Almost Friday- Week in Review for Duncan

Duncan is my second grader.

Memory Work
Tell me about adding and subtracting decimals.
We line up decimal numbers for addition and subtraction by lining up the decimal points.

What is an adverb?
An adverb modifies a verb. (There is a teacher’s note in Grammar Island that explains that adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs, but for right now we will focus on modifying verbs. I read this to Duncan, but did not include the info on the back of his index card.)

List the layers of the Earth.
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

Name 4 important kings of ancient Persia.
Cyrus, Cambyses, Darius, Xerxes

Math
Kumon Math- daily drill
Saxon 76- Lessons 35-38
Keys to Decimals Book 2 pp.27-28

Language Arts
SL LA 2 adv week 4 copywork and activity sheet
The Children of Noisy Village chapter 1-9 (reader)
MCP Word Study D pp.19-21
MCT Grammar Island pp.52-71; p.162 (5); p.154
Teatime Poetry on Tuesday
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children

History
Gombrich’s A Little History Chapter 8
colored in Iran minibook made from sheets off Enchanted Learning
At the Court of the King of Kings DVD
Rostam: Tales from the Shanameh

Mei's on left. Duncan's on right.

Science
Great Science Adventures Space
Lesson 7: What do we know about Earth?
We completed our Earth page for our 10 page booklet on our Solar System and did the daytime/ nighttime lab with a ball and a flashlight.

Duncan's on top. Mei's on bottom.

Spanish
Barron’s Spanish Every Day
Reviewed chapter 1 and index card vocabulary

Latin
Song School Latin Lesson 4 (Have I mentioned how easy to implement and fun this is!)

Well, this is all we accomplished. I cancelled violin this week and we didn’t do art or Farsi. In my defense we are trying to pack up my oldest to get him out the door to college this weekend. Yay, Christian!