Melissa Engelman

A HUGE thank you to @saveonfoods Trinity Hills for providing the bags for our Free Book Sale. Without your donation we wouldn’t have been able to get 2000+ books into the homes of over three hundred families 💕 #harknesshasheart @DHarkness_CBE #wearecbe

We are excited to announce our first Pizza Fun Lunch of the year will be on Dec 8, 2022. Pizza order forms will be sent home with students tomorrow. Extra forms are located in the office. If you would like a form emailed to you, contact Sonya at Harknesscouncil@gmail.com. 🍕 ♥️

Word chains encourage Ss to build words linking speech to print which is critical for learning to read. @DHSPurdy @DHS_MsSara @DHSEngelman @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC

It was so wonderful to see families sharing the love of reading with books written in their home language. Dual language books can be checked out anytime from our learning commons. Thank you for joining us for Family Literacy Evening. #harknesshasheart @DHarkness_CBE

During Harkness Hour, Ss practiced the 8 letters and sounds we have been working on using a variety of kinaesthetic tools to help their brain connect name, sound, and symbol! Ss were very engaged! @DHarkness_CBE @EdMattersYYC @DHSEngelman @DhsPickering @DHSPurdy @DHS_MsSara

Grade 1&2 season diorama @DHSDron @DhsPickering

Grade 1&2 season diorama @DHSDron @DhsPickering

Grade 1&2 season diorama @DHSDron @DhsPickering

Our season investigation is ending with these amazing dioramas! We had to decide which season to represent and then make a person with appropriate clothing, a tree and add at least one extra detail @DHSDron @DhsPickering

During our literacy time we use blending lines to teach us word patterns while practicing new skills and reviewing learned skills @DhsPickering

Using stories and word associations to build our vocabulary. Which word goes with question? What about sunset? @DhsPickering

We have our small reading and writing groups set up! These groups help students focus their learning @DHSDron

Our number talks are focusing on how we can group these dots into familiar arrangements, like the arrangements we see on dice. What arrangements do you see? @DHSDron

Yesterday we spent some time outside looking at the trees on our school property. We were so sad to see how damaged they are - many branches have been broken and ripped off. We talked about what the trees give us and how we can take better care of them @DHSDron #Harknesshasheart

@DHSPaterson @DHSCotton I had to look this up! I had no clue.

Practicing the digraph ‘th.’ Did you know that this digraph makes two sounds? #WeAreCbe @DHSCotton

@firgeorge @DHSDron I made them! I can send them to you:)

@DHSEngelman @DHSDron Oooo I want some of these for the mirror in the office!!! Where did you get them?

Check out our classroom Affirmation Station 😍 @DHSDron

In math we are continuing to explore patterns with pattern sheets. What patterns do you see? @DHSDron

This pattern tricked everyone! Do you see how it is a pattern? (Hint - it’s not a colour pattern, it’s about the number!) @DHSDron

Which of these are patterns? We explored with our math manipulatives to see if we could make patterns. We learned that not all patterns repeat the same thing (some are increasing or decreasing instead!) @DHSDron