Second Grade: Day 159

Today is Tuesday and it’s music class with Mr. G and A.S.O.

Isabel said they finished listening to the music/story drama about P.I. Tchaikovsky. Today they worked on coloring pages while they listened.

Isabel didn’t mention anything else about her day. I tried to get her to talk about it but she wouldn’t tell me anything. I was even asking up until she went to to bed. I didn’t get anything. I’ll try again tomorrow…

Chilaquiles Bake

Over the weekend we went and did our wholesale club run for the next few months. Just before heading to the front to check out, we stopped by the fresh pre-packaged dinners. I spotted this chilaquiles (CHEE-LA-KEE-LAHS) bake and it sounded very tasty.

We decided to have it for dinner last night.

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Looks and sounds great, all natural and it is, no funny words I can’t pronounce.

Well, it does taste great but it’s very spicy! Isabel and I both had a hard time eating it without tons of milk to wash it down. Gino really enjoyed it and it was only mildly spicy for him. Would be easy to make yourself and allow you to tone down the spice for the wimpy folk.

Second Grade: Day 158

Today is Monday and it’s music class with Mr. G.

For music class they continued talking about P.I. Tchaikovsky from Russia.

This week’s Bible verse is…

“You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world…
let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds
and praise your Father in heaven. ” – Matthew 5:13-16

The Bible lesson is to learn how to let the light of Jesus shine in our life.

S.a.T. ( show and tell) for this week is to share a stuffed animal but you must share a real fact about the stuffed animal you are sharing.

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Isabel shared her lioness.
Her real fact that she shared: lions have striped skin under their fur.

Also, this week the class will be learning the capital cursiveN”, “M”, “H” and “K“.

The spelling words for this week are…

routine
through
you
soup
group
wound
coupon
youth
through-way
throughout
childhood
should
able
board
seat
cassette: case with tapes inside used to record music
companions: people who come along with someone
luggage: suitcases or boxes used by travelers
relatives: people of the same family
sturdy: strong and made to last

Language arts this week is irregular verbs (go, do, went and did) and “Dinosaurs Travel“.

This week there will MAP testing on Tuesday and Friday.

This weekend, Isabel worked on her mammal animal report. She got her first draft finished that will be needed to be complete by Friday. Next weekend she will rewrite her first draft and work on drawing her pictures. The report is due on the 6th of June.

Second Grade: Day 156

Today is Thursday and it’s P.E.

For P.E. class they played regular dodge ball and 21 dodge ball. Either way, it’s dodge ball!
Watch out for flying balls!

After school Isabel had piano lessons. She is working hard on her new song “Beauty and the Beast“. It’s a bigger song then other songs she’s learned in the past, so it’s been a challenge for her.

Yesterday after school we worked together on her mammal animal report that is due in June. She checked out a book from the library about her animal she chose and she read it yesterday for her 20 min. of reading homework. We also went online to look at different websites (i.e. National Geographic and others) for information and photos. However I think she got the most information from her library book.

This weekend she will write up her first draft for her report. Next weekend she has to have the first draft completed. The following week she has to have the final draft written up and pictures drawn and colored. The final report is to be turned in on June 6th.

Second Grade: Day 155

Today is Wednesday; it’s Chapel and library.

Today’s Chapel was lead by KidCo, the kid lead program about anti-bullying. The kid program has been to school 2 times before and ended the year with another great assembly.

The whole school has learned these important lessons…

  • I’m Now! – they are valuable and other’s are valuable too.
    When kids recognize their value, they are less likely to allow bullying.
  • See, Say, Stand! – If you see bullying tell (say) it to an adult and take a stand against it.
  • Spring Into Action – When you see bullying, intervene

These core lessons are at the heart of our school. We teach the children from preschool on up through high school that we are uniquely created in the image of God and worthy of respect. Respect is part of our 3R’s program at school; Respect, Relationship, and Responsibility. The key to any anti-bullying are those 3 key lessons and they need to be taught each and every day.

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She returned her library book for a mammal book for her animal report due in June. The mammal she chose from the provided list last week, was the porcupine.

The report is to written by her, with hand drawn pictures that are to colored as well. The report is to have 15+ sentences or so with specific questions answered about the mammal chosen.

Like…

  • what is the habitat of the mammal chosen.
  • what is the baby’s name of the mammal chosen.
  • what does this mammal eat.
  • how does this mammal protect itself from other animals.
  • what makes this mammal uniquely made by God.
  • (I can’t remember the other questions she had listed)

Otherwise, Isabel didn’t have much else to say about her school day. She was excited about the KidCo program and chatted about it all the way home.

Second Grade: Day 154

Today is Tuesday and it’s A.S.O. (all-school open) and music class with Mr. G.

Isabel was feeling much better this morning after resting all day yesterday in bed, so it was back to school.

Isabel said they listened to a musical/story drama about P.I. Tchaikovsky from Russia in music class with Mr. G. Isabel enjoyed the story and she liked his music too.

This week’s Bible verse is…

“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”
– 2 Corinthians 9:7

S.a.T. (show and tell) this week is free choice. Isabel was absent Monday so she missed her day and this morning we forgot about it. So she won’t be doing it this week.

Also, this week the class will be learning the capital cursiveE”, “N” and “M“.

The spelling words for this week are…

look
could
would
cook
book
boyhood
foot
childhood
stood
should
careful
chair
mountain
state
America
connects: brings together
distance: how far it is from one place to another
features: traits or characteristics
mapmaker: a person who makes maps
peel: pull off

Language arts this week is irregular verbs (come, came, run and ran) and “Beginners World Atlas“.

She didn’t have much else to say about her day, other then she was glad to be back and she was feeling fine.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but Isabel has a pen-pal from one of the other campuses at school. She mentioned it to a few months ago that she had gotten a letter from her and she had replied back. Today she finally brought the letter home.

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Her pen-pals name is Emily and she is in the second grade as well.