Interesting

Giant iceberg the size of P.E.I. breaks off Antarctica http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/giant-iceberg-breaks-off-antarctica-1.4200787 Shared via the CBC News Android App

Post Canada Day

Canada Day 150

On the last day of school, the class from Room 28 generated some ideas on this KWL chart:

http://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/live-blog/canada-day-2017-150

The what will happen on July 1, question really stood out.  When I think about it, this issue has been in the front of many minds of Canada's First Peoples, but it has taken this big 150-year celebration to bring it to mind for many non-Aboriginal Canadians.

The links to the stories I have here is not an attempt to highlight all of the experiences and reactions to Canada 150.  I admit, I do have a bias towards the CBC and will often go there for a lot of my information.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/indigenous-protests-ilde-no-more-canada-day-1.4187477

In class, I grappled with what I would do on Canada Day.  Our family enjoys fireworks and so we took them in from the Billy Bishop airport and had talked about why this Holiday is not always a celebration for all.  If anything, it is an opportunity to continue conversations and develop our awareness as Canadians about who we are and our History.

6-word sentences

In the last post, I think I talked about how we shared 6-word sentences to summarize the year.  Here are the two I shared at our last staff meeting.  The first is a summary of my experiences at Dovercourt and last one speaks to my year in Room 28.

...to be continued