Media Literacy

There are many different types of literacy in the world. Here is a video made in Manitoba on Media Literacy...check it out!



Leave a comment telling me what you think Media Literacy is, from watching this video and from your own experience. In what ways are you working on improving your Media Literacy? Can you think of other types of literacy that you deal with on a daily basis?

Remembrance Day

To celebrate Remembrance Day each of the students was asked to write a postcard message to either a Veteran of war or a current Canadian Forces member. I am going to share some of the messages that the students wrote:

To Remember
Remember Remember the 11th of November. The day the guns were silent. When the trenches were quiet. When the field was calm and quiet. When the tanks stop dead in their tracks. When the skies of Europe were calm and fly-less. As the poppies grow we shall never forget the fallen. Remember Remember the 11th of November.

By: Waynell

Waynell wrote this poem at home and brought it to school. It is fantastic! The amount of thought that he put into this poem is very obvious. He read this poem at the Remembrance Day assembly at school and he did a really good job! Thanks Waynell for this beautiful poem.

Dear Veterans:

Thank you for fighting for our country and risking your life in World War I and II. One Remembrance Day I am remembering the people who died. Like Anne Frank.
P.S. Thank you
From: Leanne

Thank you for fighting in World War II and World War I. For taking your life for all of us in Canada. For making a sacrifice of leaving your family behind to go to war.
From: Lauchlin

Dear Veteran,

I want to hear your story about the war. Was it scary in the war? How long were you in the war for? Thank you for saving our country.
From: Adrian

Dear Veteran,

Thank you for fighting in World War II. You don't know how much I am thankful. Because of you everyone in Canada has the freedom to do anything they please.
From: Cylie

Dear Canadian Forces,

I know you have been fighting for us. I always thought of joining the forces. But I have to be 18, but someday I will be fighting along with you. Best of luck to you and keep our country safe.
From: Austin

Dear Veteran:

Thank you for the life you given to me. Thank you for fighting in the war and protecting the people of Canada. We thank you.
From: Laycen

To: Canadian Forces member

Thank you for protecting this country. For protecting our freedoms and I like that I have a safe place to stay. Thank you for making a sacrifice so that other people could live.
From: Troy

These are just a few samples of the postcards that my students wrote. Most of them did an excellent job and I am looking forward to sending them to the Veterans and Canadian Forces. Who knows, maybe some of my students will even get responses to their questions. I know that my students would love to see some comments on their work...so feel free to leave comments and I will make sure that they read them!

Hopefully, you can find something to remember on this day, just as my students have!