PE:
Week of May 5 - 10
-20 mins neighborhood walk
-hopscotch
-20 mins on mini trampoline
-balancing on stepping stone buckets
-playing tag with cousins
-45mins swimming lessons
-20 mins neighborhood walk
-20 mins on mini trampoline
-20 mins neighborhood walk
Week of May 11-17
-20 mins neighborhood walk
-1 hour bowling (was able to put in 2 games in only 2 children showed up today)
-45 mins swimming lessons
-15 mins free swim
-1 hour bike ride
-1 hour scooter ride
-hula hoop
-skipping
-30 mins at the park:
at the park the focus was monkey bars, zipline and swings.
on themonkey bars big A is back to only being able to do 2 bars instead of the whole way like back in Feb.
She made it halfways across the zipline, needs to learn to push off with her feet.
Week of May 18 - 25
-45 mins swimming lessons
-15 mins free swim
-45 mins at park - working on monkey bars & zipline, swings, climibing wall
Week of May 26 - 29 (Leave the 30th for the cruise)
Math:
Kumon Math book:
*adding 5 & 6 - 40 / 40
*addition up to 28 - 48 / 50
*addition of 10's - 50 / 50
Fractions Game
*identifying and using halves, quarters, fifths, sixths, and eighths
Board game: Candy land
Board game: Hi ho Cherry O
Board game: Chinese Checkers
Science:
2 hours at the Blue Heron Reserve for science class
Socials:
Working through 2 reading / coloring books:
1)An Indian Coloring Book: Tinka, A day in a little girl's life. by Carol Batdorf
2)An Indian Coloring Book: Totem Poles, An Ancient Art. by Carol Batdorf & Tracy Cheney
*The Totem Pole People- colored a map about different Tribes living along the Northwest Coast that were very talented in totem pole carving. Haida Style.
*Totems Play a Big Role in Village Life: totem poles were the northwest Indian people's way of remembering
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DVD:
Traveling with Kids: Alaska
*Alaska Native Heritage Center.
*Talks about Indiginous Tribes
*Talks about Totems
DVD:
Alaka's The Inside Passage
Reading:
Books read:
*The Moccasins. by Earl Einarson
*My Arctic 1,2,3 by Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak
*I Like Who I Am. by Tara White
*Totem Tale. A Tall Story from Alaska. by Deb Vanasse
*National Aboriginal Day. by Heather C Hudak
*The Frog Princess - Aa Tlingit Legend from Alaska. by Eric A Kimmel
*The Kids Book of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. by Diane Silvey
Writing :
Explode the Code:
*8pages - syllable division
-trouble on one page where she got 4/7 - too rushed.
Compind Sentences
*was not able to write one but was able to identify them in a story
*simple or compound sentence? 8/8
*aw, au, a - 3 pages - 100%
*practice test - choosing correct spelling of words - multiple choice - 30 / 30
*practice test - finding errors - 7/10
Spelling Test:
*day 1 - same as on May 6 - 18/20
*kittin, mittin
*day 2 - 3 previous problem words and 17 new ones
*botton
Fine Arts:
2 hour Violin
2 hour Choir
Big A was able to play Violin at the Music Festival.
Social Skills / Life Skills:
2 hours of playing with cousins. Exploring playing with caterpillars and pill bugs, playing tag.
Tv Show - Doc Mc Stuffin...
*learned a lesson on staying calm in emergencies / or difficult situations.
Shopping:
*At MCC store looking for black pants for the Music Festival...
we did not find any. as they were either too loose, too tight , or too wide...
Report Carding is done... Grade 2 is complete!!! SOOO PROUD of BIG A for working so incredibly hard this year!
Next Stop...
Family Cruise to Alaska!!!
4 week road trip from BC - ONT.
Looking forward to grade 3 when we return!
