{Lot's of reading time!}

We had Nanee and Bupee visiting this week. We had lot's of fun extras this week including sleep overs at the hotel, 2 birthday parties and Aiden attended a "boy piano party" where all the boy piano students got together to practice their festival pieces and have a barbecue.

Math

Caileigh-Comparing numbers-"how many more than", "how many less than", word problems, reading and understanding graphs.

Aiden-Subtraction drills for speed and accuracy, solving word problems through multiplication, and continuing with multiplication practice.

Bible Reading Wee Lambs. Seeds Family Worship.

Language Arts Completed unit in Spelling, narration and copywork, continuing with memorizing poem.

Science We started a unit study on Solids, Liquids and Gas. Each day we studied a concept through video, experiments and books. At the completion of each lesson the kids narrated their learning to me. We covered topics including "sorting solids, liquids and gases", "solids", "liquids", "relationships between solids and liquids" and "gases". We are putting together a notebook on their learning including illustrations, experiment write ups and summaries.

At the completion of this unit the kids should meet the following learning outcomes for Grade 2 Physical Science: Properties of Matter

-Ask questions that foster investigations and explorations relevant to the content

-Measure objects and events

-Identify the properties of solids, liquids and gases

-Investigate changes to the properties of matter when it is heated or cooled

-Investigate the interactions of liquids and solids

Social Studies We completed two chapters in The Story of the World. We studied "the Rise of Islam" and "Islam Becomes an Empire." The kids narrated and illustrated their learning.

We started our read-aloud about Canadian history, "Dear Canada: Alone in an Untamed Land." It is the diary of a young girl moving from France to Quebec.

Aiden and Bupee built a Bow and Arrow.