Earth hour is a time to save electricity, and make the world a better place. Everyone around the world is saving energy to show how much we love the world. During Earth Hour, you should turn off everything that is electrical to save ENERGY. During Earth Hour you could read, draw or do anything, but not anything electrical. Earth Hour is actually tomorrow on March 31 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. But here at Thorncliffe Park P.S., we had Earth Hour today from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Since it was cloudy, it was a little dark in here, but we managed. So turn off all your electrical items tomorrow night, and do something together as a family! Have a wonderful EARTH HOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share a wonderful weekend
YOURS TRULY,
P 13
Friday 30 March 2012
Wednesday 21 March 2012
Greek Pottery!!!
In P.13, we did some pottery with Ms.Fountas, our student teacher. It was soooooo much funnn!!
We chose our pots from greek books.Our pots had to explain things about ourselves, about what we like, and our lives.The main colours we used to paint our pots were red, brown and black! It took us about 2 days to finish them. Every student had a different and uniqe pot.The pots were great, and Ms.Fountas and Ms. Bordonaro liked them too :D
Our pots turned out GREAT at the end.Thats what we did with the pottery! It is part of our study of Ancient Greek culture. Pots were used in daily life, but are now considered works of art. When archaeologists find them, we learn more about what life was like.
Student bloggers with input from Ms. Bordonaro
We chose our pots from greek books.Our pots had to explain things about ourselves, about what we like, and our lives.The main colours we used to paint our pots were red, brown and black! It took us about 2 days to finish them. Every student had a different and uniqe pot.The pots were great, and Ms.Fountas and Ms. Bordonaro liked them too :D
Our pots turned out GREAT at the end.Thats what we did with the pottery! It is part of our study of Ancient Greek culture. Pots were used in daily life, but are now considered works of art. When archaeologists find them, we learn more about what life was like.
Student bloggers with input from Ms. Bordonaro
Monday 5 March 2012
Language challenge - Making Big Words
Here is a fun activity you can do at home with your child.
Write and cut out the following letters.
A P I T S M O E O A M
Move the letters around and make as many words as you can. The challenge is to make as many "big" words (4 or more letters), using only the letters you are given. You cannot add letters. You can only use double letters if there are actually two of them above (e.g., 2 O's).
The BIG challenge - the letters above are actually one word. Scramble the letters to see if you can figure out what the 11-letter "big" word is!
Hint: the students have seen and heard this word in the last couple of weeks in Social Studies!
Good luck!
Ms. Bordonaro
Write and cut out the following letters.
A P I T S M O E O A M
Move the letters around and make as many words as you can. The challenge is to make as many "big" words (4 or more letters), using only the letters you are given. You cannot add letters. You can only use double letters if there are actually two of them above (e.g., 2 O's).
The BIG challenge - the letters above are actually one word. Scramble the letters to see if you can figure out what the 11-letter "big" word is!
Hint: the students have seen and heard this word in the last couple of weeks in Social Studies!
Good luck!
Ms. Bordonaro
Term 2 Topics
Hello Portable 13 Families!!!!
We are a couple of weeks into Term 2, and it has been very active here in P. 13.
In the past few weeks, we have looked at Greek Myths (Language), CD covers (Media), Linear Measurement (Math), 3-D Geometry (Math), an Introduction to Ancient Civilizations (including the start of our Ancient Greece Unit), and sculpting (2-D and 3-D) and pottery-making in Art. With Ms. Karavidas in Science, students are looking at Energy. In Gym, students are learning yoga. Students are learning a new song in Music. For French, we created monsters, and described how many of different body parts they had.
In the next while here is what we will be working on:
Language - Persuasive Writing, Making Brochures, Making Newspapers, Giving opinions about our reading, and supporting that opinion with evidence from the text, Literature Circles, poetry and songs, making CD and DVD covers
Math - Mass (weight), Capacity (measurement of space in containers), Area, Perimeter, Volume (how much space 3-d shapes take up), Probability Games, Fractions and Decimals, Simple algebraic expressions
French - expressions with avoir, food, reading simple comics
Social Studies - comparing and contrasting two or more Ancient Civilizations, making a travel brochure showing the important aspects of Ancient Greece, making a newspaper showing the important aspects of a different ancient civilization, comparing Ancient Civlizations to life today
We have a lot to do before the end of the year, and students should continue to complete homework and assignments on time, and do their best work. We want to be ready for middle school next year!
Try to ask your child specific questions about what they did in school. Being a parent myself, I know that asking "What did you do today?" often leads to the answer "Nothing!". If, however, you ask "What Writing assignment are you doing right now?" or "What was the Math lesson about today?", you might get a better description of what their day was like.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me through your child's agenda, and have your child tell me there is a note. That is the best way to get in touch with me.
I look forward to working with all of your children throughout the rest of the year.
Ms. Bordonaro
We are a couple of weeks into Term 2, and it has been very active here in P. 13.
In the past few weeks, we have looked at Greek Myths (Language), CD covers (Media), Linear Measurement (Math), 3-D Geometry (Math), an Introduction to Ancient Civilizations (including the start of our Ancient Greece Unit), and sculpting (2-D and 3-D) and pottery-making in Art. With Ms. Karavidas in Science, students are looking at Energy. In Gym, students are learning yoga. Students are learning a new song in Music. For French, we created monsters, and described how many of different body parts they had.
In the next while here is what we will be working on:
Language - Persuasive Writing, Making Brochures, Making Newspapers, Giving opinions about our reading, and supporting that opinion with evidence from the text, Literature Circles, poetry and songs, making CD and DVD covers
Math - Mass (weight), Capacity (measurement of space in containers), Area, Perimeter, Volume (how much space 3-d shapes take up), Probability Games, Fractions and Decimals, Simple algebraic expressions
French - expressions with avoir, food, reading simple comics
Social Studies - comparing and contrasting two or more Ancient Civilizations, making a travel brochure showing the important aspects of Ancient Greece, making a newspaper showing the important aspects of a different ancient civilization, comparing Ancient Civlizations to life today
We have a lot to do before the end of the year, and students should continue to complete homework and assignments on time, and do their best work. We want to be ready for middle school next year!
Try to ask your child specific questions about what they did in school. Being a parent myself, I know that asking "What did you do today?" often leads to the answer "Nothing!". If, however, you ask "What Writing assignment are you doing right now?" or "What was the Math lesson about today?", you might get a better description of what their day was like.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me through your child's agenda, and have your child tell me there is a note. That is the best way to get in touch with me.
I look forward to working with all of your children throughout the rest of the year.
Ms. Bordonaro
Engineering Week Presentation
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 6, students from P. 13 will be walking to the public library to take part in a lesson given by a group of engineers who work in countries less fortunate than us. They will be explaining how water is filtered and distributed to people in villages around the world. Students will be taking part in hands-on activities and having discussions.
The walking excursion form given out at the beginning of the year covers this outing, and students will be back in time for lunch.
Make sure to have your child tell you all about it afterwards!
Thanks to the Toronto Public Library - Thorncliffe Branch for providing us with this opportunity!
Ms. Bordonaro
The walking excursion form given out at the beginning of the year covers this outing, and students will be back in time for lunch.
Make sure to have your child tell you all about it afterwards!
Thanks to the Toronto Public Library - Thorncliffe Branch for providing us with this opportunity!
Ms. Bordonaro
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