Ms. Cortina

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

In Physical Education, we’ve been learning more than just basketball skills — we’re learning how to build each other up!

We’ve been practicing our hand-eye coordination through dribbling, passing, and shooting, while also cheering each other on and showing great teamwork. 🏀

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

We’ve been focusing on editing our sentences to build strong paragraphs. A sentence is read aloud, and students use their UFLI strategies to create the sentence. Then students swap boards and edit each other’s work. We’re becoming confident writers by working together! 📝

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

Today we explored our new math learning goal: “I can tell if two addition or subtraction sentences mean the same thing!” Students used two-sided counters to demonstrate different ways to make the same number. Look at their amazing work! @StJohnPaul2

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

Bear Witness Day happens every year on May 10th. It helps us remember that all First Nations children should get the same chance to grow up healthy and strong. We bring teddy bears today to remember to speak up and care for all kids. Thank you @islandhome22 for an amazing day 🧡

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

We learned how to use line techniques and blending to create these beautiful Palm Sunday crosses. Such a meaningful way to celebrate Holy Week through art! @StJohnPaul2

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

Our students have been exploring structures and materials. Today they took on the challenge of building the tallest structure as a team! It was incredible to see their creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork in action. Check out our amazing results! #STEAM @StJohnPaul2

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

Today our math mission took us on a fraction adventure! 🕵️‍♀️ Students explored both our and @moretti_ms classroom to find and identify fractions 🙌 #MathHunt #FractionFun

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Today we read Say Something! by Peter H. Reynolds, a beautiful kids' book that encourages children to use their voices to make a difference. Whether through words, art, or acts of kindness, it reminds us that everyone has something important to say💖 #PinkShirtDay

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

🎬 Today, students participated in Film School in a Box, where they got to make their own stop-motion film! Here is a glimpse of one our films 🎥✨ @filmcampinabox

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

We are learning to write and follow procedures! ✏️ We co-created our own procedure and identified materials in the school yard to build our snowman. ❄️🌟 Teamwork made it all come together! Look at how much fun we had! @StJohnPaul2 #LearningThroughPlay #Teamwork #ProcedureWriting

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

ABC's of Black Excellence! 🌟
As a school community, each class was assigned a letter to come up with a person to represent that letter of the alphabet. 📚✨
Let’s celebrate these icons of Black excellence! 👏🏿🎉
@StJohnPaul2

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

We are learning to identify everyday uses of energy. @StJohnPaul2

[Ms. Cortina @mscortinaa]

We are learning to identify shapes around us and their properties, like how many sides and vertices they have!