Snow Day tomorrow ❄️ Be safe everyone!

So excited to be gaming today hosted Centennial College (ScarborougH) in their Alienware Gaming Lounge @CentennialEDU #GlobalCompetencies #GirlsWhoGame #esports🎮 #TeachSDGs #STEM #GameOn #MinecraftEDU @delltechnologies.bsky.social @microsoftedu.bsky.social @intel www.instagram.com/p/DT6gWB5FKV...

Writers Workshop: Realistic Fiction writing > time for a bit of research💻 Why not explore site maps & check out what Google Maps has to offer of sites: explore inside and the surroundings of buildings 🔎 #HockeyHallOfFame @ripleysaquariums.bsky.social @romtoronto.bsky.social @karmicangel.bsky.social

We have revisited our personal academic learning goals; written them onto a scroll & placed them in our time capsule... only to be opened on the last day of school! Up & visible each day as a reminder for us to prioritize and follow our own path (not linear) to meet our goals.

#MerryChristmas  #HappyHolidays   #SeasonsGreetings & hoping for all a safe winter break! From our family to all ❄️ Wherever you may be, may you be filled with love, hope, wonder & joy! Take care of yourselves & each other 🎅🎄☃️ ❄️ near & far 💕

❄️ Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 Feliz Natal a todos ❄️ 🐶Roxy & 🐶Ronin bringing their holiday fun & wishing everyone a safe winter holiday! #MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays #SeasonsGreetings

❄️I would like to share my heartfelt gratitude for the gifts, generosity of time, support & warm wishes from the students/families of Rm 204! It has been a great four months into the school year & I can't wait to see what the next six months bring! Have an awesome winter break❄️

❄️To the students in our class community & their families, have a joyous & safe winter break! See you all in the New Year: January 5th, 2026🎉 @TDSB_McMurrich @tdsb.on.ca

Students sharing family traditions around #Christmas with our class community🎄 #MerryChristmas  @TDSB_McMurrich @tdsb.on.ca

Student presentation: Learning about #Kwanzaa, candles on kinara 🕯 celebrating the many connections in our community. #LightandLove #SevenPrinciples 🕯unity 🕯self-determination 🕯collective work 🕯responsibility 🕯co-operative economics 🕯purpose 🕯creativity 🕯faith @tdsb.on.ca

Check out our 🎳teams! having a great time; just being ourselves and enjoying each others company! Can't wait to analyze our bowling scores as part of our Data Management unit! #MathIsEverywhere @tdsb @TDSB_McMurrich playtimebowl.com 1/

Students presentation & sharing the dreidel game & holiday Hanukkah🕎traditions > Hebrew letters inscribed on a dreidel are a Nun, Gimel, Hay & Shin. Great lesson delivery focussed on probability, financial literacy & play🤗 🕎chag Hanukkah sameach #FestivalOfLights #HappyHanukkah @tdsb.on.ca

An honour to listen to Marley, our #GirlsWhoGame mentor share her journey in education and career; often the only girl in STEM-related jobs although change is happening; encourages girls to seek opportunities and support each other #GameOn 🎮 #TransformEDU #MinecraftEDU

Honoured to have author @karmicangel.bsky.social share her experiences as a young writer & goals as an author too ✏️finding inspiration ✏️pulling from real life (met or seen people) ✏️write with confidence, purpose & excitement; it's your story! @tdsb.on.ca

@karmicangel author of angelamisri.com for joining us supporting our writers workshop series! Breaking it down > Five major elements of a story: ✏️character ✏️situation ✏️objective ✏️opponent ✏️disaster @tdsb.on.ca

ᒮᒃᐌᒡ Miigwech @katiecouchie Grateful for the ongoing support from our class community of learned and guardian/parent volunteers 🧵🪡 #MathIsEverywhere #STEM #STEAM #MentalHealthWellBeing

Build Day 🤩 #DesignThinking fidget toy prototype > focus on user needs well-being & mental health #CriticalThinking #ProblemSolving #TeachSDGs @tdsb @TDSB_McMurrich #Grateful for parent/guardian volunteers 😊

