Naim, 2nd Grade Year
Highlights:
- He joined his first “real” soccer team and got over some nerves to be able to play in games.
- His reading has improved, and words he could not read by sight (the, so, no, etc.) he can now read. But this year I came to the conclusion that he is not just a late reader, he likely has some form of dyslexia.
- His math understanding has increased in knowledge of math facts and memorization. As well as concepts like double-digit addition and subtraction and place-value.
- Although handwriting is still a big issue, it is somewhat easier to read and is less messy. He is more willing to try to write things on his own using his own creative spelling, but many times I can understand it.
- He had his first overnight camp.
- He has grown in his ability to understand and manage his own fears and anxieties.
- He is becoming more organized.
- He is learning that practice and work will pay off.
- He is learning how to speak up for himself more and not just take crap he doesn’t want to keep the peace.
- He has become more interested in drawing and art.
- He has started to enjoy books and reading audiobooks on his own.
- He has a huge imagination and is starting to come up with his own theories about things he doesn’t understand and that he needs to move on to test his theories.
This is an approximation, because there are days when he did both homeschool and a class, for example. But roughly, his “school time” was spent like this:
Classes/Camps: 120
Fieldtrips: 63
Homeschool: 105
Total: 288
Classes:
- VH Math Playground (Fall)
- VH Drama for Kids (Fall)
- VH Interactive Theater (Fall)
- VH Discoverers (Fall, Winter, Spring)
- VH Film Making (Winter, Spring)
- VH Measure for Treasure (Winter, Spring)
- NWCT Intro to Acting (Winter, Spring)
- HSC Fall Soccer
- OMSI Labs (K-2)
- HSC Spring Soccer Camp
- OMSI: Hit the Road Camp
- UUCCWC: Summer UU Superheroes
- Timbers Soccer Camp
- Oral Hull Foundation for the Blind Family Camp
- NWCT Camp: We’ll Sing in the Sunshine
- NWCT Camp: Film Workshop
Curriculum:
- Calvert Discoveries in Early Reading
- Calvert Discoveries in Reading 1
- Hooked on Phonics Kindergarten Level 2
- Hooked on Phonics First Grade Level 1
- Writing Strands: Book 1
- Sylvan K: Word Games, Sight Words, Spelling Flashcards
- Math in Focus: Level 1B
- Maps, Globes and Graphs Book A
- Handwriting without Tears: Letters and Numbers for Me
- Zaner Bloser Handwriting K
- HWT Sentence School
- Atelier Art
- OmniMax Movie: Life: a Cosmic Journey
- Young Scientists Club Magic Schoolbus
- Little Passports
- Young Woodworkers Club
- iMax Movie: Secrets of the Mummies
- iMax Movie: Born to be Wild
- KiwiCrates Art Projects
- OmniMax: Solar System
- OmniMax: Black Holes
- A New We (documentary about ecovillages)
- Minecraft
- Pop-Up Geography
- StarFall
- Reading Rainbow App
- FanFaria App
Fieldtrips:
- OMSI: Solar System/Movie
- Seattle Space Needle
- Seattle Chihuly Glass Museum
- Pacific Science Center
- King Tut Exhibit
- Seattle Duck Boats
- OMSI: States of Matter/Grossology
- NWCT: BFG
- Out of this World Pizza Soccer Party
- OMSI: Chemistry Lab/Temperature/Environmental Science Exhibit/ Movie
- We Village (multiple)
- Outdoors In (multiple)
- OMSI: Omnimax movies
- Great Wolf Lodge
- Four Seasons Bowling
- UU Christmas Pageant
- Out of this World
- Oregon Commission for the Blind
- My Little Waiting Room PSVMC
- Wunderland
- Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue 67
- Portland Children’s Musuem/Storyland
- OMSI/Mythbusters
- World Forestry Center/Tree-houses
- NWCT Suessical!
- Washington County Historical Museum/Tears of Joy Theater Puppet Show/Hubble Exhibit
- St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- Outdoors In
- WeVillage
- OCB Protest
- Portland Spirit Easter Brunch Cruise.
- Oregon Zoo
- Jacobson’s Books Art2D2 Book Launch Party
- Stub Stewart Camping Trip
- Shute Park: ML Birthday Party
- OCT: A Year with Frog and Toad
- Tall Ships Adventure: Lady Washington
- Tualatin Hills Nature Center
- Portland Children’s Museum/Dinosaur Discovery
- Out of This World/Bagely Park
- VH Summerfest
- Pacific Coast, Seaside, Oregon
- WeVillage
- Goddard Parent Appreciation Dinner: BJ the Clown
- Wildwood Recreation Center (with OMSI)
- Mount Saint Helens Johnston Observatory (with OMSI)
- South Beach State Park (with OMSI)
- Newport Aquarium (with OMSI)
- Columbia Gorge/Multnomah Falls/Fish Hatchery/Bonneville Dam (with OMSI)
- The OutPost
- Hillsboro Independence Day Parade
- Oregon Zoo
- OHSU/Aerial Tram
- The OutPost
- Goddard Ice Cream Social/Puppet Show “I Dig Dinosaurs.”
- Washington County Fair
- The OutPost
- Portland Timbers Soccer
- Neighborhood HOA Safety Party
- Pump It Up/Dentist
- Library/Summer Reading Program
- The OutPost
- Cook Park Canoeing (with R.)
- Tualatin Hills Nature Center
- OMSI: Mummies
- Oregon Zoo
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