On a slightly different note, I apologize for the confusion about Orange Shirt Day. The school is having Orange Shirt day today, Friday, not on Monday like I thought. We will be having some discussions today in class about the reason behind Orange Shirt day.
Next week we have Picture day on Tuesday, and we will be starting our Word Study, Math homework, and the program called Global Read-Aloud. The Word Study (coming home Monday) and the Math homework (coming home Wednesday) will be due on Friday. Mrs. Johnson also assigned some Social Studies homework which is due on Thursday.
Global Read-Aloud:
Here is a short explanation straight from the Global Read-Aloud site:
"The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with more than 4,000,000 students having participated.
The premise is simple; we pick a book to read aloud to our students during a set 6-week period and during that time we try to make as many global connections as possible."
We have paired with a Grade 3 class near Chicago, and we will be connecting with them using technology, over the next 6 weeks, about a book we will be reading called, A Boy called Bat. Last year, a number of teachers from our school participated in this project and felt it was a fabulous experience - Mrs. Ford is going to assist us as she was part of it last year, too.
