This past week in Math we’ve been practicing subtraction, and we looked at a variety of strategies that we can use to solve a subtraction sentence. The students showed their mathematical thinking on number lines, and we played some fun subtraction games in class. We also looked at how we can solve subtraction problems by thinking of subtraction as taking away or as the difference between two numbers. Cutting apart 120 charts to create number lines was an interesting exploration, and the students were very impressed that the number lines were longer than their tables!
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In Math this week we’ve been further exploring 3D objects, and focused especially on making models of different 3D objects (such as cubes, cones, spheres, pyramids, and cylinders). Take a look at the students representations in modelling clay (some of the cylinders got impressively long)!
In Math we’ve been continuing our work on basic addition and subtraction facts up to 18. The students have had lots of fun playing a variety of addition and subtraction games, and you can ask them at home to tell you a number story. See if you can answer their word problems at home!
In Math, we are beginning a new focus on addition and subtraction up to 18, and solving word problems. This unit will focus on deepening your child’s understanding of number relationships, counting, and place value. Below you can find a game and video we've been playing to get this unit off to a fun start! The learning goals for this unit are to:
You can also play the video and games below for extra practice at home! In Math, we are beginning a new focus on numbers up to 100 and solving word problems. This unit will focus on deepening your child’s understanding of number relationships, counting, and place value. Below you can find a game and video we've been playing to get this unit off to a fun start! The learning goals for this unit are to:
You can help your child achieve these goals with the following activities at home:
We put our patterning skills to good use in 2B when we made our patterned fabric recently! We watched a video about the process of designing fabric and how that fabric is printed, and set to work on our own designs. The students created their patterns based on what designs they thought would sell well as a fabric, and had to describe that pattern’s rule, elements, and core. They also considered carefully what they would write to convince potential buyers. Some of the fabrics were not cheap, as you can see in the advertisements!
We are wrapping up our focus on increasing patterns in math this week. Increasing patterns are a brand new concept in grade two, and can often prove to be tricky, but the students in 2B have worked hard to describe, reproduce, extend, and create increasing patterns over the past couple of weeks. You can practice increasing patterns by taking the link to the game below!
We have been patterning up a storm here in 2B! Patterning is one of our first units in math, along with skip counting and word problems. This past week we worked hard on repeating patterns, and will soon learn about increasing patterns.
The Learning Goals for this unit are to:
You can help your child achieve these goals by using some of the following activities at home
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Mrs. BarkerMrs. Barker is a grade three and literacy teacher at Millgrove School. She loves science and reading, and lives in a little brick house with Mr. Barker and her kids Jack and Ellie. Archive
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