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Ikebana

Posted September 26, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

This post is from Lisa in her own words…

Today I did Ikebana, Ikebana is something you use with flowers. We put different kinds of nature on a small spiky board (forgot the name) and created a type of decoration…we wrapped the flowers in to newspaper and I bet you would enjoy it, just like I did!

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Mr. Raskin’s Culture Collection

Posted September 19, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Use this Voicethread to take a look at my culture collection. If you’d like to leave a comment, question or connection, that would be great! You can use video, audio, text or drawing!

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2R Taiko!

Posted September 16, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

As part of our unit of inquiry People can be enriched by their own cultures and the cultures they connect with throughout their lives, second grade have had the opportunity to collaborate and get a taste of many of the programs at YIS’s International Center for Japanese Culture. Check out earlier posts for details on our experiences with Japanese Calligraphy, Dance, Sushi-Making and more. This week we were invited for a taste of Taiko drumming. Enjoy our mini video-slideshow!

Taiko Drumming for 2R! from YIS 2R on Vimeo.

 

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Back To School Night: Keep Talking!

Posted September 16, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Dear Parents,

Thanks for showing your support and joining us at last Wednesday’s Back to School Night. I hope it helped you get a clearer understanding of second grade at YIS, what your children will be doing and how you can be involved.

As I promised, here is the photo taken at the end of our session (apologies if you don’t feel you look your best!). Please feel free to use this post as a mini-forum for asking questions that went unanswered at BTSN. Just leave a comment and we’ll talk! Alternatively, I’m always available by email and quite regularly just by showing up at the classroom door.

More soon,

Jamie Raskin & the Grade Two team

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Japanese Dance & Calligraphy

Posted September 8, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

What amazing opportunities second grade has had this year to experience parts of Japanese traditional culture. Continuing on our Sushi-making experience of a few weeks ago, we have been invited back to the ICJC to experience Japanese Dance and Calligraphy. A wonderful integration with our current unit of inquiry: People can be enriched by their own cultures and the cultures they connect with throughout their lives. Check out the gallery and let us know what you think!

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2R Sushi-Making!

Posted August 28, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

As part of our Unit of Inquiry exploring how our lives are enriched by our own cultures and the cultures we connect with, Grade Two were invited to the ICJC to learn how to make sushi! Keep an eye out for our Japanese Dance class next week!

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Culture Walk!

Posted August 22, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Today 2R braved the heat and set out for a Culture Walk around the neighbourhood to see what we could find that we connected to Japanese and other cultures. Students busily noted their findings in their inquiry notebooks and had lots of compelling questions about the origins of everything around them! It was amazing to see how purposefully looking for culture made us look at our surroundings in a whole new way.

Highlights included thinking about how everything from bamboo to vending machines could be a sign of Japanese culture, lots of water breaks in the shade, and having Alicia teach us all how to wash our hands before going to the temple! Thanks to the Japanese department for supporting us to make it happen!

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Day One in 2R!

Posted August 16, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

If the first day is anything to go by… it’s going to be a fantastic year!

The new 2R students came happily rolling into the classroom in the morning. We played some getting-to-know-each-other games and spoke a little bit about some of the expectations of our classroom. We had our first sessions in PE and Music, and listened to a story.

Much of the afternoon was spent with pairs of students exploring different areas of the classroom to become class experts on The Class Library, Math Games and Activities, Language Games and Activities, Construction Materials, Craft Materials, Tech Cabinet and more. Once students had had time to learn about their section, they gave a short presentation to the rest of the group on what they had discovered.

Even though Lisa wasn’t able to join us today, she wrote us an email from England, and we took a few moments to write back to her as a class.

Please enjoy these photos from Day 1!


 

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Welcome to the New Grade Twos!

Posted August 15, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

Welcome to Grade 2, Zarah, Karthik, Kayleigh, and Ludwig!
(from left to right)

I bet you can’t wait to meet them!

  • Zarah will be in Mr. Raskin’s class. She is Danish, but was born in South Korea. Ask her about the big pool in Thailand. She is a bookworm!
  • Kayleigh will be in Miss Czubak’s class. She is from Australia. She likes the Rainbow Fairy and Princess books.
  • Karthik will be in Miss Czubak’s class. He is from India. Karthik wants to be a pilot and loves reading scary books.
  • Ludwig will be in Ms. Quinn’s class. He is from Sweden and likes football.
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Hopes for Grade Three

Posted June 22, 2012 By jzraskin@gmail.com

As we get ready to move on to the summer and forward towards grade three, 2R shares their hopes for the coming year….

Hopes for G3 from YIS 2R on Vimeo.

 

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