Modelling is a highly effective instructional strategy. Use our sketchnote & give it a go!

Today we invited Room 27 to come in and celebrate our first published writing piece of the school year! We got to share our writing process from start to finish! Thank you for coming in Room 27! Amie L Johnston

Today we started our inquiry project for our Growth and Changes in Animals science unit! We ended the day with a book dump! We read various nonfiction books that helped us decide which animal to do our project on! Safe to say, we’re excited to learn about animals!@LordSelkirkWSD

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We have been learning math through centres! Room 4 has been focussing on developing their Make 10, Counting On, and skip counting mental math strategies through fun and engaging math games! We love hands on Math.. and Dreambox! Lord Selkirk School

Today we used non-permanent vertical surfaces for the first time to work through addition questions! Peter Liljedahl we are officially a thinking classroom, and wow! This grade 1/2 class absolutely loved doing math this way! Amie L Johnston Lord Selkirk School #thinkingclassrooms

Today we put our skip counting skills to work and worked on modelling and communicating our math skills! We counted different objects in our room by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s!! My little mathematicians are such hard workers! Lord Selkirk School Amie L Johnston

We are becoming expert nonfiction readers! Sometimes we come across hard words and it takes persistence to not give up! Today we worked on first letter sounds & knowledge of the topic to work through hard words! Working w/ partners help us become better readers! Lord Selkirk School

Ever wondered what Canadian Fire Fighters do while waiting for a call? Toronto, ON 🇨🇦 📹 canadianehf

Room 4 is in major math mode! We are working towards being in charge of what we need to work on in math! Learning to master each skill we explore in grade 1 & 2! Grace is working on her compatible pairs to 100! Great things happening in room 4 before winter break!@LordSelkirkWSD

These little mathematicians were hard at work today to figure out how many Oreos the Cookie Monster ate!! That Cookie Monster ate 22 Oreos of the 48 in the package! Must have been a hungry Cookie Monster.. #thinkingclassroom #VNPS Peter Liljedahl Amie L Johnston Lord Selkirk School

Worth the watch!! Lord Selkirk School Amie L Johnston

Working so hard on word work this morning! Applying word families to writing words we know and use! We love using mini whiteboards when doing word work.. mistakes are what help us learn! Maybe it’s time we become vertical learners in writing too! Lord Selkirk School Amie L Johnston

Ms. Downs is officially Mrs. Mulvenna! 12.22.2018 #amesandlousayido

Lord Selkirk Ss practice common area expectations to bring in the New Year. Lord Selkirk School

Exploring non-standard place value with digi blocks! Lord Selkirk School Amie L Johnston

Math in room 4 means self selected learning! This means more targeted instruction! Everyday we set a goal to get better in math! Introducing our goal sheet of outcomes to keep track of what we work on each day! We are mathematicians & loving math! Amie L Johnston Lord Selkirk School

In grade 1 & 2 we talk about how we stay mentally healthy and how to get into the green zone! I’m so proud of Room 4 for deciding what we each need to stay mentally healthy! Getting into the green zone makes us ready to learn everyday! #BellLetsTalkDay Lord Selkirk School

Everyday is Pink Day 💗

Looking at different ways we can build our numbers! Today we used digi blocks to represent 2 digit numbers in non-standard place value! We are getting there! Lord Selkirk School Amie L Johnston