Toys, Toys, Toys!

Toys, Toys, Toys!

We are beginning our Grade Two Toy Catalogue!!!

There was some serious excitement in the room when they realized they 

would be designing their own toy.  

As an end to our unit on money and and introduction to our unit on Geometry

each student was asked to create a toy using pattern blocks.  Each pattern 

block was assigned a value (5, 10, 25 cents) and the students need to find out

how much it would cost to 'build' their toy.  This activity covers math,  (geometry,  

money, and number sense) writing, (they need to describe the features of their toy) and art.  

Stay tuned for the Grade 2 Toy Catalogue!

Inukshuks

As part of our Social Studies curriculum we are comparing our community to 

communities around the world.  We have discovered that there are many 

similarities but many differences as well.  One of the communities we 

have been reading about is an Arctic community in Northern Canada.

The people in this community rely on Inukshuks as a means of communication.

After looking at photos of Inukshuks in Northern Canada, we decided to make

our own Inukshuks that communicated a message. 

Shelter here

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Friendship

Food is this way

Fishing is allowed

Holy Table (for prayer)

Church

Prayer place

Video Games Available (PacMan)

Cave

Hospital

Shelter

Friendship

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!!

Today we made recycled paper!

The kids scavenged through recycle bins for their favourite

coloured paper, cut them up and soaked them in water.

Next we used the blender to turn the paper into 'pulp'.

They pressed the pulp through a screen and soaked as much water up 

]as they could in old blankets and towels.

We let it dry and...we have recycled paper!

It was a lot more work than they imagined.  I think

we will all be a little more aware of how we can save paper

in our daily lives.

Next we read a beautiful story called, Miss Rumphius.

Click on the link below to hear the story.

https://youtu.be/mgO_3bHHRaE

Miss Rumphius' grandfather told her when she was a child that 

she should work to make the world a more beautiful place.

So she began planting seeds everywhere she went and her flowers brought 

joy and beauty to the world.  After hearing the story we decided

to paint flowers to make our school more beautiful.

We ended the day with a story read by a friend!