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THE DEWSON DIGEST

DECEMBER, 2016

Steps to Plant a Cool Plant

We went to the greenhouse. Only five people could go in at a time to keep the heat in. We were plant-

ing. Steps to plant a cool plant: first, fill your pot. The pot is made out of cow poo. It is food for the

plant. Scrape off the extra soil. Then poke a hole and put the plant in the hole. Water it. Then set it

down for about 3 weeks. Then you have a cool plant. Hope we go again. By Audrey Wine.

TORONTO URBAN STUDIES CENTRE/ GREENHOUSE VISIT

At the greenhouse, I was in the desert group so we learned about types of climates and types of plants.

There’re different types of plants. Some were soft, some were prickly, some were pointy and some did

not like to be touched. I never knew that there were cold deserts, and I did not know that millions of

years ago all deserts were filled with snow. By Haider Syed.

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Aire 212

Les manches à vent

En sciences nous avons appris que l’air est une substance qui est tout autour de nous et dont nous ressentons le

mouvement lorsqu’il vente. Nous avons fabriqué des manches à vent qui nous ont indiqué la direction du vent, et

nous avons estimé la vitesse du vent dans la cour de notre école.

Mesurer le temps

Dans l’aire 212 nous

avons appris à lire et

écrire l’heure. Aussi

nous avons décris un

jour dans notre vie à

l’aide de mots bien

utiles.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TERRY FOX WALK

The school year is off to a great start in the Physical and Health education department!! Our September unit was co-operative games and activities. Students have been learning routines, building their team work skills, set-ting goals for physical fitness and learing how to have fun while being safe in the gym and outdoors. In September, we highlighted ACTIVE PARTICI-PATION in the Physical Education program and many students who achieved success in this area signed our WALL OF FAME! In October we will be focusing on RESPECT FOR OURSEVES, OTHERS AND EQUIPMENT.

On Friday September 23, our school held our annual Terry Fox Run!! De-spite a few rain drops, it was a big success. A special thanks goes out to the students in Grade 4/5 who ran TWICE! Once with their Grade 1/2 bud-dy and once with their own class. Well done.

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Aire 215 La légende de Glyphe

Parmi beaucoup d’activités que notre classe a faites au cours des

premières semaines de l’école « La légende de Glyphe » occupe une

place spéciale.

Il s’agit de faire ton portrait où chaque trait de ton visage signifie

quelque chose. Par exemple, si tu es un enfant unique ton visage est

ovale, si tu as des frères ou des sœurs ton visage est rond et si tu es

un jumeau ou jumelle ton visage est carré.

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Mon T-shirt

Mon

portrait

On a fait une recherche sur les peuples autochtones du Haut-Canada et précisément sur deux

importantes tribus : Les Huron-Wendat et Les Anishinabe-Ojibwa. Nous avons appris beau-

coup de choses intéressantes sur la vie de ces deux tribus autochtones à travers notre re-

cherche.

Chaque élève a fait une présentation de la recherche devant la classe et a répondu aux ques-

tions que les autres amis ont posées à ce sujet.

Félicitations !

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Notre recherche à propos des Premières Nations dans le

Haut-Canada

Notre visite à Gibson House


TRIP TO ADVENTURE VALLEY

Room 111’s October Trip to

Adventure Valley Nature Centre

On the trip to Adventure Valley,

we went into the dark forest and

built homes for our certain animal

group. We used sticks, leaves,

grass and dirt that were in the

forest to build the homes. The

animal groups were Bear, Robin,

Beaver and more. The Bear Group

used big sticks and put them

against a tree. The Robin Group

used sticks, leaves and dirt

to make it into a nest. The

Bear Group took green grass,

dried up leaves, and sticks

and leaned it against a log to

make a dam. After we were

done making our homes, we

showed them to the other

groups and went out of the

forest. By Cindy He.

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ISLAND SCHOOL PARAGRAPHS ROOM 314


ROOM 110 MS SOTIRAKOS

We went on four field trips so far this year. The first

field trip we went on was to Adventure Valley. We

saw alive and dead salmon there. We played games

and had lunch too. The next field trip we went on

was to the Hindu Temple. At the Hindu Temple we

learned about Diwali. Diwali is a Hindu holiday. At

the temple, we meditated for a while, then we left.

The last field trip we went on was the High Park Na-

ture Centre. At the Nature Centre we learned about

different trees and bugs. We also got a chance to go

to the Library. At the Library we got a bag and some

souvenirs.

In conclusion, those are the four field trips we went

on this year. The next field trip is going skating at

Dufferin Grove.

