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Monday, June 26, 2017
Thursday, August 1, 2013
Second Grade Curriculum for 2013-2014
Language Arts
Reading: a lot of books, book list is coming soon
Phonics: Abeka Letters and Sounds 2
Explode the Code 7&8
Beyond the Code 2,3, 4
Spelling: SWR (last year we used WRTR which is a great program, but I find that the WISE Guide very helpful, so we switched)
Vocabulary: SRA Building Vocabulary Skills level 2
Language: Abeka Language 2 and FLL2
Literature: Memoria Press Second Grade Literature analysis guide
The Courage of Sarah Noble
Little House in the Big Woods
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Te Talesof Beatrix Potter
Memorization/Recitation: Memoria Press Second Grade Memorization list
Gyo Fujikawa "A Child's Book of Poems"
Writing: New American Cursive 2
PAL Writing (the 3rd part)
Writing With Ease 2
Math
Right Start Math C
Singapore 2A, 2B , IP, CWP
History
Story of the World 1, Ancient Times plus other historical fiction that ties in with SOTW
Our America
Geography
US States Study
Blob mapping
Science
Real Science Odyssey Life
The Young Scientist Club Kits
ART
Piano Lessons
Composer Study
Artist Study
Deep Space Sparkle Art Projects
Draw Write Now
Latin/Spanish
Prima Latina
R & S Spanish Nivel 1
PE
Tennis, Soccer, Swimming
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Night of the Moonjelies FIAR
Social Studies: Geography ~ New England, Responsibility, Life Near the Sea
We colored the New England states on a map, learned which states are the New England states.
Also, did the "Responsible" and "Life Near the Sea" mini books from Homeschool Share.
Science: Moon Jellyfish Anatomy, Aquatic Biome, Sea Shells Observation,
We visited the author's website Mark Shasha where we learned lots of info about the Moonjellies. He calls them combjelly. Learned about the types of Jellies.
Learned and colored ocean about ocean animals.
We did a Sea Shell Observation activity that was fun. Thanks for the Observation sheet that I downloaded from here 2teachingmommies
We also did an Aquarium Scavenger Hunt inspired by this website: allofakindfamily
Language: Vocabulary, Punctuation
We did learn new words and spoke and practiced the punctuation in our writing.
ART - Sea Jelly drawing
We had fun drawing Jellies, and a Jelly family :)
I hope all of you have fun like we did.
Resources:
Katy and the Big Snow
Our adventure with Katy was very dry. Here in Nevada we rarely have snow, only if we go tho Mount Charleston :) But we did our study and it was fun!
The story is about Katy, a big red crawler tractor who saves the day when a huge snowstorm hits the city. With her big snow plow on, Katy responds to cries of “Help!” from the police chief, the doctor, the superintendent of the Water Department, the fire chief and others with “Follow me,” and plows the streets to their destinations.
Social Studies: Running a city, Responsibilities, Street Signs, Map Skills
We did all sorts of activities with the city officials, our responsibilities, street signs.
We do regular Map skills activities, but here we refreshed our knowledge of the cardinal directions:
Language: Character, Vocabulary
We spoke about Katy's character, what she did, her characteristics and finishes the Language session with the new vocabulary words.
ART
We draw our own geopolis :)
And that concludes our Katy and the Big Snow FIAR study.
Resources and Inspirational sites:
Homeschoolshare
Delightfullearning
stART
The story is about Katy, a big red crawler tractor who saves the day when a huge snowstorm hits the city. With her big snow plow on, Katy responds to cries of “Help!” from the police chief, the doctor, the superintendent of the Water Department, the fire chief and others with “Follow me,” and plows the streets to their destinations.
Social Studies: Running a city, Responsibilities, Street Signs, Map Skills
We do regular Map skills activities, but here we refreshed our knowledge of the cardinal directions:
Language: Character, Vocabulary
We spoke about Katy's character, what she did, her characteristics and finishes the Language session with the new vocabulary words.
Science: Weather
During science we learned about different weather patterns.
