Our Class Environment
The Reggio Emilia Approach A few years ago, I went to a little town in Italy called Reggio Emilia for training. This town has a unique...
The Wheel and Axle
The third simple machine we learned about is the wheel and axle. We also learned about gears. We spent our Friday afternoon building...
Motion Mania
Exploring Motion We defined motion as the act of movement. We used a bubble diagram to map out what we know about motion. Motion - can be...
Simple Machines - Pulley
Proving a Hyphothesis We learned about another simple machine - Pulley. We watched a video about how a pulley works and found out the...
Peer Critique
Authentic Feedback in Grade Two We have been looking at Scientific Drawings in our unit of inquiry. We are learning to draw accurately...
Inclined Planes
We have been looking at forces and motion. To understand how force works and how we use it in our daily lives, we are learning about...
Word Study
There has always been a lot of controversy regarding spelling tests and spelling instructions. Some children dread them and some parents...
A Day with Special Friends
We visited the Hyogo Prefectural School for Students with Special Visual Needs 兵庫県立視覚特別支援学校 on Wednesday. http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~kenri...