Learning Update

Writing

In Ms. Rahal's class, students were introduced to some more words they can use to connect two sentences together (conjunction words).  Some of these words include or and yet.

In Ms. McGill's class, students have been working on their spelling through the use of Words Their Way and word rings based on their decodable books.

Students have also been working to add more detail to their writing tasks and have been making sure to use proper capitalization and punctuation.


Math 

The Grade 2 students have been introduced to graphing and data analysis.  They surveyed peers to gather information, make estimations, answer questions, and then used the information gathered to create a bar graph.  Survey questions have included: “What is your favourite flavour of ice cream?".

Science 

Students have been learning about what a compass is, it's relationship to magnetism, and how it is used in our environment. They had to answer two questions last week: What is a compass? (What does it do?) and How does a compass work?

Social Studies 

Mrs. Horder, our Indigenous Education Learning Leader, has been working with the Grade 2 classes on the importance of oral history in relation to the indigenous cultures of the prairies.  Looking through this lens, we have been comparing our life to that of indigenous peoples.

Quest Residency

Quest Theatre is doing a residency at Keeler from Dec. 2-Dec. 12.  Quest Theatre is an organization that comes into schools and assists students in a theatrical production from start to finish.  The instructors will teach Music/Drama during the school day, culminating in Christmas themed performances on December 12th.  The performances will be at 1:30 and 6:30.