Triangles were the next stop in our grade two geometry unit. Students learned that "tri" means 3 and a triangle needs to have: 3 sides and 3 vertices. Triangles are made up of straight, closed lines and the sides can vary in length. The overall size or pattern within a triangle does not change the fact that it is a triangle! You can even practice identifying triangles at home: Grade 2 students know they are successful when they can identify the various parts of a shape and how they differ throughout the various shapes we are studying. Grade 1 students continued exploring counting strategies today so that they can begin to count forwards and backwards. Grade 1s feel successful when they can identify numbers as either more or less than a given number. Today, we practiced counting to 20 with the help of a 100s chart. The hundreds chart aides us in counting objects because we know the last number covered in order is how many we have! Students also continued their "wh" digraph exploration today. This is an advanced sound, because many "wh" words also include blends and long vowel sounds. In the below, every new shape below the letters represents a new sound. The star below the "E" in white and whale tell us that's our magic e, which itself is silent but makes the other vowel say it's long sound (it's name!): We also continued our Red is Best book study. As we prepare to create our own pattern books, students identified their favourite colours and brainstormed additional colours they would like to include in their books. Together we spelled these colour words and students copied the colours of their choice onto their book planners.
Finally, we completed step 1 of our Inuksuk art and will be so excited to share the final products on tomorrow's blog post, stay tuned!
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