Where's spring already? This winter has been WAAAAAAAY too long! Hopefully the weather warms up for our trip.
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In science, we've begun our unit on Air Water and the Environment. This week, we read a Magic School Bus Book on the water cycle and discovered that water is recycled. We reviewed that water comes in 3 states (solid, liquid and gas)and that when it changes from a liquid to a gas we call that change evaporation, and from a gas to a liquid is called condensation. We also looked at how we could find the three states of water in nature.
Have a look outside over the weekend and see if you can find water outside in nature as a solid, liquid and gas.
That's all for now! Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
We have finished our science unit on Movement and will be moving on to Air, Water and the Environment. Although we won't be starting our new unit until Tuesday, have a look at this site about the water cycle. You can see how the earth recycles water. We'll look more into the water cycle later on in the unit.
For math, we have started to study 2 digit addition and subtraction. Try solving these word problems at home for extra practice(remember to start with the ones column):
Sarah and Samantha love to collect silly bands! Sarah has 73 silly bands and Samatha has 45. How many do they have in all?
John and Jacob love playing with Beyblades! John has 14 and Jacob has 20. How many more does John need to have the same number of beyblades as Jacob?
Valerie and Alison love to eat Smarties! Valerie has 20 smarties and Alison has 26. How many do they have all together?
For science, we have continued to look at simple machines. Some of the machines we have studied so far are pulleys, levers, wheel and axle, wedge and inclined plane. Have a look at this link and click on the pictures of different simple machines. You will be able to see where you can find these simple machines in real life! When you're done, try to find similar simple machines at home:
Please remember to bring in your interview forms as well. Parent-Teacher interviews are next week, so please hand them in to me by Wednesday next week.
Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
That's all for now! Stay warm!
P.S.
I thought I would share a special video that I found on YouTube. Meet Jango the praying dog!
Ms. I
This week, we have been looking more into simple machines and how they help to make life easier. So far we have seen how an inclined plane helps to make lifting heavy objects easier. There are still many more simple machines that we will be exploring over the next few weeks. Have a look at this website to learn more about different kinds of simple machines, and take the quiz to see how much you know so far:
If you look over the example, it should help you remember everything we talked about in class. If you are still not sure which country you want to research, here's the list we talked about in class:
You do not have to choose from this list, it is just meant to give you ideas. Remember, your project is due January 20th. I'm sure all of your projects will be fantastic! I can't wait to read them!
As we finish our social studies unit on communities, we will be beginning our science unit on movement this coming Tuesday.
For math, we have just finished chapter 6 on place value. Please remember to complete your math review sheets. If you are able to do all of the work for your math test review, then you will definitely do well on the test. Our math test will be Monday January 17th, so please remember to study.
I had a great winter break, and I hope you did too!
Dear Grade 2's,
We will be continuing our unit on place value into the new year, so make sure you check the website over the holidays so that you're ready in January. For now, make sure you play with some of the place value links I posted previously.
I will be assigning a book report over the break for you to work on. We'll be discussing parts of a book report next week, and I'll hand out your booklets next Friday. Now would be a great time to start thinking of a book you might like to read for your report. For now, have a look at the Starfall library to read about different folk tales, explore comics, and read plays.
Starfall Library
We will still be looking at communities for our social studies unit. For our test, we focused on mapping and communities, but for next week and more into the new year we'll focusing more on actual communities. I will have the social studies tests marked and ready to hand back by early to mid week next week.
I would also like to ask that each of you bring in one box of tissue for the new year. We're already down to our last one, so please remember to bring one in next week.
Remember to check out the links on the left hand side for math and language, and also check out this fun interactive advent calendar:
That's all for now!
Ms. I
Here's a map with all of the continents in different colours. Try and figure out which ones are which.
Our math test on measurement will be on Monday. Since we arrived back at school a little early, I had you complete your math review at school for extra studying time. I hope you all remembered to bring home your sheets so that you could study on the weekend as well. Here are a couple of links to measurement games we have already played in class. You can use these to help you study too:
Remember, you need to know the following to do well on your math test:
If you know how to do all of these things, then you will be just fine on Monday.
For language we are still working on determining important ideas in a text. Try reading your favourite book at home with your parents and figure out what the main idea is (what is the author trying to teach you).
That's all for now! Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
We haven't started our mapping unit yet, but I thought this would be a great link to help you start to understand how we can use maps to help us find certain places and things in our communities. Have a look:
The following link is another great activity for you to look at about finding directions using a compass:
For language, we are working on reading different texts and trying to determine what the main idea is (what the author is trying to tell/teach us). Listen to some of these fantastic stories and see if you can figure out what the main idea/lesson is:
Remember to explore the language links on the left side of the screen too! Here's one of my favourites:
Have a great weekend!
Ms. I
So far the weather has been wonderful this week! Lets hope that it stays lovely for the rest of November!
Remembrance Day is only a few days away. Now is the time for us to think about everything we are appreciative for, and how many people have sacrificed to provide us with such wonderful lives. This week we created poppies that will be displayed in the gym for our Remembrance Day Mass next week. You all did a fantastic job!
Today was a day full of dancing and snacking! I hope you all had lots of fun!
Today we created our first online story as a class using a website called www.storybird.com.
We're almost at the end of October which means, the Halloween Dance-a-thon is coming up soon! I hope that you have all been raising lots of money, and that you have your costumes ready for the big day! Remember to bring your sponsor sheets in next week.
Students, please make sure your parents have a look at this post. By the end of grade 2, students should be able to spell all of these words without difficulty and know how to use them properly in a sentence. If you click on the picture, you can print off a larger version for students to study with at home. Practice writing out words 5 times, or using each word in a sentence. Students can even attempt to use as many words as they can in one paragraph!
Our Sorting and Patterning MATH TEST will be on Thursday September 23rd.
For science, we have just started our unit on Matter by exploring Liquids and Solids. Students can explore the following link to learn more about what happens to liquids and solids when exposed to different temperatures:
http://fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html
Have fun exploring and enjoy your weekend!
Ms. I
