This week our class welcomed Hudson, a new student to our class! Thank you to all the students for making him feel a part of our class.
In math, the children folded and cut paper circles to understand the different fractions of a circle. These are now on display in the hall outside of our classroom along with the fraction books that they made.
The class started the unit on understanding multiplication. In grade two, multiplication is introduced by starting with the concept of repeated addition of equal groups. So, the children worked on listing things that come in groups of 2, 3, 4... and so on. There were lots of creative answers! The class was asked to figure out how many chopsticks our class would have if everyone had a pair of (2) chopsticks. Since there are 21 people in the classroom, there would be 21 groups of 2 or 21X2. The children then worked to find out the different ways to figure out that questions (skip count by 2 for example). At this age, students are asked to say 3X2 as "3 groups of 2" in order for them to fully understand the concept of multiplication.
In writing, each student worked on a story based on a collage he/she made using the pictures and words from discarded book covers. The goal for this story challenge isn't to write a long story, but to put lots of words, especially adjectives, in each sentence because the job of a writer is to put enough information in each sentence for the reader to understand the story better. For example, the sentence "The cat sat on on the rug" can become "The black and white cat sat on the soft purple rug".
In cursive writing, the students learned the letters s, o, h, k and b.
The sock creature movies were filmed this week. The groups were responsible for making the beginning and ending credits, acting out the story and making all the props. These movies will be available soon in a separate posting.
Now that the warm weather is here, the students are now allowed to play on the playscape at recess. The children and I noticed that not everyone is following the rules on the playscape and that some children are making unsafe choices. We decided to write a letter to our school's principal, Mrs. Farrelly, to suggest how to help the students follow the rules. The ideas are to make a sign, to go to classes and remind students of the rules or to make a video. We hope she writes us back soon!
In social studies, the class began to create their research posters on different countries. They made flags and designed the titles on the large poster paper. They also started to write down facts about their research countries. For example, the class learned that the word "population" means how many people live in the country and the word "currency" means the type of money that is used in the country.
Books read aloud this week:
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lundgren (chapter book)
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