September 16, 2019

Learning Intentions for our day...

• Writing about the books we read will be something we do all year.  Today we discussed some of the sentence starters which we can use to share our thinking about what we have read. 
• We did a math problem today that had us creating numbers and communicating our strategies for how we solved it.  Teachers are using this information to see what we know at this time and to inform next best steps in our learning.
• We continued on the next step of our art project we began last week and considered our interests, passions and dreams as we created a collage.

Ask me about...

what I wrote about in my response to our class novel, Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord.  

Reminders...

• Thursday is an early dismissal day because of our Open House.  School will end at 12:05.
• Sign up for our Open House is available viva the link sent to parents last week.
• We have been going outside for Phys-ed each day.  Please dress appropriately for the weather and for being active!  Outdoor shoes should be appropriate for running and moving.
• Orange Shirt Day Alberta 2019 – September 30
  
  
  If you wish to purchase an Orange Shirt Day t-shirt for you and/or your family, Eric Harvie School will be placing an order.  The cost is 20.00.  Please send a cheque, payable to Eric Harvie School, in an envelope to school indicating your family name and the size of t-shirt(s) (youth s, m, l, adult s, m, l, xl, 2xl, 3xl, 4xl).  Please note that 2xl, 3xl, and 4xl shirts will be 25.00.  The deadline for ordering is 11:59 p.m., September 18. 
  
  
  Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of Residential Schools, Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors and those that did not survive as an act of Reconciliation. Orange Shirt Day honors the legacy of the 2013 St. Joseph Mission Residential School commemoration event, held in Williams Lake, B.C.  It grew out of a former student’s account of having her brand-new orange shirt taken away on her first day of school.
  
  
  Wearing an Orange Shirt is meant to recognize the harm done to Residential School students, and show a commitment to the principle that every child matters.
  The official Orange Shirt Day date is September 30th. A date in September was chosen because it is the time of year when children were taken from their homes to Residential Schools, and because it is an opportunity to set the stage for policies and resources that support diversity for the coming school year.
  
  
  Orange Shirt Day is an opportunity for First Nations, local governments, schools, and communities to come together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come.