Friday, 13 March 2020

March 13th Update



Mrs. Gibbs’ Grade 2 Class Learning Activities for the School Closure

Dear Families,                                                                                   Friday, March 13th, 2020
Below you will find a list of our current learning topics, and activities that support learning at home during the school closure. These activities are optional.

Math

Addition and Subtraction with 2-digit numbers
We are learning about different strategies for addition and subtraction of double-digit numbers. Please see the attached page for examples of the strategies that we have been using, as well as some challenges.
Students can practise adding and subtracting double digit numbers, as well as making up problems that involve adding and subtracting double digit numbers.
Playing board games, and card games is also great activities that strengthen mental math strategies

Money
We are learning about counting money amounts (adding), and making change (subtraction).
Students can practise counting money up to 100 cents and beyond, as well as “playing store” and making change.

Time
We are learning to tell time to the hour, half hour, and quarter hour.
Students can tell the time at home using an analogue, and digital clock. There are also a few website on our blog called “Stop the Clock” that supports this.


Literacy

Reading
Read as much as possible! Students benefit from reading independently, with an adult or sibling, as well as listening to an “expert” reader. This is a great time to get into a great chapter book together!

Writing
We will finish our information books when we come back to school.
Students can work on writing at home in their Writer’s Notebook. They can write about:
-ideas in their heart map (write about a special person, place, or activity)
-a small moment story
-facts about a topic they know lots about
-a letter

Social Studies

We are learning about the continents, oceans, equator, northern and southern hemisphere. This website supports this learning:
We will also be learning about some different countries. Our big questions is “How does climate and physical features affect the way people live (their jobs, clothing, the food they eat, what they do for fun)?
Students are encouraged to talk about, and read about different parts of the world that they are interested in. They can learn about the climate, and what the land looks like. They can then think about what jobs people might have there, what kind of clothing they wear, what they do for fun, and eat)


*Some students took home their sketch books, extra library books, and their Writer’s Notebooks. Please remind your students to bring them items back when classes resume.

Addition and Subtraction Challenges

1. Fill in the blanks with the digits 4-9. Use each digit only once. Use mental math to add the digits together. Try to use different strategies.
___+___     ___+___    ___+___

2. A number less than 19 is 6 more than another number. What could the two numbers be? Think of 2 or 3 pairs of numbers that it could be. Which pair of numbers was easiest to figure out, why?

3. If you subtract 2 two-digit numbers, could the result be a one-digit number? Explain why or why not. Give examples

4. Which addition do you think doesn’t belong? Why?
30+20     26+33     39+9     25+26

5. The sum of two numbers that are pretty close to each other is a little less than 60. What could the two numbers be?

6. Centipedes always have an odd number of pairs of legs. They could have as few as 15 pairs of legs, or as many as 175 pairs. Create and solve two or more problems about centipede legs.

7. One price is 32 cents more than another price. One of the prices can be represented with 8 coins. What can the two prices be?

8. The result of a subtraction problem is one less than 30-15. Explain what the problem might be.

9. Describe two or more ways to solve 48+49

10. You skip count by a number and say 20. What might you have been skip counting by? What were you not skip counting by? How do you know?