Thursday, May 28, 2020

Happy June!


Happy June, Grade 2s! We are so looking forward to doing a ton of fun stuff with you for the last few weeks of school! Only 4 weeks left! ❤️Remember, your teachers are here for you if you need anything at all!


Google Meet Schedule:


Ms Meier's Class Code: meiermeeting2

Whole Class Google MeetWednesdays 10-11AM 
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12-1 PM & Thursdays 10-11 AM


Ms McBride's Class Code: msmcbridesgrade2class
Whole Class Google MeetWednesdays 10:30-11:30AM 
Office Hours: Mondays 1-2 PM & Thursdays 10-11 AM

We hope to see all your beautiful faces there! 


Secret Word: invertebrate


Recipe Writing







Bug Research





Next week's Online Learning Schedule:


Online Learning 
Week 9 June 1st– June 8th

Here are your tasks for our ninth week of online learning. You can do them in any order that you would like. The approximate time to complete your assignments are listed to help you plan your week. Further instructions for students are in our Google Classroom. If you need any further clarification with these tasks please do not hesitate to email me.

Language Arts / Inquiry / Well Being
Time- 3.5 hours
 Journal Entry – Online Learning Reflection
·       Compare learning at school to learning at home 
·       Think about what it has been like to learn at home online and think back to what it was like to be at school  
·       Write a reflection comparing what is the same about the two types of learning and what has been different

This assignment must be turned in to your teacher. 
(1 hour)
Independent Reading Video
·       Pick a book from Raz Kids, an online book or a book you have at home and record yourself reading it aloud. 
·       Upload your video for your teacher 

This assignment must be turned into your teacher. 
(1 hour)
Reading Response – “Maisey’s Wonderful Weather Book”
·       Think about the different types of weather and try to think about activities that would be fun on each type of day. 

(30 mins)
Word Work: Venn Diagram 
·       Watch and listen again to the Non-fiction text “Friends Around the World”. 
·       Pick one character in the book to compare your life to and complete the Venn diagram attached. 

This assignment must be turned into your teacher. 
(30 mins)
Bug Art
·       Use bits and pieces from around your house to create your own, unique bug sculptures

(30 mins)


Math
Time 1.5 hours
Weather Report
·       Create a video weather report for any day this week.

This assignment must be turned in to your teacher.

(30 mins)

Solve your friend’s math problems!
·       Complete one of the addition or subtraction story problems from your classmates

(30 mins)

Prodigy
·       Explore Prodigy: Explore Prodigy to build number sense. 
(30 mins)



Music and Physical Education
Music 
·       Check the Saddle Ridge School Music blog and complete activities
Physical Education
·       Check the Saddle Ridge School PE blog and complete activities









Friday, May 22, 2020

Missing our students!

Can you believe we've been doing ONLINE learning for EIGHT weeks already!? We are really missing our students and know online learning is just not the same without seeing them everyday. We hope you are all staying safe, healthy and finding creative ways to keep being at home fun!

Thanks for all the amazing hard work you have been putting into your weekly tasks! 

ONLINE LEARNING SUBMISSIONS :) 


   



EXCELLENT RESEARCH
 

Keep up the Amazing work grade two!

Here are your tasks for our eighth week of online learning. You can do them in any order that you would like. The approximate time to complete your assignments are listed to help you plan your week. Secret word: invertebrate Further instructions for students are in our Google Classroom. If you need any further clarification with these tasks please do not hesitate to email your classroom teacher!


Language Arts / Inquiry / Well Being 
Time- 3.5 hours 
  
Journal Entry – Recipe Writing 

  • Watch the attached video of Ms.Meier making a recipe sent to her by Ms.McBride! “Chicken Tacos”  
  • Think about how important it is to include all the details when giving specific instructions to someone else, especially when cooking! 
  • Think about all your favourite foods to eat at home and create a recipe for one of your favourite meals! 

This assignment must be turned in to your teacher.  
(1 hour) 
Independent Reading 
  • Pick a book from Raz Kids, an online book or book you have at home and make inferences about the story throughout reading 
(1 hour) 
Reading Response – Personal Comparisons 
  • Watch and listen to the Non-fiction text “Friends Around the World”. Find a quiet space to make personal connections and comparisons to other children around the world.  
(30 minutes) 
Word Work: Sight Word Check-In 

  • Follow along with the video to share your sight word knowledge. 

This assignment must be turned into your teacher.  
(30 mins) 
Research Practice: Organizing Information 

  • Use the Venn Diagram to compare the life cycles of honeybees and butterflies.   

This assignment must be turned into your teacher. 


Math  
Time 1.5 hours 
Weather Graphing   

  • Use last week’s weather reports from your Google Classroom stream to fill in the pictograph and answer the questions.  

This assignment must be turned in to your teacher. 

(30 mins) 

Story Problem 
  • Create and addition or subtraction Story Problem for your teachers and classmates to solve. 

(30 mins) 

Prodigy 
  • Explore Prodigy: Explore Prodigy to build number sense.  
(30 mins) 


Thanks for continuing to learn with us :) 
Ms.Meier and Ms.McBride 

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