Mrs. Page's Grade 1/2 Class

Monday is orange shirt day in the TDSB. Please read the post below, explaining the significance of wearing an orange shirt to school. We will be viewing some age-appropriate texts on Monday as well.   https://www.tdsb.on.ca/Community/Indigenous-Education/Resources/Indigenous-Days-of-Significance

We have found a few insects for observation in our terrarium. We searched the school yard and found a couple worms, some ants and a spider (we think!). 

Tomorrow after lunch, we will be heading to the back schoolyard to go for a short walk in support of the planet!  We have been thinking and talking about how to make the earth healthier. We will also be singing a short song with some other classes about how we need the earth, the sun and the rain.

We are currently exploring patterns in our math class. Thursday and Friday will involve painting some patterns, so please make sure that students dress appropriately (eg not in their clothes!). We will do our best to stay clean, but may get a bit messy :)

Students have been learning rhythmic patterns in music class this week. They are learning to hear a rhythmic pattern and represent it with sticks. What an amazing activity that combines creativity with mathematical process. Thanks Ms. Paulsen!!

We have recently begun our new subject area, “Inquiry”.  Inquiry involves asking questions and learning new things about the world around us. Most recently, we have been investigating our new equipment which we borrowed from the TDSB Science Department. Here are some photos of us using magnifying glasses and pocket microscopes. Tomorrow, we will be looking around the schoolyard for bugs and insects to add to our terrarium.

One of the ways that I encourage kind and helpful behaviour in our class is by recognizing it with a ballot. Students who are extra respectful or helpful, will receive a ‘ballot’. This ballot then goes in to the ballot box. At the end of each month, we have a ballot draw from the box and the four students who have their ballot drawn will win a prize. Each month the ballots are associated with the monthly character trait; this month is Respect. Go get those ballots!

Today we read a very funny book called, “I Just Ate My Friend” by Heidi McKinnon. We read the book and then discussed how to behave in the lunchroom. We decided to create a ‘good lunchroom’ of monsters and a ‘bad lunchroom’ of monsters. Can you tell what our monsters are doing below?  Which monster did you create?

The Terry Fox Club runs every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 8:15-8:45. Join us in the school yard for some exercise in honour of Terry!  Please make sure to sign a permission form on your first morning (parent signature required). Club is canceled on rainy days.

Every day we have an activity period where students can choose a classroom material to use, or finish up work that hasn’t been competed. Today, we enjoyed playing with our newly-made play dough!  Two students also built an amazing LEGO house using all of the bricks!  Great co-operation everyone!

We use these zones to describe how we are feeling. The zones help us to communicate how we are doing and help us to use strategies to get back to the ‘Green Zone’.  We will keep discussing these zones over the coming days.

Our class has established the following rules: - Always do your best work - Treat others kindly  - Follow instructions given by teachers Please see our drawings and words! 

Wow!  Look at this amazing pentomino puzzle created by one of our students! How many pieces do you think are in the puzzle?