YIS 2R

Images from last week’s Sports Day, originally published on Ms Buehler’s PE blog. What a great day! Elementary Sports Day: K-2 on PhotoPeach

As we start to consider ideas relating to our new unit of inquiry “Human activities can challenge plant and animal survival”, we decided to start by learning about species and habitats in our own backyard. 2R students borrowed a stack of iPads from kindergarten and headed out to the nearby park. In partners, they had […]

Throughout this unit of inquiry we’ve explored a wide range of communications. Last week, with our strong foundation established, each student chose a variety of communication that they really wanted to dig into. From sign language to ink-making to Morse code each student spent time considering what experiments and observations they could attempt, what media […]

In collaboration with our study of health and lifestyle choices, Ms Buehler has worked with 2R both during PE and in-class. She joined us to give a presentation about fitness and has worked with the class in building their strength, flexibility and planning skills by learning a wide range of gymnastics moves and planning, practicing […]

All the research tells us that learning is a reflective process. Regular, honest, reflection helps us connect new learning to older understandings. Discussing the strategies we use and how effective they are helps us decide on their value, and gives us a window into other ways of thinking. In this short video, the students of […]

Not long ago Nurse Irina came to speak with 2R about hygiene and germs. We learned that there were germs that were helpful and germs that could cause problems. We learned that it was important to get dirty sometimes and that being exposed to some germs helped strengthen our immune system. But, we really needed […]

The following post is from Ms Erickson’s Drama Blog: In Drama, Grade 2 completed a project on storybook characters in support of their current Unit of Inquiry: Central Idea Stories can be constructed, retold and interpreted in different ways. Lines of Inquiry •How traditional tales change •Roles that characters play •Traditional tales told from various […]

The following post has been reposted from Ms Buehler’s PE Blog… Grade 2 students have been working on their gymnastics skills in PE. We have also been learning about how lifestyle choices that people make can affect their health. Check out the video and flickr links below to see what we have been up to […]

This week was Digital Citizenship Week at YIS. Across the school, students were exploring what it means to be a citizen in an online world. In 2R we spoke to a degree about online safety, and different students online habits, but it was in exploring ideas of finding balance that we really got into it. […]

Sometimes everything comes together in one learning experience… Throughout this year we’ve been speaking at YIS about Service Learning, and ways in which our students can make deeper connections with our community. One consideration was finding another school to connect with, to take our students out of our comfort zone and offer a window into […]