Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday!!
On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 of this week students at General Lake are encouraged to wear something pink for an anti-bullying awareness day. This idea comes from two incredible Nova Scotia high school students and their friends who organized a high school protest in support of a grade 9 boy who was being bullied. They distributed pink t-shirts to all the boys in their school. Here's a part of the Globe and Mail article describing their idea:
“David Shepherd, Travis Price and their teenage friends organized a high-school protest to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was being bullied…[They] took a stand against bullying when they protested against the harassment of a new Grade 9 student by distributing pink T-shirts to all the boys in their school.
‘I learned that two people can come up with an idea, run with it, and it can do wonders,’ says Mr. Price, 17, who organized the pink protest. ‘Finally, someone stood up for a weaker kid.’
So Mr. Shepherd and some other headed off to a discount store and bought 50 pink tank tops. They sent out message to schoolmates that night, and the next morning they hauled the shirts to school in a plastic bag.
As they stood in the foyer handing out the shirts, the bullied boy walked in. His face spoke volumes. ‘It looked like a huge weight was lifted off his shoulders,’ Mr. Price recalled.
The bullies were never heard from again.”
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Legions's Public Speaking Event on Sunday February 20, 2011. In the Primary division we were well represented by Skye, Mitchell Jeremy and Keira. In the Junior division we were represented by Tiana, Emma, and Miranda and in the intermediate we were represented by Melora, Annie and Mikayla. Many people commented to me what a great showing General Lake made this year. Special congratulations to Jeremy and Miranda for placing second in their division. Well done General Lake!!
This week the Grade 1 and 2 students are working on their plays, as well as reading the story of Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder.
The grade 3 students have been reading a novel called Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner and they are working on a group presentation of their assigned chapter. Students have chosen a variety of ways to present their work including making models, acting it out, creating a stick pivot animation and making a picture. I am looking forward to seeing the wonderful presentations.
The grade 4, 5,and 6's have been working on an anti-bullying presentation for Wednesday, poetry work, as well as beginning their Black Inventors museum. For the inventor project, at this point most students have an idea of who they will be studying. I will provide computer time for students to print out information about their inventor. The due date is February 28. Students are asked to have a picture of their inventor (if possible), a prop as well as a short write up about their person. I modelled what I expected in class using the streetlight and the inventor Garrett Morgan. I will leave my model on display outside the classroom for students to look closely at. The write up should include who they are, when, where, what they invented, why they invented it. It should be a paragraph including a topic sentence, supporting details and a concluding sentence. I look forward to having the work on display in the school for other students to view.
The criteria for marking will be as follows:
Included an effective, interesting prop and photograph (if possible) 1 2 3 4
Writing includes all details (who what where when and why 1 2 3 4
Overall presentation is visually effective and appealing 1 2 3 4
Grade 4,5,and 6 students will be reading the poem I Rise this week by Maya Angelou and discussing the various poetic devices used in her work. Here's the poem we will be discussing.
I Rise by Maya Angelou
Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Homework
Grade 1 Reading Printing
Grade 2 Reading Spelling
Grade 3 Reading at home program Inventor project
Grade 4 Reading at home program Inventor project
Grade 5 Reading at home program Inventor project
Grade 6 Reading at home program Inventor project
Have a great week everyone!
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