February 29th to March 4th

We have been working on writing our own stories inspired by the book, "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon. The book follows a young fruit bat who after becoming separated from her mother, is adopted by a family of birds and adapts to their bird habits. The students selected two Canadian animals to research and use in their own story about an animal adopted and living in a different way than if they were raised by their own mother. The students created a story planner and are now working on writing their book one page at a time.  After writing a page the students work through the editing process. We are working on helping the students that writing involves multiple steps and that editing is an important part of the process. Once they have edited their work, the students create their illustration for the page. 

In our time with Jeff Stockton, each student selected a First Nations story to retell. Students broke their story into 6 to 10 different parts and have been working on using their fingers as a tool to help them remember the parts of the story. It is incredible how quickly the students have been able to remember the events and bring their own voice to the story. 

In Physical Education, we began working on badminton skills. Many students shared that badminton has been their favourite part of the week.