Week 15 Blog! ⛄

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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 another. Then, we tried this out for ourselves in our own poetry. Elif compared a cheetah to a race car, while Noah compared a river to a snake. Very interesting poems!

LOOKING AHEAD:
UOI
*When we return in January, we'll open up our organizations and businesses! Students will be able to shop for the things they need, while also playing their role to provide for the community. But things won't stay the same for long, as students will begin to receive "fate mail", with changes and problems that they will need to think carefully on how to respond!

Math
*In the new year we will learn two more strategies to add and subtract three-digit numbers. One of them will be "making an easier problem", where students can manipulate numbers to make them easier to solve. Finally, we will review and practice the standard algorithm to add and subtract, also known as "vertical form".

English
*We will continue our unit of poetry by studying different poetic structures. We'll look at different mentor texts that show list poems, mask poems, conversation poems and story poems. Of course, we will also try these out ourselves!


LOOK OUT (Important Announcements/ Dates)
*Friday, December 21st - Sunday, January 6th- NO SCHOOL, WINTER BREAK
*Monday, January 7th- FIRST DAY of TERM 3
*Monday, January 14th- NO SCHOOL- National Holiday

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