Fortis Academy Second Grade (M/W)- April 3-7, 2023


Save the date: Poetry Recitation and Reception Wednesday April 19, 2:15pm, Fortis Sanctuary.  Please RSVP if you have not done so yet.  We look forward to seeing you there!

2nd week 294/3/20234/4/20234/5/20234/6/20234/7/2023
Math
Time Assessment + Ch 13 Ex 1
TB p113-117
MF + Ch 13 Ex 1 WB p129-132 (have students attempt challenge problems)Ch 13 Ex 2
TB p118-122, Ex 2 WB p134-135
MF + Ch 13 Ex 3 Practice TB p123-124
Good Friday - No School
SpellingReview Step 24 NT p127-129Review Qtr 4 phonograms; Dictate sentences 4-6 p130. CCCStep 24 Test: 3 sentences p130Dictate Qtr 4 Sounds; Step 25: NT, p131-132, Dictate sentences 1-3, p133. CCC
GrammarCh 17 L 2
Practice Time p254
Ch 17 L 2
Skill Time (including oral contraction review)
Ch 17 L 2
Activity/ Assignment Time p258
Ch 17 L 3 Grammar Time PB p16
ReadingReading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 5Boxcar Children
Ch 7, CG p27
Reading Groups: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Chapter 6Boxcar Children Ch 8, CG p29
Poetry"My Gift" by Christina Rossetti (first stanza)** + any five previous poems
EnrichmentLiterature Study: The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop; Art Study: I and the Village by Marc Chagall; Music Study: "Sabre Dance" from Gayane by Aram Khatchaturian; Poetry Study: "The Mountain and the Squirrel" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read AloudThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
BibleWeek 12:
Luke 15:1-7
Luke 15:8-10Luke 15:11-24Luke 15:25-31
ScienceRead p 178-179 in EC.Activity 12.1 Fern Artwork + Label a Fern (use p 179) in journals
HistoryVideo: The Story of Martin Luther; Read Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World by Maier + Luther journal entryReview Timeline; Read, "Martin Luther's List"
p 309-313 in SOTW. History Journal Week 29
Memory WorkSoutheast Asia - Due 5/3
History Timeline (Cumulative)
Prayer 4
The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi (due by end of semester)

**We are skipping the next poem in the series because we don't have time to learn it well before our poetry recitation.  Many of the students were excited about that poem, so we'll come back to it in a couple of weeks.