Shapes, Measurement, Density and the Scottish people of Nova Scotia

Friday's Field Trip Reminders:

Grade 2 students from 4 classes are attending "Treasure Island" at Storybook Theatre this Friday, May 3rd. Please make sure your child arrives at school by 9:00am on Friday morning. Your child's teacher will be outside their grade team doors at 9:00 – students will bring their backpacks inside and then proceed to the bus. We will wait for students who regularly ride the school or daycare bus to arrive and our buses will depart the school at 9:15am. Please send along a snack that can travel in your child’s pocket, such as a granola bar. 

If you know that your child will be late or absent on Friday, please contact your child's teacher.

Thank you, 

Grade 2 Teachers

UPCOMING STAMPEDE BREAKFAST:

Royal Oak School Stampede Pancake Breakfast!

We are excited to announce that the Calgary Stampede Downtown Attractions Breakfast Committee will be hosting a free Stampede Pancake Breakfast for our entire school community and their families on Friday, May 24, 2019. This event will begin at 7:00 a.m. rain or shine and will run until approximately 9:00 a.m. Families are encouraged to come early to enjoy this free yummy event.

This year we are excited to partner with William D. Pratt Middle School and will be bringing the communities together on the basketball courts and the Pratt soccer fields. Families are invited to bring a blanket or camping chair to sit on as they enjoy a breakfast picnic on the basketball courts and the adjacent Pratt fields. In the event of rain families will be invited inside the gym at W.D. Pratt School.

There will be no teacher supervision provided at the Stampede Pancake Breakfast, so families are responsible for the supervision of their children for the entirety of the event. Our teachers will resume their regular supervision on the school grounds at 8:55am and our regular school bell will ring for student entry at 9:10 am.

All families are encouraged to wear their best western attire to show their Stampede spirit!

Literacy

In reading groups we have started reading about 3 important groups of people in Nova Scotia. 

The Acadians

 The Mi'kmaq First Nations

 The Scottish People

We are reading to learn about their culture from the past to present day and how it influences the Country of Nova Scotia. We make think-marks as we read. After reading about one of these groups of people in reading groups we are then answering inferring questions about what we have read. Next week we will present our findings as a group during literacy. 

Math
Ask me why shapes and space are important. Why do we study them? What jobs use this knowledge? 

http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/article/shapes-space/

Yesterday we began a new unit in math.We are looking at Shapes and Space. We will be investigating 2D shapes and their properties as well as how we can use measurement both with non-standard and standard units to build and draw these shapes. 

We started with a square and were challenged to prove how we knew something was one or not. We came up with a set of rules for squares.

Today we were challenged to draw one using using the class rules and measure its sides using non-standard and standard units. 

Tomorrow we will be challenged to use someone else's measurements and recreate different squares in our math book. We must make sure we label all of the parts of our squares. 

After working as partners, groups and aa a whole class these are the Rules we came up with for a square: 

1. All squares have 4 lines
2. All lines are the same length
3. All squares have 4 corners
4. All squares have right angles

What is a Right Angle?

https://www.mathsisfun.com/rightangle.html


What are non-standard Units?

How to measure accurately using non-standard units:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8o7n-A0SC0


Density

We have been talking about Density. Yesterday we were challenged with the question of why some items that seem big (cardboard piece) can float and some items that seem that seem small (paperclips) sink. We tested a variety of materials and learned about Density and how it effects Buoyancy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcQR6vV1Sqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlkpZZW29b0

Diet Coke Vs Regular Coke Density Experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzsORE0ae10

We also learned that salt water affects Density. Salt water is more dense than fresh water and this affects its Buoyancy. 

Salt Water Experiment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DLM5DElI_8