On Tuesday, January 31st our class took part in a school-wide celebration of literacy. All the students in Div. 11 dressed up as book characters or wore clothes with words on them. It was fun to see who all our friends dressed up as! We started out the day with a special assembly where we saw examples of all sorts of literacy. After recess, students visited different classrooms to learn about the values attached to being Kitchener HAWKS – Helpful, Accepting, Working hard, Kind and Safe. We had a guest teacher, Ms. Reid, in to read a story to us after lunch, and enjoyed a visit from our buddy class. Our buddies read with us during the school-wide readathon. It was a day full of reading fun, and a great reminder of the importance of literacy! In the spirit of literacy day, Ms. Pasqualetto and I encourage you to continue reading to or with your student daily, and to attend our Monday and Friday family reading sessions when possible. Every day is literacy day in Div. 11!
Ms. Leppanen