practice cursive while listening to chapter 1 of "The Burgess Bird Book for Children" on librivox, looked at pictures of wrens online, read 2 chapters in her "Bad Kitty's Birthday" book, caught isopods and a millipede, made up chapter 1 of her story "Good Queen Isopod and Her Adventures", did a R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey lab on isopods, made a model of the volcano from the island of Thera...
...all before noon! I am exhausted!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Educational Objectives for Flora D, 2nd Grade
Language Arts
Arithmetic
History and Geography
Science
Civics
Physical Education
Music
Art
Safety
Language Arts
- Daily exposure to poetry, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, myths and stories from various cultures
- Learn the use of antonyms and synonyms, contractions, and abbreviations
- Continue to learn and master phonics skills
- Continue to learn and master sight words
- Learn to write sentences using correct punctuation and capitalization
- Understand sentence structure, nouns and verbs
- Read Easy Reader Level 2 and 3 books on her own, daily
- Compose letters and stories
- Keep a journal
- Observe the use of reference materials
- Use library on a regular basis
Arithmetic
- Learn and understand basic fractions; 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 4/4
- Continue to master telling time in 5 minute intervals
- Continue to work toward mastery of addition and subtraction, including carrying and borrowing
- Understanding money, identifying coins and dollars
- Place value to 1000
- Measuring in inches and feet
- Strengthening mental math skills
- Logic
- Continue to master use of calendar
- Introduction to multiplication
- One step problem solving
History and Geography
- Learn about the Middle Ages from the Fall of Rome to the Renaissance with associated map work
- Making and studying maps of our neighborhood, town, city, county, state, region, country and world
- American History including but not limited to: the Constitution, the War of 1812, Western Expansion, The Civil War, Immigration, and Civil Rights
- Learn about various notable Americans
Science
- Earth science, geology
- Space
- Native plants of Northwestern Pennsylvania
- Native animals of Northwestern Pennsylvania, including birdwatching
- Basics of nutrition
- Prominent names in Science
Civics
- Read and discuss current events as are appropriate
- Study holidays and festivals
Physical Education
- Daily active play, both structured and unstructured
- Swimming
Music
- Exposure to various styles of music
- Singing in groups and alone
- Exposure to US folk songs
- Learn to identify various music instruments by sight and sound
- Read biographiesj of various notable composers
- Beginning piano lessons
- Learn about pitch and scale
Art
- Continued use of various media for creative visual expression
- Observe and discuss various works of art from books and visits to museums
- Learn about various artists and their works
Safety
- Fire safety
- Kitchen safety
- Bicycle safety
Friday, March 4, 2011
March 2
Brain Quest consonant clusters
Read aloud: "Purple Pickle Juice"
Read about Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors in Story of the World
Read an overview of the human body in R.E.A.L Science Odyssey
March 3
Read "As You Like It" from Beautful Stories from Shakespeare for Children
SOTW mapwork on the route the Israelites took
Which Way USA? Texas
Math Mammoth subtraction
Brain Quest plural nouns
March 4
Math Mammoth - adding double digit numbers
Read aloud 'Fox All Week"
Art - drew animals from a 'learn to draw' book
Read about cells in "My First Human Body Encyclopedia"
Which Way USA? Texas
"The Little Man in the Map": AR, LA, OK, TX
I've been sick with an ear infection so studies have been a little lighter than usual.
Brain Quest consonant clusters
Read aloud: "Purple Pickle Juice"
Read about Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors in Story of the World
Read an overview of the human body in R.E.A.L Science Odyssey
March 3
Read "As You Like It" from Beautful Stories from Shakespeare for Children
SOTW mapwork on the route the Israelites took
Which Way USA? Texas
Math Mammoth subtraction
Brain Quest plural nouns
March 4
Math Mammoth - adding double digit numbers
Read aloud 'Fox All Week"
Art - drew animals from a 'learn to draw' book
Read about cells in "My First Human Body Encyclopedia"
Which Way USA? Texas
"The Little Man in the Map": AR, LA, OK, TX
I've been sick with an ear infection so studies have been a little lighter than usual.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
February 2011 (23 days)
History: Read biographies of Cleopatra, King Tut, Nefertiti. Added them to a timeline
Learned about cuneiform, hieroglyphs, Mesopotamia, mummies, pyramids
Made a model of a pyramid.
Learned about Sargon and Akkadia.
Discussed military dictatorship
Watched video online about mummification
Learned about Abraham and the Jewish people
Science: Discussed living vs. non-living
Animal cells vs. plant cells
Made bubble gum
Watched video on animal intelligence
Studied and egg with a magnifying glass and identified the chalaza, yolk, white, blastocyst and holes in the shell
Watched video on wild parrots in the U.S.