By Elliot MacSeen

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I went on 2 of the 3 field trips. The first was Adventure Valley. We saw a dead salmon, we saw deer and

we played games including squirrels and acorns. Next was the Hindu Temple. It looks like a castle and

there were wood carvings of gods all over. We also watched video of how it was made. We went upstairs to

see the real temple. The last one was the High Park Nature Centre. I did not go on that one. Oh yeah, we

also went to the library and saw Franklin.

By Sophia Peerally


3-D SELF PORTRAITS FOR ROOM 111

Room 111 did 3-D self-portraits for the class. A student writes how it was done.

In class, we made pictures out of tag board. So this is how we did it. We would each have a bag

of pastels and draw our hair and our eyes and our mouth and our shirt. When we were done, we

would get a piece of construction paper and trace our hands. When we were done that, we

would take another piece of construction paper that would be folded in half and would draw a

cover for your book and staple your hands to your portrait and staple the book to your hands.

By Xilonen Pena-Pearson

ROOM 110 GRADE 1/2

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Dewson Street Public School students participated in the annual Terry Fox Run to raise money and awareness for can-

cer research. Students in Room 110 took on the responsibility of sorting and counting all the money raised.

Students worked in small groups and learned to identify and describe different kinds of coins (nickel, dime, quarter,

loonie, toonie) and bills. Grade 1 students learned to sort coins into the appropriate piles. Students then practiced

counting forward by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's and 25's. Grade 2 students were also responsible for adding and recording in

their group the number of coins collected, and representing the monetary value of the coins/bills in both cents and

dollars.


Quelques activités Mme Cartier / Grade 3 (Room 216)

Nous avons aussi écrit nos prénoms en cur-

sive, puis nous avons utilisé des miras pour

créer une symétrie et enfin, imaginé un

personnage.

Nous avons dessiné des

petits drapeaux (lignes et

points) en les classant avec

nos dates d’anniversaire.

Nous avons été très occupés durant ces trois

semaines. On s’est bien amusé mais nous avons

aussi bien travaillé. Nous commençons à devenir

des experts dans les routines de la classe.

Salle 211 has been doing lots of fun arts,

science and social studies projects includ-

ing two big

field trips.

We are also

working on

sounding out

our

thoughts in writ-

ing. Here are

some examples

of our writing

explaining some

of the cool

things we have

been up to.

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Salle 211


Voici quelques activités que notre

classe a faites au cours des premi-

ères semaines de l’école. Dans le

but de mieux se connaitre on s’est

présenté à travers un portrait que

cha-

cun a

fait à

propos de soi-même.

Ensuite nous avons créé des drapeaux triangulaires

multicolores et décorés où nous avons écrit notre

nom et la date de naissance pour rappeler notre

fête. Enfin

nous avons fab-

riqué notre T-

shirt avec des

motifs qui

représentent ce

que nous aimons. Hourra c’est la

rentrée!

Aire 214 Tout sur moi

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ROOM 312 MR. LEE

My Sister Zorra

My sister, Zorra, is very special. She is thirteen years old. She goes to Winona and she is in grade 8. My sister taught me

how to swim. She taught me how to swim under water. Now I can swim. I can swim 20 feet. Azzorra coloured her hair a lot of

colour. We watched Dr. Who together. It is scary kind of. She helps me with my homework. She reads the instructions so I

can do it. I love her.

By Basil

My Sister Kaiya

Kaiya, my sister is a special person. She helps me with my homework. She takes me out for dinner. We usually go to

Laveto. We have pizza. The pizza has cheese and basil but no meat. She babysits me. I love her.

My dad is really special. He takes me out for dinner. My favourite food is Geeosa. Geeosa is dumplings with meat. I

dip my dumplings into soy sauce. I drink water with it. My dad cares so much about me. When Kaiya goes out for sleepover, we

have the guys night. We have tacos with water. Water and apple juice are my favourite drinks. When my dad gets old I will

take care of him.

By Bennett

Finnly

My dog Finnly is a special dog! He is a Westhighland White Terrier. I got him when the last Iron Man movie came

out. His old owners named him Finnly. He had 6 or 7 homes before his forever home. But no one kept him. Our old dog

passed away so we got Finnly. If we didn’t my mom would just be crying and looking at bunch of Westie pictures. Once my dog

went to the park and it was raining. We ran and ran in the rain and it was a lot of fun. When I get home Finnly jumps on

me. He wags his tail because he is happy. He sleeps on my parents bed. Finnly loves playing with his balls when I throw it. He

is a part of the family.

