We wanted to thank the family members who attended our Celebration of Learning last week. Students worked for months learning about different places across Canada and were able to represent their learning through art and writing in an exceptional way. ![]() We learned about communication techniques in Canada's North. The Inuit people who live in Canada's north, including in Nunavut, have constructed Inuksuk's for hundreds of years. These structures built from stone, and nothing else, are built by people to share messages with others. Some Inuksuit are meant to hold meat over the winter, some are to point the way for safe travels, and others share a great fishing spot. We learned about 10 different Inuksuit, drew them, then constructed them out of felt rocks. ![]() We were able to obtain historic Inuit tools from the University of Calgary. After we noticed the details of each artifact, we drew what we saw instead of what we thought we saw. We then asked and wondered about the tools, including:
Once again, thank you for coming to our Grade Two Celebration of Learning, and we hope you enjoyed your visit with us as we showed you our learning process! - Grade 2 Students and Teacher Comments are closed.
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