Terry Fox

Yesterday, the students in Room 8 learned a little bit about Terry Fox. Mrs. Lowe made a "Haiku Deck" presentation on the iPad to help tell the story of The Marathon of Hope.

You can view it here.

Here is what the students had to say about what they learned:

He dipped his foot in the water. - Dante

We learned that he put his foot in the water when he was a kid. - Ellie

He died - Bryce 

He got his leg cut off because there was cancer inside. - Journey 

He tried to run all the way across Canada. - Kyle 

He ran from St. John's to Ontario. - Ethan 

He ran so far. - Cassie 

He ran almost half way across Canada but he had cancer in his leg. - Chace 

He was jumping when he was running. - Elryck 

He was not a fox, he was a person. He might have felt pain in his leg when they cut it off.  - Bryce

We did the Terry Fox run. We ran in a circle outside on the grass. - Leah 

We ran for 30  minutes and then we went inside. - Tanya 

I was tired when I was running. - Gian 

I feel a little bit bad about that terry fox is dead. - Bryce 

The students were very curious about how Terry could run with only one leg, so we looked on YouTube for some videos that could help us understand.

Here are the two that we liked. Just click on the links to watch the videos.

Terry Fox Promotional Video

I Can Do It 

In the afternoon, all of the students in the school participated in the Terry Fox Run in the field. There was loud music playing and everyone had fun running around and around the field.

(Mrs. Lowe was busy running and forgot to take pictures)

Thank you to the many students who brought in money to help support cancer research and help Terry's dream live on.