Welcome to Second Grade

Another school year has commenced at Childress Academy.  Caleb started 2nd grade today.  Yes, I know…it’s summer break.  However, schooling year-round gives us the freedom to only school four days per week.  This enables us to have long weekends each week.  Plus, I’m not rushed to get all of our schooling in from August-May like the schools in our area.  I don’t think I’d get it all done if I had to school five days a week from August-May.  Besides, as we all know, life happens (illnesses, unexpected travel, etc), and opportunities for exciting learning adventures aka field trips and co-op always arise. 
Today was a great day, minus all the interruptions tending to Micah, UPS delivery, etc.  Caleb did well on all of his work, and he seemed to enjoy the first day of 2nd grade.  Now, let’s just hope we can stay on track and have an AWESOME year in 2010-2011.
Here is a picture of our 2nd grader and our schoolroom.  The schoolroom hasn’t changed much since last year, but I’m including the pictures anyway. 

Caleb on the first day of 2nd grade (2010-2011) Right side of the schoolroom (the map of the USA is a new addition) Left side of the schoolroom (the World Map is a new addition as well)Back of the schoolroom (notice the addition of the cursive alphabet) Workboxes Teacher supply cabinetArt supply cabinet Desk area (mainly used by Micah) School table (this is where most of Caleb’s work gets completed)Manipulative and game cabinets (most of these items are not off-limits to Micah) Extra teacher supply area (this is off-limits to Micah) Reading genre posters added this year Another reading genre poster added this year More reading genre posters added this year

I hope that you will follow our 2nd grade adventures.  It is my plan to post a weekly update like I have done the past two years.  So, please continue to check back to see what we’ve been learning and studying.