Capacity

Today we furthered our learning about capacity.

We estimated which container would hold the least and which would hold the most. Some of us estimated the capacity in cups and some of us estimated in ml. Next week, we will measure and find out which estimate was most accurate!

To extend this learning at home: Look at containers around the house, estimate the capacity and then check by reading the measurement on the bottle or using a measuring jug.

To really challenge yourself: find the difference between your estimate and your measurement. For example, if you estimate a bottle holds 600ml and it actually holds 500ml then you could find the difference using the sum 600 - 500 = 100. So the difference is 100ml.

Remember if you leave comments about your work at home on our blog, there are team points up for grabs!

Sports Day Success

We loved it! Thank you to everyone who came.

We were so tired after!

 

Brilliant Bar Charts

2B decided that they wanted to investigate the different countries that everyone in the class was from. Together we created a tally chart and wrote all of the different country names. Next we transferred the data from the tally chart onto a bar chart. We coloured in how many people were from each country and we labelled the y and x axis and gave the chart a title. Lastly, we wrote what the bar chart shows us and any findings that we predicted or found surprising. (Rakhman, Max, Naomi and Sarim wrote this)

Remember that using special Maths words (like the ones highlighted) and being able to talk about your work is another step in the right direction. Keep up the great work!

The wonderful (collaged) world of 2B...

Homework 26th February 2013

Dear 2B,

I was very impressed with the homework that I received this week. It seems you really enjoyed learning about tangrams! As always there were some very creative pieces.

Here are two examples of great homework this week:

I really like that Keishi chose a topic that interests him and created this fantastic information page, which includes: tables, facts, images, headings, labels and much more. Well Done Keishi!

Daniel created several wonderful Tangrams using the strategies we learnt in class. I really like the coloured paper and size of this homework. He was also able to use special Maths words to tell me how he solved the puzzles. Well Done Daniel!

I think it's important that you are in charge of your own learning and choose to find out about topics that interest you. So, here's some ideas that you might like to do for homework linked to our classwork:

General Ideas

• Continue with activities from the Media Ladder

Literacy Ideas

• Write an author study (like the one where we used the ipads to research information about Julia Donaldson)
• Write a character description of your favourite Julia Donaldson character
• Write a story following a similar pattern to the ones that we have read this week (we will be writing a story together next week so this would be great practise)
• Write a book review
• Write a prediction of a book that you haven't read yet
• Present similarities and differences that you find between different books

Numeracy

• Investigate and record how heavy different food packets are, for example, how many grams are in a cereal box? Can you think of anything else that weighs around the same?
• Find various bottles and using a jug find out how many ml of water they can hold. Then put them in size order and take a photo!
• Click here for games about organising data and block charts
• Perhaps you really want to find something out about your families like and want to design a tally chart and graph

Most importantly, have fun and I can't wait to see your homework next week (I always look forward to seeing what you have done!)
 

A few reminders...

Hi Everyone,

We're in the middle of a great and very busy week!

Tomorrow at 11am we have Year 2 Sports Day, please remember:

• To dress in full P.E. kit
• Apply suncream before coming to school
• Wear a sunhat (make sure your name is in the hat)
• Parents and Carers are more than welcome to attend, we'd love to see you there!
• Remember to bring your water bottle
• Parents/Carers relay race is at 1.20pm

On Wednesday, 2B are visiting the OSN studios as part of our Media Magic topic and we are extremely excited!

• School times are the same.
• Children should be dressed in full school uniform.

On Saturday 2nd March we have the International Fair at 10am, which gives people a chance to experience and enjoy many different cultures and traditions. We are all looking forward to this event.

As always if you have any questions, please come to see me.

Thank you for your on-going support,

Miss Widdison

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Thank you to everyone who has supported our blog, we have reached 5000 visitors!

Tangram Homework

For homework this week please solve tangram puzzles, click here for tangram printables or click here to try an online activity.

Please reflect on your work and think about how you solved the puzzle.

The most important thing: Have Fun with them!

Julia Donaldson

We are currently learning about an amazing author, Julia Donaldson. Our topic is called 'Books by the same Author'. To learn more about her click here.

Reading some of Donaldson's books at home will support work in class. Some of her books include: Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, A Squash and a Squeeze, Follow the Swallow, Sharing a Shell and many more...

We will be looking at similarities and differences between her books. This includes talking about the characters, events and settings in book, language (rhyme, alliteration, repetitive adjectives, connective, similes etc.) pictures, punctuation.

 

More electric stuff!

Today we carried out some rather interesting experiments, thought up by the children in 2B. Please ask them at home, 'what did you find out?'

2B try using scientific language when you're explaining, like: bulb, battery, lead, write, clip, component, conductor, experiment, findings, conclusion etc.
 

February Homework

Homework for the moment is set by Year 2 as a whole and is in the form of the Media Learning Ladder found on the GLG.

Some children have decided to bring in work related to different topics that interests them. This is also great and shows that children are excited about certain topics. It's lovely that children in 2B are so enthusiastic about different subjects. I will gladly accept and mark this as well. This will mostly likely be linked to something we are doing in class. Some examples are fact files, weekend diaries, creative stories and so on...

I will start to update the blog with little tasks that I feel would be helpful, if you have time and can incorporate into your day then they will really benefit children when they are in class.

We are starting to think about measuring, 2B are already super at measuring length. We are going to start work on measuring weight and capacity. These can be made into fun practical activities in the home, for example, weighing ingredients to bake a cake, filling bottles/jugs during bath time, weighing different objects from around the home using the kitchen scales, measuring ml of squash/water etc or just simply giving the children fun questions 'would you weigh an elephant using grams or kilograms?'

length:       mm       cm       m
weight:     g           kg
capacity:  ml          l

click here for an online weighing activity.

If you have any questions/need support, please do come to see me.

Electricity...

For a great website about electricity and circuits click here

Today we had a competition to see who could make a light bulb light the fastest! Here's the results...

 

 

After, Miss Widdison challenged us to make two light bulbs light and we did it!

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Dear all,

A very happy Valentine's Day to everyone. We hope you have a day full of love!
From 2B

 

Pancake Day

Yum, yum...this week we created delicious pancakes!