5 - 9 February

We had another busy week in grade 2, and next week will be short but full.

Language Arts

We’ve been busy becoming experts on a topic by reading across books. Students have looked

at information in multiple texts and put them together to learn about big ideas authors are

trying to teach on their topic. We will continue to focus on comparing and contrasting information

that is similar and different across books on a similar topic. Also, how to ask and answer questions

and share facts with each other to show that we are experts. Our writers continue to polish up their writing making it more readable for their audience. They are still working on elaborating all they know with key words, facts and details and organize chapters with good leads and wrap ups. They are excited to get to share them with you soon.

Math Workshop

Mathematicians have been learning about partitioning shapes equally and exploring equal shares.

They are becoming experts on fractions and how to describe them using thirds, halves and fourths.

We will be finishing up our fractions and geometry unit with our post assessment on content and

vocabulary this week.

Science

We are now learning about hygiene. Students practiced washing their hands for 15 seconds. We also did an experiment with bread. We touched bread with washed hands and unwashed hands. One bread was the control bread. We'll check the bread on Monday to see the results.

Dinner Questions

1 - Do you have a balanced meal on your plate tonight, how do you know? What nutrients

does each food group provide?

2 - What is an act of kindness you have done for others this week?

3 - What is one thing this week you did that was challenging? How did you overcome the

challenge?