This week we started by sorting some examples of exchanges that we had come up with. The children quickly agreed on three main groups: things we get for money, things other people do for us for money and things we give away that can make us feel good. We explored how people decide how to spend their money and discussed the difference between a need and a want. The children shared their information about how members of their family earn money, which we will follow up next week with independent research. The children also connected their inquiries with our Maths explorations into money. We looked at the names and values of coins (with a Singaporean focus), how we write amounts of money and useful strategies to use when counting money (including making groups of 10 or $1, organising the groups of coins in rows, making notes as you go and physically touching the groups as you count). The children revisited the game Roll to 100 as Roll to $1 and also analysed receipts to see what they could discover. In our Literacy and Daily 5 lessons, the children began using the Typing Club program to develop their keyboarding skills. They are trying to improve in both speed and accuracy. Mrs. Vaughan also led a sentence activity with a focus on using adverbs and how they can add detail to our writing. New vocabulary for this unit, this week included: goods, services, earn, spend, needs, wants, job, buy and sell. Lastly, we visited the Grade 4 Body Exhibition to see what they have been learning upstairs. UN Sustainable Development Goal #12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Grade 2 have organised a Salvation Army Donation Drive, which we have created posters for and announced in assembly.
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