Our first class photo with all of our current members!
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This week we continued to inquire into how technology is used and organized. The students brought in some tech devices or photos of tech devices and did a show and tell with the others in their table groups sharing with each other about each device is used.
One of the skills that we focus on in Grade 2 is research skills. This week we looked at the difference between fiction and non-fiction books. Our focus was on discovering how non-fiction books are organized. We looked for similar features in the books and noticed that they had titles and subtitles on pages, realistic pictures or photos, a contents section, index and often captions under pictures.
We then turned our focus to non-fiction writing and looked at examples of procedural writing, before trying our own hand at writing directions or instructions for how to use a piece of technology. We discovered the need to use sequencing words, as well as command verbs - also known as “bossy verbs” as they are always telling us what to do! The students used what they had learnt about writing, together with what they knew about how to use different pieces of technology to create “how to…. posters!”
During math, we continued working on numeracy skills with estimating and rounding numbers. In language, the students received their first spelling lists of the year and worked on cutting, sorting, pasting and writing their words out neatly. Then they had a chance to practice spelling their words while playing a couple games at PowerSpelling.com!
In PE, we continued with cooperative games such as leap from, under the rainbow, caterpillar tag and balancing sticks with partners.
Oktoberfest
Hello Parents, here is the sign up sheet to volunteer to help with Oktoberfest. We would really appreciate all the help you can give to make this a successful and fun event for everyone. Please get into contact with any members of the team if you have any questions.
Clubs
Registration for school clubs is now open! We have clubs for both students and parents as well! Please click on the links below to register. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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