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Tag Archives: Grade 2
#1196 Mystery Holes – Creative Writing Prompt
Designed to engage and inspire young writers and story tellers, the video below explores mystery holes found in the snow:
#1189 Bird Nest
A bird has made a nest 3 metres from our front door. Below is a series of very short videos documenting the bird’s nesting / laying cycle.
The bird does this most years very close to our front door and we are vey careful to be mindful of the birds’ needs.
April 20, 2022. The nest is being built:
April 25, 2022. The first egg appears:
April 27, 2022. More eggs appear:
April 28, 2022. The mama bird protects the eggs:
May 2, 2022. Our nest blew away in a wind storm (April 29th.) Eggs were lost. Mat Gorr continues to document his robin nest (Thanks Mat!):
#1188 Mystery Animal Tracks (3 Parts)
#1187 Inquiry: How Glasses Help You Read.
#1185 New Year Goals
#1183 Fall inquiry for Kindergarten and Primary Grades
This fall, the leaves are turning red and bizarre fungi are growing in the forest!
Watch the videos below with your students to encourage investigation:
#1179 Inquiry Videos in the News
Recently our local paper picked up the story of the rise in popularity of the inquiry videos aimed at kindergarten to grade 3 students:
The Inquiry videos have attracted more than 1250 subscribers and have been viewed 40,000 times.
Watch a recent video about swamp sounds:
Watch the latest video about probability and weather:
#1178 One Year Anniversary – Online Inquiry Videos
One year ago – April 25, 2020 – I posted the first of my inquiry videos that set the tone of the 70 that have followed…
It all started shortly after COVID closed our schools. An educational assistant and teacher suggested I create a short video to share with the Grade 1s in our school. I didn’t take long to agree. Thanks Kristine and Jenna!
A big thanks to you, the students, teachers and families for watching and inspiring me to create more.
I had hoped to reach 1000 subscribers by the one year anniversary.
Today, there are 1107 subscribers.
Thank-you!
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Watch this recent video Swamp Sounds! What’s Making all that Noise?!
#1177 Inquiry Video Anniversary (and Subscriber Goal!)
Shortly after COVID shut down live schooling a year ago, I created a video to support students learning from home…
Almost a year later, 70 inquiry videos support young students learning from home, public schools and forest schools. The videos support math, language, science through questions and curiosity – usually with an outdoor focus.
Since April 2020, the videos have boomed a little boom. At time of writing videos have attracted 981 subscribers. My goal is to exceed 1000 subscribers by the video anniversary – April 25, 2021.
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