Sorry, there was no blog yesterday as I was away due to some doctor's appointments.
Orange Shirt Day
We have discussed a little bit about Orange Shirt Day. We talked about how there was a group of people who wanted to help educate aboriginal people by taking their children to missions. We discussed how some of the children might have felt being taken from their parents. The students understood that this was not the best way to help educate the children. We watched a video on the Orange Shirt Day website. http://www.orangeshirtday.org/
We also listened to a story called, “When I was 8”. This was a story about a young girl who went to a residential school and her experiences there. We also talked about her determination to learn to read. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSBrkJn3NeI
We will continue this discussion for the next couple of days.
Contact Information
Teacher: Cheryl Konno – [email protected]
Mail Pocket:
- School Photos – Yesterday
- Class pictures
Up coming dates:
- Sept. 27 – FUN LUNCH - Edo
- Sept. 29 – Orange Shirt Day – assembly is at 8:30
- Oct. 6 – Terry Fox Head Shave/Ponytail chop
- Oct. 9 – NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving
- Oct. 12 – Parent Council Mtg. at 6:30
- Oct. 16 – NO SCHOOL – PD Day for teachers
- Oct. 26 – Halloween Dance
What we have done today:
- We played bump in the morning. (JR)
- We had gym and we played Bench Dodgeball. (DC)
- After gym we learned about Orange Shirt Day – about people who went to the Residential schools. (PM and ES)
- We did math and we worked on a new cat problem. (CM)
- We read to a buddy. (MH)
- We finished up our work in our visual journal and then had choice time. (DC)
- We did language arts and we did a learning center called Draw and Write. (CMc and Miss Konno)
- We organized our Cuisenaire rods into new containers. (WF)
Daily Challenge:
Today we learned about Orange Shirt Day and what this represents. Share with your family some things you learned about from the video and the story we heard. You can share the video and the story using the links at the beginning of this blog.