November 10th, 2016
It is a time to remember. Peace around the world and in our classroom community was the topic this week. What does it mean to be peaceful? One of our favourite peace songs this week has been “I’ve got peace in my fingers” by Susan Salidor. It was a great way to reinforce that using our words to solve problems is more kind than using our hand in a physical way. We related this towards the wars that are and have been happening around the world; and we understood these wars as people not using their words to talk about their problems but instead using violence. As we learned and are learning, violence does not solve our problems but only makes them worse.
The discussion about soldiers and their role in wars came up as well. Not all soldiers are “bad”. Some soldiers, like Canadian soldiers, are peacekeepers. We talked about the role of a peacekeeper, and why they still have guns even though they are not “bad guys”. It was quite the in depth conversation.
To commemorate our soldiers we wrote ways to be peaceful on a paper poppy. What great printing! They have been practicing so hard. Here are some examples of ways we thought we could be peaceful; sharing, using our manners, playing together nicely, being kind towards others, using your words to solve problems instead of your hands, shaking hands with others, saying thank you, etc.
We also created a finger painted mural of poppies and used our pincher fingers to tear paper to make individual paper poppies. It was also fun to paint our own hands so we could use our collective handprints to make a poppy wreath.
We have been so lucky to have had nice weather recently, so we have been spending as much time outside as possible. We went on an adventure to exchange coins for poppies. Everyone took such care of there coins on the way there. We talked about what a poppy is why we wear them, why we donate money and where the money goes. You could see the sense of responsibility they felt towards keeping their money safe so they could give it to the poppy fund. After we received our poppies we went to a lovely nature spot where the kids got to explore their balancing, climbing, crouching and crawling skills. We also took a few small rocks to paint.
Letter Q was our letter this week. Magic C, turn it into an O and give it a tail! Everyone has been working so hard on their letter formation, and are choosing to practice on paper and on the whiteboard in their free time. It’s great to see!
It is a time to remember. Peace around the world and in our classroom community was the topic this week. What does it mean to be peaceful? One of our favourite peace songs this week has been “I’ve got peace in my fingers” by Susan Salidor. It was a great way to reinforce that using our words to solve problems is more kind than using our hand in a physical way. We related this towards the wars that are and have been happening around the world; and we understood these wars as people not using their words to talk about their problems but instead using violence. As we learned and are learning, violence does not solve our problems but only makes them worse.
The discussion about soldiers and their role in wars came up as well. Not all soldiers are “bad”. Some soldiers, like Canadian soldiers, are peacekeepers. We talked about the role of a peacekeeper, and why they still have guns even though they are not “bad guys”. It was quite the in depth conversation.
To commemorate our soldiers we wrote ways to be peaceful on a paper poppy. What great printing! They have been practicing so hard. Here are some examples of ways we thought we could be peaceful; sharing, using our manners, playing together nicely, being kind towards others, using your words to solve problems instead of your hands, shaking hands with others, saying thank you, etc.
We also created a finger painted mural of poppies and used our pincher fingers to tear paper to make individual paper poppies. It was also fun to paint our own hands so we could use our collective handprints to make a poppy wreath.
We have been so lucky to have had nice weather recently, so we have been spending as much time outside as possible. We went on an adventure to exchange coins for poppies. Everyone took such care of there coins on the way there. We talked about what a poppy is why we wear them, why we donate money and where the money goes. You could see the sense of responsibility they felt towards keeping their money safe so they could give it to the poppy fund. After we received our poppies we went to a lovely nature spot where the kids got to explore their balancing, climbing, crouching and crawling skills. We also took a few small rocks to paint.
Letter Q was our letter this week. Magic C, turn it into an O and give it a tail! Everyone has been working so hard on their letter formation, and are choosing to practice on paper and on the whiteboard in their free time. It’s great to see!
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