Fernandes and Gates Room 102

Learning and discovering through purposeful play in Room 102 🌈🍎🍏🌈

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Our Kinders were busy exploring during tabletop play and were proud of their work. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Another inclement day called for some rhythm and movement with scarves. Our Kinders had a blast. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Today is Martin Luther King Day and this inspired a conversation about diversity. MLK fought for equality and freedom. We learned that although we all look different on the outside, on the inside we are the same as we all have feelings and are children of God. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Subtraction in action! In Math pairs, one partner would take away a number of bears and the other partner had to figure out how many bears were under the cup. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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As we are celebrating quite a few birthdays this month, we decided to throw a birthday party in our dramatic centre! Students were also invited to create “yummy chocolate” cupcakes for the occasion as part of the celebrations through sensory play. 🥳🎂🥳🎂 @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Our little mathematicians have been hard at work this week! @StCeciliaHCDSB

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We are mathematicians! We created a class graph using our gloves and mittens to answer, “What did you wear on your hands today?” Later, students worked in pairs to add using a number line. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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We are learning to compose and add numbers. Students have been exploring different adding strategies using loose parts and concrete materials. Today students worked in pairs and took turns rolling the dice to build number sentences that the SK mentors recorded.@StCeciliaHCDSB

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We have been very busy this week! Students wrote about their Christmas break, made New Year’s resolutions, decorated Winter gear using different types of lines, and created snowman portraits. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Starting our “Terrific Tuesday” off with Winter learning activities. Our learning is focusing on simple addition, an introduction to graphing, letter formation, and building CVC words. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Happy New Year! We were so excited to welcome back our Kinders today. Everyone was busy exploring Winter inspired learning provocations. ❄️⛄️❄️⛄️@StCeciliaHCDSB

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Today we got a special delivery from the North Pole! Our elf Gingerbread brought us our reply letter from Santa and official nice list certificates for the boys and girls of room 102. 🎅🎄🎅🎄@StCeciliaHCDSB

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As we enter the third week of Advent, we prepare our hearts with joy. Students have been engaging in various Christmas fine motor activities. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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“Jesus is God’s gift! We are God’s gift to others!” Thank you to everyone who came out to see us perform in the Christmas concert today. Safe to say it was a huge success! 🎵🎶🎵🎶 @StCeciliaHCDSB

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Thank you to all the families who donated to our 3D Figures Museum. Today we made our own figures using toothpicks and marshmallows. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas with these tabletop provocations. 🎄🎅🎄🎅@StCeciliaHCDSB

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After reading the Grinch this week our Kinders have been fascinated with him. Today using a simple experiment, we helped the Grinch grow his heart “3 sizes bigger”💚❤️💚❤️@StCeciliaHCDSB

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“You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch!” After hearing the classic Christmas story at library with @amusebook we learned about adjectives and how to describe characters. @StCeciliaHCDSB

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“How many ways can you make 10?” @StCeciliaHCDSB

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We have been learning to identify, describe, and build 3D figures. Don’t forget to bring in your objects for our 3D Figures Museum. @StCeciliaHCDSB