Math

In math we finished the money problems and got back to revising time. The students showed the given times on analog clocks and digital clocks, they also solved some problems with the passing time, for ex. 3 hours later, 5 hours earlier. They also learnt to recognise quater past and quater to as well as half past. Next week they will write a short test which will include money and time.

Science

In science we learnt about the changes of water when the temperature changes. The students got familiar with terms: freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation. Later we did a revision of properties of the 3 states of matter.

English

This week we had homophone spelling words. We worked on learning the definitions of these words, so that we can learn the spelling. We also worked on comprehension. We practiced forming the past tense of the verb “to be” and putting them correctly in sentences. We continued with our read aloud of The Boxcar Children.

Math

2nd grade continues their adventure with money. They name the coins, find different ways to make a given sum with coins, they solve word problems about money. They also learnt that $1= 100 cents. We played with fake money to show given sums and played shop keepers and clients to practise real life situations with money. The class also learnt to count the change if you give a bigger note than what you have to pay.

Science

In science we still revise the 3 states of matter. There was also an experiment well little scientists checked which solids dissolve in water and which don’t. On Earth Day we learnt about pollution and made a poster: Give Earth a helping hand.

English

This week we had spelling words that reviewed past weeks’ rules. We worked on comprehension in poems and in a dictionary. We started a new read aloud of the book The Boxcar Children.