Monday, September 30

Hi parents,

We had a good day today - probably not as good as if it had been a snow day, but still pretty good.
In the morning, the students worked on their usual Monday work choices (Journals, Spelling Practice, Morning Math, Printing Practice). We talked more about Orange Shirt Day too. I think that the students are a bit too young to learn about everything that happened at the Residential Schools, but we've talked a lot about how the First students did not get to express themselves, speak their own language, or see their families.

The students went to Music in the morning too, and we had a lesson about the 'ck' letter blend, and the 'ir' blend.

In the afternoon, we did a quick science / social studies / art combo activity, where the class mixed red and yellow paint to create orange, and then painted some paper shirts in honor of Orange Shirt Day. We also went to Gym, and at the end of the day, we all went outside to build with the snow. One of our science topics for this year is "Building Things", and the snow today was perfect for that. :)
I also feel like its really important for kids to learn to appreciate the snow in Calgary, because we get so much of it, and if you can't appreciate it then winter is very depressing, haha...

Tomorrow is Picture Day! I hope everyone can be here for our class photo!

Have a good night,

Zac