April 5, 2020

Reading - RazKids Assignments https://www.raz-kids.com/

UOI:Working through the design cycle to create inventions or innovation for problems in the environment around us.

Math:

• Brainpop Video: Basic parts of a whole https://jr.brainpop.com/math/fractions/basicpartsofawhole/

• Seesaw Activity: See, think, Wonder Fractions https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_activity?share_token=Y5o5Zs-AQx2PLYlnl1rnlg&prompt_id=prompt.ddedebbd-f1c0-40f1-998c-3f48d4a340d3

Specialist and Single Subject Weekly Learning Objectives and Engagements

Arabic

اللغة العربية :

• يستخدم الطالب الحروف

( ذ \ ز ) و (ق \ ك ) استخداما صحيحا .

• يميز الطالب بين ( المفرد والمثنى والجمع )

• In Arabic B the students will :

• Listen and read a story about the letter ذ on 3asafeer website.

· - Discover the letter ذ through the story's slides recorded by my voice.

· -Identify the shape of the letter.

· -Complete the table by choosing the correct word.

Islamic/Cultural Studies

Islamic B: Activities will be on the same schedule sent before

Continue the unit of(I love Muhammad) week topic about

(The Praised Young Man )

• Students talk about Muhammad’s early life before he became a prophet.

• Students to talk about Muhammad’s jobs before he became a prophet

التربية الإسلامية :

درس شخصيات إسلامية :

( أبو بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه )

• يتعرف الطالب معلومات عن شخصية أبو بكر الصديق .

• يتعرف الطالب بعض الأعمال التي قام بها أبو بكر الصديق .

Cultural Studies:

Students will:

• Reflect on their personal beliefs and values

Qatar History/Heritage

Qatar Heritage/ History B: will be every two weeks so there will be next week.

تاريخ قطر :

سيتم إعطاء المادة كل أسبوعين مرة . ولذلك سيكون الأسبوع المقبل .

Physical Education

Learning outcomes:

- to be energetic and active

- creating new activities and games

- sharing their idea, videos, pictures or in a form of written notes with all

Music

Music-2nd Grade

Our experiences and imagination can inspire us to create

Create and accompany music using a variety of sounds and instruments

We solve problems during the creative process by thinking critically and imaginatively

Create music for different purposes

Visual Arts

I will be joining your teachers check in on zoom this week- see you soon.

Learning Outcomes

• make predictions, experiment, and anticipate possible outcomes

Responding:

Learning Outcomes

• investigate the purposes of artwork from different times, places and a range of cultures including their own

Learning Hub

Reading:

Students will read for fluency and comprehension.

Listen to and enjoy stories read aloud; show understanding by responding in oral form, written or visual form.

March 25, 2020

Dear Parents,

Today's learning activities were:

Writing

• Interviewing family members to write a biography

• Creative paragraph writing related to unit of inquiry.

• Grammar: identifying different types of nouns.

Unit of Inquiry

• Inventing a prototype of inventions.

• Applying understandings of the design cycle in a design process.

• The importance of inventions to understand the world around us.

Math

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication. - Extra practice through Mathletics.

• Problem solving using repeated addition and arrays.

• Mathletics

Literacy

• Word Detectives: Finding new vocabulary words in thier UOI reading

• Working on reading fluency and re-reading for comprehension. -Students should read everyday.

• Reading for pleasure challenge.

• RazKidz

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

March 24, 2020

Today students have engaged in many learning activities. We are still learning how to navigate our way around the apps and our new timetable. Students have been engaged in various activities across the grade level.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Our learning focus areas were:

Writing

• Using imagery to create a coherent paragraph

Unit of Inquiry

• Applying understandings of the design cycle in a design process.

• The importance of inventions to understand the world around us.

Math

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication. - Extra practice through Mathletics.

• Problem solving using repeated addition and arrays.

• Identifying and writing time to the quarter and half hour using analog clocks.

• Matching analog representation on a clock to the corresponding digital time.

Literacy

• Working on reading fluency and re-reading for comprehension. -Students should read everyday.

March 23, 2020

Dear families,

Today students had an opportunity to check in with classmates and review yesterdays assignments. We checked for comprehension and answered questions. Teachers explained today's assignments. Please be sure to read assignments posted on SeeSaw with your child to ensure that she/he are completing tasks.

Please continue to check emails for updates.

Our learning focus areas were:

Writing

• Organizing ideas, using descriptive words to further explain their invention.

Unit of Inquiry

• Applying understandings of the design cycle in a design process.

• The importance of inventions to understand the world around us.

Math

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication. - Extra practice through Mathletics.

