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In Literacy this week, we wrote our second personal narrative or small moment. This time, we imagined and described what life would be like if we lived to 100 years old.  This was to go along with our 100 days of school activities this week.  In word work, we looked at less familiar vowel teams of, 'ea' that make the short /e/ sound, like head or bread and when a can make a short /o/ sound like in water or swallow.  We also talked about how the 'a' often makes the /o/ sound when it comes after the letter w in words. In math this week, we continued with our math groupings.  The grade 2's worked on skip counting with 100 and adding 3 to 4 numbers at once.  On Friday, we practiced our subtraction skills with the game Salut!! In art this week, we worked on creating a self-portrait of ourselves when we were 100 years old. This artwork will go with our writing about being 100 years old.  We used construction paper, cotton balls and old dollies to create the art p...

 In Literacy this week, we continued to practice writing complete sentences through authentic writing tasks. We wrote about what we learned on our Field Trip to Studio Bell, thank you cards to our parent volunteers, and sentences about Kindness.  In word work this week we learned about 3 other vowel teams that work together to make the sounds/aw/, aw, au and augh.   In math this week, we continued with our math groups.  The grade 3's are learning about multiplication and how skip counting connects to multiplication.  The grade 2's continued their work on addition, looking at mental math strategies such as decomposing, using making 10 and finding friendly numbers when adding.  On Thursday, we did Valentine's Math with a partner, rolling and adding 2-digit numbers. In Science this week, the grade 2's experimented with soundproofing.  They tested various materials to see which ones worked the best to block out sound, and built their own sound-cancell...

 In Literacy this week, we completed several writing pieces.  We also looked at expanding our sentences using, because-but-and so.  In word work, we studied more long u vowel teams, /ew/ and /ui/.  We also began our new reading groups during quiet reading time. In math, we began our new math groups based on grades.  The grade 2's focused on reviewing mental math strategies for addition.  We learned about using math talks and then did some 'penguin 'math, moving around the room and solving for missing numbers in the snowball questions.  The grade 3's began learning about multiplication. In social studies, we completed our study on India and an Arctic community by stamping our passports.  Each student also created a travel brochure about each country they studied. In science this week, we looked at friction and explored its characteristics through multiple stations. On Thursday, we went on our first field trip to Studio Bell.  We had a wonderfu...