Thank you to the parents who are coming in this week to help students make their Christmas tree ornaments. This is a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season at Melawati.
As readers we have started reading partnerships to grow our comprehension skills by discussing books with partners and using note taking strategies to help us jot down our thinking about books. Students will practice writing their ideas, questions, and thinking on sticky notes throughout the book and at the end of chapters. These notes form the basis of collaborative conversations with their reading partner.
As writers we have continued our work writing like scientists this week by documenting some experiments we have been doing in the lab. Our focus now is on the importance of using exact measurements, science vocabulary and detailed steps as we write our procedures.
As scientists we continue learning about the differences between physical and chemical changes. Through our readings and experiments, we explored how chemical changes are irreversible and create a new substance. During our experiments this week, students will have an opportunity to see matter go through both physical and chemical changes.
As mathematicians we have started to write and solve multi-step story problems with same and mixed operations including multiple addends. During our work on these problems, students have been encourage to be flexible in their thinking in order to combine or take apart numbers to help their accuracy and efficiency. As with all story problems, students are expected to show their thinking with a picture, equation and answer that includes the unit. Our upcoming focus is on double digit addition and subtraction using base-ten models, number lines, and various other strategies. The big idea is to be able to demonstrate understanding of place value on a conceptual level as opposed to merely solving an algorithm. This might look very different from the way many of you know how or have been taught how to solve addition and subtraction equations, thank you for your patience and understanding and we will be happy to explain this all to you during our Math Learning Celebration (read on).
UPCOMING
Swimming during PE is this Thursday, November 23rd.
Mini Academies is scheduled for Thursday, November 23. Thank you to the parents who volunteered to lead an activity. These are always special events and the kids love learning from our very talented parent community.
Grade 2 Learning Celebration is scheduled for Friday, December 8 from 10:10 – 10:45. Students will have the opportunity to share with you some math games, addition and subtraction strategies, and problem solving strategies that they’ve been learning this semester. An invitation with an RSVP will be sent closer to the date so we can determine how many parents will attend.
Our Home Learning is posted on our blog under the "Class Documents" tab. While these activities are optional, students are encouraged to complete one activity of their choice each week.
DINNER QUESTIONS
What are some chemical changes that you might see at home? How do you know?
Practice a reading partnership with your parents. What are some questions you can ask them about the book you read?
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