Ms. Gill's Nifty Nighthawks 2019/2020

Dear Families, In anticipation of Halloween next week, students are feeling very excited and enthusiastic!  I'm already hearing about the unique costumes students will be wearing!  If you would like to send me a picture of your child in his or her costume, please do so via my e-mail: pgill@scdsb.on.ca and I can include it in next week's post! Language: This week's writing focus was on writing a message in paragraph form to the Indigenous, First Nation, Metis, and Inuit children who attended residential schools.  Students were asked to consolidate their learning from Orange Shirt Day to demonstrate their new understanding from this topic. It was wonderful to see SO many heart-warming messages!  We took time to brainstorm adjectives ( describing words) about these boys and girls and how they must have felt.  Ask your child what some of his or her words they chose to describe these Aboriginal people who had to experience going to a residential school away f

Dear Families, First off, I would like to say thank you to all the students and their parents for taking the time to visit our Classroom Blog each week!  It is an opportunity to listen, learn, see, and celebrate what's happening in our  Learning Community !   I'm encouraging you to continue to do so as your child is working extremely hard to improve his or her achievement academically, socially and behaviourally to put in their personal best to help them  REACH FOR THE TOP!    Secondly, it was wonderful to hear and see some pictures of all the heart warming thankful stone sharing families did over the Thanksgiving long weekend.  It brought happy tears to my eyes!  Thank you for embracing and carrying on my teachings from school to your homes.  It means a lot to me!   Below you will see Coleton's family posted a growth mindset at their entrance for their family members to read and enjoy as they arrived for their feast :)  Amazing!! Language: Students have b

Dear Families, Have a wonderful  Thanksgiving  long weekend with your loved ones!  In class, I look forward to hearing about your family's  'Thankful Stone'  sharing experience.  Students were extremely excited to bring home their  'Thankful Bags'  and share the contents inside with you!   Below I have posted pictures of all the special treasures inside the bag for you to enjoy over the weekend :) I know many of you will cherish your child’s  Thankful Letter .  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as your child enjoyed writing it this week.  As I conferenced with students to offer feedback, I was deeply touched by their thoughts, words, and actions in their heartfelt message to you! Stone Soup: I would like to take this opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude to ALL the families who took time out of their work days to join us in our "Stone Soup" Celebration.  It was a huge success!!   Many of you shared with me how