Tremendous Thursday!
We began the day having French with Mlle.
Jessica.
After we worked in partners during math. We
gave each other two-digit word problems and solved them using a place value
mat.
We then had physical education.
Next we went over to Ms. Baimas’
class and we read Circle of Friends. Since
this book did not have any words, we worked together to read the pictures to
figure out what was happening in the story. In the story, animals and people were
working together to be kind and caring. The boy at the beginning of the story
chose to be kind to a man that he saw sleeping on a bench; the boy gave him the
muffin that he was eating. At the end of the story, his kind act came back to
him in the form of a beautiful sunflower. The bird in the story planted a seed
for the boy in front of his window and a sunflower grew from that seed.
“When a young boy
anonymously shares his snack with a homeless man, he begins a cycle of good
will. A touching story that demonstrates the powerful effect that a simple
gesture can have. Without a single written word, it effectively speaks of
helping, sharing, and caring.”
We discussed what we learned from
this story and how it related back to the learner profile of the month: ‘Caring’:
when you do something kind for someone else, that same kindness will come back
to you when you least expect it.
We then did an activity to show
how as a whole of grade 2, we are kind and caring. We each picked a random name
from the whole of grade 2, and we wrote down something kind about that person.
At the end of the day, we shared our kind message with our chosen friend. I
have posted the messages written by my class. I will post the ones made by Ms.
Baimas’ class tomorrow.
Following first recess and lunch, we
continued our ‘Caring’ activity. We then worked on our Then and Now activities showing
how transportation has changed and why.
After second recess and lunch, we continued
reading chapter 1 of The Borrowers
and began chapter 2. While reading, we made a cover for the book based on the
information that we have so far.
Homework:
1.
Read for 20 minutes
2.
Spelling test tomorrow
3.
Trip form due April 4
4.
Materials due by April 10
5.
Autism Awareness Day is
tomorrow – wear blue
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