Remembrance Day

Dear Parents,

You are invited to our school for Remembrance Day.

(Thursday November 7, 11:00 AM, in the gym)

You can wear a poppy if you want.

(They will be available for a small donation)

We will be singing a song.

From Room 8 

Here are some photos of us practicing our song with all of the Kindergarten and Grade 1 students.

This week the students in room 8 have been learning about Remembrance Day.

Today Mr. Miller came and showed us a book called "Why?"

It was an interesting story about a frog and a mouse who were fighting over a rock. The fight got bigger and bigger until the land was ruined, animals were hurt and the rock wasn't even in the picture anymore.  We thought things would have been better if they had just decided to share. It was a very serious story.

We also watched a video that Mr. Miller made with some students.

It was sad when one of the soldiers was dead in the war and he was in the O'Canada box. - Bryce

His friend was crying. - Chase 

It was so bad because the soldiers died. - Elryck 

It was really sad. -Ellie

They were heroes. I hope the other soldiers don't die.-Tayna 

On Remembrance Day you can wear poppies so you can remember the soldiers. - Cassie

We made our very own poppies so that we can always remember the soldiers who fought and still fight for our freedom.

Some of the children were looking really sad because they were thinking about the soldiers.

Why?

Today Mr. Miller came to visit our class. He showed us a picture of his Grandpa who fought in the war. Then we read a story together. The story was called "Why?"by Nikolai Popov. It didn't have any words but we could read it by looking at the pictures.

In the story the mouse and the frog were fighting over a rock. The mouse jumped on the frog and they started fighting. The frog and the mouse brought their friends and soon there was a war. In the end the frog and the mouse were sad. Nothing was left, not even the rock. (retold by the students of room 8)

In the end we were asking "Why?"

Why did they fight over the rock? - Kyran
They could have done rock, paper, scissors to share the rock - Delilah
The mice and the frogs died, it made me feel sad - Ajaxx
It was a pretty sad story - Mercedez
It was silly that they fought over a rock when they could have just shared it - Jessica
The story was making me feel sad because all the frogs friends died - Kiara
This story reminded me of the soldiers who died - Annabelle
I was proud of my students for making connections! - Mrs. Lowe

Remembrance Day

Today we made a brainstorm of all the Remembrance Day words we know. Then we read a book and watched a video to find more words that make us think of Remembrance Day. The video we watched was made by Mr. Miller and some of his students at his old school. If you would like to watch the video you can check the link here.

Soldier Video

This book helped us to think of more Remembrance Day words.

This is what our brainstorm looked like on paper.

Then Mrs. Lowe and Mrs. Mackay helped us use Tagxedo to turn our brainstorm into word art.

Thank you Mrs. Mackay for helping us make a brainstorm. - Kyran

The poppies grow by the white crosses where the soldiers died. They help us remember. - Delilah

The soldiers fought to help us be safe. - Mercedez and Ajaxx

The soldiers fought to make our country free - Abigail

The soldiers are very brave. That's why they fought without being scared. p.s. I like poppies - Krystal

In the video, one soldier was crying because the other soldiers were dead. - Kiara

All around the world, soldiers work so they can keep Canada safe and free - Jessica

Poppies

Today we learned about Remembrance Day. We learned that it is a day to remember the soldiers who fought so that we could be free. We learned that poppies and white crosses help us to remember. 

We also learned a poem.

Little Poppy

Given to me

Help me keep Canada 

Safe and free

We made poppies for our bulletin board.

Decorating poppies at our craft centre.

There will be a Remembrance Day assembly at school on Friday, November 9th at 11:00-11:30 AM.

Parents and guests are welcome to attend.