Wonderful Wednesday!!
What a fun day in grade 2!!
We began the day introducing ourselves and
then we dove into math. We played bingo using our amazing addition skills. Ms.
Jaskolka would gave us two numbers to add together and then we looked to see if
we had the answer on our bingo card. The grade 2’s did a great job working
together and helping each other out in figuring out the answers!!
We were then off to physical education with
Mr. H.
When students returned, we worked on our
mental math. Not only did we practice our addition and subtraction skills, we
also used our multiplication and division skills!!! We played a game of follow
me cards. A student would call out an equation and the rest of the students would
see if they had the answer and then call out the next equation (I am start, who
is 3+1? I am 4, who is 2X8). We timed ourselves to see how quickly we could use
our mental math skills. The first time it took us 8 minutes and 53 seconds. The
second time it took us 4 minutes and 45 seconds!!! Great job Grade 2’s!!!
Following first recess and lunch we worked
on our reading comprehension skills. We read a book called The little White Owl as a group. First, we made predictions about
what we thought this book would be about based on the title and the cover. We
continued making predictions as we continued reading the story. After, we did a
retell of the story as a class. Then, we explored the author message. We
decided that the author was trying to tell us that everyone is different,
unique and special!!!! We used the author message to work on a writing
activity. We wrote and drew what makes us unique! Check out what makes us
special:
After second recess and lunch, we learned
that the Grade 2’s are inquiring about different cultures around the world and
the various holidays and traditions celebrated. We brainstormed as a class the
different holidays that we knew about and then we chose our favourite one and
explained why.
At the end of the day we played a fun game
of ‘would you rather’. Each student was given a ‘would you rather’ card and was
given an opportunity to choose and explain one of the options. For example:
would you rather have big elephant ears or a long giraffe neck! This was so
much fun!!!
Thank you for joining me, Ms. Smith’s
class. I had a wonderful day with you! See you next year!
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