Ms. Meier and Ms. McBride's Grade 2 Class!: Happy Fri-YAY! :)

We hope you all are staying as warm as possible out there! We were so happy and impressed with how many of you braved the freezing temperatures this week to come to school! 😊

In LITERACY we continued exploring elements of stories. We read, watched, and listened to familiar stories. Then we talked and wrote about the various story elements, such as characters, setting, problem, and solution. We watched a funny Pixar Short Film called "Snack Attack," and focused on describing the characters in the film using as many details as possible!

Link for video Snack Attack

Our sight words for next week are:

their
wasn't
doesn't
conserve
people

In MATH we have begun to explore SUBTRACTION. We discussed how when we subtract our numbers get smaller and we are getting less. We started to practice vertical subtraction without regrouping! We know that when we subtract, the order of the numbers DOES matter! Putting the bigger number on top is the only way our equation makes sense!

We also experimented with "Numberless" word problems! Students had to use their knowledge of number sense to create a mathematical equation!

In SCIENCE we started a NEW Inquiry project and are becoming WATER CONSERVATIONISTS! We watched a video about a little girl in Ethiopia named Aysha, who walks for over 8 hours a day to get water for her and her family while her brothers attend school. After watching this video we reflected about how this made us feel and recorded our thoughts.

We were then SHOCKED to learn that even here in Canada and in our OWN province of Alberta, there are communities without safe drinking water. That made us feel disappointed but empowered to make a difference! We begun to reflect on our own water usage and discussed the ways in which we could make changes in our own lives. We each made a water promise.

In SOCIAL STUDIES we continued our exploration of The Blackfoot First Nation by exploring the rich tradition of Indigenous storytelling. We continued our work with symbol stories and created a symbol that we felt represented us.