Mrs. Gordon; September 26-29

 English Language Arts

I can summarize the connections among ideas, events, settings, and characters in texts

I can experience texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres

Social Studies

I can use primary sources to interpret historical events and issues

I can use examples of events to describe change over time

At Andrew Sibbald School, we are committed to helping staff and students deepen their understanding of Indigenous cultures. Our school has made a commitment to acknowledging and supporting the TRC’s Calls to Action. Using the Wholistic Lifelong Learning Framework, we are committed to the actions of building staff and student capacity for intercultural understanding, empathy, and mutual respect. We are committed to: 

·       Building our collective understanding through story by connecting with Elders & Indigenous people and through the use of picture books. 

·       Encouraging Wholistic teaching and learning to thrive while learning from the land in our learning grounds and nearby Fish Creek Park. 

·       Creating a cultural space and documentation boards to honour the work and make public our commitment to truth and reconciliation.

 

 

We focused on two pieces of literature and a nonfiction article this week to connect to our existing understanding of the experiences of Canadian First Nations people over time. 

 

While listening to Spirit of the White Bison, students used their comprehension skills to question, summarize, clarify, predict, connect, and visualize. We discussed our learning about Canadian Treaties from Krystal and Elder Clarence at Library School. Listening to how life changed from the perspective of the White Bison contributed to our understanding of this part of Canadian history. Students created a visualizer page in their journals depicting their ideas of the images in the book while we read and wrote a summary of the novel when we finished reading. 

 

We also spent time reading The Orange Shirt Story by Phyllis Webstad. Using critical thinking skills, and connecting this history to the other texts we have experienced, students were asked to create a visual journal page depicting a colour, symbol, and image to represent The Orange Shirt Story.