Curiosity in Room 7

We are Grade 2/3 class at Downtown Alternative School. Come along on our learning journey as we foster our love of curiosity.

[Evette Reece @HeartCentredEdu]

Excited that we get to have author @janinedraws at DAS today sharing her new book and talk about being an author and illustrator with the K-3 classes. ❤️��🎨

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Thank you to the many volunteers who gave their time today! Arts Alive was amazing!!!!!

[Laurie Jantzi @JantziLaurie]

DAS @SchoolTdsb celebrated Arts Alive today! All students had a chance to create! It was a HUGE success! Thank you for the many parent, staff and community volunteer artists who made this full day of art experience possible! Thanks to students for your great work! Loved it all!!

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Arts Alive today is a tradition and we were super excited to have it back after the pandemic! Seeing the kids’ faces and creativity made my day! I had a blast planning it with my colleague Ms. S!

[Laurie Jantzi @JantziLaurie]

Loved seeing young artists in action today at DAS, where 8 different rooms were set up for kids to create! Grateful to the parent, staff and community volunteer artists & teachers who organized “Arts Alive” this year! Here is a sample of the self-portraits. ⁦@SchoolTdsb⁩

[TDSBAsianHeritageMonth @AsianTdsb]

May is Asian Heritage Month. The theme this year is: Joining Our Table: Celebrating Asian Canadians. We invite K-12 @TDSB students to create a poster to celebrate the month! Due Date: April 19. Please see your school's Principal for more information.

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

We thoroughly enjoyed this visit from one of my student’s mom and her grandma to tell us about Lunar New Year. ❤️

[Laurie Jantzi @JantziLaurie]

We recognize and celebrate Lunar New Year in different ways in both our schools. So grateful to have a grandma come share her family traditions with our grade 2/3 class at DAS today @RM7DAS ! Happy to hear special student announcements at Market Lane too! @marketlaneps1 Go team!

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Attention Room 7 Families

[Toronto District School Board @tdsb]

With blowing snow, damaging winds, poor visibility & flash freezing in the forecast, we have made the decision, together with @TCDSB, to close all schools, administrative buildings & sites to students & staff for Friday, December 23, 2022. Read our letter: https://t.co/bxgUl3aQZn

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

The grade 2s have been doing number talks all week as we explore comparing and ordering numbers. Ss are growing in their math thinking! @SchoolTdsb

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Today one of the students brought in a plant for our class. We spent time guessing what kind of plant it is, what we know about it and what questions we have. @SchoolTdsb

[Toronto District School Board @tdsb]

All TDSB schools will re-open to in-person student learning on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, following an announcement by CUPE that their members will be returning to work tomorrow. Read more: https://t.co/eeLHtPKtRe

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

In Science, we discussed buoyancy as part of our unit on liquids and solids. Ss wrote down their hypotheses - whether the object will sink or float? @SchoolTdsb

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Today’s number chat with the grade 2 students.

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Halloween fun: pumpkin carving!

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

The grade 2s investigated how fast liquids flow in their first experiment. They wondered which liquid would be the fastest and the slowest - honey, soap or toothpaste?

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

Today in Room 7, we acknowledged National Truth and Reconciliation Day and Orange Shirt Day. We spoke about why each of us are wearing an orange shirt and what we can do.

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

We discussed how when children went to residential schools they were forced to speak French or English & not speak in their Indigenous language. We drew & wrote about how we would feel if we had no choice & we’re expected to speak another language.

[Curiosity in Room 7 @RM7DAS]

We looked at different images to see what we noticed and wondered before reading Phyllis’s Orange Shirt. We discussed what 300 sleeps looks like and feels like. @OrangeShirtSoc @SchoolTdsb