Our Last Post for the 2019-2020 School Year

It is hard to believe that our school year has come to a close.  What a very different ending of the school year this has been.  With students both in-class and at-home, we wanted to have a chance, if at all possible, to "get together" one last time before summer holidays.  This was accomplished with a whole class ZOOM meeting, and then a year-end "field trip" to Norquay Park.   Some of our at-home learners came down to the park to see the in-class students in person.  We had some excited virtual hugs and hi-fives!  We played together on the playground, had a picnic on our own blankets and then said "good-bye" until September!

  

A few memories of Grade 2....
  

Have a great summer everyone!

Stay safe

2 more stories that inspired our writing

Everybody Needs a Rock - we all need a rock, a special rock!  After listening to this story, we went out to find that special rock...

We really took our time to look for that "right" rock...

        

       

We came back in and looked at what happened when we dipped our special rock into water...

Then we wrote about our rock...

Some of us even decorated our rocks...

Then, Ms. Steer shared this story with us...

And we brainstormed some of our own "wishes"...

Learning the week of June 15th

This is our last week of on-line learning.  And there are just a couple of school days left next week for our in-class learners!  
What a busy group of workers we had this week as everyone continued to keep up with all the activities posted in myBlueprint!
Here is a sample of just some of the things your friends in Division 13 have been doing...from home and at school!

Here is one of our classmates who "perfected" slime making during her time learning from home.  She kindly made an "how to.." video to share with us!

Our last poem of the school year!  If you find one (or MAKE ONE UP  yourself, add it to your poetry book!

Another "hidden toys" challenge

One of our favourite activities!  Can you find the 5 hidden toys? (See the answers at the end of this post!)

Our math challenges of the week...

It is great when you write and tell me what you thought of the activities!  This is called "reflecting".  Good learners are always thinking and reflecting! 

Making words is another wonderful activity to get us to slow down and look at things carefully!  Look at all the words you can come up with with these letters!  More self reflection and more working together with our families!

In-class....
 Some of us continue to have fun making god's eyes and teaching others how to do it!

Some of us go to Ms. Lew on Thursday and Friday.  We got to make our very own "marble runs".  What fun it will be to have this to play with in the summer!

With all that the children might be seeing and hearing about the anti-racism protests going on in the United States, Canada, and around the world, it is important for us to discuss what it is we are seeing and why?  In class we have been sharing some stories and having some very thoughtful and powerful discussions about racism and segregation.    Here is one story we watched together...

Listen to the story of Ruby Bridges here

After we watched the story, we took time to reflect on what had happened, decades ago, and how it made us feel.   Here are a few of our thoughts...

It  saddens us to know that racism is still happening today.  But, we also talked about what we can do?  How can we help?   This made us think back to the song we sang at our Remembrance Day assembly... "Together We Can Change The World".  

This is so true.

Listen to the song here

Hidden toys answer...

See you next week for one last post!

Learning from the week of June 8th

This week our ADST challenge inspiration came from a little story called,  "NOT a Box”!  We were challenged to find a box , use our imaginations, think “outside the box” and make something creative!
First we watched this video, and then we got started on our own creations!

This is my ADST challenge called not a box.  I made a pirate ship with my sister.  We also made weapons.

We also watched this lovely video about why two friends can’t  hug right now...

And made a rainbow of hope...

Here is the answer to our math challenge of the week.  It was wonderful to see how we all had different strategies to solve the problems!

On Thursdays and Fridays some of us work with Ms. Lew.  Look at what she taught us...

And, some of us are busy at home learning new things with our families too!  Here is someone who has “perfected “ slime!!

We are coming to the end of our school year... just a week and a bit to go!  I can't wait to see what we have to share next week!!