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[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

@LauraPSalas Absolutely! Students will be SO excited about this. We are Watt Public School from Trillium Lakelands District School Board in beautiful Muskoka, Ontario!

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Snow days at @WattPS - we read We Belong by Laura Purdie Salas, and discussed what makes us unique. After, we worked together to create these sweet collaborative murals. ✨ @TLDSB

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To celebrate @takemeoutside day at @WattPS grade 2/3s read If You Find a Leaf by Aimée Sicuro, then hiked to The Fish Hatchery to create our own found leaf art inspired by her beautiful illustrations. @TLDSB #TLDSBTakeMeOutside

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

In SK/1 we ‘Love Pottery’! Today, we learned about making pottery with the help of Tara - SK/1 parent and owner of Love Pottery in Dorset! We are so excited to see the finished product once our pots are fired ✨ #FeedAllFour

[Kate Winn @thismomloves]

❤️Kate's Favourite Things Giveaway!❤️

Enter to win a UFLI Foundations manual for explicit and systematic phonics instruction from @UFLiteracy!

1. Follow me & @UFLiteracy
2. Retweet this post

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Giveaway ends Wed May 8 @ 8 pm EDT. Good luck!

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

It was a “Worm Day” in SK/1 today! We took our learning about data outside to collect information about our squiggly friends 🪱

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

This week in SK/1… Exploring new assessments from our kinder writing PD, progress monitoring, working with equations, and an Earth Day recycle fashion show!

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

#ONStorm #ONwx 🌑 SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024: Where to Experience Totality in Southern Ontario 🌕

We are just days away from the total solar eclipse on Monday. Over the next four days, our focus will be on providing you with everything you need to know about the upcoming celestial spectacle!

To begin our coverage, we want to discuss the significance of 'totality' and how it offers a profoundly different experience compared to other parts of the province.

During totality, when the moon entirely obscures the sun, the environment experiences a dramatic and swift transformation. The day momentarily transitions into twilight, temperatures noticeably fall, animals often behave as if night has fallen, and the stars become visible in a sky crowned by the spectacular corona, shimmering around the moon's silhouette.

This corona, visible only during totality, is a fragile structure characterized by fine, threadlike strands extending from the dark disk of the moon, presenting a sight that cannot be replicated by cameras or telescopes observing partial phases.

Outside the path of totality, even with 99% coverage, the landscape remains lit by a fraction of the sun's light, maintaining a brightness level significantly higher than that of totality.

This residual light, though dim, obscures the most breathtaking aspects of an eclipse. While the temperature drops and the sky darkens, the magnificent display of the solar corona—the sun's outer atmosphere—stays hidden, along with the dramatic daytime appearance of planets and stars.

So, don't be deceived by percentages! Experiencing the full majesty of the solar eclipse requires being within the path of totality.

The path of totality will traverse the southeastern portion of Southern Ontario. We've provided a map highlighting some of the larger population centers in our region that will witness totality.

The duration of totality varies, lasting longer at the path's center and decreasing towards its edges. For instance, Kingston and Niagara Falls will enjoy more than 3 minutes of darkness, while Southeastern Chatham, near the path's boundary, will experience less than a minute.

The precise timing of totality is location-dependent, beginning at 3:13 PM in Leamington and concluding at 3:27 PM in Cornwall. This means totality will span a 15-minute window across Southern Ontario.

We hope this explanation sheds light on the fervor surrounding the path of totality.

You may also be curious about Monday's weather conditions and whether they'll be favorable for eclipse viewing. Fear not, we have you covered! Starting tomorrow, we'll issue a special eclipse viewing forecast that will be updated daily throughout the weekend with the latest data. Stay tuned! 🙂

- Brennen

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

We were excited to add our thinking to our collaborative Black History Month display today! After reading Meet Viola Desmond, we discussed character traits that described Viola. We then discussed our own character traits, and what makes us, us. @HillsErin @TLDSB

[Kristin Wiens @kwiens62]

New graphic: In honour of Shelley Moore’s visit to SD62 ~
“Moore Inclusion ABCs”.😊
#Inclusion #ShelleyMooreSD62
Free download: https://t.co/tuPsugWZJn

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

Some of our experiences that made for a great week in SK/1! Elf excitement, a visit to the Dwight Public Library, Scholastic Book Fair fun, and partner reading. @HillsErin

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In SK/1 we aren’t afraid to take risks when stretching out words while writing. Feeling so proud of the phonetic spelling this SK student demonstrated at our “happy mail” station today. In SK/1 we love to write, and we love sgool! @tldsb @hillserin

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This week in SK/1 we read The Peace Book by @toddparr & discussed what peace looks like, sounds like & feels like. We used mirrors to help us create self-portraits in the style of Todd Parr, & we added some of our favourite “peace words” to the centre of our world. #Peace @TLDSB

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Take Me Outside Day at Irwin! 7/8s led 4 incredible stations where we created “wild names”, used maps & a compass, learned about migration & food chains, & played animal Headbanz. Feeling fortunate to learn & play in this beautiful outdoor space! @TLDSB #TheLandWeLearnFromTLDSB

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Thanksgiving at Irwin, all made possible by our incredible parent council and community garden. When we talk about #FeedAllFour… This is “the meat and potatos.” The Dwight Community Centre was filled with laughter, community, sharing, and thanks. @tldsb

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#TheThirdTeacher

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Thank you to @bracebridgefire for providing an engaging relay activity, and for cooling us off on our final day of summer learning! Amazing volunteers who go above and beyond for their community 🚒👏🏼@OntarioSLP @TLDSB

[darcybeathune @darcybeathune]

Practicing encoding and decoding by manipulating graphemes and working with vowel teams and consonant digraphs on our Word Work mats! @TLDSB @OntarioSLP @UFLiteracy

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First week goodies… Sunshine and gratitude and collaboration and connection. @OntarioSLP @TLDSB

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So excited to spend the next 3 weeks with these learners! Magic happens at @OntarioSLP, and as the shirt in the middle says - good things are coming ☀️ @TLDSB #SLP