Family Literacy Day was celebrated on Thursday, February 9th. Parents came in with a favourite book or two to read to students.
Thanks to these parents for participating.
Monday, 13 February 2017
Friday, 3 February 2017
Discrimination: The Lavender Llama
As all the students entered the open area for our Group Language lesson, the children with very dark or black hair were given stickers. Murmurs came from the group and the word "unfair" was spoken by more than one child. I asked for students to share how they were feeling and what they thought of what happened. The following words and statements were made:
I introduced the word discrimination and defined it as, "unfair treatment of one particular person or groups of people". I then read The Lavender Llama by Tandy Braid. It is a book about a llama whose mom is red and dad is blue. The llama learns about discrimination and how it can be defeated by love and knowledge.
Several students and staff gave examples of discrimination that they have experienced. The children then responded to their experiences during the lesson. Here are some examples of their work:
"The lavender llama was sad because he was the only lavender llama."
"I felt left out when the teacher didn't give me a sticker."
We finished the lesson with the following video. While all 120 students watched, the silence and looks on their faces spoke louder than words.
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