I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend. The students were very excited to share about all the adventures they had this weekend.
Book Orders
The majority of our book orders finally arrived! yay! However a few items are on back order. If you have not received a specific item, it should be arriving in the next couple weeks.
October Book orders are Due around the end of next week please.
All About Me Bags
The students are really enjoying sharing a special part of them selves. This activity is really helping the students connect and build new friendships based on the interests they share.
Language Arts
In LA we have been working on adding 'juicy' words to our sentences. "I saw a cat" = "I saw a fluffy white fat cat running across the wide street". The more detail the better!!
We are practicing our Words of the Week through a variety of word work centers. Please practice your child's weekly words at home. Here are the new words for this week:
Math
In Math we have been working on What Doesn't belong images. These help the students to learn how to explain their thinking and justify their answers in math and learn that their isn't always just one correct answer or way to solve problems.
We have also been exploring increasing and decreasing patterns. We read "The Napping House" to help us discover that patterns can be all around us. This story shows a great increasing and decreasing pattern.
Patterns & Relations - Patterns (Gr. 2)
General Outcome: Use patterns to describe the world and to solve problems.
Specific Outcome 1
Demonstrate an understanding of repeating patterns (three to five elements) by:- describing
- extending
- comparing
- creating
Specific Outcome 2
Demonstrate an understanding of increasing patterns by:- describing
- reproducing
- extending
- creating
Specific Outcome 3
Sort a set of objects, using two attributes, and explain the sorting rule. Science
In Science we have been exploring liquids. We have started to learn about the Water Cycle, States of Matter and properties of water.
Please see our twitter for some photos of our water drop exploration. Feel free to do some liquid experiments at home.
Topic A: Exploring Liquids
Students learn about the nature of liquids and the interactions of liquids with other materials. They explore liquids by examining droplets, by watching liquids trickle down slopes, by investigating flow rates and by observing liquid interactions with a variety of materials. They learn that some materials are impervious to liquids, while others are absorbent, and that some liquids mix readily while others do not. They observe that liquid water can be changed to ice or to steam, and back again, if heated and cooled, and that wet materials dry out when left open to the air. Through this topic, students learn that water is our most important liquid, that we use water in many ways, and that water is essential to life.