News for May 10
This week the children continued to learn about the caterpillar/butterfly life cycle, began the unit on mass and created beautiful necklaces and cards for Mother's Day!
In writing, the students continued to work through the stages of the standard writing process as they write fiction stories about caterpillars. Most children are at the editing and revising stages, but some are working on their good copies and illustrations.
In reading, the guided reading groups this week met twice, to work through reading activities that focused on inference. Inference is an important reading concept, as often a reader is expected to understand more information than is written explicitly in the text. For example, in the statement, "The children played in the snow", is the season summer or winter? It doesn't say in the text, but the reader can infer or reason that the season is winter since there is snow outside only in winter.
In math, the children used what they know about a balance or scale, to help them understand the concept of mass and weight. In grade 2, the word we use is "mass" as is the amount of matter in an object. A car has more mass than a bike. Mass is measured in kilograms and grams. The mass of an object never changes. Weight is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object and weight can change depending on where the object is. In space, an object is weightless since there is no gravity there.
In science, the class continued to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Please see photos and notes in a separate posting.
On Monday, the class attended a Jump Rope for Heart assembly to talk about our school's annual tradition of raising money for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. At the end of the assembly, the school sang together the song they learned with our music teacher, Ms. Heath for "Music Monday".
The children were jewelry designers this week! They used what they knew about symmetry to create necklaces for Mother's Day gifts. They wrapped up the presents and made homemade cards, using paper "springs" to make the cards extra special.
Our concert performance is next week! The children are doing a fantastic job learning the dance steps and reciting the poem they have memorized.
Books read aloud this week:
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (chapter book - continued)
Chowder by Peter Brown
This week the children continued to learn about the caterpillar/butterfly life cycle, began the unit on mass and created beautiful necklaces and cards for Mother's Day!
In writing, the students continued to work through the stages of the standard writing process as they write fiction stories about caterpillars. Most children are at the editing and revising stages, but some are working on their good copies and illustrations.
In reading, the guided reading groups this week met twice, to work through reading activities that focused on inference. Inference is an important reading concept, as often a reader is expected to understand more information than is written explicitly in the text. For example, in the statement, "The children played in the snow", is the season summer or winter? It doesn't say in the text, but the reader can infer or reason that the season is winter since there is snow outside only in winter.
In math, the children used what they know about a balance or scale, to help them understand the concept of mass and weight. In grade 2, the word we use is "mass" as is the amount of matter in an object. A car has more mass than a bike. Mass is measured in kilograms and grams. The mass of an object never changes. Weight is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object and weight can change depending on where the object is. In space, an object is weightless since there is no gravity there.
In science, the class continued to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. Please see photos and notes in a separate posting.
On Monday, the class attended a Jump Rope for Heart assembly to talk about our school's annual tradition of raising money for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. At the end of the assembly, the school sang together the song they learned with our music teacher, Ms. Heath for "Music Monday".
The children were jewelry designers this week! They used what they knew about symmetry to create necklaces for Mother's Day gifts. They wrapped up the presents and made homemade cards, using paper "springs" to make the cards extra special.
Our concert performance is next week! The children are doing a fantastic job learning the dance steps and reciting the poem they have memorized.
Books read aloud this week:
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (chapter book - continued)
Chowder by Peter Brown
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