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Hello to you! This is what we look like!

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This is our first year in school. Some of us turned 5 years old in September, some of us will turn five in October or November. Our school is a STEM school in San Jose, California.

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Sofia: Flowers
Sahasara: My Dad
Laurene: When I go to the park with my sister
Chinmayee: When I'm going to the park
Zoe: Holding hands with my Mommy
Amirah:  Holding hands with my Daddy
Kingston: My Mom
Nikita: Playing with my baby sister
Stefan:  Going to the park
David: Wearing my favorite shirt
Winston: Riding in my wagon at home
Atharv: Riding on scooters wtih your big brother
Iden:  Playing monsters
Surya: Pretending to be Batman
Abhay: Playing legos with my big brother
Austin: Donuts
Yusuke: Building robots with legos
Shil: Playing cars with my Dad
Ilan: Playing with my Dad
Ojas: Building with legos
Parnika: Playing with my Mom

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We are not close to the ocean. We would have to drive for 2-3 long days (8-10 hours a day) to get to the Atlantic Ocean or drive 4 long days to the Pacific Ocean. We can walk from our school to a big lake called Lake Ontario and there is a beach. The beach is a bit sandy and has some rocks. There are no sharks or whales at the lake because the water isn’t salty like the ocean, but there are fish and ducks. Sometimes in the summer we can swim in the lake but sometimes the water and beach are too dirty. There are motor boats, sailboats, ferry boats and some small cruise ships in the lake. The cruise ships just stay pretty nearby the city. The ferry boats take us to the Toronto Islands in about 15 minutes. Many of us have gone on the ferry boat. There are NO pirate boats.
We have some trees in our playground and some trees in  the city. Some of us think there are a lot of trees everywhere and some of us think only some trees.  We are going to look more carefully on our next community wonder walk.
We will take some photos of our neighbourhood to share when we go on our next walk. Can you please share photos of what you see when you look outside your classroom window?

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This is what we look like!

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There are 25 kids in our class. Ms Berry is the teacher and Mrs Robertson is our other teacher (ECE). Some kids are JK (Junior Kindergarten) and some kids are SK (Senior Kindergarten).Most of us are 4 years old. Some of us are 5 years old. Two friends are 3 years old. Nobody is 6 years old yet. Today we sang happy birthday to Lhanze and moved her picture from 4 to 5!

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Duncan: Ms Berry.  I fill my heart with love.

Jenny: To play.

Sima: To go with my new baby. (new baby sister at home)

Nadia: To go to Aliyah’s house because we’re neighbours and our houses are close.

Mia: My mummy and daddy to get me toys.

Anna: When I go with my sister on all the rides.

Mithusan: My daddy.

Reneco: My heart is filled with grandpa.

Nathan: When I play with my LEGO with mummy.

Thomas: When I play outside.

Aidan: When I play outside with Nadia. (twin sister)

Ngawang: When I go outside.

Aneira: When I play with the sand.

Gyalsay: I love playing with Keira.

Keira: I like to play with Gyalsay with water.

Sonam: I like to play.

Aliyah: I like to go on all the rides with my family.

Jigmey: I like to go on the long slide and the pole. (in our playground)

Lhanze: I like to make friends.

Dhani: To go in my tent in the park.

Lobsang: I love Ms Berry. Ms Berry makes me happy.

Aaliyah: I love my jewellery.

Tenzin B: I love staying with my cousin in America.

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Wondering About You (Ms. Berry's Class to Ms. Lyon's Class:

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Wondering About You (Ms. Berry's Class to Ms. Lyon's Class:

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Is the ocean near you?

Can you go swimming in the ocean?

Is the beach hot?

Are there sharks in the ocean and could they bite you?

Are there whales in the ocean?

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No we do not have an ocean near us. (The coast is about 45 minutes away from us.)
Sometimes we can swim in the ocean. We can when it is sunny and warm.  Sometimes the ocean is TOO cold! Sometimes it is cloudy and not warm.
There ARE sharks in the ocean. They could bite us! (We do get great whites off the coast of Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Whales are their favorite food.) None of us have been bitten by one, though. Whew!!
Yes, there are whales in the ocean.

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Wondering About You! (Ms. Lyon's class to Ms. Berry’s class

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Wondering About You! (Ms. Lyon's class to Ms. Berry’s class

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How about you -- are you close to the ocean?
Are you close to the beach?
We saw trees there. Are there lots of trees everywhere?
How big is your city?
We were wondering about the boats we saw.  Are they sailboats or motorboats?
Are there any ferry boats or cruise ships there?
Do you have any pirate ships?

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We noticed that different things make you happy. We thought maybe because you are all your own people and you just like what you like. We also noticed that a lot of the things that make you happy make us happy, too!

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We are not near the ocean. We would have to drive for 2-3 days to get to one ocean or drive for 4 days to get to another ocean.

We can walk from our school to a big lake ( Lake Ontario) and beach. The beach is a little bit sandy and a little bit dirty. In the summer when it’s hot we can sometimes swim in the lake but sometimes the water is too dirty near the city. There are no sharks or whales in the lake because the water is not salty like the ocean. There are fish, ducks, bulls and geese. There are motor boats, sail boats, ferry boats, taxi boats and small cruise ships. Some of us have gone on the ferry boats. It takes about 15 minutes to go over to the Toronto Islands. The small cruise ships just stay near the city. There are NO pirate ships!

Our city is big. We had different guesses about how big it is. We found out it is the biggest city in Canada. There are close to 3 million people living in Toronto.

