AIS - Grade 2

🏅Grade 2- Blog #17- October 7th- 18th, 2019 Grade 2 Publishing Party! LOOKING BACK Grade 5 starts to take over our classroom. Grade 5 explorers "discover" our room! In UOI last week, we learned about one more famous exploration: Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of America. We learned about this exploration from multiple perspectives, including the perspective of the indigenous people already living in America. We also got invaded by the Grade 5 students while we were trying to work, as they had "discovered" our classroom, and gradually began taking it over with their things and their rules. Students made connections between how they felt during this experience, and how the Native Americans may have felt during the Europeans' invasions. Saya makes a model for her exploration project. Kyle conducts some research about his project. Kurea works on her exploration project. Riko researches about oceans for

Grade 2- Blog #16- September 30th- October 4th, 2019 Students participate in "Inktober", a month-long drawing contest. LOOKING BACK In UOI this week, we turned our attention to space! We inquired about the different ways humans (and robots!) have explored space, including space flight, the moon, and mars. We thought carefully about the reasons why people explore, the different outcomes that have happened (both positive and negative), and generated ideas of places or things that are still left to explore! We spent a day studying A.I. and robotics, a different kinds of exploration. We even practiced the "Turing Test", by seeing if we could tell the difference between a human and a robot's answers to various questions. Students pair up to find answers to their questions about space exploration! In math, started the week learning about symmetry, and what it means for a shape to be symmetrical. Then, we transitioned into 3D shapes! We learned about