Thursday, September 26

In FLA students rotated through the last of the 5 centres.  Students enjoyed their music class with Mme. Zdrill and when they came back we continued our work on graphing.  Students worked hard to answer questions in French about a graph.  Key words we focused on were "en plus, en moins, le même, en tout."  

We have begun discussing residential schools in preparation for Orange Shirt Day on Monday, September 30. Orange Shirt Day is  "a day on which we commemorate the thousands of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children who were removed from their homes at this time of the year and forced to attend residential schools."  We read a book called "I am not a number" and talked about how it's important to acknowledge what was done in the past so it's not repeated.  This is a sensitive topic so you may want to revisit it at home.  

In the afternoon we discussed Terry Fox's dream and reviewed some vocabulary including "courir, héros, l'espoir, cancer, juillet, jambe, rêve, recherches."  We finished off the day by exercising  in our room with Just Dance and Go Noodle.

Varsity's Terry Fox Run will take place tomorrow morning, beginning with a pep rally at 8:45 and the run afterwards.  The weather does not look great so please remember to dress your child nice and warm and send in an extra pair of socks just in case their feet get wet.