Grade 2

Unit of Inquiry:

Learning objective-
  • To investigate and research about various communities and how they have changed over time. 
  • To identify factors responsible for such changes.
Learning engagements-
  • Students read various books on communities and also researched on iPads.
  • Discussion as a class as well as in small groups was conducted.
  • Students did activities related to the topic in order to enhance their understanding of various communities.

In Mathematics,

Learning objective - To be able to use different strategies to do addition.

Learning engagements-
  • Students continued to work on addition with carrying over and looking at double digits.
  • Students solved simple mathematical word problems involving 2 and 3 digit numbers. 
  • The students were given the opportunity to use and apply mathematical skills practically in real life problems and within mathematics itself.
In Language arts,

Reading- 

  • Students continued to read books of their choice - Daily Five.
  • Reading relative sessions.
  • Unit of Inquiry books

Writing

Learning objective- 
  • To develop their writing stamina through with a focus on descriptive writing.
  • To be able to identify and use punctuation marks correctly.
Learning engagement- 
  • Students selected a final piece of their own descriptive writing in order to revise, edit and publish.
  • Students were encouraged to punctuate writing by using capital letters, full stops and began to use commas. 
  • Students continue to accumulate a bank of words, and checking spellings/meanings of words using a dictionary.