Literacy

• Working on reading fluency and re-reading for comprehension. -Students should read everyday.

Specials

اللغة العربية : العمل على قراءة النص الإجرائي الجديد وقد قام بعض الطلاب بمشاركة قراءاتهم وفي انتظار باقي الطلاب.

الالتزام بالاستمرار بممارسة القراءة اليومية من خلال الكتاب المدرسي - القصص مع الطلاب - القصص الإلكترونية من خلال موقع عصافير

• P.E., Art and Music will upload class and assignments on SeeSaw.

Kind regards,

Your PYP Grade 2 Team

March 22, 2020

Dear families,

Welcome back to online school! We hope that you and your family have had a restful break. It was great connecting with your children and getting back into our learning routines.

As we begin our school week we want to remind you of the importance of providing your child with a working area and balance throughout the day. We have collaborated with all teachers to ensure that your child continues to get a quality education while ensuring their well-being.

Please continue to check emails for updates.

Today students had the opportunity to review learning from class and reconnect with friends and teachers via zoom.

Our learning focus areas were:

Math

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication. - Extra practice through Mathletics.

Literacy

• Working on reading fluency and re-reading for comprehension. -Students should read everyday.

Specials

اللغة العربية : العمل على قراءة النص الإجرائي الجديد وقد قام بعض الطلاب بمشاركة قراءاتهم وفي انتظار باقي الطلاب.

الالتزام بالاستمرار بممارسة القراءة اليومية من خلال الكتاب المدرسي - القصص مع الطلاب - القصص الإلكترونية من خلال موقع عصافير

• P.E., Art and Music will upload class and assignments on SeeSaw.

Kind regards,

Your PYP Grade 2 Team

March 12, 2020

Dear families,

Thank you for your flexibility and support through this transition period. It has been a learning curve for both teachers and students. We have managed to continue our learning and establish essential agreements for online learning. We hope that next week you are able to take some time to connect as a family and find time for relaxation. Learning will resume on Sunday March 22, 2020. Please continue to check emails for updates.

This week students have had the opportunity to review learning from class and establish new learning routines with their homeroom teachers. Online learning presents us with new challenges we thank you for your patience and cooperation in helping your child to be successful online. It is important that learners have opportunities to connect with teachers and other students to continue to build social skills and maintain relationships.

Our learning focus areas for the remainder of this week will continue to be:

Math

• Reviewing how to representing time in both digital and analog formats.

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication

Literacy

• Reflections of learning.

• Writing and reading biographies to understand personal histories and perspectives

• Using accurate punctuation to write complete sentences

Unit of Inquiry

• Applying understandings of the design cycle in a design process.

• The importance of inventions to understand the world around us.

Kind regards

Your PYP Grade 2 Team

March 11, 2020

Dear families,

Thank you to all families for their support on our second day of continuous distance learning. It has been great to see our learners become more familiar and confident with the learning platforms that we have introduced. We understand that some families might be facing challenges and difficulties as we adapt to our new learning environment, so please ensure you continue to reach out and ask for help when needed. We will continue to refine our approaches to make learning as straight forward and manageable as possible.

Our learning focus areas for the remainder of this week will continue to be:

Math

• Reviewing how to representing time in both digital and analog formats

• Using repeated addition and arrays to represent multiplication

Literacy

• Writing and reading biographies to understand personal histories and perspectives

• Using accurate punctuation to write complete sentences

Unit of Inquiry

• Applying understandings of the design cycle in a design process

Please also remember that specialist teachers will be posting up activities and engagements on our class Seesaw page. Please make sure you complete these and submit any required work as instructed. Once again we thank all our learners and families for their positive support and approach to our new learning context.

Kind regards

Your PYP Grade 2 Team

March 10, 2020

Dear Families,

A huge thank you to the parents and children who have tried posting on Seesaw to share what you have learned today. Online learning can only work with your help and support, and we appreciate your active involvement on our online platform. Please expect a morning message from teachers every day, as well as replies to your wonderful messages, photos and videos. Your feedback is important to us as we embark on this online learning journey, so please keep in touch and send us your thoughts.

To facilitate your online participation, please download the Seesaw Class App onto your home devices using the following link and follow the step to login to your child’s online e-portfolio. https://web.seesaw.me/platforms. This app will enable you to upload your child’s work, videos and stories directly to their e-portfolio space. We will be available online tomorrow to support you with any questions.

We are sure that there will be some challenges as we learn to manage our learning and teaching in this new domain; however, we are all here to support each other and learn together. Our virtual doors are always open, so please email if you have concerns, suggestions, feedback or questions.

Have a wonderful evening,

Your PYP Grade 2 Team