The first unit that we are studying this year in Social Studies has to do with culture and immigration. Today the students each got themselves a Maple Leaf and had to create a collage of what it means to be Canadian...what makes up the Canadian culture?Some students picked pictures of hockey players, other pictures of Canadian bill, while others still picked pictures of the Canadian flag. There are many things that make each of us Canadian's, and many things that make us proud Canadians. Health care, diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, peacekeeping versus war, democratic government, and rich Aboriginal history are just some of the things that I think of when asked what it means to be Canadian. What does it mean to you to be a Canadian? I would love to read your comments.
ELA 8J has started work on adjectives and are progressing very well. Adjectives are words that describe a noun or a pronoun. Can you identify the adjective in the following sentence:
The tiny dog ran across the street.
Let me know what you think it is, if you are one of my students...bonus marks!ELA 8K finished chapter 5 questions for The Mystery at Latham House and will be starting to read chapter 6. We are moving along quite nicely in the novel and will be done it in no time...I can't wait to see what happens with Toby and Ali!
For me being Canadian is being connected to landscape. I love our diversity; from Oceans to forests, lakes to mountains and prairies to rivers. We have a wonderful land that we call home. However, it is people that connect us; people like Terry Fox and Rick Hansen who took on noble causes for the betterment of all humanity that truly represent Canada and Canadians. They are people that we look to as examples of what make us a special people. Our heros are not war heros or politiians; they are ordinary people doing extra-ordinary things.
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