Build Day 🤩 blueprints clearly designed & labelled to support students in their build/creations #DesignThinking fidget toy prototype > focus on user needs well-being & mental health #CriticalThinking #ProblemSolving #TeachSDGs @tdsb.on.ca #STEM #STEAM

ᒮᒃᐌᒡ Miigwech Katie 🌱’beading is medicine’ 🌱when you first bead or try a new style of beading, it’s tradition to gift that first piece 🌱connections, focus on balance & symmetry in beading is similar to life & math #MathIsEverywhere #STEM #STEAM #MentalHealthWellBeing

ᒮᒃᐌᒡ Miigwech Katie for joining us today & sharing your knowledge & craft 🌱@katiecouchie, Anishinaabe kwe, Oji-Cree, Nbissing 🌱Ode’imin Inde’ Designs (strawberry heart) 🌱"I bead to keep my ancestors stories & traditions alive"

Hey McMurrich 🤩 a new challenge! How many of these riddles can you solve?!? 🔬📸Digital Microscope Photography project with riddles. How might you augment the extraordinary in the ordinary? @tdsb.on.ca

🔬Part 1 of 4 workshops series with @uofttrashteam.ca 🤩 Learning about waste literacy in our community while reducing plastic pollution in our ecosystems 🚮 discuss impact of microplastics 🚮 identify types of plastic / waste check out>Toronto Waste Wizard toronto.ca/services-payme…

@mcm_btc organized our school community #WalkForWenjack @downiewenjack.bsky.social today. #mcmbtc & staff support in guided resources to talk/action about residential schools & the story of Chanie Wenjack #TRC @tdsb.on.ca 🟣Junior Classes walked 5km👟 🟣 Kinder & Primary classes walked 1-2km👟

Free downloadable posters for your school courtesy of the @perimeterinstitute.ca Celebrate the contributions of women #scientists: resources.perimeterinstitute.ca/products/for... #womeninscience #onted

Truly an honour to have Melanie Florence, Canadian author of Cree and Scottish heritage @mflowrites join our school community today! 📚 Read aloud so the author Melanie for her book “Stolen Words”, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.

Melanie Florence, Canadian author of Cree & Scottish heritage @mflowrites joins our school community today📚 Sharing oral stories (eg. of many versions) of Turtle Island while highlighting Indigenous artists & trickster tales often convey cultural lessons about behavior/morality.

Free-rolling down a ramp to test our Rectangle Racerz wooden car🏎 chassis prototype from our #STEM build this week🗜🥽🪚with our Grade 1 #STEM Buddies 🤩 #DesignThinking #Mentoring #aweSTEM @LukePersaud Proud of student blueprint designs & mentoring buddies

Thank you for the mystery author visit @kevinarts🤩 great morning with guest author & illustrator✏️ Sharing stories behind old books & recently published books; & the inspiration behind his illustrations 📚MsTavares is so very proud of everyone; growing our love of reading! 3/3

We are all creative! As an illustrator, change the way you think ✏️3 secrets to enjoy your drawing & get better at it too! ✏️stick figures but bend one line ✏️stick figures, bend all the lines ✏️all of the above, joints, layer tracing @kevinarts 2/3

Inquisitive minds & great questions asked by students, & tips for us as writers: ✏️How do you get ideas? As a writer, being observant of the world around us ✏️Take a closer look at the ordinary/extraordinary ✏️Think of someone/thing you can’t lose 1/3

3/3 Surprise visit & inspection 😅 Titia shares a few tips & reminds us of functions/constraints/objectives 👍 #DesignThinking all smiles here! Students: ‘MsTavares, seriously you missed Titia! How is that possible!’ 😉 we must have just missed each other 🛠🪚 @tdsb.on.ca #STEM #STEAM

2/3 It's always great when students see their plans coming together! Using their detailed blueprints to build Rectangle Racerz wooden toy car prototype #STEM #tdsbdll #DesignThinking and considering how they might team up with their STEM Buddies to build too @tdsb.on.ca

1/3 students in action 🤩 🗜Building our Rectangle Racerz wooden chassis car prototype ✏️📏”measure twice, cut once" We are in full build mode now! Students continue to review their blueprint & budget #DesignThinking #GlobalCompetencies ⚙️🛠 #STEM #STEAM @tdsb.on.ca

You never know what will come out a broken crayon. #Uplift My broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...