Nature study included: wren, robin, grackle, pinecones
Geography: Identifying Egypt and Sumer, the Tigris and Euphrates, the ancient city of Kish, on a map.
Worked on "Which Way USA?" Texas
Started memorizing the Midwest states with "The Little Man in the Map"
Math: review of January's concepts
Telling time on the hour and half hour
Properties of shapes; triangles, rectangles, squares and quadrilaterals, including vertices
Measuring in inches and centimeters.
Counting with pennies and nickels.
Subtraction
Reading and Language Arts: Continued to work on reading proficiency by reading aloud and being read to daily. (See book list.)
Nouns; including common and proper. Capital letters on proper nouns. Consonant blends and clusters, digraphs, spelling short vowel words. Handwriting practice from "Handwriting Without Tears".
Latin: Learned the words for; mother, father, sister, brother, girl, boy, man, woman, chair, table, pencil, book.
Art: Recognizing and copying lines. Painting with acrylics and water colors; drawing with crayons, pencils and oil pastels. Made a paper version of the Rosetta stone, made a Sumerian seal from clay. Learned about warm and cool colors in Monet's "Tulips in Holland" and drew with warm and cool colors. Made masks and swords from construction paper.
History: Read biographies of Cleopatra, King Tut, Nefertiti. Added them to a timeline
Learned about cuneiform, hieroglyphs, Mesopotamia, mummies, pyramids
Made a model of a pyramid.
Learned about Sargon and Akkadia.
Discussed military dictatorship
Watched video online about mummification
Learned about Abraham and the Jewish people
Science: Discussed living vs. non-living
Animal cells vs. plant cells
Made bubble gum
Watched video on animal intelligence
Studied and egg with a magnifying glass and identified the chalaza, yolk, white, blastocyst and holes in the shell
Watched video on wild parrots in the U.S.
Nature study included: wren, robin, grackle, pinecones
Geography: Identifying Egypt and Sumer, the Tigris and Euphrates, the ancient city of Kish, on a map.
Worked on "Which Way USA?" Texas
Started memorizing the Midwest states with "The Little Man in the Map"
Math: review of January's concepts
Telling time on the hour and half hour
Properties of shapes; triangles, rectangles, squares and quadrilaterals, including vertices
Measuring in inches and centimeters.
Counting with pennies and nickels.
Subtraction
Reading and Language Arts: Continued to work on reading proficiency by reading aloud and being read to daily. (See book list.)
Nouns; including common and proper. Capital letters on proper nouns. Consonant blends and clusters, digraphs, spelling short vowel words. Handwriting practice from "Handwriting Without Tears".
Latin: Learned the words for; mother, father, sister, brother, girl, boy, man, woman, chair, table, pencil, book.
Art: Recognizing and copying lines. Painting with acrylics and water colors; drawing with crayons, pencils and oil pastels. Made a paper version of the Rosetta stone, made a Sumerian seal from clay. Learned about warm and cool colors in Monet's "Tulips in Holland" and drew with warm and cool colors. Made masks and swords from construction paper.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Feb. 28
Watched "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill"
Brain Quest workbook - digraphs and consonant clusters
BQ workbook - spelling words with short vowels
Read "Marley and the Runaway Pumpkin" aloud
Math Mammoth sheet on subtraction
looked at a dog food crumb and a feather under the microscope
Read 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children".
Watched "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill"
Brain Quest workbook - digraphs and consonant clusters
BQ workbook - spelling words with short vowels
Read "Marley and the Runaway Pumpkin" aloud
Math Mammoth sheet on subtraction
looked at a dog food crumb and a feather under the microscope
Read 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' from "Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children".
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Saturday Feb 26 and Sunday Feb 27:
took a nature walk, collected pinecones and brought them home to look more closely at them
watched a video on mummification
used her new microscope and looked at a fruit fly, a bee's leg and a dragonfly wing
did a puzzle on ocean creatures, identified each creature
made a mask and sword out of construction paper
read the first chapter of The Burgess Bird Book for Children
looked up the wren, listened to it's call online
read The Golden Sandal, A Cinderella Story from the Middle East
went bowling
went swimming
took a nature walk, collected pinecones and brought them home to look more closely at them
watched a video on mummification
used her new microscope and looked at a fruit fly, a bee's leg and a dragonfly wing
did a puzzle on ocean creatures, identified each creature
made a mask and sword out of construction paper
read the first chapter of The Burgess Bird Book for Children
looked up the wren, listened to it's call online
read The Golden Sandal, A Cinderella Story from the Middle East
went bowling
went swimming
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