It’s officially Fall!
October is here, folks! And it has brought beautiful fall colours and leaves, wet weather and chilly days. We have had a short week this week, but an important one. On Wednesday we all wore orange shirts to show our support for and understanding of the suffering of residential school survivors, and for many of us, to pledge our intention to live, teach and learn in a spirit of Truth & Reconciliation. In grades 1 & 2 we approach residential schools through stories of Indigenous people, particularly Phyllis Webstad (who created Orange Shirt Day), and continue through the year in a gradual and sensitive approach. Coming up in our curriculum we will be layering on the Seven Sacred Teachings which are beautiful ways to live in the world, tenets offered through teachings of the Ojibwe and Anishanaabe people, but that are expressed by many indigenous families in North America. We will also be learning about the seasonal rounds of the Coast Salish peoples in our local area, in particular, the Fall season. Throughout the year we hope to gain a better understanding of how to live in a way that respects all people- that EVERY CHILD MATTERS- and to protect the whole wellbeing of all beings.
We also created some beautiful fall art to celebrate the colours of the trees, which you will soon see. In Math we are starting to learn place value and increase our number sense. This coming week we will be starting a wonderful course of study called Story Workshop, which will support us all to become better writers! We are also getting in the routine of the Daily 5, which is a way to teach independent literacy skills. As we continue on we are building on that, this week adding our word work (spelling) program to the mix.
As you can see we are very busy in Division 9!
Please don’t forget:
Library Day is Tuesday- bring back your books for exchange!
Thursday is Photo Day!
This week I will be sending home consent forms for Seesaw app- please read over the information and send back before the end of the week.
Please send back notice bags so we can send notices back and forth. Also please check planners nightly in case there are notes.
Take great care and thank you for all your continued support in your child’s transition to grade 1 and 2 🙂