There are trees. Some of us think there are a lot of trees everywhere. Some of us think there are some trees. We will look more closely next time we go on our community wonder walk and will send you some photos.

What can you see outside when you look through your classroom window?  Can you send us some pictures, please?

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We talked about Clarence and his Grandmother using their five senses in nature!

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We have 9 pages in our book about making jam to share with you.

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We decided that "you hold me up" means that people sharing, caring and loving each other. They are being nice and being friends with each other.

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Here are Things that Make Us Feel Loved or How We Love Other People 

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Here are Things that Make Us Feel Loved or How We Love Other People 

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Austin: Hugging my Mom
Chinmayee: Hugging my Dad
Amirah: Kissing my Dad
Zoe:  Hugging my Mom
Sofiia: Share flowers with my Mom
Shil:  Kissing my Mom
Ilan: Kissing my Dad
David: Hugging my Mom
Adrian:  When my friend's finger was hurt, I was trying to help him
Stefan: Hugging my Dad
Yusuke: Hugging my Mom
Surya: Hugging my brother
Kingston:  My Mom hugging me
Ojas:  My Mom hugging me
Laurene: Playing with my sister
Nikita:  My Mommy making food for me
Sanvitha: When my friend gets hurt, I help them
Parnika:  Drawing a picture with my sister
Bhavishyaa:  My Mommy making a good hairstyle for me
Sahasra:  Playing with toys with my sister
Atharv:  Playing on the bed with my brother
Iden: Playing with my Mom
Winston: Hugging my Dad

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Ngawang: My mum and my dad are my friends
Mia: They give me icecream to eat
Aneira: Whem they hug me
Keira: I like my mummy and daddy.  They make me happy.
Aidan: My family gives me chocolate
Sonam: I like my Jigmey brother
Anna: When my dad goes to the park with me to play
Nathan: My family feels happy
Thomas: I like playing football with my dad
Reneco: They’re happy when I’m eating
Mithusan: My mummy and my daddy
Aliyah: When they hug me
Cashis: When my mum always cuddles with me
Gyalsay: I like my mum and dad. They love me and they give me popcorn.
Sima: My mum and my dad pick me up
Dhani: I like my dad
Lobsang: I love my mum when we play together
Nadia: My mummy loves me when she takes me somewhere fun
Aaliyah: My mum always gets me good toys that I like
Jigmey: My mum buy me a big toy, power ranger and LEGO motorcycle

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We read about Grandpas and Grandmas this week. in this book, some children talked about their names for their Grandpas and Grandmas and what they did together.

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Adrian:  I like going on walks with my Grandpa.
Sofiia:  I like to sleep in the bed with my Grandma.
Shil: I love to play chess with myGrandma.
Kingston:  I like to play with my Grandpa. I call him Papa.
Nikita:  I like to call my Grandpa and Grandma on Skype.
Ojas: I like to hold my Grandma's hand.
Stefan: I like to hold my Grandpa's hand.
Ilan:  I like to play with my Grandpa and my Grandma.
Chinmayee:  I like to play with toys with my Grandma.
Laurene:  I like to garden with my Grandpa.
Yusuke: I like to hold my Grandma's hand.
Sanvitha: I like to play outside with my Grandma and my Grandpa.
Zoe:  I like going to the park with my Grandpa.  I call him Papa..
Sahasra: I like to give flowers to my Grandpa.
Austin:  I like kissing my Grandma.
Bhavishyaa: I like to play inside my house with my Grandma.
Parnika: I like to play with my Grandma and Grandpa.
Abhay:  I like to play with my Grandma.
Atharv:  I like going to the park with my Grandma.  I call her Dadu.
Amirah:  I like playing tag with my Grandma.
David: I like playing hide-and-seek with my Grandma.
Surya:  I like cooking with Grandma.
Winston: I like hugging my Grandpa.

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We read The Family Book by Todd Parr. We talked about some of the differences in our families. For example:

Some families are big and some are small

Some have one parent and some have 2 or more

Some families have bothers or sisters or a baby and some don’t

Some families live with a grandma or grandpa or both and some don’t

Some kids have 2 homes they live at

Aidan & Nadia live with their mum & sister

Selena lives with her mum & grandma

Keira lives with mum and dad and her family is moving

Aliyah lives with her mum, dad, sister and 2 brothers

Nathan lives with mum, step-dad and baby brother

Tenzin B lives in a house with just his family

Lots of friends live in apartments with lots of other families

Thomas lives in a townhouse

Sima has a new baby

Reneco’s grandpa helps look after him

Sometimes Duncan’s grandma or auntie looks after him

Some friends have pets like Cashis and Duncan

Some families live far away. Lhanze visited her family on an airplane this year

Some families live close by

Some families are the same colour, like Dhani’s

Some families, like Aidan and Nadia’s, are different colours

Some families speak the same language and lots of our friends have families that speak different languages

We found out that all our families hug!

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After reading When We Were Alone we spent some time talking about what languages our families speak. Some friends in our class shared words they know in the languages they speak at home with their families. Here are the languages that our families can speak:

Tibetan

Nepali

Gujarati

Tamil

Arabic

Spanish

Italian

We made family portraits by gluing different coloured strips of paper on a background. We chose a paper for each person in our family, thinking about their skin colour and how tall they are compared to the other people in the family. Then we wrote labels for everyone (e.g., mummy, daddy, sister, baby, grandpa, etc.). Many of us wrote the labels in the language our family speaks at home. We liked seeing the different ways we can write words, and hearing about each other’s families. We will share some of our pictures with you.