AIS - Grade 2

Term 2- Week 15- 2nd Grade Blog LOOKING BACK: UOI *This week really flew by! We spent the week preparing our organizations and businesses for "Happy Life Town", the town we will be officially "opening" when we return in January. Students thought about the materials and people they would need to be successful, and set about creating and planning their jobs and buildings! Yunosuke made a magnetic fishing pole to fish on his farm, while Riria made a menu of services at her hospital/ clinic. We all decided together that we would use solar panels as our energy source for the town! Math *We reviewed our addition and subtraction strategies by playing two new games: Race to 1,000, and Race to 0. We also worked in small groups to practice certain strategies that we had the most difficulty with. English *We learned all about comparisons in poetry! We studied examples in mentor texts to see how poets come up with creative ways to compare one thing to anothe...

Term 2- Week 14- 2nd Grade Blog LOOKING BACK: UOI *Students were very excited to begin creating our own town community within the classroom! We first took a walk around the neighborhood to brainstorm the types of places we could see. We then created a list of all the businesses and organizations in a community. Finally, students sorted these items into categories, which they created. Once that was taken care of, we were free to start applying to jobs, create our town map, and name our town!  Math *We moved on to our next addition and subtraction strategy: Break it Apart. Although this strategy looks slightly different for addition and subtraction, the core strategy is the same. Students practiced both methods, and even made homework for each other to practice at home! English *In poetry, we studied published authors to find tips that we could use in our own poems. For example, we looked for repetition, white space, and creative line breaks- then tried these out...

Term 2- Week 13- 2nd Grade Blog LOOKING BACK: UOI *This week we wrapped up our "sharing the planet" unit by working on our final projects. Each student brainstormed a problem that is occurring in our class, our school or our community. We spent the week thinking about the conflict, what's causing it, how we could respond, and what would happen. Then, students took action to try and help solve the conflict. Math *We practiced adding and subtracting three-digit numbers by using a number line. We carefully showed our "jumps" on the number line to demonstrate adding or subtracting the hundreds, tens and ones.  English *We started our new poetry unit by learning to look at the world with our "poet's eyes". We practiced describing things in new ways, like a poet would. We also wrote our first poems, about objects and topics that are important or meaningful to us! LOOKING AHEAD: UOI *We will begin our next unit of inquiry! We...