Week 20 (Feb 12 - 14)

 Happy Short Week!

This week in literacy, we talked about how to finish our descriptive writing with 'effective endings'.  We also created a checklist of all the parts we need in our writing for it to be complete, so we know when our writing is finished. The grade 2 & 3's worked hard to complete their good copy and a diagram about their animal.  In word work, we reviewed the vowel teams, ew, ui and ue that create the long u sounds in words.


This week in math, we continued our focus on subtraction problems with regrouping.  We continued to look at different ways to regroup and spend lots of time practising how to solve them.


In Science this week, we continued exploring sound energy, how it is transferred and produced by vibrations.  We did two different experiments, buzzing combs and hitting metal spoons again a desk to see if sounds can travel through solids.  We also worked on writing up our experiments, using the Scientific method.




In gym this week, we did some dancing. The grade 2 & 3's had a great time listening and moving to different kinds of music.  We finished our week with Valentine's Day. We created special Gnome bags to bring our Valentine's home in. Also, this week, Room 7 worked hard at displaying acts of Kindness and thinking carefully about what words and how we say to each other. 



Looking Ahead to Next Week:

1. In Literacy, we will work on adding details to our sentence writing.

2. In math, we will have an assessment on our subtraction skills.

3. In Science, we will learn more about echos, how to amplify and muffle sounds.

Important Reminders & Upcoming Events:

1. Library Day - Thursdays!

2. Continue with Home Reading - READO!!

3. Healthy Hunger lunches - please sign up on-line 5 Days before

4. Please remember Swimming Forms-Due Tuesday, Feb 20th

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 24 (March 11-15)

Image
 Happy Skipping Week!!  In literacy this week, we began work on persuasive writing.  We learned about the difference between an opinion and being persuasive.  We also learned about the structure of a persuasive piece, the what, why, why, why and what was that again.  We also brainstormed many different ideas and examples of how we can persuade our reader.  In word work, we focused on 'Bossy R' words.  We learned that when words contain a vowel and then an 'r' comes right after it, the 'r ' is very bossy to the vowel, and you can only hear the 'r' sound. In math this week, we focused on growing or increasing patterns.  We learned that growing patterns can be in shapes and in number sequences.  We also learned how to use an IN and OUT table to represent the pattern rule. We also worked on a word problem, based on a book called 'Two of Everything', and worked with partners to decide if they would like 1000 coins or 5 coins and a magic doubling ...
Read more

Week 34 (June 2-7)

Image
 The Ducklings have arrived!! This week in literacy, we started our Duck Diaries on the computers.  We read several stories that we based our diaries on, The Diary of a fly, The Diary of a Worm and The Diary of a Spider, they are written from the perspective of an insect, just as our diaries are from the perspective of a duck.  The grade two's and threes have done a wonderful job writing about what it might be like being inside the egg and then what it would be like hatching. In math this week, we began our measurement unit.  We discussed all the different ways we can measure things and where we use measurement in our daily lives.  We learned that there are standard and non-standard units, and each can be used to measure length and width.   We used our rulers and measuring tapes to measure items in nature.  We also did some Smarties math, reviewing fractions and graphing. In science, we started learning about Living Systems, how plants and animals...
Read more

Week 35 (June 10-14)

Image
Happy Trickster Week!! The grade 2/3's did a wonderful job on their 'Volcano' performance, In Literacy this week, we began some research about duck facts.   The grade 2/3's used websites and on-line books to learn about duck habitat, their diet, appearance and interesting facts.  Then we began taking our notes and rewriting them into an informational paragraph about ducks. In math this week, we continued learning about measurement.  The grade 3's compared the Metric system to the Imperial system and how we can use them both. The grade 2's continued using cm to measure different lengths.  Then we began discussing perimeter, the distance around the outside of closed shapes.  We draw a minecraft self-portrait and then found the perimeter of each body part. In between our Trickster practices, we took some time to take our ducklings outside into the grass.  We wrote our observations and sketched them playing and running. Looking Ahead to Next Week: 1. In Li...
Read more