About Stacey, by Martin.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Keep Out, Claudia, by Martin.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi's Baby-sitter, by Martin.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Stacey's Emergency, by Martin.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Claudia and the Genius of Elm Street, by Martin.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Jessi and the Dance School Phantom, by Martin.
Faith read The American Girl Series: Molly's Story Collection, by Tripp.

Bible Study, Reading, Handwriting
Read a chapter each day from the Book of Luke. Faith copied a memory verse on her own paper and memorized the verse.


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Week of April 11-17

Spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson 21 Words With Long o
Page 98 Proofreading
Page 99 Homophones
Spelling Test (missed two, had to write them over 10x each)

Math
Math-U-See Beta Lesson 19 Rounding and Estimating to the 1,000 Place
Watched the DVD.
Lesson Practice 19A

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student
Page 104 Weather Forcast (Fill in the Blanks)

Bible Study, Reading, Handwriting
Read aloud a chapter a day. Copied a selected verse on to her own paper. Worked on memorizing the 5 selected bible verses. Faith accomplished the goal this Tuesday and was rewarded with a "Movie Party".

Reading
Faith read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Twain.
Faith read Nancy Drew: The Clue of the Leaning Chimney, by Keene.
Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: No Girls Allowed, by Pascal.
Faith read Pippi Goes on Board, by Lindgren.
Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Jessica's Snobby Club, by Pascal.
Faith read American Girl: Kit's Story Collection, by Tripp.
Faith read The Baby-Sitters Club: Mary Anne Saves the Day, by Martin.
Faith read Sweet Valley Kids: Super Snooper 7, The Case of the Alien Princess, by Pascal.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

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.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Week of March 7-13

Reading
Faith read Mandie and the Holiday Surprise, by Leppard.
Faith read Pollyanna, by Porter.
Faith read Nancy Drew: The Clue of the Tapping Heels, by Keene.
Faith read Nancy Drew: The Sign of the Twisted Candle, by Keene.
Faith read The Great Chicken Debacle, by Naylor.

Reading, Social Studies, Geography
The Democratic Republic of Congo

Bible Study, Reading, Handwriting
Mark 12. Read aloud together. Faith copied verse 30 for memorization. "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the first commandment."

Spelling
Grade 2 Spelling Skills Lesson19 Words with Long i
Page 88 Proofreading
Page 67 (rewind) Dictionary Skills

Reading, Writing
Grade 2 Reading for the Gifted Student
Page 87 Continental Divide (label the map using the information)
Page 88 Pirates in a Panic (short answer)

Math
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 16
Systematic Review 16F
Math-U-See Beta, Lesson 17 Rounding to 1,000
Watched the DVD Lesson
Lesson Practice 17A

Saturday, March 6, 2010

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

Friday, February 26, 2010

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

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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.