"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6

Sunday, March 10, 2013

MFW 2nd Grade - Week #18



BIBLE:  Our memory verse for this week was John 1:29.  "...the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"  We read scriptures from John 1:26-29, Exodus 12:1-3, 5-8, 11-14, and 21-30.

SPELLING:  It was our typical week in Spelling.  Pretty uneventful.  We are struggling a bit with the current program we're using, so I am contemplating getting something new to try.  We shall see.  The current program, Spelling by Sound and Structure, doesn't help much in reinforcing all the phonics rules and it seems Caleb is at a time where he needs some of the reinforcement.  We're still plugging along though.

ENGLISH:  Caleb completed some copy work this week and he did some work on when to use "their" and "there."  He also had his weekly assignment of dictation, which he likes "so" much.

Reading List for the Week:

Chickens Fly the Coop, Leslie Helakoski
Mr. George Baker, Amy Hest
Little White Rabbit, Kevin Kenkes
When the Whippoorwill Calls, Kimberly Bulcken Root
All Those Secrets of the World, Jane Yolen
Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Siverstein
Mooch the Mouse
Casey Jones, allan Drummond
A New Coat for Anna, Harriet Ziefert
Greg's Microscope, Millicent E. Selsam
Daniel's Duck, Clyde Robert Bulla

HISTORY/STATE STUDY:   It was interesting this week as we were able to learn about Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin.  It was fun to read on this when we have farmers in the family and in our church.

Activity - Making Cotton:  Since we were learning about the cotton gin, one of the activities was to take a cotton ball, make some fake seeds, glue them to the cotton ball, and the next day when it was dry have Caleb try to pick the seeds out of cotton.  It was a great way to show him how important the cotton gin was.  Before it was invented, all those seeds were picked out of the cotton by hand.


We had a visitor in class today.  Blue Mr. Incredible.  :)


Here I was instructed to wad it up good so Caleb would have to try harder to dig out the seeds.
Anyone who knows our Caleb, knows it didn't take him long to tell me this was a waste of his time!
Additionally in history, we talked about the state of Tennessee!  We've slowed down a little with the states and have only been doing one a week.  Lots of fun info learned on Tennessee.

SCIENCE:  We studied living things this week in science.  We read in Genesis 1 about how God created the earth and all the living things.  As I read, Caleb was to decide if the things that were mentioned were "living things" or "non-living things."  He created a chart as we went along.   The things mentioned were:  plants, living things in the water, birds, animals on land, people, light, sky, land, oceans, sun, moon, stars....

Activity - Make an animal cell:  I must admit that this was a very creative project that Caleb really enjoyed doing.  We used jello, a sandwich bag, beans and a piece of something we cannot remember.  Ha!!
Some of the ingredients we needed to make our animal cell.
Caleb mixing it up!
After mixing the jello, we put it inside a sandwich bag and let it set in the refrigerator.  After it set, he pushed some things into it, such as beans for "organelles" and something else for a "nucleus."  Neither one of us can remember what that white object is that is supposed to be the nucleus!  Oh well.  (This was a long time ago - my blog is behind!)
Caleb is pointing to an "organelle."
Caleb is pointing to the "nucleus."
Here he is pointing to the outside, or "cell membrane."
Activity - Growing Bacteria in Milk:   Using milk and two jars with lids, Caleb put milk in both jars and one jar went into the fridge and another jar set out on the counter.  We monitored the jars to see which jar would develop bacteria first.  He caught on quick that the jar on the counter would get yucky first.  We neglected to get a picture of the jars at the end of the project. :(





MATH:   We covered lots of math worksheets this week and played games from our Giggle Math set.  I'm trying to work with Caleb to get him more fluent with the addition facts.  He can do them, he just has to think about for what I think is too long.  He's getting there.

MUSIC:  We discussed and listened to the song, "There are Many Flags" during our music lesson this week.

HEALTH/MANNERS:    Caleb learned all about his eyes and how important it is to take care of them in this weeks health lesson.

FAMILY LIFE LEARNING:  There is always something going on at the Parker's and this week began the construction of a barn for some of the animals.  We have some rabbits and we want to have chickens for eggs.  But first, we need a place to put them.


So, one day of school this week consisted of Caleb learning how to dig holes for posts, measure and cut  the framework, mix concrete and use it to secure the posts; among many other things I can't think of at this moment.  He was a trouper.  He stayed along side dad and I most of the time throughout the beginning of the process.  He would take time to ride his bike every so often for a break.  Nothing like some great exercise.

This home school blog is incredibly behind.  As I sit here writing this post, it leaves me only 6 weeks behind instead of 7.  Things have just been busy and taking the time to take picture, choose them, download them, crop when necessary, just wasn't happening.   This is me, trying to catch up!  So if the subjects we are covering seem a bit skimpy in my descriptions, this would be why.   I can't remember what I ate for dinner yesterday, much less what we did in school 7 weeks ago without pulling out all the assignments and looking at all the books again.  There just isn't enough time for that, so I'm going off of the notes I've written on my grid.  I hope this will still give you a glimpse into our home school days and you will find it interesting!

Educating in Christ,

Momma Pam

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