Chanie Wenjack

 Ask your child who Chanie Wenjack is. We learned all about his story today and wrote about him in detail. We explained what happened to him and how it made us feel. We learned that this week is 'Secret Path Week."

Secret Path Week is a national movement which occurs annually from Oct 17-22. The week was inspired by Chanie Wenjack, a victim of the residential school system. Schools have an opportunity to become Legacy Schools and facilitate learning during this week and over the school year through stories of resilience and participating in the 'Walk for Wenjack', which raise awareness of the legacy of residential schools. ​

For P.E this week we are walking everyday to raise awareness and count our steps. Our bulletin boards outside are classroom will be filled with our work around this, as well as some art and writing. 

In Math today. We used to dice to build numbers in the ten thousands. We then pulled them apart for place value and used expanded form. After we were done, they went into pairs and compared their numbers using less than and greater than. 

In Science they are working on a poster about their 'environmental foot print.' We talked about what that meant and they brainstormed what they would like to do more of, to help our Earth. As your child what they drew and wrote about. 

Spelling words:

Red: bat, cat, pin, fin, hat

Blue: great, plate, throw, through, earth

Green: environment, weather, suggestions, location, impactful 

See you tomorrow! Dress for the weather (we have done a great job of this).