*Note anything underlined in the table above or in the notes below is a clickable link for your convenience *
Key to Abbreviations:
GP- The Gospel Project- Home Edition
TB- Singapore Math Textbook
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
EP- Singapore Math Extra Practice
MM- Mental Math (see appendix in HIG)
AAS- All About Spelling teacher manual (click here to print any missing phonogram cards)
FLL- First Language Lessons
SF- Sounds First Phonemic Awareness Program (click here and scroll down to Grade 1)
OPG- The Ordinary Parents' Guide to Teaching Reading (click here to print OPG sight words)
SotW- Story of the World
G&B/A- The Good and The Beautiful, Arthropods
G&B/MB- The Good and The Beautiful, Marine Biology
Tuesday, February 17- School is in session (no President's Day holiday)
Friday, February 20- Daddy Daughter Dance
Saturday, February 21- Fortis Talent Show
Thursday, February 26- Spirit/Pizza/DOGS day
Tuesday - Monday, March 17-23- Spring Break
Math:
This is another important week in math that has the potential to be tricky. We will devote much of this week to subtracting ones from a 2-digit number within 40 with renaming. Teaching from the HIG before handing over the workbook is KEY! Allow your student to use manipulatives for as long as it takes these strategies to sink in and become fluid. Ask lots of questions to coach your child through explaining their thought process until they are able to explain the process to you on their own. Mental Math 16 and 17 will provide lots of opportunities to practice computation.
Keep practicing math facts!
Flashcard Games for math facts (or phonograms!)
Spelling:
When you're reviewing Lesson 22 dictation from class this week, take note that I'll be changing the 5th sentence on pg 192. Because we haven't taught Bossy R words with a silent e (like in the word "store"), the sentence I give will say "He will sell corn at his home."
Composition:
I am noticing some students' handwriting is being hampered by poor pencil grip. We really want to correct that now, at the beginning of their writing careers, so that they can write comfortably, neatly, and without fatigue as they move on to more lengthy writing tasks. I'd like every parent to read this article, "Poor Pencil Grip" and observe whether your child is using the proper grip. If not, the author provides other links for ways to help your child, which I encourage you to follow up with. If you have any questions or concerns that I can help you work through, please reach out to me any time.
Custom Handwriting Practice Sheets
Custom Handwriting Practice Sheets
Reading:
This week in OPG Lesson 128, we will be teaching O alone as /ŭ/ (the 4th sound of O on our yellow phonogram card). Your student may ask you a very good question such as, "If the sound is /ŭ/, why not just spell it with the letter U?" The answer is, we used to! This O is called a scribal O because in times past, when scribes would write a word like "love" as "luve," the U and the V were very similar in shape and it made the word hard to read. In those words, they made the U into a more rounded letter which ended up looking like an O. Eventually the O was taken on as the standard, and is now seen in many words where the sound /ŭ/ is next to W, TH, M, N or V (love, shove, son, won, month, mother, etc.). Fascinating, don't you think?
We want to make sure your student is retaining the prior lessons along with learning the new ones, so remember each homeschool day to do "2 review and 1 new!"
While we do review the phonogram sounds each class day, please work on these at home as often as you can with the cards or the phone app, making sure to add new cards to your review as we cover them.
Decodable words in "Going Out of Egypt" (sight words in parenthesis): God's, went, from, they, as, fast, (could), go, led, them, the, knew, that, (was), with, each, day, in, a, cloud, like, all, time, He, to, (one), came, big, sea, not, it, king, and, his, men, kill, but, made, dry, place, walk, on, side, too, took, (of), lead, slaves, so, sang, a, song
Decodable words in "Something to Drink, Something to Eat" (sight words in parenthesis): I, want, some, a, (said), we, too, but, is, no, slaves, in, now, find, then, ran, fast, he, see, all, the, went, to, get, they, (could), not, drink, it, good, cut, down, that, tree, God, put, did, eat, boy, food, will, (give), you, so, sent, bread, each, day, (was), their, like, but, gave, his, that, how, took
History:
This semester's at-home project will allow students to tap into their inner entrepreneur as they set up shop in a recreation of the central Greek gathering place and marketplace, the Agora. Students will create a product they wish to sell, a price point, and a sales pitch to entice their friends to visit their stall in the marketplace. Fortis students from other grades will be "window shopping" in our Agora before we buy and sell amongst our class (currency provided)! The complete instruction packet will be sent home on Tuesday, February 17th. Project guidelines can also be found here. This project will be presented by the students on April 28th. They are encouraged to wear Greek attire/costume to school that day to lend authenticity to their project.
SotW Ch. 27 questions for discussion: Compare the story of Romulus and Remus to the biblical account of Moses. What is the same? What is different? Do you agree with Remus that it was unfair for Romulus to be king of the town they built together? How would you change this story so that both brothers were happy? What kinds of things did the Etruscans teach the Romans about Greeks? What idea did the Romans have to keep one man from gaining too much power? Do you think it's better for one person to be in charge or many people?
Journal sentence: Roman legend tells of the twins Romulus and Remus who founded Rome.
Science:
If ever God's amazing array of dazzling colors were on display, surely a coral reef is the place. But did you know that coral are naturally colorless? A beautiful example of teamwork (symbiosis) is taking place which results in the fabulous colors we associate with coral.
Journal sentence: Coral is made up of hundreds of tiny animals called coral polyps.
Geography:
Equatorial Africa Map and Song due 3/5; Students should be able to point to each country as they sing/recite the names.
Memory Work:
Quarter 3 poem: A Child's Prayer due 3/10.
Books of the Old Testament: Genesis- Job due 3/12. Here is a link to the song we practice in class. The Old Testament will take the rest of the school year to master. This quarter we will focus on Genesis through Job. As always, if you or your child are already familiar with a different song, I'll assess that no problem, as long as the books are said in order.
