It has been another busy week in Grade 2. The children have been researching about Pompeii, making notes and sharing their findings. We have begun thinking about what the past can teach us about how people lived. We noticed that archaeologists found artefacts and features in Pompeii that told them about the houses and buildings, the things people did for entertainment, their jobs, some of the tools they used and what they believed in. Through reading the book, Pompeii, Buried Alive, we learnt that people heard about Pompeii because of letters written by Pliny (a boy who saw Mount Vesuvius erupt). Many years later, people found a stone with the word Pompeii carved on it. From these facts, the children were able to deduce that people from the past gave places names, could write and had tools to carve on stone. Another observation was that archaeologists found the remains of a dog on a chain. This told the children that people kept animals in Pompeii, either as pets or guard-dogs. They then connected this with how people still have pets today. We also had some children sharing about their own countries' civilisations and cultures. We learnt that:
As part of our inquiry into mapping and grids, Mr. Gallagher came to support the children in exploring how the Beebots work. They had to work in groups to find out how to create a maze for the Beebot to travel on.
The skills of measuring, discussing, testing, planning, compromising were all practised by the children. As the Beebots operate by following a sequential series of instructions, this is also developing the children's understanding of coding. When finished, they will share their mazes with the Kindergarten students. We extended our knowledge of maps and grids by using simple co-ordinates to design games of Treasures or Traps to play in class.
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