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Week 1 in the books! We have begun to establish our classroom norms. Our focus for the next while will be on whole body listening; Ss will begin to understand listening is an active process. I used ‘The Biscotti Kid’ as a jumping off point. youtu.be/G6FDts-erVw Peel District School Board

Part of our daily routine is a mini-number talk that provides an authentic opportunity for students to work on counting strategies. Providing students with the language of math helps them communicate their thinking and builds confidence in number sense Peel District School Board.

Collaborative art projects naturally lend themselves to students' feeling represented and valued in the classroom. Even the most reluctant participants can feel a sense of accomplishment and belonging when provided with opps to contribute to group projects. #dotday Peel District School Board

We complete our artist study on Vincent Van Gogh by creating 'Starry Night' inspired pumpkin paintings. 18x18" cartridge paper, pastel resist with a tempera wash. #GradeOneArtists James Potter PS Peel District School Board

This is an interesting read for those wishing to gain an alternative perspective/challenge existing thinking about insisting children sit crisscross-applesauce.

We are getting ready for winter! We created these adorable 'Polar Bears at Night' using chalk pastels, and construction paper inspired by Susanna over Whimsy Workshop #gradeoneartists Peel District School Board James Potter PS 🐻

School's in! We had a great 1st week getting to know each other. We began viewing ourselves as mathematicians, discussed what it means to be generous and created beautiful art that reflects our hopes and dreams. The future is bright for this bunch! Theresa Longlade James Potter PS

G3 SS - We are learning about communities in early Canada from 1780-1850s. Today we read a journal writen by a young Irish lad about his voyage to Upper Canada. Ss experienced the sights, sounds and feels Patrick experienced on his difficult journey. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

G2 SS - We are learning about Changing Family and Community Traditions. Today we painted family portraits in the style of @toddparr. Ss chose colours they felt best represented qualities each family member possessed e.g., yellow = happy. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

Today we recognized #OrangeShirtDay2020 Beading has been an important part of First Nations culture for approx 8000 years. We made beaded chains with a word to describe how the victims of residential schools felt while being forced to attend. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

We have been working on the reading strategy of visualization to build our reading comprehension skills. Today we read the poem "Green Giant" by Jack Prelutsky and drew pics using our imaginations, background knowledge and the content of the text. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

The G3's have cont'd their First Nations/Early Settler inquires. The G2's have been extending their understanding of where their families & ancestors have come from. We did some fall art using symbols of fall and taste tested a pumpkin pie! Theresa Longlade James Potter PS

In honour of Thanksgiving, we had a pumpkin pie taste test. We talked about adjectives as well as made connections to fractions and data management. We compared foods people enjoy now to foods people enjoyed when the early settlers came to Canada.🦃Theresa Longlade James Potter PS

We took our learning outside today to gather data which we used to create pictographs. Some Ss gathered leaves to use as a reference when identifying trees in our community. We will digitize our data and create online surveys tomorrow. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

Covid-19 has definitely changed the way learning materials are handled in our classroom. We've been using a hybrid of online manipulatives and some pencil and paper activities to work on practicing essential math fundamentals. James Potter PS docs.google.com/document/d/1Kk…

Phew! We made it through Halloween week with some non-fiction research about spiders and other arachnids and we decorated pie pumpkins inspired by our favourite fictional character. #inclusiveeducation James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

We have been learning about Indiginous peoples. Our artist study on Ted Harrison led us to research the importance of the Inuksuit to Inuit culture. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade

Our school's re-org has given us a great opp for more team building as we welcomed our new Grade 3s. We used Jamboard to participate in a virtual community circle. We later created another Jamboard to record our ideas and new learnings about Forces. James Potter PS Theresa Longlade