Blog #12- July 5th, 2019 ☔

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Grade 2- Week 11/ 12- June 24th -July 5th, 2019

LOOKING BACK

 We had so much fun this week! Between Japanese Culture Day, building our Rube Goldberg machines, and a special handball tournament at lunch, grade 2 students were busy every day of the week!

During UOI time last week, students met with a partner and began planning their final project- a Rube Goldberg machine. They came up with a final task for their machine, such as dropping a ball into a cup, or popping a balloon. They made sketches and lists of materials that they would need.
This week, they spent many hours building their parts, testing out their simple machines, and making changes to improve their design! I was so impressed with the many creative ways students used everyday materials.

In math, students worked on two assessments: a graphing project that involved creating four different graphs based on one set of data, and another Read Draw Write Check Up. Students worked hard on both assessments.

During English, students practiced present tense versus past tense verbs. They created a memory game to play in groups, and they also practiced using various verbs in a sentence.
Yusuke builds a multi-level ramp.
Yuto builds a long inclined plane from chip tubes.
Kaname and Ryosei build a pulley from two paper plates.
Rima and Kirato experiment with the angle of their ramp.
Mahmoud tinkers with the space between his book dominoes.
Bo makes an elevated ramp while Saya works on her pulley system.
Jack and Yua admire their machine so far.
Kurea and Haruhito experiment with their domino chain reaction.
LOOKING AHEAD

Next week, students will have two more days to finish their Rube Goldberg chain reaction machines. Then, we will record their introductions and descriptions of their machines, before setting them off to do a final run of the machine!

We will learn a bit about probability and likelihood during math lessons, and in English we will continue to practice present and past tense verbs!

Playing a game of memory using present vs past tense verbs


LOOK OUT
(Announcements and Important Dates)
*This week we had 8 students who earned a merit for 100% homework completion. That's 4 less than last week. Part of the problem is that students are not accurately or completely finishing their UOI journals. Please be sure to read the directions carefully each time, and do the work that has been asked of you! Thank you to those students who earned 100% homework completion!!

*Wednesday, July 10th- Last Day of Term 1 (Primary)
*Friday, July 12th- PTC's (No Regular School)
*Wednesday, September 4th- First Day of Term 2!
Nagashi Somen Activity!





Godzilla Face Painting!
Making origami
Water Game
Ring Toss

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