Bryn Hatcher
@msbhatcher
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Grade 2/3 teacher @davisville_jps
Joined September 2022
Positive affirmation picture frames with wellness club! Ss had to pick positive character traits to describe them and decorate a picture frame with their affirmations.@davisville_jps
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Thank you for coming to our Mind Cafe! We are so proud of the critical thinking, openness to new experiences, collaboration and innovation of the Ss over the past few months. @FOS6Alvarez @davisville_jps
Our Integrative Thinking Showcase w/ families! Through this journey, Ss engaged in meaningful discussions & critical thinking to better understand how wellness can be nurtured in daily life & created Mind Menus-collections of strategies to support their well-being! @FOS6Alvarez
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Pentomino Battleship! After learning about reading locations on a grid we played pentomino battleship to practice our new skills. Lots of engagement and #mathtalk @robertsonprog @TDSBmath @davisville_jps
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After learning about disastrous oil spills in history & their effects, we engaged in the scientific process to discover how to remove oil from water. We defined our question, made hypotheses, mixed cocoa & oil to make crude oil & then tested our hypotheses @davisville_jps
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After sketching the models, we made pro-pro charts looking at the benefits of model A & B. Next we looked for common themes between the 2 models and decided what we would need to bring into model C marking w/ ❤️s. We decided that our new model will be based on mastery & autonomy
Ss engaged in integrative thinking by sketching & analyzing 2 opposing models in response to the question: ‘How can school communities be partners with Ss to support their well-being at Davisville?’ Ss enhancing their critical thinking skills on real-world issues. @FOS6Alvarez
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After reading about Georgia O’Keeffe, her path to becoming an artist and analyzing some of her work we created some beautiful O’Keeffe inspired flowers! @davisville_jps
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As we continue to explore different ideas of home, we learned about how people welcome each other into their homes. Next we learned about #littleamal, her home & displacement and wrote “Where I’m From” poems. We learned so much about each other and our diversity @davisville_jps
For grade 2&3 Social Studies we are exploring the idea of “home.” We wrote what we know, think we know and don’t know yet about “home.” Ss described places that are significant to them & their families. Then we mapped them on google my maps. @davisville_jps
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For fractions this week we explored cuisenaire rods. Ss had a series of tasks that involved finding 1/2s, 1/3s and 1/4s of various rods. Lastly we assumed a yellow rod was a whole and described different fractional amounts. @davisville_jps @TDSBmath
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In wellness club this week we focused on environmental interconnectedness. Ss folded paper in 1/2 & drew a tree on the 1st side. Then we learned about reciprocity w/ the environment & then Ss drew a tree that has special meaning to them. Look at the difference! @davisville_jps
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For grade 2&3 Social Studies we are exploring the idea of “home.” We wrote what we know, think we know and don’t know yet about “home.” Ss described places that are significant to them & their families. Then we mapped them on google my maps. @davisville_jps
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We are so lucky to participate in Tai Chi and guided meditation in our school’s beautiful front hall! After the kids felt calm, focused and connected—boosting their mental and physical wellness @davisville_jps
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So proud! Here are more pictures of their learning.
Ss explored various texts on skin colour & embracing one’s identity. They explored big ideas of self-acceptance, pride, & the beauty of diversity. Following this, Ss wrote reflective passages about their own identities fostering belonging by embracing who they are. @FOS6Alvarez
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We sketched our models to come to a common understanding, talked about the idea of glass half full vs half empty & the importance of looking at benefits. We then made pro-pro charts in small groups looking at the benefits of both models for different groups that are impacted
Infusing Integrative Thinking skills into our SIP to expand Ss’ critical thinking. Ss used a Pro-Pro Chart to analyze the benefits of 2 opposing models to address the issue of reducing garbage in our yard. Extending Ss’ capacity to appreciate multiple perspectives. @FOS6Alvarez
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Launching our measurement unit w/ a #lowfloorhighceiling question asking about how long it would take our class to read a pile of books as tall as my hand. Ss worked in pairs & used many different strategies & incl. standard & nonstandard measurement @davisville_jps @TDSBmath
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Our #blackhistorymonth displays inspired by the art in #allbecauseyoumatter we created a blossoming effect for the backgrounds & wrote affirming descriptors for Black identifying folks to focus on #Blackbrilliance & #blackjoy #blackisbeautiful @davisville_jps @MonaMoftakhar
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After learning about each others’ traditions/celebrations, we created a cookbook of recipes we make for celebrations. We also studied cookbooks & wrote autobiographies. Today we had our book launch to celebrate & Ss brought in food from the cookbook! @davisville_jps #belonging
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we adapted the #1619project’s book Born on the Water to highlight the historical and ongoing struggles of Black people as well as their resilience, legacy, brilliance, JOY and why #BlackLivesMatter @davisville_jps @MonaMoftakhar
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Very proud of room 218!.
After ongoing classroom discussions on why representation matters, students in Gr. 2/3 created a compelling persuasive piece on why it is important to use resources/texts that serve as mirrors, windows, & sliding glass doors. Rich tasks that cultivate Ss criticality. @FOS6Alvarez
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Our math challenge today was “can you draw this image?” Ss were shown an image for 2 secs then had 30 secs to draw it from memory. It created great #mathtalk about geometry and positional language. Thank you @robertsonprog! @TDSBmath @davisville_jps
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We read Sadako and learned about the significance of paper cranes. We then heard about Dr. Kaita making cranes after the discovery of unmarked graves in residential schools & are now trying to make 1000 cranes to honour survivors & those that didn’t make it home @davisville_jps
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