By Haleigh

Seania is My Best Friend

Seania is a special person. She is beautiful because she saved her dog’s life. She got the dog at the pound and they

would have killed him if Seania didn’t take him. She was always there for me when I needed to smile. Once I told her my cat

died and I was feeling sad. She gave me a big hug. She is caring and thinking of other people. She is the nicest person in the

world.

By Ma’ayan

My Dad

My dad is great. My dad cooks rice for me. He is a great cook. He makes spaghetti. But he puts tiny bit of sauce on

it. He helps me with my homework. He helps me with my homework almost everyday. He reads the questions for me. My dad

has a dog. His name is Pups. I named him that. His dog is a puppy. The dog’s colour is brown. He takes care of her. Pups

sleeps in my bedroom. He is a great dad.

BY shathana-s

My Dog

Otis my dog is special. My family got him when he was 6 weeks old. Old owners were feeding him coke a cola and cook-

ies. I saved him. I named him Otis. He is a Jack Russell and a Chewwawa. His birthday is on Halloween. He is 7 years old. He is

very cuddly and cute. He is small but thinks he is big. I love my dog.

By Wyatt

Sofia

Sofia is a special person. She is always there for me. She hugs me when I am sad. We went to her cabin. We went

swimming on a water mat. I knew her for a long time when I was in my mommy’s tummy. We will always be friends.

By Acadia


SALLE 201 MME JARAMILLO

We were making buttons at the public library - Carson,

Penny

I'm counting my apples - Liam

We're making apple sauce with Miss. T and Mlle. J - Penny

We were trying to measure the apple peels with

cubes - Leo, Clarissa


Dans la Salle 213, on s'est lancé sur un projet qui vise à mettre en lumière la gentillesse. On a d'abord discuté de la

définition de la gentillesse et comment on peux la manifester en gestes. On a notre "défi quotidien" que les élèves es-sayent de compléter par la fin de la journée. Les élèves aussi écrivent les petites notes de remerciement pour un ami

qui a démontré la gentillesse.

In classroom 213, we have begun a project that puts the spotlight on kindness. We opened up a discussion on the top-

ic of kindness - what this means and how we can show it to others through actions. The students are also trying to complete a "Daily Kindness Challenge", whether that be playing

with someone who needs a friend, or using kind words through compliments. Throughout the day, the students have also enjoyed writing secret notes to one another, thanking them

for their kindness. Why are we doing this? According to Bella A.: "because it's a good feeling inside when you make people happy."

SALLE 213 La Gentillesse


Pendant le mois de Décembre Room 216 Mme Cartier

Nous avons appris sur les Communautés qui vivaient

au Canada entre 1780 et 1850.

Nous avons profité de cette unité pour faire des re-

cherches sur leurs habita-tions.

Nous avons utilisé du ma-tériel de recyclage pour construire des tipies. On s’est bien amusés. Nous avons utilisé du vrai cuir. Et pour faire le ga-

zon, du sable vert avec de la colle.

Nous avons construits

des structures stables et

solides.

Bonnes Vacances de fin

d’année!!!!


ROOM 112 MLLE ANDREWS

Des élèves de l'aire 112 faisant l'art de gâteau d'anniver-saire/ area 112 stu-dents doing birth-day cake art

L'aire 112 jouant, avec de la concen-tration, le Jeu de Vocabulaire pour la première fois avec des boutons sonores! /Area 112 playing the Vocabulary Game for the

first time with buzzers!

L'aire 112 pratiquant l'orthographe de mots de la nourriture!/ Area 112 prac-ticing spelling food words!

ROOM 103 AT THE PARK Room 103 enjoying a beautiful fall day in Duf-

ferin Grove Park in our Outdoor Classroom.


ROOM 210 MLLE NICHOLSON

L'Aire 112 explorant des feuilles et arbres divers au Centre De La Nature!

SALLE 112 AT THE NATURE STUDIES CENTRE

Qu’est-ce qu’on fait dans la salle 210?

Maths: Dans les maths, on représente les nombre et des chiffre.

Arts visuels: Dans les arts, on a fait les noms pour notre portfolio.

Écriture: Pour’ l’écriture, on à écris des fait é propose de Terry Fox.

Lecture : Pour lecture, on à un but de lire chaque jour.

Sciences : Pour les sciences, les 4e fait le son et la lumière.

Études Sociales : Les 3e année parle de les premier habitants.

Activités/Routines:

· Rang : On a fait un bonne rang. Un bon rang, c’est quand tu ne parle pas et

quand tu as les deux mains à tes coté. Si tu as le bon comportement dans la rang on va avoir un prix.

· Points : Mme Nicholson met les élèves en groupe. Les groupes qui comporte

mieux à des points : Mlle donne 5, 10, 15 points à les tables.

