Grade 2 News
Thursday, March 17 , 2016
Upcoming Events:
March 17: Early dismissal (students go home at 1:00)
March 18 - April 4: Break (no school)
April 4: School resumes
April 7: 2d visit to the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek - Please send in library cards and books that students want to return to the library.
April 11: 2a visit to the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek - Please send in library cards and books that students want to return to the library.
April 14: 2c visit to the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek - Introduction to the library
April 15: 2b visit to the Philipp-Schaeffer-Bibliothek - Please send in library cards and books that students want to return to the library.
April 27: Student Led Conferences (8:40 - 10:00)
Art Shirts
Thanks for your support!
Creative Writing Club
If you wish to sign up and join in with the writing at home or comment on the work, you can sign in using our class code: 91344
Then register with a username and password.
Swimming this week
Thanks for your understanding and support!
Maps, Maps, Maps
* Take a picture of yourself outside showing an interesting geographical feature (mountain, ocean, lake, forest etc.)
* Students can still practice Mathletics and Raz Kids over the holidays!
Word problems (Students can choose to work with numbers to 50 or 300 depending on their level.)
How We Express Ourselves
Final Projects
Students will have a chance to share their work with their parents to at the Student Led Conferences in April!!
Our Next Unit of Inquiry:
Where We are in place and time
April 4 - May 27
Transdisciplinary Theme: Where we are in place and time
Central Idea: The Earth's physical geography has an impact on human interactions and settlements
Lines of Inquiry:
· Variability of physical geography around the world
· The relationship between location and settlement
· Impact of human interaction on the physical environment
Concepts: causation, connection, form
Attention! We will be looking at maps and different areas of the world. Feel free to bring in an atlas, map or special photos of interesting landscape or physical features.
During this unit, we will be developing the following English concepts:
· Writing to inform and describe
· Continue to develop editing skills
· Using articles (a\an), rhyming words and possessives
· Parts of non-fiction texts (glossary, index, table of contents)
During this unit, we will be developing the following mathematical concepts
- Location and mapping skills (Cardinal directions, follow multiple-step directions)
- Area (non-standard units of measurement)
- Repeated addition and repeated subtraction
- Introduction to basic fractions
- Graphs
- Interpreting word problems
During this unit, we will develop the following science and social studies knowledge and skills:
- Explain why humans choose to live in certain locations
- Describe natural features in different world environments
- Look at the impact human settlements can have on the physical environment
- Use maps and globes
During this unit, the German team will:
- Focus on Berlin and its urban features
- Inquire into the different districts and compare Berlin to other German cities and focus on presenting our knowledge
If you have any ideas or expertise you would like to share with our classes during this unit, please contact your child’s teacher. Expertise such as architects, city planners, builders etc. would be welcome. You may connect to the classroom or German teacher. Thank you!
Grade 2 Learning in Action
Secondary Readers
Secondary Readers
Secondary Readers
Storytelling
Storytelling
Storytelling
German
Unit
We continued learning about the different ways of telling stories:
- We watched "Eine Woche voller SAMStage" at the ATZE musictheater.
- We listened to story read alouds.
- We created stories using comics and the iPad app 'Explain Everything'.
Parts of Speech
We learned about the different types of sentences:
- Fragesatz
- Aussagesatz
- Aufforderungssatz
Reading
We read about German traditions during Easter. We also read facts about spring time.
Ways to help at home
Read and listen to stories. Below is a great website where students can listen to stories.