Today was all about group work and learning with others :)
This morning began with a super subtraction morning smile! We then moved into Language and read a story about a little boy who wrote his "under the bed monster" letters. We had some great laughs and began to get our brains in motion for lettering writing and the parts of a letter. The students then worked in small groups to discover the parts of the letter and then in a large group we discussed the different parts and even sang a song about the different parts - I'm sure the students would love to sing for you! In the small groups again the students brainstormed ideas about what they would like to write in a letter to our new principal, Mrs. Salmini. The students ideas were fabulous and very welcoming and I am really looking forward to their letters tomorrow when we start to write them!
In math today we did some "finish-up" and got caught up on our work. The students are doing so well with money and I encourage you to help students count change with you or choose the coins when you are buying something as this will help to make real world connections to their learning. They are so good with money and I look forward to do some more money math next week!
Today was also the beginning of our new social studies unit on Mapping and Communities around the World! We began by reading a story about a girl in a hot air balloon and her travels around the world - we have all decided that this would be a fun field trip but not sure who would navigate the balloon! As a group we then brainstormed about what makes up a community and then again in our small groups (from language) the students took a topic and brainstormed ideas about that in relation to Canada (example - transportation in Canada). The ideas the students came up with were amazing! I am really looking forward to doing some really fun things with this unit and integrating our Flat Stanley work with it!
Our Thursday was Tremendous and another amazing day in Grade 2!
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