Écris par : Shawna Whing (3e année) et Rachel Sanchez (4e année)


Dufferin Grove

Exploring the out-

doors

Winter

La neige parfait.

Students retell the story with illus-

trations.

SALLE 202 MME ABBAT


Purses

Paper prototypes

become real purses

Winter

La neige parfait.

Students retell the story with illus-

trations.

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ROOM 310 MLLE SITAR ISLAND SCHOOL STORIES


ROOM 311 M. YANCHYSHYN

Room 311 has been doing a lot so far this year. The grade 4s are doing learning buddies with Mme. Darcel’s class, the grade 5s are doing Steel Pan and strings and we have the most music of all of the grade ⅘ classes (according to Mr.

Greene)! We also did our own “Mannequin Challenges” for Drama and we even just went skating! Another cool thing we did was plan and create a “Friendship Bench”. This bench will be put in the school yard and stu-dents can use it to start games, meet new friends or just hang out.


We did a mask -making activity "Qui suis-je?" with accompanying sto-

ries.

ROOM 113 MME DARCEL

We also went to the High Park Nature Center to learn about "Les

Feuilles.


Room 315 has had a busy fall both academically and with our Experiential Education (EE) activities. This term EE has taken us to High Park for biology and ecology studies; to Adventure Valley for leadership training; and to Young People’s Theatre to watch Spirit Horse. Two of our favourite EE moments include feeding the chickadees and our night hike excursion both from our trip to Island School.

Academically, we have been working hard across Math, Language, Social Studies, French and Drama. In our Social Studies classes we spent a quite a bit of time doing inquiry-based learning about the Aboriginal Land Acknowledgement that the TDSB has decided to have read every morning on the announcements this year. Together as a class we formulated questions about the Land Acknowledgement and used these questions to guide our re-search, collecting and analyzing information to help answer our ques-tions. From our research, we created beautiful posters to communicate our findings and to help deepen our school community's understanding of the Land Acknowledgement and the First Nations identified in the Acknowledgement.

ROOM 315 MS PEEK


Aire 214 Notre visite à Gibson House

Notre classe a participé dans un programme de trois heures à Gibson House. Au

cours de notre atelier « Les aventures chez les Gibsons » nous avons utilisé des

recettes et des techniques du XIXe siècle pour préparer notre déjeuner à la fa-

çon des Pionniers.

En deux groupes, nous avons préparé la soupe d'hiver aux légumes de Mrs. Gibson,

fromage de Cayenne, pain au soda, beurre et bourreaux.

Nous avons cardé la laine de mouton et nous avons exploré la production textile de

mouton à moulin.

On a joué avec des jouets et des jeux du 19ème siècle et on a découvert les en-

fants de la famille Gibson.

On a exploré les rôles des membres de la famille au XIXe siècle à travers des dis-

cussions et des examens d'images et d'habillements historiques.



Aire 210 et 214 3e année

Notre projet à propos des autochtones dans le Haut Canada



SALLE 113 VOICI MES AMIS

We made our own selfies with crayons and pencils.

SALLE 313 MLLE BAILEY

Dans la salle 313, nous avons écrit et présenté des histoires effrayantes en français pour l’Hallowe’en. Nous avons eu un

feu de camp sure internet qu’on a mis avec le projecteur sur le tableau blanc, pour que ca a l’air plus effrayant pour rac-

onteur nos histoires avec les bonnes voix!

By Katie

In English, we have read a novel by Louis Sachar called “Holes”. It’s about a boy named Stanley Yelnats who is falsely

accused of committing a crime and is sent to Camp Green Lake, a place where you have to dig one hole everyday. We

have all ready written a test on this book and we are in the middle of a project about the book where we have to act out

a movie trailer for “Holes”.

In science class, we have been working on the human body systems like respiratory, nervous, and circulatory. We are

now working on the final project for the human body where we have to film a public service announcement or make a

poster on something that is bad for the human body and how kids our age can prevent it.

For drama we had someone hamed Sara come in and talk about exclusion. We had to make lots of tableaux on exclusion

and how to prevent it.


SALLE 317 LETTER WRITING



Room 102 experimenting with sinking and floating. The students "hypothesized", tested and recorded their results about the objects that sink and float in the classroom. The inquiry began with one of our "From 3 to 3" books titled Who Sank the Boat? The students used boats and animals at the water table to reenact the story and then went on to testing other classroom objects. We even went outside with our water table.

ROOM 102 MS QUINTANA


On Monday November 27 we went to the College/Shaw public library and learned to make buttons. All students made a button by cutting an image from a magazine or drawing their own picture. Here are some photos from the trip.

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