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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Building Early Literacy Skills



Ms. Parton is helping a Grade 1 student improve his reading skills in the Reading Recovery program.  They practise sounding out and spelling some words before writing a sentence.  Then, they read a book together.

Just Dance!


Mr. Creaner's class shows off their amazing dance moves.  They are keeping active, despite the winter weather!

Graphing in Ms. Jensen's Class



Ms. Jensen's class is learning about graphs.  They are learning how to collect data using a tally chart, and then graph it on a bar graph.

Room 224 Learns About Peter and the Wolf



Ms. Seibert's students are reading the story of Peter and the Wolf.  They are learning about the different musical motifs represented in Prokofiev's orchestral work and the instruments that he used for each character.  Ms. Seibert's class also went to hear the Toronto Symphony Orchestra perform "Peter and the Wolf" at Roy Thompson Hall.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

LD Wins! 43-17

Senior boys' basketball wins 43-17 over Nelson Mandela. Go Dragons!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Junior Boys' Basketball Wins Again!

Congrats to our Jr. Boys' Basketball team who won a close game against Withrow tonight.  Final score: 24-21.

Monday, January 20, 2014

Live! From the Aquarium


Room 209 is having a great time at the aquarium!!