Wednesday

 Today is Orange Shirt Day.  We spent some time reflecting on why we are important and creating a special visual journal page.  Here are some of our reflections:

"In the olden days people felt like children didn't matter.  That's why we make sure that they matter now."  Jackson

"We wear an orange shirt to remember the children who were taken away for 300 sleeps."  Brayden

"The children got sent away."  Robbie

"The children weren't made to feel special."  Brielle

"All children matter."  Akbar

Today in grade one:

"We learned about Orange Shirt Day."  Gracie

"We went to the playground during lunch recess."  Elise

"We colored an orange shirt and made a blue background using chalk pastels."  Charlee

"We worked in our Today is Monday booklets."  Aria

"We worked in our treasure books."  Emmitt

"We colored a picture of Terry Fox."  Kaylin

"We drew our self-portraits."  Ms. Lang

Thank you for all of the toonies for Terry!

Tuesday

"We ran around the pond during phys.ed."  Charlee

"We wrote in our green journals about places that we go to."  Liam

"We learned the word 'go' in our treasure books."  Brayden

"We made name patterns in math."  Jackson

"We learned what music notes are called during music."  Brielle

"We worked in our Today is Monday booklets."  Aria

Tomorrow will be Orange Shirt Day.  Please ask your child to wear an orange shirt.  Orange Shirt Day is held annually on Sept. 30. It is an opportunity for everyone to come together in the spirit of reconciliation. Orange Shirt Day began in 2013 when a residential school survivor named Phyllis Webstad shared how her orange shirt was taken away on her first day.  For further information please click on the following link:

Orange Shirt Day

Tomorrow we will be running around the pond for our Terry Fox run.  You are welcome to send in a toonie for Terry.

Monday

 "We went outside."  Ekamveer

"We wrote in our green journals."  Elijah

"We got to use our new Sharpie pens."  Brielle

"We got to play at the playground."  Jackson

"We started name patterns in math."  Kai

"We started a new booklet about the days of the week."  Aria

"We ran around the soccer posts during phys.ed."  Khalid

"We learned the word 'to' in our treasure books/"  Brayden

I enjoyed meeting or speaking with everyone last week!  Thank you for taking the time to share some information about your chid with me.  I am so lucky to have such a great group of students!  I know that there were technical difficulties for some of you.  I really appreciated your patience in using Microsoft Teams for the first time.  During our next conference in December we will also be using this platform.

Please accept my invitation to join our Google Classroom if you have not already done so.  Your child's username and password were emailed to you.  I sent also sent home a paper copy.

Please see the Scholastic flyer sent home today.  Scholastic offers books at great prices.  Book orders will work differently this year.  All books will be ordered online and delivered to your home address.

Please click here to start an account:

Creating a Scholastic Account

Please click here to view the digital flyer:

Scholastic Flyer

Please click here to place an order:

Scholastic Canada

Our classroom code is RC211330.

I will be sending home your child's Raz-Kids login card later this week.  Our class username is Lang138.  Your child has chosen a new password for grade one.