Blog #26- January 24th 🐰📖

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Grade 2- Blog #26- January 20th-24th

LOOKING BACK

Another busy week as usual (and our first 5 day school week since 2019!). In UOI students worked hard to write out the script for our YEP performance. They also took some time to research and learn about other storytelling traditions from around the world, including Chinese shadow puppetry, Vietnamese water puppets, and storytelling type dancing from India and the Caribbean.

In English, we finished up our first round of storytelling presentations. Students began working on their next, and final, fictional stories. A few students also had the chance to record their second attempt at storytelling, this time show more effort to truly look and sound like a storyteller!

We also had a chance to practice being storytellers with our new buddy classroom, Pre-K B!


In math, students perfected their three-digit addition strategies, and helped one another to fix any mistakes they might have made. We also began to think about three-digit subtraction, and if the same strategies would work or not with subtraction. 

                                                 
                                                                 VIP OF THE WEEK
This week Ichika was our VIP. She showed us many photos of when she was a baby, enjoying various activities with her older sister. She also shared two favorite Japanese books from home, which included many different fairy tales and other stories from all over Japan, and the world!

LOOKING AHEAD

We have about one week left in each of our units, and then we'll move on to our final UOI, English and Math units... wow!! For UOI next week, students will finish up writing the script, narrow down what sound effects they will be responsible for, and begin thinking about backgrounds and other props. 

For English, they'll finish up their final stories, and prepare to become storytellers again. 

In math, they'll investigate strategies for three-digit subtraction, especially with trickier numbers where there aren't enough ones or tens to subtract at first glance (regrouping). 

LOOK OUT
(Announcements and Important Dates)
Tuesday, February 11th- National Holiday- NO SCHOOL
Friday, February 14th- Student Led 
Conferences- NO SCHOOL

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