Term Two Evaluation: Monster

English:

Reading:

Independent Reading:

see written list ~ 

Other Reading Activities:

Reading Eggs online program

30 - 60 minutes of silent reading daily

Literature: Read Aloud

Milly Loves Ants - by Jackie French

The Fabulous Friend Machine - by Nick Bland

Little Red Riding Hood Not Quite - by Yvonne Morrison

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bag Pig

The Highway Rat - by Julia Donaldson

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - by Eric Carle

Literature: Independent

Stuart Little by E.B. White

 Writing:

Institute For Excellence in Writing Program

Teaching Writing: Structure and Style

This term we began a narrative unit along with the non-fiction paragraphs Monster has been working on.  He wrote a total of four paragraphs this term, two non-fiction (topics were water-holding frogs and Panda Ants) and two narrative paragraphs based on well known Aesop fables.

Handwriting:

Foundation Handwriting Year 5

Grammar:

We continue to make progress working through our textbook The Grammar Ace.  Lessons this term included: Appositives, Phrases, Clauses and Types of Sentences.

Spelling:

daily oral review of weekly lists as sourced from year 6 lists on the internet

(20 words per list)
written test taken every Friday

Maths:

Cambridge Maths Year 7

During Term 2 Monster and I worked through the following units/chapters of the math textbook:

Unit Three:

Pre-test, working with negative integers, adding or subtracting a positive integer, adding or subtracting a negative integer, multiplying or dividing by an integer, order of operations with positive and negative integers, The Cartesian Plane and chapter summary.

Unit Four:

Pre-test, factors and multiples, highest common factor and lowest common multiple, what are fractions?, equivalent fractions and simplified fractions, mixed numerals and improper fractions, ordering positive and negative fractions, place value in decimals and ordering decimals, rounding decimals, decimal and fraction conversions, connecting percentages with fractions and decimals, decimal and percentage conversions, fraction and percentage conversions, percentage of a quantity, using fractions and percentages to compare to quantities and chapter summary.

Other Math Activities:

Khan Academy website

Cool Math Games website

Variety of maths games - uno, Phase 10, Rummy-O, Monopoly, etc

Independent Reading: (Maths)

Scripture and Character Building:

Bible Read Aloud:
2 Chronicles: 23 - Job 42

HSIE:

History/Geography - 

Read Aloud:

Ancient Mesopotamian Civilization by Gretchen Wildwood

Rich and Poor in Mesopotamia by Richard Dargie

100 Inventions that Made History - DK

Coasts by Kay Barnham

Simpson and His Donkey by Mark Greenwood

Do Not Forget Australia by Sally Murphy

Midnight by Mark Greenwood

A Day to Remember by Jackie French

Horrible Histories Frightful First World War - by Terry Deary

Ancient Sumer 

The History Detective Investigates Ancient Sumer

The Indus Valley

Horrible Histories Vicious Vikings by Terry Deary

Epic Empires by Phillip Steele

The World's Most Dangerous Places by Paul Mason

Vikings by Izzie Howell

Viking Life by Snapping Turtle Guides

Flapper VC by Mark Wilson

Radio Rescue by Jane Jolly

Monster's Independent History and Geography Choices (silent reading)

Horrible Histories Top 50 Villains by Terry Deary

Horrible Histories Stormin' Normans by Terry Deary

History Mysteries The Last Tiger by Mark Greenwood

History Mysteries Lasseter's Gold by Mark Greenwood

Science and Technology:

The following books were read independently:

Creatures of the Rainforest by Warren Brim

The following books were read aloud:

Mad Scientists: The Not So Crazy Work of Amazing Scientists by Sally Lee

100 Inventions that Made History - DK

Ocean Wonders

24 Hours on a Coral Reef

Oceans

Australian Habitats - Oceans by Greg Pyers

Finding Out About Platypuses by Greg Pyers

Weird and Wacky Fish by Nigel Marsh

Creatures Close Up by Gillian Watts

100 Things to Know About Science - DK

Natural Disasters Tsunamis

Wonders of the World Uluru

Deadly Spiders and Scorpions

Deadly Insects by Andrew Solway

Dragonflies by Shane F. McEvey

Take Your Time by Eva Furrow

PDHPE:

walk to and from the library

walk to and from the shops

walk to and from various parks

free play at various parks

riding scooter

Health:

For health this year we are working our way through an R.I.C book about Developing Awareness of Health and Personal Development.  Unit topics this term included:

Heart Disease

Rest and Relaxation

Puberty

Menstruation

Creative Arts:

Art:

various arts and crafts activities that pertain to younger brother's Letter of the Week program

Read Alouds Pertaining to Creative Arts:

Picasso's Trousers by Nicolas Allan

Socialization:

Weekly attendance of church and Sunday School

Numerous play dates with friends of multiple ages

Thursday co-op classes

Weekly trips to the library

Other Activities:

Played a variety of board and card games

• Rummy-O
• Mancala
• Snakes and Ladders
• Skip-Bo
• Phase 10
• Chess
• Memory
• Blokus
• Blink

July School Holiday Events:

Attended Bingo at local library

Attended Word Puzzle morning at local library

Attended Paper Puppet craft afternoon at local library

Attended Lego Theme day at local church