We draw our own geopolis :)
Resources and Inspirational sites:
Homeschoolshare
Delightfullearning
stART
Monday, January 16, 2012
Free Math Program
I love math, and know how important MATH is, no matter what. Many people are afraid of Math because of bad experience, or luck of good teacher. Well MATH is like any other language, you have to learn it and build up your knowledge step by step like you learn phonics, reading, writing. Mathematics is not more difficult than any other subject.
So I found this extraordinary website where you practically have a whole Math program free: free teaching manual. The idea is based on Hungarian teaching concept, Hungarians have one of the highest standards in Mathematics. The program is called Mathematics Enhancement Programme and it is used in British Schools. I love the whole approach to teaching Math, it is very important to tech playfully and enjoyably.
Primary stage or Reception year refers to Kindergarten year, and year 1 refers to Grade 1, etc...Mathematics Enhancement Program. They even have Spanish version of this Math Program. I hope you will enjoy it.
So I found this extraordinary website where you practically have a whole Math program free: free teaching manual. The idea is based on Hungarian teaching concept, Hungarians have one of the highest standards in Mathematics. The program is called Mathematics Enhancement Programme and it is used in British Schools. I love the whole approach to teaching Math, it is very important to tech playfully and enjoyably.
Primary stage or Reception year refers to Kindergarten year, and year 1 refers to Grade 1, etc...Mathematics Enhancement Program. They even have Spanish version of this Math Program. I hope you will enjoy it.
Week two review
Reading
I cannot emphasize enough how good the OPR teaching method is. Currently we are at Lesson #54, digraph ng. Also, we went over the Hooked on Phonics Kindergarten set and G did it instantly. It was no brainer for him. We wiil continue with the First Grader set and see where they are compared to OPR.
G also read several small stories, that makes him more and more comfortable reading.
With Explode the code we finished the first three lessons, words with a.
Spelling
We just started All About Spelling and it goes well so far. More on it later.
Handwriting
We do regular lessons from Handwriting without tears, just finishes Capital B.
Math
In Singapore math K edition we finished chapter 13, will start chapter 14.
Vocabulary
In Worldy Wise 300 K we are at the middle of lesson 2. It is fun :)
Art
We started with Renoir study, paintings, books on Renoir
Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Renoir: Art Activity Pack
Music
Piano lessons
Geography
We just got Scholastic Success with Maps and Places around Me. We are ding both simultaneously because it is fun.
I cannot emphasize enough how good the OPR teaching method is. Currently we are at Lesson #54, digraph ng. Also, we went over the Hooked on Phonics Kindergarten set and G did it instantly. It was no brainer for him. We wiil continue with the First Grader set and see where they are compared to OPR.
G also read several small stories, that makes him more and more comfortable reading.
With Explode the code we finished the first three lessons, words with a.
Spelling
We just started All About Spelling and it goes well so far. More on it later.
Handwriting
We do regular lessons from Handwriting without tears, just finishes Capital B.
Math
In Singapore math K edition we finished chapter 13, will start chapter 14.
Vocabulary
In Worldy Wise 300 K we are at the middle of lesson 2. It is fun :)
Art
We started with Renoir study, paintings, books on Renoir
Renoir and the Boy with the Long Hair
Pierre Auguste Renoir
Renoir: Art Activity Pack
Music
Piano lessons
Geography
We just got Scholastic Success with Maps and Places around Me. We are ding both simultaneously because it is fun.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
New Year, New Beginnings/ Kindergarten Curriculum for Spring 2012
Although G attends Montessori School PreK during the day, we always did extracurricular at home. He is more advanced and I do not think that this interferes with what he does in school.
Kindergarten Curriculum for Spring 2012
Reading (Phonics)
- Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading (OPG) – 5x/week; main coursebook. We are at Lesson 51 right now. He sails through the lessons.
- Explode the Code (ETC) – 3x/week; We do it concurrently with the OPG. I thinks it is helpful, he recognizes the words and understands their spelling too.
Handwriting
- HWT K – Letters and Numbers for Me: 3x/week; G's handwriting is behind compared to other subjects, he knows all his letters, but like a boy he spends more time with his toys than sitting and writing :)
Spelling
- We just started All Bout Spelling Level 1 3x/week.
