Hi parents,
We had a great Monday today. In the morning, we watched this excellent episode of Molly of Denali and talked about Residential Schools. If you haven't watched Molly of Denali already, I really recommend it. It is a show about an indigenous community in Alaska. A lot of the episodes address the same concepts that we try to teach students about Canada's indigenous history, but in a kid-friendly way.
We did another Numeracy Assessment in math, just to see where everyone is at and help us meet the students at their individual levels.
The students wrote in their journals. We talked about how a simple sentence, like 'We went camping", can be expanded into literally hundreds of additional sentences that add detail. For example, where you went camping, who you went with, what you did there, etc. And each of those sentences could probably be expanded on as well. With writing, it's about quality over quantity, and adding detail is a great way to enhance quality.
The students glued in and practiced their new spelling words. Once again, this week's quiz will be on Thursday, so we have less time to practice. Any extra practice at home will help!
At the end of the day we read further into Wish Tree. We talked about Samar and her family. The students discussed how the discrimination faced by Samar's family is kind of similar to what indigenous peoples experienced in the past.
Orange Shirt Day is on Thursday, so we're trying to build lots of connections and make sure it is meaningful!
Have a nice night,
Zac
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