One final reminder about our concert Thursday evening. I sent home a bright pink paper reminder today with all the info you'll need. You can also check my previous blog post for all the details. Remember, after the concert, your singer can take home their heart decoration that will be somewhere in the gym.
This afternoon, we attended a presentation by First Nations educator, Clayton Shirt. He spoke to us about the medicine wheel and the importance of remembering that we are all humans first. He guided us in an exercise of self-care and taught us the Ojibwe word for Thank You. Miigwech.
Outside, some students have enjoyed drawing and playing hopscotch and making rubbings of the texture of logs and rocks (their idea, not mine!).
Indoors, students have been busy working on their goals, getting ready for our concert, painting, and building. The group below built a house complete with chimney and walkway!
Sound-wise, we have gotten pretty much to the end of the alphabet, but we'll work on those last letters for a while longer since they don't appear in the message very often. We have learned about a vowel blend (advanced stuff!) - o and u work together to make a new sound, oooo, like "Boo!". It's amazing how much these little brains can soak up!
Finally, I usually prefer to use this blog to communicate to you all the positive and interesting things that go on at school, however, we had serious discussion with students this afternoon, and they thought it might be beneficial for you to know what we talked about so that we all share the same understanding. Many students were involved in a tag game today where instead of lightly tagging their friend, they pushed or pulled them. I have made it very clear that this game is never allowed at Dewson, even if a group of people all want to play it and think it's in good fun. Every single student heard me say this today and agreed that this rule just makes good sense. They also agree that they alone are in control of their bodies, so nobody can make them do anything that they know is unsafe. If any adult sees students continuing to play this rough game, we will immediately ask them to sit out for the rest of that play time. I hope you agree that this is fair. Perhaps you can reinforce this discussion with your student. Thank you.
Words of the Week
A while ago, we learned how to say "No, I do not want to play that game.", so that we would be able to express to our friends when we need to make better decisions for ourselves. This seems like an especially important phrase to practice this week.
Non, je ne veux pas jouer ce jeu.
See you Thursday!!