Milla D’Onofrio

TDSB Elementary Teacher Gr. 1/2 @SamBSteele_TDSB 🍎inspired by children’s inquiring minds,focusing on the social-emotional well-being of students.Views my own.

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

If you haven’t yet heard about @Rabia_Khokhar1 reading challenge, @tdsb_ihm is a great time to start! Today Ss took a 👀 at all the 📚 in the challenge list, and we picked our top 5. Ss were so excited to make their choices, we may need a top 10! @SamBSteele_TDSB @LN10Alvarez

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Tough time getting your kid into a snow suit this morning? Imagine the struggle, then, of kindergarten teachers everywhere. As a tribute, I present this video I shot of my son's class back in 2002.

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

What a beautiful fall day! We took our science lesson outside to observe the stunning leaves in our school yard, compared the different types of trees, then ended by doing some calming landscape drawing to record what we saw.

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

Today, students read “Shin-chi’s Canoe”. We learned how to use a Venn diagram, and made text to text connections. All 3 books read this week will be used again because the conversation and learning doesn’t stop this week! Tmw Ss will continue their learning for #OrangeShirtDay

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

Its #TruthAndReconciliation week. 1st we read the beautiful book “On the Trapline”. Then we brainstormed what we learned about Indigenous peoples from the book, and even learned some new words! Then we read “Shi-shi-etko” and made connections to the book. 1/2

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

In week2, we focused on #growthmindset and #positivemindset. We read “The Magical Yet” and “The Dot”, and we talked about the connections we made w both books. We also learned the words “encourage”, “determination”, and “perseverance”. /2

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

A VERY long over due tweet but we are back and learning,creating a safe and inclusive space with lots of #SEL for our students.We started by reading 📚“Our Class is a Family”and“All Are Welcome”.We created our class family promises and discussed why we all belong in this space/1

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

@TDSBItalianHer1 @tdsb This is so sweet!

[Italian Heritage Month @TDSB @TDSBItalianHer1]

We are pleased to announce this year's @TDSB Italian Heritage Month theme is: Buongiorno Italia!
Stay tuned for updates on upcoming events and happenings for this year's celebration.🇮🇹🇨🇦

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

Ss are SO proud of themselves for completing their April Bingo. After reflecting together as a class, Ss came up with 4 goals for the month. At the end of each wk, we decided if each ❤️ should get coloured in. Ss also decided what they were working towards! Gr8 job RM 103!

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

A quick math game today! Ss are learning about fractions and games are a great way to reinforce content knowledge or a new skill. 1 S even said “I forgot we are at school, this game was so much fun!” Also learning a little bit of friendly competition 😉

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

@McLennan1977 What a beautiful authentic classroom!

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@MsSubi_TDSB @LC2_TDSB @TDSBGatewayPS @LN10Alvarez @TDSB_MHWB @mmefrhmnd The tongs are such a smart idea!

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

This morning Ss joined @Newlight_Kaur to listen to a special reading of her book “The Garden of Peace”. We learned more about Sikh heritage and what it means to be Sikh. Thank you @TDSB_SHM for the opportunity. Ss are looking forward to growing their own “gardens of peace”.

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

March 22 was #WorldWaterDay . Ss have been lrning abt the Indigenous water crisis, abt @AutumnPeltier1 , & y Indigenous communities don’t have access to clean💧.We read “Nibi’s Water Song” to help us understand. Ss had lots of emotions & are curious to learn more abt this issue!

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

“I know that in China people don’t vote for the person who is in charge.” My favourite part about teaching is that you never know where a lesson or an idea will take you, and watching the wondering and learning happen authentically!

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

Yesterday, Ss learned about Ancient Greek History. They learned that Ancient Greeks invented democracy. That lead to a discussion about what democracy is. After explaining that people who live in cities and countries can vote for who will make important decisions in the gov’t…/1

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

I immediately saw the wheels turning in their heads. The conversation and questions that followed amazed me: “well what if the person everyone voted for doesn’t do what they promised to do?” “What if that person starts doing bad things?”…/2

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

During our Dance period this afternoon, Ss 👀 a video of a popular Greek dance known as Sirtaki. We 🗣abt all the elements of dance we observed,like the slow and fast rhythms, and Ss enjoyed clapping along and trying to copy the steps!🇬🇷⁦@TDSB_GHM⁩ ⁦@SamBSteele_TDSB⁩

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You might be wondering ….where is Greece located? Greece is located on the southern tip of the Balkans, at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa.

[Milla D’Onofrio @ms_donofrio]

A centres-filled day consolidating our learning in math(geometry) and science(structures). Ss love “playing” to show what they know. Spin and stack was the class fave! Making the thinking and learning observable in an authentic way 🧠👀👂🏼