Math
We love Singapore Math Kindergarten 4x/week.We use both the activity book and the supplemental books. They are both helpful and help in mastering the subject. Repetition is the key.Besides this we always play, count in everyday life.
Vocabulary
We use Wordly Wise 3000 K 3x/week.The lessons are very colorful on enjoyable, G loves it.History
We haven't started it yet, but soon will Story Of The World.Science
- We use Sonlight's Science A - 5that we
Art
- We use Child size Masterpieces to study several artists, somewhat following Harmony Art Mom's curriculum. We plan incorporate Meet The Masters soon.
Logic
Writing
We started The Complete Writer: Writing with Ease that we incorporate with our readings. We do not follow the exact books the book recommends. We also do Writeshop Primary A occasionally. For G this is very good introductory to start with. At school they do some writing too.
Spanish
G is in a English/Spanish immersion program at the Montessori school. He knows a lot of Spanish words, expressions. We plan to do some Spanish K workbooks that will be fun.
Music
G is attending Suzuki piano classes one on one since last fall that we will continue. We also listen to some classical music while on the road.
Gegraphy
We started some Geography Workbooks too Maps, Charts, Graphs level A and Scholasti Success Workbook along with A Child's introduction to The World book.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Great Giveaway
There is a great spelling giveaway at Homeschool Crew website. Please head over to see it.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Letter F week
This week we started to learn abut a new letter F. Started with Montessori activities, sandpaper letter F f, match object which start with F to pictures, sound book, letter F book, Get Ready for the Code letter F activities.
Some prctical activites we did: thonging, stringing beads, funneling water, funneling solids.
Art: draw a frog from I can draw Animals from Usborne. Cutting paper.
Gross motor activites: hiking to a waterfall in a close State Park.
Some prctical activites we did: thonging, stringing beads, funneling water, funneling solids.
Art: draw a frog from I can draw Animals from Usborne. Cutting paper.
Gross motor activites: hiking to a waterfall in a close State Park.
Week of March 15-19 Activities
We followed quite well our last week’s schedule and did more or less all the activities I planned.
Language: we learned letter M, and followed some Montessori activities: sand paper letter M m, match object to pictures, learned new words with letter M, also did some Confessions of a Homeschooler letter of the week activities, learned some rhyming words, activity words with picture match. We also did from the Get Ready for the Code the letter M section.
Sensorial: did knobbed cylinder blocks 3, pink tower and one of the extension cards, geometric solids sphere and cube, also matched shapes.
Practical: our practical activities go quite well, spooning beans, thronging pom-poms, pouring lentils, pouring water, also pouring water through funnel, funneling solids, sorting by size and color.
Math: did some math counting, number matching, picture to number matching.
Animals: we learned about monkeys since we learned letter M last week, and matched mini monkeys and apes (Monkeys and Apes) to monkey pictures.
Art: we try to draw an animal each week for the “I can draw animals” book by Usborne.
Gross motor skills: play ground, monkey bar, visited and hiked a trail at a local state park.
After all it was quite a productive week.
Language: we learned letter M, and followed some Montessori activities: sand paper letter M m, match object to pictures, learned new words with letter M, also did some Confessions of a Homeschooler letter of the week activities, learned some rhyming words, activity words with picture match. We also did from the Get Ready for the Code the letter M section.
Sensorial: did knobbed cylinder blocks 3, pink tower and one of the extension cards, geometric solids sphere and cube, also matched shapes.
Practical: our practical activities go quite well, spooning beans, thronging pom-poms, pouring lentils, pouring water, also pouring water through funnel, funneling solids, sorting by size and color.
Math: did some math counting, number matching, picture to number matching.
Animals: we learned about monkeys since we learned letter M last week, and matched mini monkeys and apes (Monkeys and Apes) to monkey pictures.
Art: we try to draw an animal each week for the “I can draw animals” book by Usborne.
Gross motor skills: play ground, monkey bar, visited and hiked a trail at a local state park.
After all it was quite a productive week.
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