Mr. Spindler's Grade 2's: Multiplying our Knowledge

The past 2 weeks we have been learning the basics of multiplication and division. We learned how multiplication is making a number of equal groups. We explored different ways to make those equal groups through various centers and worksheets. We learned that division is breaking up a number into equal groups. We explored division through centers as well.

We are busy this week finishing up our animal reports for Science and our Narrative folktale for Language. We are also completing our Fully Alive Family Life unit which concludes with a simple explanation of how a baby is born.

Next Tuesday is our last field trip of the year to Major's Hill Park to take part in the Aboriginal Summer solstice festival. This will also wrap up our Deep Learning adventure where we explored and connected with an Inuit community and collaborated on projects such as the photo book. At the festival we will explore arts and crafts activities as well as dances and singing. We will also get to see First Nations people in their regalia as the perform different ceremonies. It will be an excellent culmination. Thank you as well to all of the parent volunteers who have signed up so far to help supervise.

We have also been observing the life cycle of a butterfly in action. we received them as caterpillars, watched as they turned into chrysalides and the observed in amazement as they became butterflies.