Happy October, we are not in an area where we have changing seasons, but each new month brings us closer to Christmas. It is by far our children’s most favoured time of the year :).
Literacy
This week we kicked off the Global Read Aloud (GRA), that is one book connects the world. Second grade classes around the world are presently reading the same book – Stella Diaz has something to say. We have two buddy classes; one from Sunbury Ontario which we did a skype with Friday morning, to talk about the book so far and answer questions from this week’s padlet. Our second buddy class is from Deerfield MA. We have a google hangout appointment with that class next Tuesday. Students also participated in this week’s Flipgrid, by responding to the question, “Like Stella compared herself to her beta fish, what animal would you compare yourself to and why?”
We focused a lot on comprehension this week by combining all of what students have learned so far: sequence of events and compare and contrast those events. In grammar, we reviewed writing complete sentences, identifying the subject and predicate and correcting run-on sentences. Next week we will look at types of sentences – exclamation, statement and questions. Please click the links below to review sentences with your child at home, as students prepare for their upcoming tests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw4lJze7PnE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6thm0FCDGL4
Note: Worksheets sent home for both Numeracy and Literacy are not homework to be returned to school, but to be used as at home practice, to prepare for tests. Worksheets were sent home Friday and additional ones will be sent home next week as well. However if you notice that your child is unable to complete a task please send worksheet back so I can go through that topic again.
We will continue to review all topics next week.
Numeracy
We reviewed previous topics taught. Upon review, some students did not fully grasp the topic of expanded form. We spent some time on the topic this week and will spend more time on said topic Monday and Tuesday and give students an assessment on Friday. Students learned about odd and even numbers. How to group them and identify which are even and which are odd. Next week we will use even and odd numbers in counting (skip counting), counting by twos and threes. Please see links below, you can watch these with your child as a way to review and for the strategies used in class to teach the above mentioned topics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuD5JlrMnAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQqmmG8wQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AF7xj7pmWc
Science
We reviewed the previous topics done. Students started learning about life-cycles. We will focus on life-cycle of a mammal and an insect next week and have students note the similarities and differences between the two.
Social Studies
Students learned about the two hemispheres the world is divided into and the equator which divides the world into those two hemispheres. They located the Caribbean on a map and was able to tell which hemisphere the Caribbean can be found in and that we are close to the equator.
Bible
This week we studied Moses and the children of Israel in the wilderness. Students learned why and where Moses received the “Ten commandments.” Next week we will learn about respecting authority and the consequences for disobedience, as we focus on Miriam and Aaron by studying Numbers 12, Romans 13, Hebrews 13 and Exodus 20.