Ms. Thorogood

Grade 2 Teacher at Viola Desmond P.S. 🍏👩🏻‍🏫🍎

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[Jessie Nieuwpoort @nieuwpoortj]

Fun Friday with the 2’s had us learning all about Hanukkah! Shared reading, building menorahs, and playing the dreidel game! Happy Hanukkah to all those that celebrate! @DesmondHDSB @MsThorogood

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

What is the POWER and IMPACT of words? Students chose one word that could change the world, or represent how they wanted to define their year ahead. Connecting our learning to whole school read alouds this week was very impactful in our classroom. @DesmondHDSB

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

What is the Water Cycle? Well let us show you! 2-1 made this collaborative mural to showcase our knowledge on the stages of the water cycle! 💦☀️💧☁️ @DesmondHDSB

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Playing dice and card games with our grade 8 buddies to practice counting, subitizing, making ten, doubles, higher than and less than. Counting is fun!! 🎲 @MrJolly07469254 @DesmondHDSB

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Connecting science and physical education! Fun in the @Desmond_Den today!! @nieuwpoortj @MrsDPetkovic @DesmondHDSB 🎈

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Happy Diwali to all families and friends celebrating!! 🪔

[Mrs. Petkovic @MrsDPetkovic]

A fun Friday afternoon working with the Grade 2 classes! We used concept circles in math to represent numbers in a variety of ways! How many ways can you represent a number? 🤔 @DesmondHDSB @HDSBMath @nieuwpoortj @MsThorogood @MsDellUnto

[Jessie Nieuwpoort @nieuwpoortj]

The Grade 2’s took to the outdoors this afternoon. We discussed one of the six learning skills- collaboration.
Students gave some great examples of what collaboration looks like and sounds like! @DesmondHDSB @MsThorogood @MrsDPetkovic

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Our Tinker Tuesday challenge had us not only having fun, but working on our collaboration skills! Turn taking, listening to others' ideas, being respectful even if we disagree, and most of all - having fun together! @DesmondHDSB

[Jessie Nieuwpoort @nieuwpoortj]

Yesterday the grade 2’s went for walk around the outside of the school to look for patterns! @DesmondHDSB @MsThorogood @MrsDPetkovic

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Today for our Outdoor Education, we explored nature by finding patterns everywhere! From patterns on houses, sidewalks, plants and people, we identified patterns everywhere! @DesmondHDSB @nieuwpoortj @MrsDPetkovic @MsDellUnto

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Yesterday we participated in our annual Terry Fox run/walk/roll, and enjoyed the track and obstacles set up by the grade 8s at Desmond. Well done to all! @DesmondHDSB

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

We got to meet with our grade 8 buddies again this week and enjoyed reading books together. We are enjoying our weekly period with our big buddies! @DesmondHDSB @MrJolly07469254

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

We met our Gr. 8 Learning Buddies today! We found similar interests which gave us more papers to build a tower with. Great conversations and collaboration was had, and we cannot wait to see the IMPACT they have on each other throughout the year! @DesmondHDSB @MrJolly07469254

[Jessie Nieuwpoort @nieuwpoortj]

This afternoon we got back to our fun Friday with the Grade 2’s! 2-1,2-2, and 23/1 joined us for outdoor education where we reviewed fun activities on the hardtop! @DesmondHDSB @MsThorogood @MrsDPetkovic

[Mrs. Petkovic @MrsDPetkovic]

A beautiful Friday afternoon for all of the Gr 2 classes to enjoy outdoor learning! ☀️ Students moved to various hula hoops to practice skip counting in different ways and represented their counting using math tools 🧮 @DesmondHDSB @nieuwpoortj @MsThorogood @IfeKira @MsDellUnto

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Water is life! Creating our own water inspired art today by blending cool colours and adding a pinch of salt to add texture and depth to our paintings. We are all artists!💧🌊🎨🖌️ @DesmondHDSB

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Beginning our grade 2 inquiry on air and water while having fun with parachutes! What is happening under and around the parachute? Why is it moving? Great thinking in grade 2! @DesmondHDSB @nieuwpoortj @MrsDPetkovic @IfeKira

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

For International Dot Day today, grade 2s participated in making their own dot inspired art. How will you make your mark, or IMPACT on the world?! @DesmondHDSB #thisismewhatisyourimpact

[Ms. Thorogood @MsThorogood]

Wow, we know so much about words! Today grade 2s participated in their first word talk and identified such a variety of ways these 4 words are the same and/or different. Great learning opportunities for all! @DesmondHDSB