Learning adventures in a Grade 2 French Immersion classroom
Division 10 students worked well as a group in completing this door decoration.
They designed it themselves and completed parts individually. It all came together in only two days!
We’re participating in a school-wide door decorating contest this week – as part of Literacy Week.
One of the Christmas dinosaurs we learned to draw this week courtesy of Art for Kids Hub. Bravo to Carter S for this ferocious red and green T-Rex!
A new school year brings a new batch of Grade 2 students.
Bienvenue aux élèves de Division 10!
Students are learning to identify parts of flowers. We’ve been searching for spring flowers that grow in our local environment. We’ve been learning new words and how to draw ‘like a scientist’.
Knowing the parts of a flower helped us draw abstract flowers in art recently. Enjoy the beautiful blooms!
Sometimes, we get inspired by nature to make art. In this math activity, students were asked to create 2D picture art with sticks. They were asked to only use 12 sticks and for them to be as straight as possible. Then, they were asked to identify shapes within their art.
We counted sides and noted the number of vertices. We practiced using words like un triangle, un carré, un rectangle…We started identifying special polygon shapes too, like un hexagone.
We ran out of time, but it would have been interesting to extend this activity by only using ‘small’ sticks. How would their picture art change? What if a range of stick lengths were used instead? Would that change the picture again?
This activity was taken from the fantastic book, Messy Maths, by Juliet Robertson.
At École Westridge, we’re learning to acknowledge traditional territory. It’s a way to show respect to local First Nations of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish peoples.
Beyond the land acknowledgement we hear before school assemblies, we’re learning of personal connections to the land from older peers. They often share these connections before our morning announcements.
We’ve started to reflect on what we love about the region we live in. Here are some thoughts on what they love about living here. Students used loose parts to communicate their thinking.
