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2nd Grade
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| At the start of
each day: 1. Say Morning
Prayer/Rosary 2. Read Bible story or selection 3. Read short saint or hero story 4. Sing the National Anthem/Say Pledge |
Medieval
History:
Text: An Island Story
Week 1: Chp. 1: Albion & Brutus
*Find Britain on a map.
Notice that it is an island
Chp 2: The Romans come
*Supplemental:
Red, White, and Blue
Week 2: Chp 3: The Romans come again
Chp 4: Caligula, Caractacus
*Make a BOC page for Caligula
(You will need an ancient page
for this.)
*Supplemental: St. George and the
Dragon (303AD)
Week 3: Chp 5: Queen Boadicea
Chp 6: the last of the Romans
*Make a BOC page for either Boadicea or Julius Agricola. (You will need an ancient page for this)
*Supplemental:
Story of King Arthur
Chps 1-2-
Week 4: Chp 7: St Alban
Chp 8: Vortigern & King Constans
*Make a BOC page for St. Alban
*Supplemental: Story of King Arthur
Chps 3-4
Week 5: Chp 9:
Hengist & Horsa, Saxons
(449AD)
Chp 10: Hengist's treachery, Saxons
*Make a BOC page for Vortigern
*Supplemental: Story of King Arthur
Chps 5-6
Week 6: Chp 11: Stonehenge
Chp 12: Arthur
*Make a BOC page for Stonehenge
*Supplemental: Story of King Arthur
Chps 7-8
*Try to read the same Longfellow
poem at least three times a week.
*Note an unfamiliar word (no more than two) at each sitting
*Mention something (no more than one thing) that you like about the poem
Week 1: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read "The Arrow & the Song" (Longfellow)
-read first 2 paragraphs of bio (Longfellow)
Lit : -The
Mouse & the Motorcycle
Chps 1-5
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
using books
that are at ability level -not too hard
Spelling: Lesson 1(Work is done in separate notebook.
Do not have child do proofreading exercises.
However, do read them aloud to give an
example
of how to do the writing exercise.)
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English: Lessons 1-5 (Unit 1)
(Language Practice 2: I suggest starting it in January-- good practice for standardized tests)
Week 2: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read "The Wreck of the Hesperus (Longfellow)
-read paragraphs 3 & 4 of bio (Longfellow)
-Pick one
poem from last week to
copy into a poetry notebook and
to illustrate using pencils, crayons,
or paint. Memorize the poem (or a portion
of it this week. (This weekly activity is called
the "Poem of the Week")
Lit : The
Mouse & the Motorcycle
Chps 6-10
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
using books
that are at ability level
Spelling: Lesson 2
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English: Lessons 6-10 (Unit 1)
Week 3: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read "The Blacksmith (Longfellow)
-read "Turn, turn" (Longfellow)
-read paragraphs 5-6 of bio (Longfellow)
-"Poem
of the Week"
Lit : The
Mouse & the Motorcyle
Chps 11-13 (end)
The Red Fairy Book
-The Twelve Dancing Princesses I-IV
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
Spelling: Lesson 3
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English: Lessons 11-15 (Unit 1)
Week 4: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read "Woods in Winter" (Longfellow)
-read paragraphs 7-8 of bio (Longfellow)
-"Poem
of the Week"
Lit : The Red Fairy Book
-The Twelve Dancing Princesses V-XVI
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
Spelling: Lesson 4
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English: Lessons 16-20 (Unit 1)
Week 5: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read intro to "Evangeline"(Longfellow)
-read paragraphs 9-12 of bio (Longfellow)
-"Poem
of the Week"
Lit :
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Chps 1-3
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
Spelling: Lesson 5
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English: Lessons 21-25 (Unit 1)
Week 6: Poetry:
-(3) poems from Fav Poems Old & New
-read "The Witnesses" (Longfellow)
-read "The Slave's Dream" (Longfellow)
-read "Christmas Bells" (Longfellow)
-read paragraph 13- of bio (Longfellow)
-"Poem
of the Week"
Lit :
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Chps 4-6
Reading: Child reads aloud 5 min/day and
reads silently at least 10 min/day
Spelling: Lesson 6
Phonics: 2pp per day until finished
Rod & Staff English:
Review One (p. 60-61)
Review Two (p. 62-63)
Special activity (p. 64)
A Poem (p. 65)
1. The Burgess Bird Book/Jack's Insects: Read one chapter per week
2. Nature Walk/outing:
Aim for one long outing per week.
(We have a day-long nature outing every Friday -weather
permitting).
a. Bring clipboard with
one thick unlined piece of paper clipped on and a pencil.
b. Write/Draw all notes and sketches on the paper. Later,
arrange and re-draw items neatly into nature
notebook.
c. I recommend having All the Birds of North America & North
American Wildlife handy for reference.
On one of the outings, have your child
focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects,
birds, flowers, etc) Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about
that group in the Handbook of
Nature Study and share some interesting fact concerning it with
your student at some point during the outing.
3. Science study w/book: Science Smart
| (Science studies should be combined between all of your children. The studies based on the craft books are interchangeable between all grades! However, make sure that your child also reads the supplemental books which are arranged according to grade level.) |
Week 1:
a. Study the -ologies- p.21
b. Camouflage p. 23-24
c. Project: make a camouflaged periscope p.
22
Week 2:
a. Study molds- p.27
b. Project- mold garden p. 25-26
Week 3:
a. Study worms- p. 27
b. Project- wormery -p. 28-29
Week 4:
a. Study spider webs -p.39-41
b. Project- Spider web -p. 39-41
Week 5:
a. Study sound waves- p.51
b. Project: sound viewer-p.51-52
Week 6:
a. Study cloud movement
b. Project- nephoscope p. 53-54
2. review old lesson & introduce new lesson, preferably using a big wall-mounted chalk board
3. child does 1 lesson per day (except perhaps on nature-outing day)