We had a great start to the year! The children were excited and eager to begin grade 2.
We watched a video about perseverance and learned about the brain and how it grows and develops. We will learn throughout the year how to change our thinking and our words to develop a GROWTH MINDSET!
We have been very busy in grade 2. We are learning all about sea turtles. We have watched videos, did a comic on the life cycle of these creatures and are reading articles.
We are reading Fairy Tales in class. The children will be learning to recognize the elements in these stories. We will practice retelling some of these classic tales.
In math we are learning our basic facts. We will look at strategies to help us remember our facts.
We are very busy this week learning about elephants. We are watching videos and reading about elephants. In math we have been working on data management.
We have been very busy in grade 2. We are reading poems by Douglas Florian. This week we worked on compound words. We are trying hard to read with expression and fluency.
Our class sleepover is now over. Everybody had a chance to take Arthur home for one night. The children all wrote about their adventures with Arthur. Fun was had by all!