Sorry for the late post this week. I blame the Super Bowl!
Last week was another busy one. We did quite a bit of art, and it turned out so well!
In writing we started talking about Personification. The students discussed different things that people do that we could use to describe inanimate objects. For example, the leaves danced in the wind. Leaves can not actually dance, but it is a beautiful way to describe how they move on a windy day. They all practiced writing different personification sentences, and then made a personification poem in the shape of the object they are writing about.
We have been focusing on subtraction in math. We used our knowledge of Fact Families to try and find the missing number from a number sentence. For example, if the question was _-8=4 we would change it around to 4+8=_ to help us solve for the missing number. Subtraction can be very hard for grade 2's, but our class is working hard to understand!
We combined science and art last week as we finished talking about Hot & Cold and created 4 different trees for the four seasons. For each tree we used a different medium or style to create a different effect.
In health we have been reading books by Todd Par, and we created our own self portraits in the style of the art in his books. We also did some writing to go with our art about how we are different, and what our favorite thing about ourselves is. We will be displaying the art and writing in the hall to share with our peers.
***Don't Forget***
Insulation projects are due on Thursday. If you would like to send them in early we will label and store them until Thursday. Please let your teacher know if you have any questions.
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