Janice Whiteside

A fun day at @WHDayES annual Science Fair. We had 77 wonderful projects in the gym this year. The top finalists are given the opportunity to participate in the Simcoe County Regional Fair next month. Thanks to Mr. Wilcox for organizing this opportunity for Ss. @SCDSB_Schools

Today we celebrated our amazing volunteers for all they do to help make our school a wonderful place for students to learn. #BetterTogether @WHDayES @SCDSB_Schools

Exciting day! Looking forward to diving in and exploring the new Language curriculum. Love the connections to Kindergarten. It is imperative that explicit and systematic literacy instruction begins in Kindergarten. Our Ss are capable & competent. @SCDSBey @SCDSBLiteracy

We are so excited for our @WHDayES Family Literacy Night this coming Thursday, May 4th from 5:30-7:00pm. It is going to be a fun filled evening of learning for the whole family. Hope to see you there. @SCDSB_Schools @SCDSBLiteracy @SCDSBey

Outdoor learning is one of our class’ favourite times of the day. Today our 3 Kinder classes @WHDayES had a blast spending our day learning outdoors. Thanks to @actionbonnie & @MurrayKindie for planning & facilitating a day fill of outdoorable fun. @SCDSBey #All4frames

Round 3 of our Primary Tournament of Books comes to an end tomorrow. We are down to 2 books in each set. Excited to see which books will move to the finals next week. Looking forward to our W.H. Day Family Literacy night next Thursday. @WHDayES @SCDSBLiteracy @SCDSB_Schools

Building excitement for our Family Literacy Night. W.H. Day’s Primary Tournament of Books is under way with 16 amazing titles chosen by our K-3 classes. For Round 1, classes have been reading and voting on the 8 books in their group. Excited to see which books move to Round 2.

Reach out if you are interested in learning about our 4 part learning series - Brain Words book study. We are looking forward to consolidating and extending our learning at our final learning session at the end of March.

3rd session of our 4 Part Learning Series -Brain Words Book Study. Rich discussions emerged as we applied our knowledge of the 5 Phases of Word Reading & Developmental Spelling by examining writing samples in the early years. @WHDayES @ChrisHadfieldSc @marshview_ps @SCDSBLiteracy

Just watched “The Right to Read.” A fantastic film with an important message highlighting the importance of explicit and systematic instruction & the importance of phonological & phonemic awareness skills & phonics in the early years. Reading is a complex process. #RighttoRead

Here is one of my fav resources “Find and Seek” cards. Great oral language and vocabulary activity that can be extended in multiple ways. Reach out if you’re interested in learning more about our session from today. Look forward to extending this learning with educators.

Amazing to facilitate learning around my love for Kindergarten and taking learning outdoors with a dedicated group @scdsboutdoors We explored the use provocations & authentic learning experiences with connections to the 4 frames of the K Program. @SCDSB_Schools @actionbonnie

@SCDSB_Schools @SCDSBLiteracy Looking forward to continuing the discussion in February and building and sharing resources. #BetterTogether

1st session of our 4 Part Learning Series -Supporting Early Readers and Writers. It was amazing to collaborate & learn together with K-3 educators from @WHDayES @marshview_ps @ChrisHadfieldSc as we discussed the shift to structured literacy and what that looks like in our classes

We exchanged letters & ideas back & forth & our learning buddies @DAnderson_scdsb planned an afternoon of fun. We loved following the clues to find the special pumpkin patch & our very own pumpkins. Amazing leadership & so many #scdsb character traits observed. @WHDayES @SCDSBey

@thismomloves I would love a copy. Thanks

If you’re a kindergarten teacher who used Acadience for beginning of year screening & had students below benchmark in First Sound Fluency (FSF), I’m happy to share a doc with ideas for small group/1:1 targeted work. Reply & I will DM link (may need to be following me).

@WHDayES @SCDSB_Schools @scdsboutdoors @actionbonnie @SCDSBLiteracy #takingourlearningoutdoors

An outdoor adventure full of learning with our grade 5/6 buddies @DAnderson_scdsb We played a game of Find & Seek and collected a variety of natural materials according to different clues, had a spontaneous leaf challenge and created beautiful fall hangers using our collections.

Last week our class showed our appreciation for our custodians by creating a special card thanking them for all that they do for our class and our school. Thank you @WHDayES custodians for all that you do. We appreciate you. @SCDSB_Schools

Last week we read the story, “My Body is a Rainbow. The Color of my Feelings.” This inspired us to create our own I Statements. We paired each I statement with a different colour and created our own “I Statements” key chain. @SCDSB_Schools @SCDSBey @SCDSB_Wellness @WHDayES