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Week 16 and 17

Term 3- Week 16 and 17- 2nd Grade Blog LOOKING BACK: UOI *When we got back from Winter Break, we immediately opened up our town, and began developing our systems and organizations! For the past two weeks, we've established a power system, a cell tower, a water treatment plant, and much more. We've overcome a fire, a contaminated river, homelessness, and a dishonest mayor. We also responded to a growing community by creating more jobs and services.  Math *Last week we learned how to create an easier problem to work with in our heads. This made our addition and subtraction much easier to do! This week, we finally learned how to use the vertical form to add three-digit numbers. However, we also learned how to use a place value chart alongside. This has helped us to truly understand how and why the shortcut method works! English *We learned about several different poetic structures last week, including story poems, mask poems and Haiku. This week, we tried out d