December 19th
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December 12th
Happy Friday! The Heritage Hand Project was sent home today. • It is due Monday or Tuesday next week, Wednesday at the latest. • Fingers: draw or write family or community traditions (things you do again and again) Examples: birthday traditions, Sunday dinner, camping, dancing, going to grandma’s house, celebrating holidays, special meals, sports you always do together... • Palm: draw or write your heritage (passed down through generations and part of your deeper family history) Examples: family or country flag, family name, cultural clothing, traditional foods • Colour the whole hand neatly and brightly • We will present on Wednesday Here is an example from another class: Language Arts and Social Studies • Responded to a sentence or question we connected to after reading Night Tree by Eve Bunting • Created an Arctic word web and used it to write facts in complete sentences independently • Editing skills: makes sense?, finger spaces, capit...
December 5th
Our Metis art from last week! Happy week, everyone! We had a wonderful time learning together, and we’re excited to share what’s been happening in Grade 2. Social Studies We’ve been exploring the land and regions of Canada, with a special focus on Alberta. Students are becoming familiar with the provinces and territories and where they are located on the map. Two songs we enjoy for learning the provinces are: 🎵 Canadian Provinces Song – Littlest Sound Sprite 🎵 Canada in My Pocket – Michael Mitchell We are also practicing cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) using the model towns the students built and command cards such as “Place the hotel three blocks west of the museum.” Students used a compass rose to guide them. Math In math, we are practicing: • Counting by 20s, 25s, and 50s • Using number lines, the 1000 chart, and patterns • Counting coins and learning about their names and values • Counting by quarters using the Scratch Garden song If you have spare c...