MFW 2nd Grade - Week #21

BIBLE:   We continued discussing John 15:5.  We read scriptures from John 15, 1 Kings 17, Daniel 3, and Galatians 5.

SPELLING:  Okay.  That's it.  We're tired of struggling through spelling.  There comes a time when a person has to cut their losses and just move on.  Sometimes something that works for others, doesn't work for us.  I've ordered a new spelling program and hope it will arrive soon so we can get started with it.   I'll talk more about it when it gets here.  For you homeschoolers that might be reading, we're switching to All About Spelling.  

ENGLISH:  We covered several lessons in our English book.  That's always such an accomplishment. Sometimes this subject drags on because it involves more writing.  I've had to call on my SIL (a teacher) for some ideas on how to prod Caleb along.  I'll be trying her ideas to see how they work.  One being, if he doesn't finish his paper within the allotted time, he has to finish it on his own, after school is over and mommy goes off to do her own stuff.  I'll update you on how it works....

Reading List:  Our librarian recommended the books by Meryl Magby.  They didn't really go along with our lessons this week, but we read them anyway since we saw "The Reef" in Louisiana.

Jelly Fish Under the Sea, Meryl Magby
Guess Who, Baby Duck!, Amy Hest
You're the Boss Baby Duck, Amy Hest
Sponges Under the Sea, Meryl Magby

HISTORY/STATE STUDY:   Our topic this week is on Robert Fulton and we read about him for a couple of days from our Story of the U.S. book.  The states we discussed were Indiana and Mississippi.      We're still doing the cut-n-paste state sheets along with the one assigned by MFW.  Caleb is starting to get a little bored with them I think.  But, it is the middle of the year ho-hum's after all.

SCIENCE:   Our science topics this week were about "Floating" and "Juice."  We read from our Encyclopedia of Science about things that float, weight and size.  We talked about ships floating and how some water has salt in it, which helps things to float more easily.

Then we discussed Juice and looked at some fruit and how much juice it made in comparison to each other.

MATH:  We did a few lessons in our new Singapore math book and then I decided to hold off a bit longer and do some more review.  So, I found some worksheets from the internet and am having Caleb work on those.

MUSIC:  Our new topic in music is Swan Lake.  Caleb isn't really very fond of this so I'm not pushing it really hard.  We've listened to some of the music and I picked up a library book to tell us the story.  We didn't have time to read it before it went back to the library, so I picked up a different book which I think will be an easier read.  You'll see it listed on one of our future reading lists as Swan Lake is something we'll "discuss" for a few weeks yet.

Educating in Christ,

Momma Pam