Mrs. Wegner's Blog: Happy New Year

Here we are back at school. What a week we had with 3 snow days. A perfect background for our science topic, Animals in Winter.

Friday is Library Book Exchange and Spelling Test for Grade 2 Students

We continue with our study of informational texts and we will be writing reports about animals and how they survive winter.

Grade One Expectations include:

investigate and compare the basic needs of humans and other living things, including the need for air, water, food, warmth, and space, using a variety of methods and resources.
investigate and compare physical characteristics of a variety of animals, including humans.
use appropriate science vocabulary including hibernate, adapt, migrate, survive, temperature in oral and written communication.
describe changes in the appearance or behaviour of living things that are adaptations of seasonal changes
describe how humans prepare for and/or respond to seasonal changes.

Grade Two Expectations include:

investigate the ways in which a variety of animals adapt to their environment and/or to changes in their environment.
use appropriate science vocabulary including migration, adaptation, hibernation, life cycle, classification in oral and written communications.
describe an adaptation as a characteristic body part, shape, or behaviour that helps an animal survive in its environment.
identify and describe major physical characteristics of different types of animals (reptiles, mammals, insects, birds, fish).
identify the 3 states of water in the environment and give examples of each (solid is visible as ice, snow, frost, hail, sleet)

You Can Support Your Child's Learning at Home By:

observing the changes in weather and the responses of animals outdoors
reading books about animals
use internet sources to investigate characteristics of animals and how they adapt to winter conditions
draw pictures and make models of observations and things learned

Enjoy your investigations.