Ms. Max TDSB

Lauren Max Grossman - TDSB Teacher

[Ms. Max TDSB @MsLaurenMax]

Check out our spook-tacular haunted houses! @tdsb

[Ms. Max TDSB @MsLaurenMax]

Today we continued our discussion about residential schools and the generational impact they have had on Indigenous communities. These are phrases our Grade 1 students wanted to share to ensure something like this never occurs again. #OrangeShirtDay @tdsb

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Today for #Orangeshirtday, we created backpacks filled with things that are special to us. We discussed how we would feel to have our backpack & its contents taken away. We related it back to the FNMI children who had had their culture stripped from them in residential schools.

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To celebrate #PrideMonth, we put #rainbow tinsel in our hair and did some collaborative painting!

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This week, we realized that the #CNTower is REALLY tall, even taller than our apartments! As a class, we will be working on building our #Toronto skyline using #recyclable materials! Today, we worked on creating a plan like #architects! Some of us even labelled our plans! @tdsb

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In Room 101, we love process art! It allows our artists’ unique ideas to shine through. These are our Winter paintings. Some are of wind blowing, some are snowmen, some are a winter blizzard and some are abstract! Each is different and we think that’s really special! @tdsb

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Room 101 was busy at our #writingcentre this morning! We did some writing about our snowmen pictures! Some of our snowmen live in beautiful and magical worlds where the snow is purple!! @TDSB_IRC @tdsb

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Today, we used #playdough snow and animals to create animal tracks! Room 101 chose an animal to walk along the #snow, and then tried to skip count how many footsteps they made. We used 10 frames to count by placing rocks for every footstep! @tdsb @TDSB_IRC

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We had so much fun #painting our #snow today! We used paintbrushes and food colouring to make beautiful and bright rainbow designs! @tdsb @TDSB_IRC

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Meet Room 101’s newest classmate, Mr. Snowman! ☃️ @tdsb @TDSB_IRC

[Ms. Max TDSB @MsLaurenMax]

In Room 101, we created #collaborative Christmas trees using individual trees that each student decorated! #art @TDSB_IRC

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We’ve been busy at our #writingcenter! We have been having so much fun writing stories about our snowmen! @TDSB_IRC

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Room 101 has been exploring contrast and texture using chalk! We rub the chalk with our fingers to make it look soft like snow. #Art @TDSB_IRC

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Today, 101 was busy exploring the concept of measurement! We built tall towers, long snakes and even measured our shoes using snap cubes! #Measurement #mathiseverywhere @tdsb @TDSB_IRC

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At our #writingcenter, we decided if we would rather hibernate like a brown bear or stay awake like a polar bear! We had some good #inquiry questions about camouflaging in the winter as well! @TDSB_IRC @tdsb

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Our #STEAM challenge this morning was to create a home that an animal could #hibernate in for the winter! @tdsb @TDSB_IRC

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Today, Room 101 created structures! We used this time to talk about what three dimensional shapes they could find! We made sure to call them by their names, too! Some friends were able to find shapes like a square based pyramid and a cube! #geometry @TDSB_IRC

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Today we painted yarn, pressed it between our folded paper and then pulled the yarn out to reveal interesting symmetrical pictures! We noticed how symmetry and nature are connected as many of our artworks resembled butterflies! #symmetry #mathtalks @TDSB_IRC @tdsb

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In Room 101, we have been busy exploring the concept of symmetry in many different ways! @TDSB_IRC

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Room 101 is filled with authors! So proud of our writers for remembering to create a title for their stories. @tdsb