Celebrating our Love of Reading with Literacy Week!This past week we celebrated our love of reading. We had surprise readers, author visits, books swaps and mother tongue read-alouds. Andy Chua, the author of Fossil Finder series came for a visit. He shared his personal collection of rare dinosaur fossils! We made connections to our current central idea "We learn about civilization from what was left behind". Last but not least, we dressed as our favorite characters to aid in our creative writing! Getting Ready for the Fun Fair!We did it! Our arcade booth at the Fun Fair was a huge success. We worked together to create our own games, wrote game manuals, and made banners! We would also like to thank all of our parents who supported us by volunteering their time and helping us to create one-of-a-kind games. It was a team effort. Grade 2 Arcade Games at the Fun Fair!Fun with Probability!This week we explored some more with probability. We conducted experiments and analyzed the results using mini bags of Skittles candy. Who says math can't be delicious! UOI: Where We Are In Place And TimeThis week we tuned into our new UOI: Where we are in place and time. Our central idea is "We learn about civilizations from what was left behind". We investigated various objects from our past and engaged our thoughts through our focus questions: Function (how does it work?); Change (how is it changing?); Connection (how is it connected to other things?). We used our imaginations and make predictions using clues to figure out what the items were used for.
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UOI: Exchange Systems Help Our CommunityThis week we focused on our third line of inquiry: How exchange systems affect Singapore. To delve into this concept, we studied the maritime history of Singapore using the silk route and visited the Maritime Museum on Sentosa Island. We also compared the current export and import trade routes of the present. We discovered that the geographic location of Singapore is one reason why trade is such an import part of it's history and present. Maritime MuseumDuring our trip to the Maritime Museum, we studied the importance of various shipping ports during the silk route; Oman, Calicut, Malacca, Singapore, and Quan Zhou. We learned the significance of Singapore's geographic location during the maritime silk route and how it developed into the country we see today. Design Thinking Process: Arcade GamesThis week we began to develop prototypes of our arcade games for the Fun Fair. We are learning to use the design thinking process and began our projects with identifying the problem and brainstorming our ideas. We designed our games on paper and began to collect the recycled materials to transfer our ideas from paper to model. To add to our understanding of design, we studied physics and engineering by focusing on energy and motion. We analyzed chain reaction machines and falling dominoes. It will be a fluid process as we constantly test and refine our prototypes using new information that we gather. UOIThis week we focused on "going further" on our line of inquiry: how people earn and spend money. We added on from our conclusion last week; people spend money based on wants and needs, and extended our inquiry internationally to include how countries may import and export goods as well. We explored various items we use on a daily bases to locate the country of origin and placed them on a graphic organizer. Furthermore, we investigated various careers based on the idea that "people earn money by selling goods or providing services". MathematicsThis week we used cooperative games to learn how place value impacts subtraction of money with regrouping. When we play games using manipulatives, it helps us to make sense of abstract concepts. We ended the week with extra practice on problem solving money up to $100. Don't Break the Bank! A fun cooperative game where we mentally add and subtract money amounts up to $1. Sharing Our KnowledgeThis week we were inspired to build prototypes for our Fun Fair. After engaging in case studies of kids just like us taking action, we were inspired by "Cain's Arcade". We decided that designing our own arcade games would be a great idea for the upcoming Fun Fair at ISS. We will go through the design thinking process and refine our creations. Guest SpeakersThis week we had guest speakers from the Salvation Army. We learned about the history of the organization, the flow of goods, and how it impacts communities in Singapore. |
Ms. Claire Park
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