Students continue to review their blueprint & budget as they finalize planning for their #STEM build next week: Rectangle Racerz car build prototype. #DesignThinking @tdsb.on.ca #MathIsEverywhere

Virtual assembly 💻 Student leaders @mcm_btc organized our school community Walk for Wenjack @downiewenjack today. #mcmbtc & staff support in guided resources to talk/action about residential schools & the story of Chanie Wenjack #TRC @tdsb.on.ca #WalkForWenjack #DoSomething

Students coding an escape game using “forever”, "repeat until" and “or” blocks to engage/avoid the sprite interaction with other sprites in the game; add a timer to control the sprite chaser and add a high score variable and so much more! #coding @googleforedu.bsky.social #scratch @tdsb.on.ca

Introduction to #iMovie #TodayAtApple 💻editing of footage 💻include text & audio 💻transitions & effects 🎥create our PSA > building understanding & sharing about the #TruthAndReconciliation Commission 94 calls to action & #Treaties @tdsb.on.ca @NTRC_UM

Where are you learning & being creative today? Introduction to #iMovie @Apple #TodayAtApple 💻editing our footage 🎥create our PSA > building understanding & sharing about the #TruthAndReconciliation Commission 94 calls to action & #Treaties @tdsb.on.ca @NTRC_UM

Looking at ceramic art, use of colour, patterns @AgaKhanMuseum @tdsb taking in the beauty of illustrations & calligraphy in books 🌱 geometry tile patterns and so much more!

Math is everywhere 🤩 Where are you learning today? Our global community 🌱geometry shapes 🌱patterns 🌱figural/animals 🌱calligraphy @agakhanmuseum.org @tdsb.on.ca

#GirlsWhoGame members continuing discussions, sharing & establishing team norms: building trust, shared responsibility & values 🎮 connections as a class community of learners; discuss global goals #teachSDGs #MinecraftEDU @delltechnologies.bsky.social @microsoftedu.bsky.social #PlayCraftLearn

Students coding platform games using "until then" statement blocks and creating an event to command the game to do something: moving platform when touched sprite or shrinking platform #coding @googleforedu.bsky.social #scratch @tdsb.on.ca

Best time to order books from indie bookstores is NOW, before holiday rush. Doing so helps support indies, helps you get ahead of gift shopping, helps book creators like me. 🙏🏽💛 My most recent: I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Read-aloud, Teacher's Guide, more: debbieohi.com/book/i-want-... #KidLit

#TDSB_McMurrich Remembrance Day assembly as we honoured the soldiers, veterans & families who sacrificed for our rights & freedom; & continue to serve🇨🇦 #McMurrichParent #LestWeForget @RoyalCdnLegion #WeWillRememberThem #RemembranceDay2025 #CanadaRemembers @tdsb.on.ca

First snow in Toronto ❄️❄️❄️ Roxy🐾 & Ronin🐾

Game Design > Create a two-player racing game in which users control movement with the keyboard #coding @googleforedu.bsky.social #scratch @tdsb.on.ca More opportunities to read, alter code, test and debug!

🤩 Introduction to video creation #iMovie #TodayAtApple 💻taking short video downtown Toronto - panning shot - tilting - tracking shot 🎥create our PSA > building understanding & sharing about the #TruthAndReconciliation Commission 94 calls to action & #Treaties @tdsb.on.ca #NTRC_UM

🤩 Introduction to video creation #iMovie #TodayAtApple 🎥 reviewing different shots: ⁃long shot ⁃medium shot ⁃close up 🎥create our PSA > building understanding & sharing about the #TruthAndReconciliation Commission 94 calls to action & #Treaties @tdsb.on.ca #NTRC_UM

Students launched Game Design coding lessons to learn how to create/code a gaming story. 💻 Awesome learning opportunities ahead to read, test, debug and alter existing code as we tell a story! #coding @googleforedu.bsky.social #scratch @tdsb.on.ca