Today grades 2 and 3 participated in their first write the room! Students walked around the classroom to find some short a and short e words. They even sorted them! Viola Desmond Public School

We walk together. Today we finished our wooden people and placed them in the front display. What impact are you going to make? #werisebyliftingothers Viola Desmond Public School

Our class started practicing counting forward! Mr. Thompson also joined us for our math calendar and number talk! Viola Desmond Public School

A beautiful Friday afternoon for all of the Gr 2 classes to enjoy outdoor learning! ☀️ Students moved to various hula hoops to practice skip counting in different ways and represented their counting using math tools 🧮 Viola Desmond Public School Jessie Nieuwpoort Ms. Thorogood Kira Ife Ms. Dell'Unto

Today was our 2nd visit to the library! Students were so excited to sign out some more books! We found cozy spots in the library and started reading Viola Desmond Public School

So many hands on learning opportunities this week in 2/3-1! Today we created our classroom number line and practiced skip counting with different math tools while enjoying the beautiful weather! ☀️ Viola Desmond Public School HDSB Math

Yesterday we went to the Children’s Water Festival at Kelso Conservation Area with classes 3-1, 3-1 FI, 3-2, 3-3, 3/4-1, & 34-1 FI! We had so much fun learning about the water cycle, keeping our water clean, and how water is used today and in the past 💧Viola Desmond Public School

This week we started learning about patterns! Today we learned about repeating patterns, a pattern core and attributes! 🔵🟢🟡Viola Desmond Public School

Terry Fox run today!! What a beautiful day supporting a great cause! ☀️ Viola Desmond Public School

Today we practiced making our own repeating patterns with coloured beads! Look at all the different coloured patterns we made! 😁 HDSB Math Viola Desmond Public School

Thank you Bronte Creek for joining our class today! We learned about life in the 1800s, raw materials, and we even made our own wallpaper stamps!! Viola Desmond Public School

Yesterday we started learning about growing patterns. Today we explored math tools to make some of our own! Viola Desmond Public School HDSB Math

Students were challenged to create a small parachute that could hold a small object! We tested those parachuted today in the stairwell! Well done Grade 2s Viola Desmond Public School Ms. Dell'Unto

A fun Friday afternoon working with the Grade 2 classes! We used concept circles in math to represent numbers in a variety of ways! How many ways can you represent a number? 🤔 Viola Desmond Public School HDSB Math Jessie Nieuwpoort Ms. Thorogood Ms. Dell'Unto

Yesterday we went to explore the grade 7s marble run stem task! We had so much fun! Viola Desmond Public School

This week we reviewed our sh digraph sound. We practiced brainstorming some words! Viola Desmond Public School

Today we reviewed syllables and started learning about our first syllable type: closed syllables! We went looking for closed syllable words in different books HDSB Literacy Viola Desmond Public School

Today grade 3s explored magnetic force! We explored different objects and recorded our findings 🧲🧲 Viola Desmond Public School

After listening to our whole school read aloud “One Word For Kids,” our class focused on the impact of words. The Grade 2’s and 3’s brainstormed some powerful words that would most definitely impact and change the world 🌍 Viola Desmond Public School

Today we explored electrostatic force in science! We experimented with balloons and recorded our predictions, procedure, and results. We had so much fun 🎈Viola